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Wednesday, July 17, 1996

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NEWS:

Local man fishing for funds

Former Sioux Lookout resident and Lac Seul Advisory Committee member Charles Alexander will be giving the north a voice in conservation.

NEWS:

A shoulder to lean on

You might say Jackie Heatherington has broad shoulders. Abused and assaulted women have cried on them more times than she can remember, but it’s all part of her job.

NEWS:

Landfill site won’t crowd homeowners

The latest amendments to the Sioux Lookout Area landfill site selection criteria will give homeowners and cottagers a little more elbow room.

COVER PHOTO:

Are we moving yet?

Rotary International exchange students Janine Weir of South Africa and Alex Read of England practice the strokes they’ve just learned from Rotarian and canoeing instructor John Baird. Weir and Read left with 12 other exchange students and four adult leaders Sunday morning for a week-long canoe trip beginning and ending on De Lessups Lake, several hours north of Sioux Lookout.