Letters

Dear editor:
I strongly oppose Fort Frances council’s efforts to encourage other local municipalities to lobby the Ministry of Tourism to relocated the tourist information centre in Fort Frances.
The argument for urgent action stems on traffic flow from Canada Customs away from the tourist centre, thus American traffic, by large numbers, is not utilizing this valuable service and therefore is losing out on several areas of promotion in Northwestern Ontario.

Dear sir:
Most citizens don’t generally encounter the police on a regular basis, and it is easy to lose sight of the difficult and often thankless job they do.
We have the good fortune to live in a relatively safe community. It remains safe because of the often unseen and unheralded efforts of our police force.
We have, over the past few months, had reason to call on the police force on numerous occasions. I want to say that all of the officers of the Fort Frances OPP detachment with whom we came into contact impressed us as caring and concerned professionals.

To the editor:
I have done some travelling and never have I accessed a tourist information centre closer than what Fort Frances offers.
A tourist entering Fort Frances from south of the border only has to make a left turn after leaving Canada Customs, drive a couple hundred feet, turn right, and then drive into a very large parking lot with ample spaces.
If a tourist is interested in obtaining information about Ontario, this is not a hardship.
I question the wisdom in changing the current location of the tourist information centre here—and the cost.

Dear editor:
Thank you for this opportunity to express my gratitude to the people of Fort Frances and Rainy River District for the honour of serving them as their federal Member of Parliament for the past four-and-a-half years.
I offer my congratulations to Mr. Rafferty and have now completed the transfer of office equipment for his use.
It has been a privilege to work alongside the many caring people whose passion and commitment is to seeing the northwest thrive and move forward economically.

Dear editor:
We would like to take the opportunity to thank everybody who donated treats and decorations for our ”haunted backyard” on Hallowe’en night.
We are very pleased by the response of our community to help.
It was a great success as we saw around 800 visitors yet we did not run out of treats for the kids!
A special—and big—thank you to those who gave their time to make our inaugural event a success even though we had aches and pains the next day.
It sure was fun, and for sure we will do it again next year. Hopefully, it will be bigger and better.
Sincerely,

Dear editor:
The Arthritis Society’s campaign this year was a great success!
We would like to extend a “huge thank you” to all captains and canvassers who gave their time to come out and help us with our door-to-door campaign.
Without you, we never would have been able to reach our goal of $10,000. In fact, we exceeded our goal by $433,25, bringing our total to $10,433.25.
Thanks you, also, to all the generous people of our community who donated to this worthy cause.
Sincerely,
Elma Tucker
and Jan Chabot
Campaign co-chairs

Dear Mike:
The Dance Fire Memorial committee would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended our unveiling on Friday, Oct. 10. It was gratifying to see so many people come out in support of our efforts to provide a lasting memorial to the 17 people who died in the Thanksgiving Day fire of 1938.
Unfortunately, we’ve already experienced a setback.
Our committee recently placed a digital wildlife camera at the site in order to monitor visitor activity. The camera was situated in a tree near the pavilion, locked in a large black metal box.

Dear editor:
The following is the presentation I made on Nov. 4 regarding the Rainy River District School Board’s financial polices and procedures prior to, and subsequent, to the incident reported at Fort Frances High School:

Dear editor:
Maybe someone can shed some light on a problem I have understanding the NDP’s stance on corporate taxation.
I have been doing books for many years and in my understanding of finance, I feel they are leading the public astray.
My understanding of proper financial papers is to allow a business to make informed decisions. When a corporation looks at its profit and loss statement, they know that they need to have enough profit to allow for replacement of assets.
A loss dictates to them that they must raise their prices to stay in business.

Dear Mike:
It is with a happy heart that I say thank you to the residents of Fort Frances and surrounding areas for their continued generous support in making our annual coat drive such a huge success again this year.
Our coat drive continues to grow each year and, therefore, we hope to provide this service as long as we are able.
I wish to thank our local media for promoting the coat drive, and all the businesses that allowed us to advertise on their premises.