In the Community

When university life wasn’t working out for Kendra DuRussel, she decided to move back to Flin Flon and pursue a career as a paramedic.

Lord’s Bounty Food Bank statistics for the year ended Sept. 30: • Total visits rose 14 per cent from 2,138 to 2,434, making for the sixth-busiest year in the food bank’s history. • Food hamper distribution increased 20 per cent from 1,099 to 1,314.

Five years after being rescued from oblivion, the Flin Flon Trout Festival could be in trouble again. Festival president Tim Babcock is looking to step down from his role but hopes to see the festival flourish for years to come.

Hunger is on the rise in the Flin Flon area as the Lord’s Bounty Food Bank comes off one of its busiest years yet. Visits increased 14 per cent for the year ended Sept. 30 as nearly 400 residents relied on the charity to put food on the table.

Service Canada employees Krista Eastman (from left), Donna Oulette, Melissa Danis and Joe Bouie dressed as Pac-Man and the ghosts to celebrate Halloween on Friday.

He may be on the small screen, but former Flin Flonner Bryan (Chunk) Pawlachuk has big hopes as his reality TV series enters its second season.

Ladies’ Whist, October 20: Fern Kozak, first, 136; Phyllis McKenzie, second, 135; Mary Lyons, third, 133; Mary Vandergucht, low, 120 Gents’ Whist, October 20: Bertha Manns, first, 140; Julie Chambers, second, 132; Marie Muench, third, 130; Evelyn Mey

Nothing bazaar about social tradition’s success

Spades results Ladies, October 21: Minnie Martyniuk, high, 856; Mary Vandergucht, second, 826; Betty Brown, third, 811; Ruby Lenderbeck, low, 427.

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