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The hunt is on for treasures around town as seniors pile into their cars to participate in the car rally treasure hunt today.
June is officially senior’s month and to kick it off, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is hosting a seniors car rally treasure hunt for those 55 and older.
Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce executive director, Heather Johnson, said they were contacted by the Fort Frances Senior Centre about hosting a scavenger hunt. Johnson adds that due to the heat wave advisory and COVID-19, she chose to make it a car rally to ensure participants would be safe.
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The Fort Frances Senior Centre is back with its woodworking workshop that takes place at the garage in front of the Senior Centre.
These workshops operate under the guidelines of the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU). Under the Yellow-Protect framework, the shop will be open two times a week with a limited capacity of four individuals indoors and a 72-hour window between each usage as per the NWHU’s guidelines.
Ken Noble, 82, Dr. John Spencer, 84, and Dave Beazley, 70, were all turning wood into masterpieces on Monday when they were finally able to use the workshop.
The woodworking workshop has been running for 30 years before COVID-19 ended its streak. Noble said the woodworking space has gained more prominence in the last seven years. There was a lot of interest in the woodworking workshop before the shutdown, and when the health unit allowed limited indoor gatherings, interest surfaced again, he said.