Gary Lee

The St. Thomas Aquinas Lady Falcons improved to 5-1 in district play with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-13, 25-6) sweep of the visiting Independence Lady Tigers. The Lady Falcons swept the JV match as well, 2-0.

The leaf peepers were out in force over the weekend and so were the kids and adults for Kids Day in Inlet on Saturday Oct. 5. I was out on the fishing raft on Fifth Lake with three waves of young anglers, some of whom had never caught a fish in their young lives. Some did that day, and others did not but they sure tried, and I have pictures to prove it. There had to be 20 young anglers and many adults accompanying their children. At times, fish were sometimes flopping onto the raft and other times there was a lull. First, they were biting on the right side of the raft and other times on the left and children would switch sides to where they were biting. They caught sunfish, perch, fall fish, golden shiners and a couple largemouth bass. One young lady was encouraged to give the bass a kiss and she did before returning it to the water. Some could watch as the fish grabbed their bait, and you almost thought they were going to go in after them in their quest to catch one. I grabbed a couple to keep them from taking a bath in the lake, so we had no swimmers this year or boat drivers this year like we did last year. It was a fun time, and I am sure there will be some returning to catch that big one next year.

The St. Thomas Aquinas Lady Falcons dominated the annual TA-Bruce O’Krepki Invitational Cross Country Meet held Saturday, winning the team and individual competition as eighth grader Celia Adams won the girls race to highlight the STA team win.

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The contest for the City of Tulsa Mayor's seat is now in full swing . It may be nonpartisan, but it is becoming increasingly contentious within the Democratic Party.

Tracking snow in the morning the way it is coming down here today with more expected tonight and tomorrow. That will be the last day of brook trout season here in the North Country and I guess I will have to use snow flies for bait. I have done it once before and it was a chilly day of fishing, but they were biting. I had a good chilly day of fishing earlier this week and got a nice catch for supper. They were good along with some donated brussels sprouts right off the stalk.

Greta Ann Lee April 27, 1956 – Oct. 14, 2024 Greta's cause of death was complications associated with cancer, according to family members.

Looking across the pond, the landscape is very gray waiting for winter to arrive. Most of the leaves are on the ground with beech still hanging on, mostly brown and the tamaracks all yellow refracting into the pond.

It has been another wonderful week of nice fall weather with freezing temperatures almost every night and warm sunny days with some days reaching the 60s.