Doug Cooke was eight years-old when he first heard Little Richard singing “Lucille” on one of his father’s 45 records. There was something about the hoarse, wild, screaming voice along
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Two elk bulls on the farm.(Supplied by Bill Darby) comments
Back in 1995, Bill Darby and Deb Cornell decided to transform their cash crop operation west of Fort Frances into one dedicated to a very different product: elk.
Deb Cornell and Bill Darby own the farm.(Supplied by Amanda Caron)
Twenty-one years later, the couple s Rainy River Elk Company is home to a herd of approximately 130 animals, with their products distributed across the northwest and as far away as Hong Kong.
I reached Bill and Deb recently to learn how it all began.
‘80s Christmas: Shoppers brave crowds and rush home with their treasures (vintage photos)
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Before Drivers Village, this was Penn Can Mall decorated festively for the holidays.
Shoppers go up escalator at the mall in 1988. In the background is a Christmas display with a train for kids to ride on. Syracuse Post-StandardSyracuse Post-Standard
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In the 1980′s there was, of course, no such thing as online shopping.
Central New York shoppers went to the numerous suburban shopping malls, Penn Can, Camillus, Shoppingtown, Fairmount Fair, Fayetteville, Northern Lights, Marketplace, Great Northern and the Galleries, to name a few, braving crowds, and the weather to finish their Christmas lists.