The countdown begins! 🤠 Join us on Saturday, May 3, 2025 for the Hometown Hoedown – an old-fashioned barn dance with all the fixin’s!

🎶 Line dancing, games, live music by Sean Taylor Band
🍖 Prime rib & BBQ chicken by Caul’s Catering
🎟️ $75 per ticket | Tables of 8 or 12 available
🍹 Cocktails at 4 PM | Supper at 5:30 PM
📍 Emo-LaVallee Community Centre
💥 Live & silent auctions, prizes, and a whole lotta country fun!
Call Sherri (807-276-0783) | Joe (807-276-8637) | Laura (807-275-5393) to rustle up your tickets!
#HometownHoedown #BarnDance #RRVAS #EmoOntario #CountryFun #SupportLocal #PrimeRibAndBootScootin #RainyRiverDistrict

​Public Notice: Colonization Road will be ONE WAY this year during the fair.

🎡🌾 Announcing This Year’s Emo Fair Theme! 🌾🎡
 
We’re thrilled to reveal the theme for the Emo Fair 2024: "Home Grown Fun, Ripe for the Picking!" 🍎🎉
 
Join us from August 15-17, 2024, at the Emo Fairgrounds for a celebration of community, agriculture, and family fun. Enjoy all the events and activities that make the Emo Fair special, from the horse and cattle shows to live entertainment, midway rides, and delicious fair food!
 
📅 Dates: August 15-17, 2024
🎟️ Admission: $5.00 per person
 
For more information and a full schedule of events, visit www.emofair.com.
 
Let’s come together and make this year’s fair an unforgettable experience! 🌟
 
#EmoFair2024 #HomeGrownFun #RipeForThePicking #CommunityEvent #FamilyFun #FairTheme #JoinTheFun

🙏 Thank You to Our Proud Partners of the RCMP Musical Ride! 🙏
We are incredibly grateful for the support of our community partners who have helped make the RCMP Musical Ride at the Emo Fairgrounds a success. Your generosity and commitment are truly appreciated.
Platinum Partners

• Rainy River Future Development Corporation
• Rainy River Federation of Agriculture
• Municipal Accommodation Tax Committee
• Tompkins Hardware
• Kaemingh Fuels
• Township of Emo

Gold Partners

• NCDS
• Emo Drugs
• Keith Smith Construction
• Norlund Oil
• Copper River Inn
• Allan & Shirley Teeple
• Nor-West Animal Clinic
• Darryl’s Custom Landscaping
• Boston Pizza

Silver Partners

• North Country Track & Wheel
• Clint Sisco & Gayle Hyatt
• The Harbourage Restaurant
• MNP
• JF Electronics
• Township of La Vallee
• Township of Chapple
• Irwin Hughes Trucking

Bronze Partner

• Fort Frances Chiropractic

In-Kind Partners

• Emo Feeds
• Cornerstone Christian School
• Party Rock DJ Service
• Meredith Croswell Photography
• OPP constables
• Tompkins Outdoors
• Manitou Forest Products

Your contributions have made this event possible and have strengthened our community. Thank you for your unwavering support!

#RCMPMusicalRideEmo #CommunitySupport #ThankYou #ProudPartners #EmoFairgrounds #RRVAS
 

🙏 A Heartfelt Thank You from the RRVAS Board! 🙏
 
We want to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who made the RCMP Musical Ride at the Emo Fairgrounds a resounding success!
 
✨ Thank You To:
- The RCMP Musical Ride team for their incredible performance and dedication 🐴👮‍♂️
- The amazing public for your enthusiastic support and attendance 🎉
- Our hardworking volunteers who gave their time and energy to ensure everything ran smoothly 👐
- Our generous partners who supported this event through their contributions 🌟
- The dedicated committee for their meticulous planning and coordination 👏
 
Your collective efforts created an unforgettable event that showcased the unity and spirit of our community. We couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you.
 
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for making this event truly special.
 
Sincerely,
The RRVAS Board
 
#RCMPMusicalRideEmo #ThankYou #CommunitySupport #Gratitude #RRVASBoard

🇨🇦🐴 The RCMP Red Serge is Coming to Emo! 🐴🇨🇦
 
We are excited to announce that the RCMP, in their iconic Red Serge uniforms, will be visiting the Emo Health Centre and the Golden Age Manor on Wednesday, July 17th at 3 PM!
 
The Red Serge, with its striking scarlet tunic, is a symbol of the bravery, tradition, and honour of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This visit is a wonderful opportunity for our community to meet and interact with these dedicated officers up close.
 
📅 Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 
🕒 Time: 3 PM 
📍 Locations:  Emo Health Centre and Golden Age Manor
 
If weather permits, they will also be bringing a couple their beautiful horses along for the visit! 🐎
 
Come out and greet the RCMP, learn more about their duties, and enjoy a memorable afternoon with our community's elders and the officers.
 
#RCMPRedSerge #CommunityVisit #EmoOntario #HonouringTradition

🚨 Location Alert for the RCMP Musical Ride! 🚨
 
We're excited to announce that the RCMP Musical Ride will take place at the Horse Arena, NOT the grandstands! 🐴🏟️
 
To ensure everyone has a great view, we've built more bleachers for additional seating. However, seating is still limited, so you may want to bring a lawn chair just in case the bleachers fill up. 🪑✨
 
📅 Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 
🕖 Time: 7 PM 
📍 Location: Emo Fairgrounds Horse Arena 
🎟️ Admission: Free Will Donation
 
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of precision and tradition with the RCMP Musical Ride! See you at the Horse Arena!
 
#RCMPMusicalRideEmo #EventUpdate #HorseArena #LimitedSeating #BringALawnChair

Gordon Wallace Woollard was born in Dominion City, Manitoba on August 26, 1923.  Gordon began working at the age of fourteen.  Because of his connection with Port Arthur and Winnipeg Sea Cadets, he found his vocation on the water.  After working on tugboats and freighters until World War II, he tried to enlist in the Navy, but he was denied this opportunity because of his eyesight.  He was subsequently accepted by the Canadian Army and began his service there.  He met his future wife, Margaret Van Drunen at 103rd Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry, Manitoba where she was a member of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps.

Following the completion of his basic training, he remained at Fort Garry as an instructor and after a short period of time was posted to the Armoured Corps School at Camp Borden, Ontario where he was trained as a Gunner Operator in the old Ram tanks.

Following this training he was posted overseas where he achieved the rank of Sergeant as an instructor.  He was posted to the Ontario Regiment (Tank) in Holland near the end of the war. He was repatriated to Canada in November 1945 and spent two years trying his hand at several jobs including being part of a Tag Crew, towing a dipper dredge and two scows for Port Arthur to Dingwall, Nova Scotia.

He rejoined the Canadian Army in 1947 and served with the Royal Canadian Dragons in Canada and Europe.

Among his many postings he served as Range Control Officer at Meaford Tank Gun Range, two tours as a duty officer at the Canadian Forces Warning and Reporting System in the underground NORAD Establishments at CFB North Bay, Ontario.  His final posting was the Canadian Forces Liaison Officer at the Defense Research Establishment at Suffield, Alberta.

He retired to Emo in 1978 where he and his wife Margaret lived happily in retirement between their home in Emo and their cottage at Clearwater Lake.

Gordon is a member of the Emo Legion Branch 99 and was a member of Masons and the Shriners and served as Provincial Grand Prior of the Knights Templar of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario for one term.
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He now lives at Golden Age Manor where he will celebrate his 101-year birthday in August.