Record Campers Hit New High at Spruce Woods Park
Spruce Woods Park north of Glenboro on Highway 5 reported 354 camping units registered on Saturday July 30, a park all time high. With four persons per unit, well over one thousand campers occupied the grounds and visitors swarmed the beach and picnic areas. Friday night had 306 units and Sunday night 278. Pine Fort Days drew crowds with a black powder shoot tomahawk throwing bannock bake and more at the Visitor Services Centre. A report notes items stolen within the grounds during the weekend.
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Spruce Woods Park
Glenboro
Oxbow Lake
Break In At Glenboro Golf Club Night Theft
Unknown intruders gained entry to the Glenboro Golf Clubhouse by breaking a window during the night of Tuesday July 26. A microwave oven belonging to clubhouse manager Margaret Black was stolen along with golf balls gloves and cigarettes. RCMP are investigating.
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Glenboro Golf Club
Margaret Black
RCMP
Mosquito Control Campaign Aims to Fight Sleeping Sickness
Manitobans face Western Equine Encephalitis risk in late July and August as authorities launch Malathion aerial spraying over urban areas. Residents advised to cover up at dusk and use repellant. one suspected horse case exists in the Wawanesa District.
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Wawanesa
Summer School of the Arts Calligraphy at Cypress River
Steven Jackson of Roseisle Manitoba teaches a morning calligraphy course at Cypress River School starting 9:00 a.m. He is a University of Manitoba Fine Arts graduate and former magazine illustrator. The afternoon session at 1:30 p.m. continues drawing and landscapes with student projects encouraged.
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Cypress River
Steven Jackson
Roseisle
Manitoba
University of Manitoba
School of Fine Arts
St. Lupician
Jackson
Harness Racing Brings Weekend Event to Glenboro
Harness racing returns to Glenboro this weekend with events on Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Manitoba Great Western circuit plans 38 days at sixteen locations, tracks are fast due to hot dry weather, and a Manitoba Sire Stake division is scheduled Saturday. Local owners and drivers include the Cullens, Gullett, Mooney, the Mannings, and others.
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Glenboro
Manitoba
Jim Williams
Dauphin
Turf Club
Manitoba Sire Stake
Morley
Carol
Ron Cullen
Lloyd
Keith
Allan Cullen
Dan Gullett
Dave Mooney
Wes
Viola Brown
Raymond Hill
Bill
Senior Men Hold Tournament at Glenboro Golf Course
A senior men’s golf tournament was held at Glenboro Golf Course on Monday July 2 with 59 golfers. Winners by age brackets include Jack Roberts Brandon and Ronnie McKinnon Gladstone, with other top finishers from Portage la Prairie Cypress River Neepawa and Glenboro.
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Glenboro
Jack Roberts
Brandon
Bill Webster
Portage la Prairie
Ronnie McKinnon
Gladstone
Don Bendoul
MacGregor
Dave Jones
Cypress River
Bill Isles
Reston
Steve Silliphant
Bill Taylor
Neepawa
Gordon Nairn
Clarence Strong
Treherne
George Rutherford
Jack Howatt
July Weather Summary Shows Record Heat in 1983
July 1983 was the hottest on record with high 34.0 on the 14th and a low 2.0 on the 6th. Average daytime temp 28.0, overall 21.5, precipitation 48.8 mm. temperatures ran 3 degrees above normal. Late July 25th to 31st saw highs 32.5 and lows 12.0 with average 30.0 and total rain 10.4 mm. temperatures again 3 degrees above average.
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Earle
Betty
Cory Manning
George
Greg Manning
Jim Ford
Jim Dunlop
Ross
Mavis Chambers
Rob Ken
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