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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1990
Page
1
Emma Davidson of a Cypress River area farm reports a near miss when a lightning bolt hit her bedroom at 11 44 pm on Wednesday August 22. The bolt split the bedpost started the mattress on fire damaged appliances and hot water tank. Emma and her son Alan fled as the mattress reignited outside. She says an angel watched over her.
Glenboro hosted the first Camel Bucks Auction on Thursday night August 23 with auctioneer Dave Mooney guiding bids from $2.00 to $5 350. Merchants donated merchandise valued over $1 000, drawing a strong crowd. Camel Bucks Days may become annual and possibly part of a broader Camel Days week.
The Gazette office will be closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday. News copy and advertisements should be submitted Friday during business hours to ensure inclusion in next week's issue. Have a great weekend and drive carefully.
The Glenwowa Recreation District hires Darren Myers as Recreation Director. A Belmont native and younger son of Carl and Clara Myers, he attended Glenboro Collegiate for high school. Welcome to Glenboro Darren.
The report shows a high of 30.50C on the 24th and a low of 1060n on the 21st with an average daytime temperature of 25.9C and overall average of 19.8C. Precipitation totals 18.8 mm and mean temperature is 17.6C with temperatures 2.2 above normal.
Dr Kerr Livingston with wife and five month old daughter will arrive in Glenboro in early October to join the GP clinic. Mrs Livingston, a dentist, hopes to practice locally. The Promotion Committee and Dr MacCarthy seek a four bedroom home and ask for housing offers to Roy Wallis Fred Stevens or Dr Colm MacCarthy. The Livingston’s interests include racquet sports photography computers and literature.
The Spirit Lands Housing Co-op committee folded and halted plans for an eight unit apartment block. Financing and occupancy failed to materialize, with private funding intended and no government commitments. The committee says the project is wrapped up until new arrangements can be made.
Lori McKinnon daughter of Jack and Linda McKinnon of Winnipeg works at the Transcona Historical Museum for the Challenge '90 program. She describes and expands the Patterson Collection of Indian artifacts stored in drawers and boxes as she enters her fourth year of anthropology at the University of Manitoba. The collection will be prepared for display in Transcona Schools.
Craig Lebowicky twenty six of Winnipeg was westbound on Highway 2 two miles west of Cypress River when his Bronco II rolled into a ditch at about five am on August 22. A semi driver transported him to police then to Glenboro District Hospital and later Brandon with chest contusions.
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