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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 1977
Page
3
Under the Official Time Act Manitoba will observe uniform daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Clocks advance one hour at 2:00 a.m. Sunday April 24 to 3:00 a.m. Local time.
Manitoba Health and Social Development Minister Laurent Desjardins urges all to file Pharmacare 1976 drug cost reimbursements by April 30. The program covers 80 percent of prescription costs over $50 each year. claims go to 599 Empress Street Winnipeg.
Crandall The Birdtail River Teachers Association submitted proposed amendments to the 1976 collective agreement. They seek a 13 to 14 percent salary increase over the 1976 arbitration award plus a 28 percent rise in administrative allowances, payout of unused sick leave on termination, transfers consultation, higher multi course teaching allowances, moving expenses, and a lay off clause. The 1977 anti inflation ceiling remains 8 percent and the board will present its opening proposal soon.
The Birdtail River School Division No 38 trustees approve a $3,429,783 budget for 1977, up $129,357 or 3.91 percent from 1976, within ministerial guidelines. Expenditures trimmed by five teaching staff and lower capital needs. mill rate 47.24 mills, up 267 mills on balanced assessment, equating to about $13 more tax on a $5000 quarter section.
After a Winnipeg meeting on April 15 1977 Manitoba Premier Edward Schreyer and Quebec Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Claude Morin announced plans to intensify cooperation in French education and culture. The projects will span primary to postsecondary levels and aim to exchange personnel and resources between the two provinces.
HAMIOTA The Heart Fund campaign in Hamiota and District totalled 1600 in contributions announced today by Mrs Mae Roberts chair for the Manitoba Heart Foundation Campaign run through the Canadian Order of Forresters. Envelopes continue to arrive from residents away when volunteers visited homes. The public response shows awareness of heart and blood vessel disease and support for the Foundation's research education and community service programs.
Winnipeg legislators consider a second reading amendment to the Vacations With Pay Act. Labour Minister Russ Pauley proposes that vacation wages and allowances be held in trust by employers with priority in bankruptcy. The bill also grants employees a lien on employer assets for due vacation pay and time-off entitlements. Aimed at housekeeping updates, the changes clarify paid vacation and holiday pay terms from last year.
The District 2A Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion held its annual rally April 11 at Hamiota Community Hall with 144 delegates from 15 auxiliaries. Mrs. M. Hamilton was re elected district representative and delegates then attended a banquet at Chumah Hall with head table guests and musical numbers by Wes Robertson and others.
The Oak River United Church Women met on Tuesday April 12 at 7 30 with seventeen members present. President Mrs McNeill opened with a springtime poem and devotional songs while Donna Hume read a devotional and scripture. Committees were formed for a forthcoming supper and a wedding reception, and topics were discussed.
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