A Boring Night at Home in Times of War and Peace
A veteran survivor reflects on boredom as a contrast to life in a Nazi death camp and to ordinary life at home. She contrasts danger and deprivation with the comfort of a peaceful evening, noting how home can feel like sanctuary even amid distant horrors. She and her spouse embrace domestic routine, meals, pets, and shared quiet projects as a refuge from a chaotic world.
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John Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Hell
Derkach lauds Manitoba budget to keep lid on taxes
Manitoba MLA Len Derkach lauds the 1996 budget tabled April 2 by Finance Minister Eric Stefanson. He cites no personal income tax or sales tax increases and a long tax freeze, plus a $12 million Manitoba Learning Tax Credit and a 9 percent rise in youth employment initiatives. The plan increases health care funding, post secondary supports, and rural development, with $3.5 billion for health care education and social services and $1 billion for education and skills development.
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Canada
Manitoba
Len Derkach
Roblin Russell
Eric Stefanson
Roblin-Russell
Department of Rural Development
Derkach
McConnell 4-H Beef Club Meeting Notes
McConnell 4-H Beef Club met February 17 at Wayne and Wendy Peters farm. Members gave speeches and planned a Douglas Test Station tour. A March 10 meeting at the Beamish Farm used Farm Safety Tips as roll call. They reported on the 4-H Bonspiel in Hamiota and planned an April 19 bingo and dance. Certificates were awarded for 1995 Project Books.
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William Thompson
McConnell 4-H
Wayne
Wendy Peters
Roll Call
Shari Beamish
Kanya
Colin Beamish
Toronto
Angela Bucklaschuk
Tarrissa Peters
Douglas Test Station
Beamish Farm
Hamiota
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the Hamiota Echo
Bill Hall
Legislative
MLA
Boreyko
Bast Ia
Eaekd
Campbell Funeral Home
Provincial Granite Works
Dauphin
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