Parkland Regional Library reports another strong year
Parkland Regional Library celebrates 30 years in 2000 with total regional circulation just over 250000. The system expanded since 1970 from an experimental project to 35 municipalities with 19 branches and a bookmobile serving 27 communities.
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Parkland Regional Library
Province of
Manitoba
Public Libraries Act
Birtle
R.M
Hamiota
Shoal Lake
Miniota
Strathclair
Blanshard
Parkland Regional
Oakburn
Crandall
Isabella
Elphinstone
Beulah
J. Douglas Deans
Parkland
Woodworth Declares Financial Farm Disaster Council Proposal Elsewhere
Woodworth council declares a financial farm disaster for the municipality due to very low commodity prices in grains and oilseeds. Delegates including Michael Wilson Judy Podolini Brad Clegg Sid Lewis and Keith Campbell discuss hog barns emergency services weed control and access to property while authorizing subdivision and other planning actions. The municipality joins Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba with a $150 contribution and passes a 2001 financial plan and tax bylaw. A second council member will tour Premium Park facilities and meter readings policy changes and a new animal unit threshold are debated.
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Michael Wilson
Premium Park
Judy Podolini
E.S.N
Keith Campbell
Lucan
Ont
Agriculture In
Manitoba Inc
C.A.O
Rising Waters Close In On Kenton Ravine
Flooding along a Kenton ravine from spring runoff caused a culvert beneath Highway 21 to buckle and fail, trapping water on both sides. Highways crews and Garnet Bell used a Caterpillar and heavy cable to bend the culvert, increasing flow and lowering water levels after several tense hours.
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Prairies
Kenton
Kenworth Dam
Bill
Eddie Gar
Black Medic Spreads Across Fields Despite Herbicide
A Manitoba weed column notes Black Medic spread from wet areas into oilseed fields over the past year. The plant normally stays near moisture but wetter conditions aided its advance, with herbicide targeting the weed used in control efforts. Sid Lewis, weed supervisor for the Hamiota Weed Control District, can be reached at 764-2128.
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Holland
Sid Lewis
Hamiota
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Foxwarren
Woodworth
Elder
Via
Beaver Homes
Virden Home Centre Ltd
Beaver Lumber
Sixth Avenue S
Virden, Manitoba
Rtmhomes.ca
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!