Red Cross worker links overseas service to world issues
Muriel Gagnon of the Canadian Red Cross Manitoba Division shares a lifelong passion for travel and development. Her work includes primary health care programs in Uganda and the Philippines, youth education programs, and new local Good Grooming Project kits for Winnipeg children, aiming to connect local aid with global development.
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Muriel Gagnon
St. Pierre
Manitoba
Muriel
Canadian Red Cross
Gagnon
Montreal
Cuba
Central
South America
Winipeg
Idea Centre
Canada World Youth
Columbia
Winnipeg
International Students Organization
University of Manitoba
Red Cross
Uganda
The
Phillippines
Manitoba Council For International Cooperation
CIDA
United Nations
Health Department
Summer Recreation Camp and Activities Highlight Local Programs
The volleyball camp at the Collegiate runs August 25 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a noon break, $5 per day, sign up at the Recreation Office 764 2374 or home 764 2711. A waterslides trip is planned around August 1 pending bus availability. Local playgrounds in Hamiota Oak River and Miniota completed July, vapor barrier work noted. A tennis clinic in Miniota may occur later this month.
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Red Sox
Hamiota
Oak River
Miniota
Editor Letter on vandalism of cliff swallow nests
A letter from John and Mary Day criticizes local boys who destroyed nearly two hundred cliff swallow nests in cement culverts under the Oak River highway. They urge parental guidance and suggest reading about naturalists to learn the balance of nature.
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Oak River
Paul Bunyon
Ernest Seaton
Grey Owl
John and
Mary Day
Memorial service for Rev. Herb Lynas draws regional attendance
Community members from Hamiota and area gather at Westminster United Church Regina on Friday July 31 for the memorial service honoring Rev. Herb Lynas. Attendees include Ken and Vicki Smith Rod and I with Ivan Lena Lawrence Crandall. Donna Gordon Kris Angie Winnipeg visitors stay with Audrey and Butch Kirk at Burlington Beach as the Gordons plan a Moose Jaw move.
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Jean Lynas
Shirley
Tom Strutt
Leonid
Regina
Herb Lynas
Hamiota
Westminister United Church
Ken
Vicki Smith
Rod and
Ivan
Lena Lawrence
Crandall
Donna Gordon
Kris
Angie
Winnipeg
Audrey
Butch Kirk
Burlington Beach
Gordon’s
Moose Jaw
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the Echo
Marquis Project
Chumah News
McManus
Harley-Davidson
Kenton, Man
Kelly Haggarty
Crosstown
Tempo Place
Empo
Marg
Keith Lamb
L Rivers
Ada
Wilders Homes
Box
Decker
Wally
Beauty
Janice Hunt
Harding
Man
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