Christmas Nostalgia Through Shared Memories
Fred McGuinness recalls Christmas as a peak memory across decades and places. He writes of a parlor mystery room in boyhood, church rituals, and the family bustle of gifts and gatherings. He reflects on Saskatchewan archives, wartime Halifax, and the universal pull of Christmas celebrations across years.
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Jim Nesbitt
The
Brooks Bulletin
Peter Gzowski
Morningside
Saskatchewan
Halifax
Bedford Basin
Fred McGuinness
Brandon
Board approves wide slate of school staff changes
The Birdtail River School Division Board on Dec 9 approved numerous personnel actions including hires for custodial, librarian, secretary, educational assistant and teaching roles at multiple schools. It also granted maternity leaves, approved resignations, created a full time custodian position at Birtle, accepted a roof replacement tender, approved arts festival funding, set committees for 1998-99, appointed recreation district trustees, and announced the appointment of Don O’Neill as Superintendent with a retiring allowance for former CEO Ron Van Den Bussche.
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Birdtail River
Bev Monkman
Darlene Brackenreed
Brenda Simpson
Decker Colony School
Jodi Needham
Charlene Allan
Tracey Kiliwnik
Birtle Elementary
Shannon
Laboar Construction
Kenton
Public Schools Finance Board
M.A.S.T
Birdtail River Teachers Association
Baker
Arminson
Brown
Wilson
Bohrn
Barteaux
Canam
Gerrard
Grabauskas
Hogg
Armfinson
Garbauskas
Jackie Brooks
Hamiota Collegiate
Pat Beswatherick
Birtle Collegiate
Anna-Marie
Shawna Wilson
Bob Barteaux
Kim Bohrn
Mid- West
John Hogg
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