Year end athlete of the year rankings spark debate
The writer critiques year end polls naming Steve Podborski Susan Nattress John McEnroe Tracy Austin Sugar Ray Leonard and Sebastian Coe as top athletes. He argues about bias in voting practices, favors certain sports, and praises Gretzky while conceding the broader confusion of awards in 1981. The piece blends sports opinions with a jab at media and awards culture.
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Manitoba
Canada
Steve Podborski
Susan Nattress
Podborski
Associated Press
John McEnroe
Tracy Austin
U.S
Sugar Ray Leonard
ABC
Cosell
Sugar Ray
Sebastian Coe
Gretzky
Bjorn Borg
Fernando Valenzuela
Dodgers
Phil Mahre
States
Valenzuela
McEnroe
Humble Howard
Birdtail River Board approves 1982 budget items and staff actions
The Crandall meeting of January 14 1982 approves increased public liability insurance to 20 million. scholarships and bursaries for Saward are set. financial aid for Kerri-Lynn Cornish and murals for Hamiota Elementary are discussed. It authorizes bylaw 1 82 debt borrowing 100000 and appoints staff substitutions and hires. Meeting recessed then completed January 18 due to weather.
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Birdtail River
Birdtail River Custodian Association
Regalary School Trustees
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Strathclair Community Band
Saward Scholarship Committee
Kerri-Lynn Cornish
Ottawa
H. E. Brown
Hamiota Elementary
M.A.S.T
MTS
Wilson
Mystery Lake
Brandon
Joseph Thomassen
Minister of Education
Congress On Education
Saward
Dawn Jo-Anne Cloake
Lindsay Kines
David Kitching
Brenda Stamford
Hamiota
Lesley Moyes
Leone Johannson
Ively
Sylvia Marshall
Birtle Elementary
Clayton Pott
Kenton
Bev Bennett
Foxwarren
E. Miller
Manitoba Association of School Trustees
Commisaries d’Ecoles Franco Manitoba
Association of School Business Officials
Lloyd Thompson
Ivan Butler
Fort la Bosse
Wyant & Co. Ltd
Crown Zellerbach
Douglas Cameron
Deanna Haney
St. Lazare School
Dale Falloon
Kathleen Falloon
Harvey
Shelly Carter
Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School
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