Summer notes from Midwest and new summer student
The columnist welcomes Todd Smith, a new summer student, and recalls family, small town life, and mid summer happenings in Midwest. They discuss garden delays, detergent box humor, pool issues, Hooper's Lake visits, and a tentative family camp idea with a call for ideas or help. Todd is urged to contact the author for problems at 764-2374.
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Todd Smith
Todd
Carol
Bryan Smith
Bryan
Smith
Cheryl
Midwest
Hooper’s Lake
Brandon
Viking Exhibit At Miniota School Auditorium
Two archaeologists from Historic Resources explored the Rowan site and dated it to about five thousand years with points scrapers knives. Pottery fragments made from river clay are about twelve hundred years old. The museum will sponsor nature hikes and fossil digs and will not conduct a dig now. The Viking display runs in July at the Miniota school auditorium.
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Gordon Hill
Sharon Hickson
Historic Resources
Rowan
Miniota
North America
Simpson Tops Open Golf Tournament
HAMIOTA The Men s Open Golf Tournament was played July 2 3 at the Golf Course with 159 golfers. Scott Simpson Virden won with a par round 66 while prizes included trophy cooler fishing rod and golf gear for top finishers across six flights.
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Hamiota
Scott Simpson
Virden
al Morcomb
Oak Lake
Waren Oliver
Minnedosa
Bill Hildebrand
Brandon
This Week in Canada Highlights Key Dates
On July 11 events include Radisson's Hudson Bay forts campaign in 1882 and Laurier becoming prime minister in 1896. July 12 marks Hull’s 1812 invasion from Detroit and penny postage adoption in 1898. July 13 notes France reclaiming Canada in 1632 and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival opening in 1953.
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Radisson
Hudson Bay
Wilfrid Laurier
U.S
Hull
Canada
Detroit
British Commonwealth
France
Britain
Stratford
Ontario
Summer Recreation Report for Miniota and Hamiota schedules
Summer recreation director Todd Smith announces playgrounds in Miniota on Wednesdays 1:00 to 4:00 and tentative Hamiota sessions on Thursdays 1:00 to 4:00. Posters will advertise, and a waterslides trip plus beach volleyball or water polo tournaments are being planned. Contact the recreation office at 764-2374 with your name and ideas.
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Todd Smith
Miniota
Hamiota
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