Centenary reflections on Hamiota settlers and family letters
The text chronicles early Hamiota settlement starting in 1879 1880 and a plan to publish a family letters series from George Young Rankin known as G Y. It recalls Scottish roots and life in Edinburgh describing dairy work and schooling at Lorne Street Public School with separate facilities for boys and girls.
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Hamiota
Phyllis
George Young Rankin
G.Y
Hamiota Echo
Venables
John L. Rankin
Edinburgh
Scotland
George
Melrose
Will
Jack
Lorne Street
Leith Walk
Leith
Lorne Street School
Hamiota Leads North In Provincial Bantam Tourney
Hamiota defeated Flin Flon 16 to 3 and beat Neepawa 7 to 2 to win the A side in the North tournament at Neepawa. Oak River and Neepawa also advanced to the final, with Hamiota edging Oak River 3 to 2 after a late scoring burst. Top hitter Rodd Cornish went four for eight, while Randy Robertson went four for nine.
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Neepawa
Brandon
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Flin Flon
Oak
Randy Robertson
Bantams
Oak River
Brent Desiatnyk
Hamiota
Flint
Shindruk
Cornish
Thompson
Richardson
Chernos
Darren Thompson
Poe
Rodd Cornish
Coupe
Bantams Win at Hamiota Fair
The fourteen year old Bantams defeated Souris 11 to 3 at Hamiota Fair as they outhit 12 to 2. Mac Coupe pitched 3 2 3 innings with Darren Thompson allowing no runs late. In the Hamiota 13 Brandon 8 game, Hamiota scored 13 on 7 hits and eight walks, Brandon committing six errors.
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Hamiota
Souris
Mac Coupe
Darren Thompson
Brandon
Raleigh’s 12000 acre Irish estate hosted first potato plantings
Sir Walter Raleigh received an estate of 12 000 acres in Ireland from Queen Elizabeth and reportedly planted the potato there in 1596. Cockfighting remains illegal in the United States, Canada, and numerous other nations.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Ireland
United States
Canada
Countries
A Side at Cardale Final Shifts to Bantams Victory
Hamiota beat Brandon 13 to 3 in first round action with McAuley driving in three and McAuley hitting a homer. Mac Coupe and Carl Caldwell led RBIs as Hamiota posted ten runs on Brandon. In the finals Hamiota edged Brandon in a tight game with Rod Sanderson starting and Randy Robertson relieving in the second inning.
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McAuley
Mac Coupe
Carl Caldwell
Hamiota
Brandon
Rod Sanderson
Randy Robertson
Pitch Hit & Run program grows youth baseball reach
Half a million American youths participate in Pitch Hit & Run, MLBs official youth program. Kids aged 8 to 13 compete in pitching hitting and running across 46 feet 240 feet and three swings with Burger King sponsorship and support from the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Local contests feed into 11 divisional events at major league stadiums, leading to a Cooperstown final and World Series award ceremony.
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United States
Major League Baseball
Bowie Kuhn
Baseball
Eee
Kuhn
America
Burger King
President’s Council On Physical Fitness
Larry Bow
Philadelphia Phillies
Cooperstown
N.Y
Hall of Fame
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By John Rankin
North
River
Caldwell
Harvey Shindruk
Misha
U.S
USA
Darryl Leganchuk
Glen Richardson
Brent Desiatwyck
Jeff Robertson
Sports
Bill Rodgers
Boston
New York
Cardale
Darryl Laganchuk
Parncpacthon
John Dalton
Charles Abbott
Oak Lake
Abbott Studios
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