Allstate Grains Wins Grant for Manitoba Aquaculture Test
Allstate Grains Company Ltd. receives a $50,000 Manitoba Jobs Fund grant to convert two malting troughs at its Winnipeg Coulter Avenue plant into fish raceways for Arctic char and rainbow trout. The project aims to create two technical jobs immediately, scale to five production jobs, and potentially raise 250,000 kg of fish with year round distribution, reducing imports and boosting exports while linking with the Freshwater Institute.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Jobs Fund
Allstate Grains Company Ltd
Industry, Trade and Technology
Vic Schroeder
Allstate Grains
Allstate
Coulter Avenue
Schroeder
U.S.A
Freshwater Institute
University of Manitoba
Hamiota Squirts Open Season With Win In Rivers
The Hamiota Squirts 12 & Under opened their 1987 season with a 24 to 9 victory at Rivers on May 22, tallying 14 hits and 11 walks while allowing 5 hits and 9 walks. Coached by Mel Smith and Garth Sararas the squad features Kristine Butler Angie Mathison Julie Smith Kirby Sararas Shannon Taylor Jody Houck Robyn Cronkite Tracy Cosgrove Lisa Hamilton Treena Anderson Kelly Cocrane Terry O Quinn Charlene Mathison and Mandy Buhler. They next play Strathclair at Hamiota on May 27 and faced Strathclair again on May 27 losing 14 to 9.
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Hamiota
Hamiota Squirts
Rivers
Squirts
Mermaid
Strathclair
Oak River
Mel Smith
Garth Sararas
Kristine Butler
Angie Mathison
Julie Smith
Kirby Sararas
Shannon Taylor
Jody Houck
Robyn Cronkite
Tracy Cosgrove
Lisa Hamilton
Treena Anderson
Kelly Cocrane
Terry O’quinn
Charlene Mathison
Mandy Buhler
Smith Family Weekend Visits Across Manitoba
Jack and Peggy Smith spent a weekend in Winnipeg visiting the Hemenways and Ron and Heather Smith to celebrate Kimberley’s third birthday. Pearl Kidd hosted grandchildren Dexter and Debbie Grant and great grandson Stephen, then visited Brandon to spend a few days with family.
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Jack
Peggy Smith
Winnipeg
Hemenways
Ron
Heather Smith
Kimberley
Pearl Kidd
Dexter
Debbie Grant
Stephen
Pearl
Brandon
Correction notice on student volunteers duties and pins
The Echo corrects an error from last week regarding student volunteers. The executive set minimums for pins and rewards: 25 hours for name pins, 50 hours for a gold volunteer pin, 75 hours for bandage scissors, 100 hours for a service bar on the 50 hour pin, plus a framing certificate when leaving school or volunteerism.
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Hamiota
the Echo
Parkissimo Lodge Hosts Visit and Community Notes
Reports from Parkissimo Lodge recount visits by Mr At Armitage and Mrs Margaret Foster with local residents, plus a May 23 birthday party for Vera Clarks in Hamiota. The writer reflects on grain handling evolution from threshing days to modern railcar shipments and the Quadra Elevator replacing older mills, lamenting impacts on small communities.
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Parkissimo Lodge
At Armitage
Miniota
Margaret Foster
Ray Reid
Brandon
John
Margaret Coxworth
Hamiota
Finkbeiner
Rose Finkbeiner
Mabel Stowe
Vera
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Manitoba
Canada
J.W. Beamish
Guinn and Simpson Co. Ltd
Portage la Prairie
Chumah News
Canadian Advertising Foundation
Ken R. Hudson
Hamiota, MB
Rom Oto
Dell
Beulah
Armstrong Agencies
Fire, Auto and
Wawanesa Life
Ryan Hamilton
Ray Armstrong
Hunter’s Septic Service
Lynn Nolan
Travis Hunter
Crosstown
Tempo Plail
Tempo Auto Clinic
Marg
Keith Lamb
Gary
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