April Busy Month for the Country Riders at Decker
The Country Riders report a busy April with two regular meetings at Decker and events in Brandon and Strathclair. They held three fundraisers serving lunch at sales, provided pesticide safety kits, joined the Cleanup Highways Project, and plan a riding clinic on May 23 and 24 with Barry Foote. They also prepare for Rally Day on May 30 and Achievement Day on June 6, inviting all. Some members will attend the Regional Show at Brandon Summer Fair on June 13.
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Decker
Brandon
Gerald Knight
Yellowhead
Barry Foote
Strathclair
Bicycle Safety Training Program Offered in Manitoba
The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation will run the 1987 Bicycle Safety Training Program for elementary schools from May 11 to June 26. Minister John M Bucklaschuk announced the effort to reduce traffic accidents and teach children ages 6 to 13 bicycle safety. An instructional kit is available year round, and 26,662 students participated in 1986, up 12.2 percent from 1985.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation
Manitoba
John M Bucklaschuk
Manitoba Public Insurance
Equipment subsidies raised for hospital gear in Manitoba
Health Minister Larry Desjardins announced the Manitoba Health Services Commission will subsidize hospital equipment purchases by 9.25 million for 1987 88. The funding includes upgrading radiological equipment x ray machines for angiography at the teaching hospital and part of a province wide anaesthesia services upgrade. The borrowing plan includes 770 000 allocated in 1987 88 to repay the debt.
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Winnipeg
Larry Desjardins
Manitoba Health Services Commission
Desjardins
Kenton District News May column highlights and notes
May column reports birth of Andrew David Garton at Hamiota health centre on May 7 to Bob and Angie Garton with grandparents Charles and Iris Merke and Bill and Edie Garton. Piano pupils excel at Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival with multiple first and second places and a vocal gesture at Oak Lake Kenton. Kenton community news covers deaths, visits, travel, births, prizes, weather, and garden notes with well wishes and local happenings.
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Norma Gray
Bob
Angie Garton
Andrew David
Hamiota
Charles and
Iris Merke
River Hills
Bill
Edie Garton
Kenton
Mable Brandon
Birdtail River
Tessa Nicholls
Rita Nicholls
Oak Lake
Devon Corney
Karen Wilson
Krista McKinnon
Oakner
Krista
Haley McKinnon
Ryan Hodgson
Laura Janzen
Virden
Minsota
Edna Nolan
Reston
Marvin
Susan Miller
Susan
Dr. and
Bettie Hames
Millers
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the Echo
Help Your Heart Fund
LAW Office
Sims & Sims
Norman H. Sims
Elizabeth J. Sims
Main Street South
Minnedosa
Erickson
Rapid City
Kenton District News
Jasper
Cape Breton Island
St. David’s Church
Ken Hunt
Prince George
Cecil Brown
Jean Lyall
Nerces
Isabel Nelson
Hardisty
Jean
Ella Graham
Marjorie Wilson
Hamiota Hospital
Stan Hunt
Cyril Hunt
Marvin and
Lauree Buchannan
Oxbow, SK
Kelly Haggarty
Countryside Trenching Custom
Eric Brown
Woodworth
Dodge
Chrysler
Woodworth Dodge
Woodworth Avenue
Dodge Trucks
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