Slow down your voice mail numbers and machines
A Lewiston Tribune columnist laments noisy and mumbled phone messages and the shift to answering machines. He argues for slower speech and clearer digits, recalling past phone etiquette and how technology reshaped how we call and say goodbye. He notes readers should write to Bill Hall at 505 C St Lewiston Idaho 83501.
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Elmer
Grandma
North Dakota
Mary
Barry
Daddy
Sensentuone
Bill Hall
Lewiston
Idaho
St. Lewiston
Manitoba redesigns disability parking permits
The Society for Manitobans with Disabilities introduces new two sided permits in English and French with larger writing and a visible expiry date to curb abuse and aid enforcement. Existing permits remain valid until expiry. renewals receive the new design with a $10 fee.
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The
Society of Manitobans With Disabilities
Manitoba
North America
Society For Manitobans With Disabilities
SMD
Winnipegment of Highways and Transportation
RoadWatch '98 Extended to November in Manitoba
Manitoba Public Insurance extends RoadWatch '98 through November to curb impaired driving. Since May over 19 000 vehicles have been checked, more than 100 drivers charged with impaired driving, and 400-plus drivers given 24 hour suspensions under the new .05 blood alcohol law.
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Manitoba Public Insurance
Darryl Hammond
MPI
Mps
Edgeworth Joins Miniota Volunteer Fire Department
A Rural Municipality of Miniota council meeting on October 13 approved twinning Highway No. 1 west of Virden with Wallace and gave third reading to a mining licensing bylaw amendment. The council also approved purchasing a new paper shredder and appointed Dick Edgeworth to the Miniota Volunteer Fire Department.
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Miniota
R.M
Wallace
Virden
Dick Edgeworth
Council backs twin Highway No 1 to Saskatchewan border
The Rural Municipality of Woodworth council met on Oct. 15 and voted to support the R.M. of Wallace and other councils urging the Minister of Highways to twin No 1 Highway to the Saskatchewan border.
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Woodworth
R.M
Wallace
Department of Highways
Saskatchewan
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