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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 04, 1996
Page
2
Readers condemn Barrhead civic unions for negotiating an Armistice Day work off in exchange for a longer Christmas break. Editorials decry the move as betraying memory of war dead totaling over 100,000 Canadians.
The Quilter's Corner event in Winkler hosted the Birtle MAAS District Quilt Competition on Oct 24 with seven total entries from Strathclair Shoal Lake and Kenton. Catherine Carter won first prize for Around the Twist, Robeena McCutcheon took second for Ohio Rose and third for Green Sampler, both quilts by McCutcheon. Catherine Carter's quilt advances to the provincial judging in Winnipeg and will be shown at the MAAS Conference in Brandon in November. Two districts had no entries this year reducing the display count to seven.
Entry secretary Audrey Hayward says 119 entries overall across Speech and Theatre Arts, with 26 in Dance nearly doubling last year's total. Sessions run Nov 4 5 6 7 at the local gym with $2 per session or $6 for a three day pass, youth admissions free, and doors selling programs for $2.50. The Final Concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov 7 features the Shutka Dancers and Jill Wakely of Birtle. One dollar from each $3 admission supports the National Fine Arts Festival. festival funds also sponsor youth arts exchanges and coach training in Brandon with travel subsidies.
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