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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 09, 1993
Page
5
A reader from Hamiota Manitoba chides Conservatives for allowing convict voting but denying hospital patients. He says he has been in the hospital for five weeks with a broken hip and was told at 6:00 p.m. he could vote, despite being unable to leave his bed, calling the situation a shame.
A local letter protests stray cats dumped by a road near Man. Lorna Eastcott Crandall condemns the act after a tom cat killed a kitten and another kitten remains in danger. She urges humane destruction or spaying and neutering rather than abandonment.
Mel Cochran of Montreal writes to The Hamiota Echo praising the paper’s local coverage from afar. He laments rising crime statistics while celebrating weddings births graduations sports and obituaries and notes lasting loyalty to Hamiota despite distance and modern changes.
Hamiota advances water infrastructure with pipe replacements on designated streets and a 150000 gallon underground cement reservoir. The 39 by 9.6 metre, 4 metre deep enclosure will increase capacity beyond the current 60000 gallon tower while daily usage averages 60000 gallons. Water technician Les Kirk notes filling will take at least one week after completion.
Seventeen members of Royal York Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and families attended a service at Hamiota United Church led by Rev. John Lea on Oct. 3. The annual Official Visit on Oct. 7 featured a 40-person banquet at Chumah Hall, hosted by Betty and Arnold Murray. The main meeting in Shoal Lake’s Ukrainian Hall saw 95 attendees, with 18 officers present, and honored Worthy Grand Matron Norma Guinn and Worthy Grand Patron Jack Lipsey of Manitoba OES. Past grand officers and appointed officers were introduced, visitors from Saskatchewan chapters noted, and WGP Jack Lipsey gave an inspiring address.
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