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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 20, 1992
Page
2
The Citizens On Patrol initiative started in Roblin on October 9 with six volunteers under RCMP Sgt. Bob Brakefield-Moore. Participants patrol a defined area, report suspicious activity by phone, and take no direct police action. More volunteers are needed as the program continues.
Natural Resources Minister Harry J. Enns announced expanded funding for the province's waterfowl crop damage protection program. Up to $600,000 will be provided, with part going to Canada's NAWMP contribution. Funds will expand the inventory of waterfowl scaring devices and buy additional lure crops for farmers this fall.
Natural Resources Minister Harry J. Enns announced five birds and one plant join the Endangered Species List under the Endangered Species Act. Borrowing owl, piping plover, loggerhead shrike, Baird's sparrow, peregrine falcon and small white lady's slipper gain legal protection due to habitat loss and human threats. Penalties include fines up to $500, months in jail up to, or both for individuals. corporations face fines up to $5,000.
Dale Goran of the Valley River Fishing Lodge notes a beaver infestation along the Valley River with damming impacts west of Highway 20. Don Know, Chief Natural Resource officer, cites high beaver populations from reduced trapping and dry years driving beavers toward deeper water.
Wanda Strachan reports that the Investors Group Community Sport Achievement Award was given at the Community Coaching Conference on October 6 in Brandon. Lorna Robertson of Hamiota received the regional Westman Sport Association honor for her lifelong involvement in basketball and baseball and her role in guiding teams to provincial finals.
Elizabeth Snell a 13 year old Grade Nine student from Hamiota is pursuing excellence in dancing. She trains in five Brandon classes weekly and has studied Ballet at Brandon School of Dance for nine years. Snell has become a full performing member this season as part of the Brandon Dance Ensemble which has operated in Western Manitoba since 1974.
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