Auction to support Heritage Arts Centre project in Hamiota
The Mid-West Arts Council continues fundraising to transform the old bank building in Hamiota into the Heritage Arts Centre. The upcoming auction on Friday October 9 at the Hamiota and District Sports Complex expands items beyond antiques. Donations of furniture, jewelry, china, toys, and other items are sought with curbside pickups September 14 and 21 and drop offs at the Heritage Arts Centre. Beneficiary funding includes a $16 000 Manitoba Heritage Fund grant toward Phase One. Phase Two requires about $30 000 for heating replacement. Community and municipal support from Blanshard Woodworth Miniota Hamiota and the Town of Hamiota underscores the effort.
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Mid-West Arts Council
Bank
Hamiota
Arts Council
Hamiota and District
Mid- West Arts Council
Miniota
Kenton
Oak River
Cardale
Heritage Arts Centre
Linda Conner
Barbara Maynes
Darcy Paterson
Travis Goertzen
Province of Manitoba Heritage Fund
Blanshard
Woodworth
District Six Hosts Manitoba Municipal Meeting in 1998
The Manitoba Municipal Administrators Association District Six, covering 28 municipalities including rural municipalities towns villages and LUDs, plans to host the 1998 meeting in Hamiota. The event rotates yearly among communities to promote each area.
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Ham Ome
Ceace
Manitoba Municipal Administrators Association
R.M
Shellmouth
Boston
Minnedosa
Blanshard
Hamiota
Miniota
Former resident killed after car struck by train
Police and railway officials investigated a Sept. 3 car train collision that killed 53 year old Wilbert Murray Bray, formerly of Hamiota. The east bound train hit his 1985 Dodge near Rivers at about 4:00 a.m. Alcohol is suspected and investigators consider the possibility the crash was intentional. Bray resided in Treherne and was last seen in Rivers. Authorities seek the last person who had contact with him.
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Wilbert Murray Bray
Hamiota
Brandon Rcmp
Rivers
Bray
Treherne