Women who took charge of their own lives in two memoirs
The piece compares Edna Jaques and Audrey McLaren who wrote memoirs Uphill All the Way and You Could Try Grandma. It details Jaques’s husband’s failures and McLaren’s rise from hardship to nursing, driving, and guiding her grandchildren. Both women defied poor marriages and personal adversity to shape their destinies.
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Edna Jaques
Audrey McLaren
Jimmy Jaques
Adena
Nipawin
Lorne McLaren
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
Devine
Shrine Hospital
United Church
Mesdames Jaques
McLaren
Manitoba Learning Tax Credit Offsets Rising Tuition Costs
Manitoba residents paying tuition to university college or tech training centre can claim 10 percent of tuition plus 10 percent of allowable education expense deduction. For 1997 the credit totals 17.3 million dollars, about 5.3 million more than 1996 budget. The program aims to help Manitobans cope with higher education costs and encourage study in Manitoba.
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Manitoba Learning
Manitoba Learning Tax Credit
McIntosh
Manitoba
Tre
Canada
Hotel owner backs sports complex liquor permit stance
Perry Longmuir proprietor of the Hamiota hotel rejects a Manitoba Liquor Control Commission complaint cited by a previous Echo article. He supports the Hamiota and District Sports Complex becoming a private club, noting its role in boosting his business and supplying the club bar during events.
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Echo
Perry Longmuir
Hamiotaotel
Hamiota and District
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
MLCC
Manitoba Hotel Association
Longmuir
Sports Complex Bar Committee
Policy on Signed Letters to the Editor
The newspaper states letters to the editor must be signed and the editor reserves the right to edit, reject, or comment on any submission for publication.
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Fred McGuinness
Crossroads
Hamiota
Gregory
Mainstreet
Berney
Wendy Drake
Kenton
Virden Community Arts Council
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Leahy
Tamarack
Dave Hasselfield
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Virden Auditorium
VCAC
White's Flower Attic
North Forwarding
Midland Walwyn
Grant's Welding
Es Motor Inns
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