Portage Day Care Centers Seek Expanded Services
Portage la Prairie hosts two government day care centers and two family home services with 14 children enrolled, while directors Marlene Fehr and Jan Lucas urge more facilities and flexible rates. Subsidies under a new provincial program may help families, but many average earners still face high costs.
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Portage la Prairie
Marlene Fehr
Jan Lucas
Portage Care Centre
West End
Manitoba
Smen
Children’s Aid Society
Fehr
Lucas
Portage
Allie Dick
Ada Glover
Megan Laurette
Bob Henderson
Marion Mula
Darlene Alexander
Portage A Prairie
Mary Lee
10Th St. N.E
Glenna Walker
6Th St. N.B
Christmas Holiday Visits Across Kelvin District
Kelv in district residents hosted and visited numerous relatives over the holidays. Families including Melvor, Jackson, Kowall, Tickle, Lilly, and Morisseau shared Christmas Day and Boxing Day gatherings with relatives in Portage la Prairie, Dauphin, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Calgary, showcasing extensive family travel and reunion patterns.
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Susan Jackson
Douglas Melvor
Chicago
Loretta
D. Sandberg
Grace Melvor
Joyce
Bayer
Portage la Prairie
Doug Melvor
Garry Lilly
Garnet
Nelson
Sherman Melvor
Dauphin
Keith Melvor
Poplar Point
Orst Kowall
Portage
Natalie Kowall
Doug Melver
Bob Tickle
Janice
Calgary
Art Blackburtle
Fairford
Man
Dale Watson
Barry Tickle
Leaf Rapids
Hogg
Warren
Lou Kirton
Winnipeg
Gary Boardman
Vancouver
Boxing Day
Hilda
Mary Bordman
Donald Jackson
John Jackson
Malcom Jackson
Transcona
Joe Warren
Loreen
Joy
Ken Hannah
Art Twiss
Elm Creek
Bob Daneault
Ralph Jackson
Manitoba Hydro
Gordon Jackson
J.W. Adams
J. Jackson
Edmonton
Alberta
Russell Andruchuk
Fred Lapwat
Lethbridge
Andrew and
Nelson Morisseau
Medicine Hat
Alta
Mr. Morisseau
Andrew Morisseau
Haywood
GED tests now available here locally
Adults seeking grade 12 equivalency may take General Educational Development tests this year. The Manitoba Department of Education reports over 7,000 have written and many passed, with tests offered in 25 centres six times yearly. Portage la Prairie will host exams February 14–15 at Portage Collegiate, with applications due January 3. For details contact G Ray Johnson or write to GED 312-1181 Portage Ave Winnipeg RIG 673.
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Portage la Prairie
Department of Education
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Portage Collegiate
G. Ray Johnson
PCT
G.E.D
Portage Ave
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Saskatchewan Ave. West
Kelvin District News
Gerard G. Murray
Optometrist
Tupper Street
Telephone
United Way
Inger
the Society For Crippled Children and Adults OF
Ei Ely
Ariety
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