Portage Council Approves 1500 Grant for Chamber
Portage city council on Monday night approved a 1500 grant to the Portage and District Chamber of Commerce to aid its summer program including Manitobah Days. Ald. W A Linden dissented, urging program based funding, while Alds Cobbe Wagner supported the grant citing ongoing chamber work and community benefits. Lorne Williams, chamber treasurer, outlined the summer plan and desire for closer city involvement, with Cobbe and Williams arranging further liaison meetings.
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Portage
Portage and District Chamber of Commerce
Ald. W. A. Linden
Ald
Linden
Garry Cobbe
Orville Wagner
Ald. Wagner
Lorne Williams
Chamber
Williams
Council
Ald. Cobbe
Hugh MacKinnon
Joyce Brooker
City Council
City weighs ladder truck aid for Portage fire dept
Portage la Prairie council may have to proceed without provincial help for a ladder truck as municipal affairs minister Howard Pawley notes city authority over building heights. Alderman Wayne Wilson cited minister letters on high rise fire protection and council plans to seek provincial assistance. The meeting also discussed rising water chemical costs and recurring sewer back ups at Koko Platz, while building permits through May totaled 2.77 million with 2.315 million for 130 new housing units.
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Portage la Prairie
Howard Pawley
Manitoba
Ald
Wayne Wilson
Public Safety Committee
Qupimen
Portage Council
Pawley
Saskatchewan Ave
Eighth St. West
A.R. Barrett
Water Works Committee
Koko Platz
Karen Devine
Garry Cobbe
W. A. Linden
Orville Wagner
Jack Shindleman
Ald. Shindleman
Bodie-Croft Wedding Held In Winnipeg
Gail Bodie of Kelowna British Columbia spends a week with her parents Mr and Mrs J Bodie after attending the Bodie Croft wedding in Winnipeg. The ceremony took place Friday June 6 at the Christian Reformed Church.
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Niss Gail Bodie
Kelowna
B.C
J. Bodie
Winnipeg
Christian Reformed Church
Portager artist Ellen Le Gallias shines in BC oil painting
An 87 year old former Portager, Ellen Le Gallias, thrives as an amateur oil painter in British Columbia. A veteran competitor at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, she won first place in 1972 and 1974, placed second in 1970, and third in 1968. She recently donated an oil painting titled A Rural Scene in England to Lions Prairie Manor, preserving Portage ties through decades.
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Isilen le Gallias
Vancouver
B.C
England
Lions Prairie Manor
le Gallias
Dalton Smith, Jr
Grace Ellett
Portager
British Columbia
Ellen le Gallias
Portage
Het Portage
Smitty
Millie Rhmier
Zwiep Named District Rep For Portage La Prairie Area
Bill Zwiep was chosen as District No 2 representative for Portage la Prairie region at a Central Plains Regional Recreation Council sub committee meeting in Gladstone. Cam Spiller won District No 1 representation east of Portage starting at road 40 to St Francois Xavier.
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Central Plains
Portage la Prairie
Alonso
Gladstone
Langruth
Westbourne
Plumas
MacGregor
Austin
Roy Evenson
Larry Nicholls
Holland
Bill McKellak
Richard Donnelly
Zwiep
Portage Parents Without Partners Chapter Events
Portage Parents Without Partners holds its monthly meetings on the first Monday at 8 p.m. in the Health and Welfare unit board room. The chapter lists 17 members with an annual dues benefiting newsletters and Single Parents magazine. Upcoming events include a June 14 adult social, June 15 Father's Day gathering, a June 18 discussion session, and a June 25 coffee party at 875 6th Avenue. contact Susan Brown at 857-4784 to attend. Executive members are Lorraine Leard, Kathi St. Goddard, Susan Brown, and Les Porteous.
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Portage Parents Without Partners Group
Health and Welfare Unit
Parents Without Partners, Inc
New York
United States
Canada
Australia
Portage
Washington, D.C
Lorraine Leard
Island Park
Janet McDonald
6Th Avenue
Susan Brown
Lorraine —Leard
Kathi St. Goddard
Les Porteous
Portage Staff Win Shared Montreal Olympic Lottery
Ten Portage staff members and spouses held a joint $1,000 lottery ticket for the upcoming Montreal Olympics. The ticket, bought at $10 per share, listed all ten winners and included staff names such as Joe Malcolm, Sophia Ostopowich, Jane Akerman, Cliff Bagrie, Christine Jackson, Florence Davies, Elsie Isfeld, and Mary Kaartinsen.
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Canada
Portage
Joe Malcolm
Sophia Ostopowich
Jane Akerman
Cliff Bagrie
Christine Jackson
Florence Davies
Elsie Isfeld
Mary Kaartinsen
Laundry Queen Break-In Reported on Saskatchewan Ave West
City police report a Sunday break-in at the Laundry Queen located at 514 Saskatchewan Ave West. About $85 in quarters nickels and dimes was stolen and local merchants were asked to contact city RCMP at 857-6831 if they noticed anyone attempting to pass large sums of change.
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Laundry Queen
City Rcmp
Saskatchewan Ave. West
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Lloyd Gemmell
Richard Street
Snow Lake
Mucker
Plusa
Canada Manpower Centre
Main
Winnipeg North
Mrs. le Gallias
Brighton
Jean Pike
Dalton Smith
Smith
MilJean
Box
Cremlin
Matavor
Waconeer
JEEP
Cherokee Northend Royalite
Tupper St.m
Gordon M. Currie
Ana
Sidney
Mnoba
POP
Nh A
Revelstoke Lumber
Craig
Saskato
Port West Music Centre
Ewan Avenue
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