Pine Creek backs 35000 LIP grant for outdoor ed sites
Pine Creek school division board supports the Jackson Lake Development Committee’s Local Initiatives Project grant to expand beach sites and outdoor education facilities. The request, exceeding 35000, includes funding for two 1975 76 projects at William Morton Collegiate and Plumas elementary with travel camping and Operation Snowshoe.
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Pine Creek
Jackson Lake
Department of Education
William Morton Collegiate
Gladstone
Plumas
MacGregor Makes Rural Manitoba First In On Location Radio
MacGregor elementary school conducts on location taped radio music programs marking a first for rural Manitoba. Roberta Stone leads the project with Pine Creek division students assisting, to be used provincewide. Co-ordinators B McKellak and R Richardson coordinate at William Morton and Plumas.
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MacGregor
Manitoba
Pine Creek
Roberta Stone
Manitoba Department of Education
MacGregor Elementary
MacGregor Elementary School
B. McKellak
William Morton
R. Richardson
Plumas
Steve Foster
Don Middleton
Bern Bileski
Bileski
Langruth
Rossendale
Mustangs win two league games on road and home
The Mustangs defeated Carberry 28 13 on September 2 with Wayne Klippenstein scoring three touchdowns and Ivan Giesbrecht adding a TD plus a point after. The offense totaled 500 yards led by Klippenstein with 300 rushing, while Mark McGregor and Don Nicoll anchored the defense with multiple tackles and a sack.
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Mustangs
Carberry
Wayne Klippenstein
Ivan Giesbrecht
Howard McRae
Mustang
Halfack
Jeff Buchanan
Mark McGregor
Missing teen Daniel Tupper sought by RCMP detachment
The rural RCMP requests help locating Daniel L. Tupper, 15, about 5 feet 7 inches and 120 pounds with brown hair and a nose bridge scar. Anyone with information should contact the rural RCMP at 57 7874.
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Pupuic
RCMP
Daniel L. Tupper
Daniel
Daniel Tupper
Winnipeg man convicted of public mischief and fraud attempt
Werbuk, 42, of Winnipeg, was found guilty by a two-person jury in Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench of public mischief and attempting to defraud Portage la Prairie Mutual Insurance Co. of over $23,000. Sentencing was postponed to Oct 10 for a pre sentence report. convictions carry up to 15 years.
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Winnipeg
Norman Werbuk
Portage la Prairie Mutual Insurance Co
Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench
James Wilson
Women Focus course offered in Portage la Prairie
The FOCUS program by the Department of Colleges and Universities offers a 26 week course for women titled Women the Family and Society in Portage la Prairie. First meeting at 41 Royal Road North on Thursday October 2 at 8 p.m. Open to all women in the community. No entrance requirements or exams. Registration after the first class. Bev Davis provides more information at 857 8578. Courses expand to about 20 Manitoba communities this year.
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Department of Colleges and Universities
Portage la Prairie
Royal Road
North
Bev Davis
Manitoba
Canada
James D McRae Listed in International Who's Who in Music
Portage area organist and conductor James D McRae, renowned across Canada and the United States, is featured in the Cambridge England 7th edition of International Who's Who in Music. The entry notes his choral cantatas, instrumental works, and roles as organist and choir director in Manitoba churches including Portage la Prairie.
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Canada
United States
James D. McRae
Cambridge
England
McRae
Manitoba
Portage
Prairie
MacGregor Tartan Days slated with displays and dances
MacGregor banners up for annual Tartan Days as Chamber of Commerce showcases a weekend of events. Friday features bingo and a Four Way Motor Products 1978 auto show at the Community Centre. Saturday offers pancake brunch, bake sale, Main Street displays, rummage sale, and dances with Ed Gyurki and backing by Ozzie Awsland. Scottish entertainers join the lineup, plus a Saturday pot luck dinner at 6. A come-and-go tea marks Mr and Mrs George Beswitherick’s anniversary on Sunday evening.
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Ed Gyurki
MacGregor
Mr. Gyurki
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
MacGregor Chamber of Commerce
Four Way
Motor Products
Ozzie Awsland
Air Command Band
Winnipeg
Ozzie
Jim Wright
CE Shury Janes
Soans
Henry Mancini
Liberace
Williamaires
Pas
Eth Field Regiment
Brandon
George Beswitherick
Mrs. C. Hawkins
Infra red crop surveillance opens new Manitoba service
Glenboro maker McKinnon Photo Studies claims to be Canada's first commercial aerial Infra-red crop surveillance firm. Field trials with Manitoba Research Council monitored 5,000 acres of potatoes, showing early stress indicators at 1,000 feet and potential savings up to 12 dollars per acre in spray costs, with broader uses in agriculture, land surveying, and disaster assessment.
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Glenboro
Manitoba
McKinnon Photo Studios
Jack McKinnon
Forestry
McKinnon
Canada
Manitoba Research Council
Manitoba Department of Industry and Commerce
Whitford given five-year term for manslaughter
Mervin Whitford a 24 year old from Sandy Bay was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced manslaughter charge connected to the July 20 death of his father Jonas Whitford aged 47. Judge B P McDonald expressed doubt the term adequate and urged remorseful conduct on release. Harvey Pellock of Winnipeg represented Whitford.
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Mervin Whitford
Sandy Bay
B.P. McDonald
Whitford
Jonas Whitford
McDonald
Harvey Pellock
Winnipeg
Chartrand among six named for 1975 Good Citizenship Award
The selection committee chose six Manitobans for the Good Citizenship Award 1975. Rev. Msgr. Norman Chartrand, a Portage native now of Winnipeg, joins Rev. Bruce Miles Jacob J. Reimer and Miss Mary Scorer of Winnipeg Cyril LaVerne Britton of Killarney and Mrs. Belle Busch of Shellmouth. Chief Justice Freedman will present the awards at a banquet by the Tourist and Convention Association of Manitoba Inc. at the Winnipeg Inn on Monday October 27.
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Msgr
Norman
Chartrand
Winnipeg
Yoga Classes for Beginners at MacGregor School
Beginner yoga classes will be held at MacGregor Elementary on Monday afternoons at 34 p.m. The first session of the ten week course starts Monday October 6. Interested individuals may leave their name with Vivian MacGregor at 685-2804.
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MacGregor
Vivian MacGregor
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Plumas School
MacGregor School
Prainie
James D. Merae
Portager
Msgr. Chartrand
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