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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1978
Page
1
Attorney General Gerry Mercier announced the appointment of Beatrice Diane Bodiou as a limited jurisdiction magistrate at Winnipeg Family Court. She succeeds Harold Steer who moves to another position within the department.
Miniota School reports 113 students for the term, six more than last year and eleven more than 1976 77. Teachers include Kindergarten Mrs David Hanlin, Grade 1 2 Mr Michael Larkin, Grades 3 4 Mrs Norman Morton, Grades 5 9 Messrs Garth Field Stephen Holden and Barry Cornish, with Mrs Don Forsyth as aide. Custodians are Mr and Mrs Bill Cousins and Mrs A Craig.
Local graduates are entering nursing training, university studies, secretarial courses and trades. Julie Oliver trains as a nurse in Regina while Brian Peel studies at the University of Manitoba. Linda Watters and Stan Bohm pursue secretarial and automotive programs at Assiniboine College Brandon. Dorothy Taylor and Patti Gilchrist work in Winnipeg stores, Mark Popper and Jerry Andrushhuk take positions in Calgary and Miniota, with many others listed in local employment and visits over the weekend. The note also covers hospital patients, new residents, family reunions, and school class entries for the new term.
Agriculture Minister Jim Downey named a new Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation board led by Dr. J. Clayton Gilson. Joining are William McKinney Donald Coubrough Stuart Harris and Henry D. Hildebrand. Gilson returns after previous chairmanship and sabbatical from the University of Manitoba.
A September 5 ceremony saw J. J. Morton turn the sod for a 12 unit Parkissimo Lodge in Miniota A with CMHC officials, Manitoba MLA Morris McGregor and local dignitaries present. Hoffman Construction won a 227919 dollar bid. total project cost about 268110 dollars. The elderly oriented lodge aims for occupancy by March 1979 with applications to follow.
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