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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1975
Page
1
The Official Time Act implements uniform daylight saving across Manitoba from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. Clocks advance one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday April 27, becoming 3 a.m. local time.
The Kelsey Recreation Commission receives a 100000 operating grant approved by Town Council. Mayor McBride notes the amount is about 25000 less than last year and 17000 under the Commission’s own estimates. Councillors Reid and Hayes opposed the resolution.
Five adults and three youths appeared in court Monday on offences linked to the weekend disturbance outside the Gateway Hotel. Two more people faced similar charges after Saturday night arrests. Remanded for one week to obtain legal advice, with Magistrate W R Martin urging swift action to restore normalcy and criticizing Winnipeg press coverage. The incident followed Friday assaults on a Thompson gang member and involved rocks and bottles at the Gateway Hotel with about $4000 damage.
A Local Kinsmen Club proposal to develop Devon Park for camping, tents, picnics, a playground and tennis facilities received in principle approval. The plan envisions five years of work, lighted areas, boat-launch improvements, and a trailer sewage dump station consideration with cost savings from volunteer labor. A detailed plan will be prepared for review by The Pas District and council, with May 7 discussion expected.
The finance committee and Town Council agree the Friendship Centre should be taxed at the full commercial rate. The centre must raise about $6,000 to cover taxes or cut expenses to stay in operation. No grant in lieu of taxes was discussed.
The Marshall Wells building at Third Street and Fischer Avenue is ordered demolished for being dangerous and dilapidated. Owner Maria Gloria Mendes Lourenzo must level the site within sixty days, with an appeal option under the Municipal Act. A second order requires Robert Sawan at 410 Patrick Avenue to remedy and meet standards within sixty days. A new Building Standards By-Law was introduced, with first reading. by-law repeal and adoption of the 1975 National Building Code discussed.
A new committee under the Cultural Development Council aims to build an arts centre in The Pas. The interim board, led by Neal Joyce, will form three subcommittees on financing location and design and memberships. The group favors using space behind the library for a 160 seat theatre with rooms and workshops in the basement, potentially expanding to 300 seats. A May 5 meeting at the Friendship Centre invites service clubs to participate.
Deputy Minister Jim Cawley defended new mining rules effective January 1 in a meeting at the Provincial Building. Prospectors and company representatives voiced worries that the Crown stake up to fifty percent would end earnest prospecting as firms cut offers, while Cawley urged use of Manitoba Mineral Services to aid negotiations and promised no complete solution. The Developers Association plans to propose changes.
The Kelsey School Division will compare three years of operation costs with a southern district, reviewing budgets for 1973 1974 and 1975. The board will also seek a meeting with RCMP to address unwanted visitors at Margaret Barbour Collegiate causing disturbances in common areas.
Town Council favors an alternate site bounded by Rahl Island Road Grace Lake Road and the Government Road Allowance as a replacement for the former south end park. The plan goes to The Pas and District Advisory Planning Commission with MHRC involvement and a decision by month end. Mayor McBride reports talks with Denise Hindson on forming a seven member Industrial and Commercial Commission including ManFor NorMan CN and local citizens to recruit tenants.
The Kelsey Recreation Commission approved a policy to govern suspensions at town facilities after reviewing the Don Manych case at Winton Pool. The policy requires a formal appeal process: suspensions by managers, then review by a committee and a further appeal to the Commission, with past suspensions rescinded where applicable.
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