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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1976
Page
16
Derrick Wanio reports the four year old program is crowded with band instruction the core, plus growing Music Appreciation and Choral offerings. Band enrollment rose to over 100 this year with earlier years showing dropout trends. expansion or staff increases are urged for senior level continuation.
Lamb Airways announced this week that its The Pas offices will close and operations moved to Winnipeg. The change consolidates services under the Winnipeg base and affects local staff and customers in The Pas.
John Diefenbaker is presented with a mounted replica of a press plate from his article My First Prairie Christmas in Canadian Reader's Digest. The event, in Ottawa, features roving editor Robert Collins and Digest Editor Charles Magill. The note cites the Lamb family business and Winnipeg connections with The Pas, Moose Lake, and various regional ventures.
The Pas Herald will publish a day early with distribution ready Wednesday morning December 22. Advertising copy is due by 11:00 am Monday December 20 and advertisers are urged to submit by Friday. Offices close December 23 to 27. No paper between Christmas and New Year.
An arbitration board granted teachers a 14 percent salary increase for the Kelsey School Division, with 12.5 percent rises in allowances for special teachers and coordinators. The decision, opposed by one member, awaits Anti-Inflation Board scrutiny. Totals rise to $1,174 to $2,749 annually, based on 1975 rates, lifting annual pay to $9,564 to $22,389 in the division.
Police report four youths aged 10 to 15 sniffing plastic wood filler fumes in the Cumberland Apartment Building basement on Edwards Avenue just before midnight. One boy, believed to be a frequent sniffer, was found among the group with seven tubes of contact cement and other items. the filler is suspected stolen from Revelstoke Lumber. Authorities describe glue sniffing as a local fad and say only isolated cases occur, with officials noting limited police awareness of sniffing incidents. Community leaders, teachers, and parents discuss drug trends, with alcohol and marijuana cited as more common among students.
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