Top North American teams enter 105 mile Trappers' Festival race
The 1977 Trappers' Festival World Championship Dog Race aims to field strong international representation February 17 to 19. Defending champ Art Allen from Cedar Falls Iowa returns with new dogs while Quebec and Alaska entries are hoped for. Local favorites include Bob McPhail of The Pas and two other Canadian teams, with two new entrants and a rumored secret Edmonton squad. Weather and ice conditions on the Saskatchewan River may force a start move to Edwards Festival grounds.
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North America
Ken Wiens
Art Allen
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Bill Otchenash
Fort Paskovac
Allen
Walker
Minnesota
Otchenash
Quebec
Alaska
George Atla
Atla
Canada
Martel
Bob McPhail
McPhail
Pas
Ant Pas
Brochecome Festival
Bert Travis
Albert Kowanoski
Red Lake
Ontario
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Edwards
Wiens
Exhibition Grounds
Carrot River Valley
C.B
Banks named to ten member P A T review committee
Dr A S Banks of The Pas joins a ten member panel including doctors nurses officials to review the Patient Air Transportation Program. They will assess cost efficiency abuses and options to limit services with funds, reporting to Health Minister Larry Desjardins by February end. Trevor Cumpston will chair the group.
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A.S
Sandy) Banks
Pas
Banks
College of Physicians
Manitoba Health Services Commission
P.A.T
Larry Desjardins
Trevor Cumpston
Thompson General Hospital
Herald
Cumpston
Muir rink nails perfect eight ender in The Pas curling
In B Group action at The Pas Curling Club Doug Muir skips a remarkable eight ender against Heinz Krauss and team. Muir, Al Copeland, Jack Walker, and Cliff Nichols earned instant fame as crowns and pins from Crown Life Insurance were promised.
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Pas Curling Club
Doug Muir
Heinz Krauss
al Copeland
Jack Walker
Cliff
Doug
Heinz
Fred Krauss
Keith Sunley
Ken Cloutier
Crown Life Insurance Company
School bus drivers threaten mass quit over safety tests
Kelsey School Division drivers including Jack Phillips warn they will quit in April rather than take road tests for School Bus Safety Certificates. The tests are part of a new safety program approved by the School Board to raise bus safety and standardize driver qualifications.
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Paul Mart
Kelsey
Phillips
In School Board Meeting Draws No Parents or Teachers
The Kelsey School Board held its first in school meeting at Kelsey Elementary with Trustee Neal Joyce presenting the policy. Despite newsletters, ads, and radio notices reaching many Division parents, not a single non board member attended the session.
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Kelsey Elementary
Kelsey School Board
Neal Joyce
Joyce
Strinni Reddy
Kelsey School
Kelsey
Reddy
C B radio page from a commuter joke essay
Gerald Flood reflects on citizen band radios as quirky car devices with quirky users. He recalls a coworker who used CB to warn his wife Edith Bunker like a running kitchen report while she rushed to prepare dinner. The piece ends by hinting at a microwave upgrade.
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Edith Bunker
Edith
C.B
False fire alarms rattle The Pas residents across blocks
Valerie Butler from Man For Block Two says a string of false alarms has frightened hundreds in The Pas. Over six weeks two pranks triggered alarms at 5 30 a m December 28 and 6 30 p m January 20 as residents fled their homes fearing a real blaze.
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Valerie Butler
Valerie
Pas
Man
Mr. Butler
Catch 22 page prompts school grant chop
Inside note references a school grant being cut, with a page 9 catch 22 motif. Mentions page 7 for classifieds and page 15 for minor hockey standings and a nod to talented students.
Despins Promoted at CFB Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan
Master Corporal D A Despins of The Pas Manitoba receives promotion to Sergeant at Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. Despins joined the service in December 1959 trained as an air traffic control assistant and arrived at Moose Jaw in August 1971 after serving at Val d Or Quebec. He attended radar control at Borden Ontario from July to October 1972 and has held many roles in the air traffic control unit. Despins enjoys hockey curling and woodcraft with wife Rosalind and their children.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
D.A
Don) Despins
Pas
Manitoba
Sgt
Despins
Cfb
Cfb Val D’or
Quebec
Cfb Borden
Ontario
Woodcraft
Rosalind
Trailer subdivision approved for The Pas housing project
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation can borrow up to 3 172 932 from CMHC to aid the mobile home subdivision at The Pas. Minister Len Evans announced a loan of up to 245 300 toward the project as 62 1/2 acres are serviced. Total cost is now about 2 453 000, down from 3 525 480, with CMHC loan use capped at 2 207 700. Lots are being sold and recovery of the investment is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Pas
Len Evans
Manitoba Housing
CMHC
Evans
Manitoba
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Ovid Lavallee
Larry and
Tony Commodore
Desjardins
C.B. Radio
Gerald
Lenea Smith
Ivan
Sargent Despins
Donnalynn
Kenneth
Karen
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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