School Chief Defends Life Week Trip Amid Rumors
New School Division Superintendent Al Yaskiw faced questions about a Bakers Narrows canoe trip during Life Week. He said food misallocation caused a hiccup but rumors of near drownings and head banging were false. About 560 students joined 120 stations with Disneyland trips and on the job training. two hospitalized for natural reasons.
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al Yaskiw
Bakers Narrows
Yaskiw
Life Week
Disneyland
Olga Baschuk
Jack Johnson
Baschuk
Yaskin
Mostat
Mosfat
Isfeld outlines new student evaluation shifts at board meeting
Bob Isfeld, principal of Opasquia Elementary, told a School Board meeting that new grading methods have increased teacher workload but created a more equitable evaluation. He traced changes from percent marks to letter grades to Anecdotal Reports and now Parent Teacher Conferences, aimed at guiding improvement rather than signaling progress.
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Bob Isfeld
Opasquia Elementary School
Isfeld
Rain Drenches The Pas Area In Record June
The Pas and nearby regions saw rainfall on seventeen of thirty days in June, six days above the expected average. Heavy wet conditions disrupted outdoor activities and prompted weather warnings, while residents tracked rainfall totals and flood risk.
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Pas
Rain shatters Pas climate records with heavy June totals
Pas rainfall reached 169.5 mm in June, besting the 1939 record of 132 mm. June 5 noted a low rainfall event, while temperatures averaged near seasonal normals, aided by cloud cover that kept days cooler and nights warmer than usual.
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Don Thompson
Thompson
Consol mill rate rises 8.2 mills and shares service costs
The Local Government District of Consol raises mill rates to 104.2 for residential and 136 for commercial, up 8.2 mills from 1975, with a new agreement to share recreation cemetery and garbage costs with The Pas. Funds are allocated for roads drainage wells and library funding remains unresolved due to statutory limits.
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Consol
Pas
Cranberry Portage
Cranberry
Kelsey
Wanless
L.G.D
Two Plead Guilty in Clearwater Lake Assault Case
Timothy A. Coutu and John A. Robak pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and possession of a dangerous weapon in the Clearwater Lake incident. They await pre sentence reports on July 14. Other defendants Wayne S. Chartrand and Douglas E. Mayer pleaded not guilty and also set for July 14 preliminary hearing.
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Clearwater Lake
Timothy A.coutu
John A. Robak
Pas Herald
John A. Mayer
Wayne S. Chartrand
Douglas E. Mayer
Tax notices on the way for Town of The Pas residents
Town Council approved second and third readings of the 1976 municipal and school tax by law with no change to the residential mill levy at 136 mills and an increase to the commercial levy to 161 mills. Budget figures were adjusted slightly and hospital debentures were re budgeted with an equal Provincial health department receivable noted.
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the Pas
Winnipeg
Department of Health
Arbitration Sways Wage Dispute In Manitoba Schools
The Kelsey Local of the Manitoba Teachers Society and twenty two divisions sought provincial arbitration to settle an eight month wage dispute with their school boards. Negotiations stalled over money and northern allowances with proposed raises of 17 percent by teachers and 9 percent by boards. Local taxes and a mill levy were cited as funding constraints, with arbitration expected after lingering negotiations and AIB approval.
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Kelsey
Manitoba Teachers Society
School Board
Dennis Mosfat
Divisionef
Mostat
AIB
Barbour Collegiate grads seek self fulfilment at Margaret Toews speech
Sixty seven students from Barbour Collegiate celebrated graduation as Principal Henry Toews admitted the year 76 reversed the number. Valedictorian Doug Lauvstad urged graduates to stay true to themselves and pursue truth amid shifting values across decades. He contrasted sixties peace and love with earlier job focus and urged a new path for the seventies.
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Barbour Collegiate
Margaret
Henry Toews
Toews
Doug Lauvstad
Lauvstad
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Lions
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Passions Club
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Hogue
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Dale Mostat
Kelly Wadelius
Peter Kobar
Lions Club
Eunice Stubson
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