Lions Project Swimming Pool Opens Sunday In Pas
The Pas Lions Club and The Pas Community Club will operate the Winton Swimming Pool this summer with free public swim from 2 to 5 p m on Sunday. Lions will underwrite losses and seasonal costs while hiring two local instructors for the season. Swim lessons begin Tuesday July 2 with season tickets and admission details to be posted at the pool.
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Winton
Pas Lions Club
Pas Community Club
Lions
Red Cross
Ron Heuchert
Florence Marteinsson
Pipeline Bid Under Active Consideration
Canada s trade minister informs MP Bud Simpson that the National Energy Board is actively considering Cochin Pipe Lines Ltd Calgary to build a Regina to The Pas products pipeline. Hearing occurred in Regina in May with written arguments due by June 14.
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Canada
Mitchell Sharp
Bud” Simpson
National Energy Board
Cochin Pipe Lines Ltd
Calgary
Regina
Pas
Sharp
Simpson
Trade and Commerce
Three Year Old Fatally Struck Near Clearwater Airport
Laurie Gayle Green, age three, died yesterday near Clearwater Lake Airport after a Department of Transport oil truck ran over her as she backed out of a home driveway. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Green, was identified by RCMP who said Macphee ordered an inquest.
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Laurie Gayle Green
Clearwater Lake
Tom Green
RCMP
Department of Transport
Green Ho Macphee
Costs Soar 40000 In Federal Budget Hits Local Schools
Construction of three new or expanded schools faces delays as the district grapples with a 40000 shortfall caused by a sales tax on school construction. Bids from six general contractors are under review while the board weighs options including larger grants from government and Indian Affairs and a possible second vote on the debenture issue to raise the extra funds.
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Winnipeg
Kelsey
Indian Affairs Department
Opasquai
Legion Sponsors Candidate For Miss Farmerette
The Pas Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion backs Miss Deanna Wiens for Miss Manitoba Farmerette at the Manitoba Farmers Festival in Minnedosa July 18 to 21. Open to Manitoba farm youths with solid academics, Wiens, 18, is a The Pas Collegiate Grade 11 student born in Kamsack Saskatchewan. She can perform farm work, drives a tractor, and is a horsewoman, with interests in curling, bowling, and square dancing. The scholarship prize is 1000 dollars.
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Pas
Royal Canadian Legion
Deanna Wiens
Manitoba
Carrot River Valley
Dutch Drive In
Wiens
Grade 5 Student Suspended Over Nonpayment of Fees
A Grade 5 pupil was suspended for nonpayment of fees triggering protests at a council meeting. The School Board refused reinstatement to allow the student to write exams, highlighting issues with non resident pupils and uncollected fees from families living on Indian Reserve or Crown land. The board estimates losses around 5000 dollars annually and notes other cases where parents paid after suspension.
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Kelsey
Pas
Jack Berg
Department of Education
Grand Rapids
Mitchener Briefs Say School Taxes Unequal in The Pas
The Mitchener Commission heard briefs from The Pas and Kelsey School Division on taxation after consolidation. Mayor Harry Trager noted a five mill tax rise for locals, with buses rising from five to seven and 140 of 1500 pupils from outside The Pas. The local district would pay about $12,000 in school taxes this year.
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Pas
Harry Trager
Mitchener
House of Commons
Roland Mitchener
The
Kelsey
Manitoba
Flin Flon
Lynn Lake
Thompson
Trager
Ichthe
Consol
Road Opening July 7 Culminates Long Local Struggle
The Otosquen Road between Hudson Bay Saskatchewan and The Pas will open in two stages with events in Hudson Bay on July 6 and a final celebration in The Pas on July 7. Officials, a pancake breakfast, motorcade, ribbon cutting, and an outdoor fish fry mark the opening.
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Pas
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Pas Chamber of Com
Civic
Manitoba
Otosquen
Manitoba-Saskatchewan
Carrot Valley Farmers’ Association
Fischer and
Third
Marshall Wells
Otosquen Road
Cambrian Hotel
Canoeists Arrive At The Pas After Alberta Trek
Twenty two canoeists from St. John's Cathedral School Winnipeg journeyed from Rocky Mountain House Alberta via Edmonton North Battleford Nipawin Cumberland House arriving in The Pas after June 3 departure. They shared two canoes led by Father Millward and Keith Bennett with all exams completed before departure. Local church volunteers welcomed them with meals and chapel then lodging at the parish hall.
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St. John's Cathedral School
Winnipeg
Rocky Mountain House
Alberta
Rocky Mountain
Edmonton
North Battleford
Nipawin
Cumberland House
Millward
Keith Bennett
Pas
Christ Church
Saskatchewan
Squaw Rapids
Christ Church Guild
Roberts
Harry Trager
Little Northern Museum
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Lions Project
Clearwater
Bae Ey
Legion
Miss Farmerette
Mitchener Commission
Merce and
Hudson Bay Board of Trade
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