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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1995
Page
3
Fire season persists as Rivers fire trucks respond to two incidents on May 31. At the disposal site volunteers battled a waste fire for about an hour, then hurried to a nearby farm where flax bags burning near a feeding corral spun into hay. No livestock harmed. damage minimal.
Western Canada Kiwanis clubs and the Canadian Break the Cycle Foundation urge a June 5 11 awareness week to confront child sexual abuse. They note one in three girls and one in five boys are affected by age 18 and urge help from professionals to break the cycle.
On May 26 1995 near Daly Road east of Rivers 82 year old Helen Hodkin rolled her car into a ditch and trees. She was freed by firefighters and treated at Riverdale Hospital then released. On May 28 80 year old Pearl Shelvey rolled her car on Highway 25 seven kilometres east of Rivers and was freed with Jaws of Life and treated at Brandon General Hospital.
The Manitoba Law Enforcement Torch Run traveled through Rivers on June 1 with stops at Rivers Elementary School Rivers Town Office and the CN station. Rivers School raised 300 at a May 27 yard sale with student council president Kassia Falkevitch presenting. Mayor Roy Stevenson contributed 400 and Nadine Vickery gave 50 from UCT. Constable Mare Lavy and Rivers Rolling Dale Enterprises clients and staff participated. Gil Boileau, Westman Torch Run chair, accepted donations and reminded spectators funds go to Brandon June 4 for the Special Olympics Meet.
Here and There notes Bill and Doreen Smith hosting Valerie and Richard Richardson of South Hampton England. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs C J Martin and family. Bill and Lena Allen returned from a two week Calgary trip visiting sons Art and Hank and their families. A black bear was seen at Ed and Dorothy Seater’s farm on Wednesday May 31, later hauled away by Natural Resources officials.
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