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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1983
Page
9
Extension home economist Pat Orsak promotes the Time To Quit program to prevent weight gain after quitting smoking. It advises balanced meals, low calorie snacks, and avoiding food as a reward, plus tips on choosing dairy and crackers. A January 22 card party at Merridale Community Club is noted with Elise and April Cockerill coordinating.
A Jan 6 1983 market summary lists 354 head sold at Weiller Williams Roblin Auction Mart including 204 cattle 8 sows 6 boars 11 weanling pigs 33 feeder pigs and 2 horses Prices range from 32 to 151 per head for pigs cattle at 35 to 68 percent per pound with various classifications for steers heifers cows bulls and stock calves Also bred sows at 275 each and horses up to 43 1 4 cents per pound.
The CPR strike in Western Canada halts main line traffic from Thunder Bay to Calgary as engineers seek higher daily wages and sign an ultimatum to accept reduced pay. Strikebreakers arrive, but within days the effort collapses with engineers agreeing to pay cuts and resuming work.
On Sunday January 9 the Merridale 4-H monthly meeting was hosted at the home of Shayne Elise and Ryan Cockerill. Award trip applications were handed out and a decision was reached on a planned next step.
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