Second Avenue waits on funds for major Roblin repairs
Roblin Town Council says the town budget cannot cover a full Second Avenue upgrade this year. The Chamber of Commerce blasted the use of a business tax, citing deteriorating sidewalks and an unsteady roadbed. Officials note any major work requires provincial or federal aid and that Main Street Manitoba Program past participation was lacking.
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Roblin
Chamber of Commerce
Second Avenue
Chamber
Doug Frost-Hunt
Frost-Hunt
Main Street Manitoba
Interest in Past Still Flourishes at Prairie Museum Event
Wet weekend drew crowds to a museum display of log sawing threshing and steam driven tractors powering a saw mill and threshing machine. Exhibits revived prairie farming memory with restored items and hands on targets like a .22 rifle balloon shooting.
Province Withholds Funds For Roblin Well Project
The Province will not commit its 1987 funding share for Roblin's two Wyredox wells. Town, citing budget constraints, may finance one well temporarily if Province contributes later. ministerial meeting planned. M & M Drilling of Rivers progressing first well. second well pending.
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Water Services
Frost- Hunt
Frost-Hunt
Manitoba
Parkland RDC Receives 104 100 Grant For Regional Projects
Parkland Regional Development Inc. is awarded a 104 100 grant by Business Development and Tourism Minister Maureen Hemphill as part of a 593 300 total for six regional development corporations. The funding supports operating costs and special projects to spur rural Manitoba job creation and business growth.
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Parkland Regional Development Inc
Maureen Hemphill
Rdcs
Manitoba
RDC
The
New Construction On Track Despite Minor Delays
The curling rink and a near million dollar auditorium at St. Vladimir's College progress toward the 1987 88 season. Local workers and materials are heavily involved with small delays blamed on late shipments and funding.
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St. Vladimir's College
Glen Boychuk
GNB
Boychuk
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Madge Lake
Roblin
Finniuk
Emil Piwniuk
Peony Show Attracts 123 Entries In 1888 Roblin Event
The Roblin Horticulture Society held its annual Peony show on July 2 1888 at the Drop In Centre. Fourteen participants submitted 123 entries including peonies lilies pansies fris columbine sweet william gloxinia and delphiniums. Eva Jory won the Fatteicher Memorial Trophy Shirley Davis won the cake Alice Klimack judged the flowers.
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Roblin Horticulture Society
Eva Jory
Fatteicher
Shirley Davis
Alice Klimack
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Goose Lake High School
M & P Construction
Roblin Concrete
Mervyn Nykyforak
Keystone Pioneer Museum
Parkland Regional Development
College
Russell
Reg Curle
Roger Brown
Winnipeg
Erna Baumung
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