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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1978
Page
1
The Lung Association kicks off the 1978 Christmas Seal Campaign amid a four in ten Canadians facing lung problems from emphysema asthma chronic bronchitis tuberculosis and pollution. The annual appeal began November 1 with the mailing of Christmas Seals to supporters.
The 1977 Christmas Seal Campaign has raised 5.02 million dollars and seeks at least a 10 percent increase. Lung disease costs exceed 400 million in hospital care plus 100 million for medicines and related charges. Respiratory illness causes high absenteeism and 19,500 deaths in 1976. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis rise with 70 percent linked to smoking. 3,000 new tuberculosis cases found in 1976.
Details include visits by Winnipeg residents for a curling invitational in Roblin, family visits in Denare Beach and Flin Flon, travel plans of residents to Grande Prairie, a world tour stopover in Roblin, and a municipal budget update. Also notes include the Clean Environment Commission order on a Roblin sewage lagoon, Makaroff Community Centre grant, and upcoming council meeting.
Newly elected Chair Dorothy Ellis opened the meeting with minutes from Oct 12 read by Mary Oliphant. Five courses were chosen to complete before Christmas including Sewing Children’s Clothes at Inglis Roblin Oil Painting Social Dancing Bridge and a curling clinic. Pre registration for Roblin courses is Mon Nov 13 at the High School. public urged to register as no subsidies exist and courses run only if minimum enrollment is met. Courses average about $1 per hour.
San Clara seeks a cost recovery Typing and Bookkeeping Course for the San Clara-Boggy Creek area with details pending. A Course on Animal Health and Preventive Medicine may be held in Bield this winter and sent to the Dept. of Agriculture. Jean Morrison will sort survey sheets and the committee plans after Christmas courses with notice for the public. next meeting is Wednesday, December 6 at the Intermediate School.
Friday auction at the rink offered fans a chance to buy their favorite rink with proceeds listing top winners. Gord Johnson and Kelly Kirkpatrick of Swan River won $203.18, Roblin pairs won $135.45 and $101.59, with several $33.86 prizes to Roblin and Benito or Dauphin entrants. a Saturday draw awarded a microwave oven to a winner.
M. M. Fedak of Dauphin led the event as Roblin hosted the season’s first bonspiel. Twenty four rinks competed in the opening mixed curling event, with regular club draws set to begin this week.
Continuation of an article notes a plan to save the Old School site for historical purposes with grant support. The appeal emphasizes preserving the property's heritage and the potential funding to aid restoration.
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