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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1977
Page
6
Home economist Joan Clement explains how to create appealing, nutritious bag lunches that meet one third of daily needs. Tips include fresh appearance, varied colors and textures, and practical ideas like separate dressing jars, versatile breads, soups, leftovers, and cost-saving substitutions.
Manitoba Blue Cross expands Student Accident Plan applications to all Manitoba school divisions. General Manager Michael Hawrysh notes two plans from last year are endorsed by the Manitoba Association of School Trustees. The non profit says coverage runs 24 hours a day for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 and aims to provide maximum benefits at low cost.
Manitoba Blue Cross details two plans for students covering medical, dental and transport costs plus life insurance options. The first plan includes ambulance service, hospital stays, dental costs and tutoring reimbursement while the second provides 24 hour accident coverage during school activities. Over 85,000 students enrolled last year with $5.00 base rate and $2.00 per student for the second plan.
Mrs. Vera Holopina of Roblin received a giant perfectly shaped tomato weighing over 24 pounds, ideal for sandwiches as one slice fits one slice of bread. The find came from her brother-in-law John Holopina’s Winnipeg garden where several other huge tomatoes were still green.
Canadian listings show CKY-TV Winnipeg airings for Sunday September 18 1977 through Friday September 23 1977. Entries include devotions cartoons dramas sports news late-night programs and a mix of family shows soaps and movies with channel branding and regional scheduling notes.
Television grid lists daily programs from September 17 to September 21 in Winnipeg. It details start times and titles across Saturdays Sundays and weekdays including News, sports, and entertainment shows such as Space 1999 Sesame Street CFL Football and The Beachcombers.
Call for volunteers to support UNICEF water projects in 80 countries. The appeal notes millions of children lack safe drinking water and highlights Canadian volunteer growth from $15,000 at inception to over $3,000,000 raised this year for water initiatives in Bolivia Maldives Mozambique Ethiopia and Cape Verde Islands.
A mother speaks of her thirsty child’s pain to urge immediate action for UNICEF. The message calls on readers to pick up the phone and donate, stressing that water relief can save lives now.
The Canadian Wheat Board announced a sale of 120000 metric tonnes of Red Winter Wheat to Viet Nam. Shipments from Pacific Coast ports will occur between October 1977 and March 1978 under a three year credit guaranteed by the federal government. This is Canada's first wheat sale to Viet Nam.
A column notes that change is welcomed when beneficial and contrasts old Winnipeg signs with anti English sentiments the writer recalls. It questions who crafts political rhetoric and jokes about milk sold by the litre with no handles. The piece blends satire and observation about language and power.
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