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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1979
Page
1
Bethany Lutheran Church Inglis will host its annual Mission Festival on Sunday August 12 with Pastor Hubert Willrich of Regina as guest. Services are scheduled for 10:90 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (local time).
The Agri-Water program, announced July 6 by Agriculture Minister Jim Downey, aims to solve water shortages for about 5 000 farmers and 300 villages over ten years with 11.9 million dollars in provincial funding. It supports co operative participation and development of new water sources beyond wells and dugouts while complementing federal PFRA programs. Pipelines and policies will enable water delivery to farms and communities and assist with hauling and treatment of high quality water for agricultural use.
Russell businesses and committee members sell raffle tickets for beef and barley. The drawing occurs at the Graffiti rock concert on Sunday October 7. The Bank of Commerce Award honors the best house plant in the show. Mailed entries are preferred at least two days before the event as the secretary is away from August 16 until the list is updated.
Canada will temporarily admit Caribbean Island and Mexican workers to supplement peak harvest labor under the Caribbean and Seasonal Farm Worker Programs. In 1978, 4,979 workers entered, under five percent of seasonal agricultural labor. The program follows a Canadians first policy and is tailored to each farm’s needs.
Patricia is identified as a 1978 University of Manitoba graduate in home economics. The text notes two summers with rural STEP projects at Gr andview and three summers with unspecified work. The fragmentary source provides limited verifiable details.
J C R Chuck McKnight of Tillsonburg News has been elected president of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association for 1979 80. He succeeds Ian MacKenzie of Portage la Prairie Leader, Man, as the CCNA convenes in Toronto. McKnight oversees a 550 paper network and has long held editor and publisher roles across Tillsonburg News, The Canadian Sportsman, The News, and Otter Publishing Limited. He and his family have deep ties to multiple Ontario papers including Port Colborne News and Norwich Gazette, with his son Cam managing Port Colborne News and the Consumer News. The CCNA totals over 3 million in circulation across Canada.
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