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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1997
Page
1
Chad Lazaruk wins the Governor General's medal for academic excellence with a 95 percent average at the 1997 grad celebrations. He also receives the Merril Kiliwnik award for top 40s math and the Inglis School Reunion Bursary in the same ceremony.
Terrie Petz-Welwood notes Major Pratt students donned caps and gowns as 60 graduates closed a chapter at the Russell Community Center. Principal remarks praised the class for character, teamwork, and social conscience as they prepare to represent Russell Inglis Binscarth Waywayseecappo and move into the wider world.
An afternoon drive reveals historic sites across the countryside including the Attwood family home in the Shellmouth RM. The Northern Ranch began as an 1885 homestead bought by James Attwood for 48 dollars and 00 cents. Passed to Peg Langford in 1948, the property remains with the Langford lineage Jamie and Marianne Langford continue the homestead legacy on the original 160 acre parcel. The Manitoba Historical Society Centennial Farms program recognizes such parcels of history.
A violent storm last Thursday produced heavy rain, grape sized hail forming four inch banks, and a parallel ground hitting tornado. Walter Albrecht reports damage including a toppled grain bin and roof tears. In Dauphin Rural Municipality a man dies in an accidental shooting when Chad Worrall, 22, grabbed a shotgun in a shed and it discharged.
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