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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
7
Brenda Simair of the Assiniboine Sonnettes 4-H Club captured top honors in the interdistrict competition. The event showcased rural youths competing in livestock and agriculture projects. Simair edged rivals from neighboring districts to secure the blue ribbon.
Brenda will vie in the prefinals of a public speaking contest in Winnipeg this July. Friends extend best wishes for success. Mrs Violet Menken spent the weekend at Dauphin. Mr and Mrs Don Malcolm visited Winnipeg. Bob Hunter, of Winnipeg, stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs Geo Hunter, and his cousin Miss Isabel Hunter joined them returning from Roblin. Elaine Robertson of Russell was a weekend visitor to her parents Mr and Mrs J M Robertson.
Christ Church Guild met at Mrs. Eric Lee’s home with one member present. The group followed the devotional period, discussed minutes, and noted a $500.09 payment to the Vestry for rectory renovations. The May 26 Spring Bonnet tea and bake sale was successful, with Mrs. G Kelso winning the voucher.
Mrs. Dawidowski won the second draw and received an iced cake. Mrs. Jim Eshelby closed the meeting with benediction and the members enjoyed tea provided by the hostess and a social half hour together.
The Manitoba Legislature passed the Condominium Act described by Attorney General Sterling R. Lyon QC as a landmark for land holding rights. The act divides buildings into individually owned units with common elements owned jointly by unit owners and creates an administrative framework for management and shared expenses. It outlines a corporation without share capital, board governance, and distribution of sale proceeds, with units freely sellable. One fifth of Quebec lies south of the St. Lawrence River.
Manitoba and Unewa will share a 2.5 million rural development ARDA program this fiscal year. Half the funds fund drainage and water control in the Red River valley Pine Creek and Birch River areas. Projects include enlargements to Tobacco Creek and Upper Hespeler floodways, a Maple Lakes water system, Pine Creek capacity upgrades, Birch River drains, and land use surveys under Canada Lands inventory. Renovations to Brandon Agriculture Extension Centre funded. centre hosts rural meetings and courses.
Municipal officials 4-H club members and rural women will host day sessions over the next two years as part of a farm enterprise program. A total of about half a million dollars will be spent to improve classrooms offices and residential facilities.
The Manitoba Agricultural Credit and Development Corporation will guarantee short and intermediate term production loans to farmers, replacing the old long-term loan provider as it phases out. Deputy Agriculture Minister R A Wallace said applications for long-term loans up to the May cutoff are processed, and the new loan guarantee system may take months to become operational. The new corporation marks a redirection of provincial investment in agriculture.
A new Manitoba entity will invest about 1 million dollars to establish a regional agricultural service complex in Winnipeg. The facility will host a veterinary diagnostic laboratory and testing for soil feed and dairy products while also managing the affairs of the former credit corporation. Legislation establishing the new corporation was enacted weeks ago.
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