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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 04, 1981
Page
2
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Jim Downey proclaims November 9 to 15 as provincial 4 H Week. He notes 4 Hs impact on rural youth and that Manitoba hosts 6 209 members and 2 300 leaders across 325 clubs nationally 60 000 youths.
A collage of local items from 1901 to 1961, including grain shipments, weddings, hunts, shopkeepers, bank injuries, rink construction, family visits, a snow event, air force postings, and a 99 year lease for the Russell Legion club rooms, all tied to community life across years.
A columnist surveys laws and curfews across Alberta towns and provinces, noting curfew debates, crackdowns on loitering, and calls for preventative action. It highlights cases from Carstairs to Boissevain, including fines for vandalism, custody of names changes in Quebec, and a Manitoba police approach, ending with a tongue in cheek plea: there oughta be a law.
In a reflective piece Argyle Communications Inc. recounts Bill Smiley’s long struggle with old wooden storm windows. He recalls the annual hassle, rising costs, and dangerous ladder work, leading to a switch to aluminum storms and the stubborn pull of nostalgia versus practicality.
Peter Warren reports on Ottawa creating a Canada Service Bureau to connect Canadians with federal offices. Gail Hall says CSB directs people, not an ombudsman, with a blue van serving rural areas. District staff Rankin and Dalman will answer questions 10 am to 3 pm. The pilot runs until March next year for review.
Miss Leslie Stanley a Major Pratt Collegiate student will represent the Pelly Trail School Division at the area finals of the provincial oratorical contest in Strathclair. Russell lacks an Autopac agent after Russell Insurance Agencies closed last Saturday. At the October 27 meeting the Russell Recreational Council announced it will cease operations due to lack of local interest.
Renaissance Manitoba sent a questionnaire to all elect ton candidates with the deadline of November 5. The group will assume the opposite view on all issues if not returned and act accordingly for the benefit of all Manitobans. All candidates will be heard in St. Regis during the upcoming election.
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