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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1985
Page
1
The Pelly Trail School Board will accept nominations for five trustee positions in October. Wards 1 3 7 9 and 9 are up for grabs with elections possible October 23 if contested. voters must reside in the school division for six months to vote or sign a formation form.
Har per Construction begins final stage of a trillion dollar renewal of Russell’s water system with four-step plan. Engineers AJ Poetter & Associates outline reactor upgrade filters pumps and a monitoring computer. Costs total 1 199 000 with 878 000 grants and 621 000 local share.
Russell and District Chamber of Commerce President Earl Swain and Russell Fish and Game Association President Lorne Kilkenny spoke at a Fisheries Branch Conference in Russell. They stressed Lake of the Prairies revenue for local merchants, called for continued stocking, and proposed funding ideas such as a per license fee and hatchery expansion to sustain fish populations.
An amendment to the Old Age Security Act expands Spouse's Allowance to all low income widows and widowers regardless of death date. About 88 000 could benefit starting September 1. Contact Health and Welfare Canada Income Security Programs office for eligibility. A Russell police report notes a hit and run in the Inn parking lot at 1:00 PM September 2 with minor damage and no charges. A tire and rim were stolen from a half-ton truck in the South Side Service Lot on September 4. A break-in at the Russell Video store on September 5 yielded no stolen items or charges.
Minister Al Mackling reports the CRTC denied a major CN Telecommunications bid to compete in public long distance. He says the decision preserves a national review path and allows federal provincial cooperation to balance rates and shape telecommunications policy across Canada. Manitoba urges a broad public process with federal and provincial input.
Howard Phee of Gene Computers International Inc was elected the 68th national president of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs at the annual convention in Toronto. Over the past year more than 1,000 Kinsmen and Kinetic clubs donated a record 23 000 12 in service fuel to communities.
The Russell and District Chamber of Commerce urges Travel Manitoba to build and operate a permanent information booth near the Highway 16 junction. Chamber president Earl Swain cites tourism importance while noting highway safety concerns about distraction at the stop signs. The move follows two summers of a trailer booth on Highway 18 run jointly by the chamber and province.
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