Looking Back — June 29, 2023
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This article was published 29/06/2023 (1193 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
J.A. Arthur and Sons of Brandon had the grand champion Ayrshire bull at the Red River Exhibition’s big dairy cattle show. Mr. Arthur also picked up the grand champion ribbon for the best Ayrshire cow. George Sheach and Son of Brandon took the reserve grand Aryshire cow award and the reserve grand champion bull ribbon.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Assiniboine Community College graduation ceremonies took place, with 411 students receiving diplomas in 26 courses. Among the graduates were the first 13 to receive diplomas from the new two-year programs of business administration and secretarial science.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Unionized workers at Simplot Chemical Co. Ltd. in Brandon plan to strike at midnight tomorrow.
The Kinsmen Club of Brandon has frozen a $150,000 donation to the new Centennial Library-Arts Centre because the province will not appoint a Kinsmen member to the centre’s operating committee.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Although yesterday was likely Les Milne’s last Brandon school board meeting, his presence in the boardroom will be felt for a long time. Trustees announced the boardroom will be named after the long-serving school division superintendent, and school board chairwoman Lexie Morling unveiled a large plaque in Milne’s honour during Monday’s meeting.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Gerry Wilson is hoping what’s good for the garden is good for the field. The Brandon-area organic farmer is experimenting with a biological additive normally marketed to nurseries and greenhouses and applying it to his flax, pea and oat fields. Wilson recently hosted representatives of Quebec-based Premier Tech, makers of a biological growth supplement called mycorrhizae, and research scientists from the Agriculture Canada Research Station, who wanted to see what impact the supplement is having on his crops.
TEN YEARS AGO
Mud, music and mayhem. Bouts of rain weren’t enough to stop Dauphin’s Countryfest from living up to its reputation, and festivalgoers didn’t so much battle the storms as embrace them. In the sea of camping trailers sprawled over Selo Ukraina — the festival site located south of Dauphin — some spent the wet Friday afternoon scrambling to find shelter, while others believed it was the perfect opportunity to go swimming in the mud.
If a homeowner’s garbage bin is stolen or vandalized on their property, they may be on the hook for $113 to replace it. Ian Broome, the city’s director of public works, said the city covers bins damaged by its trucks or stolen out of the lane when they are out for collection.