Looking Back — Jan. 30, 2024
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This article was published 30/01/2024 (598 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SIXTY YEARS AGO
An anonymous bomb hoax to principal Donald Sumner at Park Elementary School sent 350 young city school children out into the shivering weather yesterday.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School will be offering computer science courses to its students beginning in September. It is the only school in Manitoba that will offer this course to Grade 10 students.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Brandon University student Barbara MacKalski was elected secretary of the Manitoba Progressive Conservative Youth Federation at a weekend meeting in Winnipeg.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Landmark Cinemas has purchased the Strand Theatre building and plans to add two smaller theatres in the future. The building includes the theatre and three other businesses — the Cinnamon Tree, J.J. Coleman Ltd. and the Canada Youth Employment Centre.
Brandon’s Jennifer Connors of the Sundowners club finished first in the juvenile girls’ triple jump at the Cargill Games track and field meet at the University of Manitoba’s Max Bell Centre. Connors posted a mark of 9.66 metres. Meanwhile, Carmen Hurd of Brandon placed first in the juvenile girls’ 1,000 metres with a time of 3:12.20.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
The Canadian Wheat Board is cutting more than one-fifth of its workforce after a tough year on the farm, says president Adrian Measner. About 100 employees will be laid off while another 35 jobs will be cut through attrition. It is the single largest downsizing at the board since it was set up in the Depression.
The City of Brandon continues to have a top-notch credit rating, as Standard and Poor’s ratings services has given the city an A+ for its low debt and strong economy. While the rating agency expressed some concern about Brandon’s rising long-term debt, it pointed to good financial performances and increased economic growth as reasons to keep the rating where it is. The city had a debt of about $19 million at the end of 2002, which amounts to 39 per cent of its $42-million operating revenue for that year. According to the city’s 2004 budget, it is carrying $19.9 million in debt.
TEN YEARS AGO
United Way of Brandon and District is celebrating after an anonymous donor helped out in a big way. The organization received a cheque in the mail Wednesday for $63,777.77 — the exact amount needed to bring the 2013 campaign to its $777,777.77 goal. Campaign chair Jaime Pugh-Clemmensen said she was still in shock Wednesday afternoon after learning the campaign goal had been reached.
From employee termination to an updated attendance support policy, the City of Brandon is cracking down on sick time abuse. Since 2011, total sick time across the organization has been reduced by approximately 12 per cent. In some departments, it has been cut by more than 30 per cent in 2013 compared to 2012.