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Raffle raises money for roof repairs By Sheila Runions Banner Staff s past issues of this newspaper have announced through ads and stories, Rivers Train Station Restoration Project was given an excellent prize package from Via Rail. In essence that company gave the committee a $4,000 donation — a voucher for a round-trip trip for two to Toronto or Vancouver. The committee raffled this voucher and sold 510 tickets in some six months. The winning stub was pulled from a draw drum at the stationette by Rivers Police Service chief Bruce Klassen. On Thursday afternoon, June 11, Jan Shaw of Cardale was notified she had won the prize package; she and husband Harvey have a year to decide which city they will visit. The Shaws will travel from Rivers in a Sleeper Plus class which includes all meals and a sleeping cabin. While the raffle grossed more than $10,000, there were expenses such as printing of the tickets and advertising, but overall this was a significant fundraiser for the committee, which will use the profits to replace the roof of the train station. The committee has a goal to have the station restored as the country’s first green station (eco-friendly) by 2017, the 100th anniversary of the station. The restoration was been promoted as green because the committee plans to use the most energy efficient technologies possible to restore the building, including recycling what is there, such as repainting the brick exterior.
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Photo by Al Morken
L/R: Jan Shaw is pleased to receive her portfolio for a free Via Rail trip; she was presented the prize by Rivers Train Station Restoration Project chairperson Donna Morken.
Foundation finished
Rivers Banner will be closed for holidays July 16-26.
Photo by Maggie Smallwood
By Sheila Runions Banner Staff spring issue of Rivers Banner announced “preliminary site preparations” for an addition to Riverdale Health Centre on April 16, but it wasn’t until mid-June that Horizon Builders Ltd. of Brandon began obvious work there. The lawn east of the main entrance doors has been temporarily fenced, the hole dug and the foundation for the 30- by 50-foot addition poured. Termed a mutli-purpose room, it will be a private dining
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room and activities area, complete with TV, fridge, stove, microwave, washroom and electrical room. Rivers Health Action Committee has committed $300,000 toward the project, which was estimated to cost $612,966; the rest of the cost will be funded by Manitoba Health. It is expected that the addition will be completed by fall.
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