Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 4, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sask. Dust bowl needs More rain Regina up scattered showers in Southern Saskatchewan yesterday were Only a temporary respite from this year s dust bowl weather conditions says agriculture department spokesman Henry Zilm. I Don t think we be had enough moisture that would prevent soil from Drifting it s Only temporary in a Zilm chief statistician for the Saskatchewan department of agriculture said in an interview yesterday. We be had some showers and we be had some fairly severe soil Drifting since then so we re far from out of the Woods on this Zilm and Al Beattie Public relations director of the Alberta wheat Pool said continued dry weather will cause severe problems. Beattie said there is a potential for problems with dry conditions across Western Canada this year. The ground was left Bare and dry Early As a result of a mild Winter. On saturday northwesterly winds drifted layers of topsoil into the Regina area piling the Earth up in ditches where residents arrived yesterday in trucks to collect it for their gardens. Farmers in some Northern parts of the province say although conditions Are drier than usual there appears to he less danger of severe dust storms than in the South. Farmers throughout the province Are continuing to Plant their crops. Some areas of the West experienced drought conditions last year and the provincial and Federal governments were forced to put drought Relief pro Grams in place. Colin Thatcher a progressive conservative member of the provincial legislature who operates both a Grain farm and a cattle ranch near Moose jaw said the water table this Spring is the lowest it s been in his lifetime. For the first Lime in my lifetime i m seeing what the 1930s May have been Thatcher said. He said the sloughs on his ranch Are dry and there is Little water in Spring fed Ponds on his ranch. Absolutely weird dust has blown into the grass on the pastures on his ranch Thatcher said when he walks across the pasture dust is stirred up As if he were walking on a gravel Road. It s just absolutely Zilm said this year s High winds Are not unusual. What is unusual is the Lack of ground he said. Normally the ground would be wet and there would still he Snow while this year the surface is Bare and dry leading to dust Winnige free press. Monday. May 4, 1981 13 Bike a Thon will help pay for operation woman Dies in fire order Early. Send mom the Ltd daisies for her Devotion carnations for her love. All in an exclusive Ltd hand decorated Ceramic Bloom All the years she took care of you. Or Send the Ltd big hug planter. Because she s the Only mom you la Ever have. Ping Lou it pint Saiji pig florists Iran world delivery we Send Flowers worldwide available at Florist following Ltd St. Mary s re. 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The Toronto Hospital is better equipped to handle the operation than those in Winnipeg he said. Guimond said the heart problem could be fatal without the operation. He said Sheri has Little resistance to fight diseases. Anyone interested in donating Money should Send it to George Box 384, Pine Falls Roe 1mo. Guidance counsellors sought for All schools in Manitoba delegates to the Home and school and Parent teacher federation of Manitoba an Nual meeting have called for a Public Campaign against vandalism guidance counsel lors in All Manitoba schools and a mandatory physical education program. Laura Secord school principal Phyllis Moore told about 25 delegates attending saturday s meeting that Law enforcement agencies tend to treat vandals lightly. Shirley Tate a member of the tre Herne and District Home and school association told delegates that students in Rural Manitoba get virtually no career counsel Ling. 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