Gravel Company Digs, Defies Order
St. Malo Students Plant for Seniors
On June 7, the RM of Ste. Anne council held an emergency meeting to discuss a cease and desist order served against a gravel company operating next to Wild Oaks Campground. The municipality confirms that the municipal bylaw office issued the order on June 1 to the owner and operator of “an unauthorized gravel operation” located at PT SE 20-8-82. The order sited violations of conditions in Conditional Use order 03-2006. “Council approves the municipal order issued on June 1,” stated the municipal minutes. After approving the order, the municipality amended the order to allow the storage of gravel extraction equipment and machinery on the property until the operator is able to find another location.
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Habitat Homes Underway in La Broquerie
Grade 5 to 8 students from the St. Malo School spent a day planting a community garden at the Chalet Malouin. Photo by Marianne Curtis
By Marianne Curtis The seniors living at the Chalet Malouin in St. Malo will enjoy the benefits of fresh produce after students from the Ecole St. Malo School spent a day planting a community garden at the facility. On June 7, several grade 5 to 8 students in St. Malo School’s Humanities program spent the day sowing seeds in a garden for the Chalet residents. Students spent the day planting a variety of vegetable seeds, tomatoes, onions and potatoes in a community garden on the facility’s property. The Chalet Malouin is a seniors housing complex that houses over eighty residents 55 years and older.
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Two families will soon have new homes after Habitat for Humanity officially started construction on a duplex in La Broquerie at the beginning of June. On June 6, the Southeast chapter of Habitat For Humanity officially started construction of a duplex on Habs Bay for two deserving families. Selection Committee Chair Sheri Bueckert said nine families attended an information session in late January. “Several families were really interested and there were some families too that have been waiting for this to come back to the Southeast,” said Bueckert. She believed that some of the families had applied prior to the southeast chapter of Habitat for Humanity becoming inactive back in 2006. After a lengthy screening process, two Steinbach families were chosen, including Veronica Banos and Maria Unrau. “This is a big day for me because it’s a new life and a new house,” stated Banos. A single mother of three, her family is currently living in a cramped two-bedroom apartment in Steinbach. “We are very grateful.” “We are very excited because our doctor thinks my kids are going to be healthier after we move out,” Unrau added. Also a single mom, Unrau lives in a house in Steinbach owned by Manitoba Housing. While both families will receive a new home, the summer just got busier for them. As part of the commitment, each family must put in 300 hours working on their own home. The new homes are expected to be complete in about ten months.