The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Tolko Industries held an area consultation meeting in Snow Lake at 7:00 p.m. on June 10th in the Elks Hall. Unlike many of their previous meetings, the employees very nearly outnumbered the citizens at this one. Of the 20 people in attendance, 10 were representing the Manitoba based forester. Tolko's Area Forester, Andrew Forward, addressed the meeting and did so in a bit of a departure from previous gatherings; under the direction of an eight page, nine point agenda. Forward began by explaining what the company has been doing in relation to gaining CSA certification through their sustainable forest management plan. The certification is obviously a long and complicated process and Forward noted that it "represents a lot of work by a number of different people." It is evident from the amount of time and effort being put into CSA certification that future lumber sales are dependent upon sustainable development of Manitoba's timberlands. Forward noted that last winter Tolko did harvest a block of timber north of Snow Lake Ð close to the old Osborne Lake Mine. "It is slashed, limbed, hauled to the roadside and ready to go to the plant with the first frost in the fall of 2004," said Forward. "And it should be replanted in the spring or summer of 2005," he added. Mr. Forward further advised that some cutting in the outlying area had been shifted due to the number of bridges required to access it, concern for wildlife and cooperation with other users. In other news, attendance was certainly much higher for a Church service / pot luck held in conjunction with the local Rick Hanson Wheels in Motion event. Close to 100 people took in the non-denominational service and 24 took part in the walk that followed. Before getting underway, Snow Lake's Mayor Garry Zamzow wished the participants all the best and confirmed that close to $2,300 had been pledged in sponsorship of those taking part in the event and that another $440 had been raised through a collection at the service. Following the hike, Snow Lake's Recreation Director, Stephanie Foy, explained that half of the money that is raised in each local event is granted back to the community and the other half goes to spinal cord research. Foy said that the money granted back to the community this year would be used to re-build the wheelchair ramp at the Lawrie Marsh Community Hall. She also noted that Roger Wiesner, who led the walkers from start to finish, raised $1,100 of this year's pledges. I have mentioned the achievements of Snow Lake's track and field athletes in my last several columns. Well, they have returned from the MacDonald's City Provincial Meet in Winnipeg, and they arrived back boosting the best ever showing by a Snow Lake team at this pinnacle event. Lem Randall took third and came home with a bronze medal in discus. Leslie Taylor placed fifth in the long jump, Jeanelle Leclair was fifth in the triple jump, Kaytlin Drews placed seventh in the hurdles, Allie Klyne was eighth in high jump and Ashton Leif finished eleventh in the 1500m and twelfth in the 3000m.
