RM of St. Clements Open House

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RAIN OR SHINE!

• JUST CONFIRMED – STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) staff and helicopter will be here!
  • They are scheduled to be here at 3:30 to 5:00 pm, unless they have an emergency call
• Food – hot dogs, drinks, cake, cotton candy, popcorn
  • Plus the East Selkirk Recreation Associations The Home Plate restaurant will be open
• Bouncey Castle
• Chuck the Channel cat mascot will be visiting
• Some vikings, Medieval folk or Red River Settlers might drop by for a visit as they settle in at the Manitoba Highland Gathering, which shares our site and begins the next day

Life in St. Clements

• TOUR: the East Selkirk Water Treatment Plant at 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm
• FOR THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE: Get your drinking water tested for bacteria for $20 – we will deliver it to the lab!
  • How? Come to the Open House to pick up your bottles and paperwork.
  • Follow the instructions and take your water sample after 4:30 pm on Sunday, June 25. Be sure to keep it cool!
  • Drop off the water sample and completed paperwork along with your payment of $20 at the RM office in East Selkirk between 8:30 am and 1:00 pm on Monday, June 26, 2017
  • We will deliver the samples to the lab Monday afternoon
  • The lab will email you your results
  • *NOTE: The Province of Manitoba subsidizes the cost of one test from a single well per year at a cost of $21.26 with Horizon Labs. Their regular price is $26.25. We are charging $20 for the first 100 people only!
• Water testing, well and septic field maintenance
• Recreation
• Talk to a Bylaw officer
• Firefighters and equipment, fire prevention and safety, carbon monoxide safety, emergency management
• Red River Planning District – responsible for all construction and development in the RM of St. Clements
• Happy Thought School and East Selkirk Middle School’s Ukrainian Bilingual Program
• Learn about heritage with the RM of St. Clements Heritage Committee

Environmental

• Dispose of your electronic waste with Responsible Electronic Recycling (RER). E-waste RER accepts: http://selkirklearningcentre.ca/rer.htm
• A sneak peek at curbside garbage and recycling pickup starting soon
• Composting
• Recycle Everywhere
• Lake Friendly
• Manitoba Forestry Association – will be handing out white spruce seedlings
• Car pooling
• Dutch Elm disease
• MARRC – Manitoba Association for Resource Recovery Corporation

Community Groups

• Brokenhead Wetlands Interpretive Trail
• COPP – Citizens on Preventative Patrol volunteer community group
• Gaynor Family Regional Library – giving away free children’s books
• Manitoba Highland Gathering – begins the next day! Tickets available at special early bird pricing!
• Oak Hammock Marsh – test your wingspan
• Pawed Pals pet rescue
• Red River North Trails – Trans Canada Trail
• Red River North Tourism
• RCMP – get a tour of their Checkstop vehicle
• Selkirk and District Community Foundation
• Selkirk Biz
• Selkirk Canoe and Kayak Centre

Thanks to all participants!