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A Night Out With the Queen and a Brief History of the CCitizens on Patrol Program

Posted by: plapman, 1:09 PM GMT on May 20, 2012

Today will be sunny with fog patches dissipating early this morning. Today's high will be a comfortable 19C(66F). UV index 7 or high.
Tonight will be clear with a low of 7C(45F).
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i had a good night last night at the celebration of the 20 years of the Citizens on Patrol Program in Portage. I got to meet alot of people i hadn't seen since I had to quit the program after my first stroke.
The Queen and me were seated with 2 couples who live a completely different lifestyle than us one of which was a former member of the Manitoba Legislature and owns a very large farm in the area. It was interesting to hear of wedding plans for their daughter that may be a destination wedding in Mexico and them flying the minister there to perform the deed. It sure would be a different wedding than the less than $5000 weddings we had for our girls. In fact the middle daughter payed for her own wedding.
In my time with the group I made 2 good calls. one involved lids who had broken into a building on the fair grounds and having a party. A call to the RCMP quickly brought 2 patrol cars and had the bridge to the island where the fair grounds blocked off. Luckily we caught the party before any damage was done to the public property. and another was finding an elderly gentleman who was blind and suffering from dementia. He had wandered out of his apartment and was walking along our Crescent Lake trying to find his home. A call then brought a patrol car and the man was escorted home safely.
Even if not caught in the act I'm sure just the presence of a vehicle in the area would deter a lot of crime.
There are now 45 members of he group who patrol the city anytime from midnight to 6 am. The group in Portage was started by an RCMP officer who wanted to establish a repertoire between the police and citizens. Portage was the first group of it's kind in Manitoba. There are now over 40 COPP groups in Manitoba acting as extra eyes and ears for law enforcement.
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Finishing the Ebook Project and Cleaning Up Portage la Prairie

Posted by: plapman, 11:48 AM GMT on May 19, 2012

Today will be cloudy with rain beginning this morning and ending late this afternoon. There is also the risk of a thunderstorm. There is expected to be 10 to 20 mm(0.4 to 0.8 in) of rain in total. The wind will be northwest at 20 km/h (12 mph). Today's high will be High 15C(59F).Tonight will see clearing this evening and the northwest wind at 20 km/h (12 mph) becoming light early this evening. Low 4C(39F). ------------------------------------------------- ----Y...

Updated: 12:08 PM GMT on May 19, 2012

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Keeping Busy On the Prairie

Posted by: plapman, 12:21 PM GMT on May 18, 2012

Today will start sunny then becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. The wind becoming northerly at 20 km/h (12 mph) this morning. The high is expected to be near 24C(75F). UV index 7 or high.Tonight will start partly cloudy then becoming cloudy late this evening while the northerly flow at 30 km/h (19 mph) becoming light after midnight. The low tonight will be 12C(54F). ------------------------------------------------- ----I never got Abbey out for her wa...

Updated: 11:54 AM GMT on May 19, 2012

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Computer Problems Early This Morning

Posted by: plapman, 1:07 PM GMT on May 17, 2012

Today will start sunny then becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon with the risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. The wind becoming southeast 20 km/h (12 mph) early this morning. Todays high will be a sweltering 30C(86F). UV index 7 or high.Tonight will see clearing late this evening but gthe risk of a thunderstorm this evening as the wind swings to the. northwest at 20 km/h (12 mph) late this evening. Tonights low will be 12C(54F). -----------------...

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Wind Storm Claims One Life

Posted by: plapman, 12:29 PM GMT on May 16, 2012

Today will bring increasing cloudiness this morning with the wind becoming southeast at 20 km/h (12 mph) gusting to 40 km/h (25 mph) late this afternoon. a high of 19C(66F) is expected. UV index 6 or high.Tonight will see clearing with the southeast wind at 20 km/h (12 mph) gusting to 40 km/h (25 mph) and a low of 10C(50F).------------------------------------------------- --------The windstorm mentioned in yesterdays blog claimed one life. 2 gentlemen were fishing...

Updated: 1:06 PM GMT on May 17, 2012

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