- Ed Russenholt
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name = Ed Stanford Russenholt
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birth_date = birth date|1890|5|18|mf=y
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death_date = death date and age|1991|2|3|1890|5|18|mf=y
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occupation = author, broadcaster
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children =Ed Stanford Russenholt (
May 18 ,1890 –February 3 ,1991 ) was best known asCBWT 's first weather person. Ed distinguished himself from other weathermen by saying "Ah, yes, the heart of the continent" in his weathercasts. He was replaced in that task in 1962 by news readerMaurice Burchell . [cite news |title= Burchell Replaces Ed |publisher= Winnipeg Free Press |page= 3 |date=September 27 ,1962 ]He wrote a book on the history of
Assiniboia , "The Heart of the Continent: being the history of Assiniboia - the truly typical Canadian community", and edited a book onRockwood, Manitoba "Re-echoes from Rockwood".References
External links
* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/russenholt_es.shtml Manitoba Historical Society - Ed Russenholt Bio]
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