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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 49.8 - Ray St Germain, entertainer, Portraits of Ray, who's grown a beard for the first time ever during the pandemic with his guitar in his home trophy room - with awards, old albums & eight-tracks. 49.8 toasting Ray's decades-long career. Ray turns 80 in July so story is a look back at his 66 years in show biz, he dropped out of school at age 14 to join a polka band, had a hit single in '59 - She's a Square - considered Winnipeg's first rock and roll tune, spent the '60s hosting radio shows & TV talent shows. Big Sky Country ran for almost 15 seasons starting in the '70s - he's still active, playing 10 - 15 gigs a year (in a normal year) while hosting a Saturday morning radio show on NCI-FM Story for Sat May 23 Dave Sanderson story. May 15, 2020