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The Neepawa Health Centre recently received an unexpected, but very generous and much welcome donation. HyLife Foods has announced that it has made a combined contribution of $750,000 to hospitals within a half dozen communities out of which it bases its operations. That amount includes $250,000 which has been given to the Neepawa Health Centre.

The rest of the money is being distributed between four communities in Manitoba, one in Saskatchewan and one in North Dakota.

Keeping their communities safe Grant Lazaruk, president and chief executive officer for HyLife stated, via media release, that the company is pleased to support local hospitals.

He stated that from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have provided critical services to mitigate the spread and effect of the virus, and HyLife acknowledges the importance to join with their communities to help keep them safe.

“It is important that we do our part to take care of our communities,” said Lazaruk. “We don’t

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Neepawa Health Centre care team manager Jocelyn Scheper accepted a cheque for $250,000 from Thor Eiriksson, the executive director of operations for HyLife Foods on Thursday, May 14. The cheque was part of a combined $750,000 being distributed between a half dozen health facilities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota by the pork processor.

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and tools needed to keep our communities safe.”

Jocelyn Scheper, the care team manager for the Neepawa Health Centre, noted that they are grateful to HyLife for their support.

“On behalf of all of us at Prairie Mountain Health,

including our physicians— and the patients, residents and clients we serve — we are sincerely grateful for the commitment HyLife Foods has made to Neepawa Health Centre,” said Scheper. “Neepawa Health Centre plays a very import-

ant role in the provision of care within our health region and this outstanding financial donation will further enhance our ability to provide services closer to home.”

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A Neepawa physician was recently chosen to receive the University of Manitoba Medical Class of 2020 Attending Mentorship Award. Dr. Brian Milligan, who has been practicing at Beautiful Plains Community Medical Clinic for nearly nine years, received notice of the recognition earlier this year.

Honoured & humbled by recognition

The honour is presented to a clinician who makes themselves accessible by giving of their time, attention and sharing their life experiences to mentor students during clerkship.

Clerkship consists of the third and fourth years of medical school where students spend time caring for patients and helps students transition from the classroom to clinical sites.

“I am honoured and humbled to receive the award, but of course, teach-

ing students in Neepawa is really a team effort!” Dr. Milligan stated.

“Ever y physician in town participates and this is consistently reflected in the evaluations we receive of the student experience in Neepawa.”

Dr. Milligan has taken students under his wing since his second year in Neepawa (2012). He received his medical degree at the University of Manitoba and completed his Family Medicine Residency at Dalhousie at their rural site in Fredericton, NB. He received extra training in obstetrics back at the University of Manitoba.

“Teaching has always been part of being a doctor. All the way through, training senior medical students teach the junior medical students, the Residents teach the medical students, and the attending physicians teach everyone along the way. So, this is just part of what we do, but I do think it is an honour to train up the next genera-

tion of students and try to share some of what others have taught me.”

Dr. Milligan says he tries to provide as straightforward advice as possible to learners.

“I try to give them confidence in the skills they’ve been taught so far and remind them of the privilege we have, as physicians, to care for people in their most vulnerable moments.

I remind them to take advantage of every learning opportunity and to actively seek out those opportunities, especially if they are considering rural practice,” Dr. Milligan added.

According to Dr. Milligan, almost every learner comments on how positive their interactions are with the patients in Neepawa and how appreciative they are for the patients willingness to see and interact with medical learners. They are all very appreciative of the accommodations provided for them in the basement of the medical clinic by Neepawa Area Development

Corporation (NADCO).

Prairie Mountain Health extends its congratulations to Dr. Milligan for his ongoing commitment and dedication in training health-care professionals within our region and the province.

Dr. Brian Milligan of the Beautiful Plains Community Medical Clinic has been named the winner of the 2020 Attending Mentorship Award.

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COVID-19 update

Province loosens its group gatherings restrictions early: Chief provincial public health officer

Dr. Brent Roussin has announced that as of May 22, public health orders for group gathering will be modified.

Starting Friday, the limit on gathering size will increase to no more than 25 people for indoor premises and 50 for outdoor areas, providing social distancing measures are in place.

In addition, work is underway to allow limited, outdoor visitation at personal care homes. Individual facilities are putting procedures in place and will be contacting families directly to provide details including the start date, locations and hours for visitation.

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Neepawa Roxy Theatre getting a facelift

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Neepawa Theatre Centre (NTC), the board of directors that operates the Roxy Theatre, is spending the time the facility is closed to get some much-needed work done on the exterior. After finishing a three-phase project on the basement, brickwork and roofing of the building over the last couple years, NTC is now turning their attention towards the face of the Roxy with their Facade Renewal Project.

“This is just part of the projects that we’ve been doing over the last few years so the Roxy can continue to serve the community as it has for the last 100 years,” stated Kate Jackman-Atkinson, NTC board chair. Now that they’ve done structurally important upgrades, Jackman-Atkinson noted that the NTC board is glad they can now turn their attention to a project that will be more easily seen by visitors and passersby. “It’s a really exciting project,” she said. In total, the work is projected to cost about $42,000 and it will involve two different phases.

Renewing the marquee Jackman-Atkinson explained that the first part of the project will be renewing the marquee, as it’s starting to look a bit degraded. She noted that the roof of the marquee has been leaking, so there is some water damage that is starting to become apparent.

Jeff Braun, NTC facilities chair, noted that the work on the marquee is expected to take approximately two to four weeks. He explained that the work will involve taking off the roof covering completely to apply new sheathing and a new rubber membrane. They will also remove the old soffiting underneath, reframe and attach new soffiting. There will be new cladding on all three sides and the Roxy signs will be replaced. New wiring and new LED bulbs around the outside of the marquee will also be installed. “The intent is to keep the marquee exactly the same, only to update it with new, low maintenance material,” Braun explained. He added that the work will begin as soon as they have enough funds for the project.

To pay for that renovation, Jackman-Atkinson has been applying for grants from several different organizations; so far, two have been approved. The Town of Neepawa has

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The Rox y Theatre will soon be get ting some renovations to the marquee and a new coat of paint as part of the NTC’s Facade Renewal Project.

approved a $5,000 grant from their Storefront Improvement Incentive Program, as well, the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation has donated $10,000 for the marquee project. In total, the work on the marquee is set to cost about $25,000.

Fresh coat for the facade The second phase of the Facade Renewal Project will be repainting the front of the Roxy. “It’s starting to show its age,” Jackman-Atkinson admitted. Braun noted that there will be some stucco repairs done to the facade, before repainting the whole front of the building. He stated that the cost of that portion of the renewal is budgeted to be between $15,000 and $20,000. “I am very much looking forward to seeing the front redone. The whole Roxy board has supported the repairs which we have already done to the foundation and it will be great to do some work to show off our building to the public,” Braun expressed.

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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the sponsors and golf participants that have made our past golf tournaments successful.

Touchwood Park is thankful for the support from the community members, local organizations, individual donors, and to be a part of the Neepawa Community.

The NTC board is aiming to finish at least the marquee this year and if they can raise enough money for the repainting, Braun noted that they hope to get it done in conjunction with the first phase. Jackman-Atkinson explained that the marquee is the priority because that was the part they’ve received grants for so far. As well, part of the Community Foundation donation for the marquee was a Manitoba 150 grant, through the Build 150 program, which has to be used in 2020. Jackman-Atkinson noted that if they don’t raise enough for the repainting of the building front, they will do some more fundraising and plan to get that done next year.

As for when the Roxy might be opening again, JackmanAtkinson explained that because the province hasn’t released any confirmed timeline on when theatres may open again, the NTC board doesn’t have a set date for reopening. “We’re just waiting to see what the public health orders are,” she stated. The board has passed a resolution that regardless of if health orders change soon, they will not be reopening before the end of June.

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MAY 22, 2020

New normal

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by Chad Carpenter

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More to COVID-19 than meets the eye

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s Manitoba’s combination of good management, good fortune and good luck produces enviable COVID-19 results, there are some deeper lessons to be learned.

C-19 hit highly populated areas really hard. Places like New York suffered immensely and I believe there were many reasons. They live in densely populated areas.

They have a high population of Jewish and Italian people, whose culture exhibits lots of hugging, kissing and general camaraderie.

New Yorkers maybe travel a lot internationally or are in close contact with people who do. All that said, it was, as was common around the world, that a high percentage of the deaths were among elderly people or people with compromised immune systems. In contrast to Manitoba care homes, we are told that many New York, Montreal and Toronto care homes had four people to a room. If we think about it, it must be a huge, if not impossible task, to maintain isolation and the necessary sanitation standards with four people in a room.

In Manitoba, it has been reported (as of May 18), that there have been seven deaths. It was also reported that there have been 29 deaths from seasonal influenza. I think it is terribly important that we determine the actual numbers of influenza cases and deaths. If in fact, the influenza deaths are in care homes, maybe testing needs to be done more often and isolation protocols be instituted more often.

It appears that we are losing a lot of older people to the flu and neepawa

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Ken Waddell maybe that can be curbed by applying what we have learned from COVID-19.

Had we known, and I think we should have known, how to fight and contain C-19, we might have been able to avoid so much fear and damage to our economy. It caught my attention when the top medical official in the U.S., Dr. Faucci, said he doesn’t give economic advice. Those words sound familiar, as when I was mayor of Neepawa in 1999-2002, I implored the RHA officials to not cut back to 100 beds at Neepawa’s care home. I said at the time, that people would retire to Neepawa to be in line to go to a nice new care home. I was right.

I was assured of two points back then. One, I was told that health officials didn’t have a mandate for economic development but to bring health care in at the lowest possible cost. Second, I was told not to worry about 20 less beds at Neepawa because the flu season would look after the needs for more beds.

I guess that last statement is partly true, but if we learn how to fight flu like we have learned to fight C-19, maybe we will

need more beds if more people hopefully survive the flu.

As to the economic development aspect, I was also right as towns that have medical clinics, care homes and hospitals attract workers and industry. People who come to work in these towns experience an interesting phenomenon. Their parents move as well to be close to the kids and grandkids. After a few years of retirement, the retirees move to the care home. Health care has always had an economic development component, in spite of what health officials want to think about their role in life.

Ironically, C-19 has changed the world and how we do things, especially in terms of economic activity.

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t’s a phrase that first became real for me when I became a widow. The changes were immediate, intrusive and real. I adapted, morphed, started over, emerged, so many changes in just one moment. Well, the changes took a great deal longer than one minute, but the catalyst was a mere moment.

The term now has become widespread, and the results of our new normal may HOMEBODIES forever change the way we think and live.

We may Rita Friesen forget t he old ways very quickly, miss some of them and shrug a good riddance to others.

What I do hear is the renewed sense of community that is being experienced. Our prairie history is filled with wonderful stories of communities coming together: the first schools and churches; building bees when someone lost a home or barn to fire or storm; quilting bees; chicken and pig killing bees. Community working together, caring for one another, in spite of differences of creed or politics. We are proud of these stories, they have made their way into the community history books, they formed our sense of responsibility to and for others.

We are finding new ways to celebrate. The lad given the all clear from cancer witnessing the parade of the community past his home – horns blasting, sirens shrilling and wailing, placards and balloons. The senior being honoured for her 90th birthday– with short notice, there was a parade of well-wishers, again with the horns and posters. The honoured guest watching from a safe place, distant, surrounded by family and friends, tears of laughter and thanksgiving. Some events make the newspapers– the staff and supporters of education driving around town, checking on students, celebrating our grads with posters on their front lawns.

Those are the visible signs of community coming together.

The quiet, unseen ones are moving, meaningful and plentiful: the individual who has supported almost every business by purchasing gift cards or delivering surprise packages, encouraging owners and recipients; the phoning by groups and individuals; the support to the Community Ministries Centre by individuals and groups; the appreciation expressed for all our front line workers.

So many stories yet to be told.

I like this new normal.

I have witnessed and sensed the fear with which some of our community live. They are the vulnerable, they live with the vulnerable.

We are fortunate to live in a small, caring community– the staff of the hospital and care home have extended themselves to provide comfort to those who are ill or end of life, comforting family and patient/resident. And for this, we give collective thanks. I have witnessed the respect shown by most to the restrictions with which we have become familiar– the distance separation in stores, the limits to number of customers, protective shields.

As we open more avenues for gathering, I don’t imagine there is a one of us who will take it for granted. When I can hug my friends and family, when I can coffee with community members, when I can comfortably browse as I shop for groceries, when I can simply stop and chat with whomever, wherever!

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MAY 22, 2020

Finding peace in crisis times

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will let you in on a little secret. It’s no secret to those who know me well, so when they read what follows, it will not catch them off guard.

I wage a constant battle with anxiety and the depression that sometimes comes from it. I have fought that battle for as long as I can remember.

I know it’s harmful to me and to those I love– believe me, I’ve learned that the hard way. But the battle continues and as each year passes, it becomes harder to win. At least it did– until a few weeks ago.

Much of my work is done in my home office. I spend several hours each day in reading, research and writing columns and sermons. Sometimes, the words f low freely. At other times, they don’t; and those are the times when anxiety rears its head.

That’s what happened a few weeks ago. I felt a sudden urge to pray for and reach out to someone who was facing a similar problem. After a short prayer, I

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t is not always easy to be patient. I would like to go to the grocery store and maybe just walk around in the mall. There are still many restrictions.

Then I think and won-

delicate age that I should stay isolated in my cozy home with all the conveniences and more than I really need. My friends are as close as my phone and I know that I can have peace and contentment because God is right here with me in this and understands what I am going through.

What a comfort it is to

be sure of my salvation and not have to worry. Sometimes, we just have to be reminded of this and look in the Bible for the right verse for our day.

David often talks about being comforted by God. Psalm 23:4 stands out, “for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.”

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein felt an overwhelming sense of peace and the assurance that for this person and the many others for whom I also prayed in those minutes, everything was going to be okay. A short email message was answered with this simple phrase: “Thanks for thinking of me.” That’s when I began to understand what was happening to me and how to handle it.

In the Apr. 13 entry of his daily devotional book, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers notes that some of the burdens God places on us are burdens he does not intend to lift– not now, not ever. But, he continues, God does not want us to carry those burdens alone.

He wants us to “roll them over onto him; and our-

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selves with the burdens.” (see Psalm 55:22) Then, he says, the burden will become lighter and we will be able to do the work that God has called us to do.

Early in my career, I prayed a simple prayer, which I now realize has contributed to the emotional battles I fight. I gave God permission to wake me at any hour, day or night, to pray for someone.

I didn’t need to know why they needed prayer. I just told God that if I felt the urge, I would pray. God has taken me at my word many times, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic became so widespread.

Once I realized what was happening, I made the following entry in my journal: “I will gladly help bear

the burdens of others. But I will no longer bear them alone. I will roll them over onto God’s shoulders; and myself with them, and we will bear them together.”

I know that many of my readers share concerns that are similar to mine.

Families are scattered.

COVID-19 isn’t the only cause of people’s fears.

Some of my online friends live in communities where crime rates are high. They fear for their own safety and for the security of their homes and possessions.

And if they get a cough, sniff le or sneeze, they immediately wonder if it’s just their seasonal allergies or if they have COVID-19.

To you and those like you, I offer these words.

God wants you to roll your cares, concerns and worries onto his shoulders, and yourself with them. Then the two of you can carry them together and your anxiety will be replaced with God’s peace.

Be strong! Stay safe!

Have faith! Together with God’s help, we will survive.

der why I should be in such a hurry. I can wait. Just think of all the blessings I have. My children will help me if I am really in need.

The store will deliver my groceries and I am at that

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We can’t continue to live in suspended animation

The lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will saddle the next generation with a crushing debt and enormous social costs.

The rationale of emptying schools and shuttering businesses deemed non-essential is to f latten the curve of the spread of the virus. Social distancing measures and closures in general are meant to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

But questions need to be asked about the incredible restrictions we’re living under. There’s no evidence that the draconian measures were necessary.

Sweden supports social distancing, but hasn’t closed primary schools and most businesses. While the World Health Organization (WHO) wants Sweden to enter lockdown along with the rest of Europe, Sweden follows its own course. It’s probable that the Swedes will be immune from the next wave of the disease– achieving “herd immunity”– while citizens of locked down countries remain susceptible.

What’s our game plan? Why not do what Taiwan or Sweden have done to f latten the curve? Do our politicians have a plan to make the virus disappear?

If so, tell us!

We should begin getting our economy moving again. The first step should be reopening schools and selected businesses. Yes, some school children will get sick and infect their parents and others.

Did closing schools ever make sense or has it prolonged the life of the virus in our community?

The overwhelming percentage of healthy people infected will get sick and recover. Nature has designed healthy bodies to cope with respiratory illnesses.

Those elderly, with compromised health, bear the primary risk. This pandemic has revealed starkly how ill-prepared many of our nursing and care home systems were to protect the most vulnerable from infectious disease. Clearly, changes must be made.

But surely, protection of the elderly and the at-risk population should not be allowed to compromise our children’s future.

As a grandfather, I’m thankful this virus goes after us and not the young. I’m doing social distancing and hand washing. If I do get sick, I will be comforted by knowing that the vast majority of healthy people will recover.

Could it be that we’re giving in to irrational fears?

Don’t we need to rebuild a strong economy to prepare for the awful possibility that another and worse pandemic is in our future? An economy in shreds would leave us hopelessly unprepared and our young struggling.

Recent California antibody tests indicate that the mortality rate for COVID-19 might be more like two in 1,000 rather than two in a 100. So if the plan is to wait for a vaccine, is it reasonable to accept living in lockdown for a year?

Surely, even seniors in compromised health prefer to spend the last stage of their life with their families, not in isolation. Again, is it reasonable to put our lives in suspended animation?

Or is it time to ditch our hunker-in-the-bunker mentality, drop our draconian freedom-crushing strategy and get on with life?

Brian Giesbrecht Senior Fellow - Frontier Centre for Public Policy

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Helen Drysdale out of helen’s kitchen

Metis of Manitoba

The new province of Manitoba was so small it was called the postage stamp province. It was about 35,000 square km, basically the area around the Red River Valley and Portage La Prairie. The rest of Rupert’s Land became the Northwest Territories. For MacDonald, the idea of entrusting the new province to the Metis was unsettling. When Manitoba was granted provincial status, they were not allowed to retain control of their crown lands, the natural resources and the revenue to be derived thereof. They belonged to Canada.

The first four provinces held their own natural resources. The execution of Scott outraged the Ontarians and divided Canadians along French/English lines. Ottawa, wanting to appease the English, sent out troops contrary to the Manitoba Act, in which the members of the provisional government would not face legal consequences for their actions in the Rebellion. When the 400 British and 800 volunteer (Orange Protestant) troops sent by Ottawa arrived in Fort Gary, the volunteer section decided to avenge the death of Scott.

Seeing Riel and some of his men had fled, they caught several Metis and beat them to death and vandalized whatever they could. The people of the Red River Valley had not witnessed such lawlessness before and felt helpless in their situation.

The new Lieutenant Governor, Sir Adams Archibald, arrived in the midst of this havoc. He took control of organizing the first government of the new province. His first job was to authorize a census of the province to help compile a voters’ list prior to electing a legislature. Local elections were held on Dec. 30, 1870 and the first session of the new legislature began on Mar. 15, 1871. He also negotiated the first two treaties with the Indigenous people of western Canada.

The Hudson’s Bay Company’s “sale” of Rupert’s Land had caused alarm for Indigenous peoples, as they had never recognized the HBC as having any authority over them or their lands. Initially, no negotiations or settlements were reached with Indigenous peoples of the new formed province or the remaining North West Territory. In his opening remarks with the Indigenous, Archibald assured the people that the “Great Mother,” Queen Victoria, wanted to deal fairly with them. She wanted the Indigenous peoples to adopt agriculture.

Henry Prince wanted help for the people to become farmers. He wanted instruction, equipment and supplies. Later, this help would not be realized. The Governor General in Council formally approved the treaty on Sept. 12, 1871. Each band was to receive a reserve large enough to provide 160 acres of land for each family of five or smaller or larger, depending on the family size. Each man, woman and child was to be given a one-time payment of three dollars and a yearly allowance totalling $15 per family of five. The government also agreed to maintain a school on each reserve and to prohibit the sale of liquor on reserves.

The Metis waited three years for the surveyors to finish surveying the land. Then they were issued a script for their 160 acres of land. Many of them did not understand the value of their piece of paper, especially those who were illiterate, and were easily cheated out of their land. The government also mismanaged the land grants, resulting in many people being deprived of their lands.

The Metis Nation did not flourish in the new province. They sought to preserve Métis rights and culture, something that the white Anglo-Saxons did not accept, as they believed that they should become Anglicized. Sir John A. believed that “they should be kept down by strong hand until they were swamped by settlers.” So with an apathetic and challenging government and more and more settlers arriving, many of the Metis simply moved west, where life was simpler and more what they had been accustomed to. The migration of many Métis families away from the Red River area is documented through census records of the area. These records show that Manitoba’s Métis population dropped from 83 per cent in 1870 to a mere 7 per cent in 1886. Many Métis and Indigenous moved west to Saskatchewan, further than the Government in Ottawa could reach.

Baked beans were an important food in our past. These are “cheater beans”, as they use canned beans.

Java baked beans 6-8 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 Tbsp. hot water 1 sweet onion, finely chopped 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed 1 clove garlic, minced 3 Tbsp. prepared mustard 1/4 cup ketchup 1 Tbsp. vinegar 1 tsp. slightly rounded instant 1/2 tsp pepper or more to taste coffee granules 3 -398ml cans pork and beans In a frying pan, cook bacon until bacon is not yet crisp. Add the onions and garlic and fry for about five minutes. Put this in a large casserole dish. Add the instant coffee to the hot water and dissolve coffee. Add the coffee and all the remaining ingredients together with the bacon and onions. Stir well, cover and bake at 350°F for one hour. Uncover and bake for 10 more minutes. If you desire to use a slow cooker, cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8.

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Neepawa approves its 2020 financial plan Town Council meeting - Tuesday, May 12

The 2020 budget for the Town of Neepawa has received final approval.

On Tuesday, May 12, town council gave second and third reading to the document, which has allocated $7.822,885.40 towards its general operating fund and $3,270,803.23 to its utility operating fund. Compared to the 2019 budget, spending in both of those funds is down slightly, as is the mill rate, which has decreased by .66 mills from 2019 or just under three per cent.

The mill rate is a figure representing the amount per $1,000 of the assessed value of the property, which is used to calculate the amount of property tax. For a residential property owner, all those numbers simply mean that they will, on average, be paying 76 cents less in taxes per $200,000 of their assessed property value.

Neepawa mayor Blake McCutcheon said due to global circumstances created through COVID-19, council felt that this is not the time where any levels of government should be increasing the tax rates on their citizens.

“When we first looked at the budget last fall, we were actually looking to move forward with a small increase, because this was an assessment year from the province. So, the value of houses were going to go up. But, because of the exceptional times we are now living in with the pandemic, council made the decision that this was not the time to bring any type of increase to our citizens,” said McCutcheon. “Although,

Storefront program One of Neepawa’s most historically significant local businesses is the latest recipient of support from the storefront improvement incentive program. An application from the Roxy Theatre for a 50 per cent reimbursement, up to $5,000, in funding was approved at a council meeting. That is the maximum amount that any business can receive under the program. The money will assist in covering the cost of several upgrades to be done to the building, including a new roof on marquee and repair to a water damage portion of the structure The storefront improvement incentive program was created in 2019 to help businesses within the downtown with the cost of store frontage upgrades. $10,000 was set aside in the Town budget for approved applications last year. In 2020, the program’s budget was expanded to $20,000.

Misc.

A portion of 1st avenue, near Margaret Laurence House, has recently been closed off to traffic due to the development of a sinkhole near a manhole. An assessment of the issue has concluded that the sinkhole will not develop into a collapsable situation, though an excavation is planned to determine why it’s happened and to repair the issue.

• The dust mitigation effort is fully underway, as the street sweeper has begun clearing gutters.

• Tenders for sidewalk repairs, patching and microsealing at certain street locations will soon be issued.

• The compost grounds and areas in the proposed bike park have been tidied up.

Work on the east portion of the bike park is underway (parking lot area and culvert placement).

- A rental rate for municipal equipment to provincial or federal agencies has been established. The by-law will ensure the town receives proper compensation should usage from an outside government agency be needed. Specific rules of usage would also be in place.

The rental rate would be determined upon the current industry rental standards and would be reviewed in the third year of a council’s four year term.

• HyLife Foods has submitted a notice of alteration for its wastewater treatment facility. The request would allow for the refurbishment of the existing system, paving the way for upgrades to make the facility more efficient. Council approved that request, allowing the town’s CAO to sign off on the notice of alteration.

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McCutcheon added that the town is lucky to be in a good enough financial situation to be able to do something like this, while maintaining services.

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Rural Outlook S.C.O.R.E. store delayed, partial opening in June MAY 22, 2020

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By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

COVID-19 has been difficult for individuals and small businesses alike. The same can be said for the S.C.O.R.E. store in Erickson, which was under development at the time the pandemic hit. Originally on track to open on Apr. 1 of this year, progress took a hit, as work could not safely continue at the previous capacity.

“It has been challenging getting the store off of the ground during a pandemic and not being able to solicit volunteers, but thankfully, my wife Reghan Langston and mom Janice Langston have been hard at work getting the store prepped,” said Steve Langston, S.C.O.R.E store founder.

With help from his family and the generosity of Erickson and area residents, Langston reports that the store, and a few outbuildings on site, have been more than filled thanks to the donations provided. Additionally, a grant amounting to $1,167.35 was received from

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The shelves of the S.C.O.R.E. store are filling out nicely thanks to the generosity of people living in Erickson and the surrounding areas. This is just a glimpse at what lines the store’s shelves. This generosity has ensured the store will open with plenty to offer. S.C.O.R.E. sells a variety of secondhand items, including clothes and sporting goods.

the Erickson Endowment Fund recently. This grant will assist with necessary store purchases, such as tills and tagging machines. Now that some restrictions have been lifted or eased, the Manitoba Summer Student Recovery Jobs Program is also providing a wage subsidy. With the subsidy, one staff member has been hired, with two more being hired soon.

“This has significantly reduced our need for volunteers,” Langston noted.

The jobs program will end on Sept. 1, increasing the need for volunteers at that time. Any readers who have reached out to Langston regarding volunteering should have received an email. If any readers have reached out to volunteer, but have not received an email yet, they are urged to contact Langston at scorestore204@ gmail.com with “volunteer” in the subject line.

New opening plan A lthough the store’s

opening has had to wait, it shouldn’t have to do so much longer. Langston revealed that the store will be opening in phases, with phase one being from June 12 to Sept. 1.

“During this time ,we are going to be open three days out of 14. So, every second week, we will be open Tuesday [and Thursday] from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We will only be accepting donations during the time that we are open,” Langston relayed. “By doing

Birnie Relic Run brings in over $2,000

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press After delays due to current events, the numbers a re now i n. M at t hew Eden, board president for the Birnie Community Hall, told the Banner & Press that the Birnie Relic Run had a total of 64 registered riders.After expenses were paid, the snowmobile run made $2,351.25, which will go towards the upkeep and bills of the Birnie Hall/ Community Centre. The Birnie Hall is primarily used as the location of the

Birnie Nursery School, which is operated by Janet Osborne.

The run was held on March 7, and presented participants with mild weather and a fresh five inches of snow that had come two days prior to the event.

Sharing his thoughts on the outcome, Eden stated, “We would like to thank all that came out to support our cause, either through volunteering and cash donations, or prizes or the silent auction. Considering the short amount of time, we were pleased

with the turnout. The people on the run were said to have a great time and they enjoyed their last ride of the season.”

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this schedule it allows us to still have people drop off their goods and then sit in storage for three days, limiting the chance of community spread of COVID-19 and keeping our staff and volunteers safe.”

The number of people allowed in the store will be limited to five people at one time, with a maximum of two people per family.

Hand sanitizer will also be made available at the door and the staffing provided with masks. At this time, there will be no allowance of trying on clothes, returns or washrooms available for public use, to help reduce health risks.

Langston added, “We will re-evaluate after the summer and change the schedule and operating policy at that point.”

Prices and needs With the goal of providing affordable second-hand goods and giving back to the community in mind, the S.C.O.R.E. store is basing its pricing structure at approximately 20 per cent of what the items would cost if they were new. The store hopes

that this will provide value to the people purchasing, while allowing the store to achieve their goal to support community groups and projects in the area.

The store does have a couple needs, however.

The bigger need right now, Langston told the Banner & Press, is space.

“If anyone has anything from an old trailer, rail car, semi trailer, etc., that we can use as storage for donations, it would be sincerely appreciated,” said Langston.

“We could rent something if need be.”

The store is also in need of additional funds, as they are still short on money to cover startup costs. Anyone wishing to provide donations, be they storage or financial, are urged to contact Langston via the store’s email to make arrangements.

Sharing his closing thoughts, Langston stated, “Thank you, everyone, for your support in this initiative.

We look forward to June 12 and our opening day.”

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Looking Back

MAY 22, 2020

1980: Premier Lyon signs Senior Citizen’s Week proclamation

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

110 years ago, Friday, May 20, 1910 When the clock strikes three at Montreal this after noon, t he ent ire Canadian Pacific system on land and water will cease operations for three minutes.

Not a wheel or propeller will turn for this length of time out of respect to the memory of the late king.

100 years ago, Friday, May 21, 1920 M r. Pe t e r s o n i s remodelling his business premises [in McCreary], ready for the new tenant.

Everyone is anxious to test the noted Skinner ice cream and pastry.

A gentleman who has lost his right leg is desirous of making the acquaintance of someone who has lost his left leg in order to become associated with him in the purchase of boots and shoes, size 8.

It is an aphorism that an automobilist must not only watch himself but the other fellow as well. Drivers often are the victims of the carelessness of others.

And this is just as true of pedestrians as motorists.

Too many pedestrians fail to observe the simple precaution of “stop, look and listen.” Too many pedestrians insist upon personal privilege to a point of disastrous collision with an automobile…

A pedestrian, haughtily conscious of his right to cross a street, will saunter casually, though the pavement be slippery, and though there is not the slightest assurance that the approaching motor, tons of steel, will not resist the brakes and skid down upon him.

90 years ago, Tuesday, May 20, 1930 Workmen began to tear down one of Neepawa’s oldest and finest houses, the John Crawford residence, last week. The main structure was built about 1890 by John Law, later owned by R. C. Ennis, then bought by John Crawford, who built an addition to it.

80 years ago, Friday, May 24, 1940 The formation of an organization to control Nazi sympathizers, which are reported to be causing trouble in Manitoba, is

suggested by Hon. W. J. Major, attorney-general.

German servant girls, who once worked in Britain, are being forced by the Nazis to become suicide squadron parachutists for use in any projected invasion of Britain as guides for parachute squad planes.

It is claimed that most of the refugees admitted to Canada after the German seizures in Czecho-Slovakia in 1938 are Nazi supporters, deliberately exported from that country to become members of the fifth column in Canada.

Urgent demands that the Dominion Government take immediate steps to suppress “Fifth Column” activities in Canada, to ban German language publications and all German language meetings, as well as to investigate non-enemy aliens, especially those whose countries are displaying anti-British tendencies, are contained in resolutions being received at Dominion Command headquarters of the Canadian Legion, J. R. Bowler, M.B.E., general secretary of the Legion announced today.

The lowly Indian is holding his own in Canada, as regards population, according to C. K. Howard, Manager of the Tourist and Convention Bureau of the Canadian National Railways. From a census taken last summer by the Indian Affairs Branch of the Dominion Department of Mines and Resources, there were 118,416 Indians in the Dominion as compared with 112,510 in 1934, 59,767 males and 58,649 females.

The Indian census is taken every five years.

From hunting, the Indian has had to turn to other pursuits. In the Great Plains region and in the foothills country of Alberta, the Indians are farmers and ranchers while on the British Columbia coast, where the Indian had a highly developed culture before the coming of the white man, they are fisher folk trained to the sea.

60 years ago, Tuesday, May 24, 1960 Roa ld A mu nd sen, first explorer to clear the Northwest Passage, in 1906, was lost in the Arctic in 1928 when he flew north to rescue Italian explorer Umberto Nobile.

Arden– W. Armbrust informed this reporter that he has dug two pails of potatoes out of [the] ground

and [they] are fit for use.

Spuds were covered with a good depth of snow all winter. He stated they were [of the] Netted Gem variety.

50 years ago, Thursday, May 24, 1970 Representatives of 24 local organizations attending the public meeting here Thursday night voted unanimously to offer the Canadian Salt Company $19,000 for their buildings and property in Neepawa.

The buildings will form part of the community hall-arena complex to be constructed here as the town’s Manitoba centennial project if the offer is accepted.

40 years ago, Thursday, May 22, 1980 Would you believe– volcanic ash is the closest thing to rain from the skies seen in this area for about two months. The fallout from Mt. St. Helen, in Washington, reduced visibility to about three kilometers Tuesday.

Residents complained of headaches, sore eyes, sulfuric smells and dusty air. Now if it would only be rain!

30 years ago, Tuesday, May 22, 1990 The chairman of the Neepawa and Area Crime Prevention Committee says the most valuable tool at its hands is public education.

“It would be terribly naive to believe the very formation of the committee will stamp out crime,” said Ewan Pow. “But we hope through the education process we could eliminate crimes such as vandalism, and alert people to what’s happening in our community.”

T he 16 - me mb er committee, made up of members from the local RC M P d e t a c h m e n t , ag r icu lt ure, busi ness, town council, seniors and students– “all walks of life”– has decided to concentrate on educating the public about vandalism and provincial statutes, said Pow. “About the only thing we can do about vandalism is make people more aware of the problem, and its ultimate cost,” said Pow. “Vandalism is usually a senseless act and a lot of times it’s probably done out of a sense of boredom rather than maliciousness.”

He said to educate people about both problems, the committee will utilize social media and produce a brochure.

The committee is one of

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Premier Sterling Lyon signed a proclamation around this time in 1980, declaring June 15 to June 21 as Senior Citizen’s Week in Manitoba. Watching over the signing are, from left, Win Graham, Olive Edgerton, Earl Wright and A. G. (Andy) Blatz, representing the Manitoba Society of Seniors and the Winnipeg Society of Seniors.

hundreds recently initiated by the RCMP detachments across the country.

Pow said the Neepawa c om m it t e e pl a n s on contacting other area crime prevention committees to see if they’re heading in the same direction.

20 years ago, Monday, May 22, 2000 Neepawa RCMP received

several complaints about overly aggressive salespeople making their pitch in the downtown area last week.

The sellers were mostly university age. Along with approaching people as they passed on the street, they also banged on car windows and opened car doors to talk to the people inside…

St a f f ser gea nt Bi l l Anderson said, while the sellers may have been a little

too keen to make a sale, they weren’t doing anything illegal.

To sell door to door in Neepawa, sellers require both a provincial licence and transient trader’s licence from the town of Neepawa…

A nder son s a id t he salespeople had both.

“We checked them out, and as long as they’re doing it legally, there’s not a lot we can do,” said Anderson.

MAY 22, 2020

Carberry/North Cypress-Langford

Here and there

Carberry budget highlights Submitted Neepawa Banner & Press •Grants from Province of Manitoba: $332,249.84 •Federal Gas Tax Grant: $93,533.00 •Total Budgeted Expenditures for 2020: $2,543,457.36; 2019 Actual $2,558,573.49 • G over n ment S er v ices E x pen ses: $387,730.25 (office salaries, office expenses, grants, taxes, legal fees, etc.)

•Protective Services: $321,894.42 (Fire, Police, EMO, By-Law Enforcement) • Transportation Services: $402,027.29 (public works, streets & roads, sidewalks, equipment) • Environmental Health: $221,500.00 (garbage collection, nuisance grounds) •Public Health & Welfare: $34,450.00 (cemetery, handi-van, medical apartment, service for seniors, social assistance) •Planning: $14,600.00 •Economic Development: $34,500.00 •Recreat ion & Cu lt ura l Ser v ices: $391,704.35 (CPCC, Hall, Rec, Parks and Rec, Drop-in, Museum, art, and archives)

By Gladwyn Scott Neepawa Banner & Press •Operation Inspiration was used this year in a cross country tour to inspire Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Snowbirds flew over Carberry Tuesday, May 12 on their route from Winnipeg to Brandon for a brief stopover before moving to their home base at Moose Jaw. Following a two day rest, they continued on their trip over northern Alberta.

The Snowbirds are small two seater jets which carry plenty of coloured smoke to release during entertaining performances. Pilots for the Snowbirds are highly sought after positions which last 2.5 years. They enter a six month training period in July. They practice at least twice a day as their performances need to be perfect. “Two extra planes, which usually travel with the entourage, carry the mechanics and travel ahead of the formation,” stated Morgan Strachan, 17 year air force veteran, son of former Wawanesa teachers, Neil and Dorothy. Speeds of 500 km/h can be reached as the Snowbirds entertain, with pride, thousands of Canadians annually.

•Tuesday, May 12 was Manitoba’s 150th birthday.

The Manitoba Act was proclaimed in Parliament and

Manitoba became the fifth province in Canada.

•This was National Nurses’ Week and our front line health workers have never been more challenged than presently due to COVID-19.

It also marked the birthdate of Florence Nightingale, one of the country’s most prominent nurses. It also recorded the first RN, Brian Beattie, to die from the virus in Ontario.

•Had a couple of exciting phone calls this week.

The first came from Dallas Smith (75) in Arizona and the second from Evie Moroz (95) in Winnipeg. Smith was a big, strong guy who excelled in hockey and baseball in Hamiota. In minor hockey, he was a dominant defenseman who was later Bobby Orr’s partner when the Boston Bruins won Stanley Cups in 1970 and 1972.

In baseball, Dallas was a power hitter who excelled as a catcher and centre fielder.

He enjoys good health, but feels Arizona businesses must open.

Smith, who played 15 seasons in the NHL, was tough on and off the ice. Late in his career, he joined such veterans as Detroit’s Ted Lindsay and Carl Brewer of the Maple Leafs to raise issues with Alan Eagleson, NHLPA executive director, about how the players’ pension fund was being

handled. When the smoke cleared, Eagleson was in jail and most of the players were traded. It’s not easy to attack “the establishment.”

Evie Moroz was a great all round athlete who played several seasons in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. We first met in 1992 at the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Induction banquet. She was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame at the first ceremony in 1997 at BU. The next year, she joined 10 Manitoba women who were inducted as an AAGPBL group. More recently, Moroz was inducted into the Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame in Philadelphia.

Evie also raised six children, including five daughters and her memory recalls an illustrious and productive life.

•Marguerite Scott received a $100 gift certificate from Coffee Supreme in Brandon for her Mother’s Day family photograph in the Brandon Sun Saturday, May 9.

•Thanks to CAO Grady Stephenson and Carberry Town Council for a brief 2020 budget report outlined at a May 6 public meeting.

•Turtle Mountain School Division has laid off 18 regular bus route drivers and 42 educational assistants due to COVID-19.

•Fiscal Services: $458,857.52 (Capital Transfers, Final debenture payment for fire line extensions, Utility Transfers) •Reserve Transfers: $276,033.00 (adding to our savings for future needs) •General Mill Rate for 2020: 14.071 mills (For Reserves, General Expense Funding) •Special Service Levies: 3.977 mills (fire, police, street lights) •Fire line Extension: 1.116 mills (last debenture payment) •Provincial Education Support Levy: 8.828 mills •Beautiful Plains School Division: 11.257 mills General Mill increase of .568 over 2019.

We were able to pay for the fire hall addition without borrowing, using funds from reserves, to prevent an increase in taxes.

There will be over $500,000 in paving, including a number of walking paths, completed in Carberry this year, funded

by Federal Gas Tax. This includes Main Street from First to Second. We are also doing a number of upgrades to municipal buildings.

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Two 2020 honours Carberry Collegiate grads, Broni Manns and international student, Alex Garcia from Spain, pose for a photo with their special grad signs available in town (Carberry Signs). New six-month-old puppy, Ella, also got in the picture.

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Home & Garden

MAY 22, 2020

Garden centre in Minnedosa open for its first season

PHOTOS BY JOHN DRINKWATER

Above: Cory Johnston is a co-owner of the new garden business in Minnedosa, La Bella Terra. The gardening centre opened its doors for the first time ever this year.

Left and bottom: La Bella Terra is full of greenery and flowers to fill any garden.

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We are excited to be open and help you with your plants !

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BPCF distributes grants from a distance

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press

The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation (BPCF) has been forced to come up with an alternative way to distribute their grants this year. Normally, BPCF holds a grant luncheon around this time every year, where they announce which organizations in their catchment area will be receiving money. Because of the public health orders banning all gatherings over 10 people, this year’s luncheon won’t be able to take place.

BPCF executive director Brenda Kryschuk noted that grant recipients have already been decided for this year. “We sent out the cheques already, actually, to those that are going to receive grants,” she stated.

“We’ve asked that [the recipients] take a photo of themselves when they receive the cheque, so that we can post it on social media,” she added.

This year, the Foundation also had some help from the prov ince for their grants, as part of Manitoba’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The province created a Build 150 program, providing $1.22 million to the 55 community foundations in Manitoba, with $20,000 going to BPCF. Different kinds of grants Kryschuk explained that there are different types of grants they dole out.

One type is the designated grants, which come from funds set aside for specific organizations to receive a grant every year, including scholarships. The total in designated funds disbursed this year was $78,075.

Non-profit organizations can apply for a grant from the Community Fund each year. There are typically more grant applications submitted than grants

available, so there is a committee that is in charge of deciding which organizations will get grants that year. In total, the Community Foundation doled out $61,800 from their fund, along with the additional $20,000 from the Build 150 program.

Kryschuk noted that the financial strain some organizations are feeling because of COVID-19 didn’t affect the Community Fund grant applications this year, because the application deadline was Mar. 31, before most of the closures and public health orders had been put in place.

There is also a special flow-through grant given out every year through the BPCF from Gaynor Vivian. The other grants are supplied from the interest from either the community fund or the designated funds, so the initial amount never gets used up, but a flow-through grant means the whole donation goes to the chosen recipient.

Youth giving back The Youth Advisor y Council (YAC), which is a committee at Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute, has partnered with BPCF to distribute grants as well.

YAC receives money from the Foundation and raises their own funds and chooses which organizations will receive their grants.

This year, BPCF supplied $2,500 to YAC. The committee had $400 of their own, so they have $2,900 to distribute this year.

Since the schools have been closed due to COVID-19, YAC has not been able to meet or do interviews with potential recipients, so they have yet to decide which organizations will receive grants.

In total, including the amount YAC has yet to give out, there is $167,775 in grants going back into the Beautiful Plains community this year.

Dr. Gerard Murray Optometrist

Gaynor Vivian f lowthrough grant: Salvation Army Food Bank - $5,000.

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The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation has sent out their grants in the mail this year, because they can’t get together for their annual grant luncheon.

Pictured, Dianne Nordstrom, of Victoria’s Quilts Canada - Neepawa Chapter, shows thanks for the grant they received.

2020 BPCF grant recipients Community Fund grants: Neepawa Area Men’s Shed - $2,000; Victoria’s Quilts Canada, Neepawa Chapter - $2,500; Neepawa & Area Golf Course - $12,500; Beautiful Plains Museum - $5,500 ($2,750 Community Fund [CF], $2,750 Build 150); Neepawa Tourism - $4,444; Yellowhead Centre - $12,500 ($6,250 CF, $6,250 Build 150); Neepawa & Area Cross Country Ski Club - $4,000; Franklin Memorial Hall Association Inc. - $10,000 ($5,000 CF, $5,000 Build 150); Neepawa Theatre Centre - $10,000 ($6,250 CF, $3,750 Build 150); Neepawa Bird Sanctuary - $9,356 ($7,106 CF, $2,250 Build 150); NACTV - $2,000; Margaret Laurence Home - $7,000.

Designated grants: Contact Manitoba ‘95 - $225; Naomi Chapter – Neepawa Health Centre - $210; Neepawa Health Centre - $48,965; Country Mead-

ows PCH - $7,505; Beautiful Plains Museum - $5,035; PCH Court yard Fund - $180; Arts Stabilization Burrows Trail - $500; Allan Lytle Memorial - $350; IOOF & Rebekah– Belles, Beaux & Builders - $220; IOOF & Rebekah– Minor Ball - $605; Riverside Cemetery - $195; Touchwood Park (Neepawa) - $1,330; Kin Club Scholarship $315; Mrs. A.K. & Joe Butcher Fund - $5,270; Eden Community Scholarship - $210; Jeff McCannell Memorial Scholarship fund - $600; NACI Safe Grad Scholarship - $1,180; Whitmore Family Scholarship - $2,160; IOOF & Rebekah– NACI Band $1,085; Neepawa & Area Retired Teachers Association– NACI - $200; Neepawa & Area Retired Teachers Association– William Morton - $200; Community Supporter Scholarship - $500; Sumner-Owen Scholarship - $535; Roy Lewis Memorial Scholarship - $500.

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Some fundraisers put on hold There have been a few fundraising efforts that BPCF has had to put on hold because of COVID-19.

They had an activity coming up in June that was based on the Amazing Race TV show, called the Build an Amazing Community Race. The race is an effort to get some community involvement while also raising money for different organizations. “It’s this crazy scheme that any nonprofit organization in the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation area can put together a team to raise money for their own organization,” Kryschuk described. She explained that the organizations would be responsible to collect pledges leading up to race day and whichever organization raised the most money would get their pledges matched by the Foundation, up to $2,500.

For the race portion, BPCF had several businesses volunteer to be pit stops for the race, where teams would have to complete challenges before going to the next location.

“You would be able to have as many people fundraising for your organization as you want, but you could only have four participants participating in the Amazing Race part,” Kryschuk noted. “That was [planned for] June 11, it is likely not going to happen... Possibly,

we may move our Build an Amazing Community Race to the fall,” she added.

Another fundraising effort for the Foundation has been disrupted because of COVID-19. Hazel M. Kellington (HMK) elementary school in Neepawa had plans to collect donations for BPCF. “HMK was going to do a toonie walk for us, because this is our 25th anniversary,” Kryschuk explained. “That’s not going to happen this year, I would assume.”

As for general donations, they haven’t seen much of an effect from COVID-19 yet, because many of their donations come in the fall, during the annual 24 Hour Giving Challenge, which is set for Nov. 14 this year. Every second year, they also do a Jail ‘N Bail fundraiser and a donor appreciat ion luncheon during the 24 Hour Giving Challenge and those were set to be this year as well.

“We’re really hoping that those things will happen, fingers crossed” Kryschuk expressed, adding that it will all depend on how the COVID-19 situation unfolds in the fall.

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FARMLAND FOR SALE 68 acres near Gladstone, MB Lot 1 Block 3 Plan 2067 PLTO Lot 2 Block 2 Plan 2237 PLTO in N 1/2 of Section 29-14-11 WPM All Offers are subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Offers shall be made in writing and mailed to Christianson TDS, P.O. Box 940, Portage la Prairie MB R1N 3C4 or delivered to 316 Saskatchewan Ave. E., Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 0K8 until 3 pm on Friday, 5 June 2020 (the “Deadline”).

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6. If part of the price is to be paid from a new mortgage, payment may be delayed until such time as mortgage registration is complete, and any amount paid after the Closing Date shall bear interest at the greater of Buyer’s mortgage rate or 5% per year, from the Closing Date until paid in full.

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The Neepawa Natives’ off-season continues to be a busy one, as the team shapes its roster for the upcoming year. The Junior ‘A’ club’s latest move has seen them sign defenceman Jonah Regier for the 2020/21 MJHL season.

Regier, who hails from Weyburn, SK, spent last year with the Regina Pat Canadians and Swift Current Legionnaires of the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. In a combined 54 regular season games with the two teams, the 6’2”, 175 pound defenceman had seven points.

In the media release announcing the move, Neepawa Natives head coach and general manager Ken Pearson noted that Regier should provide a consistent presence on the blue line for the team.

“We are very excited for Jonah to join the club.

Jonah is your typical stayat-home defender and will compliment some of the defence we currently have,” stated Pearson.

As for Regier, he stated that he is very excited to join the Natives organization and is looking forward to the upcoming season and long term future with the team.

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Jonah Regier will join Neepawa for the upcoming MJHL season.

made this off-season by the club include the commitments of forwards Josh Romanyk, Cody Gudnason and Cameron Trimble; auto-protecting forwards Cooper Kasprick and Jory Kulbacki and selecting Noah Dziver as the first overall pick in the 2020 MJHL Bantam Draft.

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The Manitoba Chamber of Commerce (MCC) has unveiled its blueprint for provincial businesses to gradually return to normal. The back to business toolkit was emailed to community chambers on May 7 as a guideline to help retailers, restaurants and others reopen to the public in a safe manner. The 19 page document outlines several requirements, from occupancy levels to staff safety and sanitation obligations.

Chuck Davidson, president and CEO of the Manitoba Chamber, said that while businesses are eager to get moving again, turning on an economy after an unprecedented shutdown is not as simple as flipping a switch.

“We need to plan this out carefully to ensure we do not spark a sudden outbreak, undo the progress we have made and put the safety of the public at risk. Employees need to know that it is safe and consumers need to know it is safe,” stressed Davidson.

“The purpose of this toolkit is to help business owners get the information they need in order to open, what steps should be taken to put you on the best path of success and how to assess your business needs.”

Reopening the right way in Neepawa For the Neepawa & District Chamber of Commerce, preparation for a return to some type of normalcy had been on the go long before the arrival of the toolkit. In a media statement sent to the Banner & Press, office administrator Barb Bohn noted the Chamber board and staff members have been busy throughout the quarantine

period, sharing updates with the business community. As well, representatives with the Chamber have participated in video conferences with the MCC on a twice a week basis, since the end of March. These meetings kept them up-to-date on all the federal and provincial programs available to businesses. This information has been distributed to Chamber members on a regular basis.

Something else that the Neepawa Chamber has been doing over the course of the pandemic is a daily special feature of a pair of its chamber members on their social media platforms. This is their effort to promote shopping local and to let people know who their members are and what they do.

As for the arrival of the MCC toolkit, Bohn stated the local businesses have found it to be very helpful and they’ve received a lot of positive response on the Neepawa Chamber social media page.

A positive start in Minnedosa Just a little further west, the Minnedosa Chamber of Commerce has also been preparing for the eventual return of its local businesses. In an email to the Banner & Press, chairperson Steve Ronson noted that they have received feedback from many local businesses, stating that traffic from patrons has definitely been on the rise as the gradual reopening has occurred. He added that many businesses that were open throughout COVID-19 still have the same measures or even increased measures in place, due to more traffic. Ronson added that it’s important that every business do everything that is necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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‘People with disabilities are some of our most vulnerable’ Manitoba health care providers call upon Premier to implement pay raise for direct support staff

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press It’s a call for action. Under Abilities Manitoba, Touchwood Park Association Inc. and six other organizations recently ran an ad in this paper calling upon Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister to implement a wage increase of $5 per hour for Manitoba Direct Support staff. These workers, as the organizations report, earn just over minimum wage while caring for approximately 7,000 individuals with disabilities– some of the province’s most vulnerable citizens. This fight is not a new one. Chairperson and volunteer board member Blake McCutcheon noted that he and his fellow executives have played a part in advocating for this change for just over two decades.

“Part of the problem is that facilities like us, who care for people with disabilities, are in the Family Services branch and we’d like to

partner with the Health Care branch for better training and to share information,” said McCutcheon. “Some of our older residents and new individuals entering the organization are showing more complex issues, so we could use that co-operation to better care for them.”

Additionally, this payment issue has been highlighted by the pandemic. As readers may know, certain businesses and services, such as grocers and doctors offices, were explicitly classed as essential by the government.

McCutcheon revealed that this was not the case with organizations like Touchwood, of which he estimates there are 85 in the province.

“We’re not considered an essential service, but we do a lot of the same things that workers in care homes do and we’re wearing all the same PPE (personal protective equipment) that those workers need to wear right now as well. But these workers

aren’t making the same as those in care homes,” McCutcheon said. “The pay is static, too. Under our funding guidelines, our managers are paid $13.34 per hour and our second staff are paid $12.15 per hour, regardless of how long they are there.”

With an ongoing pandemic as well, if, or when, a second wave comes, staffing may be lost as health and safety concerns grow.

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want to be positive about it, but we don’t understand it– how they don’t see us as essential workers. So we wanted to get the ad out there, to let our individuals and our workers know we care about them. This hero pay would help staff feel that we value them, too.”

If any fellow Manitobans would like to help, they are encouraged to write a letter to their MLA voicing their concerns. In the meantime,

Touchwood and the other Manitoban organizations are working to spread this call to action across the province.

In addition to putting ads in papers such as the Banner & Press and the Winnipeg Free Press, items such as billboards and signs are also in the advocacy plans.

Sharing his closing remarks, McCutcheon noted, “I’m a fan of the saying ‘a society will be judged by how they treat their weakest

members’ and right now, these individuals– people with disabilities– are some of our most vulnerable.”

He added, “We could learn a lot from them, too.

The individuals in Touchwood’s homes are some of the most optimistic people in the world. If you want to be reminded of how we should live our lives, we should look to them. It’s our responsibility to do what we can for them.”

Neepawa asks for support from Manitoba Water Services Board

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press The Town of Neepawa is hopeful that some of its most pressing water and sewer projects will be in line for some additional financial support. On Tuesday, May 12, town council finalized its formal request to the Manitoba Water Services Board (MWSB). Each year, the Board asks all municipalities to identify their water and sewer project priorities. These priorities are then reviewed by the MWSB and potentially receive technical and financial assistance.

The Town has decided that its local priorities for 2020 are the following: •The Water Treatment Plant reservoir. (Total project cost - $3 million) •Neepawa Water Tower maintenance and upgrades. ($1 million) •Water and sewer infrastructure extensions with the former CN property. ($700,000) •Water and sewer upgrades along Highway 16 Main St. West. ($600,000) The Manitoba Water Services Board has supported several notable Neepawa based projects in the past, including phase one of the town’s wastewater lagoon upgrades, as well as the north-end water and reservoir upgrades.

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