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Manitoba announces gradual reopening plan for places of worship, restaurants and gyms

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Over three months of sacrif ices from all Manitobans has f inally paid off. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Provincial government announced it is taking a gradual step forward, further loosening COVID-19 related restrictions on Friday, Feb. 12.

The new orders from the province will permit restaurants, tattoo parlours, gyms, nail salons and libraries to reopen at 25 per cent capacity. Places of worship, meanwhile, will be allowed to hold indoor religious services at 10 per cent capacity or 50 people, whichever is lower.

A big day for Manitobans Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial

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health off icer, noted that the changes to the public health orders take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning.

Pallister added that these are cautious changes to ensure the continued protection and safeguarding of Manitobans’ lives.

“Today is big day for Manitobans, especially for our local business owners, who are eager to safely reopen their doors and provide the goods and services that Manitobans have missed the past few months,” said Pallister. “[But] with fewer restrictions, we must remain cautious, in fact, even more cautious. In the absence of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal government, following the fundamentals is how we continue to protect each other and save lives.”

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Continued from Page 1 The orders include the following changes, with further pandemic safety measures in place: • Allowing restaurants and licensed premises to reopen at 25 per cent capacity, with patron groups limited to members of the same household only; • Allowing outdoor sport facilities to reopen for casual sports, as well as organized practices and games, with multi-team tournaments not permitted; • Allowing gyms, fitness centres and yoga studios to reopen at 25 per cent capacity; • Allowing indoor sporting facilities, such as rinks, gymnastic clubs and martial arts studios to reopen at 25 per cent capacity for individual instruction only; • Allowing places of worship to hold regular religious services if a service does not exceed 10 per cent of usual capacity or 50 people, whichever is lower; • Allowing self-help groups for persons dealing with addictions or other behaviours to hold meetings at 25 per cent capacity of the premise where meetings take place; • Allowing museums, art galleries and libraries to operate at 25 per cent capacity; • Allowing personal service businesses, such as those providing pedicures, electrolysis, cosmetic application, tanning, tattooing or massage services to reopen at 25 per cent capacity;

• Allowing photographers and videographers to offer services to individual clients or those residing in the same household in addition to providing services at weddings, with the exception of visiting client homes; and • Allowing the film industry to operate fully with physical distancing and other safety measures in place.

UK variant has arrived While the majority of news from the Tuesday,, press conference was positive, there was one additional item discussed that could be of concern. Dr. Roussin said that the province has recorded its first case of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19. He said the case was linked directly to travel and there is no evidence of it spreading.

“We certainly can’t let our guard down,” said Roussin.

“We will continue to carefully monitor COVID-19 developments and case numbers to ensure we

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Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief health officer, announcing the details behind Manitoba’s gradual reopening.

protect each other and our health-care system. Manitobans need to continue to follow the fundamentals at all times including staying home when sick, frequent handwashing and wearing masks. We all have a part to play in keeping our COVID-19 curve down so

we can continue making measured progress towards getting back to the things we love.”

COVID-19 fines (Feb. course of a recent seven day 1 to Feb. 7): The Province period from Wednesday, Feb. has handed out $48,712 in 3 to Tuesday, Feb. 9, there fines over the last week to were 39 new COVID-19 cases people and businesses defy- reported within the Prairie ing COVID-19 public health Mountain Health region. That orders. is a notable drop to the 70 cases From Feb. 1 to 7, a total of 99 that were reported last week. warnings and 39 tickets were The total current cases in issued (159 warnings and 56 Prairie Mountain since March tickets last week). This week’s are 2,026, with 1,910 of those numbers include: 31 $1,296 recovered and only 64 currently tickets to people for various active. There have been 52 offences and six $298 tickets deaths in the region. to individuals for failure to Brandon has the most active wear a mask in indoor public cases in the Prairie Mountain places. There was also one Health region with 18, though $5,000 ticket to a business and that amount is down from the one $1,750 ticket to a person 31 they had last week. for the Federal Quarantine Act. Whitemud, which encomSince enforcement efforts passes Neepawa and surbegan in April, a total of 2,857 rounding communities, has warnings and 938 tickets have two active cases, compared to been issued, resulting in more zero last week. than $1.3 million in fines to Provincially, the Northern businesses and individuals.

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A sweep into the past This picture show several youngsters curling with makeshift stones made of tree trunks and metal handle insertions. The ex a c t d a t e t h a t t hi s picture was taken is not known, but from the style of clothes the boys are wearing, it is likely probably between 1900 and 1920.

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Junior Bingo planned for Family/Louis Riel Day

By Ken Waddell

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With Family Day (known in Manitoba as Louis Riel Day) coming up on Monday, Feb. 15, NACTV Bingo organizer Val Wilson noted that a lot of kids have been playing bingo with their parents and grandparents.

So why not have a special free Junior Bingo?

Wilson said, “We are still under heavy restrictions

for many winter activities, maybe the kids (and family members) might like to play Bingo.” The event will be on NACTV at 7pm on Feb. 15. It’s a free bingo, but businesses and organizations are offering some neat prizes. All people have to do to get cards is contact Val on the NACTV Bingo Facebook site or phone or text her at 204-841-0448.

Over the past number of months, the regular

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Wednesday night NACTV Bingo has increased in sales volume four times, due to people having to stay home so much and due to the tireless efforts by Wilson and her helpers in getting cards out to players. The Bingo is a major fundraiser

for NACTV, which is a nonprofit organization that has operated in Neepawa for 40 years. NACTV is run by a local board and is located at 432 Mountain Avenue in the Neepawa Banner & Press building.

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Homebodies

By Chad Carpenter

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Call in the volunteers

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ars are fought on the battle front, but they are won at home. The volunteers at home supported every battle or war to the point that without them, all would have been lost.

US Civil War had the sanitation commission that saved thousands of lives. During WWI there was the Red Cross knitting. If you were a beginner or a child, then it was simple scarves, if you were experienced, you knitted socks and balaclavas.

WWII saw a repeat performance by thousands of volunteers and their knitting needles. War bonds or Victory Bonds raised millions of dollars, sometimes pennies at a time.

The people of Britain tore up the rose beds to plant gardens and saved every scrap of food to fatten a hog to stave off malnutrition.

At the evacuation of Dunkirk, it didn’t matter the size of your vessel or your experience level, you answered the call, knowing the risks. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were saved by people sailing little boats. During Neepawa’s July 1 flood, volunteers drove trucks, brought food and dry socks, filled and loaded sandbags.

Our latest war or batt le is COVID-19, a global pandemic, an epic battle at home and abroad.

In this battle, it seems our soldiers, our enlisted paid workers, were on their own. It wasn’t because volunteers weren’t willing and able, it’s because they were shunted out of the way. Volunteers were swept aside in a tidal wave of bureaucratic stupidity.

Instead of being able to help the health care soldiers, and perhaps save lives,

The Wife Takes a Turn Christine Waddell the soldiers were left to fight on their own and many lives may have been uneccesarily lost.

Yes, making masks, doing our individual bit by social distancing, reducing contact, being kind, giving up birthdays and “normal” family celebrations of life and remembrances of passed loved ones, that all helped, perhaps.

But that core of VOLUNTEERS, who are attached to every personal care home and hospital I have been in, were told to STAY OUT! This core, or should it be Corps, in normal times took the weight off the enlisted paid staff, the foot soldiers.

Former federal cabinet minister Shelly Glover, with her experience and commanding presence, now has the ear of the main stream media.

She has given those volunteers who were denied the opportunity to assist a voice. The story of being the “lock downs/denial of entry to assist” is well known. Many volunteers cried out,“Put me through the screening process. I’ll help push wheel chairs, bring a cup of water, hold a hand, pick up that which is out of reach, bring a comforting word.” Vulnerable, sick

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and dying people don’t need more rules, they need compassion.

Our volunteers are not ignorant of the requirements and responsibilities of these times.

Why oh, why did we not use our volunteers, that precious resource that has won battles for us for centuries?

Volunteers are sung as heroes in “normal” times. They have the experience and often have time. Why were they punted in this horrible war?

The area where the battle losses have been the greatest, where the victims of C-19 were at the greatest risk, trapped and unable to make their own decisions or understand the cause of the disruption in their lives was kept almost void of volunteers.

That is the area where we left the “enlisted” to struggle shorthanded, as families stood at a distance and watched the enfeebled and elderly suffer. That is where we denied the “home-front” their rightful place in our latest war.

May people rally around Shelly Glover and every other volunteer in our communities to ensure this mistake not only stops happening, but never happens again.

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here is any number of quotes about time. This one came up in my gratitude journal– “The bad news: time f lies. The good news: you are the pilot”. It is an interesting time to embark on this daily writing, for the questions are more challenging to answer in this time of isolation and seclusion. Each day begins with the opportunity to record what elicits gratitude. That, for me, is easy– I have enough. Enough food, shelter, love, freedom, support. I have enough.

The purpose of this journal is also to promote growth.

Mental and spiritual growth. Questions like– when was the last time you did something for the first time?

Right now– perhaps I can change the type of cereal I have each morning! Or– what got you excited this past week? True challenges to find the extraordinary in the very ordinary.

I am thankful, grateful, that I am the pilot of my time. Never have I had as much time to consider time as I have this past year. And it has been almost a year since the virus has dominated the news and our conversations. The time has passed quickly– it has, for me, f lown. It’s Sunday and then it’s Sunday again! I missed Easter, Thanksgiving was toned way down– two people!

I missed Christmas and Lord willing, I will have a toned down birthday. The days, weeks and months smoothly glide by…may it not be years…

When I look back at this year, the year of the pandemic, the unprecedented year, how will my craft have navigated the time? For I am the pilot. The downsizing began several years ago and there are few items in my home that I am now willing to part with. Some extras are gifts from those who love and know me, some are things of beauty that fill my heart just seeing them on a shelf or the wall. There are empty shelves in the kitchen cabinets, the storage closets and space on the rods in the bedroom closets. The holiday albums are in order, years of paper shredded. I have used my time moderately well. That is my physical world.

There have been a few books that I have read and re-read. Books on joy, on inner peace, on life. Few books of fiction. I have avoided the books on the survivors of both the holocausts and the residential schools. There will be a time when these books call for me, not now, not in a season that is already shadowed and grey. I have found the music of two Manitoba artists that speak to me, speak for me. It has become my custom to listen to their words and music first thing in the morning and I am amazed at how the chords echo and resound throughout my day. Contact with friends and family have become precious gifts. I am satisfied with how I have piloted my craft for spiritual growth.

And that leaves the physical world. Now, to be honest, this world of mine could stand improving! The walking has been easy, as has the eating. Need to speak to the pilot on this topic!

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Respect the people and the process

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ver y so often, I read or see something that makes me shake my head and wonder what those who either wrote the words or posted the video were thinking.

That happened a few weeks ago when I came across a YouTube clip, posted by a minister who, in a Sunday morning sermon, openly berated those in his congregation who voted for Joe Biden, predicted four years of doom, gloom and open attacks on their church and faith tradition and then openly asked them: “What have you done?”

What they did was simple. They registered to vote.

On election day, they went to their local polling station and voted for the candidates of their choice. And as in every election, there are winners and there are losers. The winners assume office and hold it until the next election. Those are the rules by which we select those who govern us.

In a democratic society, one fundamental right must be respected and preserved at all cost. That

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of His love for us. Jesus had to pay a cruel death on a cross for our redemption.

One of my favourite verses over the years has been 2 Corinthians 12:9 where the Lord tells Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

May God’s grace be present during this time of hardship.

Neil Strohschein is the right of every citizen to cast a “secret ballot.” In other words, no one can tell you or me how to vote.

Once we have voted, no one can force us to reveal how we voted. And furthermore, it is inappropriate for anyone in a position of trust or power to verbally berate or otherwise punish those who did not vote for the candidate he or she supported. We must respect the process, even if we don’t like the results.

Comments like the one referenced above (and there were more just like it from other sources) don’t just show disrespect for the process by which our leaders are chosen. They also show disrespect for the people (the voters) who took part in it.

Ours is a diverse society.

We come from different backgrounds. We have dif-

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to explode and splinter into tiny little piece and we grieve and mourn the loss. It is difficult to put all the pieces back together and continue on with life.

I think of the family who lost two children. I knew another family who years ago lost their two sons.

I can not relate to this, but God can. He sent His Son to this earth because

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Observation he ot her day, I wanted to replace a light bulb in my night light. However, the bulb slipped out of my hand and exploded on the kitchen f loor. It splin-

fering social, political and religious views. We work at different jobs. Some are professionals, some work in trades, some are labourers. Some own their own businesses. Others are involved in service industries or protective services.

As a result, we each have a unique perspective on the social, moral, economic and political issues of the day.

During an election campaign, we listen to candidates’ presentations and vote for the one we feel will best represent us in government. After the election, if we have opinions on proposed government measures, we must share them with the person who has been elected to represent our district, whether or not he or she was the one for whom we voted.

But there are two other

things that, as people of faith, we are expected to do.

First (see Romans 13:1-7), we are to “be subject to our leaders.” Subjection, to St. Paul, means two things– obeying the laws that governments enact and paying taxes to support the services that they provide. “The authorities that exist,” he says, “have been instituted

by God;” and as people of faith, we are to submit to their authority over us.

Second (see 1 Timothy 2:1-2), we are to pray for them, so that, according to St. Paul,. “we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.”

The Scriptures do not paint a rosy picture of the future.

They tell us that evil will increase and infect every part of society. Our only protection against anarchy and widespread disorder is fervent prayer for those in authority, whether or not we voted for them in the last election.

By doing t hese t wo things, we show our respect for the process and the people who took part in it. As people of faith, we can do nothing better.

tered over a great part of the f loor.. I walked back and forth several times to make sure I picked up all the tiny pieces.

It made me think that sometimes, our life seems

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NACTV provides pleasant programming Hello, my name is Adrienne Zajac and I live in Winnipeg. I wanted to let [NACTV] know how much my family enjoys its programming. Our family of three was blessed with twin boys this summer and my mother has been living with us on weekdays since August. Often, throughout the day, yours is the channel we turn to; we really enjoy the Old Tyme dances and bandstand events that you show. The babies really enjoy watching the couples dance and listening to the music!

We also enjoy the filming of the Neepawa art studio, Val’s adventures and theatre performances. Recently, you aired a video of a visit to Mumbai, India. We enjoyed that also.

Thank you for helping us entertain the little ones and for giving us something calm to have on the TV in the background. We love seeing the beautiful landscapes of our wonderful province!

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Let’s do recycling right I have been an avid recycler for as long as there has been a Manitoba Stewardship program.

Although we have seen the program evolve over the years, the basic principle has been consistent, that is to reduce waste or more commonly known as garbage.

I read the article “Neepawa cracking down on recycling wrongs” in the Banner with some strong reservations and disappointments. Just to illustrate what my immediate household does regarding recycling. We segregate all of the waste products by placing all compostable waste in proper bags and take them to the town compost site, clean and remove labels from metal and glass containers as well as crush the cans, separate boxboard, cardboard, flyers into appropriate boxes to place into the appropriate bin, shred print paper and bag, collect batteries, light bulbs to be driven to Evergreen periodically.

Now to find out that all that work can be for naught when someone contaminates a whole load of recyclable with our bin added is totally unacceptable.

You say no fines? I say no, one warning then an escalating fine system to the point of removing that households ability to prejudice the program.

If we are going to do it (recycle) let’s do it right.

Adrian & Sandra de Groot Neepawa, MB

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Curling

Curling and Scotsmen went hand in hand, as curling evolved in Scotland. When the Scottish came to the Red River settlement, they brought their love of curling with them. Manitoba’s long, cold winters and the many lakes and rivers ensured ice on which to enjoy curling. In Canada, iron or wood curling stones were the stones used for most of the 1800s. Later with railway transport, granite stones from Scotland were becoming the norm and played far superior on the indoor rinks.

In 1876, in Winnipeg, the Manitoba Curling Club was established. When matches were held, the tradition was the losers were obliged to donate a barrel of oatmeal to the hospital. 1879 saw the annual Manitoba Bonspiel become the main event of the sport. In 1924, Winnipeg curler George Cameron thought that curling could help unite the west and the east. With some planning, the first Brier (men’s curling championship competition) was held in Toronto in 1927. Its sponsor was the Macdonald Tobacco Company and the name “Brier” came from a brand of pipe tobacco sold by the company. In 1979, the Macdonald Tobacco Co., under scrutiny from the public and the government anti-tobacco campaign, reluctantly withdrew its support. Tim Hortons is the current sponsor of the Brier. It has been held in every province at least once and in 31 cities from coast-to-coast.

By the early 1900s, curling had become one of the most popular sports in Manitoba and almost every town had an arena. Winnipeg was recognized as the curling centre of Canada. In 1902-03, from Scotland came a Scottish curling team, captained by Reverend John Kerr. In Canada, the team played matches in 11 cities from Halifax to Winnipeg, then played games in several American cities. The Scots lost more matches than they won! In 1908, a Canadian team toured Scotland and won 23 of 26 matches.

Curling was known as a man’s sport, possibly due to the amounts of whisky said to be imbibed at bonspiels. Women’s curling came into being during WWI with many young men away. Soon, enough women were curling to form a women’s league. In Neepawa, in the fall of 1922, a group of ladies started up a Ladies Curling Club.

It was not long before those ladies had a concession up and running and supplying soups, pies, cakes and other goodies for fundraising.

In Neepawa, about 1893, there was one outdoor sheet for curling. Over the years, several new rinks were built to accommodate the needs of the curlers. There were men’s, mixed, farmers, veterans, school, women’s and many more leagues in Neepawa and surrounding small towns. Tannis Brown remembers how pumped she was at her first curling game at the age of eight. The Inkerman 4H group attended a Fun Day bonspiel at Helston, one sheet of ice and a very encouraging skip of Jim Deveson. In those days of natural ice, the curlers hoped there wasn’t warm spell, as the game would be difficult to play or be cancelled. Bernie Ross, a long time curler remembers in the early 1970s, playing in an Arden bonspiel on a warm day with water on the ice. The oppositions Gilbert Plett threw the only rock that made it down the house and beat them with a score of 1-0.

Curling was recreational, but it was also a social event. Farmers and the working man needed the break from all their hard work and the socialization helped them keep up morale during trying times. The ladies just enjoyed getting out. The old timers dropped by the rink to watch the curling and visit over a cup of coffee. The curling rink was a social centre for both curlers and non-curlers.

I am sure those ladies tried to outdo the other gals with their concession offerings. I think this recipe would have impressed all the people buying a piece of this carrot cake.

Orange carrot cake 2 navel oranges 3 cups grated carrots 1 1/2 cup white f lour 1/2 cup whole wheat f lour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 tsp. cloves

3/4 tsp. allspice 1 tsp. salt 4 eggs 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 cup pecans or walnuts or raisins

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grate 1 Tbsp. zest from the oranges. Careful not to get the white pith in your zest. Peel the oranges, cut into pieces and place in a processer.

Process until oranges are in very small pieces. Add the oranges and orange zest to the carrots and stir. Set aside. Mix the f lour, baking powder and soda, spices and salt together. In another bowl, stir the eggs and sugar together until well blended.

Mix in the cream and oil. Stir in the f lour mixture and stir until blended. Gently add the carrot mix and the nuts or raisins of choice. Grease and f lour a 9x13 inch pan and pour the cake batter in. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Ice with desired icing.

Canada is (at the) back!

Vaccine efforts leave much to be desired

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s anybody feeling all that confident about Canada’s procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines right about now? Because the updates we’re all hearing from the federal government regarding their arrival over the next little while is not building much confidence in me.

Last week, Major-General. Dany Fortin, the person leading vaccine logistics at the Public Health Agency, stated that Canada doesn’t know how many Moderna doses for COVID-19 will arrive in the weeks ahead.

This is actually the second time Moderna has short dosed Canada, as Ottawa had previously indicated we’d receive 50,000 fewer doses of the promised vaccine two weeks ago.

This news comes shortly after Pfizer, maker of the other COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Canada, scaled back its shipments. Canada received no new doses of the Pfizer during the week of Jan. 25 and the federal government told provinces to expect an 80 per cent reduction in doses for the weeks of Feb. 1 and Feb. 8. Those announcements are not confidence builders in the least.

Falling behind The supply disruptions have derailed planned vaccinations and has Canada starting to fall behind other developed nations in the number of shots administered. According to data collected by the University of Oxford-based Our World in Data (Feb. 3 update), we’re ranked 24th globally on vaccines delivered per capita per 100 people. And that’s just out of a list of 49 countries with verified distribution numbers.

Now, for anyone who would argue that those results aren’t so bad and that there are countries doing worse than us, that’s kinda like saying that while we failed the exam, others in the class did much worse, so that makes our failure okay.

Column like I see ‘em Eoin Devereux The vaccine welfare line Worse yet, Canada is a member of the Group of Seven (G7), which should mean that we are a global leader, a shining example to other nations on how to prepare for and then tackle this crisis the right way. But unfortunately, it’s quite the opposite. Canada is the only G7 country to take vaccines from the COVAX fund, a global initiative created to guarantee developing countries have fair and equitable access to vaccines.

The federal government bought into COVAX for $440 million back in September. The deal secures doses for Canadians, with the other half set aside to help buy doses for the 92 countries who need help.

Five of the six other G7 nations agreed to similar contracts, but Canada is the only one that’s needed to use it.

Now, what we’re doing with COVAX isn’t illegal in regard to the terms of the deal, but it’s not helping our global standing.

The BBC, the Washington Post and other prominent international media outlets have headlines that are not painting Canada in the most positive light for cutting ahead in the vaccine welfare line. This is an initiative for nations that don’t have the means or the clout to do the job themselves. Nations like Ethiopia, El Salvador, Sierra Leone and…Canada, apparently.

Enough blame to go around It would be easy enough to pin these failures solely on Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government’s seemingly late-to-the-game approach to acquiring COVID-19 vaccines. But, this does go beyond them. After

all, there was a time when Canada had signif icant vaccine manufacturing capacity. Connaught Labs, based out of Toronto, was a leader in global research and development throughout most of the 20th century... right up until it was privatized by Brian Mulroney back in 1986. Years later, Stephen Harper would follow that up with cuts to research and development funding, which resulted in more domestic capacity being lost. We do have some capacity in companies like Providence Therapeutics, out of Ontario, but it’s been underfunded and ignored for far too long.

While the Conservatives do deserve some flack for past decisions that have now come back to bite us, the Liberals must accept the lion’s share of the criticism and learn from it.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau famously expressed back in 2015 that “Canada is back!”, I didn’t think he meant “back of the line”, when it comes to global esteem and credibility. Trudeau must recognize that this pandemic has exposed some real institutional problems that must be addressed.

But above all, he to needs restore some confidence in the average Canadian that the government can actually deliver on a shot in every arm.

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‘We are loving every minute!’

Local pair start business in Gladstone amid pandemic

By Kira Paterson

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It was interesting timing to start a new business, but Kynda Pollard and Katherin Smith didn’t allow a global pandemic to put off their dreams. The two purchased the former Clarke’s of Gladstone f lower and gift shop to open their own f lower, gift and wellness store, Heart and Soul Balance, and have been keeping busy with it ever since.

COVID-19 impacted Pollard’s job directly, which was one thing that spurred the pair on to thinking about a new venture.

“When the pandemic hit, I was running a canteen at [William Morton Collegiate] part time and Kat was an early childhood educator at Happy Rock Children’s Centre in Gladstone. Kat continued to work through the pandemic and I lost my job when the schools closed in March,” noted Pollard.

‘Digging deeper into our life plans’ In addition to the jobs they had, Smith and Pollard are both Reiki Masters and were taking clients in their spare time prior to the pandemic. “When that was no longer safe, we started digging deeper into our life plans,” Pollard stated. For those unfamiliar, Reiki is a type of alternative medicine known as “energy healing”, where the practitioner lays hands on or very close to

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the client’s body to help blocked energy flow, with the purpose of improv ing relaxation and reducing pain.

C u r r e n t l y, Sm it h is a lso training to be a yoga teacher, while Pollard is a Health & Wellness Coach, both having an interest in natural and holistic wellness.

Pollard stated that the two had been par tnering up over the past few years at craft sales and trade shows and they knew they wanted to work together going forward. “In May of 2020, we came up with the name Heart and Soul Balance, which, to us, means the ‘Heart’ is the SUBMITTED PHOTO physical and the Katherin Smith and Kynda Pollard purchased Clarke’s of Gladstone last ‘Soul’ is spiritual October. and we seek to help people find the balance between the Pollard added that one of loud, ‘What? Are you sertwo,” Pollard explained. her dreams was to open a ious?’ So, I allowed myself to Once they created the crystal store and wellness be open to the idea, booked brand, Pollard got the name centre. a viewing and dragged Kat and logo registered and with me!” Pollard recalled. they created social media ‘I heard a voice “We looked at the building accounts to reach out to inside me’ and business from a whole people. “We didn’t know “One morning in July, I new perspective. A successyet what we were going to heard a voice inside me say, ful, well established busido with it, but we continued ‘You need to buy Clarke’s’. ness, that we could mould to dream,” she expressed. I’m pretty sure I said out into whatever we desired,”

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she said. “So we bought a business in the middle of a pandemic– and we are loving every minute!”

Learning new skills B e c au s e C l a rke’s s old f lowers, Smith and Pollard kept that aspect of the business, despite having no previous experience with flower arranging. Pollard noted that the former owner of Clarke’s, Carol Stewart, trained them and the two caught on quickly. So while the businesses remained a flower and gift shop, it has added to its repertoire with the changing of ownership. “We are a flower and gift shop with

cr ystals, wellness and more,” Pollard said.

Opened up, then locked down The two new owners took possession in midOctober and not long after, had to close the doors due to provincial COVID-19 restrictions. “When code red hit, we had only been in the store one month,” Pollard said. “We locked our front door and got online! Posting everything we could think of and offering curbside pick-up kept us busy through November and December.”

She noted that once the Christmas season was over, business slowed down a bit, allowing them to get some renovations done.

“We pulled out the paint rollers and spruced up the place. We also built a room to offer Reiki, foot detoxes and more, in the very near future,” Pollard added.

“Now we are open to the public again and happy to see people!”

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1961: Combines receive first place in Tom Thumb tourney

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

110 years ago, Friday, February 10, 1911 Virden f lour mill was burned on Tuesday.

Franklin- Mr. Dingman and family moved to Neepawa this week.

It is proposed to organize a w o m e n’s i n s t it ut e in af f iliation with the Northwestern Agricultural and Arts association.

News of the death of Rupert Leach came with startling suddenness on Wednesday, his relatives here having no intimation of his illness. He had determined some months ago to undergo surgical operation as soon as possible after the beginning of the year- when his absence from duty to the Free Press office would be least felt- and had passed the ordeal with every prospect of complete recovery. What caused the unexpected turn of events is not stated. His widow will have the sympathy of their many warm friends in Neepawa, where he passed his boyhood days.

H. R. Rutledge has leased the Hotel Hamilton stable for a term of two years and will carry on a general livery and feed business there, as well as in the Big Barn opposite the King Edward.

Mr. Rutledge evidently has some faith in the town. By acquiring this second stand, he will be in the way of the farmers and travelling public on both business streets.

When there is congestion or shortage at one stand, there may be room or equipment at the other. It is a matter of indifference to Mr. Rutledge where the business is done.

He is after it anyway and feels confident of his ability to take care of it wherever and whenever offered.

100 years ago, Friday, February 11, 1921 A good many stray horses

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have been advertised in The Press this winter, but not all have been recovered.

It is said that there are some horses foraging in the sandhills east of the old Oberon school.

90 years ago, Tuesday, February 10, 1931 A three-year-old boy, kidnapped in Vermont 21 years ago, recently discovered his parents, who are now living in Calgary.

Winnipeg police were called out to quell a disturbance caused by 75 cloak workers who have been on strike for several days.

80 years ago, Tuesday, February 11, 1941 The British forces have captured Bangasi.

A German plane crashed near Eire recently, killing five members of the crew and seriously injuring the sixth.

The Royal Air Force [def ied] dirty weather for the second successive night, hammered at the big invasion ports of Dunkerque and Coulogne for two hours Friday night.

A not her cont i ngent of Canadian, Australian and British graduates of the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme has arrived in battle-girded Britain “rarin’ for a crack at the Germans.”

It was reliably reported yesterday, but without official confirmation, that Britain had warned Bulgaria that passage of German troops through that country would bring British bombing of Bulgar ian militar y objectives.

Arden– Congratulations to Mrs. A. S. Neilands, who celebrated her 68th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Arden– The death of Chas. Wicklund occured Monday morning at his home in Arden. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at Austin.

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70 years ago, Thursday, February, 1951 Fred McC l a i n, 74, Neepawa’s chief of police for the past 21 years, died suddenly last Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 7, at his residence here. A well-liked and respected citizen of the town for many years, Chief McClain was widely known in Manitoba and Western Canada. His death is a distinct loss to the community…

Active pallbearers were Sgt. S. Hilton and Sft. L. Smythe, of Brandon; Sgt. T. W. Johnson, of Dauphin; Cpl. K. A. Ferguson, of Minnedosa; and Cpl. L. Hall, of Gladstone, all members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

60 years ago, Tuesday, February 14, 1961 Donald Flatt recently was elected to a three-year term as councillor for the village of Glenella. The election was held during the village’s annual meeting in the Municipal Hall.

50 years ago, Thursday, February 11, 1971 A fantail pigeon, owned

by Tony Panke, was one of the most unusual birds in the poultry show at the Junior Rifle Club building this week.

Neepawa Consumers Co-operative Ltd. officially opens the doors of their new store at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) and any who have not already seen the building should avail themselves of the opportunity. It’s a fine asset to Neepawa’s ever changing business section.

If Datsun Mechanics can’t travel to one of the three ser v ice training schools operated by Nissan Automobile Co. (Canada) Limited, a service training school bus goes to the mechanic. Last week, the Datsun service bus was at

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Team captain Freddie Kennedy (left) receives the first place trophy for the Tom Thumb tournament from BPOE exalted ruler Mac Murray (right) on behalf of the Wellwood-Brookdale-Carberry Combines.

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Marlene Lewandoski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lewandoski of Bethany, graduated from the St. Boniface General Hospital School of nursing January 22, 1971. She is now working at Fisher Branch, Manitoba.

40 years ago, Thursday, February 12, 1981 Highways and Transportation Minister Donald W. Orchard has announced a regulation specifying new identification requirements for first-time applicants for a provincial driver’s licence.

Underthenewregulations, an individual must provide bonafide identification prior

to receiving an authorized driver’s license.

With eight inches of water in the basement, Co-op store employees put shoulders and arms into supporting a hose from a town fire truck which pumped water from the floor.

30 years ago, Tuesday, February 12, 1991 A backlog of surgery now faces doctors at Neepawa Hospital, following an end to the 31-day walkout by Manitoba nurses.

Eric Gustafson, administrator of the 38bed acute care facility says surgery is backed up five weeks because of the strike.

“Surgery will be backed up for a while,” says Gustafson.

“Nurses were off for five weeks, so it may take five weeks to catch up.”

20 years ago, Monday, February 12, 2001 Two long-time volunteers were recognized for their c ont r ibut ion s to t he community at last Friday’s annual meeting of the Neepawa and District Chamber of Commerce.

The Citizen of the Year Award, sponsored by Beautiful Plains Credit Union, went to Pat Traill, while Murray Newton received the Community Service Award of Merit.

That award is sponsored by the Royal Bank.

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Steppin’ Up with Confidence coming to NACTV role her own and adapting the job to work thorughout the pandemic. Richards took the Steppin’ Up with Confidence instructor training from Prairie Mountain Health in October and this TV program will be her first time teaching it.

The program consists of low-impact workouts tailored for seniors, to help keep them active and reduce risk of falls. Richards filmed two short workout episodes– one with standing exercises and the other with seated ones.

Richards added that she plans to do in-person fitness classes for seniors in Minnedosa once pandemic

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press

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Alyse Richards was in Neepawa filming two Steppin’ Up with Confidence workout programs that will be aired alternately on NACTV Monday to Saturday at 10:30 am.

A program to help seniors keep fit will be airing on NACTV soon. Alyse Richards, resource coordinator for Minnedosa & District Services to Seniors, partnered with Home Assitance Neepawa & District (HAND) and NACTV to film the Steppin’ Up with Confidence program at the Neepawa Drop In Centre on Wednesday, Feb. 10.

Richards started as resource coordinator last March, only two weeks before Manitoba’s first pandemic lockdown. She noted that she’s been making the

restrictions are lifted.

Genie Barnaby, programming coordinator at HAND, invited Richards to come and record the workout programs. Barnaby had been doing some in-person workouts with residents at the Yellowhead Manor and Elks Manor prior to the pandemic, which regularly had good attendance. She wanted to be able to keep offering a fitness class for those who had shown an interest, so she reached out to Richards and NACTV to arrange the program.

The episodes will be aired on NACTV regularly and available on DVD from the NACTV office.

Spruce Plains RCMP report: Feb. 1 to Feb. 7

By Cpl. Jacob Stanton Spruce Plains RCMP During the week of Feb. 1 to Feb. 7, Spruce Plains RCMP dealt with 39 police activities.

Feb. 1: RCMP received two fraud complaints in Neepawa. In both matters, there was insufficient evidence to proceed further. Police conducted Covid compliance checks in Eden and in the Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone.

All person(s) were found complying with regulations.

Police responded to a commercial alarm at a business in Neepawa; everything was found locked and secured with no signs of distress.

Feb. 2: RCMP received a complaint of an erratic driver in the RM of North Cypress-Langford that was swerving and changing speeds. Police located and stopped the suspect vehicle, who was said to be avoiding semis that were throwing rocks. A mandatory alcohol screening was completed and the driver passed and was released. Police received a complaint of fraud in the RM of Rosedale, where there was insufficient evidence to proceed further.

Feb. 3: RCMP responded to a break and enter at a business in Neepawa, the investigation is ongoing. Police received a report of a suspicious person in Minnedosa who may be in distress. Police patrolled the area where the complainant thought the person might be, but did not locate anyone.

Feb. 4: RCMP were dispatched to a complaint of a possible assault in progress in Gladstone. Police attended and after investigation, determined the claim

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to be unfounded. Police received a report of attempted fraud in Neepawa, where there was insufficient evidence to proceed further.

Feb. 5: RCMP received a report of an attempted break and enter at a business in Neepawa; the matter is still under investigation.

Feb. 6: RCMP conducted a wellbeing check on a person in Neepawa, who was found with no cause for concern. Police conducted proactive traffic enforcement and responded to sudden deaths in Minnedosa and the RM of Minto-Odanah.

Feb. 7: RCMP responded to a commercial alarm at a business in Neepawa. Police attended and found no signs of entry or disturbance. Police attempted a traffic stop in the Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone, where the driver fled from police. The matter is still under investigation.

RCMP conducted 15 traffic enforcement actions during this reporting period.

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Local junior ‘A’ hockey history book in the making from the Nasports writer, tives and where Eoin Deverthey are now, eux, who had in addition to suggested a any anecdotes book on the or stories they history of the have from their Neepawa Natime with the tives during an Neepawa Naepisode of the tives. “I want NACTV proto get at least duction Story half of the team Beh ind t he [from each Stories. From year], but I hope there, Sparling to include all of collected team them if I can.” photos from So far, the inaugural Sparling has put y e a r, 19 8 9 about 70 hours 90, right up into contacting to the 2019-20 t h e 19 8 9 - 9 0 season, w ith team and has names includreached all the ed. team members Sparling is but one. He’s now working on contacting FILE PHOTO also put about all the players Rick Sparling released a book on the history of amateur hockey in Neepawa 40 hours into and coaches back in 2016 (pictured). Now he’s working on a book on the 30-year history t h e 19 9 0 - 91 and has five or he can to get of the Neepawa Natives Junior “A” Hockey Club. six members left their stories.

“Basically, [the book will] he noted. He’s hoping to they played minor hockey, to get in touch with from be a bio from everybody,” get information on where where they moved on to that year. He’s reached

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press Rick Sparling, a former Neepawa resident, is working on his fifth book on the heels of finishing his fourth. The upcoming book will be about 30 years’ worth of team members from the Junior “A” Neepawa Nat ives Hockey Club.

His other books included one on the history of public school hockey in Neepawa and one on amateur hockey, as well as one on the history of Neepawa businesses, in conjunction with Cecil Pittman and Norma Forsman. His fourth book, which is in the process of being printed and is expected to come out shortly, is a collection of articles he’s published in the Neepawa Press and the Banner & Press.

The idea for this latest book was actually inspired by the Banner & Press’s

45 team members in total so far, between the years of 1989 and 1993. “I’m finding that everybody I talked to has almost given me a page,” he relayed.

Sparling noted that this book will be about individual team members, rather than team stats. But he added that there are some outstanding players with notable stats that he will include with their bios.

As for when people can expect to purchase this book, Sparling said, “I hope to get it done by next Christmas, but I really don’t know.” He added that it really depends on how long it takes to get in touch with team members.

“Anyone from the Neepawa Nat ives a lumni, former players, coaches, executive members, billeters or some fans that might have a ‘story’ or two can call me,” he expressed.

Sparling can be reached by phone at 204-668-6074.

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Westlake-Gladstone area receives more funding from ECSF

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press

The Big Grass Community Foundation recently distributed nearly $30,000 in grants to over a dozen different organizations and projects in the WestlakeGladstone area. The money was from Round 2 of the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF ), distributed through community foundations across the country.

Multiple projects funded for Municipality The Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone had several projects approved for the grant, most of which went through the municipal Recreation branch.

The municipality received $2,900 for two electrostatic disinfectant sprayers. Nicole Sellers, Recreation Director, noted that these sprayers leave no residue and very little odor. “These sprayers will be used in the communities halls, arenas, curling rinks, etc.,” explained Sellers.

“After researching this product and hearing many positive reviews... we decided to put in an application for two that would be shared amongst all communities [in WestlakeGladstone].”

The Municipality received another $2,125 for more COV ID-19 safety items, distributed between the communities of Langruth, Plumas, Gladstone and Westbourne.

“We have ordered f loor decals, to help remind individuals to social distance, and 40 wall mounted hand sanitizer units with some refills,” stated Sellers. “These hand wash stations have been dispersed through all four communities in our municipality where the more vulnerable live, as well as recreation and leisure facilities.” She added that some of the money also went to purchase more soap and paper towels for the hand wash stations they purchased with a grant from the ECSF Round 1.

Recreation facilities Of the grants the Municipality received from BGCF in Round 2, four of them were for recreation facilities in the different communities they cover. A few things were purchased

for the Plumas Lions Park, assisted by a $2,000 ECSF g rant. “ We were able to order a shed to store community equipment in, that will be used when the current restrictions allow.

We have multiple sporting equipment, as well as some outdoor LED lights to go under the new gazebo that has been built,” noted Sellers.

In Westbourne, the Municipality will be purchasing new hockey nets and netting for the arena, with the help of a $440 grant. Meanwhile, at the Langruth rink, Sellers explained that they received $1,000 to help pay for some rubber walkways to allow for skaters to use two separate entrances without damaging their skates.

The mats are made from recycled tires, which the municipality was proud to use to help support recycling efforts.

“I am very pleased we were able to work together to collaborate a plan to keep our communities safe and see it through with great teamwork and help from grants like these,” expressed Sellers.

Money for the library The Municipality also helped the Gladstone District Library apply for a grant. The librarian, Shelley Ray, noted to the Municipality that the library could use some more shelving to store cleaning supplies needed to keep the library COVID-safe.

Sellers stated the Westlake- Gladstone helped the library receive a $400 grant from ECSF for this purpose. “With the public touching books frequently when they returned them, Shelley wanted to make sure that we had ample supply of disinfectant solutions to help stop the spread of the virus if it did cross paths with the library,” explained Sellers. “[Shelley] is always thinking of the safety of our community and how it affects the daily ways in her job. We are very fortunate to have her in the community of Gladstone.”

PACs help out schools Two Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) for a couple local schools also applied for grants to help students enjoy more time outdoors.

The Langruth Elementary and William Morton Col-

legiate (WMCI) PACs received $775 and $2,300, respectively.

Michelle Teichroeb, of the Langruth Elementary PAC, noted that they applied for their grant to purchase a variety of outdoor sporting equipment for the school. “We want to make sure these kids have sports equipment and equipment to play outdoors at a time when being outdoors is so important,” Teichroeb explained. “We’re very grateful to the Big Grass Community Foundation for all the support they give through PAC and in

the community in general.”

Shelley Bjarnason, chair of the WMCI PAC, noted that they purchased two sets of soccer nets for the Gladstone high school.

“When COVID-19 hit, we realized what we didn’t have for options outside,” she stated. So the school surveyed the students to see what outdoor equipment they wanted most.

“Soccer nets were one of those things that the kids really wanted,” Bjarnason said. She noted that they decided that’s what they would purchase, because it was one of the most feasible

options and something they could get relatively quickly.

“When we heard about this COVID-19 grant, we jumped on it.”

A treat for seniors Third Crossing Manor in Gladstone received a grant for $1,200 from ECSF Round 2. Shirley Guenther, site lead for Gladstone Health Centre, noted that they were able to treat the residents there with the grant money. “Third Crossing Manor was very grateful to receive funds in order to purchase Christmas gifts for the residents

at Third Crossing Manor,” Guenther expressed. “Due to COVID-19, the manor was not able to hold the Mother’s Day Tea and Christmas Bake Sale, which usually provides the funds to purchase gifts for the residents,” she explained, adding that the grant gave them enough money that they could purchase gifts for all the residents, plus the patients at the Gladstone Health Centre. “With so many restrictions in place, this was a very nice touch!”

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GranT recipienTs Langruth Day Care ~ sanitizer dispensers, furniture $2,200 Westbourne recreation ~ hockey nets $440 WMCI PAC ~ soccer net $2,300 Gladstone Library ~ disinfecting supplies, shelving $400

Happy Rock Day Care ~ electrostatic atomizer $1,450

Westlake-Gladstone Municip. ~ sanitizers, decals. $2,125

Plumas Seniors Drop In ~ computer and programs $1,700

Third Crossing Manor ~ Christmas gifts $1,200

Gladstone Seniors Drop In ~ cleaning and operating funds $1,800

Westlake-Gladstone Municip. ~ electrostatic atomizers $2,900

Langruth Skating Rink ~ rubber ice skate walk ways $1,000

Plumas Day Care ~ shelving, furniture $1,600

Palliative Care Gladstone (2) ~ two laptops $2,100

Salvation Army ~ Christmas hamper drive $5,000

Plumas park ~ recreation supplies, storage shed $2,000

Gladstone food cupboard ~ food supplies $1,000

Langruth PAC ~ outdoor recreation equipment $775

ToTal GranTed: $29,990 The above distributed funds were entirely from round two funding and when added to round one funding of $40,000 made a total of ($40,000.+$29,990) $69,990 of Covid emergency relief funding distributed in the Westlake-Gladstone Municipality by the Big Grass Community Foundation.

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Neepawa Golf & Country Club will host Provincial Amateur Golf Championship

By Eoin Devereux

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A pair of Manitoba’s m o s t i m p or t a nt g o l f events will be coming to Neepaw a i n 2021.

Golf Manitoba has annou nc ed it s s c hedu le of tournaments for the upcoming year, which will be comprised of 13 i nd iv idua l cha mpionships. The Neepawa Golf & Country Club (NGCC) has been selected to host two of them, the Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship and the Men’s Provincial Interclub Championship.

NGCC general mana g er/C P GA g ol f pr o Landon Cameron said being chosen to host this pair of events, especially

t he A m a t e u r t he f i r st a nd Championship, second day of is a massive the event, with compliment. the field being “It’s a big ancut to 60 for the nouncement, final two days for sure. The of competition.

Men’s Amateur Neepawa Championship previously hostis the premier ed t he Men’s e vent on t he Amateur back Golf Manitoba in 2013. Camcalendar each eron said for a year. Gett ing club outside of the opportunity W i n n i p e g or to host it is realBrandon to be ly cool and it’s selected for the a compliment PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.NEEPAWA.CA event so soon to our staff and The Neepawa Golf & Country Club has been chosen to host the 2021 Golf after its previwh at t he y ’ve Manitoba Men’s Amatuer Championship and the Interclub Championship. ous opportundone over the ity, speaks well years to make our course province, so that’s going Men’s Amateur Cham- of what Neepawa has to appealing to everyone,” to be a very competitive pion s h ip i s c u r r ent ly offer. stated Cameron. “The field. It’s a great tourna- scheduled for July 15 to “We had been sched18. The format would uled to host [the ChamMen’s Amateur features ment.”

T he Not t Autocor p see 120 golfers play on pionship] in 2011, but we the top 120 players in the

f looded, so we had to give it up and we got it back in 2013. We were going to be the first rural golf course in Manitoba to host the Amateur,” Cameron said.

“It’s awesome to have the chance, once again to showcase our course and our community.”

As for the Interclub Championship, it is set for Aug. 31. The format sees group of four players from the same golf club teaming together for that one day format.

Neepawa is not the only local club honoured with hosting duties in 2021, as the Minnedosa Golf & Country Club will host the Men’s Senior Interclub Championship on Aug. 17.

Megan Beswitherick becomes dual athlete for ACC Cougars Submitted ACC Media Release Megan Beswitherick is a multi-talented athlete from Austin, MB. In the fall, she will play defence for the Assiniboine Community College (ACC) Cougars women’s soccer team and then transition to goaltender for the Cougar women’s hockey team.

Beswitherwick played club soccer for the U18 MacGregor United in the summer and served as assistant captain of the Central Plains Capitals where she competed alongside fellow Cougars recruit, Lainie Muir, in the winter.

“Megan was assigned the challenging role of sweeper on her club team. She is a stand out defender,” said Women’s Soccer co-coach Gerry Rocan. “She will play a key role in bolstering our defence next season.”

“My strongest attributes are my work ethic, physicality, strength, ball control and my vision on the field/ ice,” said Beswitherick. “I’m looking forward to meeting new people and playing not only one, but two of the sports that I love, while pursuing my education.”

A rare chance that not many athletes get. “I love being able to support my team from all over the field, making plays happen,” she said, reflecting on soccer.

Beswitherick won Athlete of the Year at MacGregor Collegiate Institute in both Grade 9 and 10 before COVID interference resulted in a non-selection for the award in her grade 11 and 12 years. She competed for Team Central Plains in soccer at the Manitoba Summer Games in 2016 and more recently was named Playoffs Most Valuable Player for the Central Plains Capitals in the 2019-20 season.

Hockey head coach Tony Bertone said, “Megan is going to bring her quick-

Megan Beswitherick signed with the ACC Cougars for both the women’s hockey and soccer programs.

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est academic achievement in both Grade 9 and 10 as well as academic achievement recognition from the Central Plains Capitals.

She raises, trains and shows cattle, is a member of 4H and volunteers her time at Ag Days, gardening for elders and cleaning up our Westman highways. Beyond that, she is a mentor through Big Brothers/Big

Sisters, serves at Siloam Mission and volunteers to run children’s church.

Beswitherick is enrolled in the college’s Business Administration program.

She intends to pursue a marketing specialization, which will allow her to approach her purebred Simmental business from a new perspective.

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Our disappearing headlines MB Teachers Society: The Way T I See it Funding falls John Feldsted short

his piece was motivated by major newspapers who are decrying the loss of advertising revenues, as well as large internet players using newspaper news stories without compensation. You can learn more at: www.levellingthedigitalplayingfield. ca This is serious business.

Canadian newspaper advertising revenues hit a high of $3.88 billion in 2008 and by 2019, were down to $1.41 billion.

Newspapers are in trouble, some of it of their own making. Let’s start with the truism that local papers must print local news or perish, and a successful local paper has to sell enough advertising to hire the reporters and editors to produce a paper with significant local content.

A handful of giants dominate the Canadian media.

They own most of the cable, internet, magazine, newspaper, radio and television outlets. To cut costs, they eliminated local editors and reporters, moving those duties up to higher levels that encompass a broad range of outlets in various markets.

Local flavour and interest disappeared. Media concentration killed off local content.

There are crocodile tears in the major paper plea.

Some lost advertising has migrated to cable, internet, radio and TV outlets owned by the same consortiums. Smaller market newspapers are left out in the cold. Our governments can limit media ownership (all types) in any market of over 500,000 population (12 cities, 10.9 million pop.) to 25 per cent, from 100,000 to 499,000 (42 cities, 8.5 Million pop.) to 33 per cent and from 50,000 to 99,000 (45 cities, 3.3 million pop) to 50 per cent. That would help to restore media diversity and independence.

Coupled with that, they can require internet giants to turn over proportionate amounts of their advertising revenue to newspapers.

If they sell $500,000 in advertising in markets with a population of 500,000 or more, local papers will receive 75 per cent or $375,000 of that revenue. The giants keep the equivalent of the 25 per cent ownership limitation.

Newspapers can help themselves by agreeing on a standard size from the 15 or so currently in use. That makes cooperative (group) ownership or use of printing presses viable. Newspaper print presses are enormously expensive and require special buildings, support equipment and operators.

The costs are beyond the means of all but the largest circulation papers.

The government can help by requiring Canada Post to treat newspaper bundles as parcels to facilitate delivery.

Currently, papers are left behind the parcel rush and are being delivered up to a week late, even within a region. This is particularly important in rural areas.

We have 301 towns with a population of under 50,000.

Their collective population is about 5 million.

Media concentration has strangled press freedom.

“The Press” is 10,000 times more than a product to be delivered the next day or week. “The Press” is a constitutionally protected living thing, able to bring down giants who become arrogant and abusive as well as to educate us in the nuances of ballet in ordinary language. The press is our comfort when we grieve and our sword when we face injustice. The press keeps us aware of our surroundings and unifies us in community

and national endeavours.

We have suffered through several months of sterile avoidance of everything in life that matters to us.

We know firsthand how inadequate electronic communications are and how devastating keeping away from those we love and respect is.

Local papers will play a major role in helping us return to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ politicians hope we will accept, but the normal we demand now that we are acutely aware of how much we took for granted until we lost control and access. We can and will do so much better in the future.

A tip of the hat to Ken Waddell, owner of the Neepawa Banner & Press, who is a favourite critic, editor and friend, and the late Merv Farmer, who owned the Stonewall Argus and was the inspiration for me to put pen to paper.

John Feldsted is a political commentator, consultant & strategist, who is based out of Winnipeg, MB.

‘Love your neighbour as yourself’

By Pastor Vlad Makyeyev Neepawa First Baptist Church In the recent year, many things in our society, communities in general have changed. You probably have noticed these changes as well. People are afraid of other people. Human beings do not feel comfortable when other human beings are close to them.

God created us as sociable beings to communicate with other people. Love, friendship, having fun with friends, community events, attending a church service on Sunday morning…seeing unmasked faces of real people. Where did it all go? Will it ever be back? If so, when?

In the New Testament, letter of Apostle Paul to Galatians 5:14-15, we read the following words: “For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’. If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other”.

We live in days of fear, intimidation, worries and concerns, when true love is disappearing and being replaced with suspicion, anger, bitterness, intolerance to a different opinions, etc. We are told to use Nazi Germany Gestapo and Soviet Union KGB (secret police) methodology to stop the transmission of this virus. History repeats itself.

Be nice to one another, even if you disagree. Love one another. Love your neighbour as yourself.

The Bible is such a great Book to read and study. In Galatians 6:7-8, we read, “Do not be deceived: God can-

not be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life”. These verses were written to believers in Christ in Galatia, a province of the Roman Empire.

However, they are very applicable today for all people.

Remember that there is a spiritual law of sowing and reaping. Love your neighbour as yourself! This life in this weak human flesh is short and can be over at any time. Then eternity comes.

Where will you spend eternity? With God, His angels and the saints in heaven? Or with the devil, demons and the lost, unrepentant sinners in hell?

John 3:36, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them”.

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The provincial government’s failure to adequately fund public education, for five years in a row, will have dire and long-lasting effects on the delivery of education and student outcomes for Manitoba students.

“The government boasts that this is the most funding public education has ever received, but that’s only half the story,” said Manitoba Teachers Society (MTS) president James Bedford. “What is missing from this narrative is the fact that this funding is not enough to meet the increasing needs of Manitoba’s K-12 student population.”

Bedford also said that increased resources will be required to meet students’ recovery learning needs following the pandemic.

Today’s investment of 1.56 per cent continues the government’s trend of funding public education below the rate of inflation.

When capital funding is deducted from the total, the amount of funding going into Manitoba classrooms is barely 1 per cent.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the important role of public education in our society.

It has also highlighted the significant inequities in the system,” Bedford said.

“With ever ything that has happened in the past year, the government’s continued refusal to invest

in public education is incomprehensible.”

The government has continued to tighten the purse strings on education funding, and with the impending release of the recommendations from the K-12 education review, there is concern that schools will have to make tough choices about staffing and programming, Bedford said.

“We have said from day one, that any additional costs to implementing the K-12 recommendations must come with adequate funding. There is simply no room for extras,” he said.

“At the end of the day, when the government does not fulfill its funding responsibility, it’s the students that suffer and quite frankly that is unacceptable.”

The government also announced a $5.5 million increase to special needs funding.

“We are pleased to see that government is responding to concerns we have been raising around special needs funding,” Bedford said. “We look forward to hearing the details on how these funds will be used in the classrooms to meet these diverse student needs.”

In a recent poll conducted by View points Research, on behalf of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, the majority of Manitobans (64 per cent) said that the province should spend more on education.

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• Five Manitoba female curling rinks will be among the 18 participants in the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Champions slated for Calgary during the last week of February. Kerri Einarson, 2020 Manitoba Champion and Team Canada, Jennifer Jones 2020 provincial runner up, Tracy Fleury (first wildcard), Mackenzie Zacharias from Altona, 2020 World Junior Champion (second wildcard) and Beth Peterson (third wildcard) will all represent the Keystone province. Tracy Fleury is unable to go due to her daughter’s health issues, so Chelsea Carey, a former Manitoban, will skip the rink. TSN will provide some good television for sports fans.

• Laine Wilson, who lived in Wellwood and served as our recreation director for four years, telephoned and sent some articles from the Stonewall and Selkirk newspapers this week. Laine, who is the eldest of Peri and Jennifer Studler’s four daughters, grew up in Grosse Isle and is really happy with her new position as recreation director for Stonewall and the RM of Rockwood. She was quite popular and involved here, and is now the mother of three children, aged six, four and two years. The full page newspaper articles were about our son, Rick, who coached the Selkirk Royals to four consecutive girls AAAA volleyball crowns and more recently, led the Dalhousie Tigers women’s volleyball team to eight consecutive Atlantic Conference championships. He also coached extensively in Norway House and Glenboro.

• Winnipeg and Portage Minor Hockey Associations have cancelled the balance of the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The Saskatchewan government has announced that their junior hockey teams are a critical part of the cultural fabric and local economies across the province. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on these teams and leagues. Four million dollars will be distributed as follows: each of the five WHL teams, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon and Prince

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Albert, will receive $600,00. The other $1 million will be shared among the SJHL teams. Manitoba has two WHL squads, the Brandon Wheat Kings and the Winnipeg Ice, while the MJHL consists of a dozen teams.

• The Manitoba Development Centre at Portage la Prairie, which houses 133 residents, will be closed over the next three years. The residents will be transitioned into community care. The institution for intellectually challenged people employs 370 people, including 280 full time staff.

This includes nurses, psychiatric nursing assistants, activity instructors, housekeeping and laundry staff and dietary aides. People can move from isolation and segregation into Manitoba communities. The Portage centre housed 220 residents in 2013 and more than 1,200 in the late 1960s. Initial reactions are positive, but some communities will be challenged without help.

• With Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial starting, five of his lawyers have withdrawn their services, as they would not support fraudulent lies about the Nov. 6 election results. It is good to see that some people still have a conscience and cannot be bought.

• The Art Sear Memorial Park Play Structure Committee received $3,552 from the CACF Memory Tree of Lights project.

• February is Black History Month. It is a good time for the schools to emphasize the role of Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Act, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jackie Robinson, Barack Obama, George Floyd, etc.

• Baldur Recreation Centre made the difficult decision to remain closed for the remainder of the curling and hockey season due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Centre is in a solid financial situation due to a $19,000 provincial COVID-19 grant and $14,000 in donations, as well as keeping expenses to a minimum.

• Eco-West Canada is hoping to team up with municipalities to install 31 electric vehicle charging stations across the province. The company will provide 50 per cent of the cost to purchase and install these stations, up to a maximum of $5,000. The estimated cost of a single station is $12,500.

Madyson Menzies (17) is an honours student in the Carberry Collegiate Grade 12 graduating class. She has been studying from home online since mid-November. Her second semester is a heavy load, with biology, two math classes (Essential and Applied), Global Issues and two band classes (regular and jazz).

Madyson plays the flute and tenor saxophone and has three instruments at home, keyboard, ukulele and kalimba.

Positive influences on Madyson have been her parents, Justin and Joni, plus some very understanding teachers. She has had a great working relationship with her music teacher,

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Classifieds Herbert George Osmond May 4, 1934 – February 8, 2021

We are heartbroken. Herbert George Osmond passed away on February 8, 2021 at Country Meadows Personal Care Home, in Neepawa, Manitoba at the age of 86.

Herb was born in Springhill, Nova Scotia on May 4, 1934. As a teenager, he attended school, worked at odd jobs, became a captain in the cadets and was a frequent soloist in high school concerts. In 1952, as a scrawny 18-year-old, he hopped on a train and travelled to the other end of the country, to Vancouver, BC, to begin training with the RCMP. Herb trained in Vancouver and Regina and on completion, had an early posting in Dauphin, where he met the love of his life, Audrey Archer. Back then, a young RCMP officer had to meet a number of requirements before being allowed to marry. They had to have five years of service with the RCMP, $1,200 in the bank and permission from their Commanding Officer. Herb begged and borrowed the $1,200 and got permission from his C.O. to marry. His fifth anniversary of joining the RCMP was August 22, 1957 and two days later, on August 24, 1957, Herb and Audrey were married.

Members of the RCMP were transferred frequently, and Herb and Audrey and the kids moved from Dauphin to Flin Flon, Nipigon, Morden, Sprague, Selkirk and Powerview, where they stayed until Herb’s retirement from the RCMP in 1976. Before he retired from the RCMP, Herb took courses through the University of Saskatchewan and in 1975, obtained a certificate in hospital administration. When he retired from the RCMP in 1976, he became the administrator of the hospital in Pine Falls, where they lived from 1976 until 1980.

In 1980, Herb and Audrey moved to Neepawa.

From 1980 to 1994, Herb was the administrator of East View Lodge. During those years, he worked on many committees with the Manitoba Health Organization, both regionally and provincially.

Herb was active in the Neepawa community and was especially proud of the work he did as a Rotarian. He was a Paul Harris Fellow in 2007. In 2007, Herb and Audrey moved back to where they first met, Dauphin, where they lived until 2015, when they moved back to Neepawa.

Herb was a devoted husband and father and loved to spend time with Audrey and the kids. Herb was proud of his children and was grateful that they enjoyed each others’ company. Herb liked trying recipes in the kitchen – pancakes, donut holes, molasses pull-taffy and fried baloney were just a few of his specialities. He would sing silly songs to encourage the kids to brush their teeth. He told little fibs to help him pull off surprises – like telling the kids he was taking them to a farm to buy eggs and letting them discover on their own that there was a puppy in that egg crate.

Herb was always working on his golf game and was active with the Neepawa golf course. He enjoyed a good laugh – puns and plays on words were his favourites.

His love of music stayed with him from his childhood to his adult years. He had a lovely singing voice and was great at creating beautiful harmonies. He knew more silly songs than anybody and could make up lyrics to suit any occasion. In the last few years of his life, he enjoyed singing with the men’s choir, the Hims. Herb’s family extends a special thanks to Brian Bailey, Ivan Traill and the other gentle souls of the Hims for their patience and support as Herb continued to love singing with them but became less able to keep up.

When Herb began to develop symptoms of dementia Audrey was determined to keep him happily living at home for as long as possible. The indignities of latestage Alzheimer’s disease robbed Herb of so much – his beautiful singing voice, his ability to make a pun, tell a story or reminisce with Audrey about their adventures over the years, and his gentle good-nature. In October 2020, it became necessary for Herb to move into Country Meadows. Herb’s family is grateful for the lovely staff at Country Meadows who were so very patient with Herb and provided him with exceptional care.

Herb leaves behind Audrey, his wife of 63 years, to whom he was devoted, children Judy Zeke (Dave), David Osmond (Anna) and Brenda Osmond (Bob), grandchildren Paul Zeke (Maddie) and Laura Zeke (Juan), Robyn Osmond (Rui), Tyler Osmond (Kori), and four great-grandsons.

A private service will be held for the immediate family when we are able to do that. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society. And please, the next time you have a silly song stuck in your head, think of Herb!

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I would like to thank all the kind friends for thinking of me since my past accident.

For all the well wishers, phone calls, cards, flowers and food which was certainly appreciated. It's been a long recovery but day by day things are getting better. God Bless you all. Eileen Newton

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings postponed. Call 204841-0002 _____________________ _Arden Hall, cap. 255. Park, camping and sports facilities, rink, curling ice, kitchen and lounge. Call 204-368-2202

In Memory

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KINSMEN KOURT 2 assisted living for seniors is now accepting applications for residency. Pick up an application at Stride Credit Union Neepawa, to be mailed back to Box 1842 Neepawa or the applications can be found on the website www. kinsmenkourts2.ca or email kinsmenkourts2@yahoo. com For further information call 431-351-0611 _____________________ Neepawa Banner and Press offers full research and re-print services from our archives that go back to 1896. Additional copies of papers, $2 each depending on availability. Re-print of a page from past copies, $2 per page. Archival research, $25 per hour with a $10 minimum. Individual photos on photo paper $5 depending if we have a suitable original in our digital, print or photo archives. Ken Waddell, publisher

HBH Angus Farms Cattleman's Connection Bull & Female Sale March 5, 1:00pm on the farm Oak River, MB. Offering a group of powerful Black Angus bulls sired by exclusive breed leading sires, and a group of elite females. For more information or a catalogue contact Neil Carson 204-773-6927, Darcy Heapy 204-365-7755, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-2205006. View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com.

Watch and bid online with www.DLMS.ca (PL#116061) _____________________ JP Cattle Co. Annual Simmental & Angus Bull & Female Sale Thursday, March 4 - 1:00pm on the farm at McAuley, MB. Selling Simmental & Angus bulls, as well as commercial bred heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Glenn 204-851-5669, Eric 306-4348567 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.

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Evelyn Pasosky February 17, 2010

There is a link death cannot sever, Love and remembrance last forever.

Lovingly remembered by Cliff and Eleanor Nicholson

He's one of four always crazy and daring, a softie at heart and son who is caring Once a boy with a mullet and a face full of stubble who always had fun trying to stay out of trouble It's hard to believe that soon this guy will be having a birthday and turn 45

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Apartment for rent. Bri-Mont apartments, 331 Mountain Avenue. Phone 204-8412006

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For sale, power lift chair.

Like new condition. Call 204-868-5777. _____________________ For Sale: Doban billy goat.

Call 204-834-3235. Ask for Gary.

Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day.

Unheard but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.

Love, Brad.

In memory of

Les Richardson His nature was loving and giving, His heart was made of pure gold, And to us who truly love him, His memory will never grow old.

Miss you dad...

Love the Family

In loving memory of our dear son, brother and uncle

William Scott McCracken who passed away February 11, 1996 at the age of 19.

Luv u forever, Mom, Christine and Kendall

Storage vans (semi trailers) for rent or sale. Anderson's 204-385-2685, 204-3852997 Gladstone.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES TOWN OF NEEPAWA

In Memory June 13, 1966 - Feb 14, 2018

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Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 3rd day of March, 2021, at the hour of 2:00 PM, at Town of Neepawa Council Chambers, 275 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties: Roll Number

71500

Description

Assessed Value

AT NEEPAWA AND BEING: LOTS 7 TO 9 AND ELY 10 FEET L -$45,800 OF LOT 10 BLOCK 170 PLAN 256 NLTO EXC: OUT OF LOT 7 B -$166,800 ALL THAT PORTION CONTAINED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING LIMITS: - COMMENCING AT A POINT DISTANT WLY ALONG THE SLY LIMIT 28 FEET FROM THE SE CORNER OF SAID LOT 7 THENCE ELY ALONG SAID SLY LIMIT OF SAID LOT 7 TO THE SELY CORNER THEREOF THENCE NLY ALONG THE ELY LIMIT 28 FEET THENCE SWLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT IN NE 1/4 28 AND SE 1/4 33-14-15 WPM - 369 BROCK STREET

Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale $11,629.07

The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property: • The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any property taxes not yet due.

• The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.

• If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to the start of the auction.

• The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.

• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or bank draft to the Town of Neepawa as follows: i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the purchaser must provide a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale; AND iii) A fee in the amount $309.75 ($295 plus GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs.

• The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.

• The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.

• If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.

Dated this 5th day of February, 2021.

Managed by: Colleen Synchyshyn Chief Administrative Officer Town of Neepawa Phone: (204) 476-7603 Fax: (204) 476-7624

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Help Wanted

Health

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION

Jarvis Trucking Ltd,

invites applications for the following position

Class 1 drivers & Owner Operators Operating super B grain hoppers, prairie provinces only.

Contact Steve, 204-385-3048 or 204-871-5139 Email kjarvisfarms@gmail.com

McCreary School

Grade 3 & 4 Term Teacher April 5, 2021 – May 28, 2021 Applications close at noon on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.

For more information contact Jennifer Emberly Submit cover letter and resume to: jemberly@trsd.ca or Jennifer Emberly, Principal McCreary School Box 220, McCreary, MB, R0J 1B0 Phone 835-2083, Fax 835-2660 Although all applications are appreciated, only candidates who are selected for interviews will be contacted.

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION Bus Driver Training Incentive Program We are now offering a training incentive of $1,000 for any individual that obtains their Manitoba School Bus Operator’s Endorsements & Class 2 Drivers Licence. Training will be offered through the School Division.

If you are interested in becoming a School Bus Driver and would like further information, please feel free to call or forward a written application with any relevant information to: Randy Shyanne Transportation Supervisor Turtle River School Division Box 309 McCreary, Manitoba R0J 1B0 Phone: 835-2067 ext 209 or Fax: 835-2426 rshyanne@trsd.ca Although all applications are appreciated, a selection process will apply. Candidates that have been selected will be contacted.

Notice

Kindergarten Registration for the 2021 Fall Term

Online Registration for the 2021-2022 school year will open February 15, 2021 See Beautiful Plains School Division Website for more information: https://www.beautifulplainssd.ca/ If you are unable to access online forms, please call Twyla at the Beautiful Plains School Division Office 204-476-2388 • To be eligible for Kindergarten, a child must be five years of age on or before December 31, 2021.

• A copy of your child’s birth certificate is required for their school file.

• For Newcomer Families, copies of your child’s passport and residency documentation are also required. If further assistance is needed you may contact Neepawa Settlement Services 204-4762055.

Gladstone, MB.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR

Reporting to the Manager of Operations, the Public Works Supervisor is responsible for the provision of services and active management of the Public Works Department, including Parks and Cemetery.

Focusing on strategic long-term asset management, the Public Works Supervisor will focus on the design and implementation of asset management related duties and work prioritization activities. Implementation and creation of asset management databases and tracking will characterize work priorities with consideration to budget constraints and progressive planning.

Further details and a job description can be found at www.neepawa.ca under Town Office, Employment Opportunities.

Applications, including Resume, will be accepted until 4:00 p.m.

Friday, March 5, 2021 to: Denis Saquet, C.E.T.Manager of Operations Box 339, 275 Hamilton St. Neepawa MB R0J 1H0 Ph (204) 476-7655 ~ Fax (204) 476-7624 Email: ea@wcgwave.ca Thank you to all applicants for their interest, however only those under consideration will be contacted.

Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is hiring

PART TIME OFFICE CLERK (FILING)

at our ADMIN OFFICE in NEEPAWA, MANITOBA. Who we are: Co-op does business differently. As a co-operative, we believe in working together to serve Western Canadians, delivering profits back to our communities and investing in sustainable growth. To learn more about who we are and how you can help bring our brand to life, visit us at www.neepawagladstoneco-op.crs We are looking for: A part-time office clerk (filing) for our administration office. The successful candidate will be directly responsible for office functions of Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op including, but not limited to; audit daily cashups, filing, month-end statements and other duties as assigned.

At Co-op, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and we are working to create a workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We support and provide an environment that allows all to bring their whole selves to work.

Apply online at www.neepawagladstoneco-op.crs or contact us at g.finkewich@neepawagladstonecoop.com for more information.

Please go to the division or school website to access online registration forms: https://www.beautifulplainssd.ca/ https://brookdaleschool.weebly.com/ http://hazelmkellington.weebly.com/ https://jmyoungschool.weebly.com/ http://rjwaugh.weebly.com/

For Sale

HIP/KNEE Replacement?

BATTERIES FOR EVERYTHING!

Other medical conditions causing TROUBLE WALKING or DRESSING?

50, 000 BATTERIES IN STOCK

The Disability Tax Credit allows for $2,500 yearly tax credit and up to $50,000 Lump sum refund.

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Providing assistance during Covid.

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KALDECK TRUCK & TRAILER INC.

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3 bedrooms, ensuite, huge kitchen, quartz countertops, walk-in pantry, island. James Hardie Siding Huron Tripane Windows.

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MUST SELL 2008 Grandeaur Modular Home

204-346-3231

Help Wanted

FOODS Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is hiring

PART TIME GROCERY CLERK & PART TIME DELIVERY CLERK

at our GROCERY STORE in NEEPAWA, MANITOBA. Who we are: Co-op does business differently. As a co-operative, we believe in working together to serve Western Canadians, delivering profits back to our communities and investing in sustainable growth. To learn more about who we are and how you can help bring our brand to life, visit us at www.neepawagladstoneco-op.crs We are looking for: Grocery Clerk Duties to include, but not limited to, customer service, processing customer transactions, bagging groceries, merchandising, receiving, stocking and general housekeeping duties, and other duties as requested.

Must be available to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings, and weekends.

Delivery Clerk Duties to include, but not limited to, delivery of groceries within town limits and to Gladstone locations.

General maintenance at the grocery store, and stock.

Must be able to work weekdays. Must possess a Class 5 Drivers License.

At Co-op, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and we are working to create a workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We support and provide an environment that allows all to bring their whole selves to work.

Apply online at www.neepawagladstoneco-op.crs or contact us at g.finkewich@neepawagladstonecoop.com for more information.

Meat Cutters/Production Personnel HyLife is a global leader in food processing. Our mission is to be the best food company in the world. To achieve this, we need talented people to join our HyLife team as the company continues to grow.

HyLife is committed to our employees and we have an exciting new career opportunity in the beautiful town of Neepawa, MB for you to explore!

As a Meat Cutter/Production Personnel you will be a critical member of our team in the creation of our world class product. Our positions range from working on our production floor to shipping the final packaged product, with everything in between!

Responsibilities and duties include but are not limited to: • Slaughter and eviscerate hogs for further processing • Harvest and package edible offal • Process pork carcasses into primal cuts • Butcher and package pork primal cuts into value added specifications for local, national and international premium markets • Carry out other tasks related to processing of meat for shipping to customers or storage • Sanitation People who will succeed as members of our team will: • Enjoy working in a fast paced, stable long-term work environment • Appreciate working in a culturally diverse workplace. We employ people from all over the world!

• Treat people with dignity and respect • Open to working in colder/warmer environments • Physically Fit • Experience as an industrial butcher or trimmer is an asset

Current starting wage is $15.45/hour plus $1.00/hour perfect attendance bonus!

Wage scale extends to $23.05 per hour In addition to HyLife’s benefits, vacation time and competitive salary our company also offers a $500 dollar employee referral bonus program!

HyLife is here to support you on building an exciting career with our team!

If you have the qualifications and the passion to meet this challenge then we would like to explore your potential.

Please apply online at http://hylife.com/current-opportunities/ or email to jobs@hylife.com or mail to PO Box 10,000, 623 Main St E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0.

We want it to be YOU! Come join our HyLife team.

We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Be On Time!

Advertising deadline:

12 Noon Tuesday We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

423 Mountain Ave., Neepawa 204-476-3401 ads@neepawabanner.com

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Auctions

Real Estate

McSherry Auctions 12 Patterson Dr. Stonewall, MB

Online Timed Auctions @ iCollector.com Estate & Moving

Closes Wed February 17 @ 7:00 PM

Estate & Moving

Closes Wed February 24 @ 7:00 PM Consignments Welcome!

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Crop land for sale north of Gladstone West half of 9-16-11

Call Ron at 204-386-2347 Auctions

Gladstone Auction Mart

12:00 Noon February 19th

SERVICES GUIDE Professional

If you’re not reading

HILLSIDE ACCOUNTING

RAINKIE’S SEWAGE SERVICE

INCOME TAX

Jim Beaumont

ACCOUNTING

476-2483

AND

Glenn Wohlgemuth Phone: 204-476-2847 you’re missing out on a lot!

245 Hamilton St. Neepawa glennw@agapemail.com

Gladstone Auction Mart: 204-385-2537 Tyler Slawinski: 204-672-0450 Register online to bid: livestockbid.canbid.com Cows can be viewed Thursday afternoon or Friday morning prior to the sale

Potable water delivery.

Book your portable toilets!

Cellular 476-6591 Dennis 476-2766

ErlE Jury Family

and

204-867-2416 204-867-7558

23 Hour Service

Full dimension Corral Planks and Windbreak

Firewood Sales

E.K. Kostenchuk LTD.

Slabs $60/cord Cut and Split �� Round Wood

Neepawa, MB.

204-966-3372

john@trijindustries.com

Trenching • Excavating • Landscaping Trucking • Water & Sewer • Demolition Dozer work • Ditching Belly Dump & End Dump Services Shale, Gravel & Rip-Rap Sales

Eric 204-573-7661•Kyle 204-841-4409 e.k.kostenchuk.ltd@gmail.com

Woodlot Management

�us��in��le ����es�n� We buy standing Spruce and Poplar �mber

TAC

Ventures Inc.

Birnie Builders

Redi-Built and and on site Redi-Built onhomes, site Huron PVC Windows

Garbage Bin Rentals Roll Off Bins

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P. BAKER BACKHOE SERVICE Trenching • Ditching • Water & Sewer Dugouts • Demolition • Brushing Trucking • Sand & Gravel Snow Removal • Winter Parking Lot Sanding

Contact Pat Baker at 204-476-0712 p.baker@wcgwave.ca

Cut and split firewood - Poplar and Spruce/Pine �� firewood - 10 cord load delivered to your yard

Comfort Electric

Experience, Quality, Integrity CALL NOW FOR ALL YOUR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL NEEDS

Shawn Nugent

Security

Journeyman Electrician 1-204-476-6730 comfortelectric@hotmail.com Box 2518 Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0

SERVING THE NEEPAWA AREA

EXCAVATIONS•DOZER WORK LOWBED•GRAVEL HAULING CONCRETE WORK Contact Vic 204-476-0090

Livestock, implement & surveillance cameras, security systems, cell boosters, electrical, bucket truck.

Shelby Hill

Licenced Electrician 204-841-3109 • Carberry Sales - Service - Installation

Custom Hauling

Matt Rempel Birnie, MB

Cell: (204) 841-0988

matt@rempelbackhoe.ca

olling Acres eady Mix

R & K Jackson Trucking LTD. Grain and Fertilizer Hauling Richard Jackson 1-204-476-6430 • Neepawa, MB

F. KOZAK & SONS LTD.

• Excavations • Trenching • Landscaping • Gravel • Topsoil • Shale • Laser Ditching • Certified Installer for Holding Tanks, Septic Tanks and Drain Fields • Construction Site Prep • Dozer work • Brush Clearing

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This Sale also has many other smaller good quality consignments, there will be something for everyone at this sale This will be our 3rd Online Bred Cow sale.

This sale will be classified as a “Hybrid” sale that will consist of a viewing time, internet bidding and absentee bidding from one of our local front row buyers.

The sale will be both “Online” and finish with a “Live” performance, much like the spring farm sales. Please call for details and head to the link below to register.

Owner/Operator

Lakeside Septic Service

Rough Lumber

Will include approximately 150 mature bred cows

80 Proven Red & Black Angus Cross Cows (Cows exposed to bulls June 10th) Approximately Calving Start Date: March 20th Top quality Calving Ease Angus/ Simmental Bulls Full Herd Health Program Good Heifer Retention Program Young Average Age- Approx: 5 Years “Very Appealing set of Cows”

PHONE

Construction

Bred Cow Sale Philip Issac and Daniel Elias Carman, MB

Construction

Certified Batch Plant and Cement Trucks Concrete • Gravel Sales • Rebar Sales Custom Hauling

Irvin 204-476-6236

e r o M

WE OFFER: • Redi-Mix Concrete & Concrete Pumping.

• Sand, Gravel & Aggregate • Skid Steer & Equipment Rental • Snow removal

WE ARE A CERTIFIED BATCH PLANT.

204-476-5432

135 Boundary Street, Neepawa, MB

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Moments in Riding Mountain Bad puns and Old Man’s Beard

Punctured Gristle, Frog Pelt, Shaggy Old Man’s Beard, Blistered Rocktripe.

Are these the names of the top selling Punk Rock bands of 1979? Or are they the name of lichens?

If you guessed the latter, then give yourself a gold star. These are the names of some of the 300 lichen species that live in Western Canada.

And like Punk Rock, if plants were people, lichens might be considered to be the Rodney Dangerfields of the world, given that they never get any respect.

Heck, they aren’t even plants, in the botanical sense. To make matters worse, most people can’t even identify a lichen when they see one.

Normally, at about this spot in an article, dear reader, I would start to list all the neat things that I know about lichens. Kind of showing off.

However, since there are so many things to explore about lichens, I have decided to highlight three neat things about them. If you then choose to go down the Google rabbit hole of lichen fun facts, that will have to be done on your own time.

Before I start though, I am obligated, as a member of the ALLNOTW (Associ-

ated Lichen Loving Nerds of the World) to start with the official opening for every lichen discussion. The Pun. Please recite in unison: “Annie Alga and Freddy Fungus took a likin’ to each other.”

I can hear the groans.

You’re not the only ones.

Despite its cringe-worthy nature, botanists have used this saying for many years to convey that lichens are formed by a partnership between a fungus and an alga.

So there you have it, fun fact one. Fungi provide a structural home for the algae and in turn, the algae provide food to the host fungi.

Some botanists consider lichen as an example of fungus learning how to farm. By cultivating algae, fungi have achieved what few other organisms have done… getting another species to supply them food.

Fun fact two: Speaking of food, lichens are basically pretty useless as food, unless you are a caribou, deer, elk, or any other ruminant.

Lichens are made up of complex carbohydrates, making them impossible to digest by humans or most other animals. They are also low in protein.

Dietary studies suggest that for members of the deer family, lichen provide just enough nutrients to feed their gut flora and fauna,

which in turn have the job of converting the complex sugars into something that the animal can use.

And when I say “just enough,” I mean that despite stuffing their bellies, they will continue to lose weight and condition all winter long.

During the winter when grasses and other herbs are covered by deep snow, lichen can make up a significant portion of an elk or deer’s diet. Accordingly, the most common lichen used by them are those easy to reach wispy, hair-like species that are found hanging from tree branches, commonly called old man’s beard or

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for livestock food by goats, sheep and cattle. It was also ground up and used as flour. Given the challenge of getting anything good nutrient-wise, it might be pretty questionable whether the bread would stop starvation, but at least it would fill your stomach.

I hope these lichen facts spur some readers onto diving a bit deeper into the subject. You could then use this info to delight family and friends, and they will all agree that you are a fun guy, just like me. Ouch.

Ken Kingdon lives and works in Prince Albert National Park.

He likes lichens a lot.

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the scientific theories is that the manna is actually lichen that occasionally coats areas in the mid-East in drifts up to 15 cm deep. I’m not making this up!

Even more interesting is that the lichen originated from locations quite a distance from where they ended up, including Turkey or even northern Asia.

The species most likely to be involved are rim lichens, one of the most common tree-borne lichens in the boreal forest. When these lichens dry out, small pieces break off the trees and are carried by the wind.

Where ever it originated, this windfall lichen was used

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During harsh winters, elk and deer will go to some lengths to access them and last winter, I was amazed to watch an elk push down a dead tree in its quest to access more of the hanging lichen.

It is an even more important food item for caribou and reindeer, who will seek out a number of different lichen species all year round.

Fact number three: For those who know their Old Testament bible passages, do you remember the reference to the Israelites being saved from starvation by manna from Heaven?

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‘A way of staying connected to the community’

Continued from Page 11 The Gladstone Seniors Drop In Centre and the Plumas Senior Support S er v ices ( P S S S) bot h received some funding to help them carry on. Gary Henderson, board member of the Gladstone drop in, noted that the $1,800 they received was to help them cover operating costs this year. “We have no way of raising funds when the building is closed,” Henderson stated. He added that they usually will have some dinners and events throughout the year to earn some income to help cover the building costs, in addition to their annual membership fees, but this year, since they’ve had to be closed for so long, they couldn’t bring in enough to pay for their expenses. “[This grant] will be used to pay our taxes, our heat and light and our insurance,” he explained.

The Plumas Senior Support Services (PSSS) received $1,700 for Round 2 of the ECSF. Brenda Tonn, resource coordinator for PSSS, noted that this money was used to purchase a computer, which will allow her to continue to provide services for the community. “It’s sort of a way of staying connected to the community,” Tonn said. She explained that she will be using the computer to create the regular

newsletters that PSSS sends out regularly to the community of Plumas, she will also be able to do any research, filling out online forms for seniors, downloading resources and whatever else needed to support the seniors in Plumas. In addition to all that, the computer will also have a webcam, allowing her to virtually meet with seniors. “We’re very happy to be able to get that money and to be able to be confident in our technology now and going forward,” Tonn expressed.

Helping social services help the community The Gladstone Food Cupboard, run by the Un it e d C hu r c h , a nd t he Gladstone branch of the Salvation Army were granted $1,000 and $5,000, respectively. The money for the Food Cupboard was used to replenish their stocks, to be able to continue to help those with food insecurity in the area. They could not be reached for a comment before the publication deadline.

A ma nda NaughtonGale, community ministries director for the Neepawa branch of the Salvation Army, of which the Gladstone branch is an extension, noted that the $5,000 grant from ESCF Round 2 helped cover the

costs of the Christmas Hampers in the WestlakeGladstone area. Twentyfour hampers, filled with Christmas meal supplies and gifts went out to area residents to help make the holidays a little more special.

Tech purchased for Palliative Care Seven Regions Palliative Care received a $2,100 grant from Round 2 of the ECSF to purchase a pair of laptops. In Round 1, Palliative Care received a grant to purchase two iPads, one for the hospital and one for Third Crossing Manor for long term care patients to use to stay in touch with loved ones.

The laptops will also be going to long term care patients in the two facilities, for the same purpose.

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Hamm expressed that Palliative Care is very happy to be able to access funding to purchase this equipment. “We’re super thankful that there are COVID grants available for organizations,” she shared.

Daycares make safety improvements Three daycares in the Westlake-Gladstone area have received grants from ECSF Round 2 as well.

The Happy Rock Children’s Centre, in Gladstone, was allotted $1,450 to purchase an electrostatic atomizer. Sheena Kopytko, Early Childhood Educator II (ECEII) at Happy Rock, noted that this disinfectant sprayer will help them clean the

facility more effectively.

“We’d done some research and it was getting later in the year, so we couldn’t be outdoors as much, so we needed to look at safer ways to be spending more time indoors,” she explained. “[The atomizer] mists everything and because it’s electrostatic, it clings to surfaces, so it covers everything, so we don’t have to move tables and chairs,” Kopytko noted.

“It’s been a great addition to our program.”

Plumas Daycare and Lakeview Children’s Centre in Langruth also received $1,600 and $2,200, r e s p e c t i v e l y. K e nd r a Crooks, the director at Plumas and an ECEII at Langruth, said that they got a number of things at each facility with the grants. In Langruth, they are in the process

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Plumas is also getting clean ing suppl ies, ar t supplies, automatic soap dispensers, sanitizer stations and cloths, as well as new lockers and new beds and bedding. The bulk of these items at both locations will help reduce the need to share items and increase the ability for the kids to physically distance.

“It was a huge help to be able to get what we need and not worry about any cost restrictions,” Crooks expressed. “It’s nice to be able to continue our programming and not have to worry about if the kids are able to be spaced out enough.”

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