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Pearson agrees to GM/head coaching deal with hockey club

By Eoin Devereux

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Checking cows and doing chores around the farm. It must be warming up, some kids wore ski pants and some did not.

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Well, that didn’t take long. The Neepawa Natives have wasted little time in their search for a new head coach and general manager, as on Friday, Mar. 8, the hockey club announced that it has come to terms with Ken Pearson on a five-year agreement. The announcement came only three days after the team has released a media statement that previous coach/ GM, Dust in Howden, would not be seeking to renew his contract. This is also a quick turnaround for Pearson, who had just recently parted ways with the Winkler Flyers, the organization he’d been a associated with since 2011.

Pearson returns to Neepawa with a wealth of knowledge, with over 20 plus years of coaching and management experience. His career includes stints with Winkler and Winnipeg in the MJHL, the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior

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Hockey League and the Battlefords North Stars of the Saskatchewan League.

As well, he has been a scout and assistant coach for the Tri-City Americans and Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League.

This will be Pearson’s third stint with the team.

After playing for the Natives in the early 1990s, he served as an assistant coach from 1994 to 1996.

Excited about the opportunity In the media release, Pearson thanked the board of directors of the Neepawa Natives for this opportunity. “My family and I are very excited to be able to return to Neepawa and look forward to what the future holds here and working with the people of Neepawa and the surrounding area,” stated Pearson.

In an interview with the Banner & Press, Pearson elaborated on his remarks from the announcement, saying that Neepawa, obviously, has a special place

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New general manager and head coach Ken Pearson has started to settle into his new roles with the Neepawa Natives.

in his heart.

“I guess it was just the right time to look into coming to Neepawa. Things just unexpectedly aligned.

For myself, it’s a good fit and there is a real good

opportunity in Neepawa to get things back on track,” Pearson noted.

Everything aligned at the right time Team president Ken

Waddell said that everyone involved with the hockey organization is very pleased to have Pearson as a part of the team.

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Closure of public reserve land examined

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Neepawa Town Council - Mar. 5

By Eoin Devereux

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It was a relatively quiet council meeting for the Town of Neepawa on Tuesday, Mar. 5. One item of note that was examined, however, was a request to close a portion of the public reserve land to aid in the creation of six new lots for the Hillcrest Estates sub-division proposal, located near Parkview Drive.

A public hearing was held to discuss the request and provide the public an opportunity to bring forward their thoughts, suggestions or objections to the proposal.

One individual spoke and while they did not formally object to the closure of the public reserve, they did express concerns to any potential distribution of landfill to the lower lying areas, which could create f looding issues for nearby homes. At times in the past, there has been water that has come off of Stoney Creek in the spring and reached the edge of a tree-line attached to a nearby, privately owned property. The concern is that landfill brought in could force any potential overf low past the treeline and cause f looding in the nearby house. It is not known at this time how much, if any, landfill would be used on the property. Council took the comments into consideration and noted that questions would be raised with the developer in regard to the long term drainage plans. The closure of the reserve land will be considered and voted upon at a future council meeting.

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101 Scouts Canada youth, representing a half dozen clubs from across Manitoba, gathered at Neepawa’s Yellowhead Hall on Saturday, Mar. 9 for the annual Kub Kar Rally.

Above: The rally featured youth in three dif ferent age c ategories (Beaver, Cub and Scout) racing their wooden cars, which they had built and painted themselves, down a track.

Left: Three youngsters in the Cub category watch their creations roll down the track.

Misc items of note The general governance and finance committee has begun meetings focused on the finalization of the upcoming municipal budget. A few recommendations are expected to be forwarded to the council for review within the next few weeks.

The Neepawa County Court Building has office space available. During a recent planning meeting examining the budget for the building’s upcoming operating year, community access was brought up. It was noted that there are three office spaces available; two on the second floor and one on the first floor. Neepawa and its rural partners indicated that they would like to make those offices available to businesses or other entities as rental locations.

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Yellowhead Bowhunters show their appreciation

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press The Yellowhead Bowhunters archery club is giving the community a chance to try their hand at archery for free this weekend. On Saturday, Mar. 16, the club will be hosting a Community Appreciation Open House at the Neepawa Junior Rifle Range, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a free lunch at noon.

“The Yellowhead Bowhunters want to show the public and all that have donated how much we appreciate them and how much they have done for us!” expressed Adam Lukin, president of the archery club. After the club was robbed of almost all their equipment last November,

the community supported Yellowhead Bowhunters through monetary and equipment donations to help the club replenish their stock. This open house will be an opportunity for those who have supported the club to see how their donations have helped the Bowhunters.

The event will give the community a chance to try out the new equipment the club has acquired, as well as give people a taste for the sport. “We will have instructors present to help anyone wanting to try our new equipment,” Lukin added. Both adult and youth equipment will be available to try and anyone is welcome to come, whether they’re new or experienced.

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Margaret Laurence Home set for a busy season

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A small, but dedicated, volunteer board at one of Neepawa’s Star Attractions, the childhood home of world-renowned author Margaret Laurence, continues to bring events to the house that can be enjoyed by local residents.

This Mar. 21 at 7:00 p.m., you can join us at the house for an evening of readings from the CBC Canada Reads book list. Five local celebrities will share their thoughts on their chosen books (which will be available for sale) and refreshments are available. There will be a draw for your choice of the five Canada Reads selections available that evening.

Over the last few years, events such as Canada Reads, literary trivia night, book launch garden parties and last summer’s day of festivities to celebrate local stories, the first Manawaka Festival, have brought Neepawa residents and visitors together at the house.

Of course, the Margaret Laurence Home continues to be a draw for visitors from across Canada and around the world. The museum will open this coming May long weekend until the Labour Day weekend in September.

If you have never visited before, drop in to learn about Neepawa’s claim to literary fame and enjoy the beauty of this century-old house.

Also coming this summer will be the second Manawaka Festival. The event is scheduled for July 26 and 27. Last year, the event was timed to coincide with the unveiling of a plaque honouring Margaret Laurence as a Person of National Historic Significance, which

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Last summer’s event included the plaque unveiling, Manitoba author readings in the house, a children’s activity tent, a living library of local storytellers, music and food at Farmery, a classic Canadian movie at the Roxy and a campfire sing-a-long to close the day.

This summer, the event is planned to last two days, with a return of some activities and some new events which will appeal to all ages. Watch our Facebook page and local media as summer approaches for more information.

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by Chad Carpenter

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Will anyone be surprised?

or some reason, the legislature in Winnipeg is buzzing with rumours that we might have an early election. That could be because Premier Pallister has hinted at it. It could be because the PCs promise to reduce the PST from 8 per cent to 7 is to come into effect a year earlier than predicted.

It could be because the NDP and Liberal parties are talking about it a lot as well.

Theoretically, Manitoba’s election is to be held in the fall of 2020.

The federal election is scheduled for the fall of 2019. I am sure that Prime Minister Trudeau would like to delay it considering all the troubles that he has brought down on his own head with the SNC-Lavalin scandal. The next Manitoba municipal and school board election will be in 2022, again, in the fall.

With his huge majority, why would Pallister want to go with an early election? Traditional wisdom would say that it is easier to run an election from a position of political and financial strength.

Pallister certainly has both, with a majority in the house and more money raised by far than the other two parties.

In addition to a huge majority, the polls show the PCs way ahead. So with the combination of a majority, financial strength and a big lead in the polls, any political leader would be foolish not to consider heading into an early election. Pallister, if things turn out the way it looks like they might, would gain another four year mandate. Towards the end

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Ken Waddell of that mandate, Pallister could well look to retirement and the party would elect a new leader to fight for victory number three in about 2023.

And yes, some parties and some leaders are that strategic in their thinking. The NDP lost hold on strength and strategy when former premier, Greg Sellinger, tried to hold on too long. He faced an internal rebellion and he scored a technical victory as he clung to his job. However, the dissidents, who had all been cabinet minsters, have all but disappeared from the political scene. The five rebels were Jennifer Howard, Stan Struthers, Theresa Oswald, Andrew Swan and Erin Selby. Only Swan is still around. Many of the people who remain in the NDP caucus are often associated with what many consider fringe issues. The current strategy for the NDP is to struggle to survive.

The Liberal party, under Dougald Lamont’s leadership, is struggling to be recognized.

The backsplash from the federal Liberals, Trudeau and the SNC scandal surely aren’t helping them right now.

After Pallister weighs out all the factors, he may call an early election. There has been a lot of legislation brought forward, including the elimination of yet another taxpayer subsidy for election expenses. If that bill goes through, it will severely limit the amount of public money that goes into a party’s election funds. Hopefully, it passes, as political donors already get a tax break on donations, the parties shouldn’t get public money as well.

The opposition can demand that five bills be delayed until fall.

The election expenses bill may well be one of them. If the opposition delays the bill, Pallister will actively remind the public that the opposition parties want to keep being subsidized by tax dollars. If the bill goes through, the opposition parties will be crippled financially.

An early election would not be a surprise at all, but time will tell.

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ike most tax saving opportunities, the details are specific, a bit convoluted and hard to find. But as the days roll closer to April 1, when the federal carbon tax will be implemented, information is finally starting to trickle out about just what exemptions farmers will have, and how they can go about accessing them.

While the carbon tax proposed by the Manitoba government would have exempted all farm MY fuel, last fall, PERSPECTIVE the provincial government announced t hat they would not Kate follow the federJackman-Atkinson al government’s directive to force Manitobans to pay a carbon tax. Manitoba joined the Saskatchewan government’s legal case challenging the constitutionality of the federal government imposing the tax. The five judges hearing the case have yet to make their decision, so starting April 1, the federal carbon tax will hit Manitobans.

While the expectation was that the new tax, officially called the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (GGPPA), wouldn’t be levied on the dyed fuel used by farmers, that’s not entirely the case. Farm fuel will be eligible for the exemption, but only under specific conditions.

The exemption will only apply to gasoline or diesel, not kerosene or propane, and only if the fuel is for use exclusively in the operation of eligible farming machinery and all or substantially all of the fuel is for use in the course of eligible farming activities. For Manitobans, the real challenge is that the CRA will only allow the exemption if the fuel is delivered to the farmer in their yard. This means that farmers who purchase farm fuel at a card lock will not be exempt.

Farm lobby groups in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario are calling on the federal government to level the field, but as it sits now, in order to obtain the exemption, farmers will not only need to have fuel delivered to their yard, but they’ll also need to have a form on file with their supplier. In the coming weeks, local farmers will be receiving their L402 Fuel Charge Exemption Certificate for Farmers form from their fuel supplier. This certificate is similar to the provincial form already on file, which allows a farmer to purchase dyed fuel in the first place.

Limiting the exemption according to where fuel is dispensed doesn’t make sense, but it’s what happens when the federal government tries to impose a tax that doesn’t take into account the differences in provincial regulations. For example, in Ontario, farm fuel can’t be used in vehicles licensed to travel over public roadways, but it can in Manitoba. When you’re sitting in Ottawa, it’s easy to think that this is the way to ensure farm fuel is used only for farming activities, but I don’t see how sending more fuel trucks out on deliveries is in line with government’s stated goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In the big scheme of things, the tax isn’t huge, at least not in the beginning. On diesel, it will amount to $51 per 1,000L of fuel in 2019. At the end of four years, it will grow to $134. To just exempt all farm fuel from the tax wouldn’t really take a lot out of the government’s coffers. For farmers, price takers in an international market, the problem isn’t just paying carbon tax on the fuel they burn, it’s the layering of taxes all across their supply chain. It’s the slight increase in the cost of getting seeds to warehouses, the slight increase in the cost of getting fertilizer to the farm, the slight increase in the cost of taking cattle to pasture, the slight increase in the cost of hauling products to markets.

Regardless of where a farmer dispenses their fuel, if it’s being used for eligible farming purposes, it should be exempt from the new tax. It seems like the government has taken something relatively simple and made it more complex than it needs to be.

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Celebrate small achievements

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e have all heard t he phrase: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” While that statement is true, its writer has failed to ment ion that bet ween your point of origin and your destination, 1,000 miles away, you will need to t a ke t housa nd s of additional steps and battle the discouragement and desperation that can occur when you are seeking to achieve a goal that can seem impossible to meet.

So wise travelers learn to break long trips down into smaller, manageable portions. For example, when my wife and I travel, we don’t focus on our dest inat ion. We focus on getting to the next washroom, the next town along the route, the place where we will stop for the night or (and this is the most important of all) the next Tim Horton’s.

As each milestone is passed, we celebrate the fact that we made it to that point. One milestone has been reached. Now we have to take the rest

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein of the trip, one milestone at a time, until we finally reach our destination.

This makes travel easier and much more enjoyable.

We celebr ate ot her ach ievements as wel l.

Last November, I got tired of watching all my clothes shrink while hanging in my closet; so I decided to do something about it.

Since I could not find any magical way to enlarge the clothes, I knew I had to shrink me; so that is what I set out to do. I went online and using some available tools, deter m i ned t he ideal weight for someone my age a nd w it h my bone structure. Next, I installed an app on my phone that helps me log calorie intake and calories burned by daily activity.

By combining a balanced diet with exercise (which

the app helps me track), I can control what I eat and what I do so that I lose a small amount of weight each week.

Every pound lost and not regained is cause for celebration. If a lost pound is regained, it’s not the end of the world. I eat a little less, exercise a little more and it vanishes.

W he n it c o m e s t o celebrating small achievements, my wife is a pro. As you know, she is a stroke victim. For the past 13 years, she has been working diligently to regain the use of her left hand. She stretches the muscles in its fingers many times each day. A home care worker comes by twice a week to help her with a regimen of exercises designed to keep that arm and hand mobile. And it’s

working.

A few weeks ago, she suddenly began to have controlled movement in her thumb. She can stretch it out and then bring it back so that it almost touches the palm of her hand.

Now to many people, that might not seem all that significant, but it is to us.

It’s a sign that the hard work and dedication she has displayed over the last 13 years is paying off; and it is giving her renewed hope and determination to keep working on that arm and hand until she either reaches her goal of being able to use it again or dies trying.

To d a y ’s l e s s o n i s simple. Don’t ignore small achievements. Celebrate them. Take pride in what you’ve a c c ompl i s he d .

T hen let t hose sma l l achievements fill you with a deep conviction that by God’s grace, with His help and through your hard work, you can reach the end of your long journey of growth and healing with all your goals being achieved.

Give to us laughter...

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t’s a relatively new hy m n, t he aut hor, Walter Farquharson, and the composer, Ron Klusmeier, collaborated on this song in 1974. It made it into the Voices United, the official hymnbook of the United Church of Canada.

Not all of the ‘modern’ anthems speak to me, this one does.

“Give to us laughter, oh source of our life, laughter can banish so much of our strife. Laughter and love give us wholeness and health. Laughter and love are the coin of true wealth.”

There are times when laughter is a rare commodity. Life is too often heavy and hard. Research is showing that forced or fake laughter is therapeutic.

How much better to sit with family and friends and howl with mirth! I have gotten good at laughing at myself. Great subject matter. The other night, the grandchildren and their

HOMEBODIES Rita Friesen big dogs were away. Jazzie, the cat, has known me all her life. We are not close.

I never realised how much loving she was receiving from her family until they were absent. I was nicely settled into bed, my routine completed, right down to the daub of Vicks under my nostrils. Along came Jazzie, lonely and loving me. Up to the point that she settled on my chest, allowing cat hair, her hair, to magnetize to the medicated ointment. I could have thrust her abruptly from the scene, rather I laughed. Really laughed.

There was I, trapped under a six pound cat, inhaling her glossy discards. My

laughter did cause her to shift. Problem solved. Living mostly alone, my creatures do provide me with satisfaction and laughter.

“Even in sorrow and hours of grief, laughter with tears bring most healing relief.” I bear witness to the truth of that line. There are times when in the midst of deepest mourning, a memory f lits through the mind and conversation, reminding us of humanity.

We may not freely cry, or weep, from and with our pain. It is a quick transition to tears of release and relief. And healing.

“Why do we worry that we will lose face? Why act like king for the whole hu-

man race? Often in family and often with friend, laughing at pride causes anguish to end.”

My friend and I were striding through an international airport. Sure of ourselves and our destiny.

Suddenly, an object slid down and out of a trouser leg. There, in public view, was a clean panty liner! With a sure and deft movement, the culprit was disposed of in a garbage receptacle. Laughter, much laughter. Not long ago, as I was visiting with a senior, I noticed a suspicious bulge in my trouser leg. Inching its way to freedom. Please, dear God, let that be a sock! It was not. Thankful, at that moment, that my friend suffers from impaired vision, I pinched the item out and tucked it safely in my back pocket. I will shake well any pair of jeans before I put them on!

“God give us laughter and God give us peace.”

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Observation

By Addy Oberlin id you “spring” ahead this past weekend and move your clocks one hour ahead? It is only the beginning of March. I remember when my youngest son was born on April 26, that was the weekend that we moved the clocks forward. I do not mind that we change it now, even though it seems I am thinking more of winter than of spring. There is still a layer of snow everywhere here and I have not seen a robin yet. Time is just a word.

When we are young, time cannot go fast enough. When we reach this senior age bracket, we can hardly keep up with time.

Almost 700 times the word “time” is used in the Bible in both the Old and New Testament. Two verses in 1 Peter 5 stood out for me. Verse 6 tells us to “humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” Verse 7 reminds us that we do not have to worry about time if we cast all our care upon Him, for He cares for us.

Time is only “time” and God is in control of it.

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Letters

The Cypress Planning District

I am puzzled how the request of Rodney Drader to have his property be subdivided with his son has been refused. We are a rural community. For generations, farmers and their sons have shared land.

I am aware that neither family is an active farmer.

The heritage of owning land runs deep. There are few opportunities for young men to acquire land.

This is not a “for profit” subdivision. It is a desire for two family members to live in close proximity, as generations before them have been able to live. It is a desire for a young couple to raise their future family not only in the country, but also close to active and supporting family members.

Surely there is an opportunity to examine each proposal case by case?

The current subdivision by-laws appear complex and convoluted. Please reconsider their application as a stand-alone case. For the sake of our heritage and our family values.

Concerned observer, Rita Friesen Neepawa, MB

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Helen Drysdale out of helen’s kitchen

Norway

Norway (the “northern way”) has water on three sides and eastern land borders with Sweden, Finland and Russia. Norway also lays claim to the Svalbard island chain and three islands in the Antarctic. The length of the Norwegian coastline is 25,148 km.

With that much water close by, no wonder fish is a large part of their diet. Norway is home to two official languages: Norwegian and Sámi. Sámi is spoken by the reindeer herding aboriginals, once known as Lapps.

In the eighth to 11th centuries, the Scandinavian region was the home of the Vikings.

Enabled by advanced sailing and navigational skills, as well as the long ship, designed for its speed, the Vikings had superior naval power. Viking warriors set out to raid Europe and expand their territories. Norwegian Viking explorers discovered Iceland by accident in the 9th century, when heading for the Faroe Islands. They eventually came across “Vinland”, known today as Newfoundland. Leif Eriksson beat Columbus to the New World by 500 years.

Norway has a parliamentary system of government, wherein the King of Norway is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Norwegians are proud of their traditions of equality and humanitarianism. Norway has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. As one of the richest countries in the world, Norway’s primary source of income is the North Sea oil and gas industry with hydro-electric power, wood, fish and minerals and some manufacturing being other sources.

The Norwegian population is among the healthiest in the world, with their diet playing a big role. Norwegians love their fish and they poach, smoke, grill, fry, salt, dry and cure a wide variety of seafood. Norwegian Pickled Herring is called Sursild. It is raw sliced fish (traditionally herring) soaked in a vinegar brine with raw onions, whole peppercorns, whole cloves and a few other spices. Reindeer meat has been eaten in Norway for thousands of years; reindeer sausages, meatballs, stews and roasts are often found on dinner plates. In most Norwegian households, around 12 kilos of cheese is consumed per capita per year, including its famous Jarlsberg cheese. Fårikål, called the “national dish of Norway” is a mutton stew with a lot of cabbage, black peppercorns and salt. Not for the fainthearted, Smalahove is another festive specialty dish made from a sheep’s head. Yes, it is the head, intact, cooked and placed on your platter. These coffee loving people love their sweets, and have many varieties of cookies cakes, puddings and pies.

That’s one big flower!

R e t a H a r p e r, 95 , might have left the farm, but she didn’t leave her green thumb behind. She has been growing this large Amaryllis plant in her home in Neepawa.

PHOTO BY HELEN DRYSDALE

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Lefse Lefse is a much loved delicacy among Norwegians. They have special utensils: a lefse grill; a special corrugated rolling pin and a cloth covered pastry board; a lefse stick; and a potato ricer. However you can make lefse without the fancy items. Lefse only keeps for a couple of days in the fridge, but can be frozen in bags shortly after being made. The frozen Lefse can be thawed and warmed as needed and it’s nearly as delicious as fresh.

2 lbs. Russet potatoes 1 tsp. salt 1/4 cup heavy cream or evaporated milk

4 Tbsp. butter, softened 1 Tbsp. sugar 1 1/4 cups flour

Peel the potatoes, then chop them into 1-inch pieces. Add the potatoes to a large pot with water and cook them until they are fork tender. Do not overcook. Drain the potatoes well, then rice or mash the potatoes. Add in salt, cream, butter and sugar. Cool.

Use a pastry blender to cut the flour into the potatoes. Chill dough, as it rolls easier if it is cold. Take a bit of dough and see if it rolls without breaking into pieces. If it breaks, add a little more flour.

Pinch off pieces of dough the size of an egg. Using a well-floured rolling pin and a floured board, roll out each piece into a very thin circle. Carefully lift the circle with a lefse stick or long handled spoon and transfer it quickly to the preheated, lightly greased lefse griddle or heavy frying pan. It needs to cook at a high temperature. Bake until brown spots begin to appear. Flip and bake the other side. Remove the cooked lefse to a plate lined with a damp clean cloth to cool. Cover with another damp cloth. Continue to cook the remaining lefse. Serve the lefse with butter, sugar and cinnamon.

Norwegian creamed cabbage 1 small to medium cabbage, chopped 1 tsp. chicken bouillon 2 Tbsp. butter 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 3 Tbsp. flour 1 tsp. salt 1 3/4 cups whole milk 1/2 tsp. pepper Boil cabbage until tender, approximately 20 minutes and drain well. Melt butter in a frying pan and add the flour. Add the milk slowly, stirring constantly and cook over low heat until milk thickens. Add bouillon, nutmeg, salt and pepper and stir to combine. Add cabbage, stir to mix TAYLOR LAW together and serve.

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Pictured from left, back row: Steve Lepper, Adama Agricultural Solutions; Darryl Craik, of Redfern; and Ray Redfern. Front row: Marg VanBuskirk, of Victoria’s Quilts; Carolyn O’toole, of Redfern; and Diane Nordstrom, of Victoria’s Quilts.

By Cassandra Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

On Mar. 13, Redfern Fa r m S e r v i c e s L t d . presented Victoria’s Quilts Canada, Neepawa branch, w ith a ticket (cheque) of $1, 5 0 0. Red fer n Farm Services Ltd. was nominated to present the cheque through Adama Agr icultural Solut ions Canada Ltd.’s “Thank a Retailer Community Contest” program.

Victoria’s Quilts Canada

is funded by donations and fundraisers, such as their annual Irish Stew. The group produces quilts on a $7,000 per year budget and gives them to cancer patients, free of charge. The Neepawa branch is the only existing Victoria’s Quilts in Manitoba, and provides to the whole province. Last year, the group produced over 200 quilts. This year, they have made 55 so far and anticipate to make around 200 quilts by the end of the year. The money donated

by Redfern will be used to fund their production of quilts for the year.

Victoria’s Quilts Canada, Neepawa branch, would like to acknowledge their individual donors, as well as the foundations that have contributed to their cause, such as the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation, Winnipeg Communit y Fou nd at ion, Br a ndon Community Foundation and t he Big Grass Community Foundation.

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MARCH 15, 2019

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1979: Harlem Comedy Kings trounce NACI “Staffia”

By Cassandra Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

110 years ago, Tuesday, March 16, 1909 T he f lou r m i l l i n Minnedosa was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning last.

CPR passenger trains are to run from coast to coast in 72 hours this coming summer.

The Canadian government is establishing a fund of $1 million to provide protection for the public at level crossings of railways.

100 years ago, Tuesday, March 18, 1919 Leon Trotzky escaped an assassin’s bullet by an inch last week.

The assassin who shot premier Clemenceau, of France, has been sentenced to death.

Organizers have been appointed for “one big union”ofworkersthroughout Western Canada, and it is understood that Neepawa is to have a branch.

Prohibition is to continue in Canada for a year after peace is signed. Then there will be something doing. And the attitude of prohibitionists to profiteers will have some influence on the ultimate decision.

An agreement has been signed by Germany and the Allies, whereby the German mercantile fleet of 700 ships are turned over and the Allies are to furnish 370,000 tons of foodstuffs per month until this year’s harvest is made immediately in gold to the amount of £11,000,000.

90 years ago, Friday, March 15, 1929 Fire destroyed the railway station and elevator at Newdale on Wednesday.

Vendors of horse meat in Vancouver are to be prosecuted.

80 years ago, Tuesday, March 14, 1939 The quality of Canadian macaroni on the British market brings prestige to the Dominion, states t he Ca nad i a n Tr ade Commissioner at Bristol, E ngla nd. D ue to it s popu lar it y, t here are enquiries from time to time from distributors of food

products who wish to act as a direct agent of a Canadian manufacturer. For the 12 months ended March, 1938, exports of macaroni from Canada to the United Kingdom amounted to 5,592,571 pounds, valued at $312,845. For the previous twelve months, the amount was 4,736,072 pounds, valued at $251,195.

Study of the Italian language will be compulsory in the new Hitler schools for training Nazi leaders from the fifth grade on.

Japan has def initely decided against a military alliance with Germany and Italy, and will limit herself to the anti-Comintern pact.

A French writer claims that Germany had planned to attack Hol land or Switzerland at the end of January, but recoiled when it was learned that Britain and France had full information of the plot and had decided to resist such by arms.

Ca n ad a c a n not be expected to be regarded in international law as a fully sovereign nation so long as it resorts to the parliament of another country to change its own constitutional structure, says Hon. Ernest Lapointe, minister of Justice.

70 years ago, Thursday, March 17, 1949 H igh l ighted by t he a p p e a r a n c e of M i s s Ja c que l i ne Por t e ou s , BrandonSeniorProfessional, in two fine solo skating numbers, the Neepawa Lions Winter Carnival Saturday proved a colourful and entertaining event. Miss Porteous, the instructress at the Neepawa Figure Skating Club, directed her pupils in the sparkling ice show. Some 600 spectators attended.

60 years ago, Friday, March 13, 1959 Hu nd r e d s of lo c a l residents enjoyed a free cup of coffee Monday, courtesy of Mrs. Elsie Poole, when she played hostess at the opening of Neepawa’s newest restaurant [The Lamp Post Restaurant].

50 years ago, Friday, March 14, 1969 Judging from the painful expressions on students’ faces and stiff arms, it was easy to see that the health

nurse had visited our school [NACI] again. The “lady in white” stood cheerfully meting and doling out “shots”, much to the dismay of her unhappy “victims.”

40 years ago, Thursday, March 15, 1979 A pprox i mately 250 people enjoyed an evening of “so-called” basketball at NACI last week, watching the Harlem Comedy Kings trounce the “Staffia” 10641. Although the “Staffia” attempted to use some of their skills, they were foiled by the skill and comedy acts of the Kings, who are nearing the end of a four month Canadian tour. Having come to see a basketball game, the fans and the officials were startled to suddenly see a football game and then a baseball game being played on the court!

30 years ago, Tuesday, March 14, 1989 A lengthy and bitter dispute between Hans Wieland and Genera l Motors ended last week when t he automobi le manufacturer terminated W iel a nd’s Chev roletOldsmobile franchise in Neepawa.

GM’s decision to revoke the 11-year-old franchise will put 21 people out of work when the business closes in a couple of weeks.

“I thought a manufacturer would have shown greater sensitivity than they obviously did,” said Wieland, who hopes to sell some of the 130 vehicles on his lot before closing.

Wieland said he is being used as a scapegoat in order for GM to send a message to all its dealers at little expense.

“They intended to make a scapegoat out of someone and that was me,” Wieland said. “If they do it in a little dealership, the big dealership will get the message. And because it’s happening in Neepawa and not Ontario, they think the bad publicity will go away quickly.”

Wieland received notice of termination in a letter dated Mar. 3, his second such notice from GM, and the dealership signs were removed on Friday.

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What is the name of the game? The Harlem Comedy Kings were in town to play basketball, but this looks more like football! Just part of the entertaining evening provided by the Comedy Kings and the “Staffia” at the NACI gymnasium in 1979.

terminated last September after GM accused Wieland of defrauding the company of $2 9, 0 0 0. But t he dealership was saved when the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled that GM had no proof of fraudulence and ordered the two parties to mediation as stipulated in the franchise agreement.

20 years ago, Saturday, March 13, 1999 In an effort to entice more family customers,

room on the second floor, to watch cartoons, play air hockey or have fun with other activities the room has to offer. And mom and dad can keep a watchful eye on the monitors throughout the store.

the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op has taken shopping to the next level in Neepawa with the opening of their Kids Club Headquarters on Mar. 5.

While parents shop, kids can now seek refuge in the headquarters, an activity

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BUDGET 2019:

GETTING THE JOB DONE Budget 2019 is on track to making life more affordable for Manitobans.

The Manitoba government is keeping promises 19033gm9 and giving Manitobans the break they deserve by reducing the provincial sales tax (PST) to seven per cent.

In five years’ time, that will save an average family of four, more than $3,000.

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The drop will also stimulate labour income by nearly $50 million per year, contributing to the growth of wages and salaries.

To learn ALL the details of this year’s budget and what it means to you and your family, visit manitoba.ca.

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Gladstone braces for Cash Lottery big winner international invasion!

Professional wrestling returns to Gladstone on Mar. 28

Submitted Canadian Wresting’s Elite

style to American audiences. This inspired a lucha libre revolution in the U.S., bringing a dynamic, high risk style to television A Spanish giant, a Belgian Bull, a Mex- and influencing the current generation ican daredevil, an Austrian leg breaker and of wrestlers. Psicosis will be featured in a more are in store for local fans of profes- triple threat, three-way showdown against sional wrestling when the body slammers Belgium’s Robin Lekime and Plumas ring from Canadian Wrestling’s Elite (CWE) veteran, Bobby Collins. return to Gladstone on Mar. 28 at the Collins, whose ring career began in 1994, Community Hall. is among one of the most prolific active An international array This main event wrestlers in the sport today, of talent has been assemmost recently partnering bled for this one, another match will be an with UFC Hall of Famer, history-making venture for Dan “The Beast” Severn to interesting the company. The spring score a big victory in Wincampaign has the wrestlers contrast of styles nipeg last week. Not noted battling it out over 38 confor a high risk ring style, to be sure secutive nights – starting in Collins is best known as a Manitoba on Mar. 26 and heading west, grappler on the mat, so this main event where they will make their first appearance match will be an interesting contrast of in Vancouver on Apr. 10, before winding styles to be sure. their way back east, ending up in Toronto A slate of European wrestlers will be on May 2. making their North American debuts as The tour is headlined by 30-year vet- part of this tour. Germany’s Norman Hareran of the mat wars, “Psicosis,” who fans ras, Austria’s Martin Pain, and seven-foot may recognize from television with World giant Alex Ace will be making their first Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Canadian appearances as part of the tour.

World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In all, six matches will fill the evening, Born Dionicio Torres in Tijuana, Mexico, including an appearance by the lady wrestPsicosis began his career at age 18 and lers, with Nova Scotia sensation, freshly soon his talents saw him travelling the returned from Europe herself, Maddison globe. In fact, it was in 1995 that he was Miles going toe to toe with Alix Zwicker recruited, alongside fellow Mexican high on the Manitoba leg of the tour. flyer named Rey Misterio, to introduce the

Armed robbery in McCreary

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP are searching for a masked suspect connected to a recent armed robbery in McCreary.

On Sunday, Mar. 3, as a local business closed up for the day, a man knocked on the back door. The employee answered the door and the suspect came around the corner holding a long gun and demanded money. The suspect then fled with an undisclosed

amount of currency in a dark-coloured four-door car. He is described as Caucasian, approximately 25-years-old, six feet tall and around 160 pounds and was wearing a camouflage ski mask, camouflage jacket, black gloves and was carrying a backpack.

The RCMP is asking anyone with information to contact Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP at 204-447-3082 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or submit a tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com.

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Accident closes Hwy 16 Banner Staff Neepawa Banner & Press On Mar. 6, a collision closed Highway 16 at the western edge of Neepawa for about two hours. Just before 7:30 p.m. an east bound car collided with a westbound car. Acting Staff Sgt. Mark Morehouse, of

the Spruce Plains RCMP detachment in Neepawa, said initial investigation seems to indicate that the eastbound driver was blinded by bright headlights.

The eastbound driver had to be extracted using the jaws of life and was taken to Neepawa hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.

PHOTO BY CHRISTINE WADDELL

The winner of the $15,000 grand prize in the Neepawa Natives 2019 Cash Lottery was Ron Grift, of Brandon. Grift (on left), recently received his cheque from Neepawa Natives team president Ken Waddell.

T hank you for reading the Neepawa Banner & Press

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Everything in the name of science!

On Tuesday, Mar. 12, the Grade 5 classes at HMK elementary school in Neepawa held a science fair in the gym. Students displayed their projects all day for other classes, parents and judges to come and learn something new. The projects were up for the coveted Teachers’ Choice, Students’ Choice and Judges’ Choice Awards. Students also have the opportunity to submit their projects to the Westman Science Fair in Brandon, if they choose.

PHOTOS BY KIRA PATERSON

There were eight judges, who were Grade 8 students from Neepawa Area Collegiate. They marked each project out of five, for communication, originality, creativity and scientific knowledge.

Above left: Myra and Kammi presented their project, called Soak It Up, on which materials soak up the most liquid.

Above right: Chaygne (back) and Miguel experimented on everyone who watched their presentation. They presented six different scents to the audience to determine which smell was the most popular.

Kane and Harley p re s e n t e d S l i p p e r y, Slidy Pucks. Their project was to test at what t e m p e rat u re a p u c k will slide the farthest.

They experimented with frozen, refrigerated, room temperature and heated pucks on the Yellowhead arena ice.

Their conclusion: the colder the puck, the farther it will slide.

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NOTICE OF DIRECTOR ELECTIONS The call for nominations for the position of director with Beautiful Plains Credit Union Ltd. closed on January 31st, 2019. This year there were 2 director positions up for election. The positions and nominees are as follows: 1) Glenella Director – Janelle Henton (acclaimed) 2) Open Director i. Graham McConnell ii. Darryn Cameron Voting for the position of Open Director on the Beautiful Plains Credit Union Ltd. board of directors will take place from March 25th, 2019 to April 2nd, 2019 in both branches of Beautiful Plains Credit Union Ltd. Please register in branch to cast your ballot. For more information and director bios please visit either the Neepawa or Glenella branch or our website at www.bpcu.mb.ca today!

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Sports Neepawa Bantams win Provincial Championship A12 NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS

MARCH 15, 2019

This past weekend, the Neepawa Bantam boys hockey team competed in the eight team Bantam C Provincials in Elkhorn a n d wo n g o l d . T h ey defeated Virden 5 to 3 in the final. Pictured L to R. back row: Troy Brister, Chris Kulbacki, R y l a n B r a y, R e a g a n Byskal, Ethan Lizot te, Jory Kulbacki, Cooper Kasprick, Lennon Carr, Ward Bris ter, Jayden Hanke, Myles Willerton, Hayden Delaloye, Ethan Levandoski, Reg Delaloye, Owen Guilbert Middle row: Rylan Sumner, Braden Baker, Dustin Cook. Front row: Ryder Phinney, Gatlyn Pl e t t . M i s s i n g: L i a m Major and Trevor Lizotte.

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Neepawa Atoms top team in the RMFHL The Neepawa Atom girls placed first in the RMFHL league final, recently p l ay e d i n N e e p a w a and won silver in their provincial tournament, played in Pine Falls.

They played Boissevain in the league final and Morden/Winkler in the Provincial f inal. The team consists of Abby Spurrel (Goalie), Taylor Terin, Hannah Robson, Rocklyn Turner, Sarah Lizotte, Karina Wither, Siri War waruk , Eric a Miko, Emma Pollock, Rhea Koshel, and Brooklyn Boersma. The coaching staff includes h e a d co a c h Te r r a ce Miko and as sis t ant coaches Lizotte, Robson, Boersma and Turner.

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NEEPAWA NATIVES Season Ticket Launch.

March 17 | 5:00 p.m.

In our BP Team Room

Come and join us for some special announcements about the Neepawa Natives!

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Sports Pearson ready for the challenge

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Continued from page A1 “[Pearson] will bring a lot of coaching experience and passion to the position.

He has the full confidence of the board to handle all the hockey operations, for sure,” said Waddell. “As well, he’s well known and well respected in this community, so it’s just a really good fit and I hope it works out for everybody.”

Waddell added that even though the team had not yet advertised for a new coach/ general manager, about a half dozen resumes arrived at the office within 24 hours of the announcement of the

vacancy. Waddell said there were some solid candidates showing interest, but that Pearson was the best option.

“There were good resumes that came in, and [the board] reviewed them all, but we decided that [Pearson] was the man.

There were several people associated with the team, and even just supporters of the team, who have wanted him back here for years.

So, when the opportunity opened up. It just made good sense.”

Moving ahead, Pearson will speak with the staff and returning players shortly and then, with the help

PHOTO BY EOIN DEVEREUX

Neepawa Natives new head coach/GM Ken Pearson.

of the assistant coaches and scouting staff, begin to prepare for the spring

evaluation camp, set for the Yellowhead Arena on March 22.

Gladstone, Boissevain advance to THHL Final

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

And then there were two!

The matchup for Tiger Hills Hockey League (THHL) final has been set as the Gladstone Lakers and Boissevain Border Kings both recently advanced with victories in their respective division finals.

In the Eastern Division, Gladstone defeated MacGregor 6-5 on Sunday, Mar. 10, in the fifth and deciding game of their best-of-five series. Jordan Geddes scored a pair of goals for the Lakers, including the eventual game and series winner, with just 3:03 remaining in the third period. Cory Yeroschak, Jesse Paradis, Sean Kubas

and Tyler Morwick also contributed with goals for Gladstone.

The Lakers, who are also the defending league champions, will be challenged by the Boissevain Border Kings. The Kings earned their place in the finals with a 5-2 win over the Killarney Shamrocks on Sunday, Mar. 10. Tyler Dittmer and

Devon LeBlanc both led the charge, with three points apiece (2 goals - 1 assist).

With the win, Boissevain won the Western Division Final 3-games-to-1.

As for the championship, the best-of-five series will begin on Saturday, Mar. 16 in Boissevain. Start time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

Neepawa Natives hope new season ticket campaign is a grand slam

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

The Neepawa Natives are hoping an interest in “America’s national pastime” will motivate people to buy season tickets for Canada’s. The Junior “A” team, in conjunction with the Neepawa Natives Fan Support Group, will be rolling out ticket sales on Sunday, Mar. 17, at 5 p.m., at Boston Pizza. The event will feature an opportunity to meet and speak with the club’s new general manager and head coach Ken Pearson. Team president Ken Waddell said that the board hopes everyone will come out on Sunday and have some fun welcoming Pearson back to Neepawa.

Baseball oriented prize The launch will also feature the unveiling of a unique prize opportunity for some season ticket buyers. For the upcoming year, anyone who purchases a season ticket before May 31 will be eligible to win a Kanas City baseball tour package for two taking place July 28 to Aug. 2. The prize includes travel, hotel and tickets to three games between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. As well, a tour of Kansas City, shopping excursions in Kansas City and Minneapolis and an optional visit to the Ameristar

Casino are also part of the promotion.

The Neepawa Natives Fan Support Group also recently announced that for every ticket sold, up to 300 season tickets, the group will make a donation of $50 per ticket from their own funds to the Yellowhead Centre, to go against the team’s ice bill. Fan Support donations are eligible for a tax deductible receipt.

MJHL playoffs Round one - Best of 7

Round one - Best of 7

Portage (1) vs. Wayway (8) Mar. 8: Portage 4-1 Wayway Mar. 10: Portage 3-1 Wayway *Mar. 13: Portage 0-0 Wayway *Mar. 15: Portage 0-0 Wayway **Mar. 17: Wayway at Portage **Mar. 18: Portage at Wayway **Mar. 20: Wayway at Portage Portage lead series 2-0

Swan Valley (2) vs. Dauphin (7) Mar. 8: Swan Valley 6-3 Dauphin Mar. 10: Swan Valley 5-1 Dauphin *Mar. 13: Dauphin at Swan Valley *Mar. 15: Swan Valley at Dauphin **Mar. 17: Dauphin at Swan Valley **Mar. 18: Swan Valley at Dauphin **Mar. 20: Dauphin at Swan Valley Swan Valley lead series 2-0

Round one - Best of 7

Round one - Best of 7

Steinbach (3) vs. Winnipeg (6) Mar. 8: Steinbach 4-3 Winnipeg Mar. 10: Steinbach 6-4 Winnipeg Mar. 12: Steinbach 3-2 Winnipeg *Mar. 15: Steinbach 0-0 Winnipeg **Mar. 17: Winnipeg at Steinbach **Mar. 18: Steinbach at Winnipeg **Mar. 20: Winnipeg at Steinbach Steinbach lead series 3-0

Selkirk (4) vs. Virden (5) Mar. 8: Virden 3-2 Selkirk (Triple OT) Mar. 10: Virden 5-1 Selkirk Mar. 12: Selkirk 4-2 Virden *Mar. 14: Selkirk at Virden **Mar. 16: Virden at Selkirk **Mar. 17: Selkirk at Virden **Mar. 19: Virden at Selkirk Virden lead series 2-1

THHL Playoffs

Club 55 Friday League

Tiger Hills Hockey League Final - Best of 5

Mar. 8: Ladies’ High Single: Marion Single 190. Ladies’ High Triple: Barb Grumpelt 483. Men’s High Single and Triple: Norman Kendall 344 & 688. Other Scores to Note: Pauline Hailstone 156; Darrell Gabler 201, 212, 188; Lawrence Smith 150, 157, 150; Bev Chapski 179; Barb Grumpelt 176, 163; Frank Porada 172, 211, 202; Bob Lychak 176, 194; Muriel Porada 166; Don Denoon 183, 160; Doug Pettigrew 170, 190, 154; Melvin Oswald 166, 170; Jim King 171, 190, 202; Vivian Oswald 166, 177; Judy Gabler 154, 156; Alan Tarn 200, 150, 184; Gail McGregor 167, 167; Phyllis Mauthe 164; Doreen Smith 155, 186; Marion Single 164; Eleanor Scott 160, 169; Len Pritchard 169, 219; Ray Criddle 222, 183; Norman Kendall 186, 158.

Gladstone (E4) vs. Boissevain (W2)

Mar. 16: Gladstone at Boissevain Mar. 20: Boissevain at Gladstone Mar. 23: Gladstone at Boissevain *Mar. 10: Boissevain at Gladstone *Mar. 13: Gladstone at Boissevain Boissevain lead series 2-0 * - If necessary. (#) - Divisional seeding

East Semi Final - Best of 5

MacGregor (2) vs. Gladstone (4) Mar. 1: MacGregor 4-3 OT Gladstone Mar. 3: Gladstone 4-3 OT MacGregor Mar. 6: MacGregor 9-3 Gladstone Mar. 9: Gladstone 6-5 OT MacGregor Mar. 10: Gladstone 6-5 MacGregor Gladstone win series 3-2

West Semi Finals - Best of 5 Killarney (1) vs. Boissevain (2)

Mar. 2: Boissevain 6-4 Killarney Mar. 3: Boissevain 7-6 OT Killarney Mar. 9: Killarney 8-4 Boissevain Mar. 10: Boissevain 5-2 Killarney Boissevain win series 3-1 * - If necessary. (#) - Divisional seeding

Call (204) 476-3401

The Neepawa Figure Skating Club invites you to attend the:

2019 Skate Canada Manitoba Crocus Invitational Synchronized skating competition On Saturday March 16th, 2019 From 9:30am-4:30pm Join us at the Yellowhead Arena to watch over 300 skaters on 28 teams from across Manitoba skate their synchro routines for score, remarks, provincial titles, and whole lot of fun!

Admission at the door is: Adult $5 • Children $3 • 5 & under Free **There will be lots of great prizes to be won at the Silent Auction**

PYR MID COLLISION CENTER Complete Auto Body Repairs & Painting

Dr. Derek Papegnies Optometrist

499 Mountain Avenue

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204-476-2002

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• 23 hr towing and lockout service • Automotive Accessories • Courtesy cars by appointment Airport Road Neepawa, MB

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Bridal Shower for Ashley Fischer (Daughter of Randy & Debbie Fischer) will be held Saturday, March 23rd at 2:00 p.m. at the Plumas Seniors Centre. All Welcome. _____________________ Cattle Capital Bull Sale, Monday April 8th, 1:00 pm at the Ste. Rose Auction Mart, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB. Offering 50 Red & Black Full Blood Simmentals, Black Angus, Charolais, Gelbvieh Bulls, 10 Two-Year Olds and 14 Simmental Heifers. For a catalogue or more information, contact T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.

BuyAgro.com. (PL#116061)

Coming Events Polonia Community Hall Coming Events Old Time Dance

May 11, 2019 • 8 p.m. - midnight Northern Reflections Band

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GIFT FROM THE HEART at Country Meadows. Nocost dental hygiene care for residents on April 6, 2019.

Deadline for application is March 23. Andrea Adamson, RDH. 204-807-9496 or adamsondahyg@gmail.com _____________________ Soup, Sandwich and Dessert at the Knox Presbyterian Church, 396 First St., Thursday, March 21, 2019, 11:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m. $10.00.

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Arden Hall, cap. 255. Park, camping and sports facilities, rink, curling ice, kitchen and lounge. Call Leah 368-2403 or 841-4766 _____________________ Drug problem? Narcotics Anonymous can help. Meetings on Sat at 7 p.m. and Tues at 7 p.m. at Calvary Chapel, 221 Hamilton St. Neepawa _____________________ Polonia Hall, cap 173. Perfect for smaller weddings, socials, anniversaries, etc.

Call Cathy 966-3365 or Janice 476-0516.

Polonia Supper Club Themes

subject to change April 7 - French Canadian • May 5 - Dutch June 2 - Polynesian • September 22 - Spanish November 3 - United Kingdom

In Memory

Call or text 204-476-0516 for tickets

To our Mom & Dad Lawrence Bateman January 2007

Irene Bateman March 2017

You are both beside us in all we do Your Love and guidance will see us thru As each day dawns, we whisper low, God Bless you Mom & Dad We love and miss you both so Love Your Kids

Announcement Ken & Linda Dick of Neepawa are happy to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Breanna to David Sylvester of Wawanesa.

A bridal shower for Breanna will take place on Saturday, April 6th at the Riverview Curling Club in Brandon from 2 - 4 pm.

Crisis Pregnancy Centre Winnipeg: Need to talk? Call our free help line, 1-800-6650570 or contact our Westman office: 204-727-6161

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As of busy schedule, we are looking for full time receptionist at our dental office in Erickson. Full training will be provided. Very good wages. Kindly send resume at ameu2021@yahoo.ca, audichad@yahoo.ca. 204963-8865 _____________________ Royal Canadian Legion #173 McCreary, requires a bartender. Send resume to Box 122, McCreary, MB R0J 1B0. Successful candidate must provide a criminal records check.

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71 Main St West, Neepawa.

5 bdr, 2 full bath, living room and kitchen. Appliances included stove, 2 refrigerators, freezer, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Available Apr 1, 2019. 204-212-2331

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Apartment for rent. Bri-Mont apartments, 331 Mountain Avenue. Phone 204-3960988 _____________________ Churchill Block, Neepawa, apartment for rent. Available immediately. Phone or text 204-841-1298 _____________________ TRAILER RENTALS: cargo, dump, equipment, auto, livestock/horse. FORK LIFT TELEPORT 729-8989

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

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Budget Tire Co. We buy and sell good used tires.

726-8199, Brandon

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NuVision Commodities St. Jean, MB buying feed grains, wheat, barley, peas, oats, off grades grain and custom hauling back to the Red River area. Phone 1(204)758-3401 or 1(204)746-4028.

Real Estate

* Maximum of 100 tickets available for our supper club meals.

In Memory

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Cliff Kristjanson March 15, 2015

Farm Land for Sale

NW 12-16-12W - 160 ac cultivated NW 16-17-11W - 160 ac w/ 55 ac grass Currently accepting bids. Submit offers to: courtseeds@gmail.com • 204-386-2354

I thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new.

I thought about you yesterday, And the days before that too.

I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.

All I have are memories and your picture in a frame.

Your memory is my keepsake with which I’ll never part.

God has you in his keeping, I have you in my heart.

Call for more information or to arrange viewing

Lovingly remembered and never forgotten, Kay & Family

House for sale in Neepawa

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C2 Charolais Annual Bull Sale, Thursday March 28th, 1:00 pm at the Killarney Auction Mart in Killarney, MB. Selling 45 yearling Charolais bulls. For a catalogue or more information, contact Jeff at 204-242-4448 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006.

View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com, and on sale day, watch & bid online at www.DLMS.ca. (PL#116061)

Auction Sales McSherry Auction 12 Patterson Dr. Stonewall, MB

Estate & Moving

Sat March 16 @ 10:00 AM

Gun Auction

Sat March 23 @ 9:30 AM

Coca Cola & Service Station Auction Sat March 30 @10:00 AM Consignments Welcome!

Booking Spring Farm Auctions!

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

Meyers Auction

10 am March 23 Meyers Auction Site Arden, MB Plumbing Close out Furniture, Household Antiques, Tools ••• Now accepting consignments for SPRING GUN AUCTION

Bradley Meyers, Auctioneer 204-476-6262 www.meyersauctions.com

FOR SALE IN PLUMAS,MB

5 Bedroom Bungalow House, 2 Bathrooms, includes 7 appliances. Smoke Free, Pet Free Home. Insulated detached 2 door garage. Spacious yard including flower beds & fruit trees. 9 Lots total. Must be seen!!

204-768-3718 or 204-768-0169

Announcement

Feed & Seed Seed Grain For Sale Registered & Certified Summit Oats

Will custom clean Canola Seed

Wilmot Milne 204-385-2486 Gladstone, MB Cell: 204-212-0531

Health

Social evening to follow from 9-1.

Private sale at $145,000

Please accept this as your invitation to attend.

361 William Street

Advertise with the Neepawa Banner & Press

Ph: 204-476-3401 Email: ads@neepawabanner.com

This home is ideal for a small family. Spacious, eatin kitchen includes fridge and stove, nice sunny living room and side room that could make a child’s bedroom. Three piece main floor bathroom. Large loft style bedroom upstairs that is divided into two sections.

Large double lot (66’) and single car garage with good back lane access. Partially finished basement with a family room. Gas forced air heat, upgraded wiring and 100 amp electrical panel. Located very close to high school, Yellowhead Centre and the new day care.

Phone Ken at 204-476-6214 or Christine at 204-476-0420 to view the home.

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Notice PUBLIC NOTICE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSEDALE 2019 PESTICIDE CONTROL PROGRAM PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Rural Municipality of Rosedale intends to conduct the following Pesticide Control Programs during 2019: 1. To control noxious weeds on road allowances within the Municipality. The projected dates of application will be from May 1, 2019 to October 15, 2019. The herbicides to be used include: • 2, 4-D Ester 700 • Navius • Banvel vm • Amitrol 240 • Tordon 22K • Truvist • Fiesta • Vector (Glyphosate) The public may send written submissions or objections within 15 days of the publication of this notice to the department below: Environmental Approvals Branch Manitoba Sustainable Development 1007 Century Street Winnipeg MB R3H 0W4

PUBLIC NOTICE - NOTICE OF HEARING ROAD CLOSING BY-LAW NO. 3189-19 NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Subsection 290(2) of The Municipal Act that the Council of the Town of Neepawa has scheduled a public hearing at the Municipal Office, located at 275 Hamilton Street, in the Town of Neepawa, in Manitoba, on Tuesday the 2nd day of April 2019, at the hour of 7:05 p.m. to consider a By-Law for the following purpose: To close as a Public Road or Highway the following: All those portions of Public Lane in Block 118 of Plan 256 NLTO contained within the limits of Parcel A, on a plan of survey of Part SE ¼ section 33-14-15 WPM, prepared by Timothy William Longstaff, MLS and on deposit in the NLTO as 0140/19.

To convey title of the above mentioned portions of Public Lane, once closed, to Neepawa Kinsmen Senior Housing Inc. NOTICE is further given that a copy of the proposed By-Law is on file in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Neepawa, at the Municipal Office at 275 Hamilton Street in the Town of Neepawa, in Manitoba and on the municipal website at www.neepawa.ca NOTICE is further given that during the public hearing the Council of the Town of Neepawa will allow any interested person to make representation, ask questions or register an objection.

Dated at the Town of Neepawa this 5th day of March A.D. 2019.

Brown Avenue

A sincere thank you from the Squires and Sollner families for all the kind words received on Lavina's passing. Thank you for flowers, cards and food sent to our homes. Also, a huge thanks to all staff at Country Meadows, who cared for Lavina and helped her in any way. Thank you to Dr. Wareham and Dr. Kelly and all Neepawa Hospital staff for their care during her many stays there. We thank Beth MacDonald for all her help and for doing the funeral service, to Norma Forsman, organist, and members of Calvary Chapel, for providing the lunch. Our gratitude to Nathan White and all staff at White's Funeral Home, for their professional help at this difficult time.

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• We reserve the right to edit copy or to refuse to publish any advertisement we deem illegal, libelous, misleading or offensive

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Restrictions in daily activities?

$2,500 Tax Credit $40,000 refund cheque/ rebates Disability Tax Credit.

204-453-5372 www.disabilitytaxcreditwinnipeg.com

Colleen Synchyshyn, C.M.M.A. Chief Administrative Officer Ph. 204-476-7603 • neepawacao@wcgwave.ca Don’t make yourself nuts trying to find the best deal in town...

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ValleyView Ag is seeking equipment operators and truck drivers for this upcoming spring.

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Beautiful Plains Museum

This position will start early April and could be full time for the right applicant. We offer competitive wages.

Jarvis Trucking Ltd, Gladstone, MB.

invites applications for

Part time Museum Curator Interest in working in museum environment, experience working with public, supervision of staff, grant preparation, bookkeeping an asset.

Maximum 20 hr/wk for 6 month period.

Could involve weekends.

Salary based on experience.

Apply to: Box 1732, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 Application deadline: April 5, 2019

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Boyd Farms requires labourer/equipment operator for the up coming season. This position can be part time or full time year round work. Applicant must have previous experience operating farm equipment, posses a class 1 license or be willing to obtain one.

Duties will include but not limited to - spraying - picking stones - harrow/tractor operater - hauling grain/fertilizer - equipment maintenance - hauling water We offer competitive wages and benefits.

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UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

On the date and at the time and location shown below, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held to receive representations from any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following matter: TOWN OF NEEPAWA BY-LAW NO. 3190-19 being an AMENDMENT to the TOWN OF NEEPAWA ZONING BY-LAW NO. 3184-18, as amended.

HEARING LOCATION: Town of Neepawa Municipal Office, 275 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, MB DATE & TIME: April 2, 2019 at 7:15 PM GENERAL INTENT OF BY-LAW NO. 3190-19 To rezone a portion of land from “AR-R” Agricultural Restricted-Residential Zone to “RS” Residential Single Unit Zone.

AREA AFFECTED: An area of land described as Pt. NE 28-14-15 W, Block 1, Plan 35600, in the Town of Neepawa as shown outlined in a heavy solid line on the map below.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Braun, Neepawa & Area Planning District 275 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, Manitoba Phone: 204-476-3277 • Email: jeff@neepawaareaplanning.com

Notice UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

On the date and at the time and location shown below, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held to receive representations from any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following matter: TOWN OF NEEPAWA BY-LAW NO. 3191-19 being an AMENDMENT to the TOWN OF NEEPAWA ZONING BY-LAW NO. 3184-18, as amended.

HEARING LOCATION: Town of Neepawa Municipal Office, 275 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, MB DATE & TIME: April 2, 2019 at 7:10 PM GENERAL INTENT OF BY-LAW NO. 3191-19 To rezone a portion of land from “RM-1” Residential Multi Unit 1 Zone & “RM-2” Residential Multi-Unit 2 Zone to “CC” Central Commercial Zone.

AREA AFFECTED: An area of land described as Lots 3-5 & 25-32, Block 118, Plan 256, in the Town of Neepawa as shown outlined in a heavy solid line on the map below.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Braun, Neepawa & Area Planning District 275 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, Manitoba Phone: 204-476-3277 • Email: jeff@neepawaareaplanning.com

Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is presently recruiting for

SEASONAL DRIVER SALES REP For Our Bulk Petroleum Department In Neepawa, MB

Duties to include, but not limited to, customer service, processing customer transactions, product knowledge, maintaining and finding new farm contacts, petroleum acquisition in the trading area, inventory control, merchandising, perform direct sales calls and general Occupational Health and Safety responsibilities.

Qualifications: • Excellent communication and customer service skills • Highly motivated and ability to multi-task • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Class 3 Driver’s license with Air Endorsment required • Petroleum knowledge would be an asset but not required Reports to: Bulk Petroleum Manager Application deadline: when position filled We offer career advancement opportunities, competitive compensation, benefits package, company matched pension plan and learning/development opportunities.

If you would like to work with an established and progressive company, please complete an application form at our Bulk Petroleum location or send a cover letter and resume to: Attention: Glenda Finkewich – Human Resource/Health & Safety Manager Email: g.finkewich@neepawagladstonecoop.com Or mail to: Box 879, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 www.neepawagladstonecoop.com We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is presently inviting applications for

FULL TIME HOME CENTRE CLERK For our Home and Farm Centre located in Neepawa, MB

Duties to include, but not limited to, customer service, processing customer transactions, stocking, merchandising, product knowledge and general housekeeping duties. Will be required to assist part time in the Yard as needed.

Qualifications: • Excellent customer service skills • Highly motivated and ability to multi-task • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Class 5 driver’s license • Ability to operate a Forklift (training will be available) • Must be available to work a variety of shifts including days and Saturdays • Will require some heavy lifting and manual labour.

• Previous lumber/hardware experience would be an asset but not required Closing Date: Friday, March 29, 2019 We offer career advancement opportunities, competitive compensation, benefits package, company matched pension plan and learning/development opportunities If you are interested in joining our team, please send your cover letter and resume to: Attention: Glenda Finkewich – Human Resource/Health & Safety Manager Email: g.finkewich@neepawagladstonecoop.com Or mail to: Box 879, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 www.neepawagladstonecoop.com We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

A copy of the above proposal and supporting material may be inspected at the location noted above during normal office hours, Monday to Friday. Copies may be made and extracts taken therefrom, upon request.

A copy of the above proposal and supporting material may be inspected at the location noted above during normal office hours, Monday to Friday. Copies may be made and extracts taken therefrom, upon request.

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Help Wanted

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When disaster strikes in your community, you CAN help, and we can show you how.

1.0 Social Worker Clinician

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DRCSS Dauphin, Manitoba Start Date: September 3, 2019 End Date: June 30, 2020 Posting # 2019-TCH-307 Application Deadline: Monday, March 18/19 at NOON

Class 1 company drivers wanted to haul bulk liquid products throughout MB, SK, AB and the US. Loaded and empty miles paid!

Dedicated dispatch, Well maintained equipment, Comprehensive benefits package, Training Program for inexperienced drivers.

**Please submit a Cover Letter and Resume with three references** SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO: 1. hrmanager@mvsd.ca 2. MVSD-Human Resources Box 715 Dauphin, MB R7N 3B3 3. Fax: 204-638-7250

Contact us or submit your resume:

Phone: 204.571.0187 Email: recruiting@ renaissancetrans.ca Fax: 204.727.6651 Or submit an online application @ www.renaissancetrans.ca

Complete job details at www.mvsd.ca/hr

MUNICIPALITY OF WESTLAKE-GLADSTONE is seeking a Full Time Term Position for

Office Receptionist

(35 hours per week) April 29, 2019 to January 15, 2021 Under the supervision and direction of the CAO, the receptionist will provide support in the running of the day to day business operations of the Municipality.

Wage dependant experience

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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 slaughter production floor to shipping the final packaged product, with everything in between! With our wide variety of jobs, excellent people, and our drive for innovation you will certainly find a job that suits you!

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 $14.50/hour plus $1.00 per hour perfect attendance incentive!

Wage scale extends to $21.55/hour We believe that our success is founded on the strength of our team.

As such, we place a great deal of emphasis on attracting, developing and retaining good people, and consider every one of our employees to be a highly-valued member of the HyLife family. To that end, we are committed to providing a working environment that not only fosters personal growth, but also recognizes our employees’ contributions towards the common goal of our company’s success because of this HyLife has been recognized as a Platinum Member of Canada’s Best-Managed Companies.

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 thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted

and

Requirements include: • Excellent interpersonal skills both verbal and written, be well organized and detail oriented.

• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Outlook.

• Accounting Software & Municipal experience an asset.

Applicants are invited to submit a detailed resume no later than 12:00 NOON FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019.

Coralie Smith, CMMA Chief Administrative Officer Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone Box 150 Gladstone, MB R0J 0T0 Phone (204) 385-2332 Fax (204) 385-2391 Email to info@westlake-gladstone.ca We thank all those individuals who apply; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Our people, perseverance, integrity, and exceptional partnerships have led HyLife to becoming Canada’s leading pork producer and global exporter of high quality pork products. The growing demand for our pork in Japan and China means we need exceptional people to help deliver our company vision. We have expanded our Neepawa facility to increase our overall production by 15% and in turn created new jobs throughout the company.

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Competition season in full swing for Neepawa Novas The Neepawa Novas Competitive Gymnastics Team has had a wonderful start to their competition season. The Novas have attend three competitions in the last two months, including their home competition on Jan. 26, held at the NACI gymnasium. Results from the competitions can be found in the Mar. 8 edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press. The teams include JO3-4 (top right), JO1 (bottom right) and JO2 (below).

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Real Estate

Paying for your new home: mortgage basics Submitted Neepawa Banner & Press

There are many steps to buying a home. Most people need a mortgage loan to buy a home.

What is a mortgage?

A mortgage is a home buying loan. It is a legal contract between you and the lender. You repay the loan over a set period of time. The lender uses the home as security for the loan until you have repaid the whole amount.

There are different kinds of mortgages. It’s a good idea to look at how different mortgages work before you apply to a lender.

What makes mortgages different?

Mortgages have important details that can vary. The details change the amount of the loan and how it is repaid.

• Amortization period: This is the time it takes to repay your total loan amount. Mortgages are usually repaid over 25 years.

• Interest rate: Lenders charge interest that is added to the total amount of your mortgage loan. Interest rates change over time, but are usually set for fixed terms.

• Fixed term: The length of time the interest rate stays the same. Interest rates are set for terms of between six months and five years.

Interest rates are reviewed at the end of a term and reset for the next term. The new rate could be higher, lower or stay the same.

The amortization period, interest rate, length of term and how you repay your mortgage depends on the type of mortgage you choose.

Types of mortgage loans • Open mortgage: You can make extra payments and repay your total mortgage more quickly. This will reduce the total amount of interest you pay but the interest rates will be higher.

• Closed mortgage: Payments and interest stay

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the same for the length of term. You will be able to make extra payments with a prepayment plan.

• Variable mortgage: The interest rate is not fixed. The interest portion of your payment can change depending on the lender interest rate at the time of each payment for the length of the term.

You can go to a lending organization that offers mortgage loans or you can ask a mortgage broker to help you find a mortgage.

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Acreage in Minnedosa.

MLS#1812031, $335,000.

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MLS# 1905206 Affordable, economical. 2 bdrm family, retirement or revenue.

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47 Whitmore Crescent, Neepawa MLS#: 1904215 • $259,500 3+1 family home. Renovation list is plentiful with open living concept kitchen and living room. Large 2 car garage with room for workspace and storage.

220 Young Street, Carberry MLS#: 1904786 • $164,900 4-bedroom bungalow features 3 bedrooms up and 1 down. 4pc bath up and 1 down. Nice fenced yard and a single car garage. The house has had many up dates including window, doors, paint, and flooring.

36 Whitmore Crescent, Neepawa MLS#: 1904886 • $264,500 3+1 bedroom bungalow features a large eat in kitchen with white cabinets. Large rec room and small workshop. A large partially fenced yard with 3 garden sheds and a large deck.

118 Lansdowne Ave, Arden MLS#1830363, $135,000 Prime location! 5 acre lot with view!

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MARCH 15, 2019

Tenby 4-H members speak up

By Kendra Ott Tenby 4-H News Reporter The 4-H Tenby Equestrian and Stockman’s Club had their Communications Event on Feb. 9. It was held at the residence of Marty and Terry Klassen. There were nine members doing speeches and presentations and judges for the event were Mrs. Geraldine Smith and Mrs. Angela Malfait.

Many people from the community came to hear the 4-H members perform their

speeches and presentations.

At the Communications Event, each speech and presentation was unique and ref lected personal knowledge. The members were competing for first and second place for their club.

In the speeches, members were required to speak for a specified time and complete speech components such as voice, eye contact and logical sequence.

Lainie Muir received first place, in the Senior Speech category, for her speech entitled 3P. In the Cloverbud Speech division, Kendra Ott got first place for her speech, Endangered Species are Running Out of Time and Leanne Ott was awarded second place for her speech, Beagles. In the mini-member group, Ryder Muir received first place with her speech, Big Sister Ryder. In the Miniature division, Brandt Muir got first place for his speech,

Trains and Tractors.

For the Visual Presentations, members used items and artifacts as visual aids during their presentation.

Some components in this category included, workmanship, correct grammar and pronunciation and f ielding questions from the audience. The Senior One-Person Visual was won by Lainie Muir, with her presentation, Show Cattle: Daily Routine. In the Intermediate OnePerson Visual, Summer

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Baker placed first, with her presentation, Journey to Churchill. In the category of Cloverbud One-Person Visual , Ava Raddysh took first place with her presentation, Halters for Horses.

Lastly, the Mini-member One-Person Visual had Julia’s Snowsuit, by Julia Ott, receive first place.

At the conclusion of the event, the club members were presented feedback from the judges and were awarded prizes.

Continued on page A19

Cattle Market Report March 12, 2019 Steers

3-400 lbs.

4-500 lbs.

5-600 lbs.

6-700 lbs.

7-800 lbs.

8-900 lbs.

900+ lbs.

Bulls

$2.10 - 2.37 $2.10 - 2.48 $2.00 - 2.3225 $1.80 - 2.0475 $1.60 - 1.86 $1.60 - 1.7375 $1.50 - 1.695 $0.90 - 0.985

Heifers

3-400 lbs. $2.00 - 2.20 4-500 lbs. $1.90 - 2.15 5-600 lbs. $1.80 - 2.05 6-700 lbs. $1.70 - 1.85 7-800 lbs. $1.50 - 1.68 8-900 lbs. $1.40 - 1.60 900+ lbs. $1.30 - 1.55 Cows $0.55 - 0.82 684 head sold

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Brought to you by the Neepawa Natives Junior A Hockey Club, Yellowhead Centre and our area ag industry leaders and suppliers

April 4, 2019

1:30 pm at the Yellowhead Centre Hall t Large Ag Supplies & Services Auction

*10% of auction proceeds go to Budz’N Bloom Daycare facility

For More information, please contact: Cam Tibbett 204-841-3060 • Matt Lowry 204-841-2389 Ken Waddell 204-476-6214 • Robby Moar 204-871-5483

t Guest Speakers t Ag Displays t Supper t Tridekon Door Prize

More details to follow!

A big Thank-You to last year’s Ag Expo sponsors!

Below is a list of the 2018 auction items. Thank you again to our 2018 exhibitors and buyers.

Stay tuned for 2019 Ag Expo list of items up for auction!

Mazergroup

35 cc Honda Versattach power head with trimmer attachment

Dekalb

$500 cash donation

P&H Gladstone

10 acres of soybean seed (15 units) inoculated and seed treatment 80 acres of dry fertilizer floating

Farmers Edge

320 acres of variable rate or 320 acres of Nutrient Mgmt

Enns Brothers

8 hrs of John Deere combine

Redferns

NuFarm

1 case Conquer herbicide

Neepawa Tire

$600 gift card for Neepawa Tire

Court Seeds

$500 voucher towards seed of your choice

HyLife

3 x $100 pork packages and 2 spring jackets

KK Penner

$500 voucher for KK Penner

Neepawa Banner & Press

$500 cash donation

TIC Parts & Service

1 day rental of Ag Shield land roller

Agwest

7 hours of Lexion combine rental with pick-up header

Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op

160 acres of custom spraying

Decisive Farming

1 year of Croptivity farm management app

Rocky Mountain Equipment

10 hours of Case IH quad track tractor rental

RBC

30” Upland Mfg Tool Organizer

MNP

12 month subsription to grain marketing newsletter powered

by Farmlink

CPS Carberry & Gladstone

1 bag of Proven 540G canola seed

NuEra Seeds

10 acres of choice of canola, soybean or corn seed.

Dow AgroSciences

1 case of Rexade and 17 L of nexera canola oil

Mar-Dee Enterprises

Fillrite 12 volt fuel pump

Brett Young Seeds

2 bags of 4187 RR canola seed

BASF

1 case of Heat

Richardson Pioneer

80 acres of dry fertilizer floating

Kulbacki Seeds

2 bags of 45H33 with Helix Extra & Lumiderm RR canola seed

Farmery

Happy Hour

BPCU

$500 donation to supper

CWD Satelite

Point to Point Outdoor WiFi System

Farm Credit Canada

FCC Management Software Package

Kulbacki Ag Supply

$500 voucher to Kulbacki Ag Supply

Tridekon

500 for punch card prize

Gill & Schmall Agencies

Parrot Bebop 2 Quadcopter Drone

GrainShark

$500 toward GrainShark marketing service

Sutton-Harrison Realty

Outdoor patio table and chairs

Farmtronics

VantagePro Weather station

Bayer

1 bag of InVigor L233P Prosper Evergol Lumiderm

Taurus Ag

80 acres of Active Flower

Tonn Seeds

$500 gift voucher for seed or treating at Tonn Seeds

Syngenta

1 jug of Axial Xtreme

Western Canadian Aerial Ltd

80 acres of aerial application

MASC

$500 cash donation

Pickseed

2 (25kg) WestStar Alfalfa seed

Investors Group

119 piece socket and tool set & 24 ratcheting wrenches

Intel Seeds

$700 voucher for seed cleaning using color sorter

NextGen Drainage

160 acres of RTK topography and tile drainage design

Team Electronics

40” Samsung LED TV

Northstar Seeds

3 x 25 kg bags of premium hay max blend

Legend Seeds Canada

3 bags of 9579 RR Legend silage corn seed

Backswath Management Inc

$750 farm management consulting services

Munro Farm Supplies

100 acres of dry fertilizer floating and 10L InterLock adjuvant

Viterra

2 Winnipeg Jets tix, 4 Brandon Wheat Kings tix, 8 Neepawa Natives tix & 2 VIP curling passes for Viterra Championship

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Teams take to the trail for fun and fellowship

GOOD’nTHICK SIMMENTAL BEEF BULLS!

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Selling 55 Black/Red Simmental Yearling Beef Bulls.

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WLB LIVESTOCK Bill & Nancy Biglieni PHOTOS COURTESY OF LYNN AND ALEX CHRISTISON

On Saturday, Mar. 9, Canada’s Largest Sleigh Ride was held in the western part of Riding Mountain National Park. Approximately 30 teams and sleighs left from north of Rossburn, meeting approximately 20 teams and sleighs coming in from the north, from Grandview. The two groups met in the middle for fellowship and a wiener roast . In addition to the teams and wagons, many people also joined the ride on horseback. This was the 22nd time this annual ride has been held.

Speakers sharpen skills

Continued from page A18 The experience gave the members an authentic opportunity to practice and sharpen their public speaking skills. The event was followed by a lunch, where the 4-H members celebrated their achievements with community members and family who attended.

The Tenby 4-H Club had a strong club representation at the South Parkland Communications Zone Event in Rapid City on Mar. 10. Ava Raddysh and Lainie Muir will go on to compete with their One-Person Visual Presentations and Lainie Muir will also go on with her speech to the South Parkland Communications Regional Event, on Mar. 22 at Hamiota.

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Simmental Bulls For Sale by Private Treaty, Many Homo Polled and Dilutor Free.

Please Contact Tom at (204)841-2046 for information or stop by the farm anytime.

Also look for our consignments at Transcon's Cattle Country Bull Sale on Saturday, April 6th in Neepawa.

A20 NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS MARCH 15, 2019

RMNP holds annual Loppet cross country ski race

Skiers of all ages and skill levels gathered for the 2019 Riding Mountain Loppet Ski Race, held in RMNP on Saturday, Mar. 9.

To p l e f t : N e e p a w a ’s Muriel Gamey placed 1st in the 18 km (Master 8 category), with a time of 01:49:49.

Middle lef t: Erickson’s Kate Mazur, 1s t place winner in the 12 km (JV2 category), had a time of 01:07:14.

Bottom left: Monica Pugh, from Gladstone, was 1st place winner in the 24 km (Master 3 category), with a time of 02:08:48.

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Friday, March 15, 2019 • Vol.123 No. 33 • Neepawa, Manitoba

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Chore time on the Kreiser farm

Checking cows and doing chores around the farm. It must be warming up, some kids wore ski pants and some did not.

PHOTO COURTESY OF TINA KRIESER

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Spring Ag Issue Staying safe on the farm

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press Calving, seeding and all of the extra work that comes with the spring can keep farmers run off their feet. With all the busyness, farm safety is something that often gets overlooked, but it is something that’s very important to remember.

Morag Marjerison, a farm safety consultant for the Manitoba Farm Safety Program (FSP), has owned farms for over 26 years and has been on many other farms across the province, giving her firsthand experience of the importance of safety on the farm. “It’s really and truly a very challenging industry to work in, that brings its own unique challenges of weather constraints, unpredictable livestock and you work alone a lot of the time, so you’re often out there by yourself,” Marjerison noted. “And we still see too many farmers being hurt on their farms.

Everybody would like to see that change... [Safety is] something that we all need to keep at the forefront in our minds.”

The facts and figures Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR) worked with researchers, government agencies, farmers and health and safety experts to compile data on agriculture-related injuries and fatalities between 1990 and 2012. Despite the relatively old numbers, CAIR can still give a fairly accurate glimpse of the trends, in terms of the most dangerous aspects of farming, whether injuries had decreased or increased over the years and much more information over the 22 year span the data covered.

Fatal agriculture-related injuries have decreased by an average of 1.1 per cent every year, between 1990 and 2012, according to CAIR. While the yearly decrease seems very small, when comparing the 135 recorded ag-related fatalities in 1990 to the 60 recorded fatalities in 2012, the dif-

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ference is significant. This can be attributed to both farmers becoming more conscious of their own safety and equipment manufacturers implementing more safety measures to reduce the risk of accidents.

Marjerison agreed that there has been an increase in safety awareness in Manitoba over the years. “We have seen an increase in curiosity about farm safety,” she stated. “I think farmers are more open now to talking about those things.

I can’t say that I’ve seen a huge shift, but certainly more people I think are willing to at least discuss and consider [safety]. It doesn’t always reach the practices yet, but just the willingness to discuss has definitely changed.”

The biggest dangers According to CAIR, the top three causes of farm fatalities involved farming machinery, specif ically, runovers, rollovers and being pinned or struck by a machinery component. Altogether, those three types of accidents caused 44 per cent of recorded farm fatalities between 2003 and 2012.

“From everything I’ve seen, the biggest risk is still unguarded or poorly guarded machinery and equipment,” Marjerison noted, validating the CAIR statistics with her experience. “Although newer machinery comes guarded to start with, we still have a lot of older farm equipment that either wasn’t guarded originally when it was built, or has somewhere along the lines been taken off and removed and it is a big problem.”

CAIR also reported that the time of the year with the highest amount of fatalities is spring and summer. Those are the two busiest times of the year, which means a lot more can potentially go wrong.

Marjerison relayed some of the dangers that she sees most often on the farms in springtime that farmers don’t even necessarily think of as a hazard.

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Spring Ag Issue

Neepawa Ag Expo returns for its third year

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press

Neepawa’s third annual Ag Expo is coming to the Yellowhead Centre Hall on Thursday, April 4. The event is sponsored by the Neepawa Natives Junior A Hockey Club, the Yellowhead Centre and, of course, the many businesses that will be involved in the event.

Matt Lowry, one of the organizers of the Ag Expo, explained what exactly the event is and what people can expect to see there. “The ag industry businesses that are coming in that support our local farmers will have booths set up, promoting their product and what they bring to the industry. We also encourage farmers to come in and walk around, see the businesses and their booths and what’s new. This is a networking event for the businesses, to talk and have visits [with the farmers],” Lowry said.

Connected to all kinds of businesses “There’s still spaces open for businesses that want to join the ag expo,” Lowry added. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be ag related, it can be any type of business.

Neepawa is a community that has strong agricultural roots and so it has connection to any kind of business

in town. So it’s nice to have everybody come out, it’s open for anybody to come in, walk around, check out the expo.”

After attendees have had the chance to look around, see some of the booths and talk to some of the businesses, there will be even more information for producers to absorb. “We have speakers that are going to be going on that growers can go and listen to and see things that are up and coming in the industry,” Lowry said.

For those who have attended before, they might think it’s the same every year.

However, even though there will be some of the same businesses and products on display, there will also be new things to see. “We’re always getting lots of new businesses that are wanting to come and join the expo and every year we want to have different speakers on different subjects,” Lowry noted. “This year, we’re looking at bringing in a sprayer water table to look at different spray nozzles and different products for the spraying table, to demonstrate what’ll be coming out the sprayer and looking at making adjustments and picking the right nozzles and stuff like that... We’re looking at getting someone to speak on tile drainage and the benefits that it can bring to producers in the area and

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The 2017 Neepawa Ag Expo at the Yellowhead Centre.

the environment. So we’re pretty excited to bring that stuff to this year’s ag expo,” he added.

organizations. “[The auction is] to raise money for the Neepawa Natives and the Yellowhead. And his year, we’re donating 10 per cent of our proceeds from the auction to Budz ‘N Bloom’s new daycare facility. So we’re pretty excited to team up with them and put some of the proceeds back into the community and help with money for the daycare,” Lowry said.

The recipients of the auction funds are not the only winners from the event.

There will also be a door prize, donated by Tridekon, that anyone attending has a chance to win. “Last year, Tridekon donated a chainsaw and for the growers that came through the door and some of the businesses, they were able to put their name in for the door prize and there was one lucky goer that won a chainsaw,” Lowry noted.

“For everyone just to come out and network and then to come home with a chainsaw, or something like that, it’s pretty cool.”

for their booth... We auction off items to the growers that they can use. Some of them are seeds and some of them are services that the grower may use throughout the year.

The networking There’s also a few items that continues After the speakers’ ses- are non-agriculture related, sions, there will be more op- for people that are not farmportunity for the businesses ers, too,” said Lowry. and farmers to network. “We have a happy hour networkBenefitting the ing hour, where we try to community have some more time with the The auction is a fundraiser farmers and the businesses for a few different community together and have supper together,” Lowry explained.

The supper is open to anyone who wants to attend, but requires a supper ticket to be purchased.

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Of course, the Ag Expo is for networking and learning about new products and ideas, but Lowry added it’s also just a good way to meet other producers or learn about agriculture if you’re not in the industry. “I think it’s just a great kick-off before things get really busy in the springtime, before they get their equipment out and get busy with seeding. That’s kind of nice to get everyone together and network and maybe make some last minute adjustments to their seeding plan or their plans in the springtime,” Lowry said. “It’d be nice to get lots of people walking through the door to check it out and learn something new about agriculture.”

For those who want to have a booth at the expo or just want more information about it, they can contact Lowry (204-841-2389), Cam Tibbett (204-841-3060), Ken Waddell (204-476-6214) or Robby Moar (204-8715483).

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Spring Ag Issue

Shur-Gro agronomist gains national recognition

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press

Taralea Simpson, an agronomist with Shur-Gro Farm Services, was recognized by the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) as the 2019 Agronomist of the Year. The

award was presented at the 2019 CAAR Conference, during the CAAR’s Choice Awards banquet on Feb. 13. The award recognizes agronomists who demonstrate significant agronomic knowledge, provide excellent service to their customers, show a commitment

to continuing education in agriculture and show leadership in their community and the industry.

Simpson was nominated for the award, with several letters of recommendation from her customers. Simpson expressed her feelings about being singled out in

this way. “I felt honoured,” she said. “I’ve been working at it a lot of years, but I don’t really like the attention so much. But it was nice to be recognized by my peers, for sure.”

Based out of Portage, Simpson has been working as an agronomist with Shur-

Gro for 26 years. She noted that she believes it wasn’t just her time in the industry that gained her this recognition, but also her work with the younger generation. “I spend time going, not just to Ag in the Classroom through their program, but I also go to the high schools and

I try to teach young people in their career courses that ‘don’t forget about agriculture,’ and the vast amount of jobs and variety of jobs in agriculture,” Simpson said.

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Spring Ag Issue Farmers eligible for carbon tax exemption Dry conditions top But only under certain conditions of mind for 2019

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson Neepawa Banner & Press

On April 1, the Federal government’s carbon tax will come into effect and with it, a jump in the price of fuel.

Farmers have been granted an exemption, but only on fuel used for what Canada Revenue Agency considers “eligible” farming activities, and only under certain conditions.

This year, the new carbon tax will add $0.0442/L to the price of gasoline, $0.0516/L to the price of kerosene, $0.0537/L to the price of diesel and $0.0310/L to the price of propane. This is the first in a series of four annual tax hikes.

Farmers were granted an exemption, but only on certain types of fuel and only under certain conditions. In order to be exempt, the fuel must be a “qualifying farm fuel”, which is only diesel or gasoline, used exclusively in the operation of eligible farming machinery. Additionally, all or substantially all of the fuel must be for use in the course of eligible farming activities; the fuel must be delivered to the farmer at the farm; and the farmer must provide (and

the seller retain) an exemption certificate. This means that dyed farm fuel purchased at a card lock will not be exempt from the tax, though farm lobby groups are pushing for an amendment.

As the deadline approaches, local bulk fuel dealers are busy contacting their farm clients in order to get them an exemption form, which must be completed and returned to be kept on file. “Everyone is being contacted,” said Tracy Wehrhahn, Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op Petro manager.

Rob James, the manager at Mar Dee Enterprises in Neepawa, said that they are mailing forms to their customers with their bills. James added that they are currently not able to send the form to customers who received their bills electronically, so those customers will have to either stop in and pick up a form, or download the form, called the Fuel Charge Exemption Certificate for Farmers, off the CRA website and return it.

Both Wehrhahn and James stress that these exemption certificates must be on file in order for customers to not be charged the tax come next month.

‘Increased curiosity about farm safety’

Continued from page B2 “The things that spring to mind when we talk about this time of year, our livestock guys, a lot of them are calving cows right now, unpredictable livestock, [there’s] no magic answer for that but, again, awareness over time,” she said.

Even if the cattle are familiar with the farmer, they can become protective and even aggressive when the farmer approaches their calves. Marjerison noted that just being aware of that fact and keeping an eye on cows when coming between them and their calf is really the only way to avoid livestock related injuries.

“And then when we get around to our grain people, when we start seeding,” Marjerison continued. “Who knows what the weather conditions will be? But sometimes we see a lot of stuck equipment and then there’s some unsafe extractions of equipment going on. Because time catches on everybody again and land conditions aren’t always ideal. We’ve often pulled out equipment that’s been standing for many, many months now, it doesn’t always get looked at, it just gets pulled out and off we go, because everybody’s under time pressure.”

A simple solution The easiest way to reduce risk of accidents on a farm is to identify the hazards and take a bit of time to consider the best way to avoid those hazards. “What I always try and encourage people to do is, just from time to time, to actually take a little bit of time to think about what hazards on their farm are preventable, because they all know what those hazardous situations are, and to consider whether there is a better way of doing something,” Marjerison advised.

“Sometimes there is an alternative way, or it really is time to put a guard back on that machine,” she said.

“A fresh pair of eyes is also a good idea, which is kind of what I do when I’m working on farms,” Marjerison added.

Marjerison’s job at FSP is to visit farms and help the farmers identify the hazards present that the farmer might not see. Because, she noted, it can be difficult to see things that

need to be changed when it’s something that you’ve lived around every day for years. “I can provide any farmer in the province with free safety advice, a walkaround, just that pair of eyes. I’m not making anybody do anything, it’s just advice, that’s all it is,” she explained.

Although spring is the start of the busy seasons, Marjerison noted that it only takes a moment to consider your safety.

“Take that time to think about the job. Talk to anybody else that’s involved, [such as hired workers]. Sometimes it only needs a minute to actually look at something before you do it to think, ‘no that’s not the best way’. Just try and take the time to actually think about safety elements of getting the job done,” Marjerison reiterated. “And it’s not necessarily the farmer’s primary thought, the thought is ‘we’ve got to get it done.’ But it’s just that extra minute, a little bit of a stand back, think about it, and it could make a difference.”

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner & Press

With spring drawing ever closer, so too is the time for seeding crops.

Last year was a considerably dry one, with lower yields than normal and higher uncertainty about the crops producers want to grow in the future.

A new year inevitably brings new trends and with last year’s unfortunate drought, many producers will likely make changes to be prepared for the worst. Local seed companies Court Seeds and Tonn Seeds shared some of the trends they are seeing already and some they’re expecting to see this year.

Soybeans on the decline Both companies noted that the amount of soybean crops, which had been rising in the past, is now going back down because of dryer conditions in the last few years.

Soybeans were increasingly being used as a way to break up canola cycles, in order to keep diseases

from developing on the lands, they also grow well in wet conditions, which meant they were a good alternative for the wetter years.

“Over the past 10 years, soybean acres have been slowly increasing every year, as they’ve offered good returns and an opportunity to diversify crop rotations. The dry weather in 2018 resulted in a lot of disappointing yields, and along with uncertainty in the grain markets, has led producers to re-evaluate their rotations,” Tracy Court, of Court Seeds, explained.

“The past two years of dry weather, plus the tough harvest in 2018, have put a question mark beside soybeans for a lot of producers,” Todd Tonn, of Tonn Seeds, added. “I know that some are dropping soys completely and a lot are cutting back their acres somewhat. The question has to be, what do you replace those acres with, canola?”

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Canola a continual staple Both Court and Tonn noted that canola is one of the staple crops to which farmers have been returning, as dry years tend to be better for canola yields. However, despite the pros, there are some cons to canola that farmers need to keep in mind. “[Canola is] an option for sure, but let’s keep in mind [diseases, such as] sclerotinia, blackleg and the dreaded clubroot,” Tonn noted. “A few years ago, soybeans were taking off because people thought we needed a rotation and canola was getting hammered with some wet summers. I guess one last thing to keep in mind with canola is that there are a lot of excellent varieties out there that have clubroot resistance. As a precaution, grow these varieties at least on your acres that have tight canola rotation.”

Growers looking for consistency Aside from canola, another trend the seed sellers are seeing is an increase in hardier grains that have consistent yields.

“Wheat acres seem fairly consistent, but we’ve seen a switch away from ‘specialty’ wheats, such as winter wheat, CPSR, CNHR, in favour of hard red spring wheats,” Court noted.

Tonn agreed, stating that the hard red spring wheats are one of the staples that

many farmers are leaning back on. “On the wheat side, AAC Brandon [a hard red spring wheat] is still the king, taking a large percentage of the acres,” Tonn said. “This variety has just been doing so consistently well over the past few years that folks have no reason to change.”

Shortage of feed in 2018 Another notable increase has been in feed grains and forage for livestock, another product of the dry 2018 conditions. “A lot of livestock producers had to start feeding earlier than usual this year and this has created a lot of demand and higher prices for feed grains,” Court said. “For this reason, we have seen strong, early demand for high yielding barley and oat varieties, and certain varieties are virtually sold out within Manitoba,” she added.

Tonn saw more of an increase in the forage crops side of livestock feed. “With 2018 being so dry, a lot of forage stands had disappointing yields. In most situations, only the newer stands had close to normal yields. With this in mind, we are seeing large sales in seed for new crop forage establishments,” Tonn noted. He continued, “There are newer alfalfa varieties out there that will do better in dry conditions, others that will take animal traffic better, we also have salt tolerant varieties. The forage scene has evolved

significantly over the past 10 years, so that is something to look at to keep the livestock fed, heading down the road.”

While farmers are adapting their crops for the weather patterns, the seed producers are also adapting their product to be more reliable year over year, creating seeds that the local sellers are eager to offer to their customers. “We are always looking at new and improved products and varieties to bring to our customers,” Tonn expressed.

“This coming spring, we will be starting production on several new products that we hope to have out in the next year or two. AAC Starbuck Wheat has higher protein, better yield and lower fusarium scores than current varieties out there. AB Cattlelac Barley is a new six row forage type that grain yields very well with tall, strong straw for great forage potential. Plus there are three new oat varieties, all that grain yield very well, plus one of which has fabulous forage volume. We also have a couple of new, early maturing soybean varieties that we will be doing some trial work on, with the plan to bring at least one of these forward in 2020 as an early season replacement on the market.”

Court also highlighted one of their new products, which she believes is a key addition to the lineup, “In fall of 2018, we added Hybrid Fall Rye to our product lineup. This product offers all the same

benefits of conventional fall rye, with substantially higher yields and less straw.

There is also the opportunity to market this crop through production contracts, which guarantee the producer set delivery periods and prices for a portion of the crop. Hybrid Fall Rye is a truly unique product for farmers looking to diversify their rotations and spread their workload and risk,” she explained.

Overall, the trends this year seem to indicate that farmers are being very cautious with their 2019 crops and planning for the worst, as it’s hard to anticipate the growing conditions this year will bring.

The seed companies have responded to the demand for reliability by offering products that are hardier and produce consistent yields. “I think it is too early to determine whether the dry conditions experienced in 2018 will carry into the new crop, but it has certainly depleted ground water resources. Without adequate rainfall, the effects of the drought will be much more severe this year, as the plant won’t have a supply of groundwater to pull from,” Court explained. “In general, 2018 has created a lot of uncertainty among producers. Unpredictable markets and a pullback in yields have left many people uncertain about their crop rotations and looking at ways to cut their production costs,” she concluded.

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