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Lions Club members from across the province recent ly endu red t he icy chill of winter for a very worthy cause. The annual Lions Eye Bank Journey for Sight passed t h rough Neepawa on Saturday, Jan. 19. In total, 17 club members arrived at the Neepawa Dairy Queen at 1:00 p.m, braving temperatures of -30 degrees celsius. While in the community, the group was presented a donation from the Neepawa Prairie Mountain Snow Drifters.

This year’s Jour ney began in Flin Flon on Jan. 15 and culminated in Brandon on Jan. 19, with an awards presentation and dinner. As of Sunday, Jan. 20, unofficial total raised for this year’s event was $34,700 and the official tally will be announced shortly. To date, more than $2,000,000 has been raised by the Journey for Sight event.

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(Top picture) 17 Lions arrived in Neepawa on Saturday Jan. 19, as part of the Journey for Sight fundraising event. (On right) Roy Globak, of the Neepawa Prairie Mountain Snow Drifters ,presents a donation to the Lions Club president Tom Borsa. Afterwards, Globack guided the riders down local trails towards the culmination of their Journey to Brandon.

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Sandy Bay members pursuing careers in meat industry Graduates finding work at plants across Manitoba and beyond

By Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner & Press Now approaching the completion of its second year of operation, the Sandy Bay First Nation Meat Cutting Training Program has a record of success that is catching the attention of the meat industry. The program has graduated over 100 students, according to Cathy Spence, program director for Sandy Bay Assets.

In an interview with the Neepawa Banner & Press, Spence said, “It took a while to get it going, to get the community involved in the process. Once one person in a family takes the course, another person thinks maybe they can do it too. If they leave the community,

they have to find housing and then work for a while, so they can move their family.

I know that about 50-60 community members are working at different meat plants and stores.”

Spence said, “Len Tardiff [who is the head instructor] is a Godsend who goes above and beyond the call of duty.” Tardiff, of Polonia, said in an interview with the Neepawa Banner & Press, “Students have found employment at HyLife at Neepawa, Maple Leaf in Brandon and many other plants around the province.”

One student has even found his way to Rankin Inlet with Northern Stores and others are with Winkler Meats and East 40 Packers.

The course is operated

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The Sandy Bay community has a specially built plant to give students hands-on training in meat processing.

under the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy and Cori Lynne Mousseau is the meat cutting coordinator.

The first year of the course was supported by the federal

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agency Service Canada, but funding is now from several sources, as well as from selling meat products to community members.

Spence said that students sign up and get tested by Assiniboine Community College (ACC). They are short-listed and usually 16 per course are selected. Then they are fitted for all the necessary safety equipment and clothing. The students take a two week life skills course before taking a one week course in health and safety training. There is a three week course in essential life skills to brush up on math

and reading skills. Then they actually begin the hands-on process of meat cutting in the specially built plant, a fully operational meat cutting facility located at Sandy Bay First Nation. This portion of the course lasts eight weeks. The equipment and processing is just like any other modern meat plant.

Spence said some drop out at various stages of the course.

The slaughtered hogs are supplied by Prairie Abattoir of Portage.

Jeremy Janzen, Director of Human Resources at Neepawa’s HyLife Foods pork plant said, “We have always had employees from Sandy Bay, but now we have about 25.” The employees commute daily to Neepawa by way of passenger vans. Janzen said he was very impressed with the employees and with the relationship with Sandy Bay Chief Lance Roulette.

W h i le HyL i fe h a s employed hundreds of Te m p o r a r y Fo r e i g n Workers (TFW), they have always followed the federal government mandate to hire Canadian workers first. In fact, in order to get

TFW permits, a company has to prove that they have recruited as much as possible from the domestic employee pool.

Spence empha si zed that the grads have to apply for jobs and go for an interview. “They don’t have special consideration at any workplace. A positive spin for our community members is that family and friends are encouraged to apply if they see the graduate secure employment and are off social [assistance] and are able to support their families.”

Ben Welsh is Credential Coordinator with Continuing Services at Assiniboine Community College. ACC oversees the course and Welsh said, “The school has been a great success, an ongoing partnership between Sandy Bay and ACC.” He added, “HyLife was very supportive in the design of the plant and as an employer of the graduates. A lot of positives around this initiative and it’s a future-changer for our students.” The seventh class is about to graduate in February.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS If you are a member of Beautiful Plains Credit Union and a community minded individual who is looking for ways to contribute to the future of your credit union, we have a role for you.

The Nominating Committee of Beautiful Plains Credit Union are calling for candidates to fill the role of director for election to the Board of Directors prior to its annual meeting April 10, 2019.

While an individual Director will each bring various skills and experience to the Board, no one director is an expert in all fields, it is the Board as a whole that provides overall direction and governance oversight to Beautiful Plains Credit Union.

If you are an owner/member of Beautiful Plains Credit Union interested in the continued success of your credit union consider this call by January 31, 2019.

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Minnedosa takes the spotlight

By Cassandra Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

Minnedosa has taken to the spotlight in the form of a nice hot cup of java. Just last week, on Jan. 15, Travel Manitoba published the article “11 java joints you should give a shot”. Highlighted there was Minnedosa’s very own Farmhouse 50, owned by Meaghan Cann.

For those who may not know, Farmhouse 50 opened at the end of June in 2018, after Cann and her husband, Jamie, purchased and renovated the old “Chipperfield” building that May. “I fell in love with our building the moment I set foot in it!” Cann enthused.

“It just beamed with potential with all its character and 100-year-old history!”

Since opening, the cafe and storehouse has built up a wide demographic that ranges in age and location.

This provides the cafe with fantastic support from local patrons, surrounding communities and even from those who live several hours away.

Cann has previous experience working in a cafe, but has never owned a cafe or storefront before. However, her desire for an excellent, quality cup of coffee or delicious latte has aided in her desire to hold the cafe to a high standard in quality.

“My husband and myself, along with our staff, were

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Farmhouse 50 looks like the place to be for coffee and a treat! The Minnedosa business was recently highlighted by Travel Manitoba as one of eleven must-try java joints in Manitoba. Pictured: Cafe owner Meaghan Cann is ready to dish out a rather tasty looking, organic cinnamon bun.

very flattered to be named one of the top 11 coffee hot spots in Manitoba,” Cann expressed. “ As a coffee lover myself, I personally know of several wonderful coffee shops all over the province - so to be spotlighted in this article is a big accomplishment for us. To think that our small business in our little prairie town gained that type of recognition is extremely gratifying.”

With Farmhouse 50 garnering this attention, Cann and the staff are hoping to draw more tourism to the charming community and create an attractive destination for travellers both near

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“We strive to work together with other local business and community groups in order to help put Minnedosa on the tourism map. I believe the more local attractions we can create for vacationers, the more likely our quaint town is able to thrive and grow.” Cann elaborated, “I definitely believe this type of recognition will reach some potential travellers and explorers and possibly

make them consider making Minnedosa a destination in their travels. I believe we are lucky to live in such a beautiful community - in fact, my husband and I love it so much that we recently bought a home here and moved our family in order to be more involved in this community!”

Cann added that she was happy to have Travel Manitoba consider Farmhouse 50 as a possibility of being a part of their article.

“I am thrilled to know that we are able to provide such wonderful service and goods to our patrons and we will continue to do so in the future.” Cann stated.

This isn’t the first time Minnedosa has been singled out by the Manitoba agency.

On Nov. 29, 2017, Minnedosa was also listed as one of five must-visit “outrageously charming towns” in Manitoba. Attractions highlighted at that time included the Minnedosa Lake, Minnedosa Museum and Heritage Village and the Rotary Suspension Bridge.

Now it seems that Farmhouse 50 can safely be added to that list of star attractions for coffee and baked-goodie lovers alike.

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ArtsForward saw a packed house of 90 people for their fundraiser concert on Friday, Jan. 18. Those in attendance enjoyed selections from Farmery Brewery, which sponsored the event, and the musical talents of Steinbach band Poets & Lies. The total number of funds raised amounted to a $1,000 profit. The money will be used to provide programs to the community.

Pictured on stage (left to right) are band members Adam Young (guitar), Amanda Von Riesen (vocals) and Jon Mushaluk (bass).

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by Chad Carpenter

When reality sets in

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he federal government is cutting a special carbon tax deal with New Brunswick.

Seems that a coke-fired electrical plant in that province will be exempt from almost all the new carbon tax, because it will be closed in a few years. This is the kind of “Pretzel Policy” governments bring in when faced with economic and political reality. I don’t think there is a hope that coal-fired or coke-fired plants will be eliminated by 2030, or whenever.

The cost of new hydro is enormous. New hydro generation has almost bankrupted Manitoba Hydro and Manitoba itself. Manitoba Hydro could have generated gas and coal powered electricity (at Brandon and Selkirk) for a fraction of what the last two northern dams and Bi-Pole III line cost. The NDP refused to face economic reality on this issue, but they did face political reality and they are now down to about 10 MLAs and more jumping ship all the time.

Prime Minister Trudeau will cut special deals everywhere he can to stay in power. He knows, or he should know, that the thousands of voters that went Liberal in the last election just to get past the pot legislation hurdle will return to the CPC, NDP or simply not vote. When the last election was analyzed on a poll-by-poll basis and then lined up with coffee shop talk, it became apparent that a lot of traditional Conservative and NDP switched their vote to Liberal.

Some new voters went Liberal as well on this single issue. There were three groups who voted for pot– the hard core pot users, the ones who felt it was time to legalize it and tax it and the ones who just gave up and voted for it so the issue would go away. Only the first group of people are loyal Liberals, that is if they remember to vote.

The pot issue, be it right or wrong, was settled at the ballot box. Whether there will be a long neepawa

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RIGHT IN THE CENTRE

Ken Waddell term net benefit to Canada by legalizing pot remains to be seen, but the ballot box issue portion of the debate is in the past. With that in mind, the Liberals have to try and appease the public on other issues. Hence the “Pretzel Policy” on carbon pricing. Faced with voter alienation and backed up by the harsh fact that carbon taxes could actually shut down some power generation, stark reality is setting in. The carbon tax is simply a tax grab that may or may not reduce carbon emissions.

If governments really wanted to switch our environment over to a greener landscape, there are many better ways to do so.

As I have said many times in the past, handling of garbage and recycling in Canada is pretty much a joke. In order for recycling to work, a major overhaul is needed. Tin and aluminum cans need to all have a 10 cent premium and the premium has to be retrievable, at least to some extent, by the person or persons participating in the recycling stream. Until there is a financial incentive to recycle, at each step in the process, the industry will never be successful. Garbage and recyclables will continue to pollute our land, and worse yet, our oceans, until the many problems in the industry are worked out.

Ultimately, the worst parts of the garbage stream will never be recyclable, except as a fuel source for a clean burn energy production system. A clean burn system, with a proper ash recovery method

worked into it, is far better than dumping material in a landfill or the ocean. Let’s face it, calling humans pigs is a disservice to pigs.

We want to get rid of waste material and get it out of sight and out of mind as quickly as we can. When we face that, along with the fact that we are basically lazy, we will have moved a long way towards an environmentally friendlier system.

The biggest problem with garbage and recycling in Manitoba is that it is very fragmented. There is no coordination of the process.

For recycling to work, it has to be kept out of the garbage stream. It can’t be gathered in the standard garbage crusher trucks. Gathering recycling has to be localized. The people who actually do the recycling have to be actually rewarded for diverting waste to recycling. Be it cardboard, paper, tin, aluminum, whatever, it has to have some sort of incentive. Ever try to get fluorescent light bulbs recycled? Pretty nearly impossible, isn’t it?

There is lots of work to do on carbon taxes, carbon emissions and the political will to change how we do things. A simple carbon tax on fuel isn’t going to cut it. We must not let the politicians off the hook with band-aid, useless policies.

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rom farm to fork, a lot of food is lost along the journey. A recently released study found that close to 60 per cent of food produced in Canada is wasted. Not only was the sheer amount surprising, so too was the source of that waste. Previously, consumers were believed to be the major contributors to food waste, but that might not be the case.

While previous research has looked into food waste in Canada, it hasn’t been able to exam- MY ine the probPERSPECTIVE lem throughout the production chain, instead, relying on estimates. This re- Kate port, called the Jackman-Atkinson Avoidable Crisis in Food Waste, was able to work with companies along the value chain to get accurate measures of food waste, in weight. They were also able to interview more than 700 food industry experts to better understand why food never makes it to consumers’ plates. The study’s lead author was Martin Gooch, the chief executive of Value Chain Management International, who has authored other studies on this topic, including those that previously found consumers to be responsible for most food waste. Second Harvest, a food charity, partnered with Gooch on the study.

The study found that food processing was the largest contributor to waste, being responsible for about 34 per cent of the 35.5 million metric tonnes wasted each year. It was followed by production (24 per cent), manufacturing (13 per cent), retail (4 per cent) and distribution (2 per cent). Institutions, restaurants and hotels were responsible for 9 per cent of waste and households, previously believed to account for about 51 per cent food waste, were only responsible for 14 per cent.

Food loss can be unavoidable, such as bones from meat processing, or avoidable, such as a bruised apple not being purchased at a grocery store. We’re mostly concerned with avoidable food loss, which amounts to about 32 per cent, or 11.2 million metric tonnes annually.

There are lots of reasons why food never reaches consumers: farmers will discard fruit or vegetables that don’t look perfect; products are discarded because of overly conservative best before dates and processors are worried about the potential liability of food donations. However, there are multiple ways to divert food from the landfill, including reduction at the source, redistribution to address hunger, reuse (such as feeding to animals) or recycling (such as bio-fuel). Despite this, most lost food ends up in landfills.

Tackling this problem is important on a number of fronts. The first of which is that while many Canadians have little experience with food insecurity, that’s not the case for the four million Canadians who have insufficient access to food. It’s estimated that less than 20 per cent of food waste is redirected to help feed these Canadians. Despite challenges of distance and logistics, we aren’t diverting nearly enough food that could be consumed.

Curbing this avoidable food loss is also important from an economic point of view. The annual value of avoidable food loss is $49.5 billion. To put this number in perspective, the report points out that this is 51.8 percent of the money Canadians spent on food at retail stores in Canada in 2016. That value of food would feed almost every person in Canada for close to five months. Along the value chain, huge amounts of value are just disappearing. Surely companies and individuals would benefit from improved efficiency.

There’s also the issue of opportunity costs. There’s only so much capacity to grow, harvest, transport, process and sell food, yet we are using about half of that capacity to produce food for the landfill. What could that capacity otherwise be used to produce?

Food waste can never be completely eliminated, but surely we can do better. Now that we know what the problem is, there’s no excuse to do otherwise.

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The real boss

he real boss in our house is a 45-pound brown mixed breed female canine (dog) who goes by the name of Kia. Yes, her name is the same as that of the automobile, but she is not a Sedona or Sportage. She can be a bit of a pain at times, but that’s about all.

We adopted Kia just over a year ago. She is a rescue dog who, we were told, was just about three years old. So she came with her own set of likes, dislikes and habits (some good– some bad). She had to adjust to life in our house. We also had to adjust to life in her world– after, of course, we figured out what that world was.

It only took her six hours to identify her domain, assert herself as its master and make sure that every other being (human, animal and bird) knew that there was a new being on the block and that in her yard, she was the boss.

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pened in the house. We quickly learned that Kia insists on an “open door policy;” so that she can barge into any room (including the bathroom) at any time (including when someone is using the bathroom) for any reason whatever. Most of the time, her only desire is to make sure everyone in the house is alive and well; but there are times when she wants something and she will lose no time in letting us know that.

Her demands are very simple. She wants to be fed twice a day. She wants to be let out of the house when she wants out, not when it’s convenient for us. She loves rides in the car– at least once a day and for at

least 15 or 20 minutes. And she has an inner alarm that goes off whenever a bird, squirrel, dog or cat is close to our property.

As for other people, our neighbours are free to come and go as they please. Regular visitors to our home are likewise welcomed. Anyone else is greeted with a loud chorus of barking. That’s Kia’s way of letting them know that she will not tolerate any threats to the health and well-being of the people who share her domain with her.

Kia is the third dog that our family has adopted since we became a family.

The other two died after living long and happy lives and we remember them

fondly to this day. Kia’s personality is different, but she displays the same love and devotion to her family that our other dogs displayed. She is happiest when we are home. She knows if one of us is sick.

She insists on saying “good bye” when I leave for work and greeting me when I get home. When everyone is safely home and in bed, she will make her way to her chair, lay down on her blanket and go to sleep. Her work, for that day, is done.

The unconditional love of a pet for its family reminds me of the unconditional love of God for us.

God’s love never fails. He cares about us. He cares for us. He gives us all that we need to survive and thrive in a society that is not always as loving and caring as it should be. And when we fail or get into trouble, God comes to our aid, grants us his forgiveness and helps us get back on our feet and get on with life. There is no greater love than this.

Inspiration comes in many ways

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t is amazing how many inspirational quotes fill the universe, in books, on Facebook, whole books, and in casual conversation. A collection of words, assembled in the right way, presented in the right manner at the right time can be life changing, earth shattering, mind blowing.

Words are my forte and I have an extensive collection of them. Sometimes I even offer a spontaneous and creative inspirational quote in my causal conversation. This week, the quote that stopped me, caused me to ref lect and take stock is simple, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

I was taught that in church school, was given a wooden ruler by the CocoCola company in grade school with these words emblazoned on it, and find the concept in the tenets of most world religions, faiths, creeds. Still need to be reminded of it!

HOMEBODIES Rita Friesen Music inspires me as well. I contemplated presenting an entire Sunday morning service of music.

Hymns of praise, confession, adoration, petition and assurance. Someone, somewhere, has captured human emotions and set them to music, music that calms, inspires and corrects. It does not have to be a hymn or church music that inspires me. Louis Armstrong rumbling out What a Wonderful World moves me. Moves me to singing along!

And looking at the world with kinder eyes. A child learning an instrument, struggling with Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, or Mary had a Little Lamb, inspires me. The courage and dedication to express

oneself with music is inspiring. And then there are those who, with practice, have the gift of composing words and music, adding to the store of notes that fill the air and our hearts.

May it always be so.

Art takes so many forms and the artist that captures life and emotions with pencil and brush inspire me. To be honest, I’d rather view a work that I can recognize than some of the abstract works, but that’s just me. The Dutch painters captured the use of light and colour that stops me f lat in my tracks, seeing the ordinary in an extraordinary way. And that is inspiration.

Pe o ple i n s pi r e me.

Watching my great grandkids in a way I never

watched my children or grandchildren, though they all are mighty inspiring! I have more time, and I know, in part, how quickly time passes; to see the babe begin to recognize faces, then respond to sounds, to explore their world and then they are off and running. The seniors in my life inspire me; fonts of wisdom and knowledge, resilient and adaptable, courageous and brave, maintaining humour, love and devotion. Inspiring.

The generations of the past and the future, opening my eyes and heart to wonder, that’s inspiring.

Another great source of inspiration is the wonder of creation. I love the outdoors and know that even when I walk the same path every day, if I look, I will see something new and different. Beauty and strength, fragility and tenacity, in the smallest flower and the tallest tree. And the sky! Ever changing, as am I.

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By Addy Oberlin t is time to sit down and start answering the letters I received at Christmas time. I promised myself that whoever wrote me a letter, I would write back. A New Year’s resolution maybe? I appreciated so much to receive the letters and the thought occurred to me that everybody likes to receive correspondence and not everyone likes working on a computer.

Even the Bible is one big letter. God appointed people to write down what He dictated. People with different careers wrote in their own style. Matthew was a tax collector, Luke was a doctor. They highlight different aspects in their letters. John wrote in John 21:25 that Jesus did many other things than what was written down, but the world would not have room for the books that would be written.

We do not all need to write books, but maybe we should go back to send a letter to a family member or a friend.

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We are on the go again– South, to the land down under. Australia boasts some of the world’s most beautiful natural wonders of the world. This large island has a whopping 35,877 kilometres of coastline, featuring some of the world’s best surfing spots. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system and is ideal for snorkeling and diving.

Many animal species that live here are not found anywhere else in the world. Animals, such as the platypus, kangaroos, echidnas (spiny anteaters), koalas, Tasmanian devils, wombats, dingoes, bilbies (marsupials), wallabies, goanna (monitor lizards), the inland taipan (the world’s most venomous snake), kookaburra, emus and the Sydney funnel-web spider (without a doubt the deadliest spider in Australia and possibly the world), are only some of the unique species that reside in Australia. From tropical rainforests, thundering waterfalls, sparkling gorges, wine growing regions and the Great Ocean Road Drive, Australia is a diverse country to explore.

Whoops, I almost forgot the famous outback that contains 6.5 million square kilometres with several climate zones and a wide range of temperatures. In the centre of the outback, is the heritage listed Uluru Rock (formerly known as Ayers Rock), the largest stone in the world. Uluru stands at an incredible 348 meters tall and is surrounded by desert. The hardy hunter/gatherer Aborigines believe the rock is sacred and is where the spirits of their ancestors reside. In 1985, the Australian government returned this land back to the Aboriginal peoples.

Also of note, Australia is one of the few countries that don’t mind eating their emblem animals. Kangaroo snags (sausages) cooked on the barbie or emu pies anyone? Vegemite, one of several yeast extracts sold in Australia, is an Australian icon. It is made from leftover brewers’ yeast extract and various vegetables and spices. It is very dark reddish-brown in colour and one of the richest known sources of Vitamin B. It is thick like peanut butter, very salty and let’s just say that it is an acquired taste! A Vegemite sandwich to an Australian kid is the equivalent of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to a Canadian kid.

If you are not into Vegemite sandwiches, try Fairy Bread. It is made of white bread slices covered with butter and topped with multi-coloured “hundreds and thousands”—the Australian term for sprinkles.

A British colony for more than 200 years, Australia has many British influenced dishes, including meat pies, fish and chips, roast lamb, Cornish pasties, shepherd’s pie and Bakewell tarts. Over the years, Australia has been influenced by the cooking styles of the various people who have arrived on its shores. Overall, Australians are very laid back people, who love their footy and have some very original sayings and slang. My favorite “a few roos loose in the top paddock,” means someone not very bright or slightly crazy.

Lamingtons Lamingtons, pieces of white cake dipped in a sweet chocolate frosting and then rolled in flakes of coconut, are very popular in Australia. Charities have what are called “Lamington Drives” for fundraising.

Icing: 2 cups flour White cake: 3 1/2 cups icing sugar 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 cup shortening 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 cup sugar 2 Tbsp. butter, melted 2 cups shredded coconut for 2 eggs 1/2 cup warm milk dipping 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup milk In a mixing bowl, beat the shortening until fluffy. Add the sugar and beat together until creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat again. Stir in the milk. To the flour, add the baking powder and salt. Add this to the creamed mix and beat 2 minutes. Pour into a lightly greased and floured 9x13” pan and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 35-40 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Let cool 5 minutes and turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Make sure the cake is set up before cutting. When cool, cut into 24 squares. Make icing by mixing the icing sugar and cocoa together. Add the melted butter and milk. Mix well. Place wax paper on counter and place a wire rack over. Put coconut into a bowl. Using a fork, dip the cake pieces into the icing making sure to coat all sides. Roll into the coconut. Place on the wire rack.

Adelaide pasties I love pasties. I was introduced to them in England. At noon, the bake shops had fresh from the oven pasties. I try to get soft wheat flour when I make these, as that is what they use there. It gives the dough a different taste and texture. I have made them with our all-purpose flour as well. My son spent time in Australia and when I asked him about the food there, the first thing he said was “pasties.”

1 cup pumpkin or turnip, 1/3 cup cold water Pastry: finely diced Filling: 2 1/2 cups flour plus extra 1/2 lb. steak, finely chopped 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, diced for rolling or 2 tsp dried 1 small onion, finely diced 1/2 tsp. dry mustard 1 tsp. prepared horseradish 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup cold butter or 2 small potatoes, peeled and 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper 1 beaten egg for glaze finely chopped shortening In a bowl, add the flour, dry mustard and salt. Using a pastry blender, process butter into the flour until crumbly. Add water a little at a time until the mixture comes together and forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate. Prepare filling by adding steak, onions, garlic, potatoes, pumpkin or turnip and parsley together. Mix in the horseradish, salt and pepper. Roll out the dough, cutting out six circles using a saucer as guide. Divide the filling between the six circles, placing it in the middle of each circle. Glaze the edge of the circles with egg and bring the edges together to form a half circle. Crimp the two edges together to create a tight seal. Brush each pasty with the remaining beaten egg. With a fork, poke small holes on top of each. This prevents steam from building up and splitting the dough. On a baking sheet, bake at 400°F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake 20 minutes longer or until golden brown.

500 kilometre hike to benefit Miles for Mental Health Submitted Miles for Mental Health The Neepawa Miles for Mental Health (MMH) committee is excited to announce the launch of Pieter’s 500! Rey and Ineke Mack will be hiking the Pieterpad in the Netherlands, in memory of Ineke’s brother, Pieter deKoning, who died in 2008.

Pieter struggled with serious mental and physical health issues his entire life. The hike that Rey and Ineke are embarking

on is approximately 500 kilometres; it starts in Pieterpad and ends in St. Pietersberg. The hike begins in April and will take four to five weeks to complete.

Pieter’s 500 is an opportunity to raise awareness and funds for mental health programs in our community. Pledge sheets (hard copy and online) will be available in March at several locations in Neepawa, as well as Souris, which was Pieter’s home community. Those wishing to

support can purchase one kilometre for $5 or a segment (approximately 20 kilometres) for $100. Progress reports will be posted on the MMH website and on social media.

Plans are developing regarding prizes and incent ives. A l l proceeds will be donated to Miles for Mental Health. The committee is very excited about Pieter’s 500! Watch for further details!

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Eileen Clarke returning as PC Gladstone quilt guild provides Christmas cheer candidate for upcoming election

By Eoin Devereux

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The Progressive Conservative Party has decided ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ when it comes to who represents them in the Agassiz constituency.

O n We d ne s d ay, Ja n .

16 , m e m b e r s o f t h e constituency organization selected Eileen Clarke to re present t hem i n the upcoming provincial election. Along with being a representative of the PC party, Clarke has also ser ved as the Agassiz MLA since winning the 2016 provincial election.

In an interview with the Banner & Press, Clarke thanked the PC Party for this vote of confidence. “ I ’m g l a d t h at t he nominat ion procedure has happened and it’s over. Certainly, this was a much easier nomination

process compared to the last one, no doubt. Not the same pressures or the stress moving forward.

The nomination confirms that I am the [PC Party] candidate for the 2020 election,” said Clarke.

“Thanks to Agassiz Constituency for giving me the opportunity to be their PC Party candidate for the 2020 provincial election. I look forward to meeting all the residents, both old and new within our electoral boundaries.”

Ready for realignment Heading into the next e le c t ion , C l a rke w i l l be seeking the support of some new voters, as t he c on s t it uenc y h a s gone through a slight alteration. The redrawing of the electoral ridings now me a n s t h a t t he communities of Alonsa and

McCreary have joined the Dauphin district; while Treherne, formerly of the M id land const ituency, now joins Agassiz. Clarke said that she’s looking for wa rd to meet i ng residents within our new electoral boundaries. She also noted the transition should be a positive one.

“With the realignment of the constituency, this gives us an opportunity to work together in areas that are new to Agassiz w it h [ M id l a nd M L A Blaine Pedersen] already serving the area. I think it’ll be a nice smooth transition as the changes to Agassiz are not as dramatic as some other areas.”

In 2016, Clarke won the Agassiz seat by garnering about 75 per cent of the ballots cast.

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Members of the Gladstone-based Pins’n’Pals Quilt Guild filled and distributed 50 Christmas bags to the residents of Third Crossing Manor on Dec. 19. Thank you to all the service groups, individuals and businesses who contributed to this project. The residents enjoyed the visits and goodies. Pictured (left to right) are Kay West, Isabelle Carruthers, Leslie Boden, Gloria Fullford, Fran Poroski and Marlene Fisher.

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1969: Neepawa’s Salt Plant soon a sight to be missed

By Cassandra Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

110 years ago, Tuesday, January 26, 1909 The Press has drawn attention at different times within the past year to events which indicated that Neepawa was destined to become something of a railway centre. That feeling is growing in the public.

In fact, it can no longer be doubted; for there are now a hundred people in town whose residence depends on CNR employment.

100 years ago, Tuesday, January 21, 1919 A further extension of the armistice has been agreed to with Germany.

The troopship Protesilans, with Canadian soldiers, has arrived at Vladivostok.

Italy has another cabinet cr i s i s over proposed territorial allotments by the peace conference.

Marshall Foch declares t hat t he R hine must henceforth be the western boundary of Germany.

Announcement is made that the Grand Trunk Pacific lines are to be taken over by the Canadian Government.

The skilled German mechanic rarely earns more than $5 a day. Recently, a ham sold in Berlin for $130 and eggs at 75 cents apiece. A very ordinary meal costs $15.

Alberta Liberals had a convention in Calgary last week and demanded transfer of the natural resources from federal to provincial control; also tariff reductions and free land for returned soldiers.

Pro-German newspaper correspondents have been summarilychokedoffatParis.

One mischievous dispatch filed for transmission to the United States was stopped by the French government and shown to President Wilson who pronounced it “abominable falsehood.”

Alex Coulter, a former resident of Birnie, was a weekend visitor with his cousin, Andrew Graham, and proceeded to Ochre River yesterday. Mr. Coulter has just returned from military service overseas and is hunting up old friends en route to Saskatoon, the place of enlistment.

90 years ago, Friday, January 25, 1929 We expect to have electric lights installed [in the Rat Lake area] in the near future.

L ady A stor says, “Personally, I don’t care who a man is. I don’t care

G e r m a n y ’s l e a d i n g financier and president of the Reichbank, has been dismissed by Hitler. Walther Funk, economics minister, will fill the position. He is a www.neepawapress.com • August 26, 2015 • Page 11 Nazi extremist.

New political and financial offensives, international and domestic, by Hitler and his Nazi leaders are foreseen 80 years ago,

by London diplomatic Tuesday, NEEPAWA, MB. Aug 19, 2015 - A new initiative Natives board member Cam Tibbett said that within nerships with area farmers to not only promote observers as an outcome of January 24, 1939 from the Neepawa Natives junior ‘A’ hockey club is the next few days, farms within a 20 kilometre radius positive influences of farm families on the commu upheaval inregion’s German A Canadian Legion thereaching out to the agricultural industry. Har- of Neepawa will receive a letter outlining the Harvest but also ensuring the hockey organization is ab www.neepawapress.com • August 26, 2015thrive • Pagein11 the coming seasons,” said Cathcart. vest for Hockey is a project where local farm families for Hockey concept. circles. branch is to be formed at official are being asked has to donate a portion of their crop to “This is something the team is very excited about.

The crop donation being pursued for the inaug Great Britain received Minnedosa. help support the operations of the club.

We’ve mailed out details to farms across the region. Harvest for Hockey project is canola. The plan i Germany The premier of Japan has notice As partfrom of the donation, all participating farmers and Neepawa and surrounding area has a vibrant farming farmers, who have committed to donating an am PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PRESS ARCHIVES f i rimmediate m i ng families t he Na zibe recognized on sig- community, so it’s very important for the team threatened “extermination” con their would to exof bushels, toBANNER contact&the club during harvest. plore options for making partnerships with farmers,” team will then drive to the field in a rented truck nage at the Yellowhead Arena, as well as online on the The beautiful, billowing clouds of vapor rising from the Neepawa Salt Plant’s of those who persist in government’s determination team website. The Neepawa Natives are also planning said Tibbett. the farmer can use their hopper to donate the prefe onTeam a Cam crisp, frosty morning had become a long-familiar sight to achieve opposition to his country. NEEPAWA, MB. Augequality 19, 2015 -with newthe initiativecooling Natives vats board member Tibbett said thatwinter within nerships with area farmers to not only promote the a Harvest for Hockey Agame night early in the 2015general manager Myles Cathcart said it’s very amount of canola. positive influences of farm families on the a community from the Neepawa Natives junior ‘A’ hockey club is the next few days, farms within a 20 kilometre radius British navy in submarines The Czechoslovakian by 1969.

It was set for closure around the same time (Jan. 24) year later. season, where would important foroutlining the hockey team to but establish a stronger If organization anyone is interested reaching out2016 to the MJHL region’s regular agricultural industry.

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Tuesday, Britain and the United States selling at ofthe A.C.A Opera House had been 2016 MJHL season, wherepower the clubinwould important for the hockey team to establish a stronger If anyone is interested in becoming a Harvest for Italyregular the dominant January 27, 1959 in refusing to recognize the National Sale.

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30 years ago, [Note: The closure was due to Corsica or elsewhere.

Czechoslovakia.

Tuesday, changes affecting leisure activities, German Jews are now 50 years ago, The Spanish government January 24, 1989 Friday, is paying the fares to Canada forbidden to be artisans, Longtime residents of such as the arrival of television, January 24, 1969 of more than 500 Canadians, retailers, dealers in real estate, Neepawa may recall the which made maintaining interest By next year at this time, Roxy Theatre, originally difficult.] the last group of men who building superintendents, or enlisted from Canada on the to work in print shops or the Salt Plant will not be in built as the Neepawa Opera 20 years ago, Loyalist side in the civil war. banks. They may not own or operation, at least as a salt House, as one of Manitoba’s Monday, So long as Canada has drive cars, save hearses, and plant, and those who have olde st ent er t a i n ment January 25, 1999 its unemployment problem, the Jewish community must been accustomed to this sight establishments.

If all goes according to over the years will miss it. there will be no open door support its own indigent.

Constr uct ion began for political refugees in the in 1905 after the town’s plan, the Neepawa and 70 years ago, 40 years ago, Dominion, announces the first opera house had been District Game and Fish eepawa January, 1949 Thursday, secretary of state, Hon. destroyed by fire.Golf By early Association will introduce Nearly 200 fans turned January 25, 1979 Fernand Rinfret. spring following year, it ‘put and take’ fishing to the & the Country Club Whitemud River this spring.

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Fine-tuning the whole band

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There is a unique new attraction in Onanole, MB. A group of friends from the community near Octopus Lake decided to carve out a skating trail last November.

Sean Frey came up with the idea of shovelling out a small pond nearby. He contacted his friend, Perry Au, and soon the idea snowballed to include Sean’s wife and son, Perry’s wife, Emy Choy and interested neighbours. A student from Parks Canada, Allison Gray, came on board and fine tuned the design, which now depicts a bison lying down.

Chris Pugh of Pugh’s Septic Service became involved by providing photos and arranging aerial views using a drone. Perry posted the video on Facebook and was amazed to find it receive over 60,000 views.

Au said, “The skating trail covers 75 metres and has proved to be very popular.”

He added it all started because they thought that skating on trails and paths seemed more interesting than just shovelling out a large rink.

On Thursday, Jan. 17, Neepawa Area Collegiate was treated to a number of band clinics sponsored by the Neepawa and District Fine Arts Festival. Bill Kristjanson was present as adjudicator.

A Kaleidoscope of Melodies delights Neepawa

PHOTO BY JOHN DRINKWATER

On Saturday, Jan. 19, the Strathclair Theatre Chorus brought their show, A Kaleidoscope of Melodies, to the Neepawa United Church. The concert was a bonus performance in the Kaleidoscope Concert series this year.

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The team is an integral part of the operation of the Yellowhead Centre and the Neepawa community. This year, almost every player is either enrolled at NACI or is employed at a local business. For 30 years, the Neepawa Natives have been part of the Neepawa community and with continued community support we all look forward to a better future together.

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Hometown: Vista, MB Age: 18 Height: 5’10” Weight: 180 lbs.

Hometown: Rockwood, MB Age: 18 Height: 6’01” Weight: 173 lbs.

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Hometown: Neepawa, MB Age: 18 Height: 5’11” Weight: 165 lbs.

Hometown: Killarney, MB Age: 18 Height: 6’02” Weight: 200 lbs.

Hometown: Winnipeg, MB Age: 17 Height: 5’10” Weight: 160 lbs.

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The Neepawa Natives Junior “A’ Hockey Club thanks the community for their support. The young men pictured on these pages have gathered at Neepawa from all over North America to form the 2018-19 team. Over the years, 90 or more Neepawa Natives players have gone on to University, College and Professional hockey. Last year, all five graduating players went on to higher education and advanced their hockey careers.

The team is an integral part of the operation of the Yellowhead Centre and the Neepawa community. This year, almost every player is either enrolled at NACI or is employed at a local business. For 30 years, the Neepawa Natives have been part of the Neepawa community and with continued community support we all look forward to a better future together.

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Featured in Neepawa and area grief support Safe Work Manitoba program still going strong calendar

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press

New Beg innings, Ne e p aw a a nd a r e a’s bereavement and grief support program, is a very important group that few think about, until they need it. Many people don’t even know that there is a support group out there that can help them when they’ve experienced a significant loss in their life. Still, the group continues with some old efforts and is implementing some new ones to try to reach those who need them.

“Our objective is to help people through their loss and [help them] to see that there are other people that are going through the same thing, because people feel that they’re alone... and also that the things they are going through are quite normal,” explained Gladys Anderson, who is a member of the New Beginnings board. “But the biggest [obstacle] is people just don’t know who we are.”

Continuing long-time projects The New Beginnings board has officially been around for 20 years now.

It formed in 1999, after Rev. David Wilson, of the Knox Presbyterian Church, retired from doing support groups in 1997.

Since then, the group has been offering services which are still helpful.

One service that has been ongoing for many years is the free lending librar y. “ We’ve got a good assortment of books.

General books, books for women, books for men, books for children, suicide... some books on coping with certain diseases,” noted A nderson. T he library is located at the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Neepawa, near the east doors. It works on an honour system, trusting that whoever borrows a book will return it once they are done with it so that others may benefit from the material as well.

E v e r y y e a r, N e w Beginnings brings in a speaker for a community seminar that talks about dealing with grief. “For years, we have had Dr. Ron Richert,” Anderson said.

“He talks very practically to people, he’s very practical

and we love him. And that [seminar] is open to everyone... so people that have lost somebody can come, or if you have a friend that’s lost someone, you can bring them. Because sometimes, we don’t know what to say, so his talks help people know how to approach people with loss,” she added. The seminar this year will take place on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30pm in the back room of the Neepawa Public Library.

T here is a lso g r ief support group meeting session that happens every 18 to 24 months, which is one of the group’s main outreach opportunities.

The meetings run once a week for seven weeks, helping people through the seven stages of grief. The last session was held over a year ago, so another one may be coming up soon, but New Beginnings hasn’t confirmed any dates for that yet.

New Beginnings also reaches out to those who have lost loved ones to encourage them to take advantage of the support group. “We’ll look through the paper, through Val [Wilson’s Facebook group], ‘Neepawa [and Area]’s Finest’, through White’s [Funeral Home’s] column and see who has died and who the surviving members are,” Anderson explained.

“And send them a note, ‘Thinking of you,’ and some pamphlets about who we are and about the library. So we do that within a month or so of their loss.”

Another service they have been offering for quite a while is a supper meeting for men. “We have tried [to reach them] through their stomach. We’ve had supper meetings and then a couple of the men [from the board] have had a video and just talked to them. And again, it’s just to connect them with other people... to help them meet other men and see some of the things that they’re going through,” stated Anderson.

There is not currently a date planned for the next supper to be held.

Beginning new projects Last spring, the board almost shut down New Beginnings after one of their most active members

moved away and several others stepped down as members. “We had a board meeting and said, ‘that’s it, we’re done,’” noted Anderson. Then, the board was told to go and talk to Mary Ellen Clark, who works with the Palliative Care program in Neepawa.

Clark insisted that the town needs New Beginnings, so they decided to keep going. “So that’s given us new inspiration,” Anderson said.

“We’ve got a number of new members, we’ve probably got five new board members, adding to three of us that are staying on.

And then we have two or three others that are willing to work, but they’ve had enough board meetings.

So we will direct them and encourage them in the things that they’re doing and ask them to help us with various projects,” she explained. Now that the board has been renewed, Anderson has begun to go over the projects they already do and look at new things they want to try.

One new thing that’s already happened, back in October, was a workshop to train facilitators. New Beginnings hosted the work shop for a nyone interested in learning how to help those dealing with loss and they already have plans to expand the reach of this workshop. “We had 11 come and there were others from surrounding communities that would’ve liked to have come, that were interested. And that is another one of our goals, to help other communities develop groups,” Anderson n o t e d . “ We h e l p e d Gladstone several years back, I’ve sent material to a woman in Sandy Bay... somebody from Birtle had contacted me so I sent her material... Minnedosa is going to have me come there in March sometime and talk to the palliative care group about what we do and I hope that we can do a training session out in that west area,” she added.

Another new program the group is implementing is a chat group for women.

“So it’s a place where [women] can come and talk about what they’re going through. They can talk about practical things, ‘my husband always took care of the car, now I don’t know

what to do,’ or ‘income tax is coming up, I don’t know where to go for that,’ practical things,” Anderson explained. The meetings will be regular, the second Wednesday of the month starting in February. They will be held at the HAND office, starting at 7:00 pm.

The chat group was st a r ted bec au se New Beginnings decided they wanted to do a more regular project to avoid missing people who need support when the seven week grief meeting isn’t running.

“One [lady] said to us, when I called about the monthly meetings, ‘Where were you when I needed you?’

And so because our seven week program isn’t on a regular basis– like every year, maybe two years, depending on when we have people– the ones that we’ve just missed, it’s been two years and they’ve gone through a lot,” Anderson said. “It will maybe help them meet others that are going through the same things,” she added.

Anderson noted that New Beginnings hopes to get grieving people out of their shells, so that those people will allow them to help. “People’s common response is ‘Oh, I’m doing okay; I have family that’s helping me,’” she said. “But [families] don’t necessarily understand the small things that are going on in a person. Grief affects the whole body, mental, health, social. And so that’s what we are trying to help them with... It’s hard to get people to come out and recognize, ‘maybe this is something that would help me.’ Instead, they wander around in the dark.”

PHOTOS BY KIRA PATERSON

Nine-year-old Roan Warwaruk recently got a drawing of his published in the Safe Work Manitoba 2019 Calendar. Roan drew his picture for an assignment last year in his Grade 3 class and it was chosen out of pictures submitted from classes all over Manitoba to be the January picture in the calendar. The assignment was to draw a picture showing one of the many ways kids can stay safe on a farm; Roan decided to show the dangers of kids falling into a grain bin.

Other entries included staying a safe distance from livestock, not getting too close to farm equipment and other safety tips to remember when working, visiting or living on a farm.

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The annual Brookdale Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel recently took place at the Brookdale Community Centre. The bonspiel’s first event was won by the Adam Jakubowski rink from Neepawa.(Above left picture) From left: Lead Drew Tibbett, second Cody Jakubowski, third Ian Cook and Skip Adam Jakubowski. The second event was won by the Rob Van Kommer rink from Carberry. (Above centre) From left: Skip Rob Van Kommer, third Austin Mustard, second Jeff Steen and lead Zachary Gensorek. The third event was won by the Travis Olmstead rink from Carberry. (Above right) From left: Skip Travis Olmstead, third Andrew Link, second Tony Adriaansen and lead Shelby Hill.

Yellowhead Chiefs duo commit to ACC

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Sadie McIntosh of Neepawa signing her commitment paper to the ACC Program.

Submitted ACC Media Release The Assiniboine Cougar women’s hockey team have added goaltender Sadie McIntosh and forward Sydney Murray to the 2019-2020 roster.

McIntosh, who is from Neepawa, is the younger sister of current ACC Cougar defenseman Erica McIntosh.

Sadie received the honour of rookie of the year for the Yellowhead Chiefs for the 2017-18 season. She is strong academically, having been on the honour roll since grade seven and is also a member of the HOPE social justice group at her school and volunteers around the community.

“I’m looking forward to a fresh start; playing with

new people, as well as some of my old teammates and of course, my sister, again,” said McIntosh. “I feel like my ability to stay calm as a goalie will be an asset to the team as well as my speed and power in the crease.”

“Sadie is one of the top goalies in the MFMHL,” said ACC Cougars coach Tony Bertone. “She stays calm and never quits on tracking the puck.”

Murray, a forward from Hamiota, Man., played with the Yellowhead Chiefs and with Hamiota/Birtle before taking a year off. She was on the Hamiota Collegiate honour roll and was the student council sports representative in 2018-19. She has been involved in coaching hockey as well as volunteering her time at various sporting events.

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Neepawa Natives find a way to win

MJHL Standings

(To Wednesday, Jan. 23)

Team

G W

43 43 44 43 44 44 45

1. Portage Terriers 2. Swan Valley Stampeders 3. Steinbach Pistons 4. Selkirk Steelers 5. Virden Oil Capitals 6. Dauphin Kings 7. Winnipeg Blues 8. Winkler Flyers 9. Wayway Wolverines 10. OCN Blizzard 11. Neepawa Natives

44 43 45 43

MJHL Player stats G 1. Josh Tripp (Swan) 29 2. Tony Apetagon (Wpg) 21 3. Bradly Goethals (Swan) 26 4. Brendan Martin (Stein) 26 Leading scorers (MJHL)

A 37 34 28 25

Pts

66 55 54 51

5. Quintin Sudom (Swan) 15 33 48 Leading scorers (Natives) G

1. Mackenzie Belinski 2. Jesse Gibbons 3. Brad Marshall

Goaltenders W 1. M. Radomsky (Stein) 20

A Pts

15 18 33 9 17 26 10 13 23

L SV% GAA 9 0.927 1.99

2. M. Pipes (Swan)

12 6

4. N. Moore (Port)

20

5. I. Labelle (Way)

13 20 0.909 2.75

3. J. Link (Wpg)

0.927 2.41

17 15 0.930 2.49

Minimum 18 MJHL game played

4 0.891 2.54 within regular season

Game results Friday, Jan. 18

Dauphin 5-2 Neepawa

First period No scoring Second period 01:56 DAUP Sawchuk (12) ASST: None 03:37 NEEP Mowbray (5) ASST: Bremner (4), Mariash (2) 15:25 DAUP Smelski (3) ASST: Arnold (15), Shamray (22) Third period 00:35 NEEP Marshall (10) ASST: Carson (13), Whitely (6) 09:32 DAUP Miller (7) ASST: Fobair (15), Buller (14) 15:29 DAUP Hobbs (11) ASST: DeKoninck (16), Sawchuk (12) 16:57 DAUP Smelski (4) ASST: Heeney (10) Goaltenders NEEP- Thornton 29/34 saves (L), DAUP - Landsberger 35/37 saves (W) Attendance: NA at Credit Union Place

Saturday, Jan. 19

Winkler 1-2 OT Neepawa

First period No scoring Second period 02:56 NEEP Eli Lieffers (4) ASST: Allison (5), Marshall (13) PP Third period 03:34 WINK Moffatt (13) ASST: Kuklica (7), Lucia (7) PP Overtime 04:28 NEEP Robin (1) ASST: Skulmoski (7), Carson (14) Goaltenders NEEP- Anderson 30/31 saves (W).

WINK - Morgan 31/33 saves (L).

Attendance: 308 at Yellowhead Arena

34 29 30 25 22 21 20 18 16 16 9

L OT/SO PF

7 9 12 15 15 19 19

21 23 27 28

2 5 2 3 7 4 6

PA Pts

209 183 155 151 148 133 126

4 4 2 6

114 124 90 143 139 136 141

107 108 119 94

151 136 178 176

70 63 62 53 51 46 46

40 36 34 24

Tiger Hills Hockey East 1. Neepawa 2. MacGregor 3. Minnedosa

G W 16 13 16 14 6

4. Gladstone 14 6 5. Cartwright 13 3 6. Pilot Mound 13 2

West 1. Killarney 2. Boissevain 3. Hartney 4. Souris 5. Wawanesa 6. Deloraine 7. Melita

G 16 15 15 16 15 15 15

L ETL Pts 3 0 26 7 1 17 5 3 15 8

0

9 9

1 2

12 7 6

W L ETL Pts 16 0 0 32 13 1 1 27 9 6 0 18 8 8 0 16 7 8 0 14 5 9 1 11 1 12 2 4

ETL refers to extra time losses (Overtime and shootout losses)

THHL scoring Leading scorers (THHL)

1. Devon LeBlanc (Bois) 2. Ward Szucki (Neep) 3. Matt Lowry (Neep) 4. Tyler Dittmer (Bois) 5. Sean Kubas (Glad)

G 21 22 8 15 13

Leading scorers (Farmers) G

1. Ward Szucki 2. Matt Lowry 3. Lance Nugent

A 28 22 30 21 21

Pts

49 44 38 36 34

A Pts

22 22 44 8 30 38 13 16 29

AAA Hockey Midget Chiefs (Boys)

Jan. 19: Yellowhead 5-4 Wpg Wild Jan. 22: Yellowhead 6-1 Parkland

Midget Chiefs (Girls)

Jan. 19: Yellowhead 1-0 Central Plains

Jan. 20: PM Buffalos 4-3 OT Yellowhead

Bantam Chiefs (Girls)

Jan. 19: Yellowhead 2-0 Eastman Jan. 20 Yellowhead 8-1 Interlake Bantam Chiefs (Boys)

Jan. 19: Yellowhead 4-3 Southwest Jan. 20: Yellowhead 5-2 Brandon

Snap recent losing streak with an overtime win over Winkler

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

Tanner Robin’s f irst goal of the MJHL season couldn’t have come at a better time. With just 32 seconds remaining in overtime, the 18-year-old scored the game-winner for the Neepawa Natives, as they defeated the Winkler Flyers 2-1 on Saturday, Jan. 19.

Robin’s teammate, Eli Lieffers, scored the other goal for the Natives, while Brody Moffatt had the lone goal for Winkler. Goaltender Nik Anderson made 30 saves for Neepawa, while Riley Morgan blocked 31 shots for the Flyers. The

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

The top college-eligible Junior “A” players from Manitoba and Saskatchewan recently converged on Regina for the second annual SJHL/MJHL Showcase.

Nineteen-year-old forward Jesse Gibbons of the Neepawa Natives was amoong these top-tier players. The Showcase, which took place Jan. 1415 in Regina, was a chance for scouts from various schools across Canada and the United States to evaluate talent. Gibbons,

NEXT HOME GAME

Downed in Dauphin Prior to the win over Winkler, Neepawa trav-

PHOTO BY DIANE WARNER

Neepawa’s Mackenzie Belinski (10) prepares to pass the puck, during the second period of the Natives’ game against the Winkler Flyers on Saturday, Jan. 19.

eled to Dauphin to face the Kings. A pair of goals by Dauphin’s Bradyn Smelski powered the Kings to a 5-2 victory over the Natives on Friday, Jan. 18. Eamonn Miller, Carter Sawchuk

who was the lone Neepawa player selected this year, said it was a tremendous opportunity.

“It was just an incredible few days out there. Definitely a huge honour and a real learning experience. It was a whole other level,” said Gibbons.

Gibbons was a member of Team Belfour, one of three teams representing the MJHL at the event.

Over the course of the two days, Team Belfour played a pair of games, going 1-1-0. Gibbons was held off the score sheet in those two games, but still had a solid performance.

and Grady Hobbs also generated goals, ensuring it would be another disappointing night for the Natives. Benoit Mowbray and Brad Marshall scored for Neepawa.

SUBMITTED PHOTO

Jesse Gibbons at the SJHL/MJHL Showcase.

Neepawa Natives Upcoming Home Games Friday, January 25, 2019 Virden Oil Capitals 7:30 pm

Selkirk 6-1 Neepawa

mber 30th vs. Regina First period 00:57 NEEP Olstad (9) mber 7th vs.

Prince ASST: Lieffers (7) Albert 08:24 SELK Dudek (6) mber 15th vs. Saskatoon ASST: Barley (23), Piwniuk (14) PP December 30th vs. Moose Jaw 12:43 SELK Halvorsen (26) ASST: Jaquet (26), Pupp (14) PP y 4th vs.

Seattle Second period 17:31Red SELK Basarab 11th vs.

Deer (18)

y 18th vs. Kootenay ary 19th vs. Kootenay ary 26th vs. Regina

win snapped a six game losing streak, the club has been dealing with since late December.

After the game, Natives head coach Dustin Howden said that, considering the effort the players put in every game, this positive result has been long overdue.

“Since the new year break, we’ve been playing good hockey. Just finally getting rewarded a little bit. The guys are starting to adapt and find ways to get the job done,” said Howden.

Gibbons shines at SJHL/MJHL Showcase

Tuesday, Jan. 22

ASST: Jaquet (26), Pupp (14) PP Third period 05:48 SELK Krywy (2) ASST: Jaquet (27) 07:18 SELK Halvorsen (27) ASST: Barley (25), Namaka (19) PP 15:02 SELK Basarab (19) ASST: Piwniuk (15), Middleton (19) PP Goaltenders NEEP- Anderson 40/46 saves (L).

SELK - Bennett 16/17 saves (W).

Attendance: 266 at Selkirk Rec Complex

JANUARY 25, 2019

Friday, February 8, 2019 Selkirk Steelers 7:30 pm

Saturday, February 9, 2019 Steinbach Pistons 7:30 pm

7:30 PM

SAT. JAN. 26TH

Chase the

Ace

At every home game

at the Neepawa Yellowhead Centre Draw after second intermission.

MGCC License No. LGA-4876-RF

2019 Neepawa Natives Annual Banquet Saturday, March 2, 2019 The Yellowhead Centre

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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.

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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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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 _____________________ Farm house for rent. 2 bed 1 bath. No smoking, no pets, between Kelwood and Riding Mtn. $350 per month.

403-391-7802 _____________________ Taking applications for a 50+, 1 bedroom apartment with insuite laundry. 204-476-3230 _____________________ TRAILER RENTALS: cargo, dump, equipment, auto, livestock/horse. FORK LIFT TELEPORT 729-8989

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• All copy is subject to approval by the Neepawa Banner & Press.

• 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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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.

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1999 Nissan Maxima, very good condition. Call 204476-2877

Thank You

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JP Cattle Co. with guests Stewart Cattle Co. Annual Simmental & Angus Bull & Female Sale, Thursday, February 28, 2019, 1:00pm on the farm at McAuley, MB. Selling 90 Simmental & Angus bulls, as well as commercial bred heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Glenn (204) 8515669, Eric (306)434-8567, Brent (204)773-2356 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (306) 220-5006.

View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com. Watch and bid online at www.DLMS. ca (PL#116061)

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Hey! you!

If you’re reading me that means others are too! place your Classified here!

The family of Nick Kostenchuk would like to thank family and friends for the kind words, the generous outpouring of cards, phone calls, flowers, food and everyone that helped with Dad's funeral during our time of sorrow.

We cannot thank you enough for your love and support.

Come & Go Tea The family of

Merv Drayson

would like to invite you to a come and go tea, to celebrate his

95th Birthday

Saturday, February 2, 2-4 pm at Country Meadows Personal Care Home MPR.

Sophie and family

A Special Thank You to all who contributed to our fall canvas, those who purchased tickets and those who attended our Fall Tea.

Tender

This enabled us to fulfill all the requests made

by Neepawa Hospital Personal Care Home and Neepawa Health Unit.

TENDER - 2019 CAMPGROUND WASHROOM CLEANING

A Special Thank You to everyone who made a donation to our Memorial fund.

Neepawa & Area Health Auxiliary

The family of Kay Hurrell would like to thank friends and neighbours for messages and cards of sympathy, those who sent flowers, brought over food, visited with us and helped us through this difficult time.

We also want to thank Dr. Wareham and the staff at Neepawa Hospital and Country Meadows PCH for their kind, compassionate care. As well, thank you to the staff at Third Crossing Manor PCH (Gladstone) and Brandon General Hospital (orthopedic floor).

Thanks to the staff at Whites Funeral Home.

Riverbend Campground, in the Town of Neepawa, is renowned for the cleanliness standards of our washroom facilities. The Town of Neepawa is seeking an interested contractor to provide Custodial Services for 2019 camping season. This is a 5 month term, beginning May 1 and ending on September 30.

The Custodial Agreement, job description and bid form can be found at www.neepawa.ca under Town Office, Tenders; or by visiting the Town Office at 275 Hamilton Street.

Sealed, completed bid forms must be received in the office no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 25.

Denis Saquet, C.E.T. Manager of Operations Box 339, 275 Hamilton St. Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 Ph (204) 476-7600 ~ Fax (204) 476-7624 neepawa@wcgwave.ca ~ www.neepawa.ca

Coming Events

The Neepawa Legion & Ladies Auxiliary #23 “Valentine Dinner & Dance” “Valentine Dinner” (Only) Saturday, February 9, 2019 Neepawa Legion Hall Dance: 1:00-5:00 p.m. with “The Fugitives” Band Followed with Roast Beef Supper at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets - $30

or

Saturday, February 9, 2019 3:30 p.m. Cocktails (Neepawa Legion Clubroom) 5:30 p.m. - Roast Beef Supper (Neepawa Legion Hall) Tickets - $20

Tickets Available at Neepawa Legion Clubroom

McSherry Auction

Gun Auction

Estate & Moving

Accepting Guns, Restricted Guns, Ammo, & Gun or Hunting Related * Always Huge Crowds of Interest!

Coast to Coast Proxy Bidding! Call or Email to Consign!

Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:00 AM

12 Patterson Dr. Stonewall, MB

Sat Mar 23rd @ 9:30 AM

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

Announcement Freightliner Manitoba is pleased to announce that Blair Purvis has accepted the position as Account Manager for our Brandon, MB location. Blair’s territory will consist of all areas of Manitoba, West of Portage La Prairie.

Blair looks forward to reacquainting himself with many of his former customers and friends from his 25+ years in the Ag Sector.

204-476-3401/ 888-436-4242 204-476-5073 ads@neepawabanner.com

All word classifieds must be prepaid before printing

McSherry Auction

Blair’s Ph: 1-204-726-0000 Cell: 1-204-761-2999

No gifts please.

Telephone: Fax: Email:

Auction Sales

Meyers Auctions & Appraisals. Call Brad at 368-2333. www.meyersauctions.com

Birthday

Thank You

To place an ad:

Tuesday Noon

12 Patterson Dr. Stonewall, MB

FEATURING TOYS

Estate & Moving

Sat Feb 2, 2019 10:00 AM Yard * Recreation * Tools * Antiques * Furniture * Misc * Household *

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

Health Trouble Walking?

Hip or Knee Replacement?

Restrictions in daily activities?

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

204-453-5372

Find it in the

Classifieds

Notice

Kindergarten Registration for the 2019 Fall Term

will be held during the regular school hours at the following schools: Hazel M. Kellington (Neepawa) February 5, 6 & 7 (Tues, Wed, Thurs) All Day J. M. Young (Eden) Feb 5 & 6 (Tues & Wed) Mornings only Brookdale Feb 6 (Wednesday) Afternoon only R.J. Waugh (Carberry) Feb 7 & 8 (Thurs & Fri) All Day Please register at your school and bring your child’s

• Birth Certificate • Manitoba Health No. (PHIN #) Newcomer families, please bring all immigration paperwork:

▪ Passport

▪ Residency Documentation Children born on or before December 31, 2014 are eligible to register.

Help Wanted

R

REMINDE

Classified Ad Deadline Tuesday Noon Cancellations and corrections only within business hours and corresponding deadlines.

Agro Sales Manager

Parkway Co-op, Roblin MB • Position requires a strong background in Agronomy, Ag Equip. and Petroleum Sales & Customer Service.

• Develop and implement a customer communication plan, providing relevant, timely, accurate information on agronomy, petroleum products, and services available • Strong skills in any of the following areas are an asset; Crop Inputs, Petroleum, Livestock equip. and Grain storage & Handling.

• We offer a highly competitive compensation program, a comprehensive benefits package.

Contact: Parkway Co-op, Box 729 Roblin MB R0L 1P0 Attn: Lawrie Lungal, HR Mgr E: l.lungal@parkwaycoop.com Ph: 204-937-6414

Notice

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION Kindergarten Registration for the 2019 Fall Term will be held during the regular school hours between January 21 and March 22, 2019 at the following schools: Alonsa School Tele # 204-767-2168 Glenella School Tele # 204-352-4253 Ste. Rose School Tele # 204-447-2088 McCreary School Tele # 204-835-2083 We are once again proud to offer a Full-Time Kindergarten Program. All children born on or before December 31, 2014 are eligible to register. To register you will need to bring your child’s Manitoba Health PHIN# and one of the following: Birth Certificate, Baptismal certificate, Certificate of live birth, Health card or Statutory declaration.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call your school today.

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION École Laurier French Immersion Inscription à la maternelle Kindergarten Registration L’inscription à la maternelle à temps plein aura lieu du 21 janvier au 22 mars, 2019.

Tous les enfants qui sont nés avant le 31 décembre, 2014 sont admissibles. Veuillez apporter à l’école, votre carte d’immatriculation ainsi qu’un des suivants : le certificat de naissance de votre enfant, le certificat de baptême, une déclaration de naissance vivante ou une déclaration solennelle.

Nous sommes une école d`immersion française, la pré-maternelle à la 8ième année, et nous offrons une excellente éducation dans les deux langues officielles.

Full Time French Immersion Kindergarten registration will take place from January 21st to March 22nd, 2019.

All children born on or before December 31st, 2014 are eligible to register. To register you will need to bring in your child’s Manitoba Health PHIN# and one of the following: Birth Certificate, Baptismal certificate, Certificate of live birth, Health card or Statutory declaration. We are a Jr. K-8 French Immersion school and provide an excellent education in both official languages. École Laurier Laurier, Manitoba 204-447-2068

16 NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS JANUARY 25, 2019

Help Wanted Broadfoot Fraser Agencies Autopac Customer Services Rep & General Insurance Broker Neepawa MB 41 Main St. E. Contact Dwight Kinley, Broadfoot Fraser Agencies Box 450, 6 Morris St. N. Gladstone, MB R0J0T0 dwight.broadfoot@mymts.net

at Riverside Automotive in Laurier, MB.

Jarvis Trucking Ltd,

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION

Gladstone, MB.

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

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

FOODS Meat Cutters/Production Personnel 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.

Employment Opportunity for

Automotive Technician

Applications for all levels will be accepted.

Please email resume to riverside@inetlink.ca

invites applications for the following positions Substitute Teachers & Substitute Educational Assistants For the 2018/2019 School Year Resume, Criminal Record, Child Abuse Registry Checks, Substitute Application Form and Grade 12 or equivalent is required.

Qualified Teachers will need to submit a copy of their teaching certificate along with their resume.

Submit resumes to: Bev Szymesko, Superintendent Turtle River School Division Box 309 McCreary, MB R0J 1B0 Phone: (204) 835-2067 Fax (204) 835-2426 e-mail: bevs@trsd.ca

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

Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is presently recruiting for

HUMAN RESOURCE/ HEALTH & SAFETY ADMIN ASSISTANT Full Time For Our Administration Office located in Neepawa, MB

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the Human Resource/Health & Safety Manager in Human Resource functions of Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op including but not limited to; Brand, Industrial Relations, Compensation & Benefits, Training & Development, HR Strategic Initiatives and other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for all aspects of assisting in the Health & Safety program. Duties include, but are not limited to: the creation, review and implementation of health & safety policies and procedures, tracking education and training needs, promoting overall health & safety awareness, incident reporting, sub-contractor management and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: • Efficient organizational skills and the ability to work independently and as a team; • Able to deal with people sensitively, tactful, diplomatically and professionally at all times; • Ability to effectively communicate, both orally and written; • Demonstrated strong leadership, instructional and interpersonal skills are essential to success in this position; • Must be goal oriented with the ability to set and adjust priorities; • Strong problem identification and problem resolution skills; • Working knowledge of computers including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; • General knowledge of Canadian labour law and employment standards an asset; • 2-3 plus years of related work experience an asset; • Must be bondable.

Applications Close: February 1, 2019 We offer career advancement opportunities, competitive compensation, benefits package, company matched pension plan and learning/development opportunities.

Thank you for reading the Neepawa Banner & Press

If you would like to work with an established and progressive company, please complete an application form at our Administration Office 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.

Mid-West Planning District

JOB POSTING (OPEN COMPETITION) POSITION: The Mid-West Planning District is accepting applications for a temporary/full time Office Assistant with the potential of being a permanent full-time position, to commence in February of 2019.

DEPARTMENT: The Mid-West Planning District is a progressive planning district who provides service to the Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie, Hamiota Municipality, Rural Municipality of Oakview and the Prairie View Municipality. The Main Office is located in Miniota Manitoba SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: • Will act under the direction of the office manager and will be required to perform general office duties.

QUALIFICATIONS THAT WOULD BE AN ASSET: • excellent interpersonal skills, • Must have sufficient computer and keyboarding skills.

• Must have basic office skills.

• Valid driver’s license along with a licensed vehicle is required.

• Must have a Grade 12, G.E.D. or Mature High School Diploma.

SALARY: The applicant is required to state the expected salary.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and detailed resume, including three references, marked Development Officer Position no later than 4:00 P.M. January 31 2019.

Wayne J. Poppel, Secretary Treasurer P.O. Box 96, Miniota, MB R0M 1M0 devofficer@midwestplanning.ca A full job description may be obtained from the Mid-West Planning District.

Thank you to all who apply, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Mid-West Planning District

JOB POSTING (OPEN COMPETITION) POSITION: The Mid-West Planning District is accepting applications for the full-time position of a Development Officer/ Building Inspector to commence in March of 2019.

DEPARTMENT: The Mid-West Planning District is a progressive planning district who provides service to the Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie, Hamiota Municipality, Rural Municipality of Oakview and the Prairie View Municipality. The Main Office is located in Miniota Manitoba The successful candidate will join a professional, high functioning planning district.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: • The Development Officer will be responsible for the daily operation of the planning district.

• This position requires interaction with the general public by providing building code, planning/zoning application information to the general public and administration of the associated by-laws of the member municipalities of the planning district.

Training, as required, will be provided by the Mid-West Planning District.

QUALIFICATIONS THAT WOULD BE AN ASSET: • excellent interpersonal skills, • knowledge of the construction codes • Must have sufficient computer and keyboarding skills.

• Must have basic office skills.

• Experience in a planning district environment would be an asset.

• Valid driver’s license along with a licensed vehicle is required.

• Must have a Grade 12, G.E.D. or Mature High School Diploma.

SALARY: The applicant is required to state the expected salary.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and detailed resume, including three references, marked Development Officer Position no later than 4:00 P.M. January 31 2019.

Wayne J. Poppel, Secretary Treasurer P.O. Box 96, Miniota, MB R0M 1M0 devofficer@midwestplanning.ca A full job description may be obtained from the Mid-West Planning District.

Thank you to all who apply, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

SEASONAL & STUDENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES • PARKS • CEMETERY • CAMPGROUND The Town of Neepawa is accepting applications for Seasonal and Summer Student Employment to work as labourers within parks, cemetery and the campground between the months of May and September.

Hourly rates start at $13.50/hour.

Job descriptions are available at the Town Office, 275 Hamilton St, or www.neepawa.ca under Town Office, Employment Opportunities.

Applications should be marked: ” Summer Employment" and will be accepted at the Administration Office until 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 4, 2019.

For further information please contact: Denis Saquet, Manager of Operations Phone (204) 476‐7655 or email: ea@wcgwave.ca

We thank you for your interest in these positions; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. The Town of Neepawa is an equal opportunity employer, however, all applicants must read and speak fluent English.

Town of Neepawa Box 339, 275 Hamilton St. Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 Ph (204) 476-7600 ~ Fax (204) 476-7624 neepawa@wcgwave.ca ~ www.neepawa.ca

Mid-West Planning District

JOB POSTING (OPEN COMPETITION) POSITION: The Mid-West Planning District is accepting applications for the full-time position of an Assistant Development Officer/ Building Inspector to commence in March of 2019.

DEPARTMENT: The Mid-West Planning District is a progressive planning district who provides service to the Rural Municipality of Ellice-Archie, Hamiota Municipality, Rural Municipality of Oakview and the Prairie View Municipality. The Main Office is located in Miniota Manitoba The successful candidate will join a professional, high functioning planning district.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: • Will act under the direction of the Development Officer • This position requires interaction with the general public by providing building code, planning/zoning application information to the general public and administration of the associated by-laws of the member municipalities of the planning district.

Training, as required, will be provided by the Mid-West Planning District.

QUALIFICATIONS THAT WOULD BE AN ASSET: • excellent interpersonal skills, • knowledge of the construction codes • Must have sufficient computer and keyboarding skills.

• Must have basic office skills.

• Experience in a planning district environment would be an asset.

• Valid driver’s license along with a licensed vehicle is required.

• Must have a Grade 12, G.E.D. or Mature High School Diploma.

SALARY: The applicant is required to state the expected salary.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and detailed resume, including three references, marked Development Officer Position no later than 4:00 P.M. January 31 2019.

Wayne J. Poppel, Secretary Treasurer P.O. Box 96, Miniota, MB R0M 1M0 devofficer@midwestplanning.ca A full job description may be obtained from the Mid-West Planning District.

Thank you to all who apply, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Neepawa Farmers tame the Wild

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

Eastern Division, with the Minnedosa Bombers.

A remarkable late-game rally by the Neepawa Farmers helped to lift the team to a 6-5 overtime win over the MacGregor Wild on Friday, Jan. 18. Trailing by the score of 5-2 with just 10 minutes remaining in the third, the Farmers (13-3-0. 26 points) tallied three goals late, including the game-tying marker, with just 23 seconds remaining in regulation. The disappointing loss for MacGregor still garnered them one point in the standing, putting them in a tie for second place in the Tiger Hills Hockey League’s

Starting off slow It was not the best of beginnings for Neepawa, as they trailed MacGregor 3-1 at the end of the first period.

Ward Szucki scored the only goal for the Farmers, while Matt Boschman had two for the Wild. Teammate Matt Varnes scored the third goal for MacGregor. To compound the first period problems for Neepawa, two of those three goals were given up while the Farmers actually had a man-advantage.

In the second period, both teams exchanged goals, making it a 4-2 lead for MacGregor heading into

the final 20 minutes of regulation. Clarke Rempel scored for Neepawa in the middle frame, while Dustin Bruce picked up the goal for MacGregor.

Time for a comeback The Wild would then add to their lead at 7:37 of the third, when Varnes scored his second of the night. Now trailing by three goals late in the game, Neepawa began to throw everything they could at MacGregor goaltender Conner Nichol. Nichol made some amazing saves, but he couldn’t stop them all, as the Farmers slowly crept back into it with a goal from Devon Speiss. Then, with just 2:19

left in the third, MacGregor was called for tripping on a Farmers’ breakaway chance.

The Wild bench and its fans in attendance did not like that call at all, as they initially thought the penalty would go against Neepawa for charging. The officials, however, believed that the trip caused the Farmers’ player to slide into Nichol.

On the power-play, Riley Kolesar scored, making it a 5-4 score. Then, with just 23 seconds left in the game, Kyle McDonald knocked in a rebound, tying it a 5-5 and sending it into overtime.

OT heroics In the five minute overtime session, both teams

PHOTO BY EOIN DEVEREUX

Garrett Rempel (8) of the Neepawa Farmers flips the puck over MacGregor goaltender Conner Nichol for the game winning goal on Friday, Jan. 18.

had some great chances to secure the win, but it was Neepawa who ultimately found the back of the net.

Garrett Rempel secured the victory for the Farmers, scoring a goal with, once again, just 23 seconds left in the action. Neepawa goaltender Brad Nelson picked up the win with a 24 save effort, while Conner Nichol had a

tremendous 45 save night for MacGregor, but still had to take the loss.

As for the rest of the regular season for the Neepawa Farmers, their last home game before the playoffs will be on Saturday, Jan. 26, against the Souris Elks. The final game on the schedule will be Feb. 2 in Cartwright against the Clippers.

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You and your health

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Sports drinks- the good and bad

By Dr. Mark Perrett BSCs DC Chiropractor

Sports drinks are everywhere. The brightly coloured and well marketed drinks are seen on the benches of most professional teams and the coaches even get a Gatorade shower after a big win. The commercials promote better performance and endurance with every sip. Here is a look at the good and the bad of sports drinks: The good Our body loses fluid throughout the day and we need to keep hydrated.

The average intake of fluid for an adult woman is 2.7 litres per day and 3.7 litres per day for the average adult male. This, of course, changes with the amount of activity one is doing and how hot or cold it is.

Everyone has to keep hydrated and when we are perspiring, we obviously need more fluids, but we

also need electrolytes.

Electrolytes are composed of the essential nutrients that we need to keep hydrated, they help our nervous system function, help repair damaged cells and to have our body in Ph balance. We normally get these electrolytes from food, but when we endure strenuous exercise and sweat them out, we need to supplement these.

Sports drinks are mainly made up of water and also include electrolytes (mainly Potassium and Sodium), carbohydrates and sometimes vitamins.

They are essential for athletes who are enduring long periods of exercise that cause a lot of fluid loss.

Sport drinks can also help the body better recover after strenuous exercise.

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends drinking three to eight fluid ounces of water every 15 to 20 minutes when exercising for less than one hour.

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they recommend three to eight fluid ounces of a carbohydrate/electrolyte beverage every 15-20 minutes. They note the need for a sports drink increases with increased duration workouts.

Research shows that sport drinks do help performance and endurance compared to just drinking water when athletes are performing strenuous, long duration type exercises. Many of these studies are performed on professional athletes who compete in endurance type sports like running or cycling.

An example of this is Currell and Jeukendrup in the Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that when cyclist ingested multiple transportable carbohydrates (found in sports drinks), they were 18 per cent faster in a 120 minute time trial.

The bad A 32-ounce sports drink contains between 56 and

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sweeteners, which have also been linked to weight gain and health problems.

Another problem is when athletes ingest too many electrolytes from sports drinks, it cause excess water to be absorbed into the gut and diarrhea and/ or gut irritation occurs.

Some sports drinks are also marketed to have caffeine in them that will help with performance.

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If you are doing less intense exercises or a short duration of exercise, water is a much better option. Sports drinks are also not appropriate for children to take in most cases, unless they are performing at a high level and sweating a lot during their sport. Stay away from caffeinated sports drinks.

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76 grams of sugar – equal to about 14 to 19 teaspoons – and four to six times the recommended daily amount for kids and teenagers. The higher sugar content can be easily taken up as fuel for the athlete that has been exercising for over an hour and sweating a lot. The body will not use up these carbohydrates if you are simply drinking a sports drink to “keep hyd r a t e d ” . Fo r t h i s reason, the American Pediatric Society does not recommend kids consume sports drinks unless they a re d o i n g s t re nu o u s exercising over an hour.

Sports drinks have a little over half the sugar as soft drinks, but are still a source of extra sugar in our diet.

Excess sugar intake is linked to many health problems, including: diabetes, obesity, mental health issues and cardiovascular disease.

Some sports drinks are marketed to be sugar free, but contain artificial

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Meal program offers a big serving of community

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson Neepawa Banner & Press

A home cooked meal and fellowship are the staples served up each week at the Neepawa Community Meal.

Each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, tables fill the dining room at Yellowhead Manor for this long-running program, which organizers hope to see grow.

The meal is organized by Home Assistance Neepawa and District (HAND) and averages about 24 diners a day. HAND co-ordinator Genie Barnaby explains that the meals are open to anyone in the community aged 55 years or older, or anyone with a disability, regardless of age. Diners are welcome to bring friends or family to the meal and there is even a space to accommodate a larger group, such as a birthday celebration. The menu changes each day

and is prepared by cooks Vicki and George Woloski, with the help of community volunteers.

“The meals are lovely,” said regular diner Madeline Ferguson, adding, “The cooks try to please everyone.”

She enjoys the opportunity to have a nice hot meal and see her friends. Sharon Oliver echoed those sentiments, explaining that as a single person, she enjoys coming to the meal. She knew Vicki growing up, so for her, it really is a chance to connect with old friends.

At $8, the meals are very reasonably priced and periodically, a special $10 meal is organized, which includes more elaborate food and entertainment. At the end of each month, there’s a celebration for anyone who had a birthday. There’s even a deal with the Handy Van to provide a meal and a ride to in-town diners for $11. For regular diners who are unwell or have returned from hospital, take out meals are provided.

The meals have been served for over 30 years and

provide many benefits to the community. For some, it’s a great opportunity to visit with friends and enjoy a meal out. For others, particularly those who live alone, it’s a valuable opportunity to enjoy a more elaborate meal than what they would prepare for themselves.

It’s also a chance for Barnaby to touch base with some of the community’s more vulnerable residents. For regular diners, an unexpected missed meal will result in a call to make sure the individual is doing okay.

Barnaby would like to see more people take advantage of the meal, including to consider it as a venue for celebrating birthdays and other milestones. “I encourage people to come and take advantage of a home cooked meal… Come and bring a family member,” she said.

Diners are asked to book ahead, so that the correct amount of food can be prepared.

Neepawa air cadet squadron looking for volunteers

By Bill Zuk Director, Air Cadet League of Canada (Manitoba) Have you ever wondered what the Air Cadets are all about? Here is some information on this wonderful program promoting leadership, fitness and teamwork that is aimed at youth, ages 12 to 18 in our community.

The Air Cadet program is a comprehensive program, which is run in a structured, disciplined and safe manner.

There are numerous benefits of being an air cadet: important life skills and experiences that will help them thrive as young adults; Air Cadets can apply to earn an elective credit counting towards their high school graduation and becoming an air cadet, countless career opportunities are opened up.

Cost? Free! What about the uniform? Free as well!

With an added bonus of your child learning to iron his/her own shirt and pants and shine his/her shoes!

What about the summer camps? Special events?

Free! Parents, volunteers and sponsors, however, play a significant role in supporting the Air Cadet Program and the Air Cadet League of Canada, along with the direct involvement of its partner, the Department of National Defence (DND). #9 Royal Canadian Air Cadets (RCAC) Squadron History The #9 Royal Canadian Air Cadets (RCAC) Squadron, based in Neepawa, has its origins in wartime, when it was formed on Sept.

24, 1941. It’s reputedly the second squadron in Canada

to receive its charter. From its inception, the squadron attracted teens from Neepawa, Kelwood, Riding Mountain, Erickson, Oanole, Minnedosa, Franklin, Mentmore, Brookdale, Arden, Gladstone, Mountain Road, Birnie, Eden, Wellwood and Edrans, along with the surrounding farm communities.

The #9 Neepawa Squadron has never been disbanded and today, the squadron parades at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23, Neepawa. Air Cadets wear uniforms, but are not, and never have to become, members of the Canadian Armed Forces. They simply learn about the different opportunities available and are exposed to various hands-on activities that promote an interest in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The Air Cadet program The Air Cadet Program provides mandatory evening cadet training sessions once a week on Thursdays, from September to June.

There are optional training sessions for outdoor education, marksmanship, band, drill team marching and ground school for flying lessons.

One of the best parts of the program is the summer camps. Albeit optional, these camps offer cadets specific training and at different levels. There are 24 camp opportunities offered, including sports, fitness, first aid, survival, music, navigation, aerospace, communications, airport operations and flying scholarships.

Beyond the training Aside from their regular training, the cadets participate in many other fun activities. Some of the activities done in the past include sports nights, tours and visits, even cooking and nutrition classes. Air cadets are actively involved in the community; such as volunteering with the Canada Day and Remembrance Day celebrations.

A volunteer-based organization Without members and

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volunteers, many activities in a squadron would not take place. Members and volunteers give their time in a variety of ways.

Volunteers want the Squadron to be successful and to be part of making that happen. The Air Cadet League of Canada welcomes a large number of volunteers at the squadron level and in the Air Cadet Program as a whole. It is important to ensure all volunteers are appropriately selected, initially supervised, wellintended, offer skills which

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add value and complement the program, and are good role models for Air Cadets.

Knowing the volunteers, their skills and talents, and their intended contribution is very important to the Squadron officers (#9 RCAC Neepawa is led by Captain Ryan Hunt, an RCMP officer and former Air Cadet), staff and Sponsoring Committee (chaired

by Bruce Bremner). A team effort produces the best results for the greater benefit of the Cadet Movement.

The #9 RCAC Neepawa

Squadron Sponsoring Committee (SSC) is looking for additional volunteers. A minimum requirement of two volunteers is necessary to assist in making the Air Cadet Program work effectively.

A town hall meeting for volunteers is called for 7pm, Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Neepawa Legion #23. Come down to find out more about the Air Cadets and the how you can play a role in helping the Squadron Sponsoring Committee.

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Parent/grandparent immigration sponsorship process starting up for 2019

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is about to begin accepting Interest to Sponsor forms from eligible immigrants wanting to sponsor their parents or grandparents to come to Canada. On Monday, Jan. 21, the Neepawa Area Immigrant Settlement Services (NAISS) held a couple of information sessions to teach those interested how to submit these forms for a chance to be invited to apply for sponsoring.

In brief, the process starts by sending in an Interest to Sponsor form to the IRCC. Once the IRCC has received 27,000 forms, they will stop accepting any more submissions. After they’ve processed all the Interest to Sponsor forms, they will choose the first 20,000 submitted that are eligible and send out a round of invitations for application.

Once the invitation is received, the individual can then fill out an official application form to sponsor the parent or grandparent they want to bring to Canada.

The Interest to Sponsor forms will be available on the IRCC website starting Monday, Jan. 28 at 11:00 am. They will be accepting the forms from that time until they have filled all the available spaces. Because the process of selection is on a first come, first serve basis, NAISS wanted to hold information sessions before the time the forms will be available, so that everyone interested has a chance to gather the information and documents they need before they even get the form. Having everything ready will make it easier to fill it in and submit it as soon as possible.

Eligibility requirements Those who would like to sponsor a parent or grandparent can only do so if they’re eligible. There are several conditions that apply to determine whether someone is eligible or not. First, the individual wanting to sponsor must either be a permanent resident (PR) of Canada, a Canadian citizen or be registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act. They must also be at least 18 years of age and have proof of income to show that they have enough money to support whomever they plan to sponsor.

The individual’s primary address must be in Canada and they can only apply to sponsor a parent or grandparent while they are in Canada. There are several other reasons that a person may be ineligible to sponsor, including not paying back an immigration loan, not being able to support

someone they already sponsor or having been convicted of a violent criminal offence.

NAISS recommends that anyone who knows they are not eligible not apply to sponsor a family member, because if the IRCC denies the application, they will keep the sponsorship fee that must be paid with the application.

To be able to sponsor a parent or grandparent, they must be either blood related or related through adoption to the one sponsoring. Only one person can be the principal sponsored applicant, but the spouse or common-law partner of the primary can also be sponsored as a dependant.

If the parent or grandparent has a child living in their household that is dependant upon them, they can also be included in the sponsorship.

For example, if someone wanted to sponsor their parents, they would have to put either their father or their mother on the form as the principal applicant, not both, and then

they can add the other on as a dependant of the principal applicant. And if that person’s little brother was under 22 years of age and still living with the parents, the brother can also be included in the same application as another dependant. If, however, the person wanted to sponsor their grandparents and their parents, they’d have to send in two separate submissions for the two couples.

Anyone who wasn’t at the information sessions but is interested in sponsoring their parents or grandparents can still go to NAISS and get all the details. NAISS will be able to help people figure out if they are eligible to sponsor, if their parents or grandparents are eligible to be sponsored and all the documents and information they need to be able to fill out and submit an Interest to Sponsor form. The sooner one is prepared for the forms, the better chance they will have at being one of the selected potential sponsors.

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