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By Kira Paterson The Neepawa Banner There are a lot of changes in the school divisions throughout the area as the 2015-16 school year gets underway.

At Turtle River School Division (TRSD), they have an entirely new facility being built. Last spring, TRSD received a grant for up to $1.1 million to put towards the new building. It will be at Ste. Rose School and will be used for their new Vocational Program in Electrical Construction. The program will be for Grade 9 to 12 students and will provide training for in-demand trades.

The division is very excited that they will be able to offer this program to the students in the schools and communities in the area.

Bev Szymesko, superintendent of TRSD, says that the enrolment has remained steady compared to last year. The predicted numbers were between 730 and 740 students, and they are right in that range.

Although they haven’t had a spike in the number of students, they have hired 12 new teachers and one new social worker.

Szymesko says that a few teachers have retired and others have moved to different divisions, so these new teachers will be filling those positions.

Szymesko says that TRSD continues to focus on building literacy, providing quality education and giving the staff and students a positive and safe environment where they can work and learn.

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Neepawa welcomes two new dentists Dr. Daniel taking over at Neepawa Dental

Dr. Allison starts her career at Mountain Dental

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Dr. Daniel Zettler started at Neepawa Dental last November.

By Kira Paterson The Neepawa Banner

Daniel Zettler is the new dentist at Neepawa Dental. He started there part time in November of 2014, and took over once Dr. Moyer retired the following January.

Zettler’s strengths in high school were math and science, so he knew at that point he wanted to pursue a career in health care. He likes to work with people, so he decided dentistry would be a good fit because it would allow him to meet people, talk to them and help them.

He studied at University of Manitoba for six years. After he graduated, he started his career in Carberry. Once a spot in Neepawa opened up, he came here. Now he works one or two days a week in Carberry and the rest at Neepawa.

Growing up on a farm just outside of Portage la Prairie, Zettler always preferred the rural lifestyle to city life. Neepawa has been an excellent fit for him in that way. He enjoys working in this small town setting so much that he plans to stay at Neepawa Dental until he retires.

Zettler has done extra training in occlusion, which is how people bite.

If people are grinding or clenching their teeth, he has had the training to help prevent or alleviate those problems.

Education and prevention are very important in his work. He makes sure that his patients know what their options are to deal with certain problems.

He works with his patients to teach them how to take care of their mouths to prevent certain issues from arising, or to stop early problems from becoming worse.

In the future, Zettler plans to take training in more specialized fields that he has been interested in. Orthodontics and implants are two services he hopes to learn so he can offer them to his patients as well.

Zettler believes that every job worth doing is worth doing right. He doesn’t believe in cutting corners or taking shortcuts. He strives to give his patients the best care possible.

When Allison Simpson was in Grade 8, she went to Dr. Fedorowich for her braces; that was when she decided she wanted to be a dentist. From that point on, she worked toward getting into dentistry, doing job shadowing and work experience with Dr. Fedorowich for a Grade 12 credit. Now she works with her former dentist at Mountain Dental in Neepawa.

Simpson grew up in Shoal Lake, Manitoba and was raised on a farm by the lake. Throughout school she played a lot of sports and was involved in many extracurricular activities.

She went to University of Manitoba in Winnipeg for both her undergrad and dentistry education. After she graduated, Simpson worked in Winnipeg for a year at the Health Sciences Centre (HSC) for her residency.

While at HSC, she was trained for conscious intravenous sedation. This method doesn’t put a

patient right to sleep, but calms them down and makes them more relaxed, so that they can be more comfortable during a procedure. This isn’t set up at Mountain Dental yet, but once it is, she can use that skill to help patients have the best experience possible.

Simpson also worked a lot with special needs patients at HSC. She heard about the Touchwood program in Neepawa and is very excited to provide services to their clients if they are interested.

Simpson is happy to be in Neepawa to provide area residents with another dentist. Having another dentist in Neepawa taking patients makes it more convenient to make appointments without having to leave town. She started on Aug. 24 and although she is very booked, she is always taking new patients.

Simpson has been very busy lately, seeing patients and settling into her new

Dr. Allison Simpson started at Mountain Dental on Aug. 24 job, so she hasn’t had the chance to see much of Neepawa. She hopes that once the fall comes and she has settled in, she will be able to get involved in the community with sports and other activities. She looks forward to meeting more people and getting to know the town better.

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Desilets saw a lot of western Canada during her medical training. She went to Calgary for two years of medical school, then Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for more training. From there, she went to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan to do two additional years of family medicine training and an extra year of training in surgery.

Now, she is back in Manitoba, starting her career as a family doctor at the Beautiful Plains Clinic in Neepawa.

She is keeping busy starting a new practice and readjusting to the Manitoba health care system. She just started here on Sept. 8, and she has already reached her maximum of 550 patients. She can only spend a couple of days a week in the clinic because she is also busy doing surgeries at the hospital.

Desilets specializes in maternity care and higher risk obstetrics, the care of pregnant and nursing women. She is able to do obstetrical and gynaecological surgeries.

She can also do general procedures, such as removing an appendix or fixing hernias.

Desilets enjoys working in Neepawa. “ Neepawa has a really good medical system here. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to come and work here,” she said. “The group of physicians that works in this town is excellent. They are all excellent doctors and they’re all really friendly.

Everyone gets along well, which is really important.”

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Political truths M any times I have heard people say they vote a certain way because of family tradition. If grandpa voted a certain way, then they do as well and with pride. That’s wrong, just plain wrong. A person should vote for the party that most closely represents their views, not just vote on tradition.

For example, Manitoba liberalism is an excellent case in point.

In the 1950s, Liberal premier, D.L. Campbell brought in rural electrification. It was a huge step for Manitoba farms and rural communities. People could get away from the smelly coal oil lamps, the wood stoves and the tedious hand labour of washing clothes, putting out clothes to dry and hand milking the cows.

It was a tremendously progressive program. However, except on that front, Campbell Liberals were very conservative. They didn’t spend a nickel without making the beaver squeal.

Contrast that with Duff Roblin’s conservatism. Roblin spent money hand over fist building roads, schools and, of course, the Red River Floodway. Manitoba was transformed under Roblin.

In 1969, along came Ed Schreyer, an NDP premier but one who had strong ties to local Liberal, Nelson Shoemaker and later proved his Liberal leanings by being appointed Governor General by a Liberal prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

The point is that political parties stand for different things at different times. What a voter needs to do is to evaluate what each party platform is about and what each leader says and is likely to do.

So we are faced with a choice in the 2015 federal Canadian election. Which party most clearly reflects your views. If you believe that Inky Mark, a former MP, who was always on the outside looking in, can help this area then he should get your vote. If you believe that Canada

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However, if you think the NDP can do all they promise they will do and not blow the taxes sky high (like they have in Manitoba) then the NDP candidate can be your choice. Laverne Lewycky was a good MP in his day but I am afraid that the NDP will spend themselves silly, like they always have in the various provinces where they have formed government. Then there’s the Liberal party of Canada. Represented locally by a fine man named Ray Piche, they could be your choice. However, as Piche well knows, his leader’s reputation is his biggest drawback. Justin Trudeau absolutely blew the financial analysis for Canada, first by saying he will run huge deficits and then just this week by totally misjudging Canada’s current budget situation. He wasn’t properly briefed and that resulted in him making several incorrect statements about the past year’s balanced budget.

So that leaves the Conservative Party of Canada and current MP Robert Sopuck. Sopuck is a good man with a good track record so he easily equals or surpasses the other candidates. He is a Conservative Party of Canada team player and has delivered some good things to this constituency.

Some people hate Harper, the prime minister and party leader.

I personally like Harper, having met and talked with him several times over the past 15 years.

People say Harper seems cold.

While I don’t find him that way, it needs to be said that a good leader needs to be firm and direct. Sure Harper could lighten up a little but let it be said in this latest issue, the Syrian refugee crisis, he’s right on. Neither Canada, nor any other country can take in endless numbers of refugees without first screening them and then making sure we have facilities and jobs for them so they can support themselves.

If we had every person employed and housed in Canada, if we had clean water in every community, if we had no poverty in First Nations communities, then we could open the flood gates much wider.

However, Harper is still correct to insist on screening people to come to our country. Just ask Germany what happens when you open the borders. I would assume it’s a bit of an exaggeration but some sources say there have been 4,000 terrorists mixed in with the refugees into Germany. Even it’s only 400, it’s 400 too many.

Tragedies at home and abroad should never be taken lightly and offered simplistic solutions.

Harper, and the Conservatives are right in this issue by insisting on screening first.

In my view, the Conservative Party is not only right on this issue but on other issues they are right more than they are wrong. That’s how you choose how to vote, not by tradition but by evaluation.

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lowly but surely, candidate signs are going up across the constituency. But they aren’t the only signs that we’re in the midst of an election. If you’re paying attention to any media, you’ll notice an absence that can only mean we’re in an election– there is no federal government advertising.

A ban on government advertising during an election is common MY and it makes sense.

It PERSPECTIVE prevents the party in power from trying to buy voters ate with lavish spending ackman tkinson announcements as they make their final decision and head to the polls. Having such bans in place help to level the playing field between the party in power and those in opposition.

The rule is meant to protect the integrity of the democratic system, but something strange has happened in its application. In many cases, the government skirts the rules while citizens miss out on important information.

For example, Farm Credit Canada is currently in the midst of Drive Away Hunger, a major national food drive. Food collected during Drive Away Hunger is essential to many local food banks, including the one in Neepawa, and will sustain them for most of the year. But many people don’t know it’s currently taking place.

FCC wanted to advertise the food drive, which ends Oct. 23, but they were told they couldn’t, because we are in the middle of election. Election advertising rules prevent FCC, a financially self-sustaining federal Crown corporation, from advertising a food drive. Few people would confuse FCC for a branch of government and nothing in their corporate branding would lead you to believe that. Their name ties them no more to the government than do those of other lenders with similarly national names, such as the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce of the Royal Bank of Canada.

The problem is that the government can still announce a wave of new funding just before an election is called, something we saw earlier this summer by the federal government. Yet election advertising laws prevent FCC from promoting their food drive.

A similar story holds true provincially. During this spring’s byelection in the Pas, any communication from the government was essentially shut down. For example, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development staff weren’t allowed to submit their articles– there were no crop reports, tips on managing pasture or columns about rural development published anywhere in the province for the duration of the election, which took place in April.

While we were deprived information provided by local public servants for the better part of a month, the provincial government announced a lot of new spending the day the byelection was called, including: support for a feasibility study to look at new ways to use the Town Centre in Churchill; $175,000 in shops upgrades for training and skill development in rural schools and $500,000 in upgrades to two northern school technical training programs. The day before, they announced $78 million in major infrastructure projects in the north, many in the Pas. So while voters in the Pas got some goodies weeks before they headed to the polls, farmers didn’t get the valuable information about seeding progress and crop outlooks provided by public servants. The connection is tenuous; I fail to see how knowing about the soy bean crop around Brandon will in any way influence voters in the Pas? I fully support laws and regulations aimed at levelling the playing field between parties and ensuring an unbiased election. The problem with the law as it stands is that the only ones not obeying the letter and intent of the law are the are the governments in power come election time.

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Building a responsible society, part 2

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n last week’s column, I noted how rural communities were built by people who refused to buy into the idea that “The world owes us a living.”

They believed that their communities would only be as good as the contributions they made to building them. So they worked at their jobs during the day and after hours, they built the community facilities they and their families needed.

These people took great pride in their work. They dared to excel—to do the best they could with the resources they had; and many of the facilities they built are still in use today.

I have noticed with dismay how much of that sense of responsibility has disappeared, especially in the last two generations.

So this week, I offer the following suggestions to help rebuild it so that our nation can remain economically and socially strong.

Our work begins at home and in the classroom. We need to teach our children that there is no such thing as a job “that

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein is beneath their dignity.”

Every job is important.

Every job provides a valuable service to someone.

Every job will help you develop the skills and abilities you need to better serve the people in your community. The pride you take in doing your best at a job that no one else may want to do will be noted by those you serve and by those who may, at some time in the future, choose to offer you a job with more responsibilities and a higher rate of pay.

Second, employers need to reward those who work hard by paying them a living wage. Ideally, this should be done at the employer’s initiative. But it hasn’t been—and so governments have had to step in and increase the minimum wage; at which point businesses have cried “foul” and laid off

workers, arguing that they can’t afford to keep them on the payroll.

So these workers apply for and receive Employment Insurance and when that runs out, they may apply for and receive Employment and Income Assistance; both of which are funded by income taxes paid by businesses and individuals.

Governments fill a vital role here. When they raise minimum wage, they must also find ways to enable businesses (especially small business) to retain their employees, pay them well and still make a profit for their owners. The laws they pass must balance a business owner’s right to make a profit with a worker’s right to make a living wage. And those in government must lead by example—by not voting themselves excessive

salary increases, taking for themselves financial benefits or other privileges that ordinary Canadians cannot access, or resorting to massive layoffs of frontline government workers in order to balance a budget.

The Scriptures remind us that “the workers are worth their wages” (1 Timothy 5:18). They urge us to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect in society—where business owners are honored for their investment in a community and workers are honored for their service to their employers and to those who patronize the business. These are high standards—but they are achievable.

Third, governments must not punish those who work hard by taxing huge amounts away from them.

Taxes have their place— and they are to be paid. But those funds should only be used to provide services that individuals cannot afford to provide on their own. In a responsible society, individuals must pay their way and live within their means. It’s time governments did the same.

The battle for the lawn

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t has been an ongoing battle, the moles and I. They have been winning. Please note the past tense! This summer’s battle has been long and fiercely waged. The two solar powered mole repellers work well, for the garden. The soft chirring sound emitted every few seconds leads a mole to believe that someone else has claimed this space, and they are correct. I claimed it for the production of food. Before I found this handy invention I lost rows of lilies, countless potatoes and even some above ground produce.

The problem is, this device only protects a thirty-foot radius. ( Before that I tried stuffing moth balls down their tunnels, only to have them scattered all over the garden and a danger to my dogs. That backfired!) And I have a large yard. This

when I leave the house I have to give it all over to the Lord. If it was important He would have reminded me or have someone remind me. I can leave with a secure heart knowing that the Lord is in control and will guide me accordingly.

I will “rest in the Lord” (Psalm 37:7).

Rita Friesen summer the yard has been groomed with a nifty mower. Front mount, forty- two inch deck, zero turn radius – beautiful. The hiccup is the that the machine is not mine and so I have carefully raked flat the myriad of mole hills dotting the yard before mowing. And there are many. I do have a live trap for the critters, but I do not have the heart to set, or empty, said trap.

I was sharing my frustration with my sister and she shared with me – the answer. “The Giant Destroyer”. I rushed home to our local hardware store and the obliging staff searched

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It is amazing all the cancellations and rearrangements I have to make. I did not think I was that busy.

Still I am very thankful for the support staff in our community so I can have some free time to see my family.

Most likely I will still forget to do something, but

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Observation ists and folders are in my office and on the kitchen table. Sometimes I have to rewrite my plans because I forgot a detail, like the bus from Regina does not go on

and found and ordered the sulphur bombs for me.

Multiple packages! So this is how it works. And it does work. It looks like a mini stick of dynamite. There is a wooden fuse that must be inserted and lit before tucking the smoking bomb down the tunnel and carefully pushing the dirt back to seal the fumes inside.

“The Giant Destroyer. The effective gas killer. Quickly kills: rats, moles, gophers, skunks and ground squirrels in their homes, tunnels and burrows.” I think what steeled my determination in the fight was the morning I stepped out

the south door and was astounded by the heap of fresh earth on my front lawn. The battle line had been drawn and I was fully engaged. So now, with dawn’s early light I walk the yard, noting fresh mounds. And then, starting closest to the yard I begin the process. Locate the tunnel opening, light the fuse, drop and cover. I am winning.I take no great pleasure in the task. I wonder if the network of tunnels throughout my acres implies that a mini army is busy destroying dandelion and thistle roots. I wonder if all that aeration contributes to the lushness of the grass growth. I wonder how ground squirrels can inhabit the back yard and never betray their presence with a speck of above ground soil. I just know, that for me, for now, they gotta go.

Sunday, so I fly to Winnipeg and take the bus home from there. It will work, but it takes some creativity and help from family and friends. Whenever I finish a task I check if off.

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Trudeau follows in Dewar’s tracks It’s always a bit odd to see two trucks stuck in the mud. Maybe the first driver didn’t know about the mud. But what was the second driver thinking?

It’s similarly baffling to watch the federal Liberals campaigning on the same economic plan the Manitoba NDP has been running since 2009.

Canada’s economy has declined by 0.2 per cent and 0.1 per cent in the last two quarters and that qualifies as a recession. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is hitting the panic button and promising to run deficits of up to $10 billion per year for up to three years to kick start the economy. He says borrowing billions will create jobs.

Maybe Mr. Trudeau should take a look at the Manitoba NDP’s record. The province’s unemployment numbers have been stuck for years. And yet Manitoba continues to spin deeper and deeper into debt. It’s worth going back over the tracks to see how we got into this mess.

Back when Premier Greg Selinger was Finance minister, he rolled out stimulus funding to create jobs. But he bragged that he wouldn’t have to borrow money.

“Most jurisdictions in Canada will fund stimulus through deficit,” said then Finance Minister Selinger when he delivered the 2009 Budget. He continued to say he would be “implementing initiatives that are sustainable within a balanced budget.”

His pride came before Manitoba’s fall back into the red.

In 2009, the deficit came in at $555 million. The economy declined by 0.9 per cent and unemployment was 5.2 per cent.

When Rosann Wowchuk took over as Finance minister, she was honest enough to call her budget a deficit. But she promised to get the books balanced again within five years.

In 2010, the Manitoba’s deficit was $467 million.

As with other provinces, the economy bounced back with 2.5 per cent GDP growth. But unemployment actually went up to 5.4 per cent.

Stan Struthers was the next one left holding the budget bag as Finance minister. He increased the PST without the legally required referendum. He promised the budget would be balanced by 2016.

Even with millions more in revenue from the PST hike, Manitoba ran a deficit of $583 million in 2012. Unemployment was 5.3 per cent.

In 2014, the last full year of numbers available, Manitoba ran yet another deficit of $424 million.

Guess what happened with economic growth and unemployment? Almost nothing. GDP growth was 2.4 per cent and unemployment was 5.4 per cent.

But now Greg Dewar is finance minister.

“Industry is telling us not to take our foot off the gas,” said Minister Dewar in his budget speech. “Our government also has a long-standing commitment to return to a balanced fiscal position.”

So he’s spinning further into debt, but the longstanding commitment to balanced budget will remain at a standstill for the foreseeable future.

Maybe the Ministry of Finance’s own numbers aren’t convincing enough. Maybe some outside perspective would help.

Moody’s, a bond rating agency, downgraded Manitoba’s credit rating this summer. DBRS, another rating agency, didn’t immediately move to downgrade, but stated the province has “weak fiscal discipline.” How did Minister Dewar respond?

“We have a plan,” said Minister Dewar. “Our plan is working.”

That’s an amazing statement.

But even more amazing is that, despite all of this, Mr. Trudeau is looking at Minister Dewar’s plan and nodding his head. He still believes that billions in new debt will create jobs and deficits are temporary.

And he wants to run this plan nationwide.

Todd MacKay, Prairie director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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Time marches on

MS Bike Tour rides into Clear Lake The annual MS Bike Tour took place last weekend.

Ilona Niemczyk, Director of Development for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada said that 253 riders registered and 245 hit the road.

The event began in Dauphin at 9.00 a.m. on Sept 12. The cyclists travelled the 75 km. to Clear Lake. Seventeen massage therapists from Wellington College in Winnipeg volunteered to treat those participating. Secure bike storage, food and entertainment are provided on site.

The cyclists made the return journey to Dauphin on Sunday.

The first rider to appear in Clear Lake was David Vaughn of Esterhazy, Sask., who made the journey in under two hours.

His wife, Daisha said, "We were born in New Mexico but moved to Canada in January. David works for Mosaic a mining company and transferred to its potash plant in Esterhazy.

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Vivian and her mother Daisha massage father/ husband David Vaughn once he arrived at Clear Lake.

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In mid August, this group was spotted a mile or two north of Forrest. John Shepherd (lead tractor) was out with three friends and four of his John Deere two cylinder tractors from the 1950s or earlier, cutting hay and posing for a family video.

First female cyclist to report in, Nettie Neudorf of Portage.

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Zucchini gingerbread loaf Zucchini anyone? When the zucchini harvest is at its peak, this is a great recipe to prepare. The ginger and molasses give this loaf a gingerbread taste and the zucchini makes it moist. Freeze the second one for later use.

Zucchini gingerbread loaf 1 tsp. salt 3 eggs 1 tsp. baking powder 2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup oil 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/3 cup molasses 3 cups shredded zucchini 1 Tbsp. ginger 1 cup raisins 3 1/4 cups flour Mix the eggs, brown sugar, oil and molasses together in a large bowl. Stir in the shredded zucchini.

In another bowl mix the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger. Stir into the zucchini mixture. Fold in the raisins. Put into two well-greased larger (or three smaller) loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 50 to 60 minutes or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes then remove from pan. Cool on rack.

Thomas Gadd, from Regina, was in Wasagaming Friday, Sept 4. He was performing classical music on his cello as part of the Friends of Riding Mountain National Park’s busker program.

Neepawa & Area Community Choir Reorganizational Meeting for 2015-2016 year Wed, Sept. 23, 7:00 p.m.

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Janelle Nadeau Friday, January 8, 2016 at 7:30 Minnedosa United Church Sanctuary

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JESSE PETERS Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the Knox Presbyterian Church 396 1st Avenue, Neepawa, MB MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre 291 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, MB FORTUNATE ONES Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre 291 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, MB

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NEEPAWA ACCESS 12 Sun Sept. 20 10:00 .... Calvary Church, Minnedosa 10:30 .... Neepawa’s the Scene in ‘13 1:00 ... A Fall Trip to Riding Mountain 1:30 ..................... Knox Presbyterian 2:45 ........................ A Metis’ Journey 3:00 .... Npa Natives vs Winkler -9/18 5:30 ............... Songs & Sweets 2014 7:00 ..................... Knox Presbyterian 8:15 .......Rorketon Rusalka Dancers 10:00 ....Community Announcements Mon Sept. 21 6:00 ......Community Announcements 10:00 .138th Anniversary Knox Church 11:30 . MB Baseball Hall of Fame ‘15 2:30 ............. Harry’s Classic Theatre 4:00 ..... Horse Poker Derby - Oct./07 4:30 N . eepawa United Church Service 5:45 ..................Summer Sizzle 2014 7:00 ................................Coffee Chat 8:00 ...... Tigers Football- Sept. 18/15 10:00 ..........NFB - Land for Pioneers 10:15 ....Community Announcements Tues Sept. 22 6:00 ......Community Announcements 10:00 .......Fundraiser for Kaylyn Roe 11:45 ..... World Percheron Congress 1:30 .... How Will We Feed Tomorrow 2:30 .... St. Dominic’s Church Service 3:45 ...Stomperfest 2014 - the Crowd 4:00 ........ Working with Willow - Pt. 1 4:30 ........ Working with Willow - Pt. 2 5:00 ................. Sons of the Pioneers 7:00 ..............NAC TV BINGO - LIVE ...................................................Filler 8:00 ..... Horse Poker Derby - Oct./07 8:30 .........Selkirk Aboriginal Centre 10:30 ....Community Announcements Wed Sept. 23 6:00 ......Community Announcements 10:00 ... Tigers Football - Sept. 18/15 12:00 ..............................Coffee Chat 1:00 ... Cameron Streicher in Concert 2:30 .................... Knox Presbyterian 3:45 .Ukrainian - High Profile, Dauphin 6:00 ..................... Fraud - An Update 6:30 ..................................Herb Dock 7:00 ........................ News and Views 8:00 ..........................Mayor’s Hotline 9:00 ............LVJ ‘14 - Kristen Nerbas 9:30 ...........................Wrestling #145 10:00 ....Community Announcements

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Trail building workshop a success

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Rain did not stop Justin Truelove from the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) from spending three productive days with interested trail builders and land managers from the McCreary area in late August. Dead Ox Trailblazers and partners Parks Canada hosted the workshop, public presentation, trail build day and group ride in RMNP. Justin helped us understand the best practices for trail maintenance, building and design along with a presentation on the economic, social and health benefits that trails bring to communities.

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Continued from page 1 There is a new superintendent at Rolling River School Division (RRSD); Reg Klassen retired last year and Mary-Anne Ploshynsky has taken the position. They also have 15 new teachers and have welcomed Westview Colony School to RRSD. Onanole Elementary School is close to finishing a project they started three years ago. They are developing a natural playground, which is a new concept to the school division. It will include a hill with embedded slides, climbing boulders, a leaning tree, a sand pit and an amphitheatre with a garden and raised plant beds. Ploshynsky says that they anticipate the project

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As of right now, the enrolment at RRSD is 1,696, which is about 30 less students than last year.

Ploshynsky says that RRSD is committed to supporting students in reaching their full potential. They continue to work on literacy and numeracy skills so that their students have the skills to think critically and communicate, so they can positively influence their world.

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Dancing lights across the night sky Last week, area residents were treated to some fantastic displays of northern lights. This photo was taken near Plumas, about 10 pm on Monday, Sept. 7.

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Home Routes returns to Polonia Submitted The Neepawa Banner The popular Home Routes concert series is returning to Polonia for the 2015-2016 season. In its ninth season, the concerts will once again be hosted by Roger and

Shirley Schroeder.

The first concert will be Manitoban Nathan Rogers on Sept 18. Other performers will be Oliver Swain (Oct. 17), Hannah Shira Naiman (Nov. 15), Hat Fitz & Cara (Feb. 2), L’il Andy (Mar 2) and Lotus Wight (Apr. 7). For more information, please call 966-3532.

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Banner Staff The Neepawa Banner One man is dead and three are facing manslaughter charges after a fight in the parking lot of the Carberry Motor Inn. In a media release, RCMP said that officers were called to the location on the town’s southend, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 11:45 pm. Police arrived at the scene and found a severely injured male. The victim was transported to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The initial investigation indicated that the victim and a co-worker got into a confrontation with three other men and that a weapon was involved.

Police have not released the deceased’s name, but the owner of a contracting company that the man worked for in the region has identified him online and to several media outlets as Garnet Baptiste, a 26-year-old resident of the Ebb and Flow First Nation.

On Friday, September. 11, Three men were charged with manslaughter and appeared in front of a judge in Brandon provincial court; 32 year old Raymond Jamie Bonser, 36 year old Robert Edward Louie Laba and 26 year old Regan Matthew Carlson were remanded at Brandon Correctional Centre. The investigation is ongoing.

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New playground for Birnie students The students of Birnie Nursery school are announcing the completion of their playground project and acknowledge all those involved in making this new and improved space possible!

The original playground was set up in 1985 as a Birnie Nursery School 10th anniversary project with a structural donation from Ken and Janet O’Donnell and a community services lottery grant for additional equipment. The now completed renovation marks the 40th anniversary of Birnie Nursery school!

Many donations of money, time and materials helped to make this possible. Please see “Thank You” ad on page 16.

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Yellowhead AAA Midget Chiefs begin pre-season

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner The countdown to the regular season is underway for the Yellowhead AAA Midget Chiefs. Training camp for the club concluded on Sunday, Sept.13 and the team played its first exhibition game on Monday, Sept 14, a 4-2 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings. Head coach Craig Geekie said there are still a few more decisions that have to be made to finalize the roster, so these early pre-season games are very important. “[Monday night] was our first game. It’s a different pace out there compared to practice or intersquad games, so [the coaching staff] gets a better idea of what these players are capable of,” said Geekie. “We’ll have to make a few more cuts to the roster. It’s always a tough decision to make, but its part of the process of putting together the club for the upcoming season,” said Geekie.

The next action for Yellowhead is this weekend in Souris at the Southwest Cougar Tournament. Geekie said they will take a few extra players to the tournament for evaluation and should make their final roster decisions immediately after the tournament’s end.

“We play three games during the weekend. During those games, we, as a coaching staff, are hoping to see a strong effort, some hustle to the puck and a general sense of awareness from these players. The big thing will be for [the players] to get comfortable out there. For them to gel as quickly as possible with their linemates. You want to see them play together. Get to the point where they are comfortable with each other, because moving into the weekend in Souris, the level of competition will be a step quicker and it’s something we have to be ready for,” said Geekie.

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T h e Ye l l o w h e a d C h i e f s p l a y e d i n B r a n d o n a t t h e S p o r t s p l e x o n M o n d a y, Sept. 14. The Wheat Kings defeated the Chiefs in the exhibition matchup 4-2.

Female Chiefs pleased with pre-season progress

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner The coaching staff for the Yellowhead Female Midget Chiefs are happy with what they’ve seen from their players at a recent pre-season tournament in Saskatchewan. The AAA team competed in the annual Wildcat Showcase Tournament in Swift Current on Sept 11-13. They played three games over the weekend against clubs from across the prairies and finished the event with one victory and a pair of losses.

The Chiefs opened the tournament against the Saskatchewan U-16 team. Despite having only a few practices under their belt, the Chiefs were still able to keep pace with some of the best players from Saskatchewan. After 60 minutes however, the quick pace of the game caught up with Yellowhead, as they were shutout 2-0. Veteran goaltender Emma Greenwood was solid between the pipes, turning aside 33 shots.

The Chiefs were able to put together a much better result the next day

against the Regina Rebels, earning a 3-1 win. Cass Lyttle, Jessi Rampton and Karissa Cullum scored for Yellowhead, while Miranda Cook registered the win in net with 32 saves.

Sunday, Sept. 13 would see the Chiefs close out the weekend against the Weyburn Goldwings, who will be the host team for the Esso Cup national tournament in April. Yellowhead would lose by a 2-1 score, in a very tightly contested contest.

Head coach Derek Tibbatts said the wins and losses for this event were not nearly as important as ensuring the mix of new players and returning veterans were able to get comfortable out on the ice.

“I feel like everybody did very well over the weekend. Myself and the rest of the coaching staff were impressed with the effort of the younger players who are joining the team for this season,” noted Tibbatts. “Some of the timing out there on the ice was off early, but that’s just a case of the players getting used to new linemates. As the weekend progressed, you could see the line

matchups getting used to one another. Starting to understand exactly where their teammates are on the ice and anticipating how the play would develop. It was good to see the lines starting to build those relationships.”

Next week, the Chiefs will also welcome back veterans Jalyn Elmes, Hannah Fouillard and Sam Geekie, as they return from a three game exhibition stint with Team Manitoba. Tibbatts said that their return comes at just the right time, as the coaches prepare the players for their next challenge, the Central Plains Capitals Showcase in Portage la Prairie. He said the coaching staff will spend the next few practices working on the

implementation of a few defensive concepts.

“In Swift Current, there were a few times wbhere we were scrambling in our own defensive zone. That’s something, over the next four practices, that we’ll work on. Ensuring everyone knows their role in the backend. It’s not a big concern, but it is best to get everyone on the same page as quickly as possible,’ stressed Tibbatts. “Overall, [the coaching staff] liked what we saw out on the ice in Swift Current.

The Chiefs will play four games at the Central Plains Pre Season Showcase Sept 25-27. The first regular season game is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2 against the Norman Wild, at the Shoal Lake Communiplex.

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Natives fine-tune lineup in advance of MJHL season

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner The development of the Neepawa Natives from a group of talented individuals into a collective unit continues to make gradual progress. The MJHL hockey club has played four exhibition games, accumulating one win against three defeats.

The victory was an exciting 3-2 shootout victory against the Dauphin Kings, on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Yellowhead Centre.

Other games thus far have included a pair of losses to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines, both by the same 3-1 margin, and a 5-1

defeat on Friday, Sept. 11 in Dauphin to the Kings.

Natives head coach Jim Fuyarchuk said in these first few games, he and assistant coach Dustin Howden have seen improvement game over game from the players.

Fuyarchuk said it’s good to see them starting to get comfortable out on the ice.

“First of all, the work ethic overall has been very good in these games so far, which is very important when it comes to putting a team together. That’s been a real positive,” said Fuyarchuk. “At the same time, the guys are still getting used to one another out there on the

ice, so that’s something we’re dealing with. There are new players alongside the veterans and it takes a little bit of time for them to find that comfort zone, where they know exactly where their line mates are going to be out there. We’re still getting some growing pains in that aspect. But what’s positive is that we are seeing that awareness gradually improve over every single game.”

With a pair of exhibition games remaining for the Natives, both against the Winkler Flyers, Fuyarchuk stressed that the coaching staff will try and narrow things down, when it comes to line combina-

tions and potential final player cuts.

“We’re going to see what fits best. We’ll do a little experimenting with moving guys around, but really, it’s about establishing our line combinations and getting them set for the season,” noted Fuyarchuk. “As for

the final roster, we’re down to some hard decisions. There are 26 players still with us. Ideally, we’d like to get to around 24.

From a coaching perspective, these decisions are the most difficult, but that’s good. You want to be in a situation where you have

to make hard decisions.”

The final exhibition game at home for the Neepawa Natives is on Friday, Sept. 18, against the Winkler Flyers. The season opener will be on Friday, Sept. 25, as the Natives travel to Dauphin to face the Kings.

Great summer for NUSA Submitted The Neepawa Banner The Neepawa United Soccer Association (NUSA) had a busy summer. Kaiten Critchlow ran a one week soccer camp called “The Academy”. This camp was a replacement for the Challenger Soccer camp, that has taken place in Neepawa for the last four years. Due to some red tape with work permits, the Challenger Camp had to be cancelled at the last minute. NUSA was very happy when Kaiten Critchlow stepped up to run a replacement event. The young soccer players had a fantastic week practicing drills and playing lots of unique soccer games.

NUSA also held practice every week for any of our traveling soccer players from the spring league. Throughout the summer we had as many as 40 kids out on Thursday evenings to practice with coaches: Kaiten Critchlow, Chase Critchlow, Daryl Critchlow, Mark Perrett and Scot Smith. Thank you to all these players and coaches for continuing through the summer.

On Sept. 5-6 we had two teams (under 12 boys and under 12 girls) head to Carmen for a Regional Soccer Festival.

The boys team, coached by Scot Smith and Lindsay Magwood, won one game and lost two. Lennon Carr and Jordan Hartle were picked to play in the boys player of distinction game at the end of the festival. The girls team, coached

by Mark Perrett and Meagan Smith, won one game and lost two games as well.

Lara Denbow of Neepawa, Lainie Muir of Tenby, Caitlyn Stevenson and Reece Andrews from Minnedosa were selected to play in the girls player of distinction game at the end of the festival.

NUSA is now ready for a break. We will not be doing a fall session but are looking forward to our winter session starting in January. If anyone is interested in joining our board we are looking for an equipment manager, a house league manager and a referee manager.

Our club continues to grow and so we are needing more hands on the board.

(Pictures from the soccer academy, as well as the boys and girls teams can be seen on page 19 of the Banner)

SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR CRITERIA FOR NOMINATIONS

NOMINATIONS WILL BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF:

• The nominee’s contribution to the enhancement of sport and recreation development and delivery • Demonstration of outstanding leadership.

• Continues volunteerism and personal involvement in the community.

• The impact and lasting contribution to the community.

• Visual image of role modeling for community.

In order to assist the organizers assess the nominations, nominators are asked to provide supporting information by answering the following questions: 1. What has the nominee done which contributes to the enhancement of sport and recreation development and delivery?

2. How has the nominee demonstrated outstanding leadership?

3. Does the nominee continue to volunteer and be involved in the community?

4. How has the nominee’s contribution impacted the community today and in the future?

5. Why does this nomination set a good example for others?

Please email or fax all nominations to: leisure@wcgwave.ca or fax: 204-476-7624 Deadline for nominations are Friday, October 9, 2015.

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Election 2015:

Families Question: What programs would you like to see help Canadian families?

INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN EDITED FOR LENGTH AND CLARITY.

Name: Laverne Lewycky Party: NDP Home: Dauphin Tom Mulcair and the NDP have provided a multi-faceted, comprehensive approach in the programs proposed to assist Canadian families, which I support.

These include the hallmark $15 a day plan to create or maintain one million affordable childcare spaces across Canada. Canadian families cannot afford to wait.

Our children are a national treasure. Parents across Canada work hard and sacrifice to ensure their children get the best start in life. They are looking for a Prime Minister who understands that. After a decade of Stephen Harper, childcare costs are breaking household budgets.Too many mothers are sacrificing career goals because they can’t find affordable care. Too many indigenous people struggle in a childcare vacuum, 78 per cent of children in First Nations communities are without regulated childcare. Tom Mulcair has a plan to ensure there’s a space for every child – and parents won’t pay more than $15 a day. This plan will save young families money and enable greater participation in the workforce – especially for women.

In the family health care area, the NDP will help five million Canadians access family doctors. They plan to help build 200 clinics and hire thousands more doctors, nurses and health care professionals to move health care forward and reverse the Liberal and Conservative damage done by years of

neglect. An NDP government will provide long-term, stable funding, working with provinces and territories to ensure more Canadians can access a family doctor and primary care teams. They will especially target communities facing doctor shortages. They will expand home care to support 41,000 more seniors, thus freeing up hospital beds and reducing overcrowding in emergency rooms. Mulcair will launch a national Alzheimer’s and dementia strategy by investing in screening, diagnosis, support and research.

The NDP family programs will create opportunities for 40,000 youth through jobs, paid internships and coop placements over four years and invest in sports for disadvantaged youth. By partnering with provinces, municipalities and Indigenous governments to hire apprentices for infrastructure projects the NDP will enlist federally regulated airports or port authorities and crown corporations to establish firm apprenticeship ratios.

On the financial front, the NDP is committed to families by ensuring that young people will have the Canada Pension Plan for their future while providing adequate pensions for seniors’ retirement. An NDP government would convene a First Ministers’ meeting on Retirement Security, protect pension-income splitting for seniors and Registered Retirement Income Fund enhancements, lower the Old Age Security eligibility age from 67 to 65 and help lift 200,000 seniors out of poverty with new funding for the Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Name: Ray Piché Party: Liberal Party of Canada Home: Onanole

Name: Inky Mark Party: Independent Home: Dauphin

Liberals believe that access to affordable, high-quality child care improves life outcomes for children and increases the supply of workers and worker productivity.

Too many middle class Canadians are struggling to find affordable early childhood education and care. The Conservatives have failed in their leadership, leaving middle-class Canadians to fend for themselves amid a shortage of child care spaces, prohibitive costs, and wait lists. Every Canadian child deserves a real and fair chance at success and a comprehensive approach to learning in Canada begins with early childhood learning and care.

The Liberal Party of Canada believes that access to affordable, high-quality child care improves life outcomes for children and allows parents to concentrate on improving their family’s prospects. Unlike others whose plans convert existing spaces—with the majority not converted for eight years—our party considered not just affordability for parents, but also the other real issues we know parents face: the insufficient number of available child care spaces, particularly for babies under 18 months, and the quality of those spaces to Canadian families.

First, a Liberal government will create the Canada Child Benefit (CCB): one bigger, fair, tax-free, automatic monthly child benefit that puts more money back in the pockets of Canadian families who need it most. This benefit will deliver up to $533 per child per month and will give more to nine out of 10 families. We will also introduce two new options so that parental benefits are more flexible for family and work circumstances.

This will provide more flexibility and security to parents in the first 18 months following the birth of a child—the most crucial time for children and often the most challenging time for new parents. A Liberal government will also boost investment in social infrastructure by nearly $6 billion over the next four years and almost $20 billion over 10 years. As part of this investment, we will fund the creation of thousands of new child care spaces, enhance their quality and ensure that affordable child care spaces are available to more families who need them.

We recognize that childcare needs are different across the country and we will not impose costs on other orders of government, but will instead work with each of them on agreements that create and operate affordable, high quality, early learning and child care spaces across Canada. As noted above, we will also work in partnership with other governments on research, policy development and best practices in the delivery of early learning and childcare.

The family is the core building block of society.

Families need to be supported in every facet, from education to basic income. Poverty creates more poverty which in the end, creates social problems in society.

We need an annual guaranteed income plan for all families. This would replace our welfare system. The system has to encourage people to work to improve their livelihood, not penalize them as does the current system.

Families need good health care which should include dental care for school age children. Families need a pharma-care plan as well. A national child care program will certainly help those couples who both work out of the home.

I’ve always been an advocate for education, having been an educator most of my life. Education should be free right up to the university and community college level, certainly for the undergraduate years.

Name: Kate Storey Party: Green Party of Canada Home: Grandview That’s where we get back to the guaranteed income supplement [Previously referenced in the Sept. 11 issue of the Neepawa Banner, during the discussion of seniors]. The Green Party believes that it is a viable option that can augment a family’s earnings.

The principle behind the idea, which the Green Party has been advocating for for years, is to establish an income floor below which no Canadian could fall, but with incentives for recipients to continue working and to earn more. It’s not a large amount, perhaps up to $6,000 a year per person type of amounts. You can’t live on $6,000, but it is a cushion. It takes some of the pressure off of families. Guaranteed living income programs have been tried before. Something like it was tried in Dauphin, in our own riding and it was successful. It’s something [The Green Party] really wants to look at. It’s timely. Everybody is talking about it, but the Green Party is the only party that has actually put it in their platform. I believe, that’s a big step.”

Name: Robert Sopuck Party: Conservative Party of Canada Home Sandy Lake Of course, [the Conservative government] has reduced taxes a number of times. When we reduced the GST from 7 per cent, to 6 per cent, to 5 per cent, that was an immediate help to Canadian families. As well, recently, we’ve introduced the Universal Child Care Benefit. Where children up to age 6 receive $160 a month, which has gone up from $100 a month. And there’s now a new $60 child care benefit for children age six to 17. That’s a brand new system of support for families. They can use that funding to pay down expenses, for childhood education, child care, that kind of thing. I think those are very significant family benefits that will pay off. I should make the point that the Universal Child Care Benefit will assist some 4 million families in Canada There have also been fitness tax credits for sports equipment and so on.

I should also make the point that we’ve recently introduced income splitting for families. We’ve addressed that inequity. [Before] a two earner family earning, let’s say, $60,000 a year was actually paying less tax than a one earner family earning $60,000 a year. So we have fixed that inequality, allowing income splitting.

Note: The Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church will host a candidate forum on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the church (at the corner of Mountain Avenue and Ellen Street.) The main focus of the evening will be a discussion on child poverty.

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What the mirror doesn’t tell you

By Tara Kauenhofen The Neepawa Banner You know that moment as you’re getting ready for your day, hair is done, make-up is on, clothes picked out, the one where you're feeling alright about yourself and the way you look? You think, “Yeah, I feel beautiful today.”

Then the hesitation and doubt creeps in and all of a sudden, you're looking in the exact same mirror and the reflection you see is someone totally different. Someone who looks unkept, hair out of place, make up blotchy. Words like, ugly, worthless, not beautiful start to creep in.

You get that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, your eyes feel like they are welling up with tears and you can see the joy slipping right out of them.

That is a moment I feel on a regular basis. If I am being honest, about 85 per cent or more of the

time I feel this way. I, and many other women, put on a facade, a mask if you will; to cover up the fact that we don't feel comfortable in our own skin. It’s a daily struggle to get up the courage to leave the house because that means people will actually see me.

I will have to be alright with the way I look, or at the very least, pretend I am.

This has been a struggle my entire life. Growing up, and still today, there was always someone skinnier, more fit, faster, more beautiful, funnier, more interesting, more beautiful.

Since having my son, not only are people more fit, skinny, etc, but if you tag "after having a baby" onto all of those above things, it becomes an entirely new struggle.

I read somewhere once that you will never truly see yourself, all you will see is a reflection of yourself. This quote hit me pretty hard.

Looking in the mirror, the

reflection that I see is not what the world sees. I may think that my hair is out of place, I'm not losing baby weight fast enough, I have a pimple, my make up is not how I wanted it. But the reality is, the world might not see those things. I am sure that as I am looking at women and comparing myself to them, they are doing the same to me.

So, in moments like these; when you see yourself a little differently, remind yourself of a few things, you are a child of the king and are made in his image, which makes you a beautiful, wonderful

creature. You will never see yourself the way your husband does, so just accept it. You cannot and will not see yourself the way the world does and when you are feeling vulnerable and imperfect, remind yourself, you are not perfect, you never will be, because you were not created to be perfect. You are a mess but you're God's mess and he made you more beautiful than you will ever know.

Tara Kauenhofen is a young mom who lives in Brandon with her husband Dan and baby son Sebastian.

Kaleidoscope season begins Val Jarema President, Kaleidoscope Concert Series As fall 2015 begins a new season for the Kaleidoscope Concert Series, the board would like to thank all of our patrons and sponsors for their support.

We strive to bring the best quality entertainment for your enjoyment. The Roxy Theatre is an amazing venue that we are so lucky to rent in our community. Our performers all rave about the acoustics of this building.

Last July, we brought the British Columbia Boys choir as a summer event. Neepawa was selected as the only town in Manitoba for their prairie tour. This choir of 45 boys and a violin ensemble was amazing! This was a big undertaking for our board. Let me first thank our sponsors and all our families that billeted these boys and chaperones for two nights. We know and appreciate how much extra work it was for you. We could not have done it without you!!!

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time. They just have the heart! Volunteers are paid in six figures: S-M-I-L-E-S. See you all at our next concert!

Why did the turkey cross the road?

PHOTO BY KATE JACKMAN-ATKINSON

This family of wild turkeys was seen wandering a gravel road in the Mountain Road area.

TAC

Ventures Inc. Let us clean up your yard scrap and turn it into cash for you!

• Farm scrap • Automobiles • General Scrap • Copper • Aluminum We buy old grain trucks with steel boxes

Call 204-476-0002 for current prices and info.

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Classifieds –––––––––– In Memory

PAHL: In loving memory of our dear brothers, Herbert, November 26, 2001, Donald, November 23, 2008. This world may change from year to year and friends from day to day. But never shall the ones we love, from memory pass away. Lovingly remembered by the family.

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Our most sincere thank you to our neighbours and friends who remembered us on our 50th wedding anniversary.

Your many cards and remembrances will be always cherished. Dennis and Helen

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At the Farm Gate Market – Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 - 10 am – 3 pm - Onanole Rec Centre. Regional and local goods, arts, farm produce and baked goods of the Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve. For more info or to book a table call Valerie @ 204-848-0556

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

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Events Crisis Pregnancy Centre 1955/56/57 Chevs and Pon Fall Supper at Bethany Community Centre: Sunday, Sept.

27, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Prices: adults $13.00, children 6-12 $6.00, preschoolers free. _____________________ Minnedosa Adult Learning Centre’s COMPUTER COURSES start the week of Sept. 28. Contact: Val Gawel at 131 Main St. South, 204867-2519, alc@rrsd.mb.ca

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Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Neepawa United Church basement, Thursdays, 8 p.m. _____________________ 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 _____________________ Firewood, free for clean up.

Call (204) 368-2206

Winnipeg: Need to talk? Call our free help line, 1-800-6650570 or contact our Westman office: 204-727-6161 _____________________ Improve your health with Original Chi Machine. Circulation + Oxygen=Energy. Call Chris Waddell 476-2846 for more information

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To give away, 10 week old house and litter trained kittens. Phone 204-385-2056

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Now offering year round work hauling cattle, bales and gravel, while being home every night. Seasonal commitments will be considered. Applicant needs a valid class 1 license and must work responsibly on his own.

Competitive wages. Only successful applicants will be contacted. Contact Clair @ 204 476 0151 clair.heidi@ gmail.com

tiacs. Will pay twice the scrap price. G. Vincent 204476-3908

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5 ft rotary mower, $500; 16 yr old trail riding horse, in good shape, $1,200; 3 yr old smaller horse, $350; second cut alfalfa; 8 good replacement lambs, $135/ each; work out equipment, offers. Call 204-212-3633. _____________________ Brown leather couch, excellent condition; 6 drawer white dresser; water purifier; wild rose tea set; misc items. Call 204-385-2318 _____________________ First cut alfalfa, red clover, timothy, grass hay bales.

Net wrapped, 1400 pounds.

Phone 204-385-2056 _____________________ Red potatoes, no fertilizer or spray, 50lbs $15. Alvin Weber, second lane right on Plumas hwy #260, N of #16 _____________________ Trent’s Firewood Sales: Delivered in 16 ft lengths as conditions permit. Ph 204835-2036

Obituary Edith Furman (Osborne) Wilson Edith Wilson passed away on September 10, 2015 at 9:25 AM in the McCreary Alonsa Personal Care Home at the age of 94 years.

Edith was the youngest of seven children born to Oscar Elmer Furman and his wife Bertha (Clay). Her mother died when Edith was sixteen months old and at this time she was legally adopted by Rev. W. Alexander Osborne and his wife Mary B (Ford) Edith completed her Grade 12 at Virden Collegiate, and then attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1943 from Saskatoon City Hospital. She completed her studies in Public Health Nursing at the University of Toronto in 1945 and worked for the Department of Health in Manitoba until her marriage to James (Jim) Wilson in 1948. After the hospital opened in McCreary, she served as Nurse Administrator for two years, and then worked part time for many years. She always enjoyed her profession.

Edith served on the hospital board, the health unit board, as an Elder and various other offices in the UCW of the United Church in McCreary. Her interests were variedmusic, reading, her garden and the church to which she belonged. She enjoyed long walks in the summer and snowshoeing in the winter, covering many miles each day. Her main interest was her family, and what they had accomplished, and she wrote long letters to the ones who were away from home.

Edith was predeceased by her beloved husband Jim in November 2005, her birth and adoptive parents, her four brothers Lloyd, William, George and Ralph, and by her two sisters Grace Bruce and Vera Moylan, She leaves to mourn her passing and cherish many fond memories; her daughters Patricia Caubergh, Sharon (Dennis) Robinson, and Lynne (Bernie) Grudeski, her sons Robert (Joy) and Donald (Laura) Wilson, ten grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren in whom she took a great interest, as well as nieces and nephews from her birth family, with whom she kept in touch.

Funeral Service for Edith was held on Wednesday, September 16th at 2:00 pm in Knox United Church, McCreary. Rita Friesen officiated with the service concluding at the church.

Flowers are gratefully declined. Should friends so desire, donations may be made in memory of Edith to a charity of one’s choice.

Sneath-Strilchuk Funeral Services, McCreary Chapel in care of arrangements, 204-835-2004, www.sneathstrilchuk.com

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WILSON: We, Geri, Garett, Brett and Janessa are saddened to announce that our husband, father, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law and uncle to many nieces and nephews, Gerald (Gerry) Dennis Wilson, passed away September 1, 2015, after a brief stay in the hospital.

Gerry was born at Neepawa, Manitoba on April 4, 1944, to p a r e n t s Evelyn and Arthur Wilson, the fourth child and second son. He received his primary education at Wellwood School. He attended Brandon College (an affiliate of the University of Manitoba) and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1966, and from Brandon University his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1972. Gerry began employment at Manitoba Telephone System on May 2, 1966 and retired on March 14, 1997 as Regional Support Service Manager. He enjoyed the fellowship of the many people he met and worked with throughout the years. On July 19, 1968 he married Verna Louise Martin of Oberon, Manitoba. To this union three children were born. Garett in 1974, Brett in 1975 and Janessa in 1978. Sadly Verna passed away on November 14, 1979. In 1981 Gerry and Geri (Smith) were married and the family was complete again. Gerald had always enjoyed farming on an after - work basis and continued farming full time after retiring from MTS. He became a certified organic farmer and participated in numerous organic farming research projects up to 2013. The land was then rented to neighbours who continue to farm the land organically. Gerry is survived by his wife and soulmate, Geri, his three children, Garett of Calgary, Brett of Winnipeg Beach, Janessa of Forrest; grandchildren Lily, Maisie and Lachlan; brothers, Bob & wife Myrtle Wilson of Wellwood and Don & wife Chris Wilson of Hamiota; brother-in-law, Ken McLean & wife Joan of Cranbrook, B.C., brother-in-law, Murray & wife Betty Smith of Vernon, B.C.; brother-in-law Robbyn Martin of Brookdale, sister-in-law Lorraine & husband Joe Laroche of Stoney Mountain; cousins Brenda & the late Lawrence Smith of Calgary; friends Leonard Johnstone of Wellwood and Dorothy Bezo of Brandon. Also missing their master his furry companions Meighan Faye and Bridget Jane.

He was predeceased by his first wife Verna, sisters Winona and Joan; his parents Evelyn and Arthur Wilson, parents-in-law Lyman and Elizabeth Smith; Dorothy and Ken Martin. A celebration of life was held on September 8, 2015. Gerry will be greatly missed by family and friends. “Talk to you later Hon”.

Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.memorieschapel.com.

Arrangements with Memories Chapel, Brandon 1-855-727-0330

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ROUGH LUMBER, FULL DIMENSION 2x8, 2x6, 2x4, windbreak boards. Firewood slabs - 1 cord bundle $60. We buy standing spruce & poplar timber. Tri-J Industries. “Your Local Sawmill” 476-6798 or 476-6349

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2 bedroom house in Gladstone, 24x30 garage, fridge, stove, washer, dryer. No pets.

References required. $650/ month. Available Nov. 1st.

Call 250-352-2072 _____________________ 3 bedroom, new condos in Neepawa, 5 appliances.

Phone 204-761-8001 or 204-476-6362 (Liz). _____________________ Churchill Block, Neepawa, 2 bedroom suite, available immediately. Call 204-841-1298 _____________________ TRAILER RENTALS: cargo, dump, equipment, auto, livestock/horse. FORK LIFT TELEPORT 729-8989

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

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Budget Tire Co. We buy and sell good used tires. 7268199, 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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Custom bush clearing. Call Vic Klassen 204-476-0090 _____________________ MAJOR APPLIANCE and TV Service in home. Call 476-4077

Thank You Thank you to those who helped with construction of the new playground at the Birnie Nursery School: • "Birnie nursery school reunion" cash donation which was used to purchase the swing set • Community Places Grant which covered the monetary expense of the pea gravel • RM of Rosedale for machinery and manpower • Pat Baker for backhoe work • RM of Lansdowne, Prairie Forest, & Co-op for donations • Janet Osborne for her faithful dedication to this project and school • all the dads who provided the manual labour for the renovations The now completed renovation marks the 40th Anniversary of Birnie Nursery school!

Obituary Arthur Steeg March 29, 1938 – August 30, 2015 Peacefully at McCreary/ Alonsa Health Centre, Art passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2015.

He is survived by his son Lorence, daughters Anita (Steven) Kovacs, Marlene Chapman (Mike Chomitsch) and Susan Steeg (Ronen Grinstein) and their mother Eleanor, as well as grandchildren Kiera Steeg (James Wiebe), Cody Steeg, Andrew, David and Mikael Kovacs, Derek Chapman (Clarissa) and Paloma Grinstein-Steeg, as well as great grandchildren Jaiden Wiebe, Jaxon Steeg and Kael Chapman.

Also surviving him are brothers Arnold (Edith) of California, Ewald of Germany and sisters Elfriede (Jürgen) and Lilli of Germany, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Glenella Community Hall in Glenella, Manitoba.

Flowers gratefully declined. Donations may be made to the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre, Box 250, McCreary, Manitoba R0J 1B0 or Christ Lutheran Church in Waldersee, Box 89, Glenella, Manitoba R0J 0V0

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Engagement Keith & Carole Pottinger of Gladstone along with Yves Guillas of Neepawa & the late Sheila Kam are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their children Teresa Marie Pottinger and Allan Yves Guillas in November.

A bridal shower will be held Saturday, October 3 at 2 pm at the Gladstone Seniors Drop-in Center.

A social evening will be held Friday, October 9 at the Neepawa Legion.

Wedding Announcement Craig and Karen Ferguson of Gladstone, MB along with Richard and Janet Rey of St. Claude are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their children.

Emily Lynn Ferguson to Joel Richard Rey October 18, 2015 at Elkhorn Resort A bridal shower is planned for Sunday, September 20th at 2 p.m. at the Gladstone United Church Annex, Gladstone, MB.

Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING UNDER THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BOARD Notice is hereby given that a hearing of the Highway Traffic Board will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Room B6, Brandon Provincial Building, 340 – 9th Street, Brandon, Manitoba.

PERMITS – PART I – SECTION 9 H.P.A. AND PART III – SECTION 17 H.P.A. 3/016/079/S/15 – 4691904 MANITOBA LTD. o/a NEEPAWA HOME HARDWARE BUILDING CENTRE Application for Off-Premises Sign (Commercial) adjacent to P.T.H. No. 16, N.½ 27-14-16W, Municipality of North Cypress-Langford.

The Highway Traffic Board will be prepared to consider all submissions, written or oral, on the above applications by contacting the Secretary prior to or at the hearing.

Michelle Slotin, A/Secretary THE HlGHWAY TRAFFIC BOARD 200 - 301 Weston Street Winnipeg MB R3E 3H4 Phone: (204) 945-8912

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Help Wanted GLADSTONE TRANSFER LTD. is currently taking applications for the following position:

Wash Bay Personnel

We have 2 immediate openings for Wash Bay Attendants at our wash bay facility in Gladstone, Manitoba.

Job duties and responsibilities: • Washing the interior and exterior of tractors and trailers ensuring the highest level of cleaning standards.

• Keeping the wash bay area clean and tidy • Maintaining wash bay equipment Weekday evenings and weekend positions are available.

We offer a competitive salary.

Must have reliable transport to work.

Interested? Then please submit resume to: Gladstone Transfer Ltd Box 64, Gladstone, Manitoba R0J 0T0 gtl@mymts.net Phone: 204-385-2947 Fax: 204-385-3465 www.gladstonetransfer.com

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FOODS Meat Cutter/Production Personnel HyLife Foods a division of the HyLife organization is engaged in the dressing and processing of hogs for both domestic and world markets.

To reach and sustain its position as a premier supplier of quality food products it strives to employ talented and motivated people who are capable of reaching the cutting edge of their discipline.

This position is based at the operations in the vibrant community of Neepawa, Manitoba which has a reputation for its beauty and high quality of life. Due to rapid growth we are looking for Meat Cutters/Production Personnel.

Responsibilities / Duties include but are not limited to: • Slaughter, eviscerate and mark hogs for further processing • Cut pork carcasses into primal cuts for further detailed specifications intended for commercial, industrial, institutional or wholesale use • To de-bone edible part and remove inedible organs or parts

Saturday, September 26th at 10 AM

Erickson, Mb in the Erickson Recreation Centre Lawn Tractors, Gator, Log Splitter & Yard items: (4) Riding Lawn Tractors include JD 300 Lawn Tractor w/ Loader & Tiller; JD 318, PS, Wheel Weights, 48” Mower Deck; JD 112 & 212. (2) JD Snowblowers & Mower Decks; JD AMT 600 Gator; Troy-Bilt S.P. Sickle Mower; JD Rototiller; Log Splitter; Brush Mower; 2 & 4 wheel Utility Trailers; Snowblower; Johnsered Chain Saw & more Woodworking & Mechanics Tools: Shop Smith 5 & 1 Machine, Lathe, Saw, Drill Press, Mark 5 ext. table, Lathe Duplicator; Shop Smith Scroll Saw; King 6” Jointer; Generator; Compressor; King 12” Surface Planer; Pedestal, Side, Dremel & Air Grinders; Belt & Disc Sanders; Floor Drill Press; Wood & Metal Band Saws; Radial Arm, Mitre, Reciprocating & Jig Saws; Shop Press 12 ton Jack; 16 H.P. 18 kw Power Plant; Acetelene Unit; Welder; (4) Routers & Bits; Drills; New Ceramic Tile Cutter; Framer, Flooring, Roofing & Air Nailers; Air Tools; Impact Deep & Shallow Sockets; (2) Tap & Die Sets; Foredom Foot Feed Wood Carver; Forstner Bit Sets; Freud Biscuit Joiner; Kreg Jig Kit; New Hydraulic Lift Crane for ½ Ton Truck; Winches; Cement Mixer; Battery Chargers; Tool Boxes; Ladders; Rims & Tires for Chev. Trail Blazer; Misc. Tires; Numerous Power & Hand Tools & Shop Items Guns: 1959 Remington “Nylon 66” 22 Rifle; Maverick Model 88 12 gauge Shot Gun; Remington 7400 in 280 or 7mm cal. Rifle, unfired (sells subject to owner’s confirmation); 22 Rifle w/ Scope; Crossman Co2 Air Pistol; Household & Misc: Bar Stools; Casio Keyboard; Drafting Table; Few Household Appliances; 100 Beer Stein Collection; Tinkertoys; Professional Projector Screen & Cameras; Skype Phones; Tubs of Misc. Computer Parts; Large & Med. Dog Cages; etc.

A large sale with excellent Woodworking & Mechanics Tools, Lawn Tractors, etc.

See the website listed below for detailed listing, updates and photos.

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SPECIAL SUMMER WHOLESALE PRICING! Queen Pillow-Top Mattress Set $395, Beautyrest pocketcoil set $649 (King sets available). 6-piece Bedroom Suite including Pillow-Top Bed set $900. 12 Drawer Queen Storage Bed $625!

5 piece 40” round drop leaf set, 4 chairs $399. SOLID RUSTIC OAK Table Set 60” to 96” (No Veneer), 6 high back padded chairs $2,650 ($4,600 value)! 3 piece Durablend black Leather Power Reclining set including reclining Sofa, reclining Love Seat with centre console & reclining Chair $2295 ($3,950 value). Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6 & Sun 12-5. Call KDL Furniture at 204-571-1971.

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STEEL BUILDINGS

SUMMER MADNESS SALE! All Buildings, All Models. You’ll think we’ve gone MAD DEALS. Call Now and get your DEAL. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422 www.pioneersteel.ca

MANUFACTURED HOMES

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AVAILABLE. 1584 sqft 3 bedroom/2 bath RTM for only $185,000. Pictures available at wgiesbrechthomes.ca.

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NOTICES

Tell the people that if Sundays are ever to be turned into days of play and amusement, they will soon become days of labour and work.

Tell them if they lose their Sabbath, they will have lost their best friend. J.C. Ryle Canadian Lords Day Association www.clda.ca

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Notice NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS BY-ELECTION

PINE CREEK SCHOOL DIVISION

Notice is hereby given that Nominations will be accepted by the Senior Election Official (S.E.O.) or designate at: Pine Creek School Division Office 25 Brown Street Fax#: 204-385-2825 September 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2015 During regular business hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Nominations will be received for the following office: Ward 4 – One trustee MacGregor All nominations shall be made in writing and shall be signed by at least twenty-five voters, or NOT less than 1% of the voters (whichever is the lesser) of the authority or ward (as the case may be), but in all cases by at least two voters. Each nomination shall also be accompanied by the candidate’s declaration of qualification.

Nominations may be filed in person at the above location, on the date and hours specified, by an official agent, or by fax. To obtain a nomination paper, and/or candidate’s declaration of qualification, contact the S.E.O. at the telephone number listed below.

Nomination papers not accompanied by the required documents and not properly filed shall be rejected.

Nominations cannot be accepted past the deadline, September 25th, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.

Dated at the Town of Gladstone, in the Province of Manitoba, the 8th day of September, 2015.

Robyn Winters Senior Election Official Pine Creek School Division P.O. Box 420, 25 Brown Street Gladstone, MB R0J 0T0 Phone: 204-385-6112 Fax: 204-385-2825

Aerus Electrolux Representative will be in the area September 23-24, 2015 For supplies and service

Call 204-638-3436 or 204-725-2567 Church Worship Times Prepared by the Neepawa Ministerial St. James Anglican 11:00 a.m.

First Baptist 11:00 a.m.

Calvary Chapel 10:30 a.m.

Knox Presbyterian 11:00 a.m.

Roman Catholic Sat. 7 p.m. Sun 11:00 a.m.

Ukrainian Catholic 9:00 am every second Sunday Neepawa United Church 11:00 a.m.

Brookdale United 9:30 a.m.

Christ Lutheran 9:00 a.m.

Filipino Church 1:30 p.m.

Waldersee Lutheran 11:00 winter 10:00 summer

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There is a very good reason that we have been taught that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Children who consume inadequate protein early in life will suffer from a permanent reduction in brain size and a significant loss of intelligence. Kids that skip breakfast or whose breakfasts contain inadequate protein will tend to be more irritable, easily distracted and hyperactive. So if nothing else, give them a piece of toast with peanut butter!

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Submitted The Neepawa Banner The Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church has now finalized its plans for a federal candidates forum to be held on Wednesday, Sept.

30, from 7-9 pm. The five candidates in the Electoral District of Dauphin – Swan River – Neepawa are Laverne Lewycky (NDP), Inky Mark (Independent), Ray Piche (Liberal), Robert Sopuck (Conservative) and Kate Storey (Green Party).The forum will take place at the church, at the corner of Mountain Ave. and Ellen St. The main focus will be child poverty.

A moderator at the forum will apply widely-used guidelines. Each candidate will be allowed a five-minute opening statement and a three-minute summation.

There will also be a question and answer period involving the audience.

While questions will be allowed on any topic, the Committee’s main concern is the high incidence of child poverty in Canada, with Manitoba’s rate being amongst the highest. Coffee will be served after the forum, giving the public a chance to meet the candidates, one-on-one.

The Committee will also hold a “poverty luncheon” after the church service on Sept. 20. Speakers will be Dawn HainesShaw from Child and Family Services and Amanda Naughton-Gale from the Salvation Army. Donations will be accepted.

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Soccer season comes to an end for NUSA

FCC food drive underway Until Oct. 23, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is accepting donations as part of their Drive Away Hunger food drive. Last year, 2,400 pounds of food were collected in the Neepawa area. Local drop-off sites include the Neepawa Banner, Neepawa Dairy Queen, the Neepawa FCC office, Budz N’ Bloom Daycare, Neepawa Golf Course, Mazergroup Neepawa, Richardson Pioneer in Minnedosa, BDO Accountants of Erickson and the local schools in the Rolling River and Beautiful Plains school divisions.

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Arden Home Routes set to start Submitted The Neepawa Banner “The brick wall of the house at 275 Saskatchewan Drive in Arden is becoming a wall of fame. It boasts the autographs of performing artists that have shared their songs and stories in the dining room of the historical McCamus house in Arden.

Brad and Tracey Meyers have been volunteer hosts for the Agassiz Home Routes Concert tour for three seasons and are looking forward to the 2015/16 performances.

The Home Routes is a not-for-profit arts organization and Canada’s only roots music house 204.476.2287 272 HAMILTON ST. NEEPAWA concert network. During

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(Top picture) the Neepawa under-12 boys soccer team.

(Middle picture) the Neepawa under-12 girls soccer team.

(Bottom picture) Instructors and students for “theAcademy”,

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a week long soccer camp held earlier this summer.

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510 Walker Ave, Neepawa MLS# 1524754 Spacious 2+2 bdrm bungalow, Downstairs currently a 2-suite Rental. $248,000.

5 Whiteman Drive, Neepawa MLS# 1515414 1289 sf, 3 bdrm, 3 bath, sgl det. garage Private lot.

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Large corner lot with 2 bedroom 2 bath home.

Oak kitchen, rec room in basement. Double garage/shop. Large garden space

Minnedosa, now priced below assessed value.

Well built 3+1 bed, 3 bath home with 4 season sunroom. att. dbl and det. single garages

New construction 3+2 bedroom, 3 bath home now with totally finished basement. Quick possession possible. call to view.

RM of Lakeview- 24-15-11 Full Section of pastureland, fenced, dugouts. $249,000.

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the 2015/16 series, 830 concerts with 14 touring circuits will reach over 168 communities across Canada in this, its ninth season.

A house concert is just what it sounds like, a live acoustic concert featuring professional performers in private homes. In Arden, the season line up will include performers from Ontario, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Minnesota, Ohio and Tennessee. Bob Bovee will be the first performer on Tuesday, September 22.

It’s an entertaining evening out with great guests and impressive perform-

ances in a home setting. There is a $20 per person artist fee which includes refreshments at intermission. “We welcome music enthusiasts to join us in Arden at 7:30pm or watch for Home Route schedules in their area” says Tracey. The Arden performing artists schedule include Bob Bovee Sep 22; Allison Brown & Uncle Dan Henshall Oct 21; Dana Cooper Nov19; Charlie A’Court Feb 6/16; Boy=Girl Mar 5 and The Schotts Apr 10.

For further information, call 204-368-2333.”

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