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The Grade 6 teachers at Neepawa Area Collegiate (NACI) put together a French cultural day for their classes modeled after Winnipeg’s ‘Festival du Voyaguer’. On Friday, Feb. 12, they had guests come and teach the students about furs and trapping (left) and how to make maple syrup on a stick (above middle). The students also tried snowshoeing and swooshing (top left) and lacrosse (bottom). For a snack, they had bannock (above right), which some of the Grade 6s prepared ahead of time. Their ‘petit festival’ took place at NACI, with the exception of lacrosse, which was at the Yellowhead Hall. After the students had a chance to try all five activities, they met up in the gym and learned to dance the Red River Jig. Then they had a lunch of pea soup and croissant sandwiches. The Grade 6s from Gladstone were also invited to take part in the Voyageur experience.

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Rocky Mountain pancake brunch

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Equipment’s Neepawa location hosted a community on Feb. 16 in support of the Neepawa Natives.

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner A pancake fundraiser has rustled up some extra support for the Neepawa Natives. The community brunch, held on Tuesday, Feb 16 was organized and hosted by Rocky Mountain Equipment. RME also served as the game sponsor for the Native’s home game on Wednesday, Feb. 17, against the Selkirk Steelers.

The lunch featured staff of Rocky Mountain Equipment making pancakes and cooking up sausage, while the players served the public. Donations were also accepted, with the proceeds going to support the team. There were also door prizes contributed

by RME for those in attendance.

Rocky Mountain Equipment branch sales manager Shawn Compton said they see the value of having the team in the community and are proud to support them in this manner.

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Around 100 people came out to the brunch and showed t h e i r s u p p o r t f o r t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e j u n i o r ‘ A’ h o c k e y c l u b . events and sports of all types in every community that we’re a part of. This is another example of that.

We’re a Builder sponsor of the Neepawa Natives and this pancake breakfast is just another way to support the club. It’s part of our game day sponsorship.

Just a way to entice people to come out to the games and support the team,” said Compton.

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Neepawa head coach Jim Fuyarchuk said the team is thankful to the fans and RME for their unwavering support.

“It’s great to see the turnout. It’s fantastic. We’re thankful to the fans for coming out, having a meal and just being supportive of the players. We’re also thankful to Rocky Moun-

tain who hosted this event.

They have been great supporters of the team for so long. It’s just been a real good day.” noted Fuyarchuk.

About a hundred people were able to attend the community pancake brunch and just under $650 was raised.

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he fate of newspapers is a much discussed topic these days. Strangely enough, it’s debated mostly in newspapers, which is ironic on two fronts. Why is the topic in the papers so often if, as many say, newspapers are sliding away?

Second, why do newspapers concentrate so much on their own demise?

It is true, some newspapers have ceased production. The closest examples that I know about are Hudson Bay Junction and LaRonge, both northern Saskatchewan weekly papers. Both are very small markets and both were not locally owned.

The latter note is most noteworthy. A newspaper, in order to come close to succeeding, has to have local ownership or a locally based publisher/manager who is devoted both to the cause and the community. It’s a time honoured principle.

Whether a newspaper is daily, weekly or somewhere in between, the newspaper has to define its market. We do that all the time. We evaluate what our market area for news and advertising is and we try to cover it. There are always some spots on the edges where it can be debated that the newspaper should go a bit further but a decision has to be made based on ads and readership. It’s no secret that a printing press can print as many papers as you like but if the publisher can’t pay the printing and postage bills, it won’t be printing for long.

I got a call early one recent weekend morning from a lady who had moved out of one of our newspaper coverage areas. She really missed the Banner, especially some of our columnists. I explained that we simply don’t mail our paper that far based on our market area. I suggested that she could buy a subscription, either a hard copy or an online

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version, the online one being cheaper. We’ll see if that happens.

But back to newspapers and why they slip in appeal to local readers. A daily paper, just this past week, had a lead story with a catchy headline. I opened the story to find it happened in a far away city. The story had no local relevance, it took up space that could have been used for local news. There was little or nothing in the story that would allow local people to learn anything about the event or do anything about it. It was almost a total waste of space in a local paper.

Local papers are not immune from internet intervention by any means. It’s not unusual for local stories to get on the web before it gets into print. Timeliness is important and that’s why we post so many stories on Facebook and on our website ahead of our print product. It’s just part of how we do business today in the news world. That said though, the newspaper should be the news anchor in local community. Even if there’s only one staff person, that person should be in the centre of the news cycle providing the facts, the details and the most timely reporting. Let TSN or CNN or CTV do their thing. They have mostly national stories to cover.

Let the Toronto Star or Winnipeg Free Press do their thing on the national or even international

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scene. It’s the local paper that does the local grunt work to get the news out and hopefully get it right.

One of the reasons well run locally based newspapers are doing fairly well is advertising.

An ad on the computer or phone is fleeting. It can be hard to find again for future reference. Many ads are blocked on the websites.

No doubt, there is some very effective advertising and marketing on the web, but you can’t beat a newspaper. Newspaper ads are available to re-read as many times as you want. They are there, passively and politely waiting on the coffee table or kitchen table to be read again and again as many times as you like.

Newspaper ads don’t jump off the screen at you and annoy the reader or block your view. They just sit here, politely waiting for when a reader is ready to read it.

For sure, there will be more and more electronic ads and news but both have to be local to work. The ads and news both have to be trusted, reliable and locally generated or else they won’t gain your trust or attention.

The key is that a publisher has to look after local news and ads above all else. That’s why what you read on these pages is local, we understand that and we strive to keep it that way.

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ith the rapid pace of technological innovation, sometimes, it’s easy to lose track of what we are doing. As businesses, communities and organizations seek to remain successful, however they define that word, it’s important to step back and ask, ‘What is it we do?’

Today, only about 70 companies remain in business from the original Fortune 500 list published in 1955. It’s interesting to look back and see how seemingly MY small, obscure PERSPECTIVE or insignificant innovations have blindsided established companies and industries. ate In 2000, the ackman tkinson founder of a startup company called Netflix flew to Dallas to propose a partnership with video rental giant Blockbuster. At that time Blockbuster dominated the video rental industry and Netflix wasn’t the service we know today– it sent subscribers their movie rentals in the mail.

At another point, Blockbuster could have purchased the young company for a mere $50 million.

Today, 45 per cent of all US broadband households have a Netflix subscription and the company is worth over $38 billion.

Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. Blockbuster forgot that it was in the businesses of entertaining people.

Kodak, founded in 1888, had a pretty long path to its downfall. At its peak, it was worth $31 billion. Their initial brand was built on making money off of photo developing. Starting in 1948, instant photography took hold, then mass market photo developers, such as Wal-Mart, got into the business, then digital photography eliminated the need for film or processing all together. In 2012, the company filed for bankruptcy. Kodak forgot that it was in the business of helping customers mark their milestones and cherish their memories.

Canadian tech company BlackBerry also forgot what business it was in. The once undisputed king of the smartphone saw its share price fall by 90 per cent between 2009 and 2013. It was a dramatic fall from 2009, when earnings were growing by 84 per cent a year and Forbes magazine named the company the fastest growing company in the world. In 2013, the company incurred $1 billion in losses, mostly due to unsold inventory.

BlackBerry failed to see where the industry was going. Their business was built around corporate customers, but it was consumers who drove the integration of smartphones into our lives. BackBerry focused on battery life, limited data usage, a functional keyboard and secure messaging and email. It turned out that these weren’t consumers’ priorities and when the shifting market stabilized, BlackBerry was left far behind its competitors.

Other companies have adapted. The online payment site PayPal was originally envisioned as a cryptography company. It then evolved into a way of transmitting money using PDAs. From there, the company focused on further developing their online payment system. The company, founded in 1998, was bought in 2002 by eBay for $1.5 billion.

Video game console maker Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company. In 1949, founder Fusajiro Yamauchi suffered a stroke and his 22 year old grandson Hiroshi Yamauchi took over and began transforming the company into a gaming powerhouse. Nintendo tried a variety of other business ventures to expand the company’s limited market and in 1963, had its first hit toy. In 1977, Nintendo launched its first game console and in the mid-1980s, they launched the Nintendo Entertainment System console, the best-selling gaming console of its time. Yamaguchi, who realized he was running an entertainment company, stayed at the helm until his death at the age of 85 in 2013.

Just like the buggy makers who didn’t adapt to the rise of the automobile, in their early stages, game changing innovations can be easy to ignore, or dismiss as being inferior. With this in mind, all businesses need to be open to change and recognizing innovations, inventions and trends that have the the ability to fundamentally change what they do, but not necessarily who they are.

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Stories of love – part three I t was to be their last meal together before he died. Jesus knew that.

But his disciples didn’t.

In their minds, they were doing again what they had done in each of the past three years. They were celebrating Passover, the annual feast that recalled ancient Israel’s deliverance from Egypt.

At the appointed time, Jesus arrived with 10 of his 12 disciples. Earlier that day, he had sent two of them into the city to meet a man whose house had a room big enough for 13 people to share a meal.

They had cleansed the room, set the table and laid out the bread and wine that would be used during the Passover litany. The meal itself was simmering in a pot nearby.

Only one thing had been overlooked. There was no one at the door to perform the customary act of greeting— washing the dirty, smelly feet of Jesus and his guests.

So, after the Passover litany had been recited and the meal had begun, Jesus

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Neil Strohschein slipped away from the table, wrapped the towel around his waist, poured some water in the basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet. In his record of this event, St. John says this: “Jesus loved his own who were in the world. Now he showed them the full extent of his love.” (John 13:2) Jesus was the ultimate servant. No task, however menial, was beneath his dignity to perform. When he came into this world, he laid aside his privileges and prerogatives as God and took the form of a servant (literally, the form of a slave). So when he washed 12 sets of dirty, smelly feet, Jesus was doing something that any slave might have been asked to do.

But the attitude Jesus displayed was far different

from that which a slave might display. Washing feet was a dirty job. Few slaves ever volunteered for it. They hated the job and they often felt the same way about the arrogant people whose feet they had to wash.

But Jesus chose to take on this menial task. He did it because He loved these men and this was his way of revealing how deep his love for them really was.

As with everything Jesus did, this event contained a lesson that the disciples needed to learn. Before that night was over, Jesus gave them a “new commandment;” one simple rule that was to govern their worship, their work and their relationships.

“Love one another as I have loved you.”

They would never have cause to question what he meant by those words.

His example would remain embedded in their minds forever; as would the words he spoke when the task had been completed: “I have given you an example; now do for others what I have done for you.”

Those words weren’t just for Jesus’ disciples.

They are for you and me as well. In God’s eyes, there is no such thing as a trivial, mundane or demeaning task. Everything we are asked to do has value in someone’s eyes and the value of the work done greatly increases when it is done in love.

But sometimes, all the love we have inside of us isn’t enough to help us care for those who show no appreciation for the things we do for them. So what do we do then? For the answer, we turn to some of the last words spoken

by Mother Theresa of Calcutta, words by which she governed everything she did: “Let Jesus love others through you.”

Thrumming in my consciousness

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here is a word swirling around in the depths of my consciousness, thrum, thrumming. I think it took root when I reflected on the words from the song ‘How then shall I live’, ‘heard a sound outside of my listening, felt the living hum of the ground.’ There have been moments when I have been very aware of the hum of the surface beneath my feet. Somehow the word ‘thrum’ more accurately captures the sensation of those times.

I have become more familiar with the Brandon Regional Hospital. There are places on site, if you simply stand, you can feel the hum, thrum, of the innards of the structure.

Walking the underground corridor to the cafeteria one can hear the beat of the hospital’s heart more so than feeling it. But at

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Rita Friesen other locations I can feel the vibrations coming up through the soles of my feet and filling my soul with the wonder of the workings of modern buildings and sense their purpose.

The other place that this sense of awe at the life of a building, and all those within it, fills me is when I stand behind a pulpit. The floor vibrates in response to the majestic music of organ, piano and voice.

There are times when I still my voice and relax into the hum/thrum of the moment. Just as the hospital floor transmits the mystery of the place and purpose

Observation

By Addy Oberlin

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utting the faces on four little hand puppets is quite a challenge. I needed to make little ears, eyes, noses, cheeks and muzzles. It was so tedious that I was ready to give up, but I persisted and have one more ear to put on. It is the faces that make those puppets come alive.

When I look at people, the first thing I seek is eye contact. Often we can read much from someone's eyes.

so does the floor beneath my feet as I stand in the presence of God, amid the people of God. I have always been a ‘child of the universe’, loving the outdoors, being more myself there than anywhere else. I can retreat in a moment to the scent and sound and sensation of being a mere slip of a young thing, nestled in the crook of a tree, book in hand, dog at the base of the tree, and yes, faithful 22 right beside me. (My dad believed that if I was going to spend vast amounts of time in the bush by myself I would know how and

when to use a gun. A different time) The gentlest of wind would have the aspen leaves revealing deep and wondrous secrets. The whipping winds of winter allowed me to sense its power as the entire tree swayed and bent, in survival mode. I learned from that as well. And then there was the first time I stood on an outcropping of rock overlooking a mountain waterfall. There, the earth shook and trembled and remained steadfast. There, too, I was in awe of the living hum of the ground.

A few days ago, one of my daughters posted a photo of me enjoying a marvel of light and movement at the Edmonton Art Gallery.

Beneath it my sister, the elder, commented,’She has the ability to be amazed at small beauties and to manage enormous crisis’.

May it always be so.

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Letters Have you heard of Health Links?

This toll free provincial service offers triage services, health information and referral, and nurse advice 24 hours per day, seven days a week in over 100 languages.

In the past two, years my husband and I have called this service four times. Three out of the four times we did not have to go to the hospital for treatment.

The first time I used it was for a serious burn.

The nurse on call walked me through the treatment method I could use, how I could protect my burn and suggested I phone my local Health Unit to ensure my tetanus shot was updated — (both of our shots were outdated). She also recommended if the burn did look like it was becoming infected I should follow up with my doctor. My burn healed nicely with no scars.

The second time I used the toll free service, the nurse on call suggested I go to our local emergency as she felt I may have pneumonia and I needed to be seen by a doctor.

My husband used it twice. Once when he hurt his rotator cuff — the nurse on call asked him numerous questions and felt he had likely strained it but had not torn it. She recommended treatment he could use at home, but if it did get worse, he should visit his physician or physiotherapist when possible.

The second time he used Health Links was due to a medication reaction. The nurse on call, after asking him several questions, suggested he stop taking the medication and see his doctor as soon as possible.

The service and advice we received from this toll free program was exceptional. It also saved us waiting in emergency, taking up staff time and the cost to the medical system.

The staff at Health Links will ask for your Manitoba health number as well as ask other questions necessary for their records.

Please consider using Health Links in the future for: symptom assessment and triage, referral to the most appropriate level of care, general health information, assistance finding health resources in local communities and information on nutrition from a nutritionist.

We have made sure the toll free Health Links number (1-888-315-9257) is listed with our emergency phone numbers and easy to access. The other phone number listed for Health Links is 204-788-8200.

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Handi-Workers prepare for speeches

By Nikki Anderson Secretary, Gladstone Handi-Workers 4-H The Gladstone Handi-Workers held their fourth meeting of the year on Feb. 2 in the Gladstone United Church Annex. Ten of the 26 registered members were in attendance.

The club did a small group activity to show members that public speaking can be fun.

The next meeting will be on March 8, at 7:00 pm in the Gladstone United Church Annex. The club communications night will be held on Feb. 23, at 7:00 pm in the United Church Annex with refreshments following the presentations. All are invited to attend.

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2015/16 2016/17 Regular Instruction $ 8,614,300 $ 8,833,245 Student Support Services $1,516,974 $ 1,693,309 Community Education* $12,691 $10,880 Divisional Administration $504,616 $534,536 Pupil Support Services $488,427 $554,115 Transportation $1,242,469 $1,261,454 Maintenance / Operations $1,433,821 $1,627,666 Fiscal / Capital Transfers $442,678 $591,348 Total Proposed Expenses: $14,255,975 $15,106,553 + 6.0% * Directly proportioned to early years childhood population in our communities

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Neepawa Fire Chief addresses Rotary luncheon

By Ken Waddell The Neepawa Banner Long time Neepawa Fire Chief Scott Gibson laid out his department’s plans at the Neepawa Rotary meeting on Feb. 12.

“We have two exciting things happening, one is the new fire truck and the other is the new fire hall,” said Gibson. “We had 24 proposals in 2014 for engineering and construction plans for the fire hall and we boiled it down to three. The one from Calnistsky Engineering was chosen and it was one of the cheapest as well.” Gibson went on to explain that this firm had been involved in fire hall construction at Stonewall, Dauphin, Morden and the Brandon City police station. He said

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the new hall will be built west of Freezerco on the former CN land, “That’s a good location as it gives good access for in-town and out-of-town calls.”

As to the fire truck situation, Gibson outlined the history of the five trucks.

“We try to get a new truck every seven years so the oldest truck is 28-30 years old.” Currently, the number one truck is in for repairs to the pump and that will cost around $30,000. A new truck is being ordered

and it’s anticipated it will cost between $350,000 and $360,000.

As for the new fire hall, which has been in the town’s five year capital plan for 20 years, it’s expected to cost $2 million. Gibson said it costs about $13,000 to outfit a firefighter and that the fire department costs about $2,300 per hour to operate.

When asked about the fire departments activities, Gibson said 80 per cent of the calls are to highway

traffic accidents. There was discussion about the policy of sending all three services, namely, police fire and ambulance to every 911 call. Gibson explained that it’s a liability issue.

“If someone decided to only send an ambulance and you needed a fire truck, there could be a big liability issue.” Therefore all three units, fire, police, and ambulance roll to every call.

One Rotarian suggested that fire inspections might

be a good idea but unfortunately, fire departments, under provincial law, can’t do residential fire inspec-

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On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Viscount Cultural Centre hosted a Neepawa and Area Ag Sector meeting. Farmers and farm suppliers from the area met to discuss topics such as labor force, skills and training and supply chain issues. After the discussions, David Derwin of PI Financial (pictured right) made a presentation about the marketing side of agriculture.

Where have all the red squirrels gone?

Submitted by Ken Kingdon Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve Plunkety, plink, plink.

My daughter Abbey got a ukulele from ol’ Santy himself this Christmas and I’ve been plucking away at it in my spare time.

And if you don’t recognise the opening bars of the iconic 1960s folk song “Where have all the flowers gone?” I don’t blame you.

It might be my technique.

Or it could be because I’ve rewritten it to “Where have all the red squirrels gone?”

It’s a bit of a mystery.

We were away for about a week over New Years, and when we got back, our two red squirrels seemed to have disappeared.

I was tempted to suggest alien abduction. Then, after sober second thought, I decided no alien in their right minds would want a red squirrel running around their spaceship, chewing on wires, pulling insulation out of the walls, and chattering away.

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In my post-holiday haze, admittedly, I didn’t even realise that the squirrels had disappeared for at least a week after our return. The weather had turned cold, with daytime highs of -20º C and I just assumed that the squirrels were holed up somewhere warm and cosy.

But, given that at least one of them would show up eyeballing the bird feeder on even the coldest days, I finally figured something was amiss.

And, losing one squirrel is odd, but losing two in less than a week is downright mysterious.

Another point of clarification. When I refer to the two squirrels, I don’t want you to think that they were friends or anything. The big squirrel seemed happiest when it was trying to kill the smaller one. Like siblings.

Nor, as is the case in most things in this world,

did the two squirrels equally share their resources. The big one could be classified as the “have” squirrel, and the other “have-not.”

The poorer “have-not” squirrel was stuck living on the south side of the house, well away from the bird feeder.

It only had about six spruce trees to depend upon for cones and shelter, although the one thing it had going for it was

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an abundance of hazel shrubs.

The “have” squirrel definitely had more resources.

With at least 20 spruces to choose from, plus a bird feeder, a couple of sheds to call home and also an abundance of hazel, this squirrel was the Donald Trump of rodents.

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The Public is Invited to Attend Rolling River School Division 2016-2017 Proposed Budget Presentation 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Tanner’s Crossing School, Minnedosa The 2016-17 budget, local taxation and an update of education initiatives will be provided. Your feedback will be welcomed.

RRSD PRIORITIES Excellence in Education - Healthy Living - Sustainable Future - Community Partnerships The focus of the school division budget is to maintain quality educational programs that develop 21st century learning skills for all students in a safe and positive environment.

After careful review of programs, staffing levels, technology needs, building maintenance priorities, pupil transportation needs and the division vehicles/ school bus replacement plan, the Board of Trustees is proposing a budget with modest increases.

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS • Enrollment projection for 2016-2017 = 1728, (September 2015 enrollment = 1701 students) • Budget increase of approximately 2.5% • Manitoba Education funding level maintained due to funding formula guarantee • School based instructional and support staff levels maintained • Current educational programs and transportation and building maintenance operations maintained • Divisional Numeracy Coach added - Instructional staff professional development increased EDUCATION PROPERTY TAX • Due to the provincial reassessment of property values, in 2016 there will be a reduction in the mill rate and a shift in local taxes to more reliance on farmland and farm building assessment.

• In RRSD, farmland assessment increased 55.5% while residential assessment increased 19.4% and commercial/other property assessed values increased 9.1%.

• Farmland and buildings will see a greater increase in taxes when the new special levy mill rate for 2016 is applied to the re-assessed property values.

•Farm assessment in Manitoba increased significantly across the Province so most farmland and rural school divisions will be affected in a similar way.

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Community Meal program dishes out donation helps family on way to recovery

By Kira Paterson The Neepawa Banner A family from Brookdale has been receiving immense support from friends and strangers over the past few weeks. In January of 2015, Rob Hollohan was in a snowmobile accident and suffered a severe brain injury. He has since been on the road to recovery and the family cannot afford the latest therapy he needs. A friend of the family, Kylia Carew, set up a gofundme account on Jan. 28 of this year to help raise the money they need.

Already, the site has raised over $9,000 of their $10,000 goal. “I think it’s just absolutely wonderful,” said Rob’s wife, Vickie, “I can’t believe it.”

The therapy Rob needs is for his vision. When he had his accident, he was flung off the snowmobile and landed on the left side of this head, detaching the retina in his left eye. When he had emergency brain surgery, they also reattached the retina. But because he was in a coma for three weeks, doctors had said that he likely would never regain the use of that eye, because it wasn’t used for so long after the surgery, Vickie explained.

It took five months for [The doctors] say [to his left eye to be able Rob], ‘Well you know to open, but you might not be when it did, he could see exactly the way you with it. “He were before...,’ and covered his right eye and he said, ‘Yeah, I know he was readthat, and I won’t be the ing what was on the wall way I was before... I’ll on a poster,” Vickie be even better,’ exclaimed, – Vickie Hollohan explaining how much it shocked the both of them. He couldn’t move it at first, it was fixed to the side, so he couldn’t see clearly with both eyes. After therapy, he was able to move his eye more to the centre, but it still doesn’t quite line up with his right eye. As a result, he has no depth perception.

Doctors have said that he will need prism glasses and special therapy teaching him how to use the glasses in order to correct his vision. The glasses and the therapy will cost about $10,000, which is what they will use the money raised on gofundme to pay for.

His vision wasn’t the only thing affected by his brain injury. At first, he showed no signs of brain activity following the emergency surgery. In fact, on the fifth day after the surgery, Vickie said doctors sat down with her and the family and told them he would remain in a vegetative state and it was time to consider pulling him off life support. Vickie wouldn’t accept that and the next morning, she got a call from the doctor telling her that Rob had responded to them when they asked him to move his finger. After that, he spent over 10 months in four different hospitals, undergoing occupational and physical therapy.

He proved all of his doctors wrong, Vickie said. Every prediction they made of how much he could recover was surpassed. “[The doctors] say [to Rob], ‘Well you know you might not be exactly the way you were before, because, face it, you have had a severe brain injury,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, I know that, and I won’t be the way I was before... I’ll be even better,’” Vickie stated, explaining that it’s been his determination and positivity that has gotten him this far. His left side was useless at first and doctors said he would never be able to use it again, but now, he is able to walk and use his left hand, though it is still weaker than his right side. He is continuing to show progress in his physical therapy, and the therapy will continue until he stops improving, explained Vickie.

Having to pay for the transportation to and from Winnipeg for therapy every week, along with Vickie having to quit her job to take care of Rob have led to their savings being depleted.

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The Home Assistance Neepawa and District (HAND) Congregate Meal program staff and clients sponsored Tyler Kostenchuk (front, centre) in the moustache growing fundraiser for the new fire hall.

He was at the Yellowhead Manor on Friday, Feb. 12 to share a meal and meet with his sponsors.

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St. James Anglican Church hosted a pancake brunch on Tuesday, Feb. 9, as part of Shrove Tuesday. Also known as Pancake Tuesday, the day is observed by many Christians as a special point of self-examination.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Logan Enns wins boxing debut

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner The bright lights and big crowds of a major boxing card did not intimidate Logan Enns of Boxe Neepawa.

The 15-year-old recently completed in his first amateur boxing match, at the Brandon Boxing Club’s winter fight card dubbed ‘Love…is in the Air’. Logan would leave the ring on Saturday, Feb. 13, with a split decision victory over a Brandon boxer. Enns said that after two years of training in Neepawa, it was great to step in between the ropes and square off against an opponent at an event such as this. He added that there were a few nerves just before the opening bell, but he settled into a focused mindset when it mattered.

“The nerves were not as bad as I anticipated them to be. Just before I got into the ring, it did intensify a bit though. Once you step into the ring, it just turns into you and your opponent,” noted Enns. “I was confident in my training and it’s just more of a mind game at that level. You know what needs to be done and just need to remain focused. Once the bell rings, all the nerves disappear and you just have to do your thing.”

Derek Pearson, the owner and operator of Boxe Neepawa, worked Logan’s corner during the bout. Pearson said that Enns handled everything surrounding the matchup expertly. “[Logan] handled it great. Not only was he ready for it, he was almost over ready for it. This is something we’ve been looking for, for the last year. It’s just hard to find a suitable matchup for him,” said Pearson. “His opponent [Cole Boycey of Brandon] exceeded expectations as well.

He was a very good boxer, who challenged Logan. It was a very close fight, but ultimately Logan went back to his training and focused on what he was good at, which is his footwork. I think that was the difference maker.”

Enns said he’s pleased to have picked up the win and is already looking forward to stepping into the ring for the next challenge.

“I’m just hoping to get into as many cards as possible.

Any events that are going on, so that I can gain that experience. Once I get over 10 fights, then it starts getting easier to be able to fight.”

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Logan Enns (in blue) of the Boxe Neepawa Combat Sports and Fitness Club, ended u p t h e v i c t o r i n a c l o s e l y c o n t e s t e d b o x i n g m a t c h i n B r a n d o n o n S a t u r d a y, F e b . 1 3 .

Time running out on Neepawa Natives playoff push

By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner With only a handful of games remaining in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League regular season, the Neepawa Natives are in desperate need of some help to make the playoffs. Unfortunately, neither the Winkler Flyers nor Steinbach Pistons proved to be all that helpful over the weekend.

On Friday, Feb. 12, a five goal third period ended any hope of a home ice victory for Neepawa, as they were dismantled by Winkler 8-1. Jason Cohan and Kayden Jarvis each recorded a pair of goals and an assist to help the Flyers pick up their 35th win of the year. John McCammon scored the lone goal for Neepawa in the second period. The Flyers outshot the Natives 48-20 during the game overall.

The following night, a pair of goals from Neepawa’s own Quinton Lisoway led the way for Steinbach, as the Pistons dominated the Natives on the way to a 9-1 win.

Defenceman Connor Martin also had a strong game with a goal and two assists. Rounding out the scoring for Steinbach were Daby Gula, Scott Petkau, Denis Bosc, Ryan Carlson, Julien Koga and Bradley Schoonbaert. Jace Pesch was the only goal scorer for the Natives. Neepawa found itself outshot 58-21. The game, which was played in Steinbach, was the 40th win of the season for the Pistons and allowed them to surpass last season’s win mark of 39. As for Neepawa, they have fallen to 10-40-2 on the year and are currently 10 points back of Waywayseecappo for the final playoff spot. The Wolverines have seven games remaining on their regular season schedule, while the Natives has eight.

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By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner The Neepawa Farmers have swept their first round playoff series in the Tiger Hills Hockey League (THHL). The club began the playoffs with an impressive 7-1 win over the Cartwright Clippers on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Yellowhead Centre.

Clarke Rempel opened up the scoring in the second period, to give the Farmers the advantage.

Less than a minute after that, the Neepawa lead doubled with Brett Dreger scoring on an unassisted marker. The Farmers were able to maintain pressure on the Clippers for the remainder of the period.

That effort paid off with Ian Kerkowich, Rodney White and Riley Kolesar all adding goals before Cartwright answered back with its first of the evening.

After 40 minutes of play, it was Neepawa who held on to a 5-1 advantage.

A pair of additional goals in the third ensured that the Farmers closed out game one with the 7-1 win.

While seven different players registered goals for the Farmers, it was Lance Nugent and Riley Kolesar that led the way with four points (1-3) apiece. Rodney White had a goal and a pair of assists on the evening, while Curtis Nelson picked up the win in the Neepawa net.

Game two of this best-

of-three series was played on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Cartwright. That game was a much closer contest, but it was still the Farmers who came away with the win, by a 5-2 margin.

Travis Tilley and Devin Epp opened up the scoring for Neepawa early in the opening frame. The Clippers answered back before the end of the first to make it a 2-1 score after 20 minutes of play. Both teams exchanged goals in the second to keep it a one goal game heading into the third.

In the final period, both sides battled for control, knowing that the next goal scored could be a game changer. At 10:58, it was Neepawa who notched

Tiger Hills Hockey League Best-of-five series Carberry Plainsmen vs Neepawa Farmers Game One: Wednesday, Feb. 17 - Neepawa at Carberry (8:00pm) Game Two: Saturday, Feb. 20 - Carberry at Neepawa (8:00pm) Game Three: Thursday, Feb. 25 - Neepawa at Carberry (7:30 pm) Note: Game will be played at Sportsplex in Brandon Game Four (If necessary): Sunday, Feb. 28 - Carberry at Neepawa (6:30 pm)

that all important tally, as Nolan Speiss was able to secure his first goal but fourth point of the game, giving the Farmers a two goal cushion. A late goal from Riley Kolesar was a bit of extra insurance, as the Farmers moved on to the next round of the playoffs.

In the eastern division semi-finals, Neepawa will face the Carberry Plainsmen, while the Minnedosa Bombers will be challenged by the Gladstone Lakers.

In the western division, the Killarney Shamrocks met the Deloraine Royals and the Souris Elks will battle the Boissevain Border Kings.

Submitted The Neepawa Banner

Club 55+ Bowling League (Minnedosa) Ladies’ High Single -- Pauline Hailstone 233. Ladies’ High Triple -- Vivian Oswald 561. Men’s High Single -- Bob Lychak 221. Men’s High Triple -- Don Denoon 565. Other Scores to Note: Gordon Maddever 203; Jim King 165, 154, 195; Bev Chapski 165; Melvin Oswald 165, 185, 158; Liz Lychak 171; Eleanor Scott 150, 171; Vernita Potrebka 205; Wilfred Walker 199, 175; Myrnie Kroeker 152, 180; Frank Porada 191, 203, 169; Vivian Oswald 178, 155, 228; Janice Abstreiter 182; Norman Kendall 186, 187, 150; Lawrence Smith 182; Don Denoon 203, 197, 165; Barb Grumpelt 225; Len Pritchard 153, 157.

Special Olympics Bowling Ladies High Single and Double - Tanya Scott 158, 245 and Wes Coutu 213. Mens High Double - Dwayne Petch 363. Noteworthy Score-Laurie Goodon 136.

Natural Gas Save over $12,000 on home heating.

install buy & Cost to

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Game Five (If necessary) : Tuesday, March 1 - Neepawa at Carberry (8:30 pm)

It pays to heat with natural gas.

Upgrading to natural gas heating may cost more up front but, lower operating costs will quickly pay back your investment.

$ ,5 GAS 3 TO L A R NATU CE $ 5,500

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15,800

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We offer a variety of financing programs that can make upgrading to natural gas heating more affordable. With our Pay As You Save plan, you can finance part or all of the installation with the savings generated by the upgrade.

For more information on heating and financing options, or to use our online calculator to estimate the savings for your home, visit:

hydro.mb.ca/heating The costs shown above to buy, install and run are averages and will vary depending on your home, specific heating needs, and other conditions.

Cost to run is based on a February 1, 2016 natural gas rate of $0.2660/m3 and an electricity rate of $0.07672/kWh. .

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Fun for all at Neepawa’s Winter Wonderland

PHOTOS BY EOIN DEVEREUX

(Left): Jared Pelechaty of the Neepawa Natives was one of several members of the junior ‘A’ team that skated with youngsters during the free public skate at the Yellowhead Arena on Louis Riel Day. (Above): A group of children climb the snow mountain at the Flats on Monday. Other activities at the Flats included skating, horse drawn sleigh rides and a children’s obstacle course.

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Classifieds In Memory

In memory of Danny (July 22/81), Jett (Feb. 10/06) and Don Strelczik (Jan. 7/14) . In God's loving care and always in my heart. Love Shirley

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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

Personal

Crisis Pregnancy Centre 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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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

Birthday

Happy 90th Birthday!!

Jean Sneesby is turning 90 this month.

Family and Friends are invited to drop in for a come and go tea at the Viscount Cultural Center (293 Mountain Ave.)

Saturday February 20th 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

Obituary Liz Guttman We want to announce the end of a life well lived. Elizabeth Guttman passed away at Country Meadows Care Home in Neepawa in the wee hours of February 10, 2016.

Our mom was never boring. She worked hard and played even harder. She was highly social and loved to be with people. Mom was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame with the Boissevain Border Queens (19641968) and played the game well past her 60’s. She loved sports (especially her Blue Jays), games, cards, Bingo, lottery and Vegas. She bowled, curled, golfed and inspired others to try to keep up. She worked at the Bamboo Gardens for many years and at the Neepawa Hospital until retirement; then at Harris Pharmacy until her mid 70’s. She laughed uproariously; she feuded zealously. She was the life of the party, but never wanted to be the center of attention. She considered calling people s***head a term of endearment! She greatly enjoyed her kids and grandkids and was always up for anything they wanted to do. Neepawa would not have been the same over the last 45 years without Lizzy Guttman.

Mom was born in Saskatchewan on August 31, 1937, to Agnes and Edward Toth; Hungarian farmers. She met Dad while they both were working at Hook’s Camp in Ontario and married him in 1955 in Plumas. They moved all over the Province as Dad served with Manitoba Conservation (Mafeking, Arborg, Grandview, Boissevain, McCreary, Neepawa). Mom joined clubs and got involved in each community she lived in, making life-long friends.

Liz is survived by her sisters Matty and Hilda and her brother Albert. She is pre-deceased by her husband Hugh Guttman, brothers Desso, Eddie, Joe, Steve, Lloyd and her sister Margaret. Liz leaves her children, Dale (Laura), Lori (Bruce), Andrea (Darvin) and Glen (Andrea) and her grandchildren, Erich, Alanna, Aaron, Eden, Jordan, Savannah, Jamie, Jakob, Max, Karina, Maggie, and Nathan.

We thank (and could not possibly mention everyone) her family on both the Toth and Guttman side and her huge circle of friends and neighbours for their contribution to Liz’s life. We thank the staff at Country Meadows for the excellent care of our Mom and White’s Funeral Home for their compassionate guidance. Services will be held at the Neepawa United Church, Neepawa, MB at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 20, 2016 with a luncheon to follow. Details will be posted on Facebook. In lieu of flowers please make a contribution to the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation or a charity of choice.

White’s Funeral Home, Neepawa, MB in care of arrangements.

1-204-476-2848

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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

For Sale

Brandt 8 x 40 auger with tracker. Good cond, shedded.

Bandt 10 x 60 swing auger.

Good cond, shedded. Call 204-834-2923 _____________________ Glenella/Plumas/Birnie area, 146 acres, 3 bedroom, 1520 sq ft partially furnished, modular home, 20x46 garage. Must be sold. Call 1-204-857-2131

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3 bedroom, new condos in Neepawa, 5 appliances.

Phone 204-761-8001 or 204-476-6362 (Liz). _____________________ 71 Main Street, Neepawa: 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 living room, 1 dining room. 204212-2331 or 204-476-2331 _____________________ Churchill Block, Neepawa, 1 & 2 bedroom suite, available immediately. Call 204841-1298 _____________________ TRAILER RENTALS: cargo, dump, equipment, auto, livestock/horse. FORK LIFT TELEPORT 729-8989

For Sale or Rent

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

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For Sale: 2 bedroom house in Glenella, MB, w/attached garage. Built in 1992. Appliances included. 204-352-4389

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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.

Obituary Mary Zalizniak Mary Zalizniak passed away on Saturday, February 6th at the McCreary/ Alonsa Personal Care Home at the age of 89 years.

Mom was born on June 19, 1926 in McCreary to James Nemec and Myrtle Vance.

She was the oldest of the siblings followed by Josephine, Barbara and Garfield. Her younger years were spent helping Grandpa with farming and gardening. She attended Norgate school finishing in Grade 8.

Mom and Dad (Peter Zalizniak) were married in November of 1943 in McCreary. Two years later, their only daughter Cheryl was born followed by Roger, Reginald, and Alvin. Mom loved softball and attended many a sports day as the back catcher of a very good softball team.

Mom worked at Norgate school as janitor and as secretary treasurer for many years. She also worked as paymaster for UGG. After Norgate school closed, she obtained employment in Clear Lake as a cabin cleaner, first at Johnson's Cabins and later at Elkhorn Ranch. Later on she stayed closer to home and cleaned at Agassiz Ski Hill until it closed and then at McCreary Chalet.

Mom did not know what the word retired meant. Her garden was her pride and joy. She always grew way too much and she loved sharing with all of her family.

Mom and Dad lived in Grandpa Zalizniak's yard when first married and then moved to Norgate. They purchased a store which they ran until it burned down. We then lived in box cards until a new house was built in Norgate. In 1959, another addition was built on with Mom and Dad doing the finishing work.

Mom enjoyed her animals. She always had two cats around and a dog. They were her company and many a conversation was held with them.

Mom was predeceased by her husband Peter in August of 1971, her sister Josephine Law, her brother Garfield Nemec, and her sister Barbara in 2014.

She leaves to mourn her passing and cherish many fond memories; her children Cheryl (Mervin). Roger (Jean), Reginald, Alvin (Sylvia), her grandchildren Diane (Marc), Pete (Laurie), Jammie (Clint), Marty (Lindsay), Adam, Brian (Lisa), Candice (Robert), Amy (Paul), Sheena-Rae, Keanne, Rayla, and Pete, her great grandchildren Jade, Jazmyn, Lucas, Kyle, Tristan, Brody and Tyler.

Funeral Service for Mary was held on Wednesday, February 10th at 2:00 pm in the Legion Auxiliary Hall in McCreary. Very Rev Fr. Oleg Bodnarski officiated with interment following in the McCreary Municipal Cemetery.

Should friends so desire, donations may be made in memory of Mary to CancerCare Manitoba.

Sneath-Strilchuk-McCreary Chapel 204-835-2004 www.sneathstrilchuk.com

Auctions

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

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MAJOR APPLIANCE and TV Service in home. Call 476-4077

To place an ad:

Telephone: 204-476-3401/ 888-436-4242 Fax: 204-476-5073 Email: ads@neepawabanner.com All word classifieds must be prepaid before printing

Services

Recently moved from Saskatchewan to Manitoba. I do quality work at reasonable rates, which include insulation, vapour barrier, drywall, mud and tape, prime, paint, texture, flooring, tile work, deck, fences and complete renovations. Call 306-8305947. Ask for Matt and you won't be disappointed.

Notice

Notice

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING 2016 / 2017 BUDGET The Turtle River School Division invites residents, Municipal Councilors, parents, parent council members to the following Budget Consultation meeting: McCreary School March 1, 2016 7:00 pm

Plumas Insurance Agency is closing on Feb. 15th.

I wish to thank all my loyal customers for supporting me over the last 20 years.

As there will no longer be an Autopac agent in Plumas, you may attend an agent in Gladstone or Neepawa.

The purpose of this meeting will be to review the 2016/2017 Preliminary Budget and to have a discussion on alternatives being considered by the Board.

Gwen McLean, Chairperson

Pat Antoniuk

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION Kindergarten Registration-Inscription à la maternelle École Laurier

L’inscription à la maternelle à plein temps aura lieu le 8 février au 24 mars.

Nous invitons toutes les familles avec des enfants qui auront cinq ans avant le 31 décembre 2011 de venir inscrire leur enfant, s’il vous plaît amenez le certificat de naissance de votre enfant. Nous sommes une école française, maternelle à 8ième et nous offrons une excellente éducation dans les deux langues officielles.

We are once again proud to offer a Full Time Kindergarten Program. All children born on or before December 31st, 2011 are eligible to register.

To register you will need to bring in your child’s Birth Certificate and Manitoba Health PHIN#. We are a K-8 Français school and provide an excellent education in both official languages. École Laurier 204-447-2068

Mortgage Sale

TURTLE RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION Kindergarten Registration for the 2016 Fall Term will be held during the regular school hours between February 8 and March 24, 2016 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, 2011 are eligible to register. To register you will need to bring your child’s Birth Certificate and Manitoba Health PHIN#. If you have any questions, please feel free to call your school today.

Invitation to Tender The farm land listed below in the R.M. Glenella-Lansdowne is available for sale: Note: Highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted.

Land

Acres- Approximately

The building and land known as 244 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, Manitoba, as described in Certificate of Title No. 2659749/5 will be sold at auction on Monday, the 7th day of March, 2016 at 1:00 pm at 244 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, Manitoba R0J 1H0 with Meyers Auctions & Appraisals.

NW 1/4 33-14-13WPM Pt. NE 32-14-13WPM Pt. NE 1/4 30-14-13WPM Pt. SE 4-15-13 WPM Pt. SW 4-15-13WPM

The Vendor is informed that there is situate on the property, a property zoned Central Commercial property, approximately 3,400 square feet. The property’s approximate age is 70-80 years old. The subject property is basically rectangular shaped. Beside the subject property is a hotel on one side with a road between and business on the other side. The Property has municipal water and sewage. The property is two-storey. It is commercial space on the main level and two 1 bedroom apartments and one 2 bedroom apartment on the second level, 1 full bathroom in each apartment and 2 bathrooms on the main level. This property is located in the business section of Neepawa and is in walking distance to other businesses and school.

There is a home and farm buildings located on Pt. SW 4-15-13WPM. Sealed Tenders to purchase the land will be received by: TAYLOR LAW OFFICE, 269 Hamilton Street, P.O. Box 309, Neepawa, Manitoba R0J 1H0 until March 11th, 2016.

Terms & Conditions: 1. Each tender shall be in writing in a sealed envelope, clearly marked as to contents and shall be submitted with a certified cheque OR Bank Draft payable to Taylor Law Office in trust) in an amount equal to 10% of the Tender price; 2. If the Tender is accepted, the cheque or draft shall constitute a non-refundable deposit. If the Tenderer fails to complete the purchase of the property, the Seller shall herein retain the deposit as liquidated damages; 3. The balance of the Purchase Price shall be paid by certified cheque, bank draft, or lawyers trust cheque, and trust conditions on possession date; 4. Possession date to be 30 days after acceptance of Tender; 5. Purchaser will pay the 2016 property taxes; 6. Seller to retain all Mines and Minerals; 7. The Tenderer will pay the applicable GST or provide acceptable undertaking to self-assess; 8. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted; 9. The Tenderer shall be deemed to have relied on the Tenderer’s own inspection and knowledge of the land and the titles for the properties, its true condition, possible liabilities and the status of the title hereto independent of any representations by or on behalf of the seller.

The Owner will consider tenders on specific parcels or parcels grouped together .

TERMS: Twenty (20%) percent of the purchase price in cash or certified cheque and the balance according to the conditions announced at the sale.

TAXES AND PRIOR ENCUMBRANCES: The property is sold subject to taxes and penalties accruing after December 31, 2013 including the current tax arrears.

The property is sold subject to the following registered encumbrances: 1. Mortgage No. 1100455/5 in favour of Beautiful Plains Credit Union Limited, registered on May 9, 2013

by Jamie Dimayuga and Melanie Dimayuga.

The RESERVE BID will be announced at the time of the sale.

Further information may be obtained from: Carly M. Kahan Olschewski Davie 590 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1C9 File Reference: L215-3519

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES MUNICIPALITY OF ALONSA

Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 17th day of March, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 AM, at the office of the Rural Municipality of Alonsa, 20 Railway Avenue, Alonsa, Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties: Roll Number

Description

Assessed Value

Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale

Roll Number

Description

Assessed Value

Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale

235205

LOT 5 BLK 1 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235206

LOT 6 BLK 1 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235210

LOT 1 BLK 2 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235211

LOT 2 BLK 2 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235212

LOT 3 BLK 2 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235213

LOT 4 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$21,100 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM - GREY GOOSE DRIVE

$4,801.30

235214

LOT 5 BLK 2 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

No Reserve Bid

235226

LOT 1 BLK 3 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$22,900 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$5,120.56

No Reserve Bid

235228

LOT 3 BLK 3 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,700 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,899.35

235241

LOT 1 BLK 4 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235244

LOT 4 BLK 4 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235245

LOT 5 BLK 4 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235246

LOT 6 BLOCK 4 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$21,100 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

235277

LOT 5 BLK 5 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$48,800 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$7,277.15

236200.101

LOT 1 BLK 1 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,400 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,690.98

No Reserve Bid

236200.120

LOT 20 BLK 1 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$25,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,153.51

AT ALONSA AND BEING LOT 28 BLOCK 1 PLAN 673 PLTO L -$300 IN NE 1/4 7-21-11 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND B -$2,100 SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

No Reserve Bid

236200.121

LOT 21 BLK 1 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$23,600 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,153.34

210560

LOT 1 PLAN 1522 PLTO IN NW 1/4 19-23-11 WPM EXC ALL L -$600 MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN B -$29,000 THE CROWN LANDS ACT

No Reserve Bid

236200.131

$3,984.48

218800

LOT 6 IN 23-11 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPE- L -$7,400 CIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL B -$52,300 GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$10,691.96

LOT 31 BLK 1 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$24,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

236200.132

$5,696.64

218900

LOT 7 IN 23-11 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPE- L -$6,200 CIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$2,330.98

LOT 32 BLOCK 1 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$26,300 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

236200.207

$3,871.10

219000

LOT 8 IN 23-11 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPE- L -$5,400 CIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$2,129.78

LOT 7 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

219100

LOT 9 IN 23-11 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPE- L -$3,900 CIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$1,849.61

236200.208

LOT 8 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

219700

NW 1/4 1-23-12 WPM, EXC FIRSTLY: NW 1/4 LEGAL SUBDI- L -$2,400 VISION 14 SECONDLY: ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPECIAL B -$150,300 RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN THIRDLY: ALL SAND AND GRAVEL AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1038455 PLTO

$17,292.19

236200.209

LOT 9 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

223850

LOT 1 BLOCK 2 PLAN 1782 PLTO IN NE 1/4 24 AND SE 1/4 L -$800 25-23-12 WPM AND THE CLOSED GOVERNMENT ROAD AL- B -$57,300 LOWANCE BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT 314 RIDGE BAY, BACON RIDGE

No Reserve Bid

236200.210

LOT 10 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

236200.211

LOT 1 BLK 1 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$22,400 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$6,291.33

LOT 11 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

235201 235204

LOT 4 BLK 1 PLAN 48614 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$21,100 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC NW 1/4 16-24-10 WPM

$4,801.30

236200.212

LOT 12 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

12400

PARCEL 1 PARCELS 4 AND 5 PLAN 1287 PLTO IN NE 1/4 26- L -$300 18-10 WPM, EXC FIRSTLY: OUT OF PARCEL 4, ALL MINES AND MINERALS SECONDLY: OUT OF PARCEL 5, ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT PARCEL 2 PARCEL 3 PLAN 1309 PLTO IN PART OF GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE EAST OF AND ADJOINING SECTION 26-18-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT

No Reserve Bid

AT AMARANTH AND BEING THAT PORTION OF NE 1/4 35- L -$500 18-10 WPM LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTH LIMIT OF LOT 2 B -$8,800 BLOCK 2 PLAN 465 PLTO AND ITS STRAIGHT PRODUCTIONS, WEST OF PARCEL A PLAN 23508 PLTO AND EAST OF ROAD PLAN 1046 PLTO EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

No Reserve Bid

AT AMARANTH AND BEING LOT 1 BLOCK 1 PLAN 465 PLTO L -$300 IN NE 1/4 35-18-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN - 107 KINOSOTA RD S

No Reserve Bid

30600

AT AMARANTH AND BEING N 1/2 LOT 2 BLOCK 1 PLAN 465 L -$200 PLTO IN NE 1/4 35-18-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN - KINOSOTA RD S

No Reserve Bid

31400

AT AMARANTH AND BEING LOT 2 BLOCK 2 PLAN 465 PLTO L -$700 IN NE 1/4 35-18-10 WPM EXC 1STLY: ROAD PLAN 1046 PLTO B -$16,200 2NDLY: ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

32000

PARCEL 1 PLAN 1157 PLTO IN NE 1/4 35

34500

AT AMARANTH AND BEING LOTS 20 AND 21 BLOCK 1 PLAN L -$400 449 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINERALS AS SET FORTH IN B -$17,000 THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN IN SW 1/4 1-19-10 WPM

No Reserve Bid

34700

AT AMARANTH AND BEING LOTS 24 AND 25 BLOCK 1 PLAN L -$600 449 PLTO IN SW 1/4 1-19-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS B -$27,700 AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$3,149.38

34900

AT AMARANTH AND BEING LOT 26 BLOCK 1 PLAN 449 PLTO L -$200 IN SW 1/4 1-19-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$1,339.78

39400

AT AMARANTH AND BEING LOTS 32 AND 33 BLOCK 2 PLAN L -$400 449 PLTO IN SW 1/4 1-19-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

No Reserve Bid

45200

LOT 5 PLAN 981 PLTO IN SE 1/4 2-19-10 WPM EXC ALL MINES L -$500 AND MINERALS

No Reserve Bid

95510

THE ELY 1200 FEET PERP OF THE SLY 300 FEET PERP OF SE 1/4 34-20-10 WPM SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT

No Reserve Bid

142410

THE ELY 300 FEET OF THE SLY 200 FEET OF THE SE 1/4 19- L -$500 21-11 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS RESERVED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN

153300

30300

30500

L -$4,500

L -$2,400

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Description

Assessed Value

Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale

236200.213

LOT 13 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

236200.214

LOT 14 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

236200.215

LOT 15 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$15,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$3,871.10

LOT 16 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$16,700 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,019.71

236200.217

LOT 17 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$17,800 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,219.52

236200.225

LOT 25 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,100 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,484.50

236200.236

LOT 36 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,100 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$5,176.09

236200.326

LOT 26 BLOCK 3 PLAN 48615 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$44,000 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC SE 1/4 21 AND FRAC SW 1/4 22-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,447.67

237100

LOT 1 BLOCK 1 PLAN 48616 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW L -$62,600 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 27-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$14,788.37

237101

LOT 2 BLOCK 1 PLAN 48616 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW L -$25,500 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 27-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

237102

LOT 3 BLOCK 1 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

237103

LOT 4 BLOCK 1 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,617.99

237114

LOT 1 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,617.99

237115

LOT 2 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,617.99

237119

LOT 6 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

237120

LOT 7 BLOCK 2 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

LOT 9 BLOCK 3 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

237134

LOT 1 BLOCK 4 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

237135

LOT 2 BLOCK 4 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,373.68

237138

LOT 5 BLK 4 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MINER- L -$25,500 ALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 27-24-10 WPM & GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,617.99

237140

LOT 7 BLOCK 4 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,617.99

237146

LOT 13 BLOCK 4 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$24,200 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,108.34

236200.216

237132

Roll Number

Description

Assessed Value

Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale

237150

LOT 1 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$26,600 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,642.73

237153

LOT 4 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237154

LOT 5 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237155

LOT 6 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237156

LOT 7 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237157

LOT 8 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237158

LOT 9 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237159

LOT 10 BLOCK 5 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$19,400 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$4,801.30

237165

LOT 6 BLOCK 6 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,283.68

237173

LOT 14 BLOCK 6 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$25,500 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,283.68

237193

LOT 11 BLOCK 8 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$26,000 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$6,479.52

237196

LOT 14 BLOCK 8 PLAN 48616 PLTO EXC ALL MINES AND MIN- L -$29,900 ERALS AS SET FORTH IN TRANSFER 1124139 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 2724-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED)

$7,762.25

237214

LOT 1 BLOCK 10 PLAN 48616 PLTO IN FRAC N 1/2, FRAC SW L -$240,700 1/4 22, THE SW 1/4 AND FRAC SE 1/4 27-24-10 WPM AND GOVERNMENT ROAD ALLOWANCE (NOW CLOSED) SUBJECT TO A RIGHT-OF-WAY AS APPURTENANT TO LOT 2 BLOCK 10 OF SAID PLAN OVER THAT PORTION OF THE LAND ABOVE DESCRIBED WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE PRODUCTION ELY OF THE NLY LIMIT OF SAID LOT 2

$45,469.46

257000

ALL THAT PORTION OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 24-24-13 L -$3,900 WPM LYING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SE LIMIT OF ROAD PLAN 1491 DLTO EXC THE ELY 300 FEET PERP SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS AND PROVISOES CONTAINED IN THE GRANT FROM THE CROWN

No Reserve Bid

258600

THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 30-24-13 WPM SUBJECT TO THE L -$18,400 RESERVATIONS AND PROVISOES CONTAINED IN THE GRANT FROM THE CROWN

$3,588.23

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

• The Municipality has exercised its right to set a reserve bid on certain properties in the amount of the arrears and costs.

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

• The municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the property being sold. The property is sold “as is, where is”.

• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale of each property, make payment to the (municipality) in cash, certified cheque or bank draft in the following amount: i) If the purchase price is $10,000 or less, the full purchase price; OR ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, a non-refundable deposit of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price within 20 days of the auction.

If the certified cheque/bank draft exceeds the purchase price, the excess will be refunded to the purchaser the day following the auction.

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

• The purchaser is solely responsible for obtaining vacant possession.

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

• The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title in the land titles office, including the registration fees.

Dated this 28th day of January, 2016.

Managed by:

Pamela Sul Chief Administrative Officer Rural Municipality of Alonsa Phone: (204) 767-2054 Fax: (204) 767-2044

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Feed & Seed

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HOMES FOR SALE 2 Showhomes Ready For Spring Delivery! 1584 & 1638 sqft RTMs. Pictures, floorplans available at wgiesbrechthomes. ca. Custom builds also available. For additional information 204-346-3231 or wilbert@wghomes.ca

HELP WANTED Interested in working with local youth? Former Cadet, military experience or teacher? Contact Army Cadet League (Mb) 1-204-391-6700, email llwall1958@gmail.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY GET FREE VENDING MACHINES. Can Earn $100,000.00 + Per Year - ALL CASH. Protected Territories - Locations Provided. Full Details CALL NOW! 1-866668-6629 or visit our website WWW.TCVEND.COM

VOLUNTEERS The College of Midwives of Manitoba (CMM) is seeking PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES. Public reps may NOT be members of another regulated health care profession in Manitoba.

Notice 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

Help Wanted Logistics Planner/Coordinator Scheduler Wanted

Duties to Include: • Schedule and coordinating truck shipments from various locations within Canada • Engaging with customers/suppliers to understand shipment timing and constraints • Proactively engaging the marketing and trading terms to coordinate shipments • Provide accurate and efficient order management while addressing customer issues and ensure a high level of customer satisfaction is achieved • Updating and ensuring that our in house order management system is operating to our best ability

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Notice Kindergarten Registration For the 2016 Fall Term will be held during regular school hours at the following schools on February 22nd to February 26th, 2016 inclusive: Austin Elementary, Gladstone Elementary, Langruth Elementary, MacGregor Elementary and Plumas Elementary Children who have turned five years of age by December 31st, 2016 are eligible to enroll.

Please bring your child’s birth certificate and Manitoba Personal Health Insurance number.

If you have any questions, you are invited to call your local school office.

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Cargill is presently recruiting seasonal yard workers for the upcoming 2016 Spring season. Applicants must posses a Class 5 driver’s license. Class 3 with air would be an asset but not necessary. Contact Gary at 204-386-2075 or email resume to gary_rossnagel@cargill.com.

Gladstone Legion Senior Housing Inc.

is accepting applications for a Bookkeeper. Computer skills are a necessity.

Please send resumes to Gladstone Legion Senior Housing, Box 701, Gladstone, MB R0J 0T0 Closing Date February 29, 2016 Only those applicants that are considered for the position will be notified

Classified Ad Deadline Tuesday Noon

Cancellations and corrections only within business hours and corresponding deadlines.

Help Wanted

PENNO’S

Machining & Mfg. LTD MANUAL MACHINIST REQUIRED

Previous experience an asset Valid Driver’s license, transportation and own hand tools Able to read sketches and drawings, speak and write English Self motivated, team player, able to lift up to 100lbs Mechanically inclined Good knowledge of lathes, mills, drill press, etc.

Farm Background an asset Machine parts to close tolerances Dismantle and reassemble equipment Wage scale depending on experience $20-26.00 hr Submit resume by Mail to: Box 122 Eden, MB R0J 0M0 or E-mail: pennosmachining@gmail.com For more information call 204-966-3221

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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 The successful candidate should possess the following qualifications: • Be able to work in a culturally diverse workplace • Have a good work ethic • Focus on treating people with dignity and respect • Appreciate a stable long term work environment • Experience as an Industrial Butcher or trimmer is required • Completion of secondary school may be required Current starting wage is $13.55/hour plus $1.00 per hour perfect attendance incentive!

We offer a comprehensive benefits package and competitive compensation based on experience and knowledge.

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://www.hylife.com/current-opportunities/ We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

TERM STAFFING Technical Services Officer $56,007 to $68,140 per annum Project Coordinator $63,861 to $69,006 per annum (Based on full time year round employment)

ANTICIPATORY STAFFING Maintenance Worker II $21.15 to $22.99 per hour wages/salaries are currently under review

Closing : March 8, 2016 Applications must be submitted on-line via the Public Service Commission site at http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca/index-eng.htm

For information on how to apply visit our website or contact Human Resources 204-848-7210 RMNP.HR@pc.gc.ca

www.parkscanada.gc.ca/riding Summer Student Employment Opportunities

To apply online for Student positions for Parks Canada in Riding Mountain National Park go to www.jobs.gc.ca. under the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP).

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Volunteer vies for votes to make donation

By Sheila Runions Banner Staff Janice Meadows quite literally grew up golfing.

“My parents, Allen and Elaine Campbell, owned Riverview Golf Course east of Brandon back in the 1960s/early ‘70s, so I grew up with golf right out the back door. Our whole family — Mom, Dad, my brothers and I, and even my grandma — were involved either looking after the clubhouse, mowing grass or raking sand greens. Almost 50 years later, I am still involved in the sport. This June, I will be chairing the golf portion of the Manitoba Senior Summer Games [in Brandon] as well as chairing the Clear Lake Ladies Classic. I'm also part of a determined group who hope to bring back the Ladies Western Open at the Wheat City Golf Course. Unfortunately, with the flooding the past few years, the tournament has not been held, but we hope this will be the year we can showcase the course as it was in its pre-flood days.”

While Janice grew up a few miles east of Brandon, she now on lives on Brookdale Road with her husband, Allan. Her name may be familiar to readers because

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Janice Meadows will be volunteering at this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. She hopes to be the lucky volunteer chosen to make a $10,000 donation to charity. she was a school trustee for the Rapid City/Forrest/Douglas area from 19882003; she was the executive director of

Brandon Regional Health Centre (BRHC) from 2000-2010; she’s currently on the fundraising committee for BRHC Foundation and is a paid part-time assistant to BRHC Auxiliary.

It was four years ago that Allan and Janice attended their first Arnold Palmer tournament.

“We first attended the Arnold Palmer Invitational as spectators and thought it was such a great tournament — so many big-name golfers who played on such a beautiful course. When we planned a return visit the following year, I was searching the website for tickets and noticed the volunteer tab. It was an easy process to apply; I thought, ‘What the heck? I'll probably never hear back,’ but I did! I was assigned to the shuttles committee and welcomed spectators as they arrived at the course, took photos of spectators with some of the Arnold Palmer signage and handed out the booklets of information with the day's golf pairings. This year, I will be working at the sponsorship tents located along several of the fairways.”

While Janice will be working in Florida next month, she also hopes to be the lucky volunteer chosen to make a $10,000 donation to charity. There is a volunteer challenge which, as of Feb.

17, has been accepted by 95 volunteers.

These people are asking all associates and even strangers to vote for them; it’s free and online. The volunteer with the most votes will present a $10,000 cheque to Arnie’s Army Charitable Foundation for the Arnold Palmer Medical Center. To date, she leads the way by a mere 44 votes. If you would like to support her efforts to make this donation, visit www.pgatour. com/volunteers register to vote (free), select the Arnold Palmer Invitational and vote for Janice Meadows. (For the direct link, visit http://www.tourchallenge.com/ArnoldPalmerInvitational/ Vote?entryId=11158). She also has a voting link on her Facebook page so voting and sharing there will spread the word even farther. For every vote she (or any volunteer) collects, an additional $1 will be added to Arnie’s Foundation.

The annual Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando is March 16-20; voting continues until March 18.

Only one vote per person is allowed and with nearly 650 votes, Janice’s circle of acquaintances is thinning, so please support a local lady who says, “I know the guy who is in second must want to win as bad as I do!”

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Response bigger than expected Continued from page 9 When they learned about the glasses and vision therapy Rob needs now, “I said to [Carew], I don’t know how I’m going to come up with this money to fix his vision,” said Vickie, “And then [Carew] said, ‘You know what? I think I need to do this [gofundme campaign], if you’re okay with it, and tell people out there Rob’s story and see what kind of a response we get.’”

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Where have all the red squirrels gone?

continued from page 8 But evidently even the Trumps of the world can have troubles. “Have” squirrel was suffering from a change in management– this fall, I changed how I fed the birds, making it harder for a squirrel to steal sunflower seeds. And then we went on vacation for a week and left the birds and squirrels to their own devices.

As I pondered the squirrels’ disappearance, I first wondered about predators like fishers or pine martens.

We’ve had them go through the yard before, but they never seemed to cut down on the squirrel population.

And there hadn’t been any fresh signs of fishers or martens in the yard for a while.

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onto their homes. So a squirrel would find it hard to move into an area where there was already a resident squirrel. And, in our part of the country, pretty much every territory is occupied.

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On my snowshoe routes this year, I’ve been noticing a general lack of squirrel sign. It seems to me that it was not only my squirrels that disappeared.

In the end, I think that many squirrels have run out of food. I have written before about my nonscientific surveys of spruce tree cones and hazelnuts.

Interestingly, this year was the least productive that I have seen in my 10 years of looking at these crops. I didn’t see a single spruce tree with new cones on it this year, and the production of hazel nuts was the poorest I’ve seen.

Squirrels are well known for being hoarders. They will lay in enough supplies

Being born a partial left hand amputee hasn’t stopped Rylan Sumner, 10, of Neepawa, from living a full and active life. In fact, he can do everything everyone else can do, sometimes with the help of a special device.

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Clever takes on an old tradition Submitted Metro Creative Wedding day tokens of good luck come in many forms, but “the something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue (a sixpence in your shoe)” adage remains one of the most popular luck-enhancing wedding traditions. According to the bridal resource The Knot, this tradition stems from an Olde English rhyme. Something old represents continuity; something new is for optimism for the future; something borrowed stands for borrowed happiness; and something blue is for purity, love and fidelity. The sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, but this is not a tradition widely celebrated outside of the United Kingdom or British territories.

These traditions can add some creative flair and personality to wedding ceremonies. There’s no end to the inventive combinations of items brides can carry to increase their good fortunes.

Something old Something old is one of the easier mementos to obtain. There is a good chance that someone in the family is willing to pass an item down to the bride that she can include in her wedding wardrobe. It also can be something the bride may have in her own memory box. Beads taken from a grandmother’s dress or a swatch of fabric from a beloved toy doll are creative ideas that can be sewn into inconspicuous places on gowns.

Something new Brides already purchase many new items for their wedding day looks, so “something new” should not be too hard to find.

Couples may want to work together to find something new they can both carry so they have a matching set upon tying the knot. Interlocking charm bracelets or keychains may work. What about the groom carrying a small padlock and the bride the key? Quirky couples can each wear one sock from a pair. Get clever and have fun.

Something borrowed Much like something old, something borrowed is yet another way to pay homage to a friend or family member. It’s also one way to add a sentimental twist to everyday items. Borrow a grandfather’s handkerchief to wrap around the stems of the wedding bouquet.

Exchange vows with the original rings used by a distant relative at their own wedding. Flatter a close friend by wearing the same veil she did.

Something blue There are many ways to incorporate “something blue” into your wedding ceremony. Brides can paint their toenails blue or wear blue shoes under their gowns. Sew a patch from a pair of denim jeans into the bodice of the dress.

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