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By Sheila Runions and Donna Morken ixteen senior women rinks were in Rivers March 9-11 to compete in the four-pool Golden Gals provincial curling event. They travelled from Flin Flon, Winnipeg, Swan River, Brandon, Virden, Beausejour, Argyle, Dauphin, Morden, Hamiota, Springfield, Stonewall and Manitou. Other than an opening-day fall which necessitated a trip to Brandon Regional Health Centre where the participant was later released, the event was considered successful by both curlers and spectators.

Following registration was practice time, a skills competition and then the first draw. Play began on Monday morning with two draws that day and four draws on Tuesday. Round robin games concluded Tuesday evening so semi-final play could begin on Wednesday morning and afternoon. The final game was between Pat McCaughan of Winnipeg and Joyce McDougall of Brandon who curled in Riverdale Community Centre (RCC) Wednesday evening; McDougall was crowned champion.

A ceremonial rink threw the opening rock on March 9; members were Zach and Donna Veitch, Brendan and Beth English. Donna is a life member of Rivers Curling Club and has been curling for more than 60 years. She threw the rock to skip Beth, who has curled for more than 50 years. Sweepers were Beth’s grandson Brendan and Donna’s great-grandson Zach, both of whom are members of the junior curling league in Rivers. This foursome was witnessed by approximately 20 locals as well as all curlers and their small entourage of fans. Local curlers Norman Short, Grant Gill, John Christiansen, Al Morken and Dennis Veitch acted as umpires for the event.

Opening ceremonies were held in the Redfern Community Hall at RCC. All teams lined up in the curling lounge with 12 of the 35 junior curlers of the club holding placards with their team name in front of each team.

Junior curlers were Brendan English, Emma Roulette, Zach and Layton Veitch, Jase and Owen Wareham, Emma Miskulin, Makayla Bartlett, Megan Hubbard, Nathan Branconier, Connor Dawson, Makenna Scott, Samuel, Simon, Larissa and Nathan Krahn. Piper Jamie McFadden played the bagpipes leading the teams into the hall and then Leslie McFadden, Tara Bray, Donna Falkevitch and Karen Davies sang O Canada a cappella. Greetings were brought to all teams from Mayor Todd Gill, curling club president Norman Short and Golden Gals provincial president Lynda Draper, as well as local co-chairs Maxine Veitch and Donna Morken.

Life members of the Ladies Curling Club (Donna Veitch, Doreen Bate, Phyllis Leslie and JoAnn Brandon, representing her mother Marg Taylor) were recognized, with JoAnn saying grace. Entertainment was organized by curling club member Cheri Whelpton bringing back the “Rivers Curling Club ladies of 1965” portrayed by Donna Falkevitch, Lori Kiesman, Pat Dyck and Lorrie Dyer singing curling songs from that era. Cheri then told the Top 10 things to do in a bonspiel. The meal was served by curling club ladies and then everyone was off for a good night’s sleep to begin the rest of the round robin on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m.

A curling quilt made by club members was raffled off and won by Pam Gourlay, daughter of Gerry and Darlene Gourlay who are building a new home on Seventh Avenue, who donated the quilt back to the club so it can remain on display there. Admission was free so several people took the opportunity to watch the games and renew old friendships.

Photo by Donna Morken

Provincial president Lynda Draper presents the championship trophy to Joyce McDougall, Barb Withers, Audrey Flemming and Mavis Brown.

Photo by Sheila Runions

Donna Veitch (inset and shown after her release) throws the opening rock for the Golden Gals provincial bonspiel; sweepers are Brendan English (L) and Zach Veitch (R).

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Community calendar March 24: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.

March 25: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

March 26: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, Civic Centre, 2 p.m.

March 28: Chicken Kiev supper, Rivers Legion upper hall, 5-6:30 p.m.

April 2: Maundy-Thursday service, Rivers United Church, 7 p.m.

April 3: Good Friday service, St. James’ Anglican Church, Rivers, 10 a.m.

April 5: Easter breakfast, Rivers Baptist Church, 9 a.m.

April 6: Rivers Legion Ladies meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

April 11: The Resilient Journey, Rivers Collegiate, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

April 12: Spring smorg, RApid City United Church, 5 p.m.

April 13: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

April 14: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.

April 15: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.

April 16: Rivers Women’s Institute meeting, Westwood Lodge, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

April 20-25: My Fair Lady, Bend Theatre, Strathclair, 7:30 p.m.

April 22: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

April 27: Rivers/Rapid City Senior Services annual meeting, Riverdale Municipality council chamber, 7:30 p.m.

April 28: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.

May 2: A Living Fairytale, Oak River Rink, 2-4 p.m.

May 2: Florence Nightingale Tea, River Legion Hall, 2-4 p.m.

May 3: Razzamatazz Dance Club recital, Westman Centennial Auditorium, Brandon, 2 p.m.

May 4: Rivers Legion Ladies meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

May 11: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

May 12: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.

May 26: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-9 a.m.

May 27: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.

May 27: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

June 1: Rivers Legion Ladies meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

June 8: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

June 9: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.

June 9: Band concert, Rivers Collegiate June 14: 100th anniversary of Cardale Church, 2 p.m.

June 23: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.

June 24: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.

June 24: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

July 7: Horse and 4-H shows, Rivers fairgrounds July 8: Rivers fair

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Planning members are L/R: Shauna Price (guidance counsellor at Rivers Collegiate), Lynn Madden (Rivers health auxilliary), Krista Reynolds (Rivers Elementary principal), Teresa Slon (public health nurse), Sherrill-Lee Hyra (health promotion), Michelle McFadden (Women’s Institute/Healthy Rivers), Naomi Russell (palliative care). Missing: Esther Krahn (palliative care), Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette (Assiniboine North Parent Child Coalition), Jean Young (senior services), Donna Morken (community foundation/Healthy Rivers).

The Resilient Journey conference

By Sherrill-Lee Hyra Health Promotion Co-ordinator In May 2014 a group of community partners came together to begin discussing health and well-being issues in Rivers. There were many thoughts and ideas shared around the table. The discussion was lively and many interesting perspectives were shared. We discussed healthy eating, bullying, literacy, getting more active, end of life care issues and the list continued. As we discussed all these important issues, the committee felt our own well-being and the well-being of those we care for is strongly impacted by how we choose to manage and cope with the challenges we face in our own lives. We also felt that taking time for self care and finding ways to create balance is key to living a healthy life. Keeping these ideas in mind, the theme of resiliency was chosen as this year’s upcoming conference theme. Resilience by definition means the capacity of people to confront and cope with life’s challenges and to maintain their well-being in the face of adversity .

With the support of Rivers & Area Community Foundation, Rivers and Area Volunteer Palliative Care Committee and Healthy Together Now funds, the group of community partners has realized their goal of offering a one-day wellness workshop called The Resilient Journey. With the funds that we were able to secure and the support of many volunteers, the committee is able to offer this day at no cost to all community members.

The committee is looking very forward to hosting two speakers on April 11.

Dick O’Brien will kick off the day and address the crowd with an important message of what it takes to cope with life’s challenges. O’Brien’s philosophy is, “It’s far better to develop the wisdom to deal with life’s problems than to hope you never have any.” He will explore how we adjust in times of change and bounce

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back and thrive during these times! Mr. O’Brien hales from Grimsby, Ont. and this will be his second visit to the Westman area; in spring 2014 he spoke to a capacity crowd during a Healthy Brandon conference.

We are also excited that Wendy Sutton from Winnipeg is a part of the conference agenda. Wendy is the creator of Where Next? A Path for Caregivers, a program that supports caregivers with information and access to local resources. Wendy will share her experiences of balancing the caregiving role with the demands of life. She gives recognition to the challenges faced in a caregiving role, but shares a message of how these challenges can teach us all how to live life with strength and significance.

The Resilient Journey conference takes place at Rivers Collegiate gymnasium on Saturday, April 11 starting at 9 a.m.; it runs until 3 p.m. There is no cost to attend but pre-registration is required by April 1 so enough food can be prepared for lunch. Please register by calling 1-877-509-7852. For full conference details check prairiemountainhealth.ca and click on “calendar of events” for April 11.

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Rivers Legion fundraising supper Saturday, March 28 Upper hall, 5-6:30 p.m.

Chicken Kiev and trimmings Adults $15; children 5-12 years $10; under 4 are free. Take-out available, phone 204328-7830 or 204-328-5290.

Our final supper date is April 25.

Seniors enjoy a fine meal

By Jessie Bell Georgine Mann was surprised, but pleased to welcome 25 senior citizens to her restaurant, The Honey House Bakery and Cafe on Wednesday evening, March 4. Assisting her were husband John and other family members.

The entrée was tiny herb-flavoured hot biscuits, in place of salad, followed by oven-baked chicken breast topped with honey ham and cheese, along with potatoes and peas. Most restaurants don’t serve dessert with full-course meals but Georgine did. It was crumb-based lemon filling topped with meringue. Seniors meet each Wednesday evening at Rivers restaurants with each getting a turn: Lee’s, West Avenue, Tempo and The Honey House.

Shelly Mom’s is closed early on Wednesday which is why seniors never gather there.

Presentation an excellent reminder for students

By Krista Reynolds Principal With the recent events in Brandon related to “Stranger Danger,” Rivers Elementary School had an assembly on March 13 to review important personal safety tips.

Rivers Police Chief Bruce Klassen gave students some tips to be safe. These tips include: walk with someone to and from school and always use the buddy system; establish a safe word with parents if a family friend is picking you up from school; if approached by a stranger, run away and tell an adult you trust right away; parents/ guardians should report concerning incidents to police immediately and obtain the best description of suspects and vehicles including licence plate numbers.

Our community utilizes a wide variety of measures to ensure student safety supporting our young students.

We know families do a great job of dropping off and picking up their children at appropriate times and locations. Community members in vehicles keep watch for students at our 3:30 p.m. dismissal. Rivers Police are also outside the school every morning ready to help with any safety concerns. In addition, our local Lions Club is providing students with a personal ID kit to teach students how to equip themselves with tools necessary to deal with an unsafe situation with strangers. We look forward to class activities after spring break with Rivers Police Service and Rivers and Area Lions Club when students will take home their ID kits. These kits are an excellent resource for parents to use as a guide to talk with children about “Stranger Danger.” We appreciate all the support from families and community members helping Rivers Elementary keep our students safe.

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65 years ago, March 23, 1950 Rivers Kiwanis Club agreed at its Tuesday meeting to petition CN to build a new depot in Rivers, to replace the current station which is 30 years old. Construction began this week on a 25by 40-foot building in the 400 block of Second Avenue in Rivers; it will be home to Steve Harvath’s furniture store. Mr. and Mrs. J. Weir had a girl Feb. 16; Mr. and Mrs. M. McGregor had a boy Feb. 18; Dr. and Mrs. R. Jackson had a boy Feb. 18; Mr. and Mrs. W. Wihak had a girl March 13; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bellamy had a boy March 13; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Decker had a boy March 18.

55 years ago, March 17, 1960 Sgt. Huck Allan of Ontario is 36 and has been the parachute instructor at Rivers for the past 10 years; last week he set a record when he made his 300th successful jump without injury.

Margaret Taylor, Jean Frame, Vivian White and Bea Mitchell have returned from Minnesota were the Rivers foursome won the Grand Challenge bonspiel by winning five consecutive games. Rivers Fire Brigade was one of six departments in the province to win a provincial merit award, received following their competition in the annual Fire Prevention and Clean Up Campaign. Mr. and Mrs. S. Ramdsen had a girl March 5; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson had a girl March 7; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Prouse had a girl March 7; Mr. and Mrs. Avery had a girl March 8; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ramsay had a girl March 8; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chevalier had a girl March 9; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harvey had a boy March 14; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Moore had a girl March 16. Mary Broughton was married on March 12.

45 years ago, March 19, 1970 Doreen Hyndman of Rivers won the highest award at the annual Western Manitoba Science Fair March 6 and 7 in Brandon, the Dr. R.F. King award was $25. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fahlman had a boy March 2; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Melinchuk had a girl March 3; Mr. and Mrs. Toby Wurtz had a boy March 10; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Frederick had a girl March 18. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alteman celebrated their 50th anniversary on the weekend. The Howe-Gillette wedding was a Saturday event.

35 years ago, March 19, 1980 Dorothy Dowing married Alan Hubka on March 15.

25 years ago, March 21, 1990 Last week started with rain and warm weather, but snow began to fall on Wednesday and continued so heavy that by Friday, March 16, Rolling River School Division cancelled

Strathclair Drama Club proudly presents its 33rd annual musical production

You are cordially invited to a

Meet & Greet with Greg Nesbitt

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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its bus routes to Rivers. Rivers Collegiate presented a musical last week which was a huge success — The Sound of Music was well attended and enjoyed. Judy Bray married Don Racher on March 3.

15 years ago, March 18, 2000 The Pat and Caroline Wells family in the 500 block of Third Avenue were extremely grateful that a neighbour noticed smoke seeping through the corner of their roof. Candles in the attic bedroom are to blame for the small fire, which was easily contained in less than 30 minutes on March 11. At Rivers Figure Skating Club’s annual carnival on March 10, Tanya Montague was crowned queen; princesses were Melody Kowalchuk and Kayla Bate; Jasmine Duthie won the Louise Montague Memorial Trophy for most dedicated skater. Although Tri-Town Panthers atom girls team competed in provincials March 5-7, they did not win but three players, Rosanna Common, Kaleigh Scott and Rochelle Blacksmith, won game stars. Rivers Karate Club sent four members to provincials in Winnipeg last month; Wes Gill won silver and Andrew MacKay bronze in individual kata events.

5 years ago, March 19, 2010 Gemma Crouch of Rivers is 19 and on March 4 she won the Young Woman of Distinction award. Tri-Town peewees won silver medals at provincials in Winnipegosis last weekend; Tri-Town midgets won bronze medals at provincials in Riverton.

If you can’t make it out to this Meet and Greet, but would like more information about Greg or to purchase a membership to support Greg at the nomination meeting on Saturday, April 25 (location TBA), please call:

Hal Sveistrup 204 328 7876 Greg Nesbitt 204 365 7771

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by Chad Carpenter

Deafening silence One must hope that there are a lot of plans being laid out By the time this column hits the streets, things may have changed dramatically but right now, the silence is deafening. There’s so little real news coming out of the provincial government and the municipal offices that one has to wonder when something, anything will break loose. I know it’s budget season, but there has been almost no projects or programs pre-announced anywhere.

The Town of Neepawa is no exception, nothing seems to be happening. The town crews are busy with street clearing and maintenance and while the east road to the industrial park is being upgraded a bit, there’s little else happening. Tinkering with swimming pool fees and burial fees hardy qualify as earth shattering news.

One must hope that there are a lot of plans being laid out, that projects such as the new fire hall, the Hwy. 16 plan, the new hospital planning and a number of other projects are being carefully studied for later announcement. It’s been well over a year since the CN land in Neepawa was set out with a plan. No movement there, the old fertilizer sheds stand firmly in place, providing a home for hundreds of pigeons. We can’t even seem to get the old derelict buildings burned down.

Maybe soon.

On the provincial scene, there is a mild excuse for inaction.

The NDP leadership upheaval (one can hardly call it a race) has throttled all activity at the provincial level. They are all scared of their shadow, includ-

MARCH 20, 2015

RIGHT IN THE CENTRE

Ken Waddell

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It’s now 10 days since he eked out a 33 vote victory over Theresa Oswald and there’s been nothing happen since.

ing our premier Greg Selinger. It’s now 10 days since he eked out a 33 vote victory over Theresa Oswald and there’s been nothing happen since. No movement to oust Oswald, no move to bring her back into the caucus meetings either. Same for six other MLAs, they are still part of caucus but can’t attend the meetings. The Manitoba government is bringing new meaning to the word disfunction.

One would have thought that if a 33 vote win was enough to cling to power that Selinger would have been ready to show some power and resolve 10 days ago with plans for a future cabinet, new staffing and announcements, or at least re-announcements, of programs and projects. Seeing as the provincial government is out of money, it’s not surprising that they aren’t making announcements. After 15 years of digging a $32 billion dollar debt

hole, maybe they have stopped digging. It would be nice, but don’t hold your breath.

For 15 years the debt has doubled under Greg Selinger.

He’s a dithering social worker and I don’t believe the recent hype about him ruling with an iron fist. I think he rules by saying yes and maybe to everybody and then hopes the growth in taxes and federal transfer payments will magically cover off all the promises. If he really did have an iron fist, he would tell Manitobans that we can’t keep on putting a higher percentage of the budget into health. He would tell the same to all departments but he hasn’t.

It would be nice, after municipal elections last fall and a leadership race for premier this spring to actually see some action. Maybe next week.

ast weekend, I covered the nomination meeting to determine the PC candidate for the Agassiz riding in the next provincial election. It was a hard fought race and one that wasn’t characterized by the mud slinging so often seen when opposing parties go to war in an election. As PC leader Brian Pallister pointed out, a nomination race is a battle among friends.

After being declared the winner, Eileen Clarke took a few moments to talk to the media.

MY She was asked PERSPECTIVE what her priorities would be should she be elected MLA. Clarke ate responded that seniors, acKman tKinson healthy ageing and health care have always been important to her. She went on to describe a familiar scene in rural Manitoba, a shortage of adequate seniors’ housing, long waiting lists and seniors filling hospitals as they wait for a place in long term care.

Health care is tremendously expensive and accounts for the largest share of the provincial budget. For the 2014/2015 year, Health spending accounted for 38 per cent of the provincial government’s total budget of $15.1 billion. Each year, the amount of money we spend providing health care rises. It’s situations like seniors waiting in hospitals that leads to this rising cost, they are being housed in the most expensive form of health care.

But unfortunately, it’s necessary– there is nothing else for them. When they can no longer live at home and there are no vacancies in care homes, what other options are there?

Clarke talked about other alternatives such as the need for improved home care and ageing in place initiatives because the solution isn’t just to build more personal care homes or hospitals. For the next 20 to 25 years, there will be a massive demand for a variety of seniors’ housing as the baby boomers age, but the demand won’t be sustained. We should have learned our lesson from all the schools built for the baby boomers and then closed as the number of children never reached the same levels. “What do you build that will be sustainable down the road?” asked Clarke.

We have an added dilemma in that certain forms of care, such as hospital stays and personal care home residency, are covered or cost shared by the provincial government. While other forms, such as specially geared 55+ seniors’ housing, most often must be funded entirely by the residents themselves. This uneven cost gets in the way of making the best use of resources and reducing the strain and demand on health care facilities.

When health care is predominately covered through everyone’s taxes, we owe it to ourselves to look at different ways of achieving the end result: quality care and quality of life at as low a cost as possible.

Last week, I read an interesting article that had been published last December. The article was about a Dutch program in which university students live for free in seniors’ housing. The catch is that the students must spend a minimum of 30 hours a month volunteering with the residents. This can include visiting with the residents, running errands for them or providing programming, such as computer courses. The initiative helps provide additional services to the seniors at a very low cost and also helps reduce the isolation that often surrounds seniors in retirement homes.

This Dutch situation, of vacancies in seniors’ housing is unique though. It came about because after budget cuts, it had become increasingly hard to get subsidized rooms, which has left some homes with more rooms than residents. This obviously isn’t the case in many areas, but this program represents a unique solution to a number of problems.

In our communities, we too have a number of problems; some have have too much demand for housing, others have too much supply, some have too many older residents, some too few. It’s time to look beyond the same old ways of doing things, we have to look at what resources we have and how we can best make use of them. we might find solutions to multiple problems. We might find solutions to problems we didn’t even think we had.

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MARCH 20, 2015

Counting down the days M

any years ago, I heard about a man who did something very few people would dare to do.

Using data he collected from his family history and the best available scientific research, he figured out how long he could reasonably expect to live. After converting the years into days, he opened his daily planner and at the top of that day’s page, he wrote the number of days he had to live. He did the same thing the following day; reducing the number of days by one. He continued that practice for many years; much to the amazement of all who knew him.

A similar story surfaced about a year later. Shortly after her mother’s death, one of her daughters began the task of sorting through the papers piled on her desk. One piece of paper moved her to tears. She called a friend and shared what she found with him.

“The night before she died,” the daughter said, “My 90-year-old mother sat down and wrote out

FAITHFULLY YOURS

neil stRohschein her goals for the next five years.”

Two different stories about two different people; but they follow a common theme. Both were looking to the future. Both knew that they would not live forever. They knew death could claim either of them at any time and were determined to make the most of every day they had left.

In his letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul encourages us to adopt a similar lifestyle. “Be careful how we live,” he says: “not as unwise people, but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15-16) Life, as we know, gives us few guarantees. What we have today can be taken from us in an instant. Tragedy can strike without warning—taking

possessions and people we love from us. A serious illness can afflict anyone at any time. Heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, liver disease and cancer (to name but a few) show no regard for one’s age, economic status, social standing or religious convictions.

They pick their victims randomly, sometimes causing minimal damage to our health, sometimes causing instant death. None of us knows what tomorrow may bring—so we must make the most of the time we have today.

How do we do that?

First, by taking care of business—making sure that we complete the work that we have been called to do today; so that when we lay our head on the pillow tonight, we can do so knowing that we have left

nothing unsaid that should have been said and nothing undone that should have been done. Our goal should be to end each day as Jesus ended his life—by being able to look up to God and say: “I have finished the work you gave me to do today.”

Second, by investing our time, talent and treasure in our communities and their people, seeking to make each one a better place in which to live. We follow the example of Jesus who healed hurting people and shared his resources with those who had needs.

Sometimes, estimating our remaining life span and counting down our days can deceive us into thinking that we have more time on this earth than we actually do. God alone knows how many days remain in your life and in mine; and it’s a secret he keeps to himself.

So I propose that as each new day begins, we thank God for it and then live it as though it will be our last day on this earth—because…it could be!!

The beauty of creation

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t was two of the AM when the soft whimper at my bedside alerted me to the fact that – once again- it would be wise to escort my four-footed friends outdoors. And so, reluctantly, I rose from warmth of my nest and staggered to the door.

This particular night my loyalty to my pets was well rewarded. Above me and to the north, the sky was brilliant with the colours of the Northern Lights.

This phenomenon is one of my favourite natural wonders. Angels dancing across the vast ballroom floor, gowns swirling and swishing.

In the article of what Helen Keller would want to see if she had the gift of sight for three brief days, the first day she would gaze on the faces of her loved ones and fill her mind with the beauty of nature. She concludes

HOMEBODIES Rita FRiesen that that night she would be so filled with emotion that sleep would be elusive, and that would be all right.

Thinking of the beauty of the night that I was a part of, I wondered what words could capture the images, What words could give someone who had never seen colours or movement, the sense of the wonder of the aurora borealis?

I found some words for my points of reference. It was as if I was in the center of an inverted opalescent bowl. Soft shades of green and blue curled and flowed above me.

Observation

By Addy Oberlin

When I was waiting at the hairdresser the voice in the chair before me was familiar but I could not see her face. She was indeed the person I thought she was. I had recognized her by her voice. She said right away “and are you Addy?’ When I was sitting in the chair a new customer came in and said right away “hello Addy.” She

The sky was aglow as if all the fireflies in my world had gathered for a celebration. There was no need for the feeble glow of my battery-operated flashlight. There was no sound, not up above or on the ground. I was simply present for the time. It was the impatient tugging of Mr. Hoover and Miss Daisy that brought me back to reality and my cocoon of blankets. ‘My little dogs must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near’.

(Sorry Robert Frost!)

Before sleep recaptured me I deliberated on

other scenes of beauty that words cannot truly express. The scenes called to mind would differ for each of us. Two came to my mind before slumber ruled. A trail walk on a perfect fall day. The sky is a blue so intense it hurts the heart. The trees are decked in glorious tones of gold and red, with just enough browns to make the beauty bearable. There is a rustle of the dry leaves as a gentle breeze brings the fragrance of acorns and pinecones. Sitting on the dock at a lake, water lapping, the dock rising and falling with the movement of the waves. Feet dangling into the cooling depths, face upturned to catch the warmth of the summer sun.

Simply being.

With these images of the beauty of creation filling my soul and spirit, sleep was sweet.

could not see my face but recognized my voice.

The thought came to me that when we know Jesus in a personal way we know His voice, like the sheep know the voice of the shepherd and follow him. Jesus tells us in John 10:27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” When we become a child of God we will have eternal life “and no one shall snatch them out of My (Jesus’) hand” (John 10:28).

We can know His voice and peace and joy will be ours forever more.

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Fiscal outlook embarrassing Manitobans are embarrassed by the recent NDP leadership contest in which the premier battled once-trusted MLAs and hung onto his job by the narrowest of margins. In the midst of that dysfunction, the NDP government quietly released an equally embarrassing Third Quarter Financial Report.

It’s more bad news from an NDP consistent in issuing bad financial statements. Nine months into the 2014-15 fiscal year, the NDP’s deficit is $100 million over the estimate and sits at $421 million.

This is unforgiveable from a government that in the 2011 election campaign promised to balance the books by 2014.

Higher than anticipated revenues from Crown corporations (Hydro, MPI, Liquor & Lotteries) added $150 million in bonus money to government coffers. Remove that bonus money and you see core government spending is actually $177 million over budget. That’s a runaway deficit train. The NDP is disguising how badly it has mismanaged Manitoba’s finances.

Then there’s the revenue side. In 2012, the NDP applied the sales tax to previously exempt areas like haircuts and home insurance. It brought in the MPI vehicle registration fee and a hike in gas tax.

And of course there was the 2013 PST hike after the NDP said it wouldn’t raise taxes. Altogether, it’s a colossal betrayal of your trust and an attack on your earnings that nets $500 million more each year. But despite soaring revenues, the NDP has not made even a dent in the deficit.

Under the NDP, the provincial debt has surpassed $32 billion -- including $10 billion added in less than five years. The debt servicing costs are fast approaching $1 billion per year.

Moody’s Investors Service has issued a warning to Manitoba’s NDP government, citing an “execution risk” on its pledge to balance the budget. That’s akin to saying, “We just don’t believe you anymore.” If Manitoba’s credit rating is downgraded, the province will pay much more to borrow money. This means more of your tax dollars will go to money lenders in Toronto and less will be available to invest in our roads and to improve health care and education.

This NDP government is tired, self-serving and needs a time-out. Manitobans who look at the latest financial report are increasingly eager to oblige.

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Fortune fish not found on 14th

By Hall Sveistrup A tagged northern pike was all smiles after the sound of gunshot signaled the end of the annual ice fishing derby hosted by Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association on Lake Wahtopanah on Saturday, March 14. The cause for celebration, like seven other pike before him, was successfully eluding capture by 210 adult fishers hoping for a $10,000 reward. Fifty youth who paid no entry fee also participated in the eighth annual event, but they were not eligible for the large payout. Cash prizes were awarded for the four longest northern pike and for the two longest each of walleye and yellow perch. Youth fishers who caught the longest fish of the same three species were awarded a trophy and an ice fishing rod and reel. Second- and thirdplace youth competitors received their choice of an item from the prize table.

The numbers of remaining children were drawn from a drum so that every one of them pocketed a prize.

Following is a list of main prize winners.

Youth walleye, Matthew Warnica, Brandon, 30 cm (there were no other walleye caught); youth northern pike, Julian Ventnor, Rivers, 68 cm, Justin Ventnor, Rivers, 61.6 cm, Adam Smith, Brandon, 56.4 cm; youth yellow perch, Cole Lelond, Rivers, 25.2 cm, Emilyea Zamansky, Forrest, 24.2 cm, Grady McNish, Rivers, 23.6 cm; adult walleye, John Dalgleish, Alexander, 36.2 cm, Harv Jacobsen, Brandon, 34 cm; adult northern pike, Chad Ventnor, Rivers, 89.6 cm, Darcy Oakden, Brandon, 72.6 cm, Matt McLaughlin, Virden, 71 cm, Charlie Ventnor, Rivers, 70.4 cm; adult yellow perch, Mark Vreeman, Brandon, 26.6 cm, Jeff Hall, Brandon, 26.2 cm.

Youth fishers captured one walleye, five pike and 30 perch for a total of 36 fish; adults hooked 76 fish comprised of four walleye, 34 pike and 38 perch. All fish measured were released. Five competitors who won $20 chamber bucks were Bonnie Taylor, Beau Bridgeman,

Nathan Astakeesic, Cory Sedgwick (all of Rivers) and Bailey Sykes of Brandon. The award ceremony concluded with draws by adult competitors for an array of prizes donated by Rivers and Brandon businesses and by association members. Ross Priestley of Miniota returned home

$373 richer, courtesy of a 50/50 draw.

The association’s travel trailer and barbecue served as a makeshift, yet efficient, canteen which dispensed a delicious menu of cheeseburgers, hamburgers, smokie dogs, canned drinks, water, hot chocolate and coffee.

With spring just around the corner, another exciting (and busy) season of minor hockey has come to an end. This year was a very exciting one for Rivers Minor Hockey as we had a record number of exactly 100 kids registered to play hockey, on seven teams from Squirts all the way up to the Midget age group. It was another fun and successful season for our Rivers Jets community which included a League Championship Banner by our peewee team and a League Finalist Banner by our atom team.

On behalf of the Rivers Minor Hockey executive, we would like to thank the coaches, team managers and especially the parents, for the time and commitment they put in towards the success of our hockey program, as well as the enjoyment and opportunity it provides for our players. Whether it be coaching kids on the ice, flipping burgers in the canteen or selling tickets at the door, everyone plays a huge role and without your contribution none of this would be possible.

Also, thank you to our local business sponsors/donors, including Rivers & Area Community Foundation which donated a set of jerseys for our squirt and bantam teams, as well as Boomerang Enterprises which donated a set of jerseys to our midget team. Photos of our two squirt teams in their new jerseys are included here.

Once again, thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing everyone back next season.

Team Black, coaches Trenton Therrien and Trevor Peters. Back row L/R: Davian Ferland, Colby Plewes, Cole Lelond, Liam Bromley, Jayden Schoonbaert. Front row L/R: Kaylee Klassen, Kinley Peters, Kayden Elliot, Preston Cords, Revin Therrien, Jillian Schoonbaert.

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Proud fishers showed off their catches of (top to bottom) pike, walleye and perch.

Team Yellow back row L/R: Kim Bourdin (safety), Dana McNish (asst. coach), Gerald Lepp (coach). Middle row L/R: Jesse Bourdin, Winston Lepp, Aaron Roels, Grady McNish, Jayce Oakden. Front row L/R: Cole Creighton, Kirk Bayes, Stella Roulette, Madeline Nielsen, Logan Hall, Colby Burt.

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ALUS returns to Manitoba

By Cindy Murray The program Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) had its beginnings in Manitoba in the RM of Blanshard. ALUS was a conception of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and Delta Waterfowl Foundation. These two organizations proposed farmers get paid to provide ecological goods and services from their land, and that those incentives be delivered through community-based organizations. This particular program was a pilot project that ran from 2006 until 2008 with a fairly high enrolment of 70 per cent from the landowners in that municipality!

The main objective of ALUS is to create a healthy landscape that sustains agriculture, wildlife and natural spaces for all Canadians. It does this by providing support to farmers and ranchers who want to enhance and maintain the benefits of nature. This includes re-establishing wetlands, preserving wetlands and rivers, tree planting and the sowing down of marginal lands with domestic or native prairie grasses. The RM of Blanshard ALUS project was the first of its kind in Canada, and has now spread to Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.

In 2007 ALUS was established in Norfolk County, Ont., which is in the heart of tobacco country. It began its start with 16 private sector funding partners, and now has grown to include more than 50 sponsorship partners and more than 100 participating farm families.

In 2008 Prince Edward Island adopted ALUS as an official provincewide program and is the

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first province to endorse ALUS as a major tool in protecting its fragile ecosystems. Alberta was next to join the ALUS family in 2010, where in the county of Vermilion River, more than 1,000 acres were put into the program after the first year. Since then, the counties of Red Deer and Parkland have commenced their own ALUS projects.

In December 2011 four key founding partners in Saskatchewan announced funding for ALUS projects to be initiated in the RMs of South Qu’Appelle, Indian Head and Francis.

Now ALUS has come back to Manitoba with the announcement last summer that a new project has been launched in Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District (LSRCD). The main funding partners are The Community Challenge Grant from The W. Garfield Weston Foundation that has been matched through Environment Canada’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Fund, and Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation.

LSRCD’s board established a Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC) this past winter, whose job it was to set up the param-

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By Sheila Runions Banner Staff or Christmas 2013 John and Helen Dyck received an amaryllis bulb from their son Barry and his wife Heather. The bulb was planted and it flowered only two weeks later, on Jan. 9, 2014; the stalk contained four blooms and the bulb produced no leaves.

The bulb has yet to produce one single leaf yet Helen, known for her green thumb, did not give up on the plant and continued to care for its barren appearance. Even when the couple downsized in September 2014 when they moved from their home at 555 Third Avenue in Rivers to Eastside Apartments (a fourplex) at 330 Third Avenue, Helen refused to give up. She brought the bulb with her to their new home and in late February another stalk started to poke through. John and Helen were amazed at the growth of said stalk and at one point began measuring its progress. The stalk would grow an inch a day (the growth was witnessed by overnight guests) and after three weeks of growing, the bud sack finally opened to reveal the stalk once again contained four

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John and Helen Dyck are proud of their two-foot flower.

buds.

The stalk is strong enough that no stake is needed to keep it straight.

If measuring from the dirt to the highest flower petal, the height is 26.5 inches

but the stalk itself is a lanky 22 inches. The first bloom began to open on Saturday, March 14 and by Monday morning, March 16, all four flowers were fully spread.

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eters of the ALUS project.

Some of the work PAC has been doing is reviewing funding sources and setting goals related to the spending of the funding, identifying projects within the district and establishing acreage payments. A landowner agreement has been established that will be the contract between LSRCD and the farmer/rancher families that want to participate in the agreement, which could last up to 10 years and has an annual payout. Depending on the type of project, the participant may be required to contribute to the project either financially or with in-kind works such as use of equipment, etc.

There are several deadlines that have to be met in regards to signing agreements. One is for March 31, and the other for April 30. Those deadlines will ensure that projects will go ahead in the summer months. More dollars are on the horizon which will provide funding for future projects. Farmers/ranchers who believe an ALUS project would work well within their operations should contact a PAC member or call LSRCD at 204-566-2270.

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Raising the bar with the Ram heavy duty truck

By Neils Mack The Neepawa Banner

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s a rule we don’t like big changes; it interrupts the way we have things set up to work in our worlds. We especially don’t like changes in a piece of equipment that we use in the work place or on the farm. The phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” didn’t come from nowhere after all.

I remember a few years back when MacDon changed from putting the Cummins motor in its wind rowers, replacing them with an Isuzu motor. They must have sold a grand total of none of these Isuzu units because it didn’t take long to revert to the way things had been, and they made sure we all knew!

That brings me to the Ram heavy duty trucks – the three-quarter and oneton trucks. When it came time to revamp and refresh the 2500 and 3500, Ram knew enough to keep the trusted Cummins, keep the same gearboxes and keep the best-in-class towing capacity. The 6.7-litre straight six Cummins produces as much as 865 pound feet of torque, which bests the Ford F350 by five pounds, but matches its horsepower at 385. That may not seem like a lot of horsepower compared to what’s in a sports car, but you have to remember these horses are like big, powerful Clydesdales whereas a sports car is a fast and nimble thoroughbred.

If two of these trucks line up at drag races and put all that torque down, it may be enough to change the earth’s rotation on its axis — or at the very least, cause a seismic shift. What I’m getting at here is that

the Ram 3500 is powerful, and is rated for a towing capacity of 30,000 pounds and almost 7,400 pounds of payload.

When it comes to slowing down a load of that size, Ram has an exhaust brake to take some of the stress off the disc brakes.

Available only on Ram trucks is an air suspension that allows for great ride comfort when not towing.

When towing, it levels the truck based on load weight and provides the heavyduty suspension required.

This option is a must-have, given that it creates the best of two worlds without any sacrifice. Oncoming traffic will also appreciate a levelled towing vehicle when the lights aren’t in their face.

This past weekend was unseasonably warm and a wild contrast to weather last year at this time, which made it a perfect time for a test drive of a Ram 2500 Laramie Limited – thanks to Mike Waddell at Murray Chrysler in Brandon for the truck. I didn’t have any trailering to do, but we can let the numbers above speak for themselves.

The Ram 2500 Laramie Limited comes loaded with an array of features.

These included 20-inch rims, gorgeous leather trim and seating in the interior, navigation, premium sound system, wood trim, auto high/low beam projector headlights and rain-sensing wipers. What I especially like about the interior is that they haven’t fallen into making the entire vehicle controllable by touch screen. The 8.4-inch touch screen can be used to control so many aspects of the vehicle, but there are also buttons below for the

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common go-to items like climate control and radio.

Time to turn the heated seat off? It’s just a button’s push away.

Ford has recently abandoned its touch screen approach to controls, but that still leaves us with all the remaining vehicles with MyFord Touch, where you’re left touching 10 places on the screen to change what used to take just a quick touch of a physical button.

Ram also has one great button that simply says “screen off.” While in the day time that’s not needed, on every other truck on the market, I’ve wanted that same button to soothe my burning retinas when driving at night.

Ram comes standard with a class V tow hitch and can be optioned to have fifth wheel hitch ready to install. This saves you from having to cut and wire in the mounting yourself.

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The Ram I took for a test drive sparkled in the sun. The truck has the best of both worlds on its dash —touch screen and buttons.

these heavy loads, you wouldn’t expect it to be agile and refined. However it is very comfortable and easy to maneuver about in city traffic. The chassis of the Ram is reinforced with eight cross members and the result of this strength is very noticeable when driving. Any bumps and imperfections in the road are ironed out and the only thing you notice is a dull

thump in the cabin.

Brakes provide linear response, they don’t immediately cut in, but allow you to meter in the force accurately.

When it comes to servicing, Ram has an accessible engine compartment and an oil change interval of up to 24,000 kilometres – highest in its class. Ram is also guaranteed by a 160,000-kilometre war-

ranty on the motor and 290,000-kilometre warranty on the transmission.

If you’re in the market for a new workhorse of a truck, there is some pretty strong competition out there (figuratively and literally) but Ram heavy duty trucks pack some serious punch.

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Weed notes Working in and for the community

By Sid Lewis Supervisor

Around different areas of this district I have been asked, “Who wants the cosmetic spray ban?” In the package given to us by Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, the answer given by them is, “A growing number of health care professionals as well as scientists, academics, environmentalists, parents and women’s organizations are increasingly advocating for action to reduce exposure to synthetic pesticides for non-essential (cosmetic) purposes. Infants and young children may be more vulnerable, given their relative body weight, rapid body and brain development, ability to detoxify chemicals and given their behaviuor — crawling on lawns and floors, putting their hands in their mouths and their proximity to the ground. Pregnant women, the elderly, those with chemical sensitivities and pets may be at more risk than the general population.”

I do not see any agricultural industry included in the people who are on this list and so it shows this department only wanted one type of people involved — those who aren’t in any way connected with this field.

Many ratepayers have also asked how Conservation intends to police this regulation. They haven’t decided how that process will be handled so 2015 will be looked at as an educational-based program, then in 2016 stricter measures will be taken to those who fail to observe it.

Wow! How will they see an agricultural producer or his wife applying herbicides to a dandelion?

It is only seven weeks now until this stress will be over for me and especially my wife Terry, who has been quite gracious in putting up with my frustrations and temper tantrums!

If you have any questions or concerns for Midwest Weed District please phone 204-764-2128.

By Dianne Kowalchuk Publicity At a recent meeting of Rivers Women’s Institute (WI), members learned about a group of people who work quietly amongst us. Warren Smallwood spoke with great sincerity and enthusiasm about Riverdale Justice Committee.

This committee is made up of nine ordinary citizens from this community; however, the work they do is far from ordinary. The committee, mandated by the Justice Department in Manitoba, very unobtrusively works with young offenders who wish to have their cases diverted out of the court system. The committee has two rules it follows: the offender must be willing to plead guilty and they must attempt to undo any damage done.

This alternative justice system saves the public a great deal of money and gives young people who have acted foolishly a second chance. The committee uses common sense

LITTLE SASKATCHEWAN RIVER CONSERVATION DISTRICT FARMERS AND RANCHERS: Are you interested in improving the environment and your bottom line at the same time?

Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District is delivering the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program and wants to hear from farmers and ranchers who may be interested in providing environmental services such as clean water and wildlife habitat. In addition to annual payments, start-up cost assistance for activities being undertaken to improve environmental stewardship is provided.

Projects on farm are created to complement individual agricultural operations and are designed in partnership with producers.

Participants sign on for an agreement of five to 10 years to keep and maintain the project. We encourage interested farmers to learn more about becoming a part of the ALUS program by contacting the conservation district.

For more information please contact: Colleen Cuvelier Conservation district manager/ALUS project co-ordinator Phone 204-566-2270 or email: lsrcd.mgr@mymts.net

and compassion to mete out justice that is fair. WI members were impressed by good work that is being done. The justice committee is like Women’s Institute – a well-kept secret!

WI members are getting ready to take part in the wellness day that will be taking place at Rivers Collegiate on April 11.

Plans are also being made for members to attend a regional convention in Basswood on April 15 and a provincial convention in Winnipeg May 8-9. As a local fundraiser, Rivers members are selling product from Vesey Seeds.

The group has renewed its membership in Ag in the Classroom and will donate

$100 to project work done by our international affiliate, Associated Country Women of the World.

The April meeting has been changed to Thursday, April 16. Members will meet at Westwood Lodge at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the resolutions that will be debated at the provincial convention. This promises to be a most entertaining discussion.

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On the date and at the time and location shown below, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held to receive representations from any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following matter:

RIVERDALE MUNICIPALITY BYLAW NO. 2015-07 being a BYLAW TO CLOSE A MUNICIPAL ROAD HEARING LOCATION: Riverdale Municipality council chamber 670 - 2nd Avenue, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 DATE AND TIME:

April 7, 2015 at 6:15 p.m.

GENERAL INTENT OF BYLAW NO. 2015-07: To close a portion of a municipal road located between Pt. SW ¼ Sec. 24-1221WPM and Pt. SE ¼ Sec. 23-12-21WPM. AREA AFFECTED BY BYLAW NO. 2015-07: All that portion of the municipal road lying south of Public Road Plan No. 1063 and located between the SW ¼ Sec. 24-12-21WPM and Pt. SE ¼ Sec. 23-1221WPM in Riverdale Municipality and shown in gray on the attached “sketch map”.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Kat Bridgeman, Chief Administrative Officer, Riverdale Municipality 670 – 2nd Avenue, Box 520, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 204-328-5300

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

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Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?

By Courtney Newton Publicity Now preparing for its 33rd annual production, My Fair Lady, Strathclair Drama Club has provided audiences with the opportunity to see Broadway musicals without having to travel very far. For the past two and a half months, members of Strathclair Drama Club cast have been meeting once or twice a week to memorize lines and music, learn choreography and staging, and try on costumes.

There is just over a month of rehearsals ahead for the 45-member cast before opening night on April 20. This is not the first time My Fair Lady has come to the stage of Bend Theatre. The drama club presented this classic musical in 1992, their 10th production.

Based on George Bernard Shaw’s stage play, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady has been a favourite among audiences of both stage and screen. The musical centers on a bet made by language Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering. They wager that Higgins would not be able to teach flower seller Eliza Doolittle to become a lady before the upcoming Embassy Ball by improving her speech, posture and dress.

This year’s cast includes many talented people from western Manitoba. The role of Eliza Doolittle, the poor flower seller, is brought to life by Brandon’s Eva Stevenson. Minnedosa’s James Comrie portrays Prof. Henry Higgins and Rivers’

Stan Runions plays Col. Pickering. Aristocrat Freddy Eynsford-Hill is played by Brandon’s Dylan Woodcock; Strathclair’s Willie Voth plays the part of Eliza’s father, Alfred P. Doolittle.

Prof. Higgins’s maid Mrs. Pearce is brought to life by Minnedosa’s Mary Dalton. Shoal Lake’s Barbara Hamilton portrays Freddy’s mother, Mrs. Eynsford-Hill and Rivers’ Sheila Runions takes on the role of Henry’s mother, Mrs. Higgins.

Supporting characters and chorus members this year include many long-time drama club members and some new members. They include: Jody Allan, Beccy Ardiel-Voth, Bailey and Wayne Baker, Isobel Basso, Erin Brown, Janice Dalton, Jacinta Doupe, Murray Hagyard, Russ Hamilton, Daniel Kang, Greg Kirk, Karen and Emma-Jean Koscielny, Leonard Kostesky, Michelle Kramer, Jacquie Kulchyski, Eric Lamb, Brittany and Dana MacDonald, Gordon McDonald, Chris and Rowena Martin, Eric and Marley Menzies, Jessica McInnes, Kennedy Moffat, Courtney Newton, Beryl Parrott, Rebecca Porteous, Terry Radcliffe, Norm Sims, Joanna Tolton, Dan Voth, Heather Waddell, Lacey Winstone and Carlea Wootton.

The cast and crew behind My Fair Lady is excited to share their hard work with the world.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 28; watch this publication for our ad containing more information!

Canuck wins American award

By Sheila Runions Banner Staff aithful readers of Rivers Banner will be quite familiar with the name Scott Beever as he has been featured in these pages many times before in relation to his baseball achievements. The 2011 Rivers Collegiate grad is attending Jamestown College in North Dakota. The biology major was enticed with the school’s ball program and cash from a scholarship offered to him from that school.

The six-foot, 175-pound pitcher was named the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) pitcher-of-the-week on March 16.

According to the college’s website, Beever is a junior and he “held his opponents to .163 batting average in two pitching appearances for Jamestown in the Tucson (Ariz.) invitational games. He pitched six innings and allowed two runs (one unearned) with six strikeouts in 2-1 loss to Olivet Nazarene (Ill.). Beever bounced back in the winning column as he threw seven innings and gave up three runs (one unearned) with a career-high seven strikeouts in 5-3 victory over Ashford (Iowa). For the week, he posted an earned run average of 2.08 and allowed five runs (two unearned) with 13 strikeouts.”

NSAA has just started its athlete of the week awards, so Scott won the inaugural title; congratulations!

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Jack Cram, Lawyer Phone 204-727-8491 or 204-328-7540 (Thursdays, 2-5 p.m.) for appointments.

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RIVERS

Services

BANNER CLASSIFIEDS

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DEADLINE: TUESDAY AT 5 P.M. Minimum charge: $5+GST Extra insertions: 1/2 original price

Classifieds MUST be PREPAID Visa/Mastercard accepted Thank You

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

B - 116 Main St S Minnedosa (across from the main entrance to the Co-op Food Store)

867-3981 http://www.ajaxlaw.ca

The Disability Tax Credit

SPRING SALES WITH HOT SAVINGS! All steel building models and sizes are now on sale.

Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Need A Loan? Own Property? Have Bad Credit? We can help!

Call toll free 1-866405-1228 or visit www. firstandsecondmortgages.ca

$15,000 Lump Sum Refund (on avg)

Province of Manitoba Summer Student Employment Opportunity

Covers:

MANITOBA YOUTH JOB CENTRE PROGRAM

Work Wanted

Restrictions in walking and dressing

Hip/Knee Replacements

204-453-5372

Notice

It is VERY disturbing to walk in Rivers and see so many dog feces, especially on Main Street sidewalks! No one likes to step in dog poop and something needs to be said: People need to pick up after their dogs — it’s common courtesy — and police should be enforcing our bylaw!

STEEL BUILDINGS

Milestone Potato Piler.

40-foot length, threephase power. $8,500.

Call Reit Syd Equipment at 1-877-638-9610 or email info@reit-syd. com

Help Wanted

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HIGH CASH PRODUCING Vending Machines. $1.00 Vend = 70¢ Profit. All on Location In Your Area.

Selling Due to Illness.

Call 1-866-668-6629 For Details.

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

$1,500 Yearly Tax Credit

Rapid City & District Community Complex would like to thank all sponsors, families and individuals who supported us during the 2014-15 season. Special thanks to the volunteers who came out for the relic derby and skate-a-thon. It sure was a hectic day and we appreciate all your help and hard work!

Sincerely, The Rink Board

Mature, responsible woman will do spring cleaning and whatever other jobs you might want done. Call 204-724-9822 or 204-365-2740.

Provincial classifieds

ARE YOU AN URBANMINER? Get The Top Tips To maximize the value of your scrap metal

The Province of Manitoba and Riverdale Municipality are currently accepting applications for the Manitoba Youth Job Centre YOUTH ENGAGEMENT LEADER position. Term of employment is from May 12, 2015 – August 21, 2015.

72 Rothwell Road Winnipeg, MB The trusted name in metal recycling

In Memory In loving memory of Doreen Smith, who passed away March 18, 2010.

Your memory is our keepsake with which we’ll never part.

God has you in His keeping, we have you in our hearts.

You are so wonderful to think of but so hard to be without.

Forever in our hearts and forever loved, McGee and family.

Applications close April 2, 2015 at 4 p.m.

Visit Manitoba.ca/myjc for more information.

Please send a cover letter and resume to Riverdale Municipality Box 520, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 or email bonnierivers@mymts.net Applicants must: be students currently attending a post-secondary institution and returning to studies in the fall of 2015; have a valid Class 5 driver’s licence and access to a vehicle; be a resident of Manitoba.

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 is 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 specific 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

DONNIE GILCHRIST, JANIS REID AND JANIE BARKLEY In loving memory of three Rivers youth — Donnie Gilchrist, Janis Reid and Janie Barkley — who were killed in a storm-related car accident one mile north of Rivers on March 20, 1965.

The blow was great, the shock severe, We little thought the end was near.

And only those who've lost can tell The pain of parting without farewell.

Friends may think the wound has healed But they little know the sorrow That lies within our hearts concealed From 50 years ago to tomorrow.

You are always loved and we miss you everyday, Don’s sisters Clarice Gilchrist and Jackie Gilchrist Mersich.

PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. Reach 400,000+ readers/wk.

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R E F O R E S TAT I O N NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Full boxes as low as $0.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-8733846 or treetime.ca.

Restless Leg Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast relief in 1 hr! Sleep at night.

Proven for 32+ years. allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660

FOR SALE

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension.

In stock ready to ship.

FREE Info & DVD: www.

NorwoodSawmills. com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT. SAVE! NEW! WRAPPED! Queen pillowtop bed set $395 (dble. set $375)!

8-pce. solid wood bdr. ste. incl. queen bed, dresser, mirror, chest, 2 night stands $2,295.

12-drawer queen storage bed $595! 5-pce.

42” round drop leaf set $595. 3-pce. 36” drop leaf table set $299 (espresso or maple). Power reclining black leather set incl. sofa, loveseat, center console, chair $2,295. CLEARANCE SPECIALS extended to March 31. SAVE 20-60% on avail. stock!

Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6 & Sun 12-5. KDL Furniture, 204-571-1971. 660 Highland Ave., S side of #1 Hwy., Brandon.

Tender

SALARY: $12.27 per hour, 36.25 hours per week.

GO TO: www.AreYouAnUrbanminer.ca Tip #6 can earn you 10% more on your scrap!

Tip #9 helps you get more value!

FOR SALE

B AT T E R I E S F O R EVERYTHING. Auto, farm, construction, ATV, marine, motorcycle, golf carts, phones, tools, radios, computers etc. Reconditioned, obsolete and hard-to-find batteries. SOLAR equipment.

The Battery Man. Winnipeg. 1.877.775.8271 www.batteryman.ca

Current starting wage is $12.95/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/currentopportunities.php We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

SPRINGLAND MFG. Box 550, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0

COMMERCIAL CLEANING TENDER Springland Mfg. invites tenders for a commercial cleaning contract. This position will be permanent, with hours to be negotiated.

Responsibilities will include: once weekly cleaning (including sweeping, mopping, dusting and general tidying, including bathrooms) of: New Springland site (old CFB Rivers): fire hall (offices), approx. 1,800 sq. ft. and warehouse (offices and lunchroom), approx. 1,800 sq. ft.

Current Springland site (8 miles NW of Rivers): house (offices), approx. 1,000 sq. ft., east trailer, approx. 1,000 sq. ft., west trailer, approx. 800 sq. ft.

Must have reliable transportation and supply own cleaning supplies. Must be able to work with minimal supervision as most work will be performed after business hours. Must be bondable as most work will be performed after business hours.

Applications marked “Cleaning Tender,” containing full remuneration expectations, qualifications, employment history and references, will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on April 17, 2015.

Andrea Wardle Springland Mfg., sales office administrator Box 550, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 Phone 204-328-7358 Fax 204-328-7802 Email andrea@springland.ca

MOBILE HOMES

SPRING IS COMING! Own your home at 2014 prices! Move-in ready at Rapid City. Show homes in Brandon. Glendale Mobile Home Sales, 260 Glen Avenue, Brandon

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-athome career today!

At Sleep Country Canada/Dormez-Vous? We are crazy about sleep!

Don’t believe us!? We happen to be Canada’s #1 specialty retailer with over 200 stores nationwide and growing. We are hiring Sales Associates in Manitoba!

Visit www.sleepcountry. ca for more details!

(Please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.)

Truck/Transport Mechanic Required in Brandon, MB You offer: • Experience • Willingness to learn • Flexibility • Positive attitude We offer: • Competitive wage • Full benefits package • State of the art facility • Apprenticeship training for the right individual Call Tyler @ 204.571.0187 Email: theuchert @renaissancetrans.ca Fax to 204.571.9363

Remember the early deadline for April 3: Monday, March 30 at 5 p.m.

Tender Land for rent for 2015 crop year. Lot 1: NE 30-13-22W, approx .105 acres. Lot 2: SW 23-13-23W and NW 23-13-23W, approx. 250 acres. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Send tenders to Box 83, Hamiota, MB R0M 0T0. Deadline: April 10.

RM of Oakview 2015 Road Gravelling REQUEST FOR TENDERS

RM of Oakview invites two separate tenders for gravelling municipal roads and one tender for loading and hauling to a stockpile for 2015. Approximately 30,000 cubic yards of crushed gravel is to be hauled from four stockpiles and placed on municipal roads

by July 31, 2015 and approximately 5,000 yards of crushed gravel is to be loaded and stockpiled in Ward 3 by December 31, 2015.

A copy of the tender documents and tender forms can be downloaded from the rmofblanshard.ca website or by contacting the undersigned.

Sealed tenders, properly marked, are to be submitted no later than 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2015 to the RM of Oakview office at 10 Cochrane Street in Oak River. Only contractors registered with Manitoba Workers Compensation Board will be considered.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

RM of Oakview, Box 179, Oak River, MB R0K 1T0 Phone: 204-566-2146 Fax: 204-566-2126 Email: rmsk@mts.net or blanshardrm@inetlink.ca

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UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION SPRUCE KNOLL FARM of Rivers (Norman and Donna Short) FRIDAY, April 10 at 12 noon DIRECTIONS: From Jct. 24/250, north 0.3 kms on Hwy. 250 to lane on west side of road.

Yard has a big blue Behlen shed. Watch for signs sale day.

ORDER OF SALE: 12-1 p.m. misc, tools, parts, tanks, pumps, golf cart, mowers. Major equipment starts at 1 p.m.

TERMS: Norman has agreed to offer terms on the JD 9770 STS combine. Terms are: 25% down sale day by way of non-refundable deposit, balance due on or before Aug. 1, 2015 by certified cheque payable to Spruce Knoll Farm Ltd. Units will stay in possession of Norman Short until paid in full. Purchaser must insure units at time of sale.

FOR ONLINE BIDDING AT THIS SALE VISIT WWW.FRASERONLINEAUCTIONS.COM TRACTORS: 1992 Case IH 9230 4WD 235hp tractor w/5,643 hrs showing, 4 remote hyd. w/return line, 12-spd. power shift, 18.4R38 duals, decelerator, s/ nJCB0029641. 1981 IH 1086 2WD 131hp tractor w/6,510 hrs showing, 2 remote hyd, w/priority valve, dual PTO, 18.4-38 duals, torque amp, s/n53752. 1967 JD 3020 2WD 70hp tractor w/10,593 hrs showing, Syncro trans, single hyd., dual PTO, 18.4-20 singles, s/n111498.

GUIDANCE SYSTEMS: EZ-Guide Plus Guidance System w/EZ-Steer auto steer system and light bar.

HARVEST EQUIPMENT: 2008 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/JD 615P pick up, 873 rotor hrs showing, 1,270 eng. hrs showing, Star Fire 3000 JD guidance w/ mapping, 2630 Green Star display, long auger, fine cut chopper, 900/60R32 and 480/70R30 rubber, s/n726890 (Certified Service Guard Silver dealer inspection done January 2015). 30’ Honey Bee SP30 straight cut header w/JD throat adapter, pick-up reel, rubber slat canvases, self-transport, s/n430971059. 1985 30’ JD 2360 SP swather w/single knife drive, MacDon pick-up reel, rubber slat canvases, 6-cyl. gas eng., 3,088 hrs showing, s/nX001142. 8’ poly swath roller. 6’ Smith Roles metal swath roller. Concave, cyl, rear beater and chopper pan for JD 9600 combine.

TRUCKS & TRAILER: 2003 Kenworth T300 T/A grain truck w/20’ B&H, roll tarp, 3126 Cat eng. 7.2L 246hp eng., Allison automatic push button trans, 412,684 kms showing, rear hoist controls, 3-way end gate, rear auger hitch, rear fenders, 22.5 rubber, VIN#2NKMHD8X03M969757, SAFETIED. 1979 GMC 7000 Tag Axle grain truck w20’ B&H, roll tarp, V8 gas eng. 5+2 trans, 55,643 kms showing, rear auger hitch, VIN#T17DB9F555549. 2004 Ford F250 XLT Super Duty 4x4 ext cab w/5.4L gas, auto trans, 119,854 kms showing, pwr windows, pwr locks, AM/FM CD player, rails for 5th wheel plate VIN#1FTNX21L44EA91806, SAFETIED. 1982 16’ Bobco T/A 5th wheel flat deck trailer w/wood deck, 9.50-16.5 rubber, VIN#1982771.

24’ Header transport trailer.

OTHER EQUIPMENT: 6” Watermaster floating water pump w/Tecumseh mtr., approx. 300’ discharge hose.

7’ MF sickle mower. Yard Sprayer, 3PT, w/25-gal. poly tank.

GRAIN HANDLING: 10x2000 Sakundiak PTO swing hopper auger w/540 PTO, reverser shaft, dual auger in hopper, s/n54493. 8x1200 Sakundiak auger w/20hp Onan engine, self-propel kit, hyd. lift winch, bin sweep, s/n55427. 7”x39’ Westfield grain auger. Minnesota 260 gravity wagon w/roll tarp, mounted 12” aeration fan, s/ n15398.

SEED & TILLAGE: 90’ Willmar 765 Special Edition high clearance sprayer w/4,186 hrs showing, EZ-Steer 500 system w/Trimble Guidance System, Mid-Tech boom controls, Mid-Tech Arc-6000 auto rate controls, dual nozzle bodies, air ride, 500 imp. gal poly tank, foam markers, 2” fill lines, JD eng., Tridekon S/S dividers, 12.4-42 rubber. Chem Handler III chemical system.

33’ Flexi Coil 5000 air drill w/Flexi Coil 1720 air cart, 9” spacing, Dutch 3/4” Super Eagle openers, Green Drop liquid kit, packers (2 sets – 2” steel and 3” rubber), drill s/nN050208, tank s/nA0-M047643. 37’ Flexi-Coil 300B tillage w/Green Drop liquid kit, liquid hitch, knock on shovels, 3-bar harrows, s/n019127. Green Drop 1500 liquid band wagon w/John Blue L4910 ground drive pump, 4hp Honda, 2” fill pump, 18.4-26 rubber.

650 imp. gal. fibreglass 3-wheel fert. caddy. 40’ Land Roller w/36” rollers. 60’ Summers Mid Harrow w/newer tines, s/nT0291. Farm-built 4 yard hyd. earth scraper.

23’ deep tillage (built by Norman’s dad in mid-1960s).

11’ IH deep tillage. 65’ truck sprayer w/5-way nozzle bodies, 400 gal. poly tank, Ford F250 powered. Forktype stone picker (built by Norman’s dad).

LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE: Roper 18hp ride-on lawn mower w/50” deck, 3-sp. STD trans. Case 190 lawn tractor w/rototiller, snowblower, 2 PT lift, single hyd. valve. 3-wheel Columbia gas golf cart. 26’ Prospector Kustom Koach 5th wheel trailer w/bunk beds.

TANKS & PUMPS: 1,250-gal. poly water tank. 1,000gal. galvanized water tank on skid. 225 imp. gal poly tank on skid and stand. Hy-Spec 5.5HP 2” water pump.

MISCELLANEOUS: Small assort. of farm-related tools and parts; 3 x 35’ hydro poles; Checker Plate truck tool box; shank and assemblies off Flexi Coil 5000; 2” steel and 3” rubber packer wheels; 5th wheel ball hitch; 2 used 11R-22.5 tires; used 12.4–42 tire; two 16.5–16.1 SL tires on IH rims.

For more information call Norman Short at 204-724-4375 or email shortfam@inethome.ca Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and/or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Cash or cheque. NOTE: Cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit.

Sale conducted by FRASER

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