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Back row L/R: Meghan Knelsen, Erich Schmidt, Thom Heijmans, Heather Gray, Liliane Dupuis. Front row L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile Hubbard, Chassidy Payette, Morgan Ramsay, Bryce Summers, Quinn Hrabok.

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Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner The Rivers Comets hosted the 2022 Baseball Manitoba Senior AA Provincials in Rivers this past weekend.

There were eight teams split into two 4-team pools.

Pool A consisted of Border – Cartwright Twins, Winnipeg – Elmwood Giants, Wild Card B – Deloraine Royals, and the Host team – Rivers Comets. Pool B consisted of Brandon – RFNOW Cardinals, Santa Clara – Neepawa Clubs, Southwest – Boissevain Centennials, and Wild Card A – Winkler Whips.

Friday Aug. 5 and Saturday Aug. 6 were both round-robin play, with Sunday Aug. 7 reserved for the Semi-Finals and Finals.

Friday featured afternoon opening games Brandon vs Neepawa (final score 3-0) and Winkler vs Boissevain (f inal score 6 -16; Zane

Sawyer was the winning (a cool $1,187.50) going to preparation for Sun.) and Pool B. With the win against an exciting weekend full of pitcher for the Centennials the winning bidder. The Deloraine vs Cartwright Brandon, Winkler secured fun competition. Congratusecond place in Pool B. lations Comets for their and also brought in three winning player was Manny (final score 7-11).

By Sheila Runions The baseball action con- second-place victory! home runs); evening games Comets player Gerald Lantigua, a Winkler team Staff pick-up from Morden. He Kuculym turned 30 years tinued Sunday with the The canteen was open were Cartwright Banner vs Rivers tion toruns the schools. cans from the into and Chimo Beach areas for conput away in the proper place on s r e p or thad e d i nfive t he home and Finals. all weekend long serving (final score 4-5—congrats Heschool hadfoyerSemi-Finals in 10 old on Saturday Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. the shelving units. They were March 9 edition, the The Sunday morning game up an incredible amount of Comets! Comets pitcher his birthday in the beer swings.

Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the When all was said and done, fantastic! We are very, very was Rivers against Winkfood and beverages.

They Scott Beever plinary was on the gardens—what a way to Saturday was a jamStudies in Science class culminated in a ceremonious food was weighed and sorted. the scales at Riverdale Harvest pleased.” thea total Semi-Finals. that school closestaff tomema mound, pitching a complete celebrate! w ith eight of 434 pounds, estimate “a Elementary presentation on March 20 to Although the project was aler sen-fornoted at Rivers Collegiatepacked planned aday ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Riverdale games Harvest president ior students en- Comets fabulous amount,” Heather. project for Riverdale Harvest. downedsaysthe The thousand burgers, hot dogs, game) and Elmwood vs DeThe results frombrainstorm, Friday the games: the morning initiated abreakfast similar camtire highdetermined school was encouraged “We are so 6-5 pleased they decided HeathervsGray and Liliane.

Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, Winkler Whips in extra loraine (final score 10-13). sub Crouch sandwiches, and Saturday were Brandon BoisBecause the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate to help those we serve. A lot paign in her school. That threestudents secured a canoe from Agencies sevain (final score 16-18) The Waymor innings to book their ticket sandwiches, and tacos in a the Semi-Final game slots Rolling River School Division so much, the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged Neepawa vs Winkler Home Run Derby followed and to the Finals.

Ryan Shaw bag were sold.

Beer gardens on Sunday: the first in Pool with an intent to f ill it with be portaged across the street to tournament in which to play, credit but this group of students students to leave product in (final score lunchtime the last game on Friday For Although pitched through eight in-praise. werethealso open all weekvs second in Pool canoe; 87 pounds of food Zion Church (home ofARiverathletes had toB, payand with food for certainly deserves some non-perishables. the 2-7); collected younger Harvest). Rather, the canoe.

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The lunchtime live music by22.

Riversidea (finalcarried scorebags, 2-14— Home Run Derby a fun A, with the Rivers, winners came from a suggestion made Semi-Fina ls game was Jeff Worth.

A lot of hard congrats Comets!

Comets competition, where the ball from each of those games by harvest volunteer Liliane is purposely thrown Dupuis. slowly pitcher Ryan Shaw was on facing off for the final game. Boissevain vs. Cartwright. work went into hosting the and at closer range, “I heardand the ideathe at amound, meet- pitching a com- The Comets clinched first Cartwright won 2-0 to tournament. Thank you to Augustine game) and Elmwood vs place in Pool A, having two secure their spot against all volunteers and sponsors players try to ing hit inasBrandon. many St.plete School a Canoe (final score 4-8). wins and zero losses going Rivers for the Finals.

Cartwright for making the weekend a home runs as they canhad in tried 10 Fill in conjunction with the 10-day Mid-afternoon games were T he C h a m p io n s h i p success! swings. Each team entered a into the Elmwood game; Festival du Voyaguer in WinWinkler vs Brandon (final Fina ls were held midAttendance was not taken player plus a few teams paid the Elmwood game had no nipeg in February. It was very score 7-0) and Boissevain afternoon with the Rivers but it was clear that gate to have an additional player. effect on the Comets’ relasuccessful and whenever I hear bank, my always perk Neepawa (final score tive ranking. Cartwright Comets ta k ing on t he numbers were way up from There was anfood auction forears vs up!” anyone 10-2). Evening games were secured second place in Pool Cartwright Twins. Cart- 2019. The proceeds raised each player where She then brought the sugwright won 1-0 over the go to continued improvein attendancegestion could bid Rivers vs Elmwood The canoe(final at Rivers A in their must-win Saturto Riverdale Harvest, Elementary School was Comets, claiming the AA ments to the park. day evening game against score 0-15, with Elmwood on the player they thought which supported the idea and adequately filled.

Photo by Heather Gray Boissevain also Senior Provincial Baseball Deloraine. mercying the Comets after would come out on top.

A asked her to present the promototal of $2,375 was raised 5 innings; many Comets had a 2-0 record and se- Championship. It was an from the auction, with half players were resting in cured the first playoff spot in exciting game, topping off

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Thoughts from a long, long road

his is my first column since our extended road trip to the United States last month. It was supposed to be a two week trip, but it got extended by a five day side-visit by me to North Kansas City Hospital. The trip was pretty good overall and even the hospital stay was good in many ways.

Not sure yet what all went wrong with me, doctors are still checking, but we learned lots. I think I will fully recover, but armed with 30 pages of reports sent with us from Kansas City North Hospital, our local medical team, I am confident, will figure out the best action.

The care was very swift and very good. Three hospitals in total actually, one in Kentucky and two in Missouri.

One thing they did at Kansas City was that patients were not brought a standard food tray, the patients ordered off the menu. Good food and small portions too.The big advantage would appear to be less waste. In Manitoba, everybody gets a tray of food whether they want to eat, or can eat it, or not.

The Kansas City system seems to make a lot more sense.

Here are some sayings I have picked up along the road of life and have come to my mind recently, lots of time to think in a hospital bed and as a three day passenger from Kansas City to Neepawa: •“When all is said and done, there is usually a lot more said than done.” Ken Waddell, Neepawa.

•“Feelings are a good barometer but a very poor compass.” Mike Waddell, Brandon.

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•“We need a lot more rockin’ and a lot less talkin’.” Former Westman area contractor.

•“Never tell a lie– except for practise,” Mark Twain, Archibald Henderson (1912). We spent a few hours in Mark Twain’s home town of Hannibal, Missouri and it was an absolute delight.

•“No matter what happens, look after your faith, family, friends and finances, and in that order.” Ken Waddell, May 2003 addressing a meeting of very distressed cattle producers at Eddystone Hall, Eddystone, Manitoba.

I invite readers to examine this Manitoba government press release on the monkeypox virus and then draw their own conclusions.

“After working with the federal government to secure additional doses, Manitoba Health is expanding eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine so people who may be at higher risk of being exposed can be immunized as a preventative measure.

The vaccine has been available in Manitoba since June for people who may have been exposed to monkeypox. To date, no confirmed cases of monkeypox have been detected in Manitoba.

Anyone can become infected with monkeypox.

However, in Canada and around the world, at this time infections have been primarily reported among people who self-identify as belonging to the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) community. These individuals are now eligible for a preventative vaccination if they also meet at least one of these criteria: •Have received a diagnosis of chlamydia, gon-

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Ken Waddell orrhea, and or syphilis in the past two months; •Have had two or more sexual partners in the last 21 days; •Have attended locations for sexual contact (e.g. bath houses or sex clubs) or are planning to; •Have had anonymous sex in the past 21 days or are planning to; or •Engage in sex work or plan to, either as a worker or a client.

Preventive immunization for eligible people can be booked at three locations in Winnipeg using the online booking tool at https://patient. petal-health.com/login?groupId=6032 beginning Monday, Aug. 8.”

Apparently, all 200 available doses were booked very quickly after the announcement. There have been about 975 cases of Monkey Pox in Canada but I was not able to find a death toll.

While I have been on the road, in hospital and still recovering, I have tried to stay in touch with the community, family and staff. I want to extend a huge thank you to all who have carried on so very well in my absence. Our staff are amazing and I think do a wonderful job.

I visited with dozens of newspaper editors at our conference in Lexington,

Kentucky. Some papers are doing quite well, some are really struggling, but the key is that a community or a region absolutely needs a local newspaper. I could talk for hours, and did at the conference, on the topic of local newspaper viability.

If you don’t get the local news and truth from your local paper, then corporations and governments are more than willing to fill your heads with their version of news and truth.

Most of all, when I took sick, and nobody should be surprised, my wonderful wife of almost 53 years took full control, helped nurse me through.

When I was well enough to travel, she took the wheel and drove three days to get us safely home. I am very emotional as I write this, eyes filled with tears, when I think how much, in spite of all my faults, Christine loves me, our sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Thank you Christine and may God bless us, everyone.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner staff.

A trio of errors, part two

n last week’s column, I offered suggestions to show how our society has humanized God. In that column, I argued that we have chosen to focus on the attributes of God that we find appealing– his love, kindness, faithfulness, generosity and patience.

I also argued that we have chosen (whether accidentally or deliberately) to avoid talking about the attributes we find distasteful– namely God’s infallibility, his righteousness, justice and hatred of sin. Nor do we speak of the judgment and eternal punishment he has decreed for all who sin against him, and who refuse to repent and seek the forgiveness he offers through Jesus Christ.

But some will argue that our society has not outrightly abandoned or rejected God. After all, in the Pledge of Allegiance to its f lag, for example, the United States still identifies itself as “one nation under God.” In Canada, our Charter of Rights states that “Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.”

As a society, we say we believe in God. But the God we believe in is a god on whom we have placed so many limits that he no longer has the authority to demand our worship, expect us to obey his commands or enforce his decrees. So we can worship

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him if we wish to. We can also worship a different god or worship no god at all.

But we have not stopped there. We have exalted ourselves (humans) to be equal with God. We tell people that they do not need to go to other countries or read other holy books to find a new god to worship. We say that we are fully qualified to decide what is right and wrong for ourselves and live by the standards we set. And as long as our actions don’t hurt anyone else, we are free to do as we please and no one, not even Almighty God himself, can tell us we are doing wrong.

The ideas behind these actions are as old as time itself. They go right back to the lie that the snake told Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden– “If you eat from the fruit of this tree, you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” But the standards of good and evil by which we live will be standards that we have made up and that we expect others to respect, whether or not they agree with them (and most of the time, they won’t).

By bringing God down to our level and making gods of ourselves, we have created a world filled with little deities who assert their authority wherever they can and pick fights with anyone who dares to oppose

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them. So we should not be surprised at the increased chaos, lawlessness, violence, crime and war we are seeing in our world. The blame for these conditions lies with us. We have brought them on ourselves.

But even though we have pushed God into the background, God has not given up on us. He will allow us to go our own way and do our own thing, knowing that one day, we will become thoroughly disgusted with what we have created, long for change and seek his help and healing for our land. He will gladly give us the help we need. But first, he will ask us to address our society’s third critical error. We will examine it next week.

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Home Bodies

By Rita Friesen Berry patch thoughts...

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his has been a summer of small fruits. Thankfully. The freezer has been echo empty for some time. The last of the saskatoons and apples were consumed in home made pies. The strawberries disappeared by early spring, and there has not been a raspberry for quite some time. This summer has seen an improvement in that department.

Last year I planted a dozen strawberry plants. I carefully covered them for winter, waiting for truly spring weather before exposing them. They bloomed beautifully, and as the red berries made their appearance, so did the birds. Fortunately I had planned ahead. The patch is right next to a low fence and I had salvaged netting with which to cover them. From this little spot we have been able to eat our fill, freeze a surprising amount, and share with grands and great grands. Above my expectations.

We had the opportunity to pick saskatoons at a berry farm. They were the Thiessen variety, the tree limbs tall and slender, bending under the weight of perfectly ripened fruit. There were four of us picking and in just over an hour we had six ice cream pails filled. With very little effort they were cleaned and stored away for the months to come. Ok, some turned

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into pies immediately, but I preserved eight pints and froze the rest. As I was picking I ref lected on the summer of 1977. I was, as it was said at that time, heavy with child and Ed did not want me heading to the Pembina Hills unaccompanied. He scouted the area, headed up to Northern Manitoba for his obligations, and a neighbour couple came berry picking with me.

We each had one student who was exempt from school so there were five of us on this adventure. Once we located the predetermined patch, we began picking.

The youth carried the pails to the car as we stripped the bushes. At days end I had seventy-five pounds of beautiful berries. An unforgettable experience.

There is a small patch of raspberries in our back yard. They are volunteer plants that came from under the fence. These, too, are netted and protected. And here, too, we have enjoyed many a handful, shared with the grands and great grands, and put some in the freezer. We have also received two pails from family in return for helping them pick. Here memories of the year I was sixteen surfaced. My grandmother was taking the train to Abbotsford, and I was selected to accompany her. We spent several weeks at my aunt and uncles place, a berry farm. As family we did the clean up picking, the rows that Uncle Frank didn’t want to have hired help spend time on. Early morning picking and we were soaked from the dew, later in the day it was plenty warm. The grand total for my contribution was just under thirteen dollars.

I felt short changed.

There is something deeply satisfying for me to place produce in storage for winter enjoyment. I appreciate the work it takes to garden and garner. Makes the treat all the more rewarding.

Observation

By Addy Oberlin Rivers Banner

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ow often have you made plans and God decided that this is not the plan for you? I am known to be a planner. I think that planning for a certain occasion or trip is part of the fun. I have been warned many a time not to plan too far ahead, in case plans were changing.

This time, I was so looking forward to seeing my eye doctor, he would fix my glasses after the cataract surgery and I would feel like myself again. It has been six weeks of carrying about three different size pairs of glasses and a daily routine of eye drops.

Guess what? Change of plans. My dear daughter, who is my driver to the big city, got sick with a horrible cold. Disappointed? Oh, yes. She is a very busy lady and was even willing to have someone else drive me (I don’t like highways) but I prefer her to be with me on such appointments.

My plans changed, but the Lord had something better in mind for me today and I accomplished two commitments that were important. Thank you Lord.

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21)

Rivers sound off

Thank you to John Klassen for pointing out the unkempt collegiate front yard property in a recent issue of the Rivers Banner. It has since been trimmed, but not the east side of the music room, which hasn’t seen a lawnmower this season. Tall grass still grows in the fence around three sides of the elementary school grounds. It requires a weed whacker.

Move downtown to the business section, where weeds have been allowed to grow between the buildings and sidewalk. One merchant said it was the responsibility of the town… or should it be the Chamber of Commerce? The two pocket parks (created many years ago, to fill vacant space where small buildings were once demolished, leaving an empty area) contain shrubs and perennials. The one on the north side is rated “fair” for upkeep, but the one on the south side is three feet high with weeds and grass.

Travel south again for a glimpse of three hazard zones; one each off highway 25, which runs along the south side of town. There is one at the rink, another at the food store and the third near Cross Town Service. The pot holes there are a hazard to any vehicle to and from highway 25. This need for repair is the responsibility of the Province of Manitoba but summer is slipping by and the repair work is not done. It is soon to be repaired by the Town Works Department within the next two weeks. Our little town wouldn’t qualify for a beautification award this season.

Jessie Bell Rivers, MB Credits - The Legion has made many improvements to its memorial grounds with a pruned hedge, new planters containing a grand showing of red and white f lowers and repainting the wrought iron fence out front. Also providing a tidy business premises is Way-Mor Agencies at the other end of the block.

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Babydoll Sheep Breed Spotlight

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner

‘Start your day off with a smile…own a babydoll!” says the North A merica n Babydol l S out hdown Sheep Association & Registry. Truer words have never been spoken.

It’s impossible not to smile when you see these adorable, short, pudgy, and gentle sheep.

The babydoll breed is not a commercial breed.

Because of their docile nature, they are often raised as pets. They are the cutest grass mowers you’ll ever see! They have a good meat ratio relative to their small size, making them a good choice for homesteaders. Their wool has the same micron count as cashmere (micron count tells you how soft the wool is, the lower the micron count, the finer and softer the wool is), so they have been used as a dual-purpose meat/fibre breed. That being said, their wool is rather short

(2-3 inches in length) so modern mills often can’t process it, which means you have to break out the ol’ spinning wheel and spin it into yarn yourself. Many breeders don’t bother breeding specifically for fibre quality, and as such the micron count can range from butterysoft (18-19 microns, same as cashmere), up to 28 microns (still fairly soft!). The wool is thick with lanolin, which is a wax secreted by the animal making the wool waterproof. It also makes it difficult to shear.

In terms of appearance, the babydoll’s muzzle is covered in short fuzzy f leece and is wider than that of your average sheep, making babydolls efficient grazers and giving them their distinct face that looks like they’re always smiling. Their f leece goes down their legs all the way down to their hocks. Babydolls have short legs and stand between 18-24” tall (for reference, the popular Suffolk breed stands 29-

32” tall). Their head is wide and level between the ears. Their ears stick straight out to the sides and are level with the head. They should ideally have solid black nose and lips; some speckling is acceptable, but pink nose and lips are not up to “breed standard”. Eye colour ranges from yellow to brown.

Most Babydol ls a re white or off-white, but there is a recessive black gene and some breeders specifically breed black babydolls. If they are out in the sun a lot, the black lightens to a reddish brown. As they age, the black can turn more greyish-brown (though I’m sure they’re not as sensitive about their grey hairs as humans are!)

Those who raise their sheep for fibre often put jackets on their sheep to protect t hem from sunbleaching or burrs.

Many fibre artists prefer natural colours (undyed wool) so they seek a range

of blacks, browns, greys, and off-white to achieve different shades.

History The Babydoll breed, and sheep-rearing in genera l in the A mer icas, has a rather interesting history. The Southdown breed originated in England, and some historians believe they arrived in Virginia as early as 1609, and Connecticut in 1648.

England tried to discourage the wool industry in its colonies as it was seen as a threat, as it meant that the “new world” wouldn’t be dependent on them for woolen garments. Indeed, by 1698, America was not only making their own but also exporting their woolen goods. In response, England made wool and sheep trading illegal in the American colonies; the punishment was having one’s right hand cut off—it was that serious of an offense!

Fast-forward to postWorld-War II, with no need to ration and with refrigeration becoming more and more common, demand for larger cuts of meat and larger carcasses grew. There was also a

market shift from the prevalence of homesteading/self-sustaining homesteads to a small number of large-scale, specialized farms. The Southdown started to be bred with other breeds to produce what is now the larger, longer-legged American Southdown breed.

Around 1990, Robert Mock went on a search for the original Southdown sheep, to bring the breed back from the dead. He found several small f locks of the original Southdowns and was able to create a foundation f lock and a registry. By 1995, there was a total of 983 registered sheep and 26 separate bloodlines. In

1999, as part of a restoration project, Canadian breeders exported some of their registered sheep back to England, where the breed had been extinct for 50 years. Mock has devoted his life to the restoration of this special breed. These sheep are now called Olde English “Babydoll” Southdowns to distinguish them from the larger American Southdown.

This cute, good-natured breed has been a part of our history, smuggled into the new frontier, narrowly escaping extinction. If you’re looking for a multipurpose lawn mower, this breed will be sure to melt your heart!

Hamish the Babydoll sheep.

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Book Review: Roughing it in the Bush

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Susanna Moodie’s 1852 book, Roughing it in the Bush, is a personal account of settler life. Moodie was born in 1803 in Suffolk, England. She married officer J.W. Dunbar Moodie, from Orkney, and they emigrated to Canada in 1832, to “upper Canada”, which became “Canada West”, and, as we know it today, Ontario.

The book is described as part memoir, part novel; each chapter is an interesting story, or sketch, set in chronological order. It starts with a visit to Grosse Isle (an island in the St. Lawrence River), describing the mannerisms of the seamen, mentioning the cholera outbreak that was depopulating Quebec and Montreal. Toward the end of the book, there is a stove fire in her home, caused by the Irish maid.

Then Susanna and her five

children become very ill; luckily, they all eventually recover. Finally, the family leaves the wilderness for the cit y, with Moodie preparing for the move and saying “Adieu” to the bush.

T he book is r at her slow-paced, with a mix of poems, descriptions of happenings, and interesting short exchanges.

Moodie describes being ashamed to ask for a second helping of food at the hotel restaurant after coming off of the boat in the first chapter. Readers may be aware that in British culture, not only is it gauche to ask for seconds, you shouldn’t even finish all the food on your plate that you were served to begin with. Otherwise, you must have been hungry, which implies you’re poor. Or so my mother w it h E ngl ish- S cot t ish heritage explained to me.

There are other cultures in the world where not ask-

ing for seconds is socially inappropriate, because it implies you didn’t like the host’s cooking!

The rest of book is a lot like this, with small exchanges and event s that aren’t exactly actionpacked, but are entertaining all the same. She describes cold mornings, where women had to get up early, stoke the fire, and figure out how to feed a large family breakfast, with babies crying in the background.

She mentions having come to Canada w ith £300, which allowed her to purchase a cleared farm. She received £700 (she describes it as a “small legacy”), which she used to purchase two adjoining cleared farms, including 200 acres of fertile land.

There was lots of speculation about land prices at the time, and she found a deal she couldn’t pass up.

The f inal few paragraphs read “I have given

you a faithful picture of a life in the backwoods of Canada”. She explains that emigrating to this great land presents many advantages to the poor man, if he’s willing to work hard. For the upper-class, who aren’t willing to lift a finger or live in harsh conditions, it doesn’t make sense and isn’t worth all the suffering. She doesn’t sugar-coat the harsh conditions, and finds humour and beauty in life as a settler.

Some critiques I have of the book are that I found it rather distracting that names were omitted.

There would be a conversation between Mr.— and Mrs. R—. There’s a lot of reading between the lines, with some nuances of the time likely going straight over my head. An annotated version of the book might be useful in today’s age.

I bought my copy of the book used at a thrift sale

held by Rivers United Church. It’s copyright 1962, and has the price printed directly on it: New Canadian Library - $1.50.

The back of the book says “Susanna Moodie belong s to the origins of our litera r y h e r itage, and no l ibr a r y of Canadian class ic s wou ld be complete without her”. On the inside of the front cover, it h a s t he name Brenda Ferguson ha ndw r itten in black i n k . M a ny readers m ay k now t h is name!

She spent 45 years as an ordained

reverend in Manitoba, retiring to Chimo resort, and being actively involved in the Rivers United Church and community service. I am happy to have this book on my bookshelf.

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Obituaries ALICE GIESE

DEREK GREEN

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the peaceful passing of Alice Giese on July 21, 2022 at the Hamiota Health Centre in Hamiota, MB. Alice was born on July 11, 1936 in Minitonas, MB. She grew up on the family farm just outside of Minitonas, with two brothers & a sister. Although she worked hard on the farm, she enjoyed spending time with friends in town.

She met & married Arnold in Minitonas in 1958 and then spent time in Kelowna, BC before returning to Minitonas in 1961 where they settled on a farm not far from where she grew up. Alice worked hard on the farm and raising the family before moving into Swan River in 1974. She spent 15 years working at the Swan Valley Personal Care Home before retiring in 1995 and moving to Regina, SK taking time to care for their grandchildren. They enjoyed some time with family in Mississauga, before settling into Rivers, MB and small-town life once again in 2017. She loved being in the garden and you would often find her at the farm if she was not busy preparing a meal for a family gathering or tea with a snack during a visit.

Alice is predeceased by her husband Arnold, parents Samuel and Martha, 3 siblings, and son-in-law. Alice is survived by: her children Darlene (and Gerald Gourlay) of Rivers, MB, Dorothy (Knights) of Mississauga, ON, Ron (and Shelley Giese) of Red Deer, AB, John (and Nancy Giese) of Regina, SK, and Charlene (Giese) of Winnipeg, MB, along with numerous nieces and nephews, 5 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren all of which are honorary pallbearers at her final resting place in Minitonas, MB on August 3, 2022.

In lieu of flowers Alice would appreciate donations be made in her name to the charity of your choice or to Hamiota Palliative Care Unit.

Hamiota Health Centre PO Box 751 Hamiota, MB R0M 0T0 Cheque payable to: Prairie Mountain Health Re: Palliative Care Unit

Derek James Green, 35, of Reston, Manitoba passed away suddenly on Sunday, July 17, 2022 near Hope, BC. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba on September 15, 1986 to Lorne Green and Robin Duncan. Derek attended Rivers Elementary and Rivers Collegiate where he made many lifelong friends. He spent many days as a child digging with his toy backhoe and loader in the sandbox. Derek went on to operate heavy equipment in many industries and was most recently operating in the Pipeline Industry in Alberta and British Columbia where he made quite the impression on nearly everyone that saw him operate. Many coworkers became his family away from home with his witty one liners and ability to socialize in any situation. Derek was married to the love of his life Nicole Green (nee Waldon) on August 22, 2009. Derek took pride in his work, however his most gratifying achievement was his family. He loved watching the kids try new, exciting activities and enjoyed taking the family camping, fishing or even just playing in the pool in their back yard! In his spare time, Derek loved to take his Kawasaki out for a rip with his buddies or invite Nicole to double with him to the city and back. Derek was predeceased by his grandparents and his 13-month-old son Clayton James Green who passed away July 2, 2014. He is survived by his wife Nicole Green and children Abigail (11), Silas (7), Emma (4) & Lincoln (2); parents Robin Duncan, Lorne and Susan Green; Nicole’s parents Gerry and Christie Waldon; siblings Sheri-Lyn Green, Kaitlyn (Greg) Senkbeil, Karalee Aarhus; nieces and nephews Donovan and Dani (Sheri-Lyn), Grace and Max (Kaitlyn); and sister-in-law Kathryn Waldon (Jordan Barnes). Derek’s wonderful life full of laughs, love and so many good times was celebrated and remembered at the R.E.S Centre, Reston, on Sunday, August 7th, 2022, followed by a luncheon in his honour. Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations in memory of Derek may be made at any Sunrise Credit Union or contribute to the GoFundMe, https://gofund.me/f71327ce, which has been set up to help support Derek’s wife Nicole, and their beautiful children during these difficult times. Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.memorieschapel.com. Arrangements with Memories Chapel, Brandon 1-855-727-0330.

Thank You We would like to send a special thank you to our family for hosting our combined 80th birthdays and 6th anniversary celebrations. Thanks for all the lovely cards of well wishes, and for family and friends who came from and far to help on this occasion. Also thanks to the United Church for allowing us to use their facility. it was a fun time to see so many of our friends who we hadn’t seen in a long time. Thank you all and God bless.

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

As a Meat Cutter/Production Personnel you will be a critical member of our team in the creation of our world class product. Our positions range from working on our slaughter production floor to shipping the final packaged product, with everything in between! With our wide variety of jobs, excellent people, and our drive for innovation you will certainly find a job that suits you!

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Click here or visit our Careers page to apply for this position: Position: Principal Location: Chan Kagha Otina Dakota Wayawa Tipi School Start Date: September 6, 2022 FTE: 1.00 FTE Term of Employment: Permanent Application Deadline: Open Until Filled The Division provides a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, transportation and moving expense reimbursement, subsidized housing or housing allowance and isolation allowance in qualifying communities, annual travel reimbursement, reimbursement for approved courses and more! In addition, the Division is offering a $5,000 incentive payment to all successful eligible applicants.

Chan Kagha Otina Dakota Wayawa Tipi School is a Nursery to Grade 12 school located in the Birdtail Sioux First Nation, approximately 4 hours west of Winnipeg.

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Qualifications: • Bachelor of Education degree and Valid Manitoba Teacher’s Certificate (or eligibility for) • Master’s Degree in Education/Administration and/or Certificate in School Leadership would be an asset • At least five years of teaching experience and five years of administrative experience • Excellent understanding of current Manitoba Curricula and differentiated instruction • Experience with integrating Indigenous culture and landbased teaching into curriculum • Proficiency in a variety of computer applications in a network environment and experience with and understanding of school-based technology • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to effectively communicate with parents and the community, and foster parental involvement • Ability to work with teachers to promote and deliver inclusive schooling • Previous success with the development and implementation of short and long-term school-based plans • Experience leading innovative and alternative program delivery methods for students • Keen ability to identify and creatively solve problems • Capacity to work in and respond to a demanding, fastpaced school environment • Ability to work in partnership with community agencies Applicants are required to submit the following: • cover letter • current resume • list of three professional references including contact numbers, all of whom must have knowledge of the applicant’s performance in the applicant’s current or recent assignment Thank you for your interest; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Sarah’s Science Corner

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner This week’s hands-on Let’s Talk Science activity is an exercise in hearing sound vibrations. It’s a mix of biology, music, and physics. This activity is best suited for grades 1-5 students. All you need is a wire coat hanger, ½ metre of string, and a metal object like a spoon or a fork.

What to do 1. Wrap one end of a ½ metre long piece of string around one finger several times.

2. Wrap the other end several times around a finger on your other hand.

3. Loop the string under the hook of a wire coat hanger.

4. Pick the coat hanger up by raising your hands. Place the fingers with the string on them into your ears.

5. Have another person hit the coat hanger with

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner A sun salutation is a sequence of fairly basic yoga poses that flow one to the next. The sequence takes between 10-20 minutes to complete, and is a great way to get your energy flowing and start your day. The poses are very beginner-friendly—no need to balance on one foot while patting your head and rubbing your tummy—and mostly have to do with taking deep breaths, focussing your energy, and “activating” your muscles.

Although it’s uncertain exactly who created sun salutations or when, they were popularized by Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi, who provided the illustration, shown right, in his 1928 book The TenPoint Way to Health: Surya Namaskars. He ruled over a small part of India called Aundh from 1909 to 1947.

Some sources say that sun salutations date back over 2,500 years ago. Dating back to a period when cultures worshiped the sun, they are meant to be a literal

your metal object, or lean over and bang the coat hanger against a table.

Notice the sound.

6. Remove your fingers from your ears and bang the coat hanger again. How has the sound changed? Why has it changed?

What’s happening?

You hear sounds when vibrations get inside your ears and stimulate your nerves to send electrical signals to your brain.

Suppose, for instance, that you are pounding on a drum. The drumhead starts vibrating. As the drumhead vibrates, it bumps into air molecules and starts them bouncing to and fro.

Those bouncing air molecules bump into other air molecules and start them moving. This chain reaction of moving air molecules carries sound through the air in a series of pulsating pressure waves that we call sound.

Sound waves carry vibra-

How does sound travel?

tions from the drum into your ears. Inside your ear, moving air molecules push on your eardrum and start it vibrating. Your eardrum, in turn, pushes on the bones of your middle ear, the tiniest bones in your body.

These bones act like a set of levers, pushing against the thin membrane that covers the opening to your inner ear. The movement of this membrane makes pressure waves in the fluid inside the cochlea (pronounced cah-klee-ah), where cells with tiny sensing hairs transform the waves into electrical signals. These electrical signals travel along the auditory nerve to your brain. When these electrical signals reach your brain, you hear a sound— the beat of a drum.

Here, the tone of your metal object banging on the coat hanger is produced by the vibrations of the hanger.

When you put your hands over your ears, you provide

a path that lets more vibrations reach your ears. The sound is louder through the string than listening to the sound traveling through the air to your ears because the solid string transmits sound better than air.

When your hands aren't over your ears, you hear a faint, high-pitched, tinny sound. When you put your hands over your ears, you hear deep, resonant, belllike tones. The hanger makes the same sound in both situations, but in one you provide a path that lets more of the sound reach your ears.

Why does it matter?

Sound waves travel from the source of the sound to your ears. Sometimes too much noise can be a bad thing! Too much noise can damage the delicate bones and membranes in your ears and thereby damage your ability to hear sound.

A term used for unpleas-

ant noise that disrupts daily life is noise pollution.

Understanding the way that sound travels can help to reduce noise pollution, with interventions like noise barriers or noise-cancelling headphones.

Noise barriers are usually used to block the sound of highway traffic noise. These tall barriers reduce the sound which enters a community by interfering with the transmittance of sound waves. A noise barrier will absorb some of the sound, reflect the sound back to the highway or force the sound waves to take a longer path over the noise barrier. As sound travels farther, its waves become less and less energetic and therefore, less and less loud.

Investigate further • Explore sound vibrations using a tuning fork. How does the tuning fork sound change when you set it on different surfaces?

• Try making some noisereducing earmuffs using different found materials. Test the earmuffs with different sounds. What materials work the best at reducing the noise?

• Explore the science of sound further by filling three or more glasses with different quantities of water.

Tap a spoon gently against the side of different glasses.

Try playing a simple song like "Mary Had a Little Lamb" or "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". A sound is produced because of the vibrations of the glass; water thickens the glass so that it vibrates slower. The change in pitch is due to the amount of water in each glass—a glass that is almost full of water produces lowerpitched sounds, less water produces higher-pitched sounds.

Sun Salutations

Start your day off on the right foot

salute to the sun, and serve to ready your body for the day.

While there are numerous variations to sun salutations, we’ll stick to the 10 poses in the illustration (in fact, four repeat so it’s only six distinct poses). Sun salutations start and end in “mountain pose”, which looks simple enough: stand with your hands together at your heart as if in prayer. But there’s more going on than meets the eye: your palms should be pressed firmly together, you should be lengthening your body up through the crown of your head, and dropping your shoulders away from your ears. Take slow, deep breaths. You should not rush this or any other pose—the whole point, after all, is for this to be a “moving meditation”.

The second position is “standing forward fold”. Exhale and bend forward, hinging at your hips. With your back flat, bring your chest all the way to your thighs.

Keep your legs “strong” by drawing your knees toward your hips. Your knees can be slightly bent. Reach your fingers as far to the floor as

possible, resting your hands on the floor if you can. Be aware of your muscles: your shoulders and neck should be relaxed. If they aren’t, let them relax (yes I’m fully aware that trying to relax is a paradox…) As you exhale again you can bend further into the stretch.

The third position is “low lunge”. Step one foot back; your front knee should be over your ankle (not overextended). Lower your back knee; your hips should be forward. Inhale, bringing your arms up above your head, take several breaths like this, then exhale as you lower your arms and plant your hands onto the floor next to your front foot.

The fourth position is “downward-facing dog”: From low lunge, move your forward foot back to your other foot and push on the floor with your hands and your heels. Your tailbone should be lifted, your spine straight, and your weight evenly distributed between your hands and your feet.

Your body is like a triangle.

The f ifth position is “plank pose”: step your feet

back one at a time and make sure your hands are in line with your shoulders. Your body should be straight, like a plank of wood all the way from your ankles to your shoulders. Press your fingertips into the floor and engage your core. Drop down toward your mat in a slow, controlled movement.

Hover there for a while.

The sixth position is “cobra pose”: from plank pose, drop your legs down to the floor and let your hips

sink into the floor. Lift your chest up, pushing down on the floor with your hands, making sure your elbows are hugging against your body. You can lift your hips up and balance with just your hands and feet/ankles touching the floor, if you want to challenge yourself.

Stretch your neck.

The remaining positions are a repeat of downwardfacing dog, low lunge, standing forward fold, and mountain pose. Just be sure to put

the opposite foot forward in low lunge when you do it a second time, to balance things out. It can’t be stressed enough to be mindful of your breathing, taking slow, deep breaths, and be aware of your muscles: your shoulders should be relaxed and your core activated.

Do all poses with intent. As they say, “Movement without awareness is exercise.

Movement with awareness is yoga.”