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After two years off and the uncertainty of how our first year back would go, by the end of the day we were very pleased with the turnout of exhibitors, spectators and support we got. Below are some of the highlights of Harding Ag Society Fair Day. Miniature horse 25 head entered in different classes and were judged by Rod Ha r t, Carmen. The under 33” champion was Special Trinket, shown by Denise Longfield; reserve champ was Cisco, shown by Trish Aubrey, Carmen Mb; The 34”-38” champion was Billy the Kid, shown by Denise Longfield; reserve was Jazz, shown by Shannon Boreham, Virden Mb. Those classes were sponsored by Earl and Bernice Gerrard and D. Light horse 75 head entered and were judged by Brennan Jack of Virden Mb. Champion light horse was shown by Ken Granger of Brandon. Pony champion was shown by Kristin Chartrand of Brandon Mb. Purebred cattle show 75 head entered and were judged by Brent Stewart of Russell Mb. This year the Angus Gold Summer show was hosted here. Supreme bull was taken by Ramrod Cattle Co. from Medora Mb. The supreme female was taken

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classes entered, High point winners were Lise Gardner of Meghan Lenore in first place, Back row L/R: Knelsen, Erich Schmidt, Jackpot heifer Sara DeGange in second Thom Heijmans, Heather This was judged by Rayand Leah Obach of Kenton Gray, Liliane Dupuis. Front rowHill L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile Best bread mond Airey, Robin came in third.

Hubbard, Chassidy Payette, and Michael Wright.

In was awarded to Loree Morgan Ramsay, Bryce first place was MeritSummers, Cattle Quinn Wedderburn Hrabok. of Alexander Co. and in second was Shel- and best pie went to Lucy don Kyle of Redvers Sk. Boynton of Lenore.

Commercial cow/calf 14 pen participated and Ricki Hill of Lenore Mb took first prize.

Preserves The high point winner was Lisa Gardner of Lenore, second went to Mary Ann Stevenson and third to Candace Tolton of Kenton.

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Grains and grasses The Riverdale Community Development Corporation had their annual Clean for Photo by Sheila Runions Six classes in this catGreen Contest last month. With a total of four entries the CDC group selected the egory entered and the event winners of the Group and Residential categories. The Rivers Heritage Coop staff was judged by Brian EngJunior cooking worked hard to clean up their community and have been awarded a staff pizza lish of Rivers Mb. Junior Five ba kers entered party. The residential division had some competitive entries with 1st place being best sheif was taken by Ad- in two different classes awarded to The Stevenson’s for the wonderful upgrades that they completed

By Sheila Runions rianna Charlton ofBanner Kenton Lenore W.I. winner was Staff on their home. Congratulations to the winners!

Mb and senior best sheif Kennedy Routledge of cans from development the school foyer into and Chimo Beach areas forto conput away in the proper s r e p or t e d i n t he tion to the schools.

The community corporation continues be busy working on place the on went to Robert Stevenson Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. thecorridor, shelving units.

Theyaswere March 9Kenton. edition, the community sign project, streetscaping designs for the main as well also from Kenton.

Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the When all was said and done, fantastic! We are very, very other beautification around our community. plinary Studies in Science Needlework class culminated in a ceremonious food was weighed and sorted. the scales at Riverdale Harvest pleased.”

Elementary school staff memon March 20 to Although the project was a sen- noted a total of 434 pounds, “a at Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation Flowers 41 classes entered, this project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne In this category 28 class- category was judged by tire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated a similar camDubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane. es entered andstudents the judged JenkinsBecause from Shoal the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate to help those we serve. A lot paign in her school. That threesecured aDonna canoe from is un-named Rolling The Edna Lake Mb. Margaret so much, White the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged River School Division be portaged across the street to tournament in which to play, credit but this group of students students to leave product in with an intent f ill itOak with Lake Sangster Memorial was tofrom took home non-perishables. the Zion taken home by Beatrice Although quilt winner andChurch will (home be of River- athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. the canoe; 87 pounds of food campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger Janssens of Harding Mb moving on to the MAAS by that class, the original idea carried bags, boxes and garbage canvassed Rivers, Oak River help check expiry dates, sort and group on Thursday, March 22. and the Eldoncame Robinson Showmade and Rilla Hunter of from a suggestion Most Points winner was Kenton took home the title by harvest volunteer Liliane Dupuis.

Marianne Whyte of Ken- of Midwest Arts Council “I heard the idea at a meetton Mb. winner.

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by Karen sell ofI hear Lenore. food bank, my ears always perk Fontaine of Winnipeg Mb. up!”

The high pointsShe class was then brought Junior the sug- handi-craft canoe at Rivers won by Jean Ryall of Rivers Judged Polly Campgestion to Riverdale Harvest, by The School was which supported idea andmostElementary Mb and Holly Draper from the bell, the points winadequately filled. askedsecond. her to presentners the promoLenore took home were, Matao Finnie in

Baking The baking category was judged by Jan Murray of Russell and Carolyne Nickel from Birtle. 30

first Jaiah Turner in second and in third Charlie Finnie.

School work Cargill most points winner was Myla McCahon.

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Rivers Herutage Co-op staff shwon here also participated in the Clean for Green competition taken time to clean up parks in the area as well as some walking paths.

Valerie Collins of the Rivers Co-op said, “I was very impressed to see how little cleaning was needed and what a great job Rivers is doing at taking pride in their community . Proud to be part of this community.”

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n the past, I have written about the U.S. medical system. I have had to delay getting back to Canada because I ended up in three different U.S. hospitals last week, one in Kentucky and two in Missouri. Treatment was excellent and as of Tuesday, Aug. 1, my wife Christine was driving me 15 hours home.

God bless health care staff and my wife.

Will we do better in the future?

A couple of years ago, I posed this question to Manitoba Health: “If Manitoba had the same ratio of population to ICUs as North Dakota, there would be over 400 ICUs in Manitoba instead of 72. Do you know why Manitoba numbers of available ICUs varies so much from North Dakota?” The stats are a couple years old now.

I actually got an answer but, as usual, the words can’t be attributed to an actual person, but here’s the answer which was “attributed to a Shared Health spokesperson”: “Manitoba’s ICU capacity pre-COVID was 72 beds. In addition, up to 22 beds are maintained to meet the needs of cardiac sciences patients.

This bed base has regularly expanded to meet patient demands during surges and busy periods, such as the annual flu season, but has been considered by system experts and leaders as appropriate capacity for a population the size of Manitoba and in line with historical needs during normal, non-surge times.

COVID has placed unprecedented pressures on critical care services not just in Manitoba, but around the globe. In response to these demands, Manitoba has increased critical care capacity to 152 beds locally and

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has arranged for access to additional capacity out of province through a number of agreements with other Canadian jurisdictions. As of Thursday, 122 patients (60 COVID and 62 non-COVID) were being cared for in Manitoba ICUs. The sustained pressures of COVID-19 are expected to subside over the coming months with the expanded availability and adoption of vaccines.

System and critical care leadership continue to review evidence and data related to the ongoing and anticipated demands on critical care capacity both for potential future waves of COVID and for the future health demands of Manitoba’s population. Comparison of bed base between vastly different jurisdictions, particularly between Canada and the United States which have extremely different health systems, does not provide an accurate picture of capacity or demand in Manitoba ICUs.” In a newspaper article in the Grand Forks Herald ,Minot Trinity Hospital Dr. Jeffrey Sather explained that at the height of the C-19 pandemic, North Dakota was running low on ICUs. If that was the case, then it’s no wonder Manitoba’s ICUs were overloaded. North Dakota has had 111,000 cases and 1,554 deaths.

The ND population was stated as 762,000 in 2019. By the numbers, they haven’t done as well as Manitoba on cases and deaths.

C-19 has always been about numbers.

Manitoba has done better than North Dakota. In Manitoba, there have been 1,125 deaths attributed to C-19 as of June 21. Out of a population of 1.4 million, that is a small percentage, but every death is sad and many were tragic. It has been stated many times that a high percentage of the deaths were among

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Ken Waddell the elderly and in care homes. The situation will be studied much more I am sure, but it is widely felt that many of the care home deaths could have been avoided. We will never know for sure.

There have been 55,405 cases, which means about four per cent of Manitobans tested positive for C-19. How many more actually had C-19? We will also never know. Earlier this month, Manitoba Health, when I asked how many people died in ICU, stated that one in four people in ICU didn’t survive.

Now, go back and re-read Manitoba Health’s statement above about ICUs. They defend Manitoba numbers by saying, “Comparison of bed base between vastly different jurisdictions, particularly between Canada and the United States, which have extremely different health systems, does not provide an accurate picture of capacity or demand in Manitoba ICUs.” That’s a very telling statement. In Manitoba, the government decides how many ICUs or most other services we have. In the U.S., demand determines how many services they have. While we can be very thankful for the quality of health care in Manitoba, the availability is often lacking. In the U.S., there are

very short waiting lists. In Canada, a person can wait for months or years to get a treatment or surgery.

Canada, and especially Manitoba, has been adamant that private health care is a bad thing.

Maybe it’s time to re-examine that premise.

Had we re-visited that premise a few years ago, maybe we wouldn’t have run out of ICUs. Sixteen months ago, the whole C-19 process was geared to two numbers. One was reducing deaths and the other was not overloading the ICUs. It appears we fell short on both counts and in the process ran into a pile of social and economic issues as a consequence. I feel that overall, Manitoba did OK, but we could have done a lot better. We fell short, we didn’t measure up and that should be a wake-up call.

There will be another pandemic, there will be more and more demand on health care, even without a pandemic. Manitoba Health admits we only had enough ICU beds for “non-surge” times. Will we do better in the future? Only if we decide to do so.

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

A trio of errors-part one

n last week’s column, I promised that I would identify three errors of which our society is guilty. On the surface, they may not look all that serious. But as a consequence of these errors, the foundations of peace, order and good government that have made our country “glorious and free” are being seriously eroded.

This week, we will deal with the first error. Our society has humanized God. We speak volumes about those attributes of God that we like– his love, his mercy, his kindness, his patience, etc. There’s nothing wrong with that. We need to talk about them.

But we don’t talk about God’s infallibility– that he is always right. We don’t talk about the unchanging standards of right and wrong that he has given us in the Bible. We don’t talk about his hatred of any thought, word or deed that violates his laws. We don’t talk about the anger he expresses when he sees racism, bias, prejudice, discrimination, violence and abuse of the vulnerable and weak in our society. And we don’t talk about the eternal punishment that awaits those who deliberately violate God’s laws.

We don’t talk about them because we think a loving God would never be like that or do those things. And that is where we are wrong. A loving God sent his son, Jesus Christ our Lord, to this earth– to die for our sins

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so that we could be forgiven and never have to face the anger, judgment and punishment that awaits those who sin against him and refuse the forgiveness he offers us.

But we have turned God into someone who is just like us. And that has cost our society a great deal.

Let me explain what I mean. When we buy produce at a grocery store, it is placed on a scale, and the price we pay is based on the weight of the item we buy. But can we be sure, when we are doing this, that we aren’t being scammed?

Yes, we can, thanks to Measurement Canada– a government agency responsible for testing and approving all scales used for any commercial purpose. The weights and measures they use are exact copies of the standard weights and measures housed in the offices of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris, France.

Any weight or measure that exactly matches the standard is correct. All others are wrong! The IBWM standards are absolute. They have been that way since 1857 when they were first defined. They don’t change just because a government or someone in a position of leadership thinks they should.

Humans have been around a lot longer than the IBWM standards. So where do we turn when we are

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seeking absolute standards of right and wrong for our lives? The IBWM standards were created by an international group of scientists, put on paper and ratified by 12 major industrial countries. Forty-seven additional countries have accepted those standards since 1857 and now use them as the standard weights and measures for all trade and commerce within their borders and with other countries.

To find absolute standards of right and wrong for us, we look to our creator; to the God who said: “Let us make humans in our image and after our likeness.”

The infallible, all-knowing, never-changing God who created us has given us absolute standards of right and wrong. They can be found in the Bible. If we ignore them, we do so at our own peril.

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Home Bodies

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kay, so July is gone. As of Aug. 4, the sun is setting 43 minutes earlier than on Jun. 21, and sleeping in an extra 35 minutes every morning, decreasing our daylight hours by 78 minutes.

(I took way too long figuring that out!) The evening temperatures are a bit lower, and the clock, well, my clock, is racing. It feels like summer’s almost gone and you know what is coming on.

With summer comes a bit more unscheduled time, even for a retiree. The ‘things to do’ list is more enjoyable than a winter list. Even with the time and the fun list, things are not yet completed! One chore I want to get done is to apply a wood treatment to the deck. I have time, right?

I am keeping up with my pocket gardens. Six cups of fresh strawberries in the freezer and that is from a small patch. The raspberries are almost ready. Twelve cups of shelled peas and six cups of green beans are also saved for winter, and we have and are eating both vegetables regularly for meals. The cucumbers are just starting, as are the tomatoes, and we have an endless supply of lettuce and spinach. The ground cherries are slow, but delicious! Before too long, we will be dining on fresh potatoes, carrots and green peppers. All from

a little back yard oasis. Over the moon thankful for the gardens.

Summer is more than yard and gardens for me. It is Sunday drives and day trips. It is evenings spent with family and friends. It is slow walks, sunsets and moonshine. (Not the liquid.)

These summers are not the summers of my youth or middle years. There is no baling and hauling of hay.

There are no family camping trips, not with a tent or with a camper. There are no countless sleepovers of countless grandchildren. No go-carts, mini bikes, or garden tractor parades. No rush for swimming lessons, summer camps, or sports days.

I watch my grandchildren in this phase of their lives.

The great grands now range in age from just past one to 12 years of age, and there are seven of them.

I am of rocking chair age, but not of rocking chair mindset. Whereas I remember summers past with fondness, I do not long for them. Whereas I watch the next generation parent, I do not long for that either.

I am content. Content with the slow pace of my days.

Content with ample opportunity to serve. Content with quiet evenings. I am content.

It has taken time and practice to be able to say that with complete confidence and sincerity. Much of my life I have been striving. Striving to be who and what others expected of me and from me. Striving to meet my own expectations, real or unreal though they were.

Striving to get more done, to accumulate more, to see more to do more. Striving.

These thoughts accompany me as I watch the daylight hours dwindle, knowing full well what comes next. I am in the fall of my seasons, and the scenery is beautiful.

May it be a long open season!

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eat, heat and more heat. The elderly in care facilities are being warned to stay hydrated, to keep the water glass filled. Sometimes, I do not feel like getting out of my easy chair to get more water.

The splash parks are ideal for little ones and keep your pets safe and watered as well. The people who work in the hot sun are also in danger about overheating. We are not used to this kind of weather and are thankful that it will not last. Farmers have most of their hay put up and I see beautiful bales out on the fields.

How is our daily spiritual life? Is it well-watered and regularly maintained? There is prayer needed for young and old. Some are house bound because of age or sickness.

We need to encourage them and give them some water from the Word of God. It will bring peace of mind. The water from the well gives us water to refresh our body, but God gives us living water that will never run dry and will last forever.

We need to encourage family and friends and give them some water from the Word of God. It will bring peace of mind.

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Sunday, August 14, 2022 Regular service at 10 a.m. sit down lunch at 12 noon.

You may choose to attend both or for lunch only.

Please RSVP to Denis at 204-328-7923 on or before August 7 if coming for lunch.

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Advice after 50 years

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Donna and Tad Hoyak were kind enough to give me a tour of their beautiful backyard garden for our June 3 issue of the Banner. When chatting with them, they ment ioned how t hey had been wa it ing out t he Covid lockdowns to renew their 50th wedding anniversary vows. They were married on July 31, 1971, and celebrated their 50th+1 anniversary last weekend in front of fr iends and family in their garden in full bloom.

Ta d w a s b or n a nd raised in R ivers. His mom was in the restaurant business for 43 years, even owning and operating her very own Hedy’s Cafeteria, a restaurant on Second Ave. beside t he present- day L ee’s Restaurant. The building was owned by Tad’s dad, who ran it as a shoe shop until he retired, at which point they made the conversion from shoe shop to restaurant. Donna grew up at the Royal Canadian Air Force base CFB Rivers, 4km west of Rivers.

One day she happened to be in the restaurant for lunch and Tad was working. They started chatting and next thing you know they were on a date at the old hotel rest aura nt (nat ura l ly, they didn’t want to have their f irst date at his family restaurant). She ordered a coffee and he ordered a glass of milk; it was then that she knew he was different.

Tad proposed to Donna in front of the abandoned church in Bradwardine.

With no money for a ring, he gave her a cute little stuffed dog. (Side note: for t hose interested in local history, the church has since been moved, and now sits on Brian English’s property.)

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Donna and Tad Hoyak renewed their wedding vows on their 50+1 wedding anniversary.

Donna was orig inally from Nova Scotia, and after the proposal her parents moved back out East, and, being only 16 years old, she had to go with them. Tad came out a few months later, got the legally required written permission from Donna’s father, and took her back to Manitoba to get married. They eventually did get wedding rings.

“I went from being an army brat to a farm girl overnight” says Donna.

She credits Tad’s mom, whom they both refer to as “Ma”, for teaching her all of Tad’s favourite meals (with no written recipes—Donna had to watch Ma and take mental notes of everything), as well as teaching her how to run a restaurant.

Donna opened her own restaurant in Alexander, which she ran up until 2004 when Tad retired from his job as a welder for CN Rail and she sold the restaurant.

Besides renewing their vows, Donna presented Tad with a new wedding band. He had lost his ring while duck hunting years ago. He went back to the same hunting spot for several years afterward, look i ng for t he r i ng, but could never find it.

“Don’t lose this one!” she joked. It was a lovely ceremony, that brought back a lot of memories from over the years. They also

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celebrated Tad’s 75th birthday, so they had two cakes at the event. They also had live music, and Tad, being a drummer, joined in. Over 60 people attended.

I sat down with Donna and Tad in their home prior to the celebration.

Readers may be wondering what Donna and Tad’s secret is, or if they have any advice for younger couples. Oh, they have plenty! They were happy to talk and share their i n s ight s w it h me. I n short, don’t do drama.

Young couples who are quarrelling—get past it, and keep going. There’s no use getting mad. As a young couple in the ’70’s with two children, Donna and Tad’s parenting style was, like most parents back then, fairly laid-back compared to today’s helicopter parents. “Don’t get in your kid’s face” says Tad. He travelled for his job during the week, so when he was home on weekends, the family made the most of their time together.

With 51 years under their belts, Donna and Ta d m u s t b e d o i n g something right! They have two children, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, all of whom live in Brandon.

Banner staff wish a happy anniversary to the two lovebirds, w it h ma ny years to come!

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How to roast a suckling pig

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner

Have a birthday, wedding, anniversary, or other big event com i ng up?

Forget the usual ham, turkey, or roast beef. Try a suckling pig!

A “true” suckling pig is typically about six weeks in age, st i l l pr imar i ly drinking its mother’s milk.

However, a “suckling pig” as a culinary term refers to a piglet up to 40 pounds, although the typical weight of a suckling pig from the butcher is around 20 pounds. Forty pounds may translate into a piglet as old as three months, though it’s still amazingly moist and tender.

A suckling pig is the easiest animal to cook, because it has a nice layer of fat so it essentially bastes itself. If you’re sick of overcooked, d r y t u rkey a nd s hoe leather roast beef, you’ve got to try a suckling pig.

You could try cooking it on a spit, but if that’s not your style, just put it in your

largest roasting pan and stick it in your oven or in your BBQ. It needs to cook “low and slow”, so around 275°F for about four hours, until a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the rump reads 150 -155°F. Before you say anything, yes, it’s true that pork needs to reach an internal temperature of 160°F. But the beloved Julia Childs will tell you that the temperature will continue to rise as the meat rests after taking it off the heat (this applies to any meat you’re cooking!)

So be sure to pull it out of the oven or off the BBQ or spit five to ten degrees below the recommended temperature so that it doesn’t overcook while it rests, tented it foil, before serving.

If your largest roasting pan won’t accommodate the little fella, you can prop its chin up with a loaf pan, angled so that any drippings drip back into the roast ing pan.

You can stuff the pig with

whatever stuffing of your choosing, or just throw in some aromatics like garlic, ginger, or even an orange or two. And salt. Lots of salt. If the piglet is leaning toward one side in the roasting pan, use crumpled up balls of aluminum foil to prop it up. Also use some aluminum foil to cover its ears, to prevent them from burning. Score the skin to prevent it from bursting during cooking (the pig is literally bursting with fat and f lavour!) and to facilitate self-basting. A 15- to 20 -pound piglet yields enough meat for 8-12 people. The meat is melt-in-your-mouth delicious.

If when it gets close to reaching 150°F it’s looking a little pale, crank the heat up to 450°F to caramelize and crisp up the skin.

The easiest way to serve a suckling pig is to have it as the centerpiece of your dining room table, and let guests have at ’er, tearing off pieces with their hands.

Don’t worry about the cal-

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ories, it’s “good” fat. Plus, a lot of what you think might be fat is actually collagen, which is great for your skin. Be sure to get the jowl meat (the meat just behind the cheeks)—it’s many people’s favourite.

“Auto Theft” The Rivers Police Service is investigating an auto theft/arson that occurred near the Rivers Baseball diamond.

The Rivers Police Service is currently investigating a Stolen Motor Vehicle that was found burnt near Nutrien Field.

On July 26th, 2022, Police responded to a complaint of a burnt vehicle. The vehicle matched the description of a car stolen from Rivers MB the previous night.

The car was a 2008 Black Ford Focus with Manitoba licence plate HSY 464. Police are looking for anyone who may have witnessed this event or have information that could help solve this crime.

Anyone with information on this matter, or any other unsolved crime, is asked to call the Rivers Police Service at (204)328-7430, contact Manitoba Crime Stoppers at: http://manitobacrimestoppers.com/ or call 1-800-222-8477 RPS would like to thank the community members of Riverdale Municipality for supporting police throughout this investigation.

Lon Schwartz (Chief of Police) Rivers Police Service

chops), but are disgusted to find out that meat comes from animals (who’d’ve thought!), and don’t like seeing the whole pig, skin and all, displayed in front of them at the table.

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“Break & Enter” The Rivers Police Service is investigating a Break and Enter that occurred at the Riverdale Golf & Country Club.

On July 23, 2022, Police responded to a report of an intrusion alarm coming from the Riverdale Golf & Country Club.

Police arrived on scene and found a truck with a smashed window. Upon entering the Riverdale Golf & Country Clubhouse, Police recognized this as a break and enter event and investigated the scene accordingly. Items stolen included money and liquor.

The Rivers Police Service is requesting the help of our community to help solve this offence.

Anyone with information on this matter, or any other unsolved crime, is asked to call the Rivers Police Service at (204)328-7430, contact Manitoba Crime Stoppers at: http://manitobacrimestoppers.com/ or call 1-800-222-847.

RPS would like to thank the community members of Riverdale Municipality for supporting police throughout this investigation.

One word of warning: think twice before inviting folks to your grand dinner, who are totally fine eating meat that comes from the grocery store ( like boneless, sk inless chicken breasts, or pork

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Letter to the editor:

Re: Brandon Sun, July 30 (People are leaving Manitoba for other provinces in nearrecord numbers).

By 2007, the pig parade in Manitoba had reached worrisome proportions so the government of the day under Gary Doer instructed the Clean Environment Commission to investigate Big Pig. This resulted in a pull back in the rampant spread of the industrialization of pork. Doer and his cronies had overseen much of this unsustainable expansion, so it was a bit disingenuous that he initiated this investigation. Nevertheless, Big Pig got bloodied largely because the citizens had had enough and came prepared with independent science and truth. Big Pig, arrogant as ever, never did mount much of a defense. The CEC Public Hearings resulted recommendations some of which were codified in The Environment Act./ and The Save Lake Winnipeg Act. Then Conservative -leader, Brian Pallister summarily removed these provisions as soon as his troops took over the Manitoba Legislature in 2016.

You will find that in Bill 34, a despicable Act that 100% reversed an earlier democratic action.

While there may be a variety of individual reasons, the hog industry, plus Manitoba's fascism and dictatorial style of government, regarding, water, environmental and rural ,human rights issues need to be foremost.

The United Nations says, Quote: " Human rights and the environment are intertwined; human rights cannot be enjoyed without a safe, clean and healthy environment; and sustainable environmental governance cannot exist without the establishment of and respect for human rights. This relationship is increasingly recognized yet paradoxically environmental rights are increasingly violated". Unquote.

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If you haven’t passed by our High School lately, I urge you to do so, because only then will you know why I was compelled to write this letter. The grounds, inundated with weeds, are an absolute disgrace, and the f lower beds are so full of weeds one can barely see the f lowers. The majority of the exterior lights on the Band Room are burnt out and the f lag isn’t even at the top of the pole. I don’t know who is in charge of the grounds, but somebody needs to do their job and do a major clean up. This unsightly mess ref lects badly not only on the division, but on our municipality as well; so why hasn’t someone from the division, or even the town, dealt with the matter. Surely I’m not the only one who’s disgusted with the state of our school. If someone was visiting our town with the thoughts of relocating, seeing this mess would be a complete turnoff!

An epic fail on someone’s part!!

John Fefchak Virden, MB 204 748 2521

John Klassen Rivers, MB

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What is a Chamber of Commerce?

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Did you know that both Rivers and Rapid City have Chambers of Commerce? A CoC is a group of local business owners/managers that come together to promote and protect their business interests. It’s not as sinister as it sounds—the CoC’s also focus on events and opportunities that will benefit the community. The Rivers & District CoC funds a scholarship for residents wanting to pursue a postsecondary degree related to business, and they organize and volunteer for town events like the Canada day weekend scavenger hunt. The Rapid City CoC organizes the annual town-wide garage sale, farmers markets during the summer, and an annual Christmas celebration.

By organizing together, businesses in a CoC are able to get discounted insurance prices for their business and have more advertising opportunities. The mission statement of Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce is to promote and improve trade, commerce, economic, civic and social welfare of the district. According to the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (MCC), there are 64 local CoC’s throughout Manitoba. The MCC describes itself as the umbrella association for Manitoba’s vibrant chamber movement.

Carina Blankenspoor, President of Rivers & District CoC, joined the CoC in 2020 when she started her business CB Aspire Salon. She says she got involved to find out what the CoC here did for their members and community. “I love to connect with other businesses and organize events” Carina says.

At the moment, the Rivers & District CoC has 28 members. Any businesses are welcome to become members; there is a small yearly fee and a five hours per year volunteering requirement (at events or being at meetings).

For more information, contact info@ riverschamber.ca The Rapid City CoC has been around for a while—it was incorporated in the 1890’s (no, not the 1980’s!

That’s not a typo.) It started out as a Board of Trade, although the distinction seems lost now—the government of Canada’s Board of Trade Act states that the terms “board of trade” and “chamber of commerce” mean the same thing. Doug Finlay, President of the Rapid City CoC, got involved in the ’90’s (1990’s of course!) to help benefit and improve the community. He owns and operates Oak View Equipment, a farm equipment repair business. The CoC was dormant for a while, but then started back up around 2005. Doug says he really enjoys hosting functions within the community, to bring the community together, help welcome

the newcomers and make them feel a part of the community.

There are about a dozen businesses that are a part of the Rapid City CoC. The main functions they organize are town-wide garage sales, farmer’s markets and community market suppers (there are three this year, the first one being July 14), and an old fashioned Christmas, which includes a memory tree lit up all season long, where people can make donations to Christmas Cheer and a poster is put up next to the tree listing all the names of the people the donations were honouring.

Pre-2020, the Christmas celebrations also included a craft sale in the morning, then movie and popcorn for kids during the afternoon, then a wiener roast and sleigh rides at suppertime, and Christmas caroling in the evening. For more information, contact rapidcitydistrictchamber@gmail.com.

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Sarah’s Science Corner How much power is generated when climbing a set of stairs?

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner Put on your running shoes and sharpen your pencil! Investigate the mathematical connection between work and power i n t h i s week’s h a n d s - o n L e t ’s Ta l k Science activ it y. This activity is best suited for grades 10-12 students.

What You Need • Stairs • Tape measure • Scale • Stopwatch or a watch that measures seconds What to do 1. Measure the vertical height of the set of stairs (or a portion that’s easily measured), in metres (m).

The vertical height refers to the height from the top to the bottom (straight down), not the slope.

2. D et er m i ne you r body mass, in kilograms (kg) by getting on the scale.

3. Time the number of seconds (s) it takes you to run up the stairs.

4. The amount of power used is equal to the amount of work done over a g iven a mou nt of time. As an equation, that’s P = W/t. To determine the amount of work done, you calculate the amount of force that is exerted within a given distance, because work is force times distance: W = f * d. The force in this case is calculated by multiplying the downward acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/s²) by

your mass (in kg).

5. Breaking it down, you get: Power = Work/time Power = (acceleration due to gravity) x mass x distance/time Power = 9.81 m/s² x kg x m /s NOTE: The unit for power is the Watt, which is kg*m²/s³, so you don’t have to worry too much about the units of measurement; just keep in mind to use metric (kilograms and metres) and not i mper ia l ( pound s and feet).

E xa mple: Ca lcu late the power generated by a 54 kg person who takes 5 seconds to run up a 3 metre high set of stairs.

Power = [(9.81 m/s²) * mass (kg) * vertical height (m)] / time(s) = Watts = (9.81 m/s²* 54kg * 3m) / 5s = 318 W Tr y this calculation with your weight, stair height, and time!

What’s happening?

Most people associate power with muscles and mu sc le st reng t h— t he larger the muscles, the greater the power. This is only partially true.

Sma l ler muscles t hat are properly toned can generate larger amounts of power t ha n larger mu sc les t hat a re not properly toned. This is why athletes that appear small may still be capable of great feats of strength and stamina.

Power is the rate at

which work is done. The greater the power, the more work that is being done. In sports, the more power that the athlete can generate, the faster, farther, higher, etc., the athlete can go. Ultimately, the amount of power the athlete can generate goes back to how, and how much, the athlete trains and prepares for that particular sport.

Why does it matter?

Power is measured in Watts. The best known every day reference to Watts is with the light bulb. The greater the number of Watts a light bulb can generate, the brighter the bulb. The greater the number of Watts an at h lete can generate, the stronger they will be in sports.

The greater your level of f itness, the faster you should be able to run up the stairs or a hill, thus the greater the amount of Watts of power that you can generate.

Investigate further • How could you improve the amount of power you generate going up stairs?

• How would you determine the power required to climb up a tobogganing hill?

• W hat ot her factor s may inf luence the power you need? (i.e., walking through snow, in wind, on uneven ground, etc.)

• Redo the calculations with other family members or friends. Who can generate the most power?

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We donated $2185.00 to CancerCare MB, the proceeds of the tractor trek.

We would like to thank everyone who took part, the people who donated money, the ladies and gentlemen who helped with the catering, the people who donated food, Clacks museum, the Rivers Police who escorted us through town, and the people who gave us publicity in the newspapers.

Tom Ryall Editors note: the information above was not available at the time of pubishing for the June 22nd edition of the Rivers Banner please consider this an update for the event.

Observations on the Pope's visit

When the Kamloops unmarked graves were found last year I became very interested in how the discovery would promote reconciliation for the indigenous people of Canada.

I was really hopeful when the chiefs and survivors visited the Vatican in the spring and were well received by Pope Francis. His promise to come to Canada was encouraging. So when the visit actually happened just a few months later I was eager to observe. It was interesting.

On the first day, in Edmonton, I thought the pope's speech of apology and understanding of the survivors' pain was both humble and sincere. The reaction of the people attending was also sincere – some appreciative and others not so much. What caught me completely off guard was the cry for rescinding the doctrine of discovery.

What was that? I'd never heard of it. Being a student of history I knew about the law of battle, and the right of conquest, but a doctrine of discovery coming out of the Roman Catholic church?

So I started to research it and was shocked – it is worse than either the law of battle or the right of conquest, and the Canadian people (all of us) should rightly want it rescinded.

On June 18, 1452 Pope Nicholas V issued a papal bull entitled “Dum Diversas”. In it the king of Portugal, Alfonso V, was authorized to “invade, search out, capture, vanquish and subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever, and other enemies of Christ wheresoever placed....and all movable and immovable goods, whatsoever held and possessed by them and to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery...” There is more but this is enough to shock any fair minded person, whether Christian or not. The scriptures used to justify this attitude were taken completely out of context - from the great commission of Matthew

28: 10-20, the direction from Paul to be subject to governing authorities in Romans 13:1 and really strangely to the Exodus story where the Hebrews were given their land by God and led there by Him. What has not been factored into the understanding of this papal bull was the politicization of the papal office. From the time that Constantine nationalized the Christian faith in 380 AD, the leaders of the faith in Rome were in trouble.

Inevitably the church was influenced by the state and over the centuries became entangled with the state's desire for power and influence. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris between the British crown and the United States of America recognized the USA as a sovereign government and therefore became the successor to land claims under the Doctrine of Discovery framework. In 1823 the U.S. Supreme Court incorporated the Doctrine of Discovery into US law, deciding that Indians had a limited right to “occupancy” based on whether or not they could provide proof of continuous occupancy. In 1845 newspaperman John L. O'Sullivan coined the term “Manifest Destiny” as an argument that the US should annex Texas because of the “divine right” of settlers to occupy the continent.

None of the above “reasons” is based in Biblical Christianity. Nowhere did Jesus say to go into the whole world and dominate the people! “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Yes, we are to share that gospel because it gives us a guarantee of eternal life, not eternal death.

What I noticed as the pope's v isit cont inued through the week were two distinct reactions to his formal recognition of the injustices of the residential schools and his sincere

apology. Most of the older segment of the Indigenous population, those who had suffered in the schools, were glad to receive the pope and were relieved to hear his words. The younger people were inclined to be disastified with it. They wanted more – rescinding the doctrine of discovery and restitution for it. My understanding for the visit was the apology – that was the first step. With the information that Pope Francis received during the week it would seem that he plans to take these next concerns back to the Vatican and work through them, hopefully with results that will go some steps towards redressing them.

What I say next will not please many who want payback. Those who love our Saviour Jesus Christ have understood a very basic truth – to have peace with those who have hurt you you need to forgive them.

Jesus was very clear about this – remember when the hotheaded disciple Peter asked how many times he should forgive another who had offended him. Peter thought seven times would be pretty good. But Jesus said “seventy times seven”.

He did not mean to keep track and when 490 times of forgiveness were done you should stop and not forgive anymore. No, in the number 7 is the Biblical concept of completeness. In other words there is no end to forgiveness. Forgiveness does not mean that there are no consequences. It does mean that you surrender that justice to God – He will take care of it. Jesus was the epitome of complete forgiveness when He died on the cross for all of our sins, not just 490 of them. This is a hard teaching, but it works.

Time has taught that if a grudge is held then it is the person who does not forgive who is held in bondage and is never free.

Linda Rioux