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plinary Studies in Science class at Rivers Collegiate planned a project for Riverdale Harvest.
Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, students secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division
month-long promotion, which culminated in a ceremonious presentation on March 20 to Riverdale Harvest president Heather Gray and Liliane.
Because the snow had melted so much, the canoe could not be portaged across the street to Zion Church (home of River dale Harvest). Rather, the teens carried bags, boxes and garbage
noon of March 21, where the food was weighed and sorted. Although the project was a senior students brainstorm, the entire high school was encouraged to participate. The collegiate hosted a poor boy floor hockey tournament in which to play,
When all was said and done, the scales at Riverdale Harvest noted a total of 434 pounds, “a fabulous amount,” says Heather.
“We are so pleased they decided to help those we serve. A lot of times kids don’t get enough credit but this group of students
put away in the proper place on the shelving units. They were fantastic! We are very, very pleased.”
Elementary school staff member/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Crouch initiated a similar campaign in her school. That threeweek effort simply encouraged students to leave product in the canoe; 87 pounds of food was collected from the younger group on Thursday, March 22.
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The Alex Gerrerd team won the B side with a great final against the Al MacDonald team of Rivers.
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The world is in turmoil, both at home and far away. From economics to mental health to wars, there are plenty of things to worry about. It’s as if we are in a constant state of grief.
So what does one do? We have to carry on until our days are done. As I wrote a little while ago, it’s important to count our blessings. It’s important to know that no matter how tough life may be or seem to be, there is usually much to be thankful for. Dark times come from illness, death of a loved one or from financial stress, but the sadness becomes less and the sunshine of blessings can be found.
In dark times, I have some touchstones. I will share one with you. In the Netherlands during WWII, the ten Boom family were watchmakers. The dad, the mom and two daughters were all in the watch business. When Germany invaded Netherlands, their town came under the harsh German rule. They were Christians but hid some Jewish people in their home. I believe the hideaways were kept safe, but the family were imprisoned in a work camp. The parents died and after much mistreatment, so did one of the daughters. Her death was hastened by being beaten by one very nasty guard.
But one daughter, Corrie ten Boom survived.
In 1947, she later wrote she was speaking in Germany to many different groups of very downtrodden defeated people. After one meeting, where she spoke on God’s forgiveness, a man came to the front to meet her and she recognized him as the guard who had beaten her sister. He said how wonderful it was to be forgiven by God but he didn’t realize who was he speaking to. Corrie ten Boom had great
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For a long moment, we grasped each other’s hands, the former guard and
“For a long moment, we grasped each other’s hands, the former guard and the former prisoner. I had never known God’s love so intensely as I did then”
difficulty forgiving the man but she said, “And so woodenly, mechanically, I thrust my hand into the one stretched out to me. And as I did, an incredible thing took place. The current started in my shoulder, raced down my arm, sprang into our joined hands. And then this healing warmth seemed to flood my whole being, bringing tears to my eyes. “I forgive you, brother!” I cried.
the former prisoner. I had never known God’s love so intensely as I did then.” Corrie ten Boom could not forgive except by the grace and power of God flowing through her.
To me, that story is indeed a touchstone, a marker by which we can all stand. If God could give the badly abused Dutch watchmaker the strength to forgive the abuses she saw
Seeking contentment We are “family”
It was another ordinary day in ancient Athens, Greece. Most of the city’s residents were going about their daily routines-working at their jobs or visiting the markets to stock up on needed supplies. But as part of their daily routine, most Athenians stopped by the Areopagus to see which philosopher had come to town, to discover what “new thing” was being discussed and to take part in the debate.
On this day, they were in for a surprise. A man named Paul of Tarsus was being led into the crowd and asked to explain his “new teaching” that was filled with “things that sounded rather strange” to the cultured ears of the Athenians.
What they didn’t know was that Paul was way ahead of them. He had been walking around the city; taking in the sights and sounds of a place filled with people from all parts of the ancient Roman empire. As different groups of people moved into Athens, they brought their religious beliefs with them and before long, temples and shrines to gods of all kinds could be found within the city’s walls.
One shrine caught Paul’s eye. It was dedicated to “An Unknown God.” The Athenians were very religions. They were also very superstitious. They knew what would happen if they offended a god
whose name they knew. But they feared what might happen if they offended a god about whom they knew nothing. So they built a shrine and offered sacrifices to an unknown God; just to avoid offending it. That gave Paul the opening he needed to share the good news of Jesus Christ with these people.
He began by telling them what he had seen and then made this incredible statement. “I am going to tell you about this unknown God. He is the God who ‘from one ancestor, made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him-though indeed he is not far from each one of us.’” (Acts 14:26-27)
Whenever I read those words, I am moved by their significance. They reveal a truth that has been discussed argued, disputed and despised through the centuries. But nothing can change the fact they convey-that every person on this earth can trace his or her ancestry to one common ancestor-to the first human pair about whom we read in the opening chapters of the book of Genesis.
How we got to where we are at this point in history is a long story-far too long to tell in a year’s worth
and experienced, then surely God can give us the strength to forgive others and to carry on with the burdens of life. There are two other touchstones in my life. One is my father taught me the importance of making people laugh. The other one, is to serve, my mother (aided by dad sometimes) taught me to serve. Find a way in the world to serve. And lastly, there are millions of problems in the world thrown into our minds by media all the time. We now know instantly when tragedy or violence strikes. We can’t solve all the problems. We can solve some but not them all. Forgive, laugh, serve others and God. Therein lies the key, not necessarily to happiness but to contentment.
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.
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of columns. And while that history is important and while it reveals some significant issues with which we must deal, it can never blind us to the fact that we all have a common ancestor, which means that “we are family.”
To me at least, the implications of those three words are staggering-so staggering that I plan to devote the next two or three columns to exploring what this means; and how it can change the way we interact with people whose countries of origin, backgrounds, customs, cultures and core beliefs differ from our own. As part of the same family, we owe it to ourselves and others to treat everyone we meet with the same dignity and respect we expect to receive from them. We will explore this idea further next week.
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i may Be getting old…
cared for. As the ewes settled down for their feed, the lambs rejoiced in their open play space, cavorting and stiff leg prancing with glee. The cows munched and crunched while the sound of milk filling the pail changed with the depth of the liquid. From the ping, ping, to the shush, shush, the froth and foam on the surface acting as a silencer. Even the cats, accepting a well directed stream of milk direct from the cow while waiting the bowl full, grew silent. I know the ‘old’ is romanticising the work!!
Rivers 4H beef club report
Nathan Hillis Rivers 4H
This week I have been engaged with thought provoking conversations. Has the younger generation lost the work ethic we so valued? And, if so, why? Perhaps we should be more realistic about the value of unrelenting hard work. Several of the proposals for marriage that I received were based on my ability to work hard! Yup, really that romantic! I believe that youth today will work devotedly when they have a purpose. The work (chores) assigned to me when I was a youth, benifted the family, the farm. The work was essential for the whole. And we knew that hard work brought results. We expected to own a vehicle, a home. It wasn’t unusual to expect to take vacations and toys. Some of these expectations are almost unrealistic today, simply because of the economy and the cost od living. This does feel like ‘old’ thinking.
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Well, older is a given, that’s calendar talk, but old is often a mindset. I have truly appreciated the gentle January we have just experienced. The ‘old’ part of me remembered the winter that the temperature never went about 0 degrees- (old temperature!! )- day or night. My father was away, perhaps at university, perhaps teaching ( we lived near Graysville and his first full teaching year was at McCreary, so he made it home most weekends). As a farming family we had switched from cattle to sheep, easier for a young person to handle, keeping four or five Jersey cows for milk production. We had tried chickens, pigs, Black Angus cattle, and stuck with the sheep for the longest. It was the chores that I recall distinctly. The water was already in the barn, it required filling troughs, not pail hauling it. The square bales were still stacked outside and needed to be lugged and hauled through slathers of snow. It was the warmth of the barn that was significant. From out of the cold, cold so deep it stiffened the hair in the nasal passage, into the moist atmosphere and safety of the barn. The noise upon entering was a cacophony of sheep baaing, cows looing and the barn cats mewling. Each creature was eager to be fed and
The past was not always the good old days. There were my good old days for, more than surviving, I thrived. Thankfully I have learned to embrace change. Move the furniture, change my coffee brand, present a new dish – knowing that I may refuse it!introduce new thoughts. That’s not ‘old’ thinking. I aim to be an old person, not an old thinking person!
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The Rivers and District 4H Beef Club kicked off the 2022-2023 year on Dec. 11 at HTA Charolais. The members all brought their market steers to get a beginning weight for their projects. When we wrapped that up, we jumped into our reorganization meeting. The meeting was called to order, we recited our 4H pledge and moto, welcomed new members and held our club election. We have Kara's Munz as President, Austyn PetersVice President, Shayden Manz-Secretary, Tarron Basaraba-Treasurer and myself, Nathan Hillis as Club Reporter. When we adjourned the meeting, we had a fun sock exchange game to get into the Christmas spirit!
On Jan. 15, we held our 2nd meeting at the Riverdale Rec. Complex. We had to guess what the weight of our steers will
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Our next meeting will be Feb. 12 at the RCC. We will have a meeting at 6:30 p.m. and then follow that with our Public Speaking evening. Feel free to join us for an evening of great public speaking.
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Area Platinum Jubilee Award recipients
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All MLA’s in Manitoba were given the opportunity to nominate 10 people from their constituencies, who
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Platinum Jubilee medal recipients. Left are Dan and Craig Whyte accepting in behalf of their dad, Craig Whyte of Kenton.
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Paramedic services and ambulances continue to evolve
By Ken Waddell
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In the past few decades, the supply of paramedic services has evolved immensely. In the 1950s in rural Manitoba, if an ambulance service existed, it was often run as a side business from the local funeral home. When an emergency call came in, if there was time, the sign on the station wagon might be changed but everybody knew it was a hearse. One of the most famous ambulance/ hearse combo units was the huge tail finned 1959 Cadillac station wagon. Such a vehicle today, in running condition s worth a lot of money as collector’s item.
Scharf’s Funeral Home in Holland, Manitoba had such an arrangement. The Holland facility was right across from the school I attended and we students would ponder which task was ahead as the garage doors opened and the vehicle headed out. If it went really fast, we knew it was likely an ambulance call.
By the 1980s, most towns had a separate ambulance service and usually volunteer ambulance attendants. The system worked well for the expectations of the time. Volunteers were
sometimes people with formal medical training but sometimes they may have just had some life saving courses. The services were privately owned and operated, usually financed by fees and a municipal or town financial contribution.
As the cost of ambulances and equipment increased and the demand increased for better training, the evolution of ambulance services steadily moved away from local ownership to being taken over by the regional health authorities. The transition was an arduous process.
EMS in the present
Nowadays ambulances are owned by the provincial government and regulated and operated by Shared Health. There are many ambulance garages around the province in many towns with fulltime paid paramedics. In an interview with The Banner, Callum Melvin, who coordinates ambulance services, said there was an announcement in 2018 that a number of ambulance garages would be closed due to low call volumes. Eleven were on that list from western Manitoba.
Melvin said, “some are very close to each other”.
Melvin explained the trend today is towards full-time highly trained paramedic staff, “It’s a full time career job.” That is in contrast to trained volunteers which have been the practice in many communities.
Melvin explained that many of those trained volunteers have or are retiring after 25-30 years of service. Due to staffing shortages and low call volumes at some EMS stations, calls may no longer be answered by local stations but from a centralized larger station.
According to Melvin, ambulance crews may be dispatched from one town to be on standby in or near another town if the
one or two ambulances are already on a call. “We try to utilize ambulances and crews to keep waiting times as low as possible,” said Melvin. He added, “The level of critical care is higher than it used to
be and crews may be answering a call within a wider range.
As to which EMS stations will be closed is still in process. Although call volumes were not released to The Banner,
it seems that there may be a few new stations built in strategic locations, there could well be a number that will close and vehicles and staff centralized.
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The four vehicles shown above in a 1954 photo were owned by White’s Funeral Home of Neepawa. The vehicle on the left appears to be an ambulance and the middle two were hearses. Some funeral homes, especially in rural towns used one vehicle as both a hearse and an ambulance.
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Helen A. Lough, age 83, of Boissevain, Manitoba, went peacefully to be with her Lord on January 11, 2023.
Helen was born on August 5, 1939 in Lemberg Saskatchewan to William and Ida Senft. She was one of 15 children and an additional 12 half brothers and sisters. As a young lady she moved from Lemberg to Saskatoon to live with her older sister. It was in Saskatoon that she met the love of her life, Graham Lough. Less than a year later, in 1958 they were married. As a Pastor’s wife for most of their 64 years of marriage, her life was very full. While Graham was on a speaking trip with Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in New York, Mom gave her heart to Jesus. She served God by serving her family and the people in their church congregations. Mom was always thinking of others and she made you feel like you were part of the family. Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were very dear to her and she remembered special days with cards, meals, baking and expressed her love to all in a variety of ways. Their ministry years saw them move to many towns, from the shores of Nova Scotia to the far North of Alberta. Finally, after 26 moves in 36 years Mom welcomed their retirement in Boissevain Manitoba in 2001. Mom had the ability to turn every house in which they lived into a warm, cozy home. She loved to cook, and her family and friends that came to visit were the benefactors of the care she put into everything she made. One of Mom’s greatest passions was being outdoors. Spring, summer and fall days and evenings she would be found out in the country on a long walk, often over 200 miles per year, or working in her vegetable garden and flower beds. A visit to their home almost always included a tour of the garden and flowers and no child ever left without a bag of fresh vegetables or something she had canned. The African violets inside received her special attention as well and they rewarded her by blooming continuously. In her retirement years she assisted with programs for seniors in Boissevain, the MCC store and also enjoyed visiting one of her many siblings via facetime or on the phone. Helen never refused a visit from any of her children or grand children, especially when they brought little ones with them. Those visits held a special place in her heart and her guests knew she put extra love into the preparations. In Mom’s retirement she loved being caretaker of MNP in Boissevain for just over 20 years until her health failed.
Helen is survived by her loving husband Graham, daughter Sharon (Vern) Voth, son Gordon (Betty) Lough, daughter Carolyn (Jake) Rempel, son Dwight Lough, Evangeline Lough,15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
The family would like to extend their appreciation and heartfelt thanks to Dr. Nell, the nursing staff and the Palliative Care Committee at the Boissevain Health Centre for their kindness, care and professional support.
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Kindergarten Registration for the Rolling River School Division will be held during January 30th - February 3rd, 2023 from 9:00-11:30am and 1:30-3:00pm. Children who will be 5 years of age on or before December 31, 2023 are eligible for Kindergarten.
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PROPOSAL NO. 01-23 FOR
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to subsection 318(1) of The Municipal Act, that the Council of Riverdale Municipality has scheduled a public hearing in the Council Chamber, at Riverdale Municipal office in Rivers, Manitoba on the 21st day of February, 2023 at
7:00 P.M. to present the following special service proposal:
The intent of this Special Service proposal is to continue with a special tax for provision of fire protection services, to all benefiting property owners, including otherwise exempt and railway properties, in Riverdale Municipality.
The total cost of Fire Protection Services for Riverdale Municipality is $ 105,758.53
The Special Service Area to be levied under this proposal will be all taxable, grant-in-lieu and otherwise exempt properties in Riverdale Municipality, including Classification 52, Railway companies, but excluding cemeteries at the following rates:
Property classified as 30T Farmland only $13.15
All other Classes including 10, 20, 40, 50, 60 (this includes property with dual classifications $83.57
The Special Service Tax will raise $105,758.83. In addition any unforeseen costs or un-anticipated expenditures will be funded by the Municipality’s Operations Budget and included in the general municipal levy.
The aforementioned Special Service Tax will be set out in the Financial Plan for the years 2023 to 2025 inclusive and replaces the previous special service levy “2020-01 Fire Protection Services”.
A written objection may be filed with the Chief Administrative Officer at the Riverdale municipal office, 670 – 2nd Ave, prior to the commencement of the hearing. At the hearing, Council will hear any potential taxpayer who wishes to make a presentation, ask questions or register an objection to the special service proposal. All objections, written or verbal, must be filed prior to the adjournment of the hearing and must include the name, address and property description of the person filing the objection and the grounds of their objection.
Copies of the special service proposal are available for review and may be examined by any person during regular office hours of the Riverdale Municipal Office at 670 – 2nd Avenue, Rivers, Manitoba.
DATED AT RIVERDALE MUNICIPALITY this 17th day of January 2023.
Kat Bridgeman, C.M.M.A.
Chief Administrative Officer
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A new and improved version of a piglet weaning ramp at HyLife’s pork processing plant in Neepawa is receiving high praise on a global scale. The ramp was developed by HyLife’s inhouse team of engineers to make transporting piglets easier on both the animals and the employees.
In a media release discussing the innovation, company stated that it designed the ramp in response to employee feedback. The worker expressed that picking up the piglets and bringing them to another employee performing vaccination placed a strain on both them and the animals. The weaning ramp eliminates that stress by:
•Having the piglets enter the alleyway and move up the ramp in groups;
• Once up the ramp, a gate using a pulley system is lowered. Employees
animal behaviouralist commends new ramp design
can easily begin picking the piglets from waist height to be vaccinated.
The animals are then gently placed on a slide, depending on their sex.
• Gradual sloping slides, off each side of the station, bring the piglet back down slowly and safely to ground level.
“We knew there was a better way. We prioritize animal care and lean on our in-house experts and (Continuous Improvement) team to develop a creative solution. The result is a ramp that eliminates the need to pick up piglets. This means less stress and more safety for both our animals and employees,” said Lyle Loewen, senior vice president of farms division at HyLife.
Awards and acknowledgement
This innovation has received noticed across the industry, as the weaning ramp recently won The Dr. F.X Ahern Prize for Innovative Pork
Production at the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar. This award is given to those who create original solutions to pork production challenges in North America.
As well, the invention has been praised by a well regarded animal scientist. Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, toured the Neepawa site during a recent visit to Canada. She said she was impressed by the company’s animal handling practices and the new ramp.
“It gets rid of the backbreaking work. It's also going to improve good treatment of the pigs as the job is so much easier. And you make a job easier, and people are going to like it a whole lot better. That is something the whole industry should have,” said Grandin, via press release.
HyLife is now investing into the installation of the ramps across all sow barns
The header for my Newsletter states: “An informed public is the best and only defence of democracy.”
Just to the right of my computer screen, I keep a copy of a poem: Invictus
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I t hank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
U nder the bludgeonings
of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
B eyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
A nd yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll,
I a m the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
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on to defend democracy, the foundations of our individual freedoms, liberties, and rights that have evolved during the 808 years since the Magna Carta was signed in 1215.
Rulers never give up powers easily. The Magna Carta transferred powers from the King of England to the Landed Gentry. It had minimal effect on English citizens. That came later as liberties and rights gradually filtered down to individuals.
William Ernest Henley
1849-1903
Our freedoms, liberties and rights are currently under threat by Marxists intent on destroying democracy.
Marxism cannot tolerate free thinkers as they question validity of totalitarianism.
The fundamental battle raging in the media is about whether governing bodies can make better decisions for us than we can for ourselves. I submit that the answer is a resounding: “NO!”
Canada was created by the blood, sweat and tears of free individuals who ignored differences, accepted equality and worked
together for their collective well-being.
Democracy is imperfect, and we will always be burdened with elitists who strive to twist the system for personal power and profit. We have survived in spite of them, working together to build communities, towns, cities and the infrastructure of a working democracy.
The powerful are never satisfied. Each gain in taking powers away from us is considered a ‘next
step’ with the objective of total control.
We must not ignore politicians or allow ourselves to believe we are powerless. There is malice in efforts to fracture our society into many competing factions. Internal divisions make our society weaker.
John Feldsted Political commentator, consultant & strategist Winnipeg, Manitoba
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The new piglet weaning ramp, which was developed at HyLife in Neepawa.
Temple Grandin, renowned animal behaviouralist, met with HyLife employees and toured the facility at Neepawa recently. She had made a trip from Colorado State University to do so.
Many subscribers to this newsletter will be called
Those who are going after Jordan Peterson are, in fact, after us
Eliminating criticism. Forcing conformity. Quashing individual freedoms and rights.