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cans from the school foyer into and Chimo Beach areas for con- put away in the proper place on s r e p or t e d i n t he tion to the schools.

Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. the shelving units. They were March 9 edition, the Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the When all was said and done, fantastic! We are very, very plinary Studies in Science class culminated in a ceremonious food was weighed and sorted. the scales at Riverdale Harvest pleased.”

Elementary school staff memat Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation on March 20 to Although the project was a sen- noted a total of 434 pounds, “a project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne 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.

Because 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 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 this fantastic group of students students We’d to leavealso product acrossofthe street categories: to tournament in which to sponsoring play, credit but with an intent to were f ill it announced with be portaged in each three Category this fun contest. likein Sarah Plosker the canoe; 87 pounds of food Zion Church (home of Riverathletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. non-perishables. Although the A – Tractor Tires: Colin & Ann Hunter (first place), to acknowledge the amazing work of Amy Coulling, Rivers Banner campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger Helenidea DeRuiter (second Category B –Rivers, Vehicle the woodworking art teacher at Rivers Collegiate on Thursday, March 22. carried bags, boxesplace); and garbage canvassed Oak River help check expiry dates, sort and group by that class, the original The Christmas Tire Extravaganza came was from a fun Tires: Jacquie Schmidt (first place), Shelly Brown Institute. She had her grade seven and eight students a suggestion made contest organized by Carolyn Currie Phillips (second by harvestthat volunteer Lilianeplace); and Category C – All Other Wheels: decorate model tires for the contest. The tires were Dupuis.festive Barb Plewes (first place), Glenn Lennox (second place). 1.5 inches and they could use any materials in the saw local residents decorating tires in unique “I heard the ideaThank at a meetways. After much deliberation, judges announced you to all entrants and judges for making this classroom or from home. This was a great idea and ing in Brandon. St. Augustine the winners on Dec. 19 in what will assuredly be an contest School had tried Fill a Canoea great success, and congratulations to the it looks like the kids had a lot of fun doing it. These annual winter event. First and second place winnerswithwinners. in conjunction the 10-day Thank you as well to Baseline Dragway for children have incredible talent.

Festival du Voyaguer in Winnipeg in February. It was very successful and whenever I hear food bank, my ears always perk up!”

She then brought the sugThe canoe at Rivers gestion to Riverdale Harvest, Elementary School was which supported the idea and adequately filled.

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Burning down the house to get rid of the wasp nest

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he new year is a time for ref lection. It’s important to look back at where we have been, but more important to learn from the past and move forward based on experience, optimism and faith.

I try to maintain a pace of reading at least one history book a month. I look forward to my bedtime reading each night and it’s amazing how much prairie history there is to learn. I say prairie history, as that is the segment of history that’s most important to us. It has shaped who we are and coupled with geography and economics, it continues to shape are experiences. The other two factors, optimism and faith, apply anywhere in the world, but geography is a bit like the first factor listed above, experience. We can’t change geography very much, we have to learn from it and adapt to it. Our experience is it is. It’s past and has shaped us, but it can’t be changed. Same with geography, the hills, the plains are what they are.

Sure, people talk about climate change and certainly there has been some changes, but it’s more ebb and f low than major change. On the prairies, it has almost always been hot in summer, cold in winter and very windy all year round. Some winters have little snow, some have lots, same with rain in the spring and summer.

Our geography and climate are pretty stable on the prairies.

It is perhaps because we are so used to stability on the prairies that the jarring experience of COVID-19 has left everyone frustrated. It’s time to get rooted back into a more stable attitude and position.

Last week, during a time when our office was closed, I put “pen to paper” and posted the following to our Facebook page. Judging by the online response and general agreement displayed, I would say it pretty much sums up the public’s collective response to C-19.

Here’s what I wrote online last week: “Many people are simply ‘done’ with the never ending COVID-19 lockdowns and I am among those numbers. Initially, COVID-19 was being handled fairly well in Manitoba, but those days are gone. We did the lockdowns, a vast majority of people got one, two and now three shots.

COVID-19 is a sickness that strikes at various levels. Some don’t know they are sick, some get sick and recover quite easily, some get sick and suffer. A few get sick and die. Almost all who die are either old (like me) or have one or more co-morbidities. There are a few exceptions, but very few.

The way we are battling COVID-19 is like burning down the house to get

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Ken Waddell rid of the wasp nest. The only ‘real’ problem we have is a low number of ICUs and the government has had nearly two years to fix that.

Whatever it takes to increase ICU capacity, do it. Even still, there will be deaths. From the last figures I was given, one in four COVID-19 patients who go into ICU die and three in four survive.

If we had the same number per capita of ICUs in Manitoba as North Dakota, we would have had many, many more ICUs to face this and possible future problems. Fix the number of ICUs and one of the worst trouble spots is alleviated, not eliminated, but alleviated.

Only five to six per cent of Manitobans contracted COVID-19 and of those numbers, 98 per cent recovered.

Meanwhile over 10 per cent of Manitobans (150,000 people) are waiting to get surgery and treatments delayed by COVID-19 lockdowns. We are likely losing more people from the waiting

list than we are from COVID-19, but those stats either aren’t being kept or aren’t being revealed. It should also be obvious that delaying procedures such as cancer prevention and heart surgeries will precipitate many more premature deaths in the next few years.

Business and venue closures are not obtaining the desired effects. Surely 21 months of closures has proven that.

Keep up the well known precautions, like hand washing and hand sanitizer, stay home if you are sick. Keep up the vaccinations, especially for the vulnerable and let’s move on with life and the economy.

In other words, kill the wasps and move back into our house.”

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.

Re: Brandon Sun editorial, Dec. 20, 2021 I was very disturbed by the content of the editorial in the above edition of “The Brandon Sun” entitled “News Media Must Strive for Accuracy”. At the start you state how important it is to only print the truth, yet you proceed to misrepresent the value of therapeutics in treating Covid-19. The attached material should give you cause to reconsider your opinions about only writing about a single way to attack this virus.

But, the most egregious cause of my distaste for the editorial was your attack on Ken Waddell, who wrote an opinion piece (with disclaimer) for the Rivers Banner. Mr. Waddell wrote about several issues regarding Covid treatment that were given to him by doctors and nurses unable to speak out on their own because of fear of reprisals. But you ignored them. That is the work of an editor who is

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on a crusade to promote only the government’s short sighted and tyrannical Covid treatment control of the population, not with finding out the truth in the long standing tradition of the investigative journalist.

I know whereof I speak – I am the daughter of a newspaper man who worked for the largest English speaking newspaper in Montreal until it closed - “The Montreal Star”.

His standards are mine and you need to be reminded of those standards.

If you had used a non Big Tech funded search engine when you researched nebulizers and hydrogen peroxide therapy, you might have found the attached articles, which took me less than 10 minutes to find on another search engine that is not controlled. Of the first four articles listed, these three support the therapy with information about use, type of hydro-

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gen peroxide to use and in what strengths. Did you make any effort to check the information with a pulmonologist before writing your dismissal? I think not. If you had you would have learned that this treatment is common to alleviate respiratory viruses and stress. The machines are readily available on line and in pharmacies, easy to use and far less harmful than hospital ventilators. Perhaps you could have presented the facts, not your opinions and suggested that interested people should check out the treatment with their doctors. That would have been responsible journalism.

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January 7, 2022 Rivers Banner 3 that cause me to smile is a start.

Not excelling at home design, I make little corners or shelves of collections. The one parlour table has several silvery containers, ribbed and glowing, a couple of tea candle holders that look like antique glass door knobs and in an ornate antique looking heavy picture frame, a three inch by three inch pen and water colour painting of a tea pot and tea cup, created by one of my daughters many years ago. That corner vignette makes me smile.

Topping a sideboard is a collection of photos: a gardener hand supporting a bowl of freshly shelled peas – a gift from the gardener daughter; an icicle ref lecting the old maple tree in the front yard of the acreage, photo taken by one who shared our hearth and home; bronze rocks surrounded by the softest blue water, a card sent from a studying friend; three heads of grain backed by a prairie sunset, a photo taken by a family member; a tall bare tree silhouetted in a night sky with just a trace of a moon, a card from a grandson; a set photos of a series of windmills on a dike, a postcard from Holland, a site through which we biked.

All these photos are set in simple white frames and I see and feel the beauty of the seasons and all creation every time I glance at, or study them.

My newest set of things that make me smile are f lower pots. Not all of them have inhabitants yet, but their colours and shapes evoke smiles– tall, white ones with pink and blue f lowers etched on them; a short, squat pink one, an elegant, f loral mid-size one; and an antique looking f loral one.

More than ever, I seek to see the beauty in life and the living. I look for things that make me smile.

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By Rita Friesen Things that make me smile

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t was while reading a collection of Nellie McClung’s columns that a phrase arrested my attention. Nellie has retired from most political passions and is nesting on Vancouver Island. She ref lects on her goal to continue writing, expanding on “Clearing in the West”, recording some of the many firsts she had witnessed: “women’s struggle for political equality, the rise of women’s clubs, the heroic struggle to eliminate the liquor traffic and its disastrous sequel”. She wanted “to put into words what she knew of these women who had been too busy making history to write it.”

She goes on to admit that she never wrote it, for the beauty of a West Coast spring rather than a prairie spring was drugging. “The anaesthesia of beauty had me in its clutches.”

That was the phrase that caught me. I have knowingly been surrounding myself with things that make me smile. I have admitted, to friends and in public, that this pandemic is wearing, that my apathy is alike to a form of battle fatigue, that I am losing my desire to be good. That will not surprise those who know me well! So I need to attend to my thoughts and thought patterns. Having my eyes settle on items and photos

Prevent an auto fire: Check your extension and block-heater cords

Manitoba Public Insurance Press Release

On average, about 1,000 vehicle f ire claims are opened with Manitoba Public Insurance yearly. Of that total, about 10 per cent of those f ire claims are related to faulty extension or block-heater cords.

A cracked extension cord, or block heater cord with a corroded plug, can result in an electrical failure which can quickly spark a f ire. The majority of these f ires take place in winter as temperatures drop.

Safety tips for extension cords/block heater plugs: • Don't drive over your extension cord. This can cause cracking/breaking during bitterly cold weather.

• Cover your block heater plug-in with its protective cover.

• Unplug your block heater by using the hard, rubber end. Pulling on the electrical cord can cause breakage and potential electrical issues.

From last week's front page

• Have your block heater cord inspected each fall by a qualif ied mechanic.

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• With personal safety in mind, people are advised not to plug in their vehicles within a garage or any other enclosed structure.

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Sarah’s Science Corner Rivers Police Service

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Brrr! Why is it so cold?

I thought in Winter the earth is actually closer to the sun, so why would it be colder than in the summer?

Today we will explore this question in a Let’s Talk Science activity. This activity is best suited for grades 6 to 9, although younger children may benefit as well.

You will need a light bulb or lamp with the shade removed (don’t let young children touch the bulb as it can get hot), a large ball, a marker, a drinking straw (cut in half ), plasticine, a LEGO™ figure or other small object, and a room that can be made dark (any room in your house after about 4:30pm should do the trick!)

What To Do: 1. Draw a line around the middle of the ball to represent the Earth’s equator. Stick the opening of one piece of a drinking straw on the “North Pole” using plasticine. The straw should stick out from the surface of the ball straight up (at a right angle). Do the same thing with the other piece of drinking straw at the “South Pole” (the straw should stick straight down). The drinking straw represents the line of the Earth’s axis.

2. Stick a LEGO figure, or other small object, about 3/4 of the way above the equator to represent someone living in Westman.

3. Move the ball (Earth) around the lamp (Sun) in a circular motion. This represents the Earth’s orbit. The line you drew on the ball to represent the equator should be at the same level as the lamp’s light bulb.

4. Next, hold the Earth with its axis (the straw at the “North Pole”) tilted at about a 20 degree angle towards the Sun on the side where the LEGO figure is located. The LEGO figure and equator line should be fully lit up by the light bulb. This position relative to the Sun is “summer” for North America. To see what day and night is like during the summer, spin the ball around its axis and

watch where there is light and shadow on the Earth.

5. Next, move the Earth over to the opposite side of the light keeping the axis at the same angle as you did for the previous step. Ensure you keep the “North Pole” pointing in the same direction as you did previously. That is, if the “North Pole” was tilted to the left in relation to the Sun, it should still be pointed to the left when moved to the opposite side. This represents 6 months later. Make sure the Earth is slightly closer to the Sun at this point. In North America, we call this position relative to the Sun “winter”. Rotate the Earth so that LEGO figure is on the side facing the Sun. Notice where the light and shadow is now. To see what day and night is like during the winter, spin the ball around its axis and watch where there is light and shadow on the Earth.

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t i lted toward t he Sun which means that the Sun’s rays hit this part of the Earth’s surface more directly. Since there is more direct sunlight, more of the Sun’s energy is absorbed by the land surface. As a result, the temperature is higher. If you look up towards the Sun at noon in the summer, you will see that the Sun is higher in the sky than it is in the winter.

In the winter, the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, which means that the Sun’s rays hit this part of the Earth in a more oblique or slanted angle. Since there is less direct sunshine, less energy is absorbed by the surface and the temperature is lower. If you look up towards the Sun at noon in the winter, you will see that the Sun is lower in the sky (unless you’re vacationing somewhere in the tropics…)

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by having the Earth move around the Sun back to the starting (“summer”) position. The Earth should be further from the Sun at this point than it was in its winter position.

sphere experiences the reverse of the northern hemisphere. When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere and vice versa. So remember, seasons are all about the tilt of the Earth’s axis, not the distance between the Earth and the Sun!

What’s Happening?

People often think that it is hotter in the summer because the Earth is closer to the Sun. In fact, in the northern hemisphere, the Earth is farther away in the summer! The reason for the difference in temperature between summer and winter actually has to do with the tilt of the Earth’s axis. If the Earth were not tilted at an angle, there would be no summer or winter.

I n t he sum mer, t he northern hemisphere is

Investigate Further If you’re having fun, you can try the activity again, changing the tilt of your Earth. What would happen if the Earth had no tilt?

What if it were tilted at 90 degrees? For more information on this topic check out https://letstalkscience. ca/educational-resources/ backgrounders/why-dowe-have-seasons

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Passing emergency or designated vehicle: Section 109.1(2) states: When approaching or passing emergency or desig nated veh icle stopped or engaged in prescribed activity and using emergency lamps or other required equipment, fail to • comply with speed requirements • proceed only with caution • pass only when safe • move into a farther lane In Manitoba the law requ i res operator s of vehicles to slow down while passing emergency vehicles when they are in the course of their prescribed duty and using emergency lights. If it is safe to do so drivers are

also suggested to drive in the furthest lane from the emergency vehicles.

• If the posted speed limit is less than 80 km/h you are required to slow down to 40 km/h.

• If the posted speed limit is 80 km/h or higher you are required to slow down to 60 km/h.

Not on ly cou ld not complying with this regulation potentially injure an emergency worker, it could also hurt your wa l let. T he resu lt i ng action if a driver does not comply with these regulations is a $298.00 f ine, and -2 points on the Drivers Safety Rating scale (DSR). Having demerits on your license a lso causes insurance rates and the cost of your

license to increase in price. Please drive safe.

No matter if it’s a traffic stop or assisting at a crash scene, law enforcement a nd ot her emergenc y responders are often extremely close to moving traffic. We all want to get home safely, so we are asking drivers to be alert, move over or slow down and provide a safety zone for roadside workers.

Emergency workers are always at a signif icant risk, especially working alongside the roadways.

Do your part and help keep us safe.

Thank you, and drive safe Rivers Police Service

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Secret Recipes from Rivers Mammas & Grannies

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We are continuing our “recipes with a story” column, with this week’s featured recipe being an apple pie recipe from Heather Lamb of Riverdale Municipality.

Heather generously dropped off one of her pies at my doorstep for me and my family to enjoy (and taste-test for this column). Thank you Heather; it was much appreciated! If you have a recipe (and a story) you would like to be featured, please email me at sarah. plosker@gmail.com; no need to send me any of the food to sample, unless you want to, of course!

Apple Pie Memories from Heather Lamb I can remember watching my Mom make apple pies.

She made it look very easy as I observed her rolling out the dough and putting the dough into the pie plate. She then proceeded to pour some delicious apple filling into the pie pan, dotting it with butter and then rolling out more dough for the top. When it baked in the oven it filled the house with a wonderful aroma! Such beautiful childhood memories. Warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream, yum…so good!

One day it was my turn to make a pie. I can remember making the dough and then trying to roll it out. Clearly I had the wrong rolling pin, as all the dough wanted to do was stick to the rolling pin.

I added more flour, but that made the dough rather tough.

The crust was not very tasty as it was thick and hard. I also remember my filling overflowing and making a big mess in my oven. I said to myself, I should just stick to making cookies!

Fast forward several years: Grey Street United Church in Winnipeg was doing a fundraiser, selling meat pies and fruit pies. I decided to volunteer to help. They wanted me to roll out the dough.

Sudden flashbacks of my pie dough rolling experiences came to mind as I smiled and said, ok, but I may need some instruction.

The pie dough recipe was very simple and to my surprise, did not stick to my wooden rolling pin. The entire experience was amazing.

I suddenly knew how to make pie dough! I suddenly had a new life tool, just because I chose to volunteer.

I never did make the fillings at the church so unfortunately did not know how to make the apple filling or the meat pie for that matter. I did purchase the pies but could never get the apple pie filling just right.

In the fall of 2021, Grey Street United church celebrated 75 years of good food and fellowship and to top it off, sold a memory cookbook that contained good memories of the church and recipes. To my surprise, the apple pie filling was in the book. Well let’s just say I’ve been making lots of apple pies! Although I eat Keto so I’m not able to eat

the pies any more, the house smelled wonderful and many delighted individuals stepped up to eat the pies, both warm and cold; all was enjoyed.

Pie Dough 1-lb Tenderflake Lard (I prefer to use rendered pork fat) 5 cups of flour Mix together to get the appearance of oatmeal and make a well.

Now pour 1-cup of 7-up into the well Mix/knead. Let the dough

apples in my food processor to ensure even thin slices.)

1/3 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup white sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon cinnamon ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ¼ teaspoon salt Mix well to ensure apples are well-covered in sugar.

Now place the apple mixture into a pot and heat up on medium heat until apples are slightly soft, not too much, just until the apples are limp.

Apple filling can now be cooled, then placed in freezer for later use or place apple filling into a 9” deep pie pastry (unbaked). Place dots of butter over filling. Fold lid into quarters and cut vents for steam to escape. Brush edges of pie shell with water. Place folded lid over the filling with the point of the lid in the centre of the filling. Unfold the lid.

Press the lid to the bottom pastry shell with a fork and run a knife around edges of the pie to remove any excess

rest while you make the filling.

Now proceed to roll out dough for 9” deep pie pan.

Note: This dough can be wrapped and bagged and then frozen as well.

Apple Pie Filling 8 cups cored, peeled apples, sliced thin. (After peeling and taking out the core, I sliced my

Christmas Cheer would like to thank the following for their donations to the annual campaign: JoAnn Brandon Dennis and Yvette Jahns Rod and Phyllis Veitch Diane Marriott Gary and Allison Pomeroy Abe and Esther Krahn Gord and Michelle McFadden Jean Ryall Kirk and Gail Bridgeman Lorna Greer Stan and Sheila Runions Sharon Herndon CrossRoads Community Church Barb Angus Dave and Marguerite Woytowich Jeremy Bray Jamie and Lesley McFadden Darren and Tara Bray Kelvin and Heather Lamb Redline Transport Rivers and Area Lions Club Rivers/Daly Firefighters Association Rivers United Church congregation members THANKS ALSO TO: Zion Church for storage space/assembly location; Riverdale Harvest for saving boxes; Rivers Home Hardware Building Centre for transportation of the food order and a cash contribution; Rivers Heritage Co-op for grocery deals and their Holiday Helper program (matching the donations made by shoppers upon checkout); anonymous donors; the volunteers who packed hampers.

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pastry or make your favourite edging. Brush the top of the pastry with milk and sprinkle lightly with white sugar. Bake 350 degrees for one hour, until crust is golden and filling is bubbling. Enjoy!

Sarah’s note: apples shrink slightly when cooked, so pre-cooking the apple pieces means you won’t get a big air gap between the apple filling and the pie crust lid like you often do if the apple pieces are put into the pie raw.

a time in the morning when we get out of bed and get ready for the day ahead. There are exceptions though. anything that the severe weather over the past few weeks Weather Network and other local media outlets more My dad was a shift worker, so his day might begin in has taught us, it’s this: it CAN happen here. There were immediately. A tornado watch is issued when weather RiversofBthe anner January 7, 2022 the6middle afternoon, or very late in the evening. probably many of us staying tuned over the weekend as conditions are favourable to produce a tornado; however, a warning is more serious. A warning indicates that a In the very rst chapter of Genesis, after God started the alerts were being issued.

In the event that a tornado warning was issued for your tornado has occurred or has a high likelihood of being to create the world, we read: “And there was evening and town today, do you know what to do?

Are you familiar about to occur. there was morning, the rst day.” It seems God’s work with your community emergency response plan and the The safest place to be during a tornado is a low spot began in the evening, and that makes sense even now. information for the community that is included in that in an interior room away from windows, such as an inIt is in the evening toward what is the end of our day, plan?

It may be time to get familiar with that document ner room in the basement or underneath the stairs to the when we are winding down and beginning to rest, when so you know what to do to keep your family safe. basement.

Rooms that have extra support in the walls we are nally still, that God can get to work on us; when Behind only United States, Canada sees the most torsuch as bathrooms are also ideal as bathroom pipes weSarah are better able to be aware of God’s presence, open for business.

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DARLEEN PADDOCK Sarah Darleen Winnifred (nee Mitchell) Paddock, age 83 years, beloved wife of Wes, passed away at Valleyview Personal Care Home on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Darleen was born on November 8, 1938 in Shoal Lake, Manitoba. One of three daughters, Joyce, Darleen and Eleanor, born to Alfred and Sarah Mitchell.

She grew up on a farm in Rossburn, Manitoba while completing her education at Rossburn School followed by her teaching certificate at Brandon College. Besides working on the farm throughout her life, Darleen taught at Robinville and Little Souris. She was involved with Zion and Bethel Church, the Hospital Guild, and Kid’s camp. Gardening, cooking and baking were favorite pastimes. Darleen was predeceased by her son Ross, parents Alfred and Sarah Mitchell, and sister Joyce (Don) Hart. Darleen will be lovingly remembered by her husband Wes Paddock, daughter Brenda (Rick) and their children Owen, Elayna Paddock Thiessen, son Glenn (Marina) and children Benjamin, David, Joel, Kelsa, Olivia Paddock, and her sister Eleanor Fast. The family invites you to watch the recording of the service on Darleen’s memorial page at www.memorieschapel. com. Darleen was laid to rest at Rivers Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Owen Paddock Thiessen, Benjamin, David and Joel Paddock, Darran Paddock and Brent Hart. Donations in memory of Darleen may be made to Manhattan Beach Retreat Centre, Box 62, Ninette, Manitoba, R0K 1R0. Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.memorieschapel.com. Arrangements with Memories Chapel, Brandon 1-855-727-0330.

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New Year’s Resolutions

Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner

It’s that time of year again. Many people wake up on January 1st determined to change their bad habits in the coming year.

Common new year’s resolutions include losing weight and paying off debt. There’s a reason that January is the busiest time of the year for gym membership sales. The tradition of making new year’s resolutions goes back many, many years. Not decades or centuries, but millennia. It is said that the ancient Babylonians made promises to their gods in what could be considered the first new year’s resolutions (though as a sidenote it should be stated that the Babylonians celebrated the New Year in mid-March, during planting season). In that era, common resolutions were about returning any objects they had borrowed and paying off debts (some things never change!) It was believed that if a person kept their word on their resolutions, the gods would bestow favor on them for the coming year. The ancient Romans offered sacrifices to Janus (the god corresponding to January ever since the year 46 B.C. when Julius Caesar changed the calendar) and made promises of good conduct for the coming year. The Covenant Renewal Service, or Watchnight service, is a Christian practice dating back to 1740; held on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, people prepare for the coming year, pray, and make resolutions.

Most New Year’s resolutions focus on self-improvement, which is a difficult and introspective journey to undertake. If you’re thinking of making resolutions, it may be prudent to set monthly reminders in your calendar to “check in” with yourself. Depending on the goal, a daily reminder, at the start or end of the day, might also be useful. You also need to know yourself and what motivates you. This might depend on the particulars of the situation. I am not above bribing myself with chocolate in order to do things that I dislike but that need to get done. Of course, if losing weight is one of your New Year’s resolutions, it may be counter productive to bribe yourself with chocolate if you get your 10,000 steps in for the day. But, maybe there’s a different way to motivate yourself to attain your goal, like flowers or just some good ol’ fashioned positive reinforcement.

Given the state of the world today, with the exponential rise in mental health issues and the constant ups and downs of Covidrelated lockdowns, I would encourage those thinking about resolutions to consider a resolution focused on relationship-building (or relationship-improving). Start the new year by reflecting on the year past, and anyone that made a special impact on your life during the last year. Make a list. Call or email these people to let them know that you are thankful for their friendship, and wish them well. Try to connect more with others, and try to care more for others.

Invite someone over for dinner. Realize that the person who didn’t hold the door open for you or gave you the stink eye may be dealing with their own issues, and give them grace.

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More from page 7 At the end of each day/week/month, ask yourself if you did your best to build positive relationships during this reporting period---yes, you can treat self-improvement as though it’s a job, and you’re the manager trying to keep yourself on task. And be honest with yourself! Think of a plan for the next day/ week/month to improve. This goes for any resolution.

If you want to get off social media, delete the apps from your cell phone. Block the websites on your web browser. Make it as inconvenient for yourself as possible to get on social media. If it’s just a click away, the temptation will be too great.

I am truly not in the position to give advice, but I will say that all the advice that I can find online can be boiled down to this: start small and be as specific as possible. “I will work out more” is too nebulous.

“I will work out for 10 minutes after breakfast every day” is better. You can do 10 minutes, right? Or make it just 5 minutes to start, and build up to 10 minutes over the coming month. Carving out a specific time slot during the day is just as important: that way you can’t continually put it off throughout the day and next thing you know it’s 11pm, you’re exhausted, and you tell yourself you’ll work out for twice as long tomorrow to make up for it. Sound familiar? (or perhaps it’s just me projecting…) Sign up for a 5km “fun run” for August or September, and work backwards from there to figure out how to gradually build up to it. Include your friends, family, or coworkers so that there’s accountability and so it’s more fun.

And if we’re still all vowing to pay off our debts year after year, ever since ancient Babylonian time, I don’t know that there’s any sage advice that will work for that particular resolution. Choosing realistic goals is important. Don’t set yourself up for failure; don’t try to solve world hunger or achieve world peace, lest you want to become a statistic: I have read through numerous studies on New Year’s resolutions, and the best numbers I’ve seen are around the 50% success rate. So, think wisely about your goals for the upcoming year, and think of your resolutions as a method of investing in yourself. Whether the investment pays off is up to you.

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Some readers have been asking for an update on the local watershed district and recent amalgamation.

First of all, let’s back up just so we’re all on the same page: a watershed is the area of land for which all water (surface water and groundwater) drains into a common body of water, such as a river or stream.

The activities we do on land impact our water quality, or watershed health, as it’s called. I recently talked to Jana Picard, Resource Tec h n ic i a n a nd Ry a n Canart, General Manager of the Assiniboine West Watershed District to get the scoop.

In Manitoba there are 14 watershed d istr icts, all with the same goal: to develop and implement programs to improve watershed health. Prior to 2020, the boundaries of what were then called “conservation districts” were based on municipal boundaries. Of course, water doesn’t respect municipal boundaries, and so these districts were modif ied into what are now called watershed districts.

Our conservation district was amalgamated with several others: the former conservation districts of the Lake of the Prairies, Little Saskatchewan River, and the Upper Assiniboine River became what is now known as the Assiniboine West Watershed District (AWWD). This amalgamation also gave local boards

more autonomy.

T h e AW W D s p a n s 17,0 0 0k m² includ ing 4 watersheds: the ArrowOak, Assiniboine-Birdtail, Little Saskatchewan, and the Shell River Watershed, all named after the largest river systems found within.

T hese w ater s hed s a re further divided into 9 subdistricts based on drainage maps developed in the 1970’s (see map attached for district boundaries).

The AWWD currently has three offices located in Miniota, Oak River, and Inglis. The board members of the watershed d ist r ict a re appoi nted internally and comprise representatives from each sub-district, and a provi nc i a l appoi ntee. T he AWWD delivers conservation programs in collaboration with landowners, board members and 21 pa r t ic ipat i n g memb er RGE 29W1

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municipalities, all working together to protect our water, soil, and habitat within the boundaries of AWWD and beyond.

The AW WD offers a variety of programs that focus on groundwater protection, improving water quality, and promoting healthy soils. Programs such as ALUS (Alternative Land Use Services) and GROW (Growing Outcomes in Watersheds) could include an annual payment for ecological goods and services, supporting the experimentation of regenerative practices in ag r iculture, protect ing vulnerable habitats, and restoring and protecting our wetlands.

Other projects to look out for in 2022 include: a shallow wetlands incentive program, culvert inventory, shelterbelt planting and tree orders (apply

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