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Friday, August 10, 2018 • Vol.111 No. 4 • Rivers, Manitoba

RiveRs BanneR Micah Waddell

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2018 Harding Fair results

Serving the Rivers, Rapid City and Oak River areas for 109 years

March 30, 2018

Volume 110, Issue 37

89¢ + tax

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

Everyday Encounter Page 3

Can collections for canoes

Photo by Sheila Runions

PHOTO BY DONNA FALKEVITCH

By Sheila Runions

Heavy Horse classes showed Banner Staff prominently at the Harding Fair but as the results below and on page five show there were a large number of entries in all classes. 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.

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Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. the shelving units. They were 9 edition, the serve Champion - Shannon Co, Cameron Nykoliation, MB. Reserve - JMB, Bert Carly Jo Carsen. Reserve Heavy HorsesMarch Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the When all was said and done, fantastic! We are very, very McDonald, Brookdale MB. Female - Horner Cattle C0, Boreham, Virden. C h a m p i o nplinary M aStudies r e - in Science Douglas, food MB.was Champ Bull weighed and sorted. the scales at Riverdale Harvest pleased.” class culminated in a ceremonious Limousin Champion Female Laura Horner, Minnedosa, Light Horses BoulderBluff, Blaine MarBrad and Judy Rutten, 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 Yvonne students brainstorm, en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. for Riverdale Champion Harvest. Riverdale - Diamond T Limousin, TraMB.ber/Harvest Championvolunteer Bull - Silver Pony -Harvest Ka- president tin, Strathclair.project Best Grade Wawota, ior SK. Reserve Bull the initiated a similar camtire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Heather Gray and Liliane. theMel Boat Load of Food, vis Hunter, Kenton, MB. ReLakeCrouch Farms, Andrea Bertholeigh Argue, Hamiota. Mare - Shady HDubbed Farms, - Mark Angus, Winnipeg, 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 serve Eden Meadows, Terry let, Hartney, MB. Reserve Light Horse Jayda GabriHunter, Kenton. Supreme MB. Charolois Champion 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 Zehner, SK. ChamCattle Co,product Laura in - Horner Mare - Boulderwith Bluff. McCaw/Brent but this group of students students to leave street to -tournament in which to Hepper, play, credit an intent to elle, f ill itVirden. with be portaged across theFemale pion Bull Eden Meadows, Horner, Minnedosa, MB Cattle (total head Miniature Horses Stewart, Russell, MB. Renon-perishables. Although the Zion Church (home of River- athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. the canoe; 87 pounds of food dale Harvest). Rather, the teens- Suntek the canoe. Some studentsTerry also Hepper, All students stayed SK. behind to was collected from the younger campaign was fully organized 192) Zehner, 34 - 38” Champion - Rod serve Livestock, carried bags, boxes garbageStewart, canvassed Rivers, Oak River check expiry dates, sort and group on Thursday, March 22. by that class, the original idea - Champion Reservehelp - Diamond T LimouAngus Fe- andTyler Hart, Carman. Reserve Foxwarren, came from a suggestion made More of the Harding Fair on sin, Travis Hunter, Kenton, Champion - Brooke Unrau, male - Merit Cattle Co, MB. by harvest volunteer Liliane Champion Bull JMB, Simmental Champion page 5 MB. Trent Liebrech, Radville, Boissevain. Champion Dupuis. Bert McDonald, Brookdale, Female Northern Lights, SK. Reserve NYK Cattle Rod Hart, Carman. Re“I heard the idea at a meet-

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ing in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day 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 suggestion to Riverdale Harvest, which supported the idea and asked her to present the promo-

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