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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.

BY MICAH WADDELL Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the after- tributions from the community. the PHOTO shelving units. They were March 9 edition, the Future stars flooded Grade the ice during the week long hockey camp at the Rivers Community Centre from July 30 to August 3.

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.” a total of 434 pounds,Rangers “a Elementary staff memon March 20 to Although project was aa senat Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation came from most centres equal groups fromthesix-nine list ofnoted on-ice instructors: A A Aschool M idget

By Hal Sveistrup project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne in western Manitoba as years, 10-11 years and 12-14 Junior Instructors Sadie Team; Calder Anderson, Rivers BannerDubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane. tire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated a similar camThompson years. days each Wood, toYellowhead Chiefs ings help those we serve. A Brandon lot paign inWheat her school. K That threethe snow had meltedForto five participate.

The collegiate students secured a well canoe as fromfromBecause A record 115 aspiring and Dauphin, and from group received two one A A A Female Midgets; AAA Midgets; Caelan RusRolling 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 but this group of students students to High leave School product in be portaged across thehour street to in which toKamryn play, credit an intent toMedicine f ill it with Hat, hockey players with participated Alberta, andtournament fifteen minute Veitch, Birtle/ sell, Tiger Hills canoe; 87 pounds of food Church (home of River- ofathletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. non-perishables. the ZionSaskatchin the seventh annual Derek Although Langenburg, sessions on ice instruction Hamiota Female midget team.theGuest Instructors: campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger Laxdal Hockey School ewan, Las Vegas, Nevada where they practiced regu- team; Zack Veitch and (Dallas Stars prospects) 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. hosted at thecame Riverdale and made Perigh, Minnesota. lar skating, power skating, Owen Wareham, Yellow- Brett Davis, Kootenay Ice. from a suggestion Community Centre on July The skaters were divided stick handling, passing and head Chiefs AAA Midgets; by harvest volunteer Liliane 30 - August 3. Dupuis.

Participants into three approximately shooting. The following is Taron Topham, Parkland More hockey on page 3 “I heard the idea at a meeting 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!”

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W

hat if we’ve been thinking about work all wrong? I recently watched a TED talk by Mike Rowe, best known as the host of the Discovery Channel’s TV show, “Dirty Jobs”. The talk is almost a decade old, but the issues remain relevant today.

Dirty Jobs had a simple concept, Rowe and his crew would spend each episode working a “dirty job”, something not so glamorous, yet essential. The goal was to showcase the hardworking people we need for modern society to thrive. In each episode, Rowe would act as the apprentice, getting his hands dirty under the direction of the person being profiled. The program gave him the unique experience of working with everyday Americans in all 50 states.

Working these jobs caused Rowe to question the conventional wisdom about work. “People who work dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they’re the happiest people I know,” he explains. This realization led him to question firmly held beliefs about what is necessary to be happy with your work and by extension, life.

This first target is the idea that you should follow your passion. It’s a commonly heard refrain, but according to Rowe, it was probably the worst advice he ever got. Many of the people who have been profiled on the show didn’t follow that advice, but instead, found an underserved niche. They found success not by following their dreams, but by watching where everyone was going and going the other way. These

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Kate Jackman-Atkinson people are passionate, they just found their passion once they were in the industry.

Rowe has been a strong critic of the idea that only a four year university degree will bring success. He sees the mismatch— graduates with high debt but no job prospects, and well paying skilled trades jobs going unfilled. Times have changed, but our attitudes and preconceptions haven’t kept up. Collectively, we’re afraid to get our hands dirty and collectively, we’re all suffering for it.

“We’ve declared war on work, as a society, all of us. It’s a civil war. It’s a cold war, really,” he says.

This war against work, the jobs that actually make and fix stuff, has been waged on multiple fronts. For example, Hollywood usually portrays working people as the punchline of a joke; on screen, plumbers are 300 pounds with a usually visible buttcrack.

Advertising, no matter the product, sells the dream of doing less work. Commercials paint a better life in which we’re home earlier and retire a little sooner. But what if your work gives you a sense of satisfaction?

What if you can look back on your day, week, or year with pride at all the widgets you’ve made and people helped by doing your job? Shouldn’t that be something to aspire to?

Then there’s the different ways we view innovation versus imitation. We celebrate the genius that creates things like the iPhone, yet, explains Rowe, that technology would be nothing without the people who physically make the product.

I n r ura l commun it ies, we have a st ronger appreciation for “dirty” jobs. Maybe because our ranks are full of farmers and tradespeople; they’re us, our friends, our neighbours or our family. We know them to be smart and hard workers. We understand the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that accompanies many of the jobs, because we have felt it ourselves. But in places where the disconnect is greater, the war against work that Rowe talks about is real.

Once upon a time, we could predict with relative certainty the path to prosperity and happiness, but there are no longer any cookie cutter solutions. More than anything else, it’s a case of simple economics, anything that is in high demand and short supply, is valuable.

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es, it is amazing how dumb some of today’s politicians can be. Seems that the mayor of Victoria, B.C. took it upon herself to get all upset about a statue of Canada’s first prime minster, Sir John. A. Macdonald. The good mayor decided that because she feels MacDonald made some racist political decisions that his statue should go. I have no doubt that Sir John had his faults.

In 1885, Louis Riel was seen in some parts of the country as a murderous rebel and was hung for treason.

That is a decision that had some very serious repercussions and certainly Macdonald could have stopped the execution. Considering what Riel did in helping Canada become Canada, he probably shouldn’t have been put to death.

I, personally, am totally opposed to capital punishment but in 1885, by far the majority view was that if you killed a person, you would be hung.

Riel was actually responsible for several deaths and by 1885 standards, he was dealt with by the laws of the day. Riel thought he was defending Metis rights and he was, but he and his followers killed people to defend those rights.

Macdonald was no angel either.

He was considered a ruthless politician, was known to indulge in a lot of liquor, some political graft and an

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Ken Waddell occasional bit of corruption. He is being condemned now in Victoria for bringing in residential schools, which he did not actually do, Residential Schools pre-dated him. The amazing thing about the Victoria decision to take away a statue of Macdonald is that if it had not been for Sir John, British Columbia and Victoria might today be wishing they hadn’t voted for Donald Trump in the last U.S election. It was Macdonald who got the Canadian Pacific Railway built and it was that promise of a railway that got BC into confederation in 1871. Without the railway, likely the United States would have absorbed much, or all, of BC. The somewhat liberal minded mayor of Victoria would not have liked that idea at all.

The problem with taking down statues is that it ignores history.

Macdonald did what Macdonald did, good and bad. More statues or less statues will not change that. Instead of tearing down statues, this country should seize every moment to teach

what the statue stands for. They stand for people, works and accomplishments that have had both positive and negative effects on our country.

We are supposed to learn from studying history. We will never learn from ignoring or hiding the good or the bad that people contributed. Canada was built by people who did both good and bad things. Macdonald, Riel, Laurier, Dumont, the list goes on and on as hundreds more could be added to it. Hiding or ignoring history has no value to us today.

Recognizing the mixed contribution of all our historical figures has much greater value.

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August 17: Cinema Under the Stars, Rapid City Museum grounds, dusk August 20-24: Daily Vacation Bible Camp @ Rivers United Church Sept. 4: Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary meeting, upper hall, 7 p.m.

Sept. 8 and 9: Drag racing, Baseline Dragway, Rivers Sept. 11: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 20: Rivers 50 Plus Club meeting/ games, Civic Centre, 2 p.m.

Sept. 25: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.

Sept. 29 - 30: Manitoba Provincial Plowing Match, Ryalls Farm Sept. 26: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 1: Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary meeting, upper hall, 7 p.m.

Oct. 18: Rivers 50 Plus Club meeting/ games, Civic Centre, 2 p.m.

Oct. 24: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 31: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.

Nov. 5: Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary meeting, upper hall, 7 p.m.

Nov. 15: Rivers 50 Plus Club meeting/ games, Civic Centre, 2 p.m.

Nov. 27: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.

Nov. 28: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

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Name: Karla Perreault Birthday: August 24, 1976 Occupation: LPN-nurse, home-based business in Alternative Healing (Reiki, Reflexology, Cranio Sacral Therapy) First Job: Waitress at Ev-n-del Restaurant in Melita Hobbies: Gardening, reading, kayaking In Rivers area since: August 2009, almost 9 years.

Where do you live? Willow Drive in Rivers Hometown: Melita Where did you attend school? Melita Favourite or Dream Vacation Spot: Hawaii Favourite Food: Denver sandwich Favourite Holiday: Thanksgiving Favourite Music, Song or Artist: Nickelback Favourite Sports Team: Winnipeg Jets Favourite Animal: Dog Favourite TV show: This Is Us Favourite Actor/Actress: Jude Law When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up? A Lab Technician.

Comment: Life is short….Think it…..Dream it…..

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I am so blessed to live in such a great community.

On this day August 17

1836 - British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths.

1903 - Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America.

1933 - Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game.

1940 - Dictator of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, orders a total blockade of Great Britain.

1944 - Canadian 4th Armoured division occupies Trun, Normandy.

1944 - Canadian 2nd division conquers Falaise, Normandy.

1945 - Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

1957 - Baseball player Richie Ashburn fouls and hits fan Alice Roth twice in the same game at bat playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1st hit breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher.

1976 - An earthquake & tsunami in the Philippines kills up to 8,000.

1998 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship.

2017 - Terror attack on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain as van rams into crowds killing 16, injuring 120.

Dawson Barteaux, Red Deer Rebels, both of the Western Hockey League. Senior instructors: Craig Anderson, phys. ed. Instructor for Waverly Park School; Troy Hickman, phys. ed. teacher, Linden Lanes/J.R. Reid schools; Dwayne Gylywoychuk, assistant coach, Canadian Olympic Women’s team; Riley Shamray, Dauphin Kings and Colton Bates, Winkler Flyers both of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League; Ty Lewis, Brandon Wheat Kings/ Colorado Avalanche draft pick; Dave Lewis, Brandon Wheat Kings skills coach, Goalie Coach: Riley Lamb, Red Deer Rebels. Camp Director Derek Laxdal, head coach, American Hockey League Texas Stars.

Each group also participated daily in a one hour yoga session taught by facilities manager, Laura Gill. Yoga is a low-impact regimen intended to strengthen and balance all parts of the body. Each day’s schedule also featured a one hour period of hockey related dryland training by Bruce Helgason, physical education instructor in Rivers Schools.

On the afternoon of day five, each group staged a one

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Custom Jerseys were provided for every camper who attended.

hour intra-squad game. At the conclusion of each contest the camp director addressed the team members and their parents/guardians and thanked them for their hard work and cooperation. He and his wife, Hali, then conducted free draws for Texas Stars hockey sticks, caps, t-shirts, towels, blankets, scarves, lunch bags, gym bags and cloth coolers. Every youngster received a prize.

Coordinators, Don and Hall were thrilled with the enthusiasm and effort of 49 volunteers who managed 80 two-hour kitchen shifts and that 65 per cent of them contacted the coordinators before being contacted themselves.

The coordinators appreciated the staff’s promptness and friendliness in serving customers, their seamless transition from one shift to another with minimal amount of direction and the immaculate condition in which the kitchen was left at the end of each day at the conclusion of the camp.

Early morning arrivals could supplement their coffee with muffins, monster cookies or rice crispy squares baked and donated respectively by Donna Morken, Tara Bray and Diane Marriott. Later in the morning, english muffin breakfasts were available. In addition to regular arena fare, a daily special was part of the menu. Monday featured chilli, prepared and donated by Don Marriott, Sharon Herndon, Diane Wareham, and Eleanor Madden. Tuesdays special consisted of hamburger soup and a bun cooked and donated by Barb Sveistrup, Tara Bray, and yours truly. Wednesdays and Thursdays entrées were macaroni and cheese and baked spaghetti respectively, courtesy of Lisa Russell and Diane Marriott. Success of the school was evident when, on the last day, 83 youngsters pre-registered for next years school which will be staged on July 29-August 2, 2019.

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Clack Family Heritage Museum is a unique pioneer museum that boasts a collection of antique automobiles, equipment and pioneer artifacts. In the spirit of the early pioneer, there is no entrance fee, however, donations are graciously accepted. Open June 1 to September 10, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily. Tel. 204-328-5240. Location: 8.8 km/5.5 mi. northwest of Rivers.

Antiques and artifacts are displayed in 10 buildings and cover a wide variety of historical themes that capture the essence of that era. Most items were collected or built by brothers Doug, Fred and Tim Clack, starting in the 1940s. Doug started making the miniature equipment which is displayed in the museum. When he was making a fanning mill his eyesight started to fail and Tim took over the project.

Numerous miniature pieces of machinery were made for the museum including a binder and a complete threshing outfit. Treasures from the past include several restored antique cars and trucks, antique farm machinery, and tools. Also features a large assortment of tin containers, glassware china and porcelain, dolls, and children’s toys. The museum was opened in 1983 and since Tim passed in 2014 it has been managed 879-3rd Avenue, Rivers by a volunteer board.

Sunday school/morning

Zion Church service at 10:30 a.m.

Razzamatazz Dance Club Annual General Meeting To be held Thursday August 23rd at 7pm upstairs in the Behlen Lounge at Riverdale Community Centre Please plan to attend and have your name entered for a $50 Razz Gift certificate.

Rivers Baptist Church 447 Edward Street

Phone 204-328-7882

Sunday worship service/Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.

Junior youth (Gr. 5-9), 204-328-7854 for details.

Senior youth (Gr. 10-12), 204-328-7016 for details.

Pastor Wil Warkentin, phone 204-573-3362

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Rivers represented well in rugby showdown

Sarah McCleod Rivers MB

As readers will remember our Rivers Collegiate female rugby players had great success in their high school season. For those that chose to lengthen their season, the success continued. Post season play consists of a team that represents the region (Westman) to complete in the ManSask Tournament. Two teams from Manitoba and two teams from Saskatchewan travelled to Regina to compete on one of the hottest weekends in July, the 7th and 8th. There were six gals from Rivers who joined the squad. Amber Pomeroy, Haley Wakelam, Jordan McLeod, Shelby Bartlett, Shelby Schmidt, and Taylor Klippenstein. Some cheering parents watched this young team win their first, then, their next game, and their third! Down to the final for the tournament title... a very intense second half had The Parkland Pirates score the winning try in the literal last second of the game!

A very exciting and deserving success! This team allowed our ladies to grow in the sport and have some fun! It is also the requirement for the next step in post season play. From this tournament the Provincial Team Toba is selected. All of the Rivers girls of age were given the opportunity to move on. Due to prior commitments for 2 of the girls, three Rivers Rams moved on to represent our little town proudly. Both teams took commitment and time to build skills in the short period between Man/Sask and Western Nationals which was held in Winnipeg August 9 - 12. They travelled to Winnipeg, Portage and Dauphin taking time around their summer jobs. And trained throughout the week in preparation. Provincial play in any sport is a lot of hard work. Congratulations to the following three ladies who accomplished this admirable task... Amber Pomeroy, Haley Wakelam, and Jordan McLeod! All three girls are classmates entering grade 12 at RCI this Fall. Amber and

Haley were rookies to the provincial team. This was Jordan's 3rd appearance and she was chosen to captain the team.

We can all look forward to these young woman and others from our talented bunch playing post season next year! The tournament was blistering hot but thankfully the games were held earlier in the day when it was "Only" mid-twenties not mid-thirties as it rose to later in the days. The boys Nationals were held at the same location.

Another local athlete, Erich Scmidt represented Rivers for the Toba men. Good job Erich!

Western Canada's teams bring some stiff competition.

"The Herd" as Team Toba is nicknamed in reference to the Buffalo, couldn't charge past BC and Alberta's strong teams. They simply have the advantage of longer playing seasons. But with more turf complexes opening in Manitoba our teams will continue to get stronger. Saturday morning they met Alberta's second team and had their first win. A squeaker at 15-13.

Parents and players alike were anxious for the final whistle to blow. The game against Saskatchewan on Sunday was a success. Having met in the Man/Sask competition, the Ladies knew this team slightly and knew they would have to watch them and bring their game. And that they did. With an impressive 29-5 win! This secured a bronze for our Team Toba! Jordan scored twice and made two conversion kicks in the tournament. Amber and Haley played some awesome and aggressive defence. The girls would like to thank their local sponsors for buying advertising in the program: Bigway Foods, CJ's Snack Shack, Daly Repair, Hair Dynamics, Jerry Brennan Horse Training, Kelly and Cheryl Davidson, Lifestyle Personal Training Group Fitness, Redline Transport, Super Thrifty, Tempo Emporium, Tracy Roulette of Way-Mor Agencies and Way-Mor Agencies.

Thanks for you dedication ladies. You did Rivers proud.

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Three ladies from Rivers chosen to represent Rivers during the provincial play, Jordan McLeod Haley Wakelam, and Amber Pomeroy,!

Rapid City 4-H Beef Club members exel at show Submitted Rivers Banner Neepawa, Minnedosa and district 4H Fat Stock Show & Sale took place Wednesday, July 4 at the Neepawa Agricultural grounds. The results of that event are as follows: Grooming Competition •Senior Grooming, Beautiful Plains Agricultural Society Farming for Tomorrow 1.Hanna Popp, Erickson, 2.Thijs Van de Langemheen, Rapid City; Intermediate Grooming: Group A; 1.

Brooklyn Hedley, Rapid Cit y, 2. Cora Ba ker, Neepawa, Group B 1. Justin McKee, Rapid City, 2. Shayla Woychyshyn, Erickson.

•Overall Intermediate Grooming B r y d g e s & Ta y l o r Veterinary Brooklyn Hedley, Rapid City.

•Junior Grooming Lois Thompson-Hudon Memorial FCC Award 1. Bl a ke Ro s l i n g, Nee paw a , 2. M a d i s y n Robertson, Neepawa •Cloverbud Grooming CIBC (Neepawa)

1. E a s t on Pat er s on , Erickson, 2.Zane Finlay, Rapid City.

Showmanship Competition •Senior Showmanship RBC (Neepawa) 1.Hanna Popp, Erickson, 2.ThijsVandeLangemheen, Rapid City; •Intermediate Showmanship Group A: 1. Brooklyn Hedley, Rapid City, 2. Rylee Paterson, Erickson.

Group B: 1. L a u r e n R o s l i n g , Neepawa, 2. Justin McKee, Rapid City.

•Overall Intermediate Showmanship - Mar-Dee Enterprises (Neepawa) Lauren Rosling, Neepawa •Junior Showmanship Archie McNair Memorial 1.C a r s on B a ker, Nee paw a , 2. M a d i s y n Robertson - Neepawa.

• C l o v e r b u d Showmanship Penno’s Machining & Manufacturing Ltd. 1. E a s t on Pat er s on , Erickson, 2. Zane Finlay, Rapid City.

Showmanship Final Beautiful Plains Agricultural Society Hanna Popp, Erickson.

Group of 3 Competition •Steers: 1st - Neepawa, 2nd - Erickson •Heifers: 1st - Rapid City, 2nd - Erickson.

Team Grooming Competition •Pr ize SponsorsGreenbush Angus and HardRock Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. 1s t -T h i j s Va n d e Langemheen, RebeccaLy n n Peder sen, E r ic Schultz, Easton Paterson; 2nd-Wyatt Inglis, Cora Baker, Eden Pearson, Blake Rosling.

Beginning Beef Project •Champion Beginning Beef Calf: D & G Enterprises (Franklin) Zane Finlay, Rapid City.

Yearling Heifer Classes •Champion Simmental Yearling Heifer - Neepawa Vet Clinic Jason Shultz, Neepawa •Reser ve Champion Simmental Yearly Heifer Josie Pedersen, Neepawa.

• Champion A ng us Yearling Heifer - Brookmore Angus of Brookdale ThijsvandeLangemheen,

Rapid City.

•Reser ve Champion Angus Yearling Heifer Max Baker, Neepawa.

•Champion Shorthorn Yearling Heifer - Little Valley Livestock (Inglis Family) Brooklyn Hedley Rapid City.

•Reser ve Champion Shorthorn Yearling Heifer Sierra Inglis, Rapid City •Champion Crossbred or Other Breed Yearling Heifer – Neepawa Fat Stock Assoc.

Madisyn Robertson, Neepawa.

•Reser ve Champion Crossbred or Other Breed Yearling Heifer Wyatt Inglis, Rapid City.

•Champion 4H Progeny Yearling Heifer - McManus Simmentals Brooklyn Hedley, Rapid City.

•Reserve Champion 4H Progeny Yearling Heifer: Lauren Rosling, Neepawa.

•Best Homeg row n Yearling Heifer - Chicken Corral Restaurant Jason Schultz, Neepawa.

• Grand Cha mpion Yearling Heifer - Clare Larson Memorial Jason Shultz, Neepawa.

•Reserve Grand Champion Yearling Heifer

- Gladstone Vet Clinic Brooklyn Hedley, Rapid City.

•Two Year Old Heifer With Calf At Foot - Frankie Parayeski Memorial 1. Cora Baker, Neepawa, 2. Sierra Inglis, Rapid City.

•Supreme Female - JAS Red Angus (Doug & Jason McLaren - Neepawa) Cora Baker, Neepawa.

•Reser ve Supreme Female - JMB Charolias Brookdale Jason Schultz, Neepawa.

Market steer weight classes •975 - 1187 lbs 1. K e i r a A r c h b u t t , Erickson, 2. Josie Pedersen, Neepawa.

•1250 - 1280 lbs 1. A n j a Va n d e Langemheen, Rapid City, 2.

Thijs Van de Langemheen, Rapid City.

•1292 – 1360 lbs 1. Rebecc a-Ly n ne Pedersen, Neepawa, 2.

Hanna Popp, Erickson.

•1370 – 1411 lbs 1. Madisyn Robertson, Neepawa, 2. Madison Teichroeb, Neepawa.

•1425 - 1542 lbs 1. Wyatt Inglis, Rapid City, 2. Blake Rosling, Neepawa.

•4H Progeny Steers: 1008

- 1477 lbs 1. Rachel Chemerika, Erickson, 2. Eden Pearson, Erickson.

KeystoneSimmental Association Award •Highest gaining steer; with Simmental influence Carson Baker, Neepawa, 3.57 lbs/day.

•Best Home Grown Steer - Dallas & Lynn Johnston Blake Rosling, Neepawa.

• G r a nd C h a m p ion Market Steer-Neepawa Gladstone Co-op Wyatt Inglis, Rapid City.

•Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer - Heartland Livestock Brandon Madisyn Robertson, Neepawa.

•Stall competition – BMO (Neepawa), Judge - Bob Durston 1st - Erickson, 2nd Rapid City.

•2017 Neepawa& District 4H Fat Stock Scholarship Winners R achel Chemer i k a, Erickson; Thijs Van de Langemheen, Rapid City.

•Pay-W hat-You-P u l l ticket winners 1st-Cliff Penno, Rivers, 2nd - Irene Kopeechuk, Erickson.

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The find of the week was a three inch silver pocket knife. Ed collected pocket knives, of all sizes, and I have been giving them to a daughter as they surface. With every handful, she shakes her head, takes them, but they are not the little silver one she is looking for. So, this week, in a box of mixed treasures were two more pocket knives, a silver one and a white one. In the same storage unit were several of the first books she had written.

One was a hard cover, dedicated to her first nephew, all about school. Boys were bullies and when she grew up they would get theirs! The other was an alphabet book, also dedicated to her nephew. I appreciated their content and intent but her copyright laws were threatening. ‘Punishable by jail.

And I mean it.’ I packaged up her books,

the knives and some early (very good) poetry and sent it to her. I could hardly wait for her to receive it, and her response was exactly what I imagined. (the silver pocket knife was one she had given her father one Christmas.

It was a long standing inside joke for themnot going to tell you about that jack knife I giving you for Christmas).

Still not ready to discard the scrap book with my ‘art’ from grades seven and eight.

My pitiful attempts at form and colour have comforted my children and grandchildren.

I may yet have a chance to show my great grands that their projects absolutely shine in compassion to mine!

I have long been a royalist. There are scrapbooks of royal visits from back in the 1950’s, articles and pictures cut out of newspapers and pasted into volumes of

books. That interest lasted a long time, I have magazines of Charles and Di, and I was most fond of the Queen Mum. I think I can find a place on the shelves for that box.

The old adage is – the more you have the more you have to look after. I am thankful that I was finally ready to part with duplicate shop tools, and thankful they found a good home. That cleared up counter space!

Discarded rug pieces, broken hoes and rakes- didn’t even keep the handles! Miss a burning pile for I have bits of wood that I can’t throw out but I could burn! Slowly I am finding what I am looking for when I head to the back garage. Another week or two and it may look like I know what I am doing. Thought of setting up more shelving units, but that means that I keep more stuff, and that’s not my game plan.

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Thank you A very special thank you to the many volunteers, to those who donated food and to the community for the huge support of the RCC Hockey Camp.

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Rivers Rams Rugby team would like to show their appreciation to the Rivers and Area Community Foundation for their $1000 grant that was used to purchase the team's first ever jerseys! The team appreciates the support of the Foundation with this being the second grant that they have generously made. Thanks again for the funds toward our uprights purchased last year.

Thank You To the Rivers Comets for a wonderful season of entertainment.

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CATP Air Museum spreads its wings On Aug. 9, the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum held an open house and air show at the Brandon Airport

A Harvard Mark III, built in 1952 put on a great display.

PHOTOS BY KEN AND CHRISTINE WADDELL

Pictured together are a Stearman CFENG piloted by Jeff Bell (left) and Stearman CFVFB piloted by Colin Craddock (right) as they awaited their turn in the skies.

The bright orange Stearman lays down a smoke trail.

The Stearman coming in for a landing. These old planes glide in almost silently as they touch down.

P i c t u r e d r i g h t : Pe t e r Moodie, Chief Pilot for the C ATPM presented a photo to honour Jack Widdicombe, a World War II pilot. Widdicombe recently flew a Tiger Moth at the Russell Fly In Breakfest.

Born on May 21, 1921 at a farm near Foxwarren Manitoba in the RM of Bir tle, Widdicombe graduated from Foxwarren Collegiate Institute and entered Agriculture at the University of Manitoba. He also joined the Army Officers Training Corps, deciding to join the RCAF in 1942 under the BCATP. Widdicombe trained in Canada in Prince Albert and Saskatoon, where he obtained his wings, in the Tiger Moth and Cessna Crane. In 1943 he continued flight training in Britain in Wellington, Halifax and finally the Lancaster.

Widdicombe spent one year flying technicians to and from radio and radar installations with an Oxford twin engine aircraft. He later attained the rank of Flight Lieutenant.

Widdicombe also flew “leaflet drops” over France in Lancaster as part of his training, and has flown on 23 war operations over Europe. After VE Day, he returned to Gander with a Lancaster. He and his crew were supposed to be on their way to the Pacific front, however by the time they arrived in Gander, the war in the Pacific was over as well. In 1946 Widdicombe bought his parents’ farm, farming there for 50 years until 1996. He then retired to Russel Manitoba, and is now an avid golfer, having won numerous gold medals including at the Canadian Seniors while at the age of 95 in Brampton, Ontario.

Ed Moon, Trojan owner and pilot, is outlined by a hazy empty sky as he waits his turn for a fly by.

T-28 Trojan Aircraft CFRWG touched down after its flight.

John McNarry, museum president cranked the Harvard’s electrical system to fire up the plane’s engine.