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Dry conditions affecting yields and pastures across Manitoba.

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.

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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 volunteer Yvonne project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest PHOTO BY MICAH WADDELL 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.

The level of efficiency granted by the modern equipment available in today’s agricultural market is a valuable asset for all farmers. This 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 field north of Rolling RiversRiver was School harvested swiftly and efficiently onnot Tuesday, canoe could hosted aAugust poor boy 21. floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged Division so much, the with an intent to f ill it with be portaged across the street to tournament in which to play, credit but this group of students students to leave product in the canoe;sufficient 87 poundspreof food Zion and Church (home of River-to develop, athletes hadbut to paydry with food for certainly non-perishables. Although tinue that received averagetheyields good continued last deserves week insome thepraise.

Manitoba Agriculture campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger per 22. are starting cipitation. Roughly, quality.idea Majority spring area, withdates, somesort and group on Thursday,50 March carried of bags, boxes andconditions garbage canvassed Rivers, to Oak Swan River Valley help check expiry Rivers Bannerby that class, the original cerealmade crops have been har- effect both head and cob f ields harvested. Many cent of alfalfa stands around came from a suggestion Grain and cattle produvested, with several produ- fill. Pastures are showing the spring wheat fields in the Ste. Dauphin and Ste. Rose will by harvest volunteer Liliane cers alike are watching Dupuis. the cers swathing to aid in crop impact of heavy grazing and Rose, Dauphin and Roblin not be harvested, due to minheard the at adown. meet- Yields reported dry conditions. Some produ- areas were harvested over imal regrowth. Hay is being feelings.

If ideadry skies with mixed “I ing insome Brandon.

Augustine it rains, it may bring re- St.are School had tried Fill aaverage, Canoe with good qual- cers have started feeding on the weekend – no word of cut in low-lying areas. Cereal lief to pasture growth but willwithity higher protein levels pasture. Several producers yield or fusarium issues as silage harvest continues with in conjunction theand 10-day unharvested do little to help Festival du Voyaguer Winyear. Canola crops talking about feed and straw of yet. Field peas are ap- yields reported as average to theninlast in February.are It was very and several fields shortages. Dugouts are about proximately 95% harvested, above average. Pastures in crops. A very nipeg dry summer turning successful and whenever I hear swathed. Earliest 50 per cent full. is causing less than normal are being with no yield reports. Late the Dauphin and Ste. Rose bank, my always perk crop yields whilefood pastures areearsharvest seeded peas expected to be areas are in poor condition fields are reporting up!” dried up and hayShe crops harvested this week. Can- and dugouts levels estimated slightly below average yield Northwest Region thenare brought the sugThe canoe at Rivers Harvest has begun in the yielding well below gestionnormal to Riverdale Harvest, ola swathing started, with at 40 to 50 per cent full. with good quality.

Flax crops Elementary School was which supported the and but levels. the exception of The Pas, Pasture conditions rated fair areidea turning harvesting adequately filled. region, except for in The Pas. Photo by Heather Gray asked her to present the promo-

Southwest Region Dry warm conditions over the past week continued to ripen crop prematurely.

The harvest of winter wheat and fall rye continues with

has not occurred yet. Soybeans are in the pod fill stage and are suffering from the hot dry conditions. Some areas are seeing leaf drop and drying out of top pods.

Sunflowers and corn con-

Good harvest conditions this week, with some cooler nighttime temperatures and no rainfall. Very dry conditions continue in the Ste. Rose area. Pre-harvest treatments on spring wheat

where canola is just starting to turn colour. Soybeans are mostly at the R5 to R7 stages. Flax in the Roblin area is approximately 60 per cent ripe. Second cut hay harvest continues in areas

to good for Roblin and Swan River and dugout levels estimated at to 100 per cent full.

See more on on crop conditions on page 5

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Hay, theres and problem

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t’s been a dry summer, after a winter that didn’t see a lot of snowfall and another dry summer last year.

For livestock and forage producers, this prolonged dry spell has meant that hay crops are down, way down.

Across the western part of the province, where the drought has been most pronounced, hay crops are down as much as 3/4 in some places. I know producers whose hay fields yielded close to 1/10th of what they usually produce.

If you can find them, most large round bales are advertised for $85 to $100 a bale and anyone who hasn’t secured this winter’s hay could be in big trouble. Listings are sparse and the provincial government’s hay listing service has only 11 postings. There, prices are running as high as $0.08/lb, or $120 per 1,500 lb bale, for an alfalfa/brome mix. A hay survey released by Manitoba Agriculture this January found that in 2017, the cost of beef quality hay fluctuated between $0.038 and $0.041/lb.

This year, low per acre yields collided with a decadelong trend, which has seen fewer acres in hay production. According to Statistics Canada data, since 2000, a declining number of acres of hay have been both seeded and harvested. Last year saw a marked decrease in both areas, compared to the previous five years.

While the number of acres in hay production has been declining, overall production had remained relatively steady, thanks to higher productivity per acre. In 2017,

MY PERSPECTIVE

Kate Jackman-Atkinson the average was 1.9 metric tonnes per acre, compared to the previous five year average of 1.61 metric tonnes per acre. Driving around the country, lots of hay fields are being broken up, destined to grow higher value cereals and pulse crops. But this year, lower acres and unusually low production have created a perfect storm for the livestock industry. To make matters worse, the low levels of precipitation impacted pastures too, meaning producers will likely have to start feeding hay earlier than in previous years.

In 2016, provincial Agriculture minister Ralph Eichler announced an ambitious goal of growing the province’s cattle herd to pre-BSE levels by 2026. At the time of the announcement, the provincial beef cattle herd was about 400,000 animals, the target would almost double it, to 750,000 animals. The province seems oblivious to the situation facing producers as they enter winter.

On July 27, the provincial government issued a press

release announcing “Provincial services available for producers affected by dry conditions”. The release didn’t so much offer assistance as let producers know about things they should already have been doing. For example, the release reminded producers about tools and resources, including: making use of alternate feeding strategies, such as straw, grain, green feed and other crops; using the Manitoba Hay Listing service; forage and pasture management; and livestock production.

Government programs, such as trucking assistance, have historically been common at times like this. If the government doesn’t want to provide assistance to the industry, that’s fine, but then they shouldn’t pretend that growing the cattle herd is a priority. Without assistance, producers will cull and they’ll cull hard. Those most impacted will be the very people the industry desperately needs, younger, less established producers, with a lower land base and not enough assets, including over-year hay, to get through these tight times with their herds intact.

Those who don’t cull will be thinking seriously about the number of heifers they retain as replacements and the expected lower prices will cause many producers to question their long-term involvement in the industry.

A year like this will have a profound impact on the growth of the province’s cattle industry, pretending otherwise won’t change those facts.

Do we need a bigger vision?

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s we creep slowly towards the 2018 municipal elections, do we need to set a larger vision for our communities? Do we need to aim higher, run farther, build bigger?

I believe we do and some of the initiatives that we need to pursue aren’t that expensive. Some just take a shift in thinking. If some of the examples are Neepawa-centred, I apologize to the many other towns covered by the Banner. I have said before, both by spoken word that and in print, that the community of Neepawa grows more in spite of its council and than because of it. I have also said that Neepawa council is the place where good ideas go to die.

The examples are meant to illustrate the obvious need for initiative.

Here’s one blatant example. In the middle of downtown Neepawa, there is a patch of pavement with a couple of pieces of junk on it and a broken down chain link fence around it. It is affectionately called a skateboard park. It is rarely used. Perhaps the disuse is due to a lack of interest on the part of kids, but it’s more likely because the park has no equipment and unexciting? It has been that way for several years. It would take two people about a day to tear down the fence and clean up the site. Why has it not happened? Is the Town that short of staff or money? “Everybody,” says it should be cleaned up but “Nobody” does it.

Looking at what might be a bigger project, namely the surface condition of the streets, why has there never been a plan brought forward to systematic-

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Ken Waddell ally re-surface all the streets? It has been an election platform forever. It has been asked for, but little happens.

Having served two times as mayor of Neepawa (1998-2002 and 2012-2014), I know full well it has been discussed and requested, but still, there is no integrated street plan.

Here’s another issue. When I became mayor for the second time, we were presented with a series of photos showing how bad the manhole accesses to the sewage lines were. To say they were crumbling and very dangerous was an understatement. Council did ask that they all be made safe and hopefully, they were.

What the relatively simple manhole project illustrates is that staff need to bring a plan to council, discuss it, make a decision and then ask for implementation. If anything has been lacking in the Town of Neepawa, it is the fact that for 30 years or more, there has been a lack of plan development by staff.

That is shifting, as the new sewer line and the lagoon work is a definite big step in the right direction.

The recent shift in garbage and recycling pick up is now starting to improve, but was a disaster for about a year.

Earlier this summer, Neepawa went through a rigorous public meeting about cemetery maintenance. To keep the Neepawa cemetery at the level it has been at is quite expensive. That said, it is still a beautiful place, but there have been literally dozens of suggestions over the last 20 years and I can’t see that any of them have been implemented.

Suggestions, such as automated trickle irrigation, mulching, container gardening and an elevated training program for student staff have been largely ignored. Was it staff or council that killed the initiatives? I am not sure, but the way the Neepawa cemetery is run will likely have to change. It would be nice if changes at the cemetery, and elsewhere were, by design and not by default.

And therein lies the problem for every town. There will have to be changes.

Will it come by design or by default?

That choice is in our hands this fall, as change will come. Will we determine our specific town’s future or will we just sit back and hope for the best? Trust me, I have been in business and public life for over 50 years and we better be working by design, because default mode leads to the decline and death of our communities.

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August 20-24: Daily Vacation Bible Camp @ Rivers United Church Sept. 4: Riverdale municipal council meeting 6 pm Sept. 4: Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary meeting, upper hall, 7 p.m.

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

Sept. 12: Rivers & Area Game and Fish meeting 6:30 Sept. 15: Harvest Fest/ C of C Show & Shine Sept. 16: Terry Fox Run (38th annual) Sept. 18: Chamber of Commerce meeting Lee’s 12 noon Sept. 18: Riverdale municipal council meeting 6 pm Sept. 19: Rivers Lions Club meeting, Redsper 7 pm Sept. 20: Rivers 50 Plus Club meeting/ games, Civic Centre, 2 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. 2: Riverdale municipal council meeting 6 pm Oct. 3: Rivers Lions Club meeting, Lee’s Restaurant 7pm Oct. 10: Rivers & Area Game and Fish meeting 6:30pm

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Home Bodies

By Rita Friesen Moving on up

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Name: Marian Heijmans Birthday: February 14, 1970 Occupation: Work at Super Thrifty First job: Picking strawberries Hobbies: Gardening and walking trails In Rivers/Rapid City/Oak River since: August 2012 Where do you live? North of Rivers.

Hometown: Oosteind (in the Netherlands) Where did you attend school? In the Netherlands Dream Vacation Spot: Hawaii Favourite Food: Chocolate Favourite holiday: I’m not a real holiday person.

Favourite Song or Artist: Bruce Springsteen Favourite Sports Team: Winnipeg Jets Favourite Animal: Dogs, chickens, and our alpacas and horse.

Favourite TV show: The Voice and I also like to watch movies.

Favourite Actor/Actress: Brad Pitt.

When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up? Work in health care which is what I did for 20 years in the Netherlands.

Where am I?

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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

have never wanted to sit at the front of the bus, the front pew in the church, or the front row in the theatre. I am okay not being at the head of a line, am okay with waiting. Life events are pushing me to the front of the life line. I am the matriarch, the wise one, the elder. –some of that is tongue-in-cheek!

There are five wonderful little people that know me as ‘great gran’. I love it. Geographically we are not close, and they have aunts and uncles and grandparents that love them to bits, so I am the extra. This week I get to spend time with some of them, playing and being.

I am a great aunt as well. The ‘Marie’ name is being shared by one more lass in the family. My maternal grandmother was Marie, I am Rita Marie, a niece is Sheila Marie, and now a great niece is Lucy Marie. A fine heritage.

I wonder at why this makes me feel old. I still walk and bike and laugh and love. Perhaps it is all the changes that come with every generation. This whole new baby thing.

My generation swaddled their babes for several weeks, now

a little one that is days old is passed around the family circle without even a receiving blanket keeping them together.

I know its summer, but a blanket was a bit of support and security, I thought. More than one baby slept in a dresser drawer for a few weeks. Now the nursery is designer styled, colour co-ordinated, parents’ often knowing the gender before the baby arrives. I recall the faithful umbrella stroller, collapsible, wobbly, but a godsend by the time the child was to heavy to tote all day. State of the art strollers, mini cars, almost, safe and study, heavy and someone my age needs a manual to operate, and magnifying glasses to read the manual.

I love technology; for my grandchildren are faithful about keeping me in the loop with the advances of their children.

The oldest two are in school already. I get videos of bath time, first fish caught, sisters loving each other. And I am blessed. Blessed that I care and am cared for.

I was talking to my very favourite sister-in-law this week. She is 86 and her heath could be better. Her faith is strong, her love for family inspirational, and her resiliency and determination an encouragement. We spoke of this getting older, and she was delighted to tell me that she had just become a great, great grandmother. Her daughter is a great grandma. I asked her how that all made her feel.

With a laugh she replied, old, really, really old!

I have always believed in fair play. Taking turns and stepping up to responsibilities. And so, with a brave face, I move to the head of the line. Inside, I am kicking and screaming all the way!

One small step—one giant footprint FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein

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uring my time in Prince George, BC, I spent four months as Minister-in-Residence at St. Giles’ Presbyterian Church. I was filling in for their minister who was on medical leave.

Just prior to the first service on a chilly February Sunday, I was approached by some members of their Ladies’ group.

“Please announce that we will no longer be using Styrofoam cups for our Sunday coffee hour,” they said. “We want to reduce the amount of trash we produce each week.”

That was 30 years ago—and the congregation was very supportive of the decision. Additional volunteers showed up during the early service to help set out the coffee urns and ceramic mugs. Others stayed behind to help wash the mugs and put everything away. By working together, they reduced the number of Styrofoam cups taken to the PG landfill by roughly 125 per week.

By itself, this small act did little to reduce the gross tonnage of waste that the whole city produced—but that wasn’t the point.

The city’s landfill was nearing capacity. City Council had asked residents and businesses to reduce the amount of trash they produced. This was one part of that church’s response to the city’s request and it was implemented immediately.

What these people didn’t realize was the impact that their example would have on their guest minister. I didn’t realize it myself until a few weeks ago when I thought of this event.

Now don’t get me wrong. As you know, I grew up on a mixed farm in central Alberta. My mom was reducing, reusing and recycling long before it became fashionable. We washed and reused everything—tin foil, bread bags and anything else made of plastic or glass. Christmas wrapping paper was carefully removed from gifts, folded and put away until the following year. My mom was a child of the Great Depression; these activities were second nature to her.

We weren’t organic farmers, but we believed in using organic fertilizer. Every year I spent an entire week hauling that fertilizer out of our corrals, from behind the barn, and wherever else I could find it—one spreader load at a time, until the whole job was done. My dad spent hours in his fields, looking for places where the crop wasn’t as good as it could have been. Those were the places to which the organic fertil-

izer (cow and pig manure) was taken. One application made a significant difference in the amount of grain we harvested from those plots the following year.

As a farm boy, I was taught to revere, respect and care for the land—because it was our source of food. We knew that if we took good care of the land, it would take good care of us. That hasn’t changed. Today, it is even more important for every person to do what he or she can to help look after this planet on which we live.

I have no argument with government initiatives that promote responsible use of the earth’s resources. But legislators set policy. They don’t do the work. The work is done by ordinary people like you and me who choose to care for our world like our parents cared for theirs.

Each of us must decide how we will practice and promote environmental stewardship. Ours may be one small step; but when combined with those of others, it will help create one giant footprint of change, the effects of which will be felt long after we have returned to the earth ourselves.

First annual Best ball

August 19 saw 37 ladies hit the golf course in our first annual best ball foursome tournament. We were so pleased to have four local teams, three Brandon teams, one team from Neepawa and one from Souris. First place winners were: Angela Mowbury, Jill Henderson, Jessica Bell and Daniel Bell of Neepawa with a score of 70. Closest to the pin was Angie Lau - Rivers, at 22 ft. Longest drive - Janice Worth - Rivers. Longest putt - Shelley Anderson - Rivers at 4t ft. A delicious cold plate meal was served by our club house Manager, Gayle Bullee. Support from our local merchants was greatly appreciated. A great time was had by all.

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Conserving our wetlands Rivers Rams Rugby grateful to Rapid City family knows the importance of land use

Rivers and Area Community foundation

Sarah McLeod Rivers Banner

In the Fall of 2017 Rivers Rams Rugby started their first season of Rugby 7s girls high school league! This was very exciting for the entire school division. Rolling River had never entered a team in this format of the sport.

Coach Katherine Muirhead was thrilled to offer this version to ladies in grades 9-12. As a co-op sport for the first season students came from Minnedosa Collegiate, Erickson Collegiate and Elton Collegiate (Forrest) to play SUBMITTED PHOTO in our backyard of Rivers Valerie and Tom Northam stand beside one of the wetlands at their Rapid City Collegiate! area farm. As part of a conservation agreement with Ducks Unlimited Canada, To prepare the team for the couple is restoring eight wetlands and protecting another 20. league play, a grant was submitted in 2016 to purchase rounding habitat. The graze. For them, though, Ian Hitchen uprights for the pitch. Rivers agreement is permanent, this isn’t about the money.

Ducks Unlimited Canada and Area Community Founremaining even if the land Tom says their conservadation contributed $2500 to To say their land is is sold, but there’s f lex- tion agreement strikes the the purchase of such. Rivers important to Tom and ibility to allow for haying, right balance between Youth Soccer has allowed the Valerie Northam would grazing, and cultivation nature and agriculture. team to utilize their West field be an understatement. of certain wetlands dur- “You’re protecting the for Fall play. Volunteers are To them, they and their ing dry periods. wetlands for the future, preparing the pitch for our The 30 Signed land are one. The Rapid and it provides income.” very first home tournament A growing number of T he wet la nd s on t he City area couple’s home is on land that has been Ma n itoba la ndow ner s family’s property have farmed by Tom’s family are signing conservation provided fond memories agreements with DUC. and enriched their lives. for nearly 90 years.

Wildlife a delight As a boy, Tom enjoyed Last year alone, more The marshes and their trips to the local swim- than 30 signed up and ming hole, and biked to protected about 7,000 habitat br ing w i ld l ife local marshes to watch acres (2,832 hectares) of that delight the family— song birds in the reeds. habitat. While payments duc k s , g e e s e, e a g le s , Valerie home schooled vary, last year the average cranes, pelicans, owls, three of their four sons, landowner payment for a moose, deer, and even and their property was conservation agreement bears. Plus, the shallow their outdoor classroom. was $92,000. basins provide livestock at The eldest son now studNow, more landowners their farm with water duries biology and chemistry will get the same chance ing drought, and prevents at university. “Some day, to restore nature as DUC f looding of downstream who knows, maybe our ha s recent ly received neighbours by slowing sons will have it,” says funding for wetland res- runoff. The Northams’ Valerie, referring to their toration through theLake conservation work with farm. “But the thing is, W i n n ipeg Ba si n P ro - DUC will directly benefit we want to protect it no g ram. DUC current ly their farm too, as they matter what.” The North- pays landowners $1,500 intend to buy a tractor ams are among the latest per acre when they sign a with the incentive payManitoba landowners to 10-year wetland restora- ments they receive. But access DUC programs tion agreement. Ponds it’s stewardship that really that help them restore and and marshes are restored motivates the couple. As conserve natural areas by plugg ing d ra inage landowners, they believe on their property while ditches with small, natur- they’re responsible for earning extra money. The al-looking earthen dams. preserving nature and encouple is working with Incentives are greater for courage others to do the DUC to return parts of landowners if restoration same. “Together, we can their property to a nat- is done with a conserva- all make a difference. I ural state by restoring tion agreement. As part know that may sound like drained wetlands, in their of their agreement, the a speech, but it’s true,” case as part of a DUC Northams are restoring Va ler ie says. Wester n conservation agreement. eight wetlands covering Ma n itoba la ndow ner s Under DUC’s Conserva- more than nine acres interested in work ing tion Agreement program, (nearly four hectares). with DUC can contact landowners receive a one- They’ll permanently pro- its Brandon office at 204time lump sum payment tect another 20 basins, 729-3500. if they agree not to break and preserve some grassor drain wetlands or sur- land where their livestock

this season!

In 2017 the team applied to the Foundation for their assistance in purchasing jerseys for their team. These jerseys will be worn in the Fall season and then worn alternate games (with Rams pride) in the Spring play of high school 15s play on the Minnedosa Chancellors team. Readers may remember that 11 talented ladies travelled to Minnedosa to comprise almost half the team that won league and provincial titles for the second year in a row.

Taryn Luhowy, Sports Director at RCI says, "The interest in rugby at this time is largely due to the success seen by fellow students. We only have approximately 45 female students in our school, 15 of whom played rugby (33 per cent of the female population)."

Team player and returning grade 11 student Miriam Lade wants the Foundation and community to know that "...I think it's really awesome that we now have our own

team and jerseys. The jerseys will represent our town and our school which I think will make our hometown pride so much stronger!"

As you can see the team is very grateful to RACF for their $1000 grant!

The community will have a chance to cheer on their team at home in Rivers on Thursday , September 27, from 1-5 at the Rivers Quarry Sports Park. Teams from Souris, Dauphin, Vincent Massey and Crocus Plains in Brandon will join Rivers for one of four "jamborees" that accumulate points for the high school league title.

Rivers is defending a second place finish from last year and going for gold this year!

Please come out and cheer our Rams on and learn what this sport is all about! Thanks again to the Foundation for being a big part of bringing it to Rivers. It truly takes a community (foundation) to help raise a child!

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Manitoba crop report continued Northwest Region Harvest has begun in the region, except for in The Pas. Good harvest conditions this week, with some cooler nighttime temperatures and no rainfall.

Very dry conditions continue in the Ste. Rose area.

Pre-harvest treatments on spring wheat continued last week in the Swan Valley area, with some fields harvested. Many spring wheat fields in the Ste. Rose, Dauphin and Roblin areas were harvested over the weekend – no word of yield or fusarium issues as of yet. Field peas are approximately 95 per cent harvested, with no yield reports. Late seeded peas expected to be harvested this week. Canola swathing started, with the exception of The Pas, where canola is just starting to turn colour. Soybeans are mostly at the R5 to R7 stages. Flax in the Roblin area is approximately 60 per cent ripe. Second cut hay harvest continues in areas that received sufficient precipitation. Roughly, 50 per cent of alfalfa stands around Dauphin and Ste. Rose will not be harvested, due to minimal regrowth. Hay is being cut in low-lying areas.

Cereal silage harvest continues with yields reported as average to above average.

Pastures in the Dauphin and Ste. Rose areas are in poor condition and dugouts levels estimated at 40 to 50 per cent full. Pasture conditions

rated fair to good for Roblin and Swan River and dugout levels estimated at 80 to 100 per cent full.

Central Region Warm and dry weather continues, providing favourable harvest conditions. Night temperatures were moderate to cool providing some relief to the later maturing crops.

Harvest yields reported are variable, with higher yields on western side of region on the escarpment where moisture was not as limited.

Winter cereals harvest is completed. Yield ranges reported are 30 to 80 bu/ac for winter wheat and 40 to 90 bu/ac for hybrid rye with good quality reported. Field peas harvest is mostly complete with yields reported as 30 to 80 bu/ac with good quality. Spring wheat harvest has progressed, with some producers finished.

Yield range reported are 40 to 90 bu/ac with good grade, protein levels and low fusarium damage. Oats fields are ripe and swathing or direct harvesting occurring. The earliest fields reported yield range of 70 to 120 bu/ac. Barley harvest is mostly complete, reported yield range is 60 to 100 bu/ac with good bushel weight and low fusarium.

Harrowing of cereal straw is occurring as fields are harvested, but other tillage is limited until sufficient precipitation occurs. Corn

is in grain filling and dough stage, but suffering from the lack of moisture. Sunflower in R6 to R7 stage and starting to dry down. Soybeans are in the full seed (R6) to beginning maturity (R7) stages and most advanced in the Red River valley.

Moisture stress is evident, with premature ripening.

Canola fields are maturing rapidly and being prepared for harvesting. Earliest harvested fields reported with yield range of 30 to 50 bu/ ac in Altona to Somerset areas. Flax bolls develop complete with as much as 80 per cent of brown bolls reported. Some swathing is occurring. Edible bean fields are maturing prematurely and fields are turning rapidly. Irrigation continues on potato fields.

Some potato fields have been desiccated to terminate top-growth ahead of harvest. Pasture conditions continue to deteriorate from dry weather. Hay yields below normal. To help make up for the hay crop shortfall, roadside ditches and dried up sloughs are being cut. High nitrate levels in green feed were reported in the Gladstone area due to the dry conditions. More cereal straw than usual being baled to make up for the forage shortfall. Livestock producers are sourcing alternative feed sources to meet their needs. Livestock water supply considered adequate, but dugout water

levels estimated at less than 40 per cent full.

Eastern Region Past week was hot and dry with no notable rainfall. Soil moisture conditions rated as 50 per cent adequate and 50 per cent short in northern and central areas; in southern area soil moisture rated as 50 per cent short and 50 per cent very short. Crop stress due to lack of moisture evident in soybeans, corn and sunf lowers. Almost 90% of spring wheat harvested, with reported yield range of 50 to 70 bu/ac with good quality and protein. 70 per cent of oats acres harvested, with reported yields range of 80 to 130 bu/ac. Some reports of lower than average yields and bushel weights due to a lack of rain noted in southern and central areas.

Canola swathing and preharvest spraying completed with 5 per cent of acres being combined. Soybean in the R6 growth stage in northern part of region, except for very short season varieties which were in R7. In drier, central and southern areas, soybeans were in ver y late R6 or had moved to R7. Soybeans prematurely ripening due to dry conditions. Sunf lower growth stages ranged from mid to late R7 to early R8. Wilting of lower sunflower leaves on hot days noted. Corn ranges from early/mid dough to early dent stage and ad-

vancing rapidly in the drier areas. Lower leaf wilting and die back evident. Hay and pasture land moisture conditions rated as 50 per cent short and 50 per cent very short. Pasture conditions were rated as 30 per cent fair, 40 per cent poor and 30 per cent very poor.

Livestock producers are 90 per cent done haying. More straw than normal baled as producers are short of hay and pastures are drying up fast. Some producers

supplementing with hay on pasture. Some dugouts have gone dry and producers are moving livestock to pastures with water. Winter feed supplies of hay, straw and greenfeed rated as inadequate with the feed grain supply rate as about 80 per cent adequate. The availability of livestock water is 80 per cent adequate, 20 per cent inadequate. Dugouts estimated to be 20 per cent full.

RM of Oakview council notes August 9/18 Expression of Interest applications for funding for the next five years were to be submitted by August 10, 2018 to the province for priority infrastructure projects for the next five years and projects to be applied for were reviewed Council approved a request from Darcy Robins for a noise by-law extension for Saturday, August 11, 2018 until 2 a.m. at his residence in Rapid City to have a live band for a birthday party.

Rapid City rink – it was noted that no grant funding for the rink was obtained. A contractor reviewed the work required in the rink and Councillor Reynolds updated council on information received. The information is to be reviewed with our development officer.

Councillor Hyndman updated Council in regards to work done at the Rapid City landfill and reported on the Four Winds Waste Management meeting he attended in Sandy Lake on August 7, 2018.

A concern in regards to maintenance at the Rapid City cemetery was brought to the attention of council.

A draft Rapid City cemetery by-law is to be reviewed and the costs of perpetual care discussed.

This fall remember that getting behind slow moving farm equipment for two miles is the equivalent to waiting at two stop lights in the city.

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Modern farm equipment is a wonderful thing, allowing farmers and their harvest crews to make digital logs of each field, taking down valuable information such as average moisture content and bushels per acre. Here the combine and the hopper match speed and continue to harvest as the combine unloads.

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August 24, 1983 Harvesting in this area began early this year with grain deliveries to both elevators (United Grain Grow-

ers and Cargill limited) in July. Now estimated to be 30 per cent completed , it is expected that (depending on the minimum of inclement weather) farmers could be finished harvesting by the first week of September.

High temperatures - in the 90’s (F) from mid July and into August, has hastened grain ripening, although the hot weather caused shrinkage in grain kernels.

“Crops are coming in fast now,” said Ron Radford, UGG Manager. “We have already taken in about

30,000 bushels of wheat,” he said.

August 23, 1973 The official opening ceremonies of the new bicycle plant, Sekine Canada Limited at Oo-Za-We-Kwun Centre, will take place Sept, 8, beginning with a tour of the plant at 2:00 p.m. The Town of Rivers, RM of Daly, Oo-Za-We-Kwun Centre and Rivers Chamber of Commerce will host some 200 guests at a reception in the former officers’ mess at 3:00 p.m., followed by a

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August 22, 1963 Opening of the deer season in Manitoba will be nine to 12 days later than usual as a result of the Kimball firearms safety inquiry. In announcing the dates for the big game season, Hon. C. H. Whitney, minister of mines and natural resources, said other highlights of the 1963 regulations included the establishment of a special early deer season along the Winnipeg river in eastern Manitoba, and a provision for party hunting for moose.

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RIVERDALE MUNICIPALITY NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, and 18th, 2018 Between 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at: 1) The R.M. of Oakview municipal office at 10 Cochrane Street in Oak River, MB and 2) The R.M. of Oakview satellite office at 435-3rd Avenue in Rapid City, MB

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the following days:

Rural Municipality of OAKVIEW

NOMINATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING WILL BE RECEIVED: • Reeve for the R.M. of Oakview • Two (2) Councillors at large for Ward 1 of the R. M. of Oakview (formerly the Town of Rapid City) • Two (2) Councillors at large for Ward 2 of the R. M. of Oakview (formerly the R.M. of Saskatchewan) • Two(2) Councillors at large for Ward 3 of the R. M. of Oakview (formerly the R.M. of Blanshard) • Three (3) Committee members for the Local Urban District of Oak River • Three (3) Committee members for the Local Urban District of Rapid City (formerly the Town of Rapid City)

The nomination deadline is September 18th, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

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All nominations shall be made in writing and shall be signed by at least twenty-five voters, or NOT less than 1% of the voters (whichever is the lesser) of the authority or ward (as the case may be), but in all cases by at least two voters. Each nomination shall also be accompanied by the candidate’s declaration of qualification.

Nominations may be filed in person at the above locations, on the date and hours specified, by an official agent, or by fax. To obtain a nomination paper, and/or candidate’s declaration or qualification, contact the S.E.O. at 204-566-2146.

Nomination papers not accompanied by the required documents and not properly filed shall be rejected.

Dated at Oak River, MB this 17th day of August, 2018.

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BOARD OF REVISION Public Notice is hereby given that the 2019 Assessment Rolls for Riverdale Municipality have been delivered to the Municipal Office at 670 – 2nd Avenue, Rivers, Manitoba and will be open for public inspection during regular business hours. Applications for Revision may be made in accordance with Sections 42 and 43 of the Municipal Assessment Act. APPLICATION FOR REVISION 42(1) A person in whose name property has been assessed, a mortgagee in possession of property under Section 114(1) of The Real Property Act, an occupier of premises who is required under the terms of a lease to pay the taxes on the property, or the assessor may make application for the revision of an assessment roll with respect to: (a) the liability to taxation; (b) the amount of an assessed value; (c) the classification of property; or (d) a refusal by an assessor to amend the assessment roll under subsection 13(2).

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 43(1) An application for revision must (a) be made in writing; (b) set out the roll number and legal description of the assessable property for which a revision is sought; (c) state the grounds on which the application is based; and (d) be filed by (i) delivering it or causing it to be delivered to the office indicated in the public notice given under subsection 41(2), or (ii) serving it upon the secretary, at least 15 days before the scheduled sitting date of the board as indicated in the public notice.

The Board of Revision will sit on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 2018 at 6:10 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Riverdale Municipality located at 670 – 2nd Avenue, Rivers, Manitoba to hear applications. The final date on which applications must be received by the Secretary of the Board is Monday, September 17th, 2018.

September 12, 13, 14, 17 & 18

between the hours of 8:30am-12:00pm and 1:00-4:30pm at the following location Municipal Civic Centre, 670 2nd Avenue I will receive nominations for the offices of Mayor and Councillor of the aforesaid Local Authority.

The nomination deadline is September 18th, 2018 at 4:30PM. Nominations cannot be accepted after this day.

All nominations shall be made in writing and shall be signed by at least twenty-five voters, or NOT less than 1% of the voters (whichever is the lesser) of the authority or ward (as the case may be), but in all cases by at least two voters. Each nomination shall also be accompanied by the candidate’s declaration of qualification.

Nominations may be filed in person at the above location, on the date and hours specified, by an agent, or by fax. To obtain a nomination paper, and / or candidate’s declaration of qualification, contact the SEO at the telephone number listed below.

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New Learning Centre opens near Brookdale

Submitted MBFI News Release

Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) has officially opened a new Learning Centre at its Brookdale Farm, located just 30 minutes east of Rivers. The state of the art facility, which was unveiled on Tuesday, Aug. 21, will be a critical piece of three MBFI research and demonstration sites at Brookdale Farm, First Street Pasture and Johnson Farm. The new MBFI Learning Centre will allow Manitoba and Western Canada agricultural producers and the general public to learn with and from producers, researchers, experts on the subjects of forage and livestock production and innovation.

“The MBFI Learning Center will act as a hub to host and create opportunities for producers, students and the general public to gather, learn and network,” says Ramona Blyth, MBFI president. “We now have the ability to provide a comfortable learning environment in the MBFI Learning Centre that can be paired with hands-on learning from MBFI researchers in our fields to represent a valuable experiential experience for visitors to MBFI.” The new facility includes a 2,200-square-foot classroom, internet access and audiovisual equipment for distance learning, and a food preparation area. Offices and an interpretive gallery are to be added at a later date.

The $500,000 project was built with a combination of federal and provincial government funding through the Growing Forward 2 program and private-sector contributions that have positioned MBFI for bright days ahead.

“MBFI is a partnership we are all proud of and the addition of the MBFI Learning Centre is a great

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representation of the potential and success of our partnership,” says Blyth. “However, without the generous support of Agriculture and AgriFood Canada and Manitoba Agriculture as well as private funders like Federated Cooperatives Ltd, Manitoba Zero Till Research Association, Farm Credit Canada, DLF Pickseed and others, we would not be here today.

We are grateful to all our supporters and funders for their role in bringing us to this excellent position.”

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September 1 is the opening application date for the annual Rivers & Area Community Foundation Inc. community grants. Application forms can be found online at riversareacommunityfoundation.org.

We provide grants to non-profit community and area groups, to stimulate growth and development. Guidelines accompany the online grant application. If you have any questions regarding the completion of the application, please do not hesitate to contact us through our Facebook page or email.

Groups that do not have their own charitable number must obtain a letter from a similarinterest organization that is willing to receive monies for you and then provide Rivers & Area Community Foundation Inc. a charitable tax receipt.

New this year, applications may be made as well to the Bill & Helen Sibbald Legacy Fund. This fund is designated to the fields of agriculture, environment and culture/heritage.

Applications must be completed and dropped off to Way-Mor Agencies at 201 Main Street, Rivers by September 28, 2018 at 5 p.m.

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