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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.

Can collections for canoes

Photo by Sheila Runions

By Sheila Runions Banner Staff

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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 PHOTO BY MICAH WADDELL volunteer Yvonne project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest The Rivers/Elton Rage are off to a rocky start to their play off season taking a loss on Tuesday against the Major Pratt Trojans with a score of 4-7.

Given thea similar season initiated camtire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane. to help those we to serve. lot paign in her school. threethe snow had melted to participate.

Thewith collegiate students secured a canoe fromlost.Because the Rage had up until the beginning of the playoffs, hope is not The Rage finished the regular season a record of 18 wins fiveAlosses putting themThat in the times searching kids don’t getfor enough effort simply encouraged so much, the canoe could hosted15 a poor boyTaylor floor hockey River School Division top spot in their division in the Westman Rolling High School Hockey League.

Shown above is not number Ryan of theofRage a wayweek through traffic early 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 on in the game on Tuesday night. non-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 campaign was fully organized dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger helpPHOTO check expiry dates, sort and group on Thursday, March 22. by that class, the original idea carried bags, boxes and garbage canvassed Rivers, Oak River SUBMITTED came from a suggestion made by harvest volunteer Liliane Dupuis.

“I heard the idea at a meeting in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe values. Here is why! economic

By Kade Campbell in conjunction with the 10-day Walleye create jobs for many Manitobans. From your Natural Resource Management Technology Festival du Voyaguer in Winlocal convenience store and ‘bait & tackle’ shop to commernipeg in February. It was very cial fishing operations all of us benefit … because who goes and whenever I hear Over time, all living things change and grow.successful Monitoring food bank, my ears always perk fishing without snacks, bait or gas? What I am saying is that this change in species and populations is important. As an up!”

Walleye in our province’s rivers and lakes are a big part of avid angler, Fisheries Management student, and a soon to be She then brought the sugthe economy.

How big you ask? graduate of the Natural Resource Managementgestion Technology The canoe at Rivers to Riverdale Harvest, Elementary School was For instance, Manitoba sold 195,000 fishing licenses in 2017 Program I am particularly interested in determining the age the idea and which supported adequately filled.

Photo by Heather Gray and did so for the previous four consecutive years (Manitoba her to present the promoand growth of Walleye (Sanders vitreus) andasked monitoring

Why age your walleye?

changes in their population sizes. Why Walleye you ask?

Walleye are not only targeted by recreational and subsistence anglers but also by commercial fishermen throughout the province. Consequently, long-term monitoring of provincial Walleye stocks and determining the age and growth patterns of this desired species is very important for recreational and

Sustainable Development 2019). From these sales, both you and I can confidently estimate using a $25 license fee that local and non-resident anglers have spent approximately $19,500,000 in almost a half decade! That is $4,875,000 per year from licences alone in Manitoba!

More about walleye on page 8.

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Use it or lose it

ommunities are more than just sum of the When most of us think of infrastructure, we think MY people who live there. Within each comof roads, bridges, public transit, water and sewer munity, there is infrastructure that is vital to systems. While these account for a lot of infrastrucPERSPECTIVE creating a sense of community, a sense of home. In ture spending, community buildings also fall into almost all cases, it comes down to public facilities. this category. The federal government plans to spend $25.3 billion on affordable housing, child care spaces These facilities can be owned by government, usuKate and cultural and recreation centres. This funding ally municipal, or by not-for-profit groups established is much needed, as many of these building haven’t to care for them. They are usually run by a board of Jackman-Atkinson volunteers, who give their time to ensure that these received major investments since they were first facilities remain viable and available.Not only do heavy focus on infrastructure– doubling the invest- constructed. In the intervening years, costs have they care for the facility, but also organize events ment to $125 billion over 10 years and appointing gone up and there are now fewer rural residents to to make sure it’s used. In small towns, these halls, a minister to a newly created, stand-alone portfolio. shoulder the financial burden. arenas, community centre and performance While the availability of cash infusions are a In the 1950s, more than 3 per cent of Can- welcome prospect for the groups that run our venues are a vital meeting place for comada’s GDP was spent on infrastructure. In community buildings, for many of them, it’s not munity events, both the serious and the fun.

In the 1950s, more than 3 per cent of the decades that followed, that spending fell what they really need. What they really need Canada’s GDP was spent on infrastructure, is people. They need people to come out and to just 0.4 much of what we have dates to this era. make use of the facilities they work so hard to In the decades that followed, that spendmaintain. They need people to show up to events.

By 2019, the Investing in Canada plan had approved ing fell to just 0.4 per cent of GDP. In 2015, the more than 48,000 projects, under five main funding They need people to sit on boards and committees, Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimated streams: public transit, green infrastructure, social to bring forward new ideas and enthusiasm. They that the infrastructure deficit, the money needed infrastructure, trade and transport and rural and need people to recognize that these facilities are to fund the repair and replacement of the country’s northern communities. By 2019, the program had more than stone and wood and windows, they are existing stock, never mind new projects, was $200 grown to over $180 billion, with $92.2 billion com- the community’s heartbeat. If we don’t use them, billion. When Justin Trudeau was f irst elected ing from existing programs and another $93 billion we will lose them.

Prime Minister in 2015, his campaign included a in new funding.

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A few points to consider

here are many issues before us today and most of them are disturbing.

•The sex offence trials of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein have been disgusting, to say the least.

These two men, and many others, give people in general and men in particular, a bad name. That anybody would do what they did is a disgrace and almost enough to make me into a proponent of capital punishment.

•You can’t excuse their behaviour in any fashion. As men in leadership positions, much better is expected of them than they exhibited. Epstein is dead and it sounds like death is stalking Weinstein. There will be few to grieve.

•The shutdown of the Teck mine project in Alberta is a very sad thing.

Canada, and the world, will need oil for a long time to come and this project would have helped fill that need and create huge economic spinoffs for 40 years. The reasons for the shutdown are many and complex, but the bulk of the blame rests with our federal government who have swallowed the lie that we are in “a climate emergency”.

•Canada is certainly not in a climate emergency and neither is the rest of the world. That doesn’t mean that the climate isn’t changing, it is, and always has. What it does mean is that there are political forces at work who are massaging this whole climate issue to gain political advantage. It

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Ken Waddell is wrong and could lead to economic collapse if left unchecked.

•Canada, and the world, will likely change from oil, gas and coal, to electricity in the decades to come but we do not have the capacity to produce or distribute all the electricity needed to make the changeover as quickly as the climate alarmists insist is needed.

•As a county, dare I say nation, we have allowed our descriptive language to slip a bit too far. Canada is a nation. Quebec is not. The various geographic, cultural and hereditary groups are not nations.

It is ludicrous for them to call themselves nations. Admittedly, at one time, hundreds of groups may have been nations, but the key word is “been”, past tense. We are now one nation, Canada, and all the former nations became part of Canada when we developed as “One Nation” and began to receive publicly funded heath care and education, publicly funded infrastructure, policing, national highways and railways, and publicly funded protection from the national military and police

services. When groups, claiming to be nations, demand that the RCMP leave their nation, does that mean if there is a fire, a murder, a kidnapping or search and rescue needed that the RCMP have to stand down?

I somehow don’t think so. We are one nation made up of many ethnic and culturally diverse groups, but we are “One Nation” plain and simple.

I don’t want to go back to the grimy hovel of a long torn down Montreal tenement house that my people came from and I doubt that others want to go back to their living conditions of 100 or 200 years ago either.

Development, in all its aspects, as a nation is the key. Like I have said many times, the past is a place to learn from, not to live in.

Disclaimer: The writer serves as a volunteer chair of the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association. The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the MCNA board or Banner & Press staff.

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Feb. 28: Chase the Ace at Rivers Legion clubroom, 5 - 7:15 p.m.

Mar. 3: Ladies Auxiliary Legion meeting, 7 p.m.

Mar. 7: H.E.L.P. purse evening at Legion Hall.

Mar. 11: Rivers Game & Fish meeting at Lee’s 6:30 pm Mar. 14: Rivers and Area Game and Fish, Northern Pike Classic, 10 a.m. 2 p.m.

Mar. 14: Ladies Gift Card Extravaganza at the Legion Hall.

Mar. 24: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8:15 a.m.

Mar. 25: RDHA meeting, Kiwanis Courts, 1:30 p.m.

Mar. 26: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, 2 p.m.

Mar. 26: Watoto Childrens Choir, Rivers Collegiate, 7 p.m.

Feb. 28: Ladies Auxiliary Nacho plate at Rivers Legion clubroom, 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Mar. 27: Rivers Chamber of Commerce Meeting, Lee’s, Noon.

Apr. 16: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, 2 p.m.

Apr. 22: RDHA meeting, Kiwanis Courts, 1:30 p.m.

Apr. 28: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8:15 a.m.

May 9: The Beetles cover, Rivers Legion, tickets available mid march.

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Home Bodies

By Rita Friesen Thanks for the memories

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Name: Allison Hamm Birthday: June 13 Occupation: Grade 4 Teacher at Rivers Elementary First job: working on my parents’ dairy farm Hobbies: sewing, cooking, gardening, hiking, biking, kayaking In Rivers/Rapid City/Oak River since: 2003 Where do you live? 6th Avenue Rivers Hometown: Oak Lake, MB Where did you attend school? Oak Lake schools, Virden Collegiate, Millar College of the Bible, Brandon University Dream Vacation Spot: anywhere with mountains or water, but Kenya has a special place in my heart Favourite Food: wild saskatoons Favourite holiday: Christmas Favourite Song or Artist: Christmas carols Favourite Sports Team: any team my kids are on Favourite Animal: Jersey cows Favourite TV show: I don’t watch much TV – too many hobbies!

Favourite Actor/Actress: see above đ&#x;˜Š When you were 12, What did you want to be when you grew up? a teacher Comment: Rivers has become “homeâ€? for us over the years and I am glad we decided to move here and raise our family here.

he handwriting is frail and difficult to read. The pages were lined; the script does not always stay within the guidelines. There is no date on the collection of six pages, the history of my father’s family written with his own hand. His age could have been a factor in the wavering lines, or his Parkinson’s disease, or it could be that his writing never was stellar! “My parents were married on Feb. 23, 1919 in the Toews’ residence. When I asked about the unusual date, Dad remarks rather shortly that he was tired of ‘batching’.� (It was a Sunday, which I would have thought to be a likely and reasonable day for a wedding back then.)

After a page of intro–“We turn now to the real substance (two words I cannot read). Father was born into a family of 12, while mother’s people counted 13. To mother and father were born six children, four girls and two boys. I will try to bring them to life.�

My father then speaks of his sister’s marriages, careers and families. The handwriting changes, becomes more difficult to read, it would appear that a page may be missing for the top of the fourth page begins mid sentence– “I had developed a romantic interest in my neighbour’s daughter. Our marriage, once solemnized, we farmed

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein Yesterday’s news

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will never forget this moment, as long as I live.

I can tell you where I was standing when it happened and who I was with at the time. Looking back at it now, I can see that it was one of the most transformative experiences I have ever had.

The event itself lasted less than a minute. I was struggling to put my life back together after a series of challenging events. I was speaking with a good friend who asked me how I was doing. “Not good,� I said. “I’m moving on with my life, but what really hurts is that I feel like I’m walking this path alone.

No one seems to care all that much.�

My friend looked at me and said: “Neil, that’s how it is in society. Yesterday, when everything in your life fell apart, everybody felt sorry for you. Today, you are yesterday’s news.

People have moved on with their lives and you must do the same.�

W hen I f irst heard those words, they made me very angry. Today, I am glad I heard them.

Their message was clear: “People will only listen to your tale of misery and woe for so long. But they will stand beside you, walk with you, cheer you Do you know who theses people are? When this was and What event it was? If so on and celebrate every please let Donna or Micah know via Sales@riversbanner.com Info@riversbanner. positive step you take to com or call 3228-7494.

Where am I?

together with my father for several years before taking a school on ‘permit’. This venture was less than successful, so we turned again to farming (1946). After another six years of farming, plus the birth of three daughters, we decided to farm on our own. We accomplished by buying a half section of land at Graysville for the princely sum of $9,000. This venture, too, had its catalogue of hardships and trials. After four years of farming, the bright lights of education, which had been smothered, were fanned once more to at least a glow. After a year at U of M in Winnipeg, I once more had a permit, this time to teach high school. The next 17 years were spent in the classrooms of the province. Through the support of professional teachers (a word I cannot read), and teacher training, I achieved a small measure of success in Manitoba education.�

Here, the script becomes even more challenging to decipher and runs down and off the page, but I can read, “I would be remiss indeed if I did not mention the wife who stood...�

My father was born Feb. 23, 1923 and would have turned 93 this year. Finding these pages has triggered so many memories. Each word of his history could be expanded into a chapter. Dad taught first at McCreary, commuting from Graysville. Then close to home, Wingham, Roland, Sanford and Starbuck.

There was the year the Roland school was destroyed by fire, and it looked like he might be teaching me, and I was not thrilled. The division found a place for him in Carman for a season and I was thankful. His measure of success– students remember him best for listening, caring, walking down the halls on his hands– feet straight above his head– and snoozing in the teachers’ lounge!

Thanks for the memories. rebuild your life.�

In other words, I had to stop being a victim and work hard to be an overcomer. I had to deal with my pain, put it behind me and get on with my life. I had to let go of those parts of my past life that I could never reclaim and open my mind and heart to the good things God had in store for me– things I would receive when I was emotionally and spiritually ready for them. That process began the moment I learned I was “yesterday’s news.�

To complete the healing process, I had to do two things. First, I had to forgive others for the pain they had caused me; and I had to forgive myself for the pain I had caused (which was most of the pain I felt at that time). Once that was done, I was able to let go of the pain, treat the painful events as the “yesterday’s news� that they were and start to live again.

Second, I had to refuse to let my future be defined by my past. The forgiveness I had given and received had liberated me from its bondage. I was free to set new goals, accept new challenges and form new relationships. And I was free to become the loving, accepting and forgiving person God wanted me to be and to serve my family, community, church and most of all, God, with dignity, faithfulness and integrity.

Yesterday’s news– the words that made me so angry when I first heard them have become the most liberating words I have ever heard.

Today, I celebrate the changes that happened in my life because I heard those words. And I thank God for those who walked with me on the path of healing, gave me new hope and helped me reject the victim mentality that could have destroyed me.

I heartily recommend these two steps to all who are seeking to break free from the painful memories of their past and join others of like mind, conviction and faith in the monumental task of building a just society. We will talk about that next week.Â

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Someone You Need to Know (Part 4)

In my previous letters I gave some evidence as to the veracity of The Bible hoping that some of you may have second thoughts regarding Scripture as more than a book of fictional stories because there is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that it is the true and literal Word of The Living God! I believe it to be so because God said so and I would defend His Word anytime.

• Psalm 119:89 “Your Word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.”

I had also mentioned that The Bible is the account of, as the title suggests, “Someone You Need to Know” and that person is The Son of The Living God, Jesus Christ. In the next couple of letters I want to talk about what the purpose was for His coming to dwell amongst us over 2,000 years ago and why He is of such importance. For that we need to go to the first book of The Bible. Genesis is a Greek word that means “beginnings” which is exactly what it is - the beginning of all creation by the supernatural God of the universe.

• Genesis 1:1 - “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

In Verse 3 God begins His work of creation and by Verse 26 everything has been made except for one thing - us. We were made in His image as His crowning achievement to have fellowship with Him by worshipping and bringing glory to His name. And why not. He is the one who gave and continues to give us life!

• Genesis 1:26 - “Then God said: Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…”

In Chapter 2 we read that Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. Now Eden was a literal paradise which reminds me of the Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC that I had the privilege of visiting many years ago. I had never seen anything so beautiful before but I know how much work is involved in maintaining a garden as do most of you. There is endless pruning, watering and the lovely task of weeding, but to be honest with you, I don’t think the two of them had it too difficult because they would have been enjoying life to the fullest having close and personal fellowship with God. Besides, the watering was already being done by God and there were no weeds to pick. Could it get any better than that!. Absolutely not, but something went horribly wrong.

God gave them clear instructions in telling them that they could eat the fruit of any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for if they did they would surely die. Now I don’t mean an instant physical death but a spiritual death, a separation from God. Now why would God do that?

Couldn’t He have simply avoided the one restriction and let them eat everything? Of course He could but he gave to them as He does to us the freedom of choice - obey or disobey. When we come to Chapter 3 the serpent manages to have Eve give into her desire to eat the forbidden fruit by having her question God’s instructions. He told her she wouldn’t die but her eyes would be opened and she would be like God knowing good and evil.

Now we know that the devil or Satan was in the guise of a serpent and his main purpose is to have us doubt The Word of God and he rejoices when we do.

(More on that snake in another letter.)

So Eve, having given into temptation, eats the fruit and because it is so good decides to share some with her husband, who in turn has a bite. Immediately their eyes were opened and now knowing that they had disobeyed God, they were ashamed and hid themselves. When they disobeyed and ate the fruit is when sin entered into the world and thus our separation from God. Folks, we can’t hide from God and He knows our innermost thoughts. He proceeds to ask them if they had partaken of the forbidden fruit which He already knew but they have to give an account as to their actions. Eve blames the serpent for tricking her and Adam blames God for the woman He gave him. Neither one was willing to take responsibility and they resort to the blame game as most children do along with many of us adults as well. It’s human nature isn’t it?

Because of their actions, the couple are banished from the garden and the hard laborious job of working the soil outside of the garden now becomes a reality.

Read Genesis Chapter 3:17-19.

Are you thinking that was pretty harsh for eating some fruit? We all think that until we get to know who God is and His holiness. If you’re a parent you have to discipline your children if they disobey correct? Don’t you feel a tension or a disconnect when they are disobedient? If you’re disobedient at work you could possibly lose your job. It all depends on the person(s) who have to hand out the consequences for said actions. We all have different standards and some of us will give harsher sentencing than others. What we have to realize is that there are no standards higher than God’s.

• Habakkuk 1:13 - “Your eyes O Lord are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate sin.”

Because Adam and Eve were disobedient and sinned, we inherit their sin nature and our fellowship with God is severed. Next week we will discuss the matter of sin and a most important question - “How is our fellowship with God restored?”

John Klassen Rivers, Mb. jgklassen@icloud.com

Winter fun

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Rivers local Norman Duncan decided to spend his winter doing construction, as shown in the photo he has built a good sized igloo in the back yard.

Riverdale minutes Feb. 4

Public Hearing-A Special Service Proposal was approved.

Council approved the 2019 MDTP Operating Financial Statement as presented.

Riverdale Recreation Commission- the B. Gatzke Report was reviewed and filed R iverda le Pla n n i ng D i st r ic t- t he Mont h l y Planning report – Reviewed & Filed Tax Sale Property Transfers/tax cancellation. The municipality redeemed property through tax sale; Roll No. Lot 21 Blk 2 Pl 145 BLTO-$1,914.44 and Lot 23 & 24, Blk 2, Pl 145

BLTO-$1,931.74 Council approved the request from RFNow to install Fibre Optic Cable on Road 114W from Road 60N to 61N; and Road 61N from Road 114W into Paradise Valley.

A rate for a special service levy for Fire Protection from 2020 to 2022 inclusive was given 1st reading.

A By-Law to amend bylaw 2018-01 authorizing expenditure and the construction of a new lagoon as a local improvement was given 1st reading.

A By-Law to amend Riverdale Zoning ByLaw No. 2016-02, as amended was given 1st reading.

A By-Law to create a

Land Development Reserve Fund was given 1st and 2nd reading.

Councillor McFadden – Bouquet to all the volunteers and staff for their efforts during the Scotties Councillor Creighton – would like to revisit the need for boosters in the arena for cell phone service C ou nc i l lor D yer – Would like to see ideas/ suggestions for the repair of bridge on Road 120W and 68N Councillor Tait – request removal of old community sign on Highway 24.

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Correction

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In last weeks paper the name of the young girl who took 3rd in the children’s category of the Rapid City Fishing Derby was incorrect in the information received by the Banner. This young lady is Aivah Kennedy.

PHOTO FROM RIVERS/DALY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Friday, Feb. 21, at 09:11 a.m., the Rivers/Daly Fire Department was dispatched to two separate multi - vehicle collisions on PTH 10 between PTH 25 and RD 68n. Thankfully the incidents were minor with no injuries.

ROLLING RIVER SCHOOL DIVISION 2020-2021 PROPOSED BUDGET

REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS • Provincial Funding decreased o Funding of School Formula (-$196,564) (-2%) o General Support Grant (-$32,343) o Tax Incentive Grant (-$14,673) • Province limits Special Requirement / school tax increase to 2% • Decrease in Rolling River First Nations / Non-Resident Student tuition due to enrollment changes (-$19,025) • Decrease in School of Choice Transfer fees – decreased student enrollment from other school divisions (-$12,000)

EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS • Priority to maintain instructional programs and classroom teachers with reasonable class sizes o Maintain (full time equivalent) instructional staff o Maintain instructional programs (Band, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Power Mechanics, Outdoor Education and Hockey Academy - continue no parent fees for instructional programs).

• Priority to maintain student & program specific Educational Assistant (EA) supports o Implement new enhanced formula for General EA support - to replace student specific support - for greater flexibility and less administrative procedures at school level o Contingency available for General EA support • Maintain technology equipment upgrades o High School & Grade 5-8 device to student ratio of 1:1 • Maintain professional development for instructional & support staff • Maintain school bus replacement plan • Reduce operations & programs business, travel, supplies and services expenses

REVENUE

Budget 2019-2020

Proposed Budget 2020-2021

SOURCES OF REVENUE Rolling River First Nation 5%

Rolling River School Division Special Requirement (Net EPTC & TIG) 42%

Other Sources 1%

Provincial School Finance Branch Funding (Formula) 38%

Other Provincial Funding (net EPTC) 2%

Education Property Tax Credit (EPTC) & Tax Incentive Grant (TIG) 12%

$9,604,612

$9,413,066

-2.0%

$552,501

$520,158

-5.9%

Ed. Prop. Tax Credit (EPTC)

$2,244,224

$2,290,497

Property Tax

2019

Proposed 2020

% Change

RRSD Special Levy

$12,194,270

$12,441,199

2.0%

Portioned Assessment

$1,060,013,960

$1,095,121,350

3.3%

RRSD Mill (Tax) Rate

11.5

11.4

-1.2%

In 2020, property values were reassessed by the Province of Manitoba.

Rolling River School Division portioned assessment increased overall by 3.3% with specific percentage increases over the 2019 assessment as follows: Residential 2.0% Farmland 2.9% Commercial 7.8% Changes in taxes payable are affected by a change in a propertyʼs assessed value.

The reassessed values are the basis for determining property taxes.

The reduction in the mill rate is related to the increase in property values % Increased in assessed value of property since 2019

EXPENSES BY OBJECT

Approximate Proposed Annual RRSD School Tax $ Increase or (-Decrease) per $100,000 Assessed Property Value Residential (2.0 % increase in total assessed values since 2019)

Farmland (2.9 % increase in total assessed values since 2019)

Commercial (7.8% increase in total assessed values since 2019)

-$6.45

-$3.73

-$9.32

0.0%

% Increase (Decrease)

Provincial Education Other Provincial (net EPTC) Tax Incentive Grant (TIG)

SCHOOL DIVISION PROPERTY TAXES, SPECIAL LEVY AND MILL RATE

2.0% 2.9% 3.3% 7.8%

$3.78

$4.84

$10.72

$6.02

2.0%

$717,685

$10,052,682

$10,277,014

$1,242,700

$1,223,675

-1.5%

$353,265

$287,100

-18.7%

$24,780,930

$24,729,195 Proposed Budget 2020-2021

-0.2% % Increase (Decrease)

$14,651,790

$14,640,510

-0.1%

$3,255,500

$3,282,520

0.8%

$32,275

$30,825

-4.5%

Divisional Administration

$887,385

$881,385

-0.7%

Instructional Support

$522,860

$523,035

0.0%

Transportation

$1,799,990

$1,799,200

0.0%

Enrollment

# Students

Change

Operations & Maintenance

$2,973,130

$2,970,720

-0.1%

$658,000

$601,000

-8.7%

$24,780,930

$24,729,195

-0.2%

30-Sep-00 30-Sep-05 30-Sep-10 30-Sep-15 30-Sep-18 30-Sep-19

2306 2041 1835 1701 1755 1793

-265 -20 -134 54 38

Rolling River First Nation Other Sources

Total Revenue EXPENDITURE Regular Instruction Student Support Services Community Education

Fiscal & Transfers to Capital

Total Expenditure

Budget 2019-2020

INVITATION TO ATTEND PUBLIC BUDGET PRESENTATION 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Division Administration Office, 36 Armitage Ave. Minnedosa, MB To watch the presentation, click on the link on the RRSD website www.rrsd.mb.ca

$48.28

The portion of the assessed value of a property that is taxed depends on the category of property.

The percentage of the propertyʼs assessed value that is taxed is: Residential 45% Farmland 26% Commercial 65%

$730,946

Special Requirement

$15.05

Formula to calculate your school taxes

A X B X C / D where

A = the assessed value of the property B = the portion of the assessed value that is taxed

C = the mill rate D = 1000

EXPENSES BY FUNCTION The Education Property Tax Credit (EPTC) of $700 is deducted from an individualʼs primary propertyʼs residential school division taxes and reduces the property ownerʼs taxes prior to payment.

30-Sep-20 (Est)

Farmland property owners are eligible for the Farmland Tax Rebate equal to 80% of the school property taxes paid, to a maximum of $5,000.

1817

24

Seniors are eligible for the Education Property Tax Credit of $700 plus a Seniors Education Property Tax Credit of $400 plus the Seniors School Tax. Rebate of $470.

Total

10-year Average

5-year Average

-513

-8

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ber of improvements she February 27, 1930 T h e f i f t e e n t h a n - would like to see carried nual meeting was of the out in t he interest of above association (School better health conditions Board) was held in town amongst the school chilhall, R ivers, on Wed- dren of the district.

W. Iverach, of Isanesday, February 19, at 1:30 p.m., president J. W. bella, an ex-member of Seater in the chair. There the provincial advisory was a fairly good attend- board of education, in the course of a very interestEA ance of trustees.

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March 2, 1950 There was a large attendance at the Variety Concert, held in the community hall last Friday and sponsored by Home and School Club. It was a big success in every way.

Sgt. J. Fleming acted as chairman and an excellent program included numbers by the Rivers Concert Orchestra; violin solo, Donald Whyte;

Vocal Duet, Robt. Mckenzie and Mrs. Frank Hitchon; Junior school choir, directed by Donna Hunsaker; Male quartet b y R obt . Mc K e n z ie, Wa lter C ol l i n s , Mer t McGinness and Roy Taylor; Cello Quartet, Alex Whyte, Roberta Ford, Muriel Hunt and Vlieta Morrow; Trio, Donna Hunsaker, violin, Alex Taylor and cello Helen Taylor, Piano.

T h e “ S o d b u s t e r s ,” under the direction of Lt. Harley Shaw, gave a fine selection of musical an other numbers. of special interest was a one-act play, “Risng with grace,” directed by Mrs. R. H. Higginson, with a cast of composed of Mesdames Roy Mitchell,

H. Dodd, C. Bellamy, P. Maxted and R. H. Higginso. It was well presented and earned some hearty laughs and much applause.

March 3, 1960 T he G or d on Tay l lor foursome won the Manitoba Northwestern Ontario Championship in an eight team elimination curling play off held at Souris during the weekend.

The Rivers rink defeated Alex Brown of Keewatin, Ont., 2-1 in a best of three final. They won the preliminary round robin series on Sat. Feb. 27, to enter the finals and by mid-afternoon of that day chalked up their third straight victory.

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Obituary THOMAS “CAM” CAMPBELL WHITE November 19, 1946 in Brandon, MB February 21, 2020 in Calgary, AB With sadness we announce the passing of Cam White, beloved husband of Janet, at his home in Calgary at the age of 73 years.

Along with Janet, his wife of 53 years, Cam will be remembered with love by his children Warren and Cherlyn White, and Wendy and Jody Nelson; his five grandchildren: Talia White, Brayden White, Nathan White, Cade Scabar, and Carter Nelson; his brother Lynn (Marie) White; and his in-laws: Laurie (Brian) Plumb, Elaine Pinniger, and Adella (Bruce) Plaisier. Cam was predeceased by his parents Evan and Vivian White and his in-laws: Walter Pinniger, John and Myrle Ruml, and Tom Ruml. At Cam’s request, no formal gathering will be held.

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Fish research important to economy and environment Continued from page 1 Bringing this same logic south, and using only the south basin of Lake Winnipeg and the tributaries of the Red River, Walleye angling contributes 111 million dollars per year to Manitoba’s GDP! (Hoye 2019).

If Walleye are this important to our economy, we have to manage this species and we can do this by studying their age and growth. So how does age and growth help us manage this species? Well, by studying age and growth we can estimate population size, life history, maturity, determine exploitation rates, set harvest limits, and evaluate environmental factors.

To study the age and growth of Walleye a sample needs to be captured. Each Walleye in the sample is weighed in grams and the fork length is measured in millimeters. The fork length is measured where the (V) is created in the caudal (tail) fin. This length from nose to the fork in the caudal fin ensures accurate measurements as the tip of the tail is often damaged.

After being weighed and measured the gender of the Walleye is determined by examining its gonads (i.e., testis or ovaries). Finally, the first four dorsal spines are removed for laboratory analysis to determine the age of each Walleye captured. How do dorsal spines help determine age?

These spines are sectioned similar to the method for aging trees, and the consecutive rings or annuli

are counted in each cross section to provide the age of each Walleye. Better yet, these same annuli can also be measured to determine how far they are apart from each other. Varying distances between the annuli represent each growth year and the difference in growth from one year to the next. In turn, these differences in growth dictate when it may be most beneficial to the angler as well as the Walleye to harvest particular populations so that sustainability of our Walleye stocks, as well as our economy, is achieved.

For example, a Walleye at age 6 or 7 may be growing most productively providing its greatest increase in filet biomass and fecundity (i.e., the number of eggs per ovary) during this specific growth period.

Consequently, harvesting the Walleye earlier may not provide the time to increase its filet weight or provide it time to reproduce.

As information regarding age structure of a fish population is a critical component in the Fisheries Management process, these skills are particularly important for me if I want to help conserve our natural resources as an Officer following graduation.

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The Great Pipeline Hoax

Have you ever wondered why pipelines are considered a horrible environmental blight in Canada, but nowhere else in the world? The answer is simple.

Canada cannot market its oil and gas products without pipelines. If some people want to keep Canada out of participating in the world petroleum markets, demonizing pipelines makes it impossible to extend or build new pipelines to seaports and domestic markets and the blockade mission is accomplished. The highly successful environmental push to block Canada’s petroleum industry growth and with it a booming economy, full employment and billions for research into more efficient and effective ways to burn petroleum products more cleanly is a successful public relations campaign that has very little basis in truth.

It is not the first time we have been hoaxed by industrialists and investors protecting their profits and inf luence. Consider alcohol advertising prior to our adding up the carnage on our streets when inebriated drivers take the wheel. Think about tobacco advertising before we connected smoking and lung cancer.

Consider advertising for a diabetes medication that was prominent for years until it was linked to deterioration of kidney functions. Advertising (public relations) campaigns are designed to shape our views and thinking. They are aimed at our feelings and sensibilities rather than at our logic and reason. It is incredible that adult Canadians accepted that 17 year old Greta Thunberg brought an important message respecting climate change to us. Have we become that gullible?

An instinctual hatred of pipelines is a conditioned response to the wider public relations campaign of vilifying carbon products, not because they are harmful, but because we are much more easily manipulated, regulated and taxed if we are convinced that we should be fearful for our future. As the years pass, and the dire predictions of global warming / climate change catastrophe fails to materialize we are beginning to realize we have been deceived. That is fraught with difficulty as no one cares to admit that he or she has been hoodwinked.

During the last couple of weeks, we have seen a variety of indigenous and academic persons interviewed

respecting pipeline protests. If we listen carefully, we can identify the scripts that form part of any full press public relations campaign. The people motivated by the campaign must stay “on script” for the campaign to succeed, hence activists are armed with talking points. One giveaways is that when an activist or academic is asked a question he responds with the talking points he has memorized. If you choose to believe that a half-dozen traditional (hereditary) indigenous chiefs in northern British Columbia created the arguments they put forth respecting traditional indigenous sovereignty without spending large sums of money on research, organized a cross country media campaign to keep their message front and center and have dominated the national and international news outlets for all but the first six days of February, you are welcome to your delusions.

Maintaining a public relations campaign for more than a few days is prohibitively expensive. When something looks suspicious to us, follow the money.

Where is the money coming from that drives this public relations campaign? Who stand to gain by keeping Canada out of the world petroleum market?

Claims by our government that it is committed to reducing world carbon emissions are rubbish. While our government is complicit in keeping Canada out of the world petroleum market, Canada has no control over petroleum demand and supply or more accurately energy demand and supply.

Developing nation, who outnumber developed nations need energy to grow and prosper. It takes energy to light houses, provide a water supply, pump sewage, build highways and rail networks to move raw and finished goods to market, distribute imports, run mills and factories. Much of that energy comes from coal.

Burning diesel or even better, natural gas reduces carbon output. Like most ideologues, our federal government is hoist on its own petard; Canadian oil and gas can help to reduce carbon emissions overseas by replacing coal plants and our clean technologies can even further reduce harmful industrial output.

The environmental public relations effort is highly misleading in its zeal to demonize carbon while exclud-

ing and ignoring all other emissions. Carbon dioxide is an odourless, colourless gas that does not cause or contribute to the smog that is choking many cities.

Canada’s clean technologies can help to alleviate industrial and public service emissions and reduce smog.

However, we need the robust economy development of our resources will produce to develop, improve and export those technologies.

Food for Thought When cities reach a certain critical size, heat output causes a local weather inversion effectively creating a bubble over the city that prevents emissions of noxious gases and particulate matter from escaping into the atmosphere. Residents trapped in the bubble are forced to breath “smog”.

No city or nation has come up with a plan to effectively deal with the weather inversion. The best they have done is to shut down industrial plants which reduces smog intensity but harms economic output and does not change the inversion.

Nations that are unable to deal with city weather inversions and smog have been convinced by the environmental lobby that they can manage climate change. Climate change is real and ongoing. The cataclysmic climate change of the environmentalist public relations lobby is based on fiction to induce fear in our society and make us beg our government to save us without regard to cost.

The truly frightening thing is that it very nearly worked.

We must prepare to cast informed votes in the next election. Political parties are not credible or truthful during an election. Their sales pitches do not ref lect their performance since the last election. That performance is what counts.

John Feldsted Political commentator, consultant & strategist Winnipeg, Manitoba