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

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

Elementary school staff memat Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation on March 20 to Although the project was a sen- noted a total of 434 pounds, “a project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne tire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated a similar camDubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane.

Because the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate to help those we serve. A lot paign in her school. That threestudents secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division so much, the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged PHOTO BY MICAH WADDELL 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 heritage Co-op BBQ cruiser, a 1961 IHC Metro, that was previously on display at the Brandon Food Store, was restored and87retrofitted pounds of food non-perishables. Although the Zion Church (home of River- athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. the canoe; with everything required be a food truck for special the 90 year anniversary logos. dale Harvest).

Rather,events the teensand thedecorated canoe. Some with students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger campaign was to fully organized 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. came from a suggestion made by harvest volunteer withLiliane opening remarks and bants, Katherine Kingdon, training sessions board mem- our members in the Rivers

By Micah Waddell the adoption of the agenda Blaire Moorehead and Josh bers attended. During 2018, Community.”

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“I heard the idea at a meetand previous years minutes as Bromley, were all elected back the Co-op made four major The general managers ing in Brandon. St. Augustine It was a year of growth for donations totalling $66,675. into their respective positions well as the minutes for both report was given by Lorne School had tried Fill a Canoe Heritage Co-op, that waswiththe New membership for 2018 Zacharias following the board and Herit- and of the two new nominees in conjunction the Strathclair 10-day the message delivered Festival at duthe Voyaguer WinageinCo-op.

Minutes from (Callie Mendrikis and Allen totalled 1,317. Last year was a report and had a similiar mesnipeg in February.each It wasmeeting very organizations annual general regarding the Merritt), Callie Mendrikis year for a growth, with 2018 sage, “We are very excited and whenever I hear meeting. Held insuccessful the Minneamalgamation that took place was elected to her new post. sales up over 10 per cent, or about coming to Rivers, it is food bank, my ears always perk dosa Communityup!”

Conference last December. Two separate The spot to be filled due to just over $17 million for a a brand new acquisition for Centre on Tuesday night financial She then brought the sug-reports were given the resignation was to be for total sales of $182 million. us, we were very welcomed The canoe Riversa two year term as apposed this past week, the event gestion to was Riverdale

by Harvest, board members of at both Due to the success of Co-op and we are very appreciative Elementary School was which supported the idea and an opportunity to inform Heritage Co-op people have and filled. the to the usual three, due to in 2018, the allocation rate for of the fact that adequately Photo by Heather Gray her to present the promomembers about asked the past year

and future plans. A meal of pork and baked potatoes was served for the many Co-op members in attendance.

Following the meal, board president, Ken Jenner, began

Strathclair Co-op.

Nominations were brought forward to fill three of the 11 board seats whose terms had been served and one position which needed filling due to a resignation. The encum-

the incomplete nature of the term, Blaire Moorehead was elected to that position.

A board report for Heritage Co-op was given by Jenner, listing the meetings held, special trips made and the

members has been raised to 4.5 per cent from 4 per cent.

Jenner went on to say, “We are proud that we are now able to provide easily accessible food products with great service and community support for

welcomed us to the community.” Zacharias continued by saying that Heritage Co-op is very glad that people in Rivers are very excited for the recent purchase of Bigway Foods.

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Perception? Or something more?

ast week, news broke that the majority stake in Manitoba success story, HyLife Ltd., will be sold to a Thai-based agricultural conglomerate. The rest of the company had previously been purchased by a Japanese general trading company, Itochu. I also heard recently about some Manitoba equipment dealers being purchased by a European company. These are two examples of recent business sales, but each year, there are more. I’m hesitant to draw conclusions from a handful of examples, but do we have a problem in Canada?

Whether publicly or privately held, each business has their own reason for selling, but why does it seem that Canadian businesses are usually the ones being bought, not the ones doing the buying?

I don’t think that Canada, or Manitoba for that matter, is home to individuals with any less entrepreneurial spirit than elsewhere. We certainly start lots of businesses and there are many examples of Manitoba companies succeeding in a global market. But when it’s time to sell, why aren’t more Canadian buyers knocking on the door?

Certainly some of it is capital. Buying another company is expensive and there are only so many potential buyers with enough capital to meet a seller’s asking price. Then there is the second problem when it comes to Canadian buyers— our market is relatively small and there are only so many companies operating in each industry and only

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Kate Jackman-Atkinson a certain number of them are looking to make acquisitions in order to expand their operations or enter a new market.

Some have speculated that it’s more an issue of perception— companies being bought make the front page, while stories about companies doing the buying are usually relegated to the business section.

But is there something else? Looking at the Canadian tech industry is an interesting proxy for the Canadian business environment as a whole. In 2016, the IPO of Ottawa-based, e-commerce software company Shopify made headlines. The company’s $131 million valuation was big news because often, Canadian firms don’t make it to that point, they’re bought out long before. In the five years preceding the Shopify IPO, the Globe and Mail reported that 183 Canadian tech company were sold, with almost 70 per cent of them purchased by US firms.

A report by international accounting firm PwC about

emerging tech companies, released in early 2016, found that 77 per cent of Canadian founders were planning to exit their company. Close to two thirds said they were planning to sell, with most planning to do so within the next few years. In Silicon Valley, most founders plan to stay with their company and build it into the next billiondollar venture. There would appear to be some difference in our mindset that has more Canadian founders focused on selling, which in turn means we have fewer Canadian companies to do the buying. Maybe Nortel and RIM received such stature at their peaks because there are so few companies like them here.

Foreign ownership isn’t all bad. Most companies are acquired because the purchaser believes their products, networks or trained staff will help their existing businesses and growth is the ultimate driver. Provided these companies continue their operations in Canada, regardless of ownership, jobs are retained and often added. For some companies, the same level of growth would simply not be possible had the sale not taken place.

At the end of the day, the owners of private companies have three options when they want to step back: hand over operations to the next generation, go public, or sell.

Every business owner will make the decision that best meets their needs, but it’s time to change the Canadian frame of mind so that buying is just as celebrated as selling.

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here are a few factors coming out now that clearly show what some of us have been saying for many years about the fragility of the recycling industry.

The biggest factor is that countries like China, and now more famously, the Philippines, are refusing to take recyclable materials from Canada. It turns out that while Canadians have been under the impression that their household-by-household recycling efforts have been yielding high rates of clean and valuable re-usable material, that has not been the case. The most famous case involves several dozen containers of material shipped to the Philippines, where they have been sitting under dispute for years. Apparently, there is too much garbage mixed in to make them of any value. Duterte, presidents of the Philippines, is threatening to send the containers all back to Canada at our expense.

One could hardly blame him, as his country, and many other Asian countries, have been receiving North America’s less than pristine recycling and have, surprise, surprise, discovered, it’s a money losing proposition.

Without the Asian market for plastics, North American jurisdictions are left with ever increasing mountains of worthless products with no future except the landfill.

Our local landfill fees are up around $80 per tonne, so once a company has invested time, labour and equipment used in the assembling and baling of this junk, it is a very expensive proposition to get out from under the load.

Another factor that brings this problem

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Ken Waddell to light is that at least two major news outlets have been running stories on recycling, namely CBC and Global. Now, perhaps that the bigger news outfits have discovered what many of us have known for years, that the viability of recycling is sketchy at best, there will be some concentrated efforts to face what is a real environmental issue.

Nobody wants to see garbage all over the place or piled in landfills. There has to be a better way. Certainly scrap steel recycling has always had some viability.

Aluminum is very valuable, but it takes so many hundreds of cans to make a tonne that even it is not a viable proposition.

The basics of recycling have to be rooted in reality and legislation. First, garbage, be it “real” garbage or potential recyclables, has to be dealt with for health reasons and because a clean environment is desirable. Nobody wants to look at heaps of garbage, although it is hard to tell when you look at some homes and businesses.

If, as a society, we decide that we have to clean up after ourselves, then garbage and recycling issues have to be addressed.

I think we have made that decision. Now how do we get there?

Containers have a levy at purchase.

To make the system work, it likely has to

be higher and payable to the person or group who actually turn in the container.

It would take more research, but reverse vending machines are coming into use in some countries and may hold the key to effective container recycling. That may cover off the “high” end of recycling, but the answer to the “low” end may be quite different.

“Low” end recycling, such as dirty containers and very mixed loads, only have a few options. One is to dump them in the oceans, which is obviously being done and is despicable. Another is the landfill, which is better than the ocean but still not very desirable. The third is a clean burn for energy process and that might look after the “low” end recycling and even the “high” end recycling products that no matter how clean they may be, are hard to find a market for.

There are some very hard decisions that need to be made about garbage and recycling and those decisions are long overdue.

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May 3: Rivers Legion Chase the Ace, 5 7:30 p.m.

May 3: Rivers Rams baseball 5:30 p.m., Comets Field May. 4: RDHA annual Florence Nightingale Tea, Rivers Legion Hall, 2 p.m.

May 5: Rivers Legion Bingo, doors open 12:15 p.m.

May 5: Rivers Rams baseball double header, noon and 4 p.m., Comets Field May 9: Rivers Rams baseball, 5:30 p.m., Comets Field May 10: Rivers Legion Chase the Ace, 5 - 7:30 p.m.

May 12: Rivers Legion Bingo, doors open 12:15 p.m.

May 13: Rivers Legion Branch #75 general meeting.

May 17: Rivers Legion Chase the Ace, 5 - 7:30 p.m.

May 19: Rivers Legion Bingo, doors open 12:15 p.m.

May 22: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meeting, Kiwanis Courts lounge, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.

May 23: Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce meeting, noon, Lees Restaurant May 24: Rivers Legion Chase the Ace, 5 - 7:30 p.m.

May 26: Rivers Legion Bingo, doors open 12:15 p.m.

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Name: Leslee Brown Birthday: June 1 Occupation: Real estate professional with SuttonHarrison Realty First Job: Sandwich artist at Subway Hobbies: Spending time with my kids and our horses In Rivers since: 2015 Where do you live? On an acreage southeast of Rivers Hometown: Brandon Where did you attend school? High school at Crocus Plains in Brandon and college at Lakeland College in Alberta.

Favourite or Dream Vacation Spot: I really want to go to Hawaii Favourite Food: Tacos Favourite Holiday: Christmas Favourite Music, Song or Artist: Corb Lund, Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile Favourite Animal: Horse Favourite TV show: Friday Night Lights Favourite Actor/Actress: Timothy Olyphant When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up? A horse trainer Comment: I love living in Riverdale and have found this to be a very welcoming community. I’m proud to call Rivers home!

On this day May 3

1811 - Lord Selkirk purchases 300,000 sq km of Manitoba from the Hudson’s Bay Company for a Red River colony to be named Assiniboia.

1887 - Coal mine explosion near Nanaimo kills 148; worst mining disaster in BC history.

1912 - First Titanic victims buried in Halifax.

1915 - Lt.-Col. John McCrae composes his poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ in 20 minutes, after he witnessed the death of his friend, 22 year old Lt Alexis Helmer, the day before.

1919- Yukon women win the right to vote.

1922 - Women in Prince Edward Island win the right to vote and hold provincial office.

1963 - Over 1,600 residents of Hay River and Fort Simpson, NWT airlifted to safety after town struck by flooding; the townsites will be moved to higher ground.

1979 - Yukon River flood submerges Dawson City under more than two metres of water; downtown declared a disaster area.

2010 - Canadian Navy demolitions expert PO Craig Blake killed by an IED in Afghanistan while walking back to camp after defusing another bomb in a village 25 km southwest of Kandahar; first Canadian sailor to die in Afghanistan since the mission began in 2002.

2016 - A large forest fire, raging southwest of Fort McMurray, crosses the Athabasca River toward the city; more than 80,000 residents will be evacuated; the fire eventually covers 500,000 hectares, destroying 2,400 structures, about 10 per cent of the city.

s a farm girl, it was common to burn the ditches in the spring. Not on a windy day, before the new grass was up enough to create the perfect wind tunnel for a fast fire. Carefully, with supervision.

Even then, there were days when a burn went wrong.

My younger sister had a penchant for spring fires, well, she loved summer and fall fires as well. There was a row of evergreens behind the house that had a short life span. No building suffered loss, however, there was more than one serious scare. The call of the flame seemed to overrule good judgement. I don’t believe there was ever a need to call the fire department. We scrambled with hoes and rakes and wet grain sacks.

In my middle age,s it was decided that a slough needed to be burned. The wind turned, as it often does in spring. The fire was crossing the field, heading to the neighbour’s pasture quarter, well treed. This time, the tractor and cultivator were called out as the heavy artillery. That battle ended just inside the ‘not ours’ fence, banished again with shovels and soaked sacks.

Scary stuff.

Years ago, prairie fires were common, sweeping across the plains, racing across the plains, farm families fighting to save their homesteads. One of the quarters

that we held title to when we farmed at Riding Mountain had a grass ridge, rather dry, running between bluffs. One summer day, three women who had spent their early years on that land drove up and requested permission to stop there and remember. We knew the women and were delighted to accompany them. As they wandered around the derelict house, no longer a home, they shared memories.

The older one recalled the spring of the grass fire.

Their father was away, mother home with several small children, when they noticed smoke to the south.

As the pillar rose and darkened, the mother placed the children in the home with strict instructions to remain there. That lone, determined prairie wife and mother gathered gunny sacks, dragged pails of water and went to beat the f lames. The home was spared, the fire sweeping around and past. I can not imagine the terror that fuelled her actions, or the despair of having her wee bairns in the home alone. Necessity is a powerful motivator.

That story had a good ending. Not all early prairie fires ended well. Tales were told of a mother hen found seared, but her chicks still safe under her body. Animals f leeing fire, not always winning. Home and lives lost.

We would like to think that this could never happen again. It is difficult to understand how, with all our cultivated acres and well defined yard sites, this could happen. This spring there have been fires that raged and roared out of control, causing deep concern for rural families. It can simply be a spark leaping out of a burning barrel, clean up pile of brush that looked to be dead but fanned to life by winds.

Please be careful. For all of us.

Where am I?

If you recognize the location or landmark in this picture, please call Rivers Banner office at 328-7494 or email sales@riversbanner.com. We would love to hear your stories about these locally interesting sites. Thanks for taking an interest in getting to know our community.

Rivers Community Church 447 Edward Street, Rivers

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

BG Club (age 3-Gr. 4), 204-412-0448 for details.

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

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

Phone 204-328-7882 or 204-328-7189.

Add a little kick to your summer with Law of Attraction workshops!

Intro to Law of Attraction Series Over four evenings you will discover the basics of Law of Attraction and what your thoughts and emotions have to do with the way you are experiencing life. $150

RIVERS Thursdays | May 23, 30, June 6 & 13 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.

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Riverdale District Health Auxiliary Florence Nightingale Dessert Tea Saturday, May 4 2:00-3:30p.m. at Rivers Legion Hall Performance by Rivers Elementary School Choir Adults $5, 12 and under free Bake table and draws

Everyone welcome!

All proceeds support Riverdale Health Centre.

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Spring cleaning Chamber Bits April 2019 underway Dave Falkevitch Rivers & District CoC

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Heather Lamb, of the Rivers Train Station Committee, came up with the idea to do some “spring clean up” at the Rivers Train station and on Tuesday, April 30 they did. Members of the committee met and the clean up began. Marlene Hayhurst and Dorothy Beedie made delicious muffins and banana bread to keep the cleaners working. The Committee issues a challenge to all groups and the rest of the community to get going on their yards and businesses for spring cleaning.

L – R: Diane Marriott, Dorothy Beedie, Donna Morken and Barb Sveistrup (behind Donna).

Our regular monthly meeting was held on April 25, at noon at Lee’s . The meeting was very well attended and a lot of good discussion took place.

If you haven’t already not iced, t he cha mber events sign has been refurbished and looks great.

A big thanks goes out to Nolan Enterprises for a job well done. Just a reminder, the sign is available to rent for a small fee to promote your event in our community.

The main topic of the meeting was organizing Happy Days 2.0 to take place June 15, down town.

Some of the events planned are a classic vehicle show, a vendor’s market, street ball hockey, a horseshoe tour na ment , k id’s activities and beer garden with entertainment and dance later in the evening. We are open to any

other ideas and welcome any groups that may wish to take part by offering food services or any other fundraising ventures. For more information on any of these events, please contact any chamber member, the rec office at the arena complex, or my self, Dave (204)729-7203.

We hope this day that is planned will generate a lot of interest in our downtown area and revive some community spirit!

Other discussion was a rou nd remov i ng t he strings of lights from the trees at the Millennium park as they were put on when the trees were much smaller and now that the trees have grown so much bigger those light look out of place. A better way to light up the area will be sought out. Also, the CDC has information on a Home Town Manitoba grant to any business wishing to do store front renovations. It is a 50/50 matching grant

and more in formation can be obtained from CDC members or by contacting Ken Tait.

People are reminded that the chamber bucks can be used as prizes or gifts and can be spent at any cha mber member business.

Upcoming event are, day care official opening May 1; town wide yard sale June 1; Rives Ag Society Fair, July 3; Laxdal hockey camp starting July 28, and Rivers Comets hosting provincial A A baseball August 9-11 just to name a few. Looks like a busy summer coming up.

Another reminder that any individual, group or business is welcome to join the chamber of commerce for a very nominal cost. The next meeting will be May 23, at Lee’s, at noon. Hope to see you there to continue to make this community a great place to live.

Golf season ramping up

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L-R: Marguerite Lapka-Woytowich, Diane Marriott, Barb Sveistrup, Micah Waddell, Dorothy Beedie, Susan Citulsky, Donna Morken. Missing from photo but were there: Calvin and Heather Lamb, Marlene Hayhurst, Al Morken, Dave Woytowich.

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Spring is here! As of the first of May, Riverdale Golf and Country Club is open. With the purchase of a new refrigerator, made possible by the generous grant we received from Rivers and Area Community Foundation, our kitchen is finished and almost paid for.

We are implementing a few new changes this year.

The first being a new level of membership. Young

adults ages 18-21 will pay a greatly reduced price to golf for the year. This is in hopes of getting some our young golfers back into the game.

Are you a golfer without a power cart? You can now buy a cart membership and have a cart to use for the season. This will be on a first come first serve basis with the exemption of tournaments. For more information on these great

deals, contact the Clubhouse at 204-328-7122.

Don’t forget the Pancake Breakfast on May 5, come on out and enjoy.

May 2, 1929 A special meeting of the Town Council was held do Thursday evening to meet representatives of the Canadian National Railways, in connection with concessions asked for in the opening of a gravel pit here, with consequent running of tracks over a number of lots in the town site, crossing of streets, etc.

The meeting was a lengthy one, many points being gone into.

A harmonious spirit prevailed and as a result of a little give and take on both sides, the railway has the necessary permission to go ahead with its work and the Mayor and Sec.Treas. were authorized to sign the contract. This will mean that quite a lot of men will be employed here for several months of the year. Eventually, the railway company expects to take out about 2 million yards of gravel.

May 4, 1939 The annual Drama Festival of Hamiota District will be held at Kenton this year on Wednesday and Thursday, May 17 and 18, with afternoon and evening sessions each day. The afternoon entertainment will commence at 2 p.m. and in the evenings, at 7:30 p.m. Three plays will be presented at each of the four sessions, as follows: Wednesday Afternoon - “Demitasse” by Rivers, “Midnight Call” by Lenor, “The Catalogue” by Oak River.

Wednesday evening “Andrew McMurty, Immagrant” by Kenton, “Sham”

by Hamiota, “Daisy Won’t Tell” by Rivers.

Thursday Afternoon “Eyes of Love” (First Act)

by Hargrave, “Sanctuary”

by Kenton, “Who Gets the Car Tonight” by Hamiota.

T hurday Even ing “Highness” by Rivers, “Ile”

by Kenton and “Patchwork Quilt” by Lenore.

Admissions: Adults, single 35c; season ticket $1.00.

Children, under 14 15c; season ticket 50c.

May 5, 1949 The $56,000 Alexander bridge, completed in 1947 was partially destroyed by fire on Thursday of last week. Cause of the blaze was attributed to prairie fire.

The fire burned fiercely on the asphalt and creosote

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timbered structure and nothing could be done until the arrival of fire fighting equipment from Joint Air School.

The bridge was built by the provincial government and the two municipalities of Daly and Whitehead.

The government share was 50 per cent and that of the municipalities 25 per cent each.

April 30, 1959 Rivers students received high awards for their musical talents last week when they competed once again in the f ive day Brandon Musical Festival last week. Donald Whyte, well known violinist was termed “terrific” for his performances throughout.

The festival adjudicator, Mr. H. Leyton Brown expressed high appraisal for the good playing in almost every aspect and a promising future for this Rivers youth, Donald was awarded 87 marks for his performance of Kreisler’s “Siciliene” and “Riguadon,” the highest mark of the five day festival with 90 marks for his concerto.

He was award with a scholorship by Patmore’s Florists.

Betty Cook, 14 year old pianist, topped her class to win the Ted Hemming Medal for advanced piano, also the music teachers shield for her playing in the Bach Class.

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Seen holding certificates for a driving contest are (lt-rt) front row: Earl Bourne, Leanord Lepp and James Klywak; back row: Curtis Hill, Jim Atkinson, David McAndrew Tony Mills, Leslie Eyres, John Grummett and Bruce McEwing. Missing from the picture are Pat Dawson, Vera Lynn Smith, Robbie Cowan, Greg Higginson, Ian McNair, Ray Belhumeur and Tom Fearnly. May 8,1969

tra under the direction of Mrs. C. G. Stalker, scored 84 marks for their better “intonation.” The boys orchestra receiving 83 marks.

Other winners from the Rivers area were Sheila Barkley, receiving second prize in both Bach piano classes with Margret Harris in fourth place. Lindamay Harris placed third in the beginners class.

Allan Stewart won second in the baritone solo and second in the trumpet class was awarded to Don Gilchrist.

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Riverdale Golf Club opening kick-off Pancake Breakfast Sunday, May 5, 2019 9 a.m.-12 noon GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE

$5 per person 8 and under free

2019 memberships and cart storage available.

Buy your membership by May 31 and get a free round!

Mini pack cards — EARN FREE GOLF!

Get into the swing for the 2019 season!

Call 204-328-7122 for details.

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It is not believed that alcohol or drugs were a factor in the collision.

M i n nedos a RC M P, along with a Forensic Collision Reconstructionist, continue to investigate.

Mon: 9a.m. - 4p.m.

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Wed: 9a.m. - 4p.m.

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Hunt, For allMiller your & Co. LLP electrical needs

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Jack Cram, Lawyer ALEXANDER Phone 204-727-8491 or 204-328-7540 (Thursdays, ELECTRIC 2-5 p.m.) for appointments.

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Hunt, Miller & Co. LLP

Hair Dynamics

Phone 204-727-8491 or 204-328-7540 (Thursdays, 2-5 p.m.) for appointments.

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Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon

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Insurance, Travel, Investments, Real Estate

Phone 204-328-7540 204-566-2490

HD WELDING Rig Welder

HAROLD DYCK Journeyman Welder 204-724-0506 dyckwelding@gmail.com Box 10, Rivers, MB

Jake: 204-761-0900 Tyson: 204-761-8765

Ph. 204-724-6870 Fax 204-328-4407 alepp@redlinetransport.ca

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Dry bulk transportation

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As low as $13.50/wk.

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Stylists and nail technician on staff

Ph. 204-328-7435

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204.759.3313 Toll Free 844.877.7767 gregnesbittmla@mymts.net #7 � 515 4th Avenue Burlington Place, Shoal Lake, MB

Mini storage units for rent.

Way-Mor Agencies Ltd.

Jeannie’s Interiors 204-573-1150

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724-8254

e and Stud Fram t Fram s e o P Farm Buildings

Johan’s Construction Ltd. 204-745-7628 cell 204-328-7310 office “Building for all your farm needs!”

Wager Welding

Serving Rivers and area since 1906.

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Clack Family Heritage Museum Foundation Inc. invites applications for summer labourers Applicant should have good public relations skills, be interested in antiques, provide tours, do yard maintenance, paint, catalogue, do computer work and other duties as required.

Positions are open to students who intend to return to secondary schooling in the fall.

Please submit applications by Monday, May 13, 2019 to: Clack Family Heritage Museum Box 16, Oak River, MB R0K 1T0 or email jbrown1@mymts.net.

For more information, please phone 204-566-2311.

May 3, 2019 Rivers Banner 7 PLACE YOUR AD BY:

PHONE: 204-328-7494 FAX: 204-328-5212 E-MAIL: info@riversbanner.com

DEADLINE: TUESDAY AT NOON

Our people, perseverance, integrity, and exceptional partnerships have led HyLife to becoming Canada’s leading pork producer and global exporter of high quality pork products. The growing demand for our pork in Japan and China means we need exceptional people to help deliver our company vision. We have expanded our Neepawa facility to increase our overall production by 15% and in turn created new jobs throughout the company.

As a Meat Cutter/Production Personnel you will be a critical member of our team in the creation of our world class product. Our positions range from working on our slaughter production floor to shipping the final packaged product, with everything in between! With our wide variety of jobs, excellent people, and our drive for innovation you will certainly find a job that suits you!

Responsibilities and duties include but are not limited to: • Slaughter and eviscerate hogs for further processing • Harvest and package edible offal • Process pork carcasses into primal cuts • Butcher and package pork primal cuts into value added specifications for local, national and international premium markets • Carry out other tasks related to processing of meat for shipping to customers or storage • Sanitation People who will succeed as members of our team will: • Enjoy working in a fast paced, stable long term work environment • Appreciate working in a culturally diverse workplace. We employ people from all over the world!

• Treat people with dignity and respect • Open to working in colder/warmer environments • Physically Fit • Experience as an industrial butcher or trimmer is an asset

Current starting wage is $14.50/hour plus $1.00 per hour perfect attendance incentive!

Wage scale extends to $21.55/hour We believe that our success is founded on the strength of our team.

As such, we place a great deal of emphasis on attracting, developing and retaining good people, and consider every one of our employees to be a highly-valued member of the HyLife family. To that end, we are committed to providing a working environment that not only fosters personal growth, but also recognizes our employees’ contributions towards the common goal of our company’s success because of this HyLife has been recognized as a Platinum Member of Canada’s Best-Managed Companies.

If you have the qualifications and the passion to meet this challenge then we would like to explore your potential.

Please apply online at http://hylife.com/current-opportunities/ or email to jobs@hylife.com or mail to PO Box 10,000, 623 Main St E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0.

We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted

Classified Ad Deadline Tuesday Noon

Cancellations and corrections only within business hours and corresponding deadlines.

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Public notice residents of Rivers This is to remind you that you must first obtain permission from council before removing or trimming any trees or shrubs from any public property within Rivers, including boulevards.

Council Riverdale Municipality

2019 DUST CONTROL Riverdale Municipality will accept requests for dust control application in front of residences and/or established sites within the Municipality on a prepayment basis.

Payments are to be made to Riverdale Municipality at the municipal office in Rivers by May 24th, 2019.

Calcium Application will be offered as follows: a) 12’ x 300’ strip at a cost of $208.00 +gst b) 12’ x 500’ strip at a cost of $346.60 +gst c) 16’ x 300’ strip at a cost of $274.00 +gst d) 16’ x 500’ strip at a cost of $455.50 +gst Payments will be refunded if there are not enough applications for a truckload.

Policy PW_01-15, as amended, for Dust Control can be read in its entirety on our website.

670 – 2nd Avenue Box 520 ~ Rivers, Manitoba ~ R0K 1X0 Telephone: 204-328-5300 ~ Fax: 204-328-5374 Email: cao.riverdale@mymts.net website: www.riversdaly.ca REMINDER TO DOG & CAT OWNERS IN THE TOWN OF RIVERS Pursuant to By-Law No. 12-94, being a By-Law to regulate and control dogs and cats in the Town of Rivers: 5. (a) No owner shall: (1) permit his dog or cat to be anywhere other than on the owner’s premises unless: 1) the dog or cat has a collar and the proper licence tag; 2) the dog or cat is on a leash, not longer than six feet; 3) the dog or cat is under the immediate charge and effective control of some competent person.

(2) permit his dog or cat to run at large or be at large; (4) permit his dog or cat to defecate on any public property or on any private property other than the property of the owner; (b) Where a dog or cat defecates on property other than the property of its owner, the owner shall cause such excrement to be removed immediately and such excrement shall be disposed of by the dog or cat owner.

PLEASE BE A RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER AND RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPERTY! MAYOR & COUNCIL Riverdale Municipality Box 520, Rivers, MB ROK lXO (204) 328-5300

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TINS: BA; Co-op; Imperial; Texaco; Honey Tins; Esso.

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Huron Tri-pane windows, fir plywood.

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Coming Events The Rolling River Festival of the Arts will be hosting their AGM on Thursday, May 16th, , 2019 at 7 p.m. at Tanners Crossing School. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

WINNIPEG PHILATELIC SOCIETY

Annual Stamp & Coin Show Saturday, May 4 10 - 6pm Sunday, May 5 10 - 4pm

Sunova Centre (West St. Paul) Main St. & North Perimeter

www.wps.mb.ca 204-582-1334

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Do you have a PRESS RELEASE / MEDIA ADVISORY that needs to go out? Let us help you with that! Though we cannot guarantee publication, MCNA will get the information into the right hands for ONLY $35.00 + GST/HST. Call MCNA (204) 947-1691 for more information, or email classified@ mcna.com for details. www. mcna.com FOR SALE BATTERIES FOR EVERYTHING. Automotive, farm, construction, ATV, marine, motorcycle, golf carts, phones, tools, radios, computers etc. Reconditioned, obsolete and hard-to-find batteries. SOLAR equipment. The Battery Man. Winnipeg. 1.877.775.8271 www.batteryman.ca Caught you looking! Reach over 413,000 Manitoba readers weekly. Summer is coming. Book your Announcements, Events, Sales, Employment Opportunities, Auctions, Wanted Ads, For Rent, Volunteer Opportunities, etc. People rely on these classifieds to find what they need. Catch them looking at your material in our 48 Weekly Community Newspapers. We can even help you get your message across Canada. Call this newspaper NOW or email classified@mcna.com for details. MCNA (204) 9471691. www.mcna.com Walker Brand Zero Turn Mowers. The most Beautiful

Cut with tilt-up decks and many attachments. Call 1-800-568-7371 for your closest dealer or go to: www. walkerdbh.com EVENTS TELUS MANITOBA 2019 MOTORCYCLE RIDE FOR DAD. Fighting Prostate Cancer Saturday, May 25 10:00 A.M. Official Start Earl’s Polo Park Shopping Centre.

Register online: ridefordad. ca/manitoba PROPERTY FOR SALE DEVELOPER SELLOUT. 10 lakefront, 4 lakeview lots, fully developed street and hydro. Sand beach. Valued at $542,000 – selling as package for $335,000. Call Sheldon 204-371-5131.

STEEL BUILDINGS STEEL BUILDING SALE ...

"BIG BLOWOUT SALE – ALL BUILDINGS PRICED TO CLEAR!" 20X23 $5,977.

23X25 $5,954. 25X27 $7,432. 30X31 $9,574.

32X31 $9,648. One End Wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036 www.pioneersteel.ca VACATION / TRAVEL OBERAMMERGAU 2020 PASSION PLAY - Performed once every 10 years. Experience our World with Craig Travel. Quote "Regional newspapers" and Save $200pp until May 15/19.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Dream Job! Live in caregiver/ housekeeper. Summers in Winnipeg and winters in the tropics. Call 204-997-4629 FEED AND SEED FORAGE SEED FOR SALE: Organic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc.

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8 Rivers Banner May 3, 2019

RM of Oakview-March 26 Committee reports Roads and Drainage: A meeting was held on March 22 between Reeve Fortune, Councillor Froese, the C.A.O. and the owners of the K rahn Pit to discuss g r avel requ i rement s.

Gravel crushing for 2019 can be completed in the Krahn Pit again this year and some additional gravel testing can be completed.

Oa k v ie w F i r e D e pa r t ment s: Tr a i n i n g completed by the Rapid Cit y a nd Oa k R iver f ire departments was discussed as well as a purchase made by the Rapid City Fire Department. A meeting is to be scheduled with adjacent municipal representatives.

Reeve For t u ne re por ted on t he Newdale & Community Hall meet i ng he at tended in Newdale. Upgrades proposed for the Newdale Hall for 2019 were discussed.

The C.A.O. reported on the Blanshard CDC meeting held March 14.

Counci l gave third reading to the Rapid City Cemetery by-law and amended the 201514 Property Standards By-Law. Purchase of lots in Rapid City-an email was received in regards to purchasing adjacent lots in Rapid City and council indicated that they did not wish to lower the price on certain lots in Rapid City at this time.

Updates Mu n ic i p a l O r g a n ization review: Surveys have been completed and next steps in the process were reviewed with council.

Rapid City waterline replacement: An inquiry

was made to MWSB regarding provincial funding for 2019. MWSB was contacted in regards to tendering for the GenSet for the Rapid City water treatment plant. The Public Utilities Board was questioned in regards to the water rate study that was submitted in December 2018.

A quote from GeoMB was accepted to complete surveying for the land swap between the municipality and Manitoba Infrastructure.

Rapid City rink: Lost items claim is still being reviewed with our adjuster. The re-inspection date for the rink was discussed as well as a call from a contractor regarding the roof.

Rapid City Beach & Reservoir CommitteeCounci l lor van Veen updated council on the project. Future project ideas received from t he c om m it t e e wer e reviewed with council.

Speed limits into Rapid City – An application was submitted.

High speed internetWestman Communications Group have made a proposal to the R. M. of Oakview to bring high speed internet, cable TV, and home phone services to Rapid City residents if they have the required sign up; two year contracts; two month service deposit and some funding from the municipality if it proceeds.

Council agreed to fund up to $25,000 from the Rapid City Development Reserve Fund to have Westman Communications Group service all of Rapid City with high speed internet, cable TV, and home phone services if the required amount of residents agree to the terms offered by West19051GG0

Pie sale!

m a n C om mu n ic at ion s Group.

Offer to purchase lots in Rapid City: The survey was completed and the transfer of title is to be signed by the C.A.O. Gravel requirementsa draft agreement with Krahn’s was reviewed.

Gravel crushing-council authorized the CAO to accept request for proposals to crush 15,000 yards from the K rahn Pit, 15,000 yards from the McIntyre Pit and 10,000 yards from the Couch’s Pit The 1997 Ford gravel truck is to be advertised for sale. A one-time donation to go towards three new warming shelters for the snowmobile trails was approved A donation to July 1, 2019 celebrations in Rapid City for $750 to the Rapid City & Area Lions Club to host “Canada Day” celebration in Rapid City will include a pancake breakfast, golfing, opening ceremon ies at t he museum, kid’s activities, bingo, a beef pit barbecue, evening entertainment, and firework.

SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Hal Sveistrup “the Pie Man” working at the United Church Thrift Sale on Saturday.

At the pie table he was able to sell over 100 pies in one day.

A & B Dalrymple’s Country Farm Greenhouses

Opposite the Dam at the Minnedosa Beach 1 mile from Minnedosa Hwy #262 North (Also Access Road East of the Miniature Golf)

Minnedosa, MB

Just past the buffalo!

Lots of Choices and New Varieties

Season Opening And Customer Appreciation Day

Saturday, May 11, 2019 Free Coffee and Donuts!

~ GIFT CERTIFICATES AND PLANTS AVAILABLE FOR MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS ~

We pride ourselves on quality and value.

Swing for the s and room kids to p Farmya lay in the r d!

Also a wide Selection of Tomatoes, Vegetables and Herbs

We still grow lots of plants in dozens in fibre packs.

We have many hanging baskets. Plus all your favourite Annuals.

PERENNIALS • TREES • SHRUBS • HARDY ROSES We welcome you to look around.

OPENING HOURS: 9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. ~ 7 days/week

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE:

204-867-3317

We Look Forward to Helping You! • Best Wishes & Happy Gardening. Alan & Barb Dalrymple, Katrina and Sarah