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THIS WEEK Hunters put their trophies on display for the chance to win at the big buck night.

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 PHOTO BY TERRA WOLSKI project for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the en- fabulous amount,” says Heather. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Trophy Buck Night hosted by the Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association gathered many hunting enthusiasts together to compete a similar camtire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane. in various classes.

The evening marked the 22nd themelted event has been held. make theinprogram a big help those helped we serve. to A lot paign her school. That threeBecause theyear snow had to participate.

The Numerous collegiate tosponsors students secured a canoe from times Cripps, kids don’t Levi get enough week effort simply Kenny encouraged so much, the canoe could not Lamb, hosted aBrodie poor boyDinwoodie, floor hockey of Rolling Riverleft School Division success. Pictured from Chris McCoy, Rhonda Foote,Kelvin Doug Best , Robin Cripps, credit but this groupNeustaedter. of students students to leave product in portaged across the street tournament in which to play, with an intent to Ron f ill itTaylor. with be Macdonald, Cody Denbow, Front row: Sarah JanetoSpeers, Roger Beaudin, Ross Taylor, Mark 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 Brandon, 125 River 3/8; non-member, member, non-member, winner of a second drawMarch for a22.

By Hal Sveistrup group oncard Thursday, carriedno bags,entry; boxes and garbage canvassed Rivers, Oak help check expiry dates, sort and by that class, the original idea Cody Denbow, Oaklake, 181 4/8; non-typical, Kenny Macdonald, .270 calibre Remington rifle combo Rivers Game &came Fishfrom a suggestion made by harvest volunteer Liliane Junior: member, no entry; non- Oak Lake, 185 3/8. was Bruce Macdonald, Oak Lake.

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Youngster, Jase Canam of Riv- Destiny Lavellee, Brandon, took Redfern Hall in the Riverdale member, Levi Best, Harding, 115 “I heard the idea at a meetCommunity Centre was brimful 7/8; Ladies Rifle: member Robin ers, was the happy recipient of a home a second place prize of a $100 ing in Brandon. St. Augustine Cripps, Rivers, typical, 116 2/8; Red Ryder pellet gun, donated by gift card from Brandon Home Buildof deer hunters, family School had members, tried Fill a Canoe non-member, typical, Sarah Speers, Brandon Home Building Centre. ing Centre and third place Layne friends and spectators on Saturday in conjunction with the 10-day Festival du Voyaguer in WinAlexander, 140 7/8; non-member, The winners of the head entry draw Anderson, Rivers, won a hunting evening, Dec. 8.

The occasion was nipeg in February.Buck It was very non-typical, Rhonda Foote, Bran- for a .22 calibre Savage Magnum knife courtesy of Jo-Brook’s. A the 22nd annual Trophy successful and whenever I hear don, 79 7/8; muzzle loader: member, rifle with scope was Justin Usunier, shooting chair donated by Rivers Night, hosted food by bank, the Rivers and my ears always perk typical, Kelvin Lamb, Rivers, 115 Rapid City. The top prize of a .22- Home Building Centre went to Dan Area Game and Fish Association. up!”

0/8; non-member, typical, Mark 250 calibre Savage Trophy Hunt Wilson, Winnipeg.

Attention wasShefocused on 61 then brought the sugThe canoeBrandon, at Rivers 112 5/8; gestion Riverdale Harvest, Neustaedter, Buck night patrons enjoyed a rifle with scope in the first card quality antlered deertoheads.

The Elementary School was which supported the idea and non-typical, draw was won by Les McAdam, delicious lunch of chili and a bun exacting exercise of scoring was ac- member, adequately filled. Roger BeauPhoto by Heather Gray asked her to present the promo-

complished by association members Kelvin Lamb, Colin Hunter and Ritchie Joynt and by non-members, Lance Anderson, Jody Anderson, Shawn Airey and Dan Wilson. The following is a summary of trophy winners and their scores: Archery:

din, Rivers, 97 0/8; non-member, non-typical, Chris McCoy, Rapid City, 100 4/8; Mens Rifle: member, typical, Doug Cripps, Rivers, 138 1/8; non-member, typical, Brodie Dinwoodie, Rapid City, 149 6/8; member, non-typical, Ross Taylor,

Rivers. Runner up, Kent Michie, Rapid City, pocketed a $100 gift certificate donated by Brandon Home Building Centre while Trevor Bartlett, Rivers, claimed the third place prize of a $50 gift certificate supplied by Jo-Brook’s. The lucky

served by the clubs resident chef, Richard English and his canteen staff. An eye-catching display of guns and hunting equipment by the Brandon Home Building Centre put the finishing touch on another successful evening.

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Ready or not

ver the next decade, it’s estimated that about $1.5 trillion worth of business assets will change hands in Canada. The success or failure of this transfer will have a huge impact on Canada’s economy and I’m not convinced we’ve done all we can to prepare.

We knew the day would come when Canada’s ageing baby boomer entrepreneurs would look towards transitioning out of their businesses and towards retirement.

According to data from 2014, about half of both small and medium sized business owners were between 50 and 64 years of age. When you add the 12 per cent of small business owners and 14 per cent of medium business owners who are over 65 years of age, it’s easy to see why 72 per cent of Canadian business owners plan to exit their companies in the next decade.

Small businesses are extremely important to the Canadian economy. According to data from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the country is home to over 1 million small businesses– companies that have fewer than 100 employees. Across Canada, 7.7 million people, or almost 70 per cent of private sector workers, are employed by small businesses. These companies aren’t just important for existing jobs, between 2002 and 2014, small businesses created about 100,000 jobs each year, or close to 78 per cent of all private sector jobs created in that time period.

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Kate Jackman-Atkinson When it comes to timelines, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) data indicates that 8 per cent of business owners looking to exit plan to do so in the next year. The majority, 39 per cent, plan to exit their business in one to five years. But who will take these businesses over?

About half of business owners surveyed by CFIB plan to sell their business, with about half of those planning to sell to a family member. About 21 per cent plan to pass their business to family through an inheritance. More troublingly for the Canadian economy though, about 15 per cent plan to just wind down their business, usually because they have no successor or buyer.

The pool of potential buyers is limited, more so than it should be. Entrepreneurship isn’t a bad word, but it’s one we seldom see pushed as a first choice for one’s career. At the high school and post secondary levels, kids are encouraged to get a job, not make jobs. The end result of decades of

this mentality is a narrow pool of Canadians who are actively considering entrepreneurship as a career and not just something they fall into. Our failure to prepare the next generation of entrepreneurs is likely to have huge ramifications over the next decade.

Despite how important the transfer of these businesses is to the economy, successive federal governments haven’t worked to remedy some of the obstacles that make it harder for these transitions to take place. One of the biggest problems is how the Canada Revenue Agency views the transfer of business assets between family members.

While this is the preferred outcome for many business owners, it comes with a financial penalty. Currently, for such transfers, the difference between the sale price and the original investment is taxed as a dividend. However, when a business is sold to a third party, the difference is treated as a capital gain, which results in a lower tax bill thanks to the lifetime capital gains exemption.

Ensuring the continued operation of existing firms is important, as only half of new businesses survive past their fifth year of operation. Solving this problem shouldn’t just fall to entrepreneurs looking to sell– from retirees’ disposable income, to preserving Canadian jobs, to ensuring vibrant rural communities, a lot is riding on the successful transition of these businesses over the next decade.

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don’t know if I have ever been so upset about a topic in all my years of writing a column. Canada, and especially western Canada, is getting a very raw deal. The federal government’s ill-planned treatment of our oil industry is scandalous.

The Trudeau Liberals have done every thing they can to kill off the oil industry, especially the western Canadian oil industry. They have made pipelines difficult, if not impossible, to build. They, and possibly previous governments as well, did not step up and make the pipelines happen.

Now, we are still dependent on Saudi Arabian oil when it is becoming increasingly obvious that relations with that country aren’t a very pleasant experience.

The cruel irony about Saudi Arabia is that it’s opposed to almost everything our Trudeau Liberal government would pledge to support. Abuse of women’s rights and rule of law, corporal and capital punishment are reported to be rampant in Saudi Arabia. Don’t forget that the 9/11 suicide bombers were reported to be from that country as well.

The opposition to our oil is supposedly based on the idea that Canadian oil is dirty. Have you noticed that oil sands are now called tar sands, a much less appealing term? There is no doubt that burning oil causes some air pollution, especially if the motors aren’t properly tuned up.

But here’s the deal, Canadian oil has been given a bad name, not because it is dirty or of poor quality. It has been given a bad name because there are many U.S. lobby groups that want to protect the American markets and some who want

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Ken Waddell to keep Arabian oil flowing by ship to the eastern side of the continent.

And here’s another deal, there may well be a day when oil becomes out-dated or obsolete. There may come a day when electric cars become practical. The only place electric cars make sense now is where the trips are short. Electric transport trucks and long distance electric cars not only don’t make any economic sense, they don’t exist. There are some electric buses and they were actually in use in Winnipeg decades ago.

How long will it be before oil can be replaced? I don’t know and neither does anybody else. The environmentalists and liberal-minded folks can chat all they want about putting a price on pollution and saving energy and a whole lot of other things. The truth is oil is still the backbone of our energy economy, of our agricultural (food), mining, manufacturing and our transportation economies.

Electric vehicles, solar energy, wind energy are all wonderful concepts and may be the way of the future. If they become economically feasible, I am all for it. Economically feasible means operating without huge subsidies, like the money that has been poured into wind

and solar energy.

Just as a side note, can you imagine anything as dumb as Manitoba Hydro spending many millions of dollars to convince people to use less Hydro? Should it not be self-evident that if people want to save on their electric bills, they can turn down the thermostat, install more insulation or upgrade doors and windows? If the government needs to help people to do those things when they can’t afford it on their own, then it needs to be done under a separate program geared to low income people. Manitoba Hydro is not the correct place to implement those initiatives.

Until the alternatives to oil become viable, we need to encourage our oil industry, not choke it. Canadians are being led down a very divisive path right now and it should be no surprise that there are rumblings about western alienation and possible separation. May God help us and preserve our country.

Disclaimer: The writer serves as a volunteer president 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

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Dec. 14: Evangel Worship Centre Rapid City, Christmas Concert at the Legion Hall 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 15: High School Hockey Tournament at RCC Dec. 17: Christmas concert, Oak River School Dec. 18: High School Hockey RCC 7:45 p.m.

Dec. 18: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8 a.m.

Dec. 19: Rivers Senior Jets RCC 9 p.m.

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

Dec. 24: Tarbolton Christmas Eve service 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 30: No Service at the Zion Church.

Dec. 30: Lessons and Carols service 10:30 a.m.

2019: Jan. 14: Rivers Legion Branch #75 general 7:30 p.m. Hall Jan. 22: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 9 a.m.

Jan. 31: Rivers Chamber of Commerce Meeting Feb. 7-10: Golden Gals Curling tournament Feb. 11: Rivers Legion Branch #75 Ex-meeting 1 p.m. downstairs Feb. 20-25: Senior Mens and Women’s Championships Feb. 26: Diabetes Clinic, Riverdale Health Centre, 8 a.m.

Feb. 28: Rivers Chamber of Commerce Meeting Mar. 11: Rivers Legion Branch #75 Ex-meeting 1 p.m. downstairs

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Name: Shawn Williams Birthday: Sept. 28, 1975 Occupation: Instructor – Land and Water Management, Assiniboine Community College First job: McDonald’s Hobbies: Drinking other peoples beer, golf, fishing, gardening, and annoying the wife In Rivers/Rapid City/Oak River since: Rivers, 2011 Where do you live? Across from the Elementary School Hometown: Brandon Where did you attend school? George Fitton, Harrison, Crocus Plains, Brandon University, Flemming College Dream Vacation Spot: French Polynesia Favourite Food: Steak and Crab with Potato Salad Favourite holiday: Christmas Favourite Song or Artist: Oasis Favourite Sports Team: Manchester United, Wheat Kings, and the Winnipeg Jets and Bombers Favourite Animal: My cat Clayton Favourite TV show: Deadliest Catch, Tanked and The Voice Favourite Actor/Actress: Me, when the wife believes my B.S. When you were 12, what did you want to be when you grew up? Oddly enough, I wanted to be a Harlem Globetrotter, but I didn’t realize at the time I wasn’t tall enough to play pro basketball.

Comment: I enjoy going to the Legion on Fridays, because who doesn’t love the idea of winning meat. Plus, isn’t it funny that the guy who sings “Take this Job and Shove it!” is named Johnny Paycheck?

On this day Dec. 14 1799 - The first president of the United States, George Washington, died at age 67.

1900 - Professor Max Planck of Berlin University revealed his revolutionary Quantum Theory.

1903 - Orville Wright made the first attempt at powered flight. The engine stalled during take-off and the plane was damaged in the attempt. Three days later, after repairs were made, the modern aviation age was born when the plane stayed aloft for 12 seconds and flew 102 feet.

1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole. He reached the destination 35 days ahead of Captain Robert F. Scott.

1946 - Actress Patty Duke was born on this day.

1967 - Lester B. Pearson (Prime Minister of Canada) announces that he is retiring from politics, and is succeeded by Pierre Trudeau.

1980 - At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon.

2016 - University of Toronto scientists present findings of the world's oldest water - 2 billion years old from a mine in Canada.

t is a soft and gentle early winter morning. The temperature has dipped low enough, on several occasions, to remind us that even though, technically, it is not winter, it is. Minus 20 will do that. This morning the temperature is a balmy minus six and no wind.

Before the sun is even up, I know the scene that is awaiting me. The heavy fog last night has decorated the world. Hoar frost. Magical and mysterious, like the summer dew that also sparkles and shimmers. We wait for the sun to rise, the dogs and I. We want to be up and out before the day gets busy.

It is a quiet world out there this particular morning. A Saturday as I write, so traffic patterns are different, more sedate, less hectic. It is easy to walk and think.

The weather and I have a wonderful relationship. It dishes out whatever and I seek beauty in it. Years ago, when I was but a teen, a blizzard struck the area. I bundled up and headed into the storm. A neighbour happened to be driving by and stopped and asked if I was okay, needed a ride. I tried to assure them that I was fine, enjoying the struggle against the wind and blowing snow. To this day, I am certain that they did not believe me. What their imaginations envisioned I can only imagine. For the years that we farmed at Riding, it was my custom to go walking in any weather as well. The first few times the bachelor brothers met me, they would stop and ask if I needed a ride. I would assure them I was fine and just walking. It became a pattern, they would stop, roll down the window on the battered pick up truck, say, ‘ just walkin eh’, chuckle, smile and with a nod, drive on.

Loved it then and still do!

There have been blizzards that scared me, storm stayed in Portage once. There was a blanket of fog that terrified me. I was out in the boonies in Saskatchewan with my father and the visibility ceased to be. On a strange road, in the dark and in a thick soup. Too dangerous to stop and too dangerous to turn around. Incredibly thankful, to this day, when we spotted a highway sign with distances.

Never again, please.

The gift of a drifting mind…this morning is soft and sweet. The world around me a gift. The snow firm enough that the little dogs do not have snowballs forming on their belly and paws. They don’t like that, not the sink bath that follows to melt the snow and ice. There is a deeper silence when the earth is covered with snow and hoar frost. The cemetery, quiet by nature, is awesome. The only sounds the shuffling of my feet and the rustling of the leash as it slithers over the snow. Amid the tracks of deer and squirrels we wander. The grounds well loved and cared for. Home to coffee and family. This is God’s wondrous world.

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Horticultural Therapy has benefits for all

By Patricia Hanbidge School of Horticulture The column last week was focused on introducing you to the wonders of horticulture therapy. If you missed that column, then it is important for you to know that horticulture therapy is the formal practice that promotes a natural sense of wellness by using goal centered activities utilizing plants and horticulture to improve the quality of life physically, socially, mentally and spiritually. This therapeutic approach is not new but is not always recognized to have the value that it brings to those who are involved with this type of program.

Horticulture therapy programs help participants to develop new ways of thinking about life and self-care. It also helps to

develop positive leisure skills and increased selfesteem by acquiring new skills and by completing successful projects that involve horticulture and plants. Our next session at the Luther Special Care Home will be bringing Christmas to the Table, where the activity will be centered on building holiday centerpieces with fresh greens, while enjoying some Christmas music. This fun activity will also bring back memories of that wonderful smell of a real Christmas tree and trigger thoughts of all the happiness that has been exper ienced during the holiday season.

Gardening could be considered a t y pe of horticulture therapy. It is one of those simple pleasures that continues to bring great satisfaction to people of any

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Often, gardening means hard work, which leads to sore muscles and tired backs, but overshadowing all of these temporary ailments is the ability that gardening has to soothe your soul. In the summer season, the therapy is easy to access as gardening is simple when the climate cooperates. In the winter mont hs however, you need not give up your therapy – you just need to be a bit more creative.

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uals to have the education, skills and experience to become Horticulturists. This post-secondary program realizes that it is an important part of the learners' journey to learn the practice of horticulture therapy. At the school, we see the worth of experiential learning for our students, but we also like to see benefit in our communities. We are thankful and appreciative that we have formed a partnership with the LutherCare communities and thus are delivering a horticulture therapy program at the Luther Special Care Home in Saskatoon. The mission of the LutherCare communities is to provide a safe and caring Continuum of Living for all and all of us at the School of Horticulture are happy to provide a small bit of that caring

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Local church changes name

The Rivers Baptist Church has a new name - Rivers Community Church. The church, originally started in March, 1969, was called Rivers Bible Church and it accepted the articles of faith of the Associated Gospel Church.

The first pastor was George ( Joy) Isaak. In 1970 the building was built at 580 Edward St. In 1976, under the direction of Rev. Frank Hogue of Wheatland, the church changed its name to Rivers First Baptist Church, affiliated with the Baptist Union of Western Canada. In June of 1980, the church was dissolved and the building was used as a daycare centre. Later that same year, the church

Legion wants local recognition for veterans

By Ken Waddell Rivers Banner

Legion Branch #121 at Holland, Manitoba has been in the forefront of honouring our veterans who have paid the ultimate sacrifice by erecting signage in honour of these veterans. To date, four individuals in the Rural Municipality of Victoria have been honoured. The Holland group hopes other Legions will recognize this as a worthwhile project in their area. Legion spokesman, Jack Ross says, “The naming of lakes, rivers and creeks has been somewhat confined to remote northern areas. It is pretty hard to access some of these areas.

I think we should be able to name locations right near home where the veterans lived.” The current naming policy and process appears to be under provincial

government control. Ross is of the opinion that if the signage is on private land and approved by the owner or on municipal land and approved by the council, it should go ahead. He likens it to the school cairns that dot the southern Manitoba landscape With the exception of veteran Joseph Ruttle, the other three veterans meet the criteria that the Veteran was raised in the Muncipality and made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

Local Holland area landowners instigated the Ruttle project to have the creek [near Ruttle’s cabin] placed on the municipal map and discussion and preparation for the Joseph Ruttle signage was prompted long before the Holland Legion pursued this new landmark naming initiative.

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was opened again under the name of Faith Fellowship Baptist Church of Rivers. In 1982, the church changed names again, this time choosing Rivers Baptist Church.

A variety of pastors served the church during those year. Except for a period of nine months, Pastor Will and Lynne Warkentin served the church from 2008 to the summer of 2018. The church has not been affiliated with the Baptist denomination for several years and since the church currently represents approximately 10 different denominational backgrounds, has chosen to function as a non-denominational evangelical church. The church meets weekly for worship on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Everyone is welcome to attend. A junior youth (Gr. 5-9) and senior youth (Gr. 10-12) group meet twice monthly.

Together with Zion Church, the church also hosts BG

(boys and girls) Club on Wednesday evenings. The church also participated in the Vacation Bible Camp program held at the United Church for the past numerous summers and enjoys participating with the other local churches for a variety of events.

In order to better reflect who we are, the congregation has decided to change the name of the church to Rivers Community Church. Our mission statement says “That we strive to be a loving church community, growing in our faith God, honouring Christ as we worship in spirit, and serve at the local and great community.”

For more information about the church, feel free to contact any of the current leadership team - Abe Krahn at 328-7189, Josiah Mikkelsen at 761-2235 or Stan Runions at 328-7693.

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∞Limited time lease offer from Honda Canada Finance Inc. (HCFI), On Approved Credit. Lease example based on a new 2019 CR-V LX-AWD CVT, model RW2H2KES/2019 Civic Sedan LX 6MT, model FC2E5KEX for a 24/36/60-month period, for a total of 104/156/260 weekly payments of $127/$76 leased at 1.99% APR. 40,000/60,000 kilometre allowance (12 cents/km excess charge applies). Total lease obligation is $13,251.16/$11,895.77. Lease obligation includes freight and PDI of $1,795/$1,655, Federal air conditioning charge, tire levy and other applicable fees except PPSA lien registration fee of $52.76 and lien registering agent’s fee of $5.25, which are both due at time of delivery. No down-payment required. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. Dealer may lease for less. Limited time lease offers from Honda Canada Finance Inc. (HCFI), On Approved Credit. Offer valid from December 4, 2018 through January 2, 2019 at participating Honda dealers. Offers valid only for Manitoba residents at Honda Dealers of Manitoba locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without prior notice. Offers only valid on new in-stock 2019/2018 vehicles. While quantities last. Dealer order or trade may be necessary. Visit Honda.ca or your Manitoba Honda dealer for details. *None of the features described are intended to replace the driver’s responsibility to exercise due care while driving. Drivers should not use handheld devices or operate certain vehicle features unless it is safe and legal to do so.

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From our files, MWF supports Winnipeg Harvest

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December 13, 1973 B a r r y For m a n w a s elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting held Sun. Dec. 9 in the civic centre.

Ray Redfern was elected vice-president and Ben Ward, secretary.

December 14, 1983 Nothing can ignite the

Christmas spirit more then a brightly decorated tree. A Christmas tree can also ruin the holiday season if it ignites a house fire. Frank Cielen, a fire prevention officer with the Winnipeg fire department, says that the risk of a Christmas tree starting a fire can be virtually eliminated

if a few precautions are taken. A tree can be made fire resistant by placing it in a bucket of ammonium sulphate and allowing the tree to soak it up.

December 13, 2003 To assist cattle producers and still provide much needed meat for food banks, Manitoba

W i l d l i f e Fe d e r a t i o n (MWF) will be purchasing Manitoba beef for Winnipeg Harvest and rural food banks this year. The amount of meat donated to food banks through MWF Hunter’s sharing the harvest program has been impacted by the current BSE cattle crisis.

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van Veen Carpentry Ltd.

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Leo or Cherry van veen 204-826-2292 or clcarpentry@hotmail.ca

Jeannie’s Interiors Hair Dynamics Stylists and nail technician Professional Painting & Decorating

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Wanted FOODS Meat Cutters/Production Personnel 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.

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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.

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1/2 section or section of grainland to rent in the R.M. of Oakview Contact Mark 204-365-7555 Help Wanted RIVERDALE DAYCARE ECE II Riverdale Community Daycare Inc. is currently accepting applications for Early Childhood Educators (ECE). Applicants will only be considered if they have currently achieved their Early Childhood Educator II or III. Please submit resumes with a cover letter to Riverdale Community Daycare Inc. by mail at Box 722 Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 or by email at rcdinc@hotmail.com. Up-to-date criminal record checks and child abuse checks are required. Closing for applications is December 21, 2018. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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RIVERDALE DAYCARE CCA Riverdale Community Daycare Inc. is currently accepting applications for Child Care Assistants (CCA). Applicants will only be considered if they have their high school education or equivalent and have completed or are enrolled in a recognized 40 hour program of child care related studies as required by the Province of Manitoba.

Please submit resumes with a cover letter to Riverdale Community Daycare Inc. by mail at Box 722 Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 or by email at rcdinc@hotmail.com. Up-to-date criminal record checks and child abuse checks are required. Closing for applications is December 21, 2018. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN AUSTERBERRY

Joe Ruttle Creek near Holland Manitoba was officially christened with a ribbon cutting on Monday, June 30, 2014.

From left: Les Ferris, Maggie Baete and Will Rex.

Continued from page 5 Joe Ruttle was an interesting man. (The writer knew Mr. Ruttle a bit and he was well known to my parents as we farmed not far from where Mr. Ruttle lived.)

Ruttle was born in 1866 at Carlton Place, Drummond Township, Ontario and his military service included (1882) in the Second Egyptian War, Mounted Infantry Reg. 1229, 1899 – 1902 in the Boer War, Cape Garrison Artillery Reg. 761 and 1916 – 1918, World War 1, Battalion 222 in Brigade Division, Royal Canadian Field Artillery (Steam Engineer) After serving his country, Joe

returned to Holland where he built himself a small cabin in the scenic sandhills two miles northwest of the creek now bearing his name. He spent his rugged life quietly, cutting wood, building log buildings, and digging wells. Joe was also well known for his mechanical skills and his neighbourliness.

It is Ross’s hope that local Legions will take up the cause and honour their local veterans by naming local lakes, rivers and creeks after veterans from their area. He feels honouring veterans in that way should be a local function and not be left to the whim of a government department.

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Meals bring the community together PHOTO BY MICAH WADDELL

The Rivers and Area Lions Club hosted their annual seniors supper at the Legion Hall Sat., Dec. 8.

Many people attended, as shown. The Lions Club members fed over 125 people that evening with a full course turkey dinner.

Some corrections Visit

PHOTOS BY MICAH WADDELL

Last week in the paper some names were swapped on the runners up for the spike contest, Nathan Branconier (top) took second place and Michael Branconier (bottom), who was mistakenly named Nathan last week, took third place in the contest.

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