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The Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame held its annual induction dinner on Saturday, June 3 in Morden. Neepawa’s presence within the Hall grew significantly, as the 1993-1997 edition of the Neepawa Farmers, as well as Farmers’ pitchers Don Schmall and Vince Eastman were inducted. Top picture: Dave Bennet presents the Hall of Fame plaque to former Farmers coach Garth White, with members of the 1993-97 club on stage with them. Above left: Don Schmall receives his induction trophy from Gladwyn Scott. Above right: Ross Tycoles presents Vince Eastman with his trophy, welcoming him into the Hall of Fame. Additional details from the ceremony can be seen on page 6.

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1987: Japanese Ambassador ooking Back: Week of September 2 visits Neepawa Week of June 7, 2017 By Cecil Pittman The Neepawa Press 80 years ago Tuesday June 8, 1937 If the skating rink dance floor remains popular throughout the season to the same extent as last Thursday night, there will be many merry hours in the offing. The crowd on the opening night was estimated at between 250 and 300 people.

Conquergood was one of two Neepawa Area Colligate Institute students (Michelle Hanson was the other student), who were included in a group of 99 students from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Ontario, North Dakota and Minnesota who attended at United Nations seminar in Brandon. The seminar was for honor roll students in Grade 11. All at the seminar were eligible to write a 2,000-word essay, with one boy and one girl to be chosen to go to Montreal to attend a Untied Nations inter-Provincial seminar and to visit Expo ’69.

70 years ago Thursday June 5, 1947 Neepawa Air Cadet wins 40 years ago trip to England; the Air CaThursday June 2, 1977 det League of Canada has Mayor Hurrell and the just announced the selectown council will be sendtion of Kenneth Wilkie, of ing letters to hotel and the number 9 Squadron motel owners in the Town R.C.A.C as one of the 46 Air of Neepawa complaining Cadets from all of Canada, about their rigid morning who will participate in an vacating policy. exchange visit with the Mayor Hurrell said at same number of Air Cadets Tuesday night’s regular from Great Britain. One town council meeting the other Manitoba Air Cadet, Association of Urban MuG. H. Holman, of Winnipeg nicipalities mid-season ys Neepawa’s events attracted five to was alsoCanada selected.Day baseball conference, held in Neepawa last Thursday evening ons. 60 years ago and Friday, was marred Thursday June 6, 1957 by complaints from dele70 years ago is expected the John Kosmolak, of and gates’itwives about hotels Thursday September will be in operaMinnedosa, has come to course and motels’ rigid policy Neepawa6, and is associated tion requiring 1945 next guests July 1.to vacate with A. McDougall StuAngus Forsman, Mur- accommodations on Frias partner and manager ray’s Garage, has left day morning. 50 years ago of the automobile busiHe said September that some had r 3, for Flint, Michigan to atFriday 3,to ness here. Mr. Kosmolak pack up as early as 10:30 tend a two weeks course 1965 was born in Winnipeg and so the wives had no he sponsored by General a.m., Neepawa’s two elemoved to Minnedosa in place to rest and change yed Motors for automotive mentary schools opened 1942. He was manager of before the afternoon’s ace, service managers. their doors Wednesday the Minnedosa creamery planned tour on Friday. suf- for 10 years. In 1951, he for this fall term, with dent entered 60 years ago about 30 635years students the automobile ago regave business Thursday September istering. with Thoms MoThursday June 4, 1987 ces. tors as assistant 8, 1955manager. Both schools ambashave The Japanese urnt Gladstone will again some new staff Yoshio memsador to Canada, sets have its 50own years agocourse bers, Okawa, said that he came golf and both have new Friday June of 2, 1967 ght after to visit the Margaret Laua period several principals. Ted Witoski The writing of anto essay rence House of lastKellingSaturelid years, according re- is principle on “How can that the United day “as a simplereplacing tourist.” were ports from town. ton School, Nations be made more ef- Miss OkawaRuth said Laurence e is The property comprises Faryon, was and fective”, has earned a trip . of 55 acres, three miles Dennis Paterson is the to Montreal for Neepawa south of the town and new principal at Vishigh school student Judy will make a course of count, replacing Mrs. Conquergood, 18-year-old approximately daughter of Mr. and3,500 Mrs. Slezak. yards with nine holes. New staff members Irwin Conquergood. Ms.

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the first prairie writer he had ever read and was so impressed with her work he wanted to see the town which exerted such a strong imprint on her writing. 20 years ago Monday June 2, 1997 Collegiate reunion expected to draw over 2,000 to town. Organizers of the 1928-1998 Neepawa Collegiate reunions are expecting at least 2,000 former students, teachers and support staff to take part in next year’s reunion. The reunion, which will take place July 3-5 at the Yellowhead Centre, was the brainchild of NACI teacher Dave Bennet and his wife Myra – both graduates of the class of 1961. “We’d been talking about this for quite awhile, and we started talking really seriously this year,” said Bennet. “But we didn’t PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEEPAWA PRESS ARCHIVES hold any meetings until 30 years ago; Thursday June 4, 1987; Japanese Ambassador Yoshio Okawa visits February or March.” Since the Margaret Laurence Home. that time, Bennet and a 13-member committee, Photo Cecil Pittman Archives started organizing class sixlists, thousand people. 14 senior baseball teams and the famous JJ Casey shows booked the Yellowhead and hired a caterer and music man.

Miss 10 Mitchell is from years ago Grandview, where she Monday June 4, 2007 who called hasA woman been teaching for 911 for an ambulance last two years. Mrs. Sumner week wasMentmore, tossed into and the is from drunk tank instead. Police has taught for six years said that the intoxicated at Glenburney School.

woman called 911 for an ambulance because she 40 years ago had a sore toe. Instead of Thursday September sending an ambulance, 4, 1975 a squad car was disA statement by the patched to her Neepawa Manitoba Pool elevators residence and the woman president, B. jail Sneath, was housedH. in the cells has the Police CNR untilincluded she was sober. didn’t say if mischief charline between Russell and ges would be laidsouth against Neepawa, and to the junction woman, whose the of the name main was as never released. line essential to main-

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chinery, cutting a swath of damage south of Neepawa to Gladstone last Tuesday. After the storm, which dumped from one-andone-half to two inches of rain in half an hour cleared, property owners were left to survey the damage of the worst hail storm in years. 10 years ago Monday September 5, 2005 A nine-member interim board of directors was appointed Thursday evening to oversee Budz N Bloom daycare, after all but three members of the previous board resigned. The resignations took place after months of wrangling between board members and the daycare’s rst director Anna K. Gordon. Gordon also resigned. Thursday’s meeting to appoint an interim board was organized by the Neepawa Area Development Corporation, which spearheaded development of the community daycare.

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Raymond Cooper hatches his “top secret’ plan Elections have always been big deals in small towns and Lennox Valley is no exception. Winning an elected office is one of the few ways to be a big fish in a community like “The Valley.” About your only other options are serving on a church board or getting your picture in the Hometown News. 1998 was an especially contentious election as I remember. You see, it’s almost impossible to get re-elected in a small town, unless no one else wants to hold your office. It’s just too easy to make enemies when you personally know most of your constituency. A lack of willing candidates is rarely the case, because there’s always somebody who wants to be a bigger fish. Raymond Cooper was cast perfectly for the Moby Dick role. Well, almost perfectly. It was well known that to win an election in Lennox Valley, there was a huge advantage in being a member of First Baptist Church. The Baptist Church was the closest thing to a political machine in our town. With close to 20 percent of the good folks of Lennox Valley on its membership roll and, just as importantly, more than 30 percent of the town’s voters, it was hard to win against someone with that many built-in allies. Raymond, however, had a plan. A few years earlier, he had correctly predicted the upcoming boom in talk radio. He had begun listening to a nationally syndicated radio program based at a station in Toronto and quickly realized the potential of this “new” medium. He took note that listeners

were fiercely loyal. No matter the topic, they stood by their host. At first, Raymond’s station was primarily an outlet for sharing his off-the-wall social and political views. But as time passed, he quickly came to see there were additional advantages in owning the town’s only radio station. In 1994, Talk Radio 880 moved to a “round the clock” format, primarily filled with syndicated programming from far away places. The good folks of Lennox Valley were fascinated with stories about UFOs, corrupt politicians and, sometimes, religious programming. It took a lot to fill 24 hours every day. The most popular show on 880 was “Renderings With Raymond,” which could be heard twice each weekday, from noon until 3 p.m. or a repeat of that day’s show beginning at 8 p.m. each night. Most folks considered Raymond a political nutcase, but nutcases tend to attract other nutcases and such was the case with Raymond. It didn’t take him long to realize it only required 400 nutcases to win

an election in The Valley and that’s just what he intended to do. If he was going to win the mayor’s race, beating the incumbent, “Silver Tongue” Dick Bland, and few other yet-to-be-determined opponents, Raymond needed a hot button issue to get voters excited about the next election. He found just the issue. Beginning in February 1997, “Renderings With Raymond” became a hotbed of fiery conversation centred on the Bank of Canada. It was sheer genius. Sure, mayors of small towns have no influence on the Bank of Canada, nor did most people give it much, if any, thought. But Raymond knew he needed only 400 good folks of Lennox Valley to care. Heated debates concerning the system could be heard daily. Raymond pressed the idea that egg prices had risen 72 percent in just four years, all due to inadequacies in the Bank of Canada. Helen Walker was almost in tears as she spoke with Cooper on Tuesday’s show. “I won’t be able to make my coconut mound cake for the county fair!” she wailed. In February 1997, no one knew that Raymond Cooper had his eye on the mayor’s seat. But as the price of eggs continued to rise, it was only a matter of time until Raymond officially threw his hat into the race. The Good Folks of Lennox Valley is a new feature that’ll appear weekly in the Neepawa Press. Visit lennoxvalley.com to learn more about the good folks.

Letters to the Editor Thumbs up to the people of Neepawa Thanks to all the people of Neepawa and surrounding areas. The Neepawa Lions Club collects eye glasses which are no longer needed by you, the wearer. We then send these glasses to countries where less fortunate people can not afford a pair of glasses.

Through the years, the Neepawa Lions Club have received many pairs of glasses and one of our Lions Club members, Ernie Sydor, was very fortunate to help deliver these used glasses to a needy country. Ernie’s report was that one can not realize the

faces of the children and adults who could see clearly again. Our goal to help the less fortunate see again continues on, if anyone has used glasses, they can be dropped off at the Neepawa United Church office or contact myself, Terry Smith at 204-476-

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Local missionary makes a difference abroad and at home Miranda Leybourne The Neepawa Press Douglas Wilkinson is always busy. Whether he’s traveling back and forth from Winnipeg, taking new residents of Neepawa to appointments, working with Calvary Chapel, the church he attends, or helping to fix up the home of one of Neepawa’s Filipino families, Wilkinson is perpetually helping people. And when he you can’t find him in Neepawa, chances are he’s some 11,000 kilometres away, acting as a missionary in the Philippines. Wilkinson, a Carberry native who has been living in Neepawa for the last 12 years, has a ready smile and an abundance of enthusiasm to share what God has called him to do in his life. His passion is being a blessing to people he comes into contact with, whether locally or internationally. Being a blessing “I’m a people person. I’m not a materialistic person -- people mean more to me. And that’s why I invest in people. Jesus says we’re to be His hands and feet, and that’s why I make myself available to people,” Wilkinson says. He also cites inspiration from his grandmother. “She cared for people; she cared for her mother. And I...spent a lot of time with my grandparents. And that’s where I got all that mentoring, and my morals, and all that. That’s where I find it.” Wilkinson became a Christian at the age of 17, and attended bible college in Nipawin, Sask. starting in 2005, where he took a three year missionary major. From there, he moved on to bible college in Three Hills, Alta. in 2007. “The best thing for me was going to Bible college. It opened my world,” he affirms. “I am single, but marriage isn’t the answer

to everything. God instituted marriage, but he also gives gifts to single people. My focus is on Him -- that’s why, at this point in my life, my love and passion is for the Lord. He’s given me the desire to be a blessing and he’s given me a ministry to travel.” This ministry has seen Wilkinson travel to many different places to bring both physical and spiritual aid to the people living there. His first missionary trip saw him flying over the Andes mountains into the South American country of Bolivia. He lived there in a missions compound house and both painted a Bible college and acted as a missionary on Sundays. “People came from all over. They just got on the back of a truck and came to church. And when they heard there were Canadians, people

Local Neepawa missionary Douglas Wilkinson with a group of Filipino children. came. The church services lasted for three hours,” he remembers fondly. “I had an interpreter...I was speaking and they were interpreting. People were so...glued. And I said, ‘I’m just an ordinary guy from Canada. I came here to be a blessing, to be an encouragement and to share what God has put on my heart.’” Wilkinson was moved by both the poverty that Bolivians live with on a daily basis and their drive to better themselves. “The young men, 18 to 30 years of age, had no work,” he laments. “They want to get ahead, and they’re willing...they don’t have what we have, where we have it so good here. There, they just have to work [whatever] job and then another job to support

their families.” After Bolivia, Wilkinson acted as missionary in the South Pacific islands of Fiji. Here, he travelled 48 hours on a boat to get to the island of Rotuma, which is 18 km around and home to some 2,000 people. There, he worked with the Assemblies of God church to teach a missions course. “People there are very warm and their hospitality is amazing,” he notes. They kiss the ground Wilkinson has also travelled to Israel, where he was baptised. He says upon his arrival to the Middle Eastern country, it was a moving sight to see the joy of Jewish people returning to their homeland. “Once they get of f

the plane, they kiss the ground...When I was on the plane coming in, they park it outside on the runway. You get out into the sunshine and you walk down the stairs and there’s a bus waiting to take you to the airport...but people get off the plane, go down the steps and they kiss the ground when you get there.” Wilkinson was able to share the Word of God in a church in Jerusalem and says the Israeli culture is very rich and beautiful. Wilkinson’s most recent missions trip was to the Philippines this past winter, his fourth trip to the Southeast Asian country. He’s usually there for four or fives months of each year and says he has a real passion for the country and its people. Although a traditionally

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Christian nation, with just over 80 per cent of its population practicing Roman Catholicism, Wilkinson says there are still many in the country who haven’t been told the Word of God. “We went on the streets in the city, to the prostitutes...we went where there had been nothing. We went into the tribes, into the jungle, into the mountains,” he remembers. “We went into a jungle...we walked into the mountain, and there are people there that don’t come into the city. They stay right there in their tribe.” During one memorable trip into the jungle to visit with some tribespeople, Wilkinson says they made him and the pastor he travelled with, feel very welcome, and celebrated with a big feast. Continued on page 6

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Neepawa Farmers inducted into Look Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Press

The historic run of the Neepawa Farmers in the mid ‘90s has received some long awaited recognition. The 1993-97 edition of the baseball club, as well as Neepawa pitchers Don Schmall and Vince Eastman, were enshrined into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 3 in Morden. Other individual inductees honoured on Saturday included Charlie Argue (Mather), Shaun Cory (Wawanesa), Lane Curry (Manitou), David Nychyk (Winnipeg), Gord Paddock (Oak River), Orville Renwick (Melita) and Peter Thomson (Winnipeg). The 1990-96 Ebb and Flow Lakers enter the Hall under the small community team category, while the 1978 Eastern Manitoba All-Stars were selected in the special team category. In the special individual category, umpire Bob Boyce was inducted. The Farmers had an incredible five-year run in the Manitoba Senior Baseball League (MSBL), going to the league final every year and winning the title in 1993 and 1997. They also claimed the provincial senior AAA championship in ‘97. Don Schmall’s baseball career began with the Neepawa Cubs (1977-1981) before joining the Farmers from 1982 to 1994. Schmall holds Farmers’ records for total innings pitched (609), wins (39) and strikeouts (274). He was also named the team’s regular season MVP in 1984 and 1992 and claimed the Manitoba Senior Baseball League (MSBL) playoff MVP award in 1991. Former teammate Vince Eastman also had a lengthy career that included success in the U.S. college ranks,

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The members of the 1993 Neepawa Farmers. Additional information and pictures from the Hall of Fame weekend will appear in the Friday, June 9 edition of the Neepawa Banner. the professional Prairie Leagues and senior ranks. He was an eight time MSBL all-star (Three-first team selections and five-second team selections) and helped the Farmers to a provincial title in 1997. That year earned him playoff MVP honours, as well as being named the

Yellowhead winger taken first in MJHL Draft By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Press The recent success of the Yellowhead Bantam Chiefs has been noticed across the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), as eight of their players were chosen in the 2017 draft. Even more impressive than that, the top two picks in the first round were both from Yellowhead. The draft, which occurred this year in Winnipeg on Sunday, June 4, had six rounds and involved all 11 teams in the MJHL. The Waywayseecappo Wolverines had the first overall pick and selected right winger Jake Poole of McAuley. In 2016-2017, Poole accumulated 77 points (36 goals - 41 assists) for the Chiefs during the regular season. The 15-year-old was also recently selected in the Western Hockey League (WHL) draft, taken in the sixth round by the Kelowna Rockets. This is the third straight year a player from Yellowhead

was taken with the top pick, as defenceman Parker Malchuk of Birtle was taken first overall by Neepawa last year. The prior year, the Natives once again had the top pick and chose forward Mackenzie Belinski. With the second overall pick, the Dauphin Kings took Poole’s teammate, defensemen Reece Richmond (18 goals - 29 assists). Cory King of Souris was picked third by the Swan Valley Stampeders, while Brady Whitely was selected by the Neepawa Natives with the fourth pick. Whitely is from Winnipeg and accumulated 34 points (14G - 20A) for the Bantam Hawks last season. Another Chief, Bray Rookes of Manson, was taken with the fifth pick by the Virden Oil Capitals. O t h e r Ye l l o w h e a d Chiefs taken in the draft included Brody Wilson, Colby Joseph and Cole Stainer by Waywayseecappo, Owen Wareham (Dauphin) and Zachary Veitch (Neepawa). Each

MJHL draft results: Round one 1. Waywayseecappo: Jake Poole (Yellowhead Chiefs) 2. Dauphin: Reece Richmond (Yellowhead Chiefs) 3. Swan Valley: Cory King (Southwest Cougars) 4. Neepawa: Brady Whitely (Winnipeg Hawks) 5. Virden: Bray Rookes (Yellowhead Chiefs) 6. Winnipeg: Jackson Klewchuk (Winnipeg Hawks) 7. Waywayseecappo (from Portage): Brody Wilson (Yellowhead Chiefs) 8. Selkirk: Caiden Gault (Eastman Selects) 9. Opaskwayak: Evan Herman (Rink H.A. Nationals Bantam Prep) 10. Winkler: Calder Anderson (Brandon Wheat Kings) 11. Steinbach: Landon Roberts (Southwest Cougars) of the 11 MJHL clubs are also allowed to protect two bantam aged players from their local minor hockey association before the draft. For the Natives, they auto protected Garret Rainkie of Yellowhead and Tyler Gibson from the Neepawa Natives Bantam. The complete draft results can be found online at mjhlhockey.ca. An expanded review of the Neepawa Natives draft selections will be in the Friday, June 9 edition of the Neepawa Banner.

Senior AAA Player of the Year by Baseball Manitoba. He was also selected as the top pitcher at the Western Canadian Championship in 2000, as a member of the MSBL all-stars.

In the “goodat old” days Neepaw NACI compete were the big attractions. fast pitch provincials By Eoin Devereux By Cecil The Neepawa Press

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The best high school fast pitch teams from across Manitoba, gathered in Mitchell last weekend 80 years ago for the provincial championship. The Neepawa Area 3, Tuesday September Collegiate Institute (NACI) Tigers earned their 1935 place at the event as a wildcard entry.the In the round he When babbitt robin portion of the weekend, NACI found itself was pouring sprayed facing the host club, the Steinbach Sabres and a and blew into his face, top ranked team in the Sturgeon Heights Huskies. Arthur G. Curtis sufIn the first game, the Tigers were taken down fered a painful accident by Steinbach 16-0. The next game was closer, but may have still saw NACI on the wrongSunday end of awhich 6-2 decision. serious consequences. In the playoff round, Neepawa topped Goose Lake One was burnt in the first round, but then fell eyeball to the Stonewall and if in ammation sets Rams in the quarter-final. Stonewall ultimately in he game may lose sight advanced to the championship but the would of it. The other lose to Portage Collegiate Institute (PCI) 11-1.eyelid As for the Tigers, Neepawa’s Allen earned andTaylor his forehead were an all-star nod for her performance over the course badly burnt also. He is of the event. conned to his home.

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On May 29, the Neepawa Hospital’s chemo unit was the beneficiary of a $1,000 donation from Waves of Hope Dragon Boat Team, which is made up of breast cancer survivors. The team is based in Brandon, but draws members from across Westman. The Neepawa donation represented a portion of the proceeds from their biennial major fundraising raffle, the group also made a donation towards the purchase of an ultrasound for the cancer unit at the Brandon hospital. The remainder of the proceeds from ticket sales help to support the team’s operations and programming, which includes education about early detection. Waves of Hope team members Diane Michaluk (left), Michelle Gerrard (second from right) and Carmen MacPhee (right) presented the donation to Jocelyn Scheper (second from left), care team manager, Neepawa Hospital.

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‘I made it a mission to put myself into the community’ Continued from page 4 “They wanted to know where I was from, why did I come, what was my intention. And I said, ‘I’m here from Canada, and I want to get to know you as a friend.’” But perhaps the most memorable of all the time he spent in the Philippines was when Wilkinson ministered to men in Philippine jails. “I went there because there was somebody I knew in prison, so the pastor took me there on his motorcycle and the young man there was glad to see me,” he recalls. There, he, along with his colleagues, brought spiritual, physical and emotional nourishment to around 14 inmates. “They are young men -- some not married, some

married -- and the wives bring food. The food is not provided for them at the cell. They’re dependant on their family to come and bring them food. And there were young men that didn’t have wives, so they were depending on others -- Catholic nuns would come,” he explains. “[Some] are accused for some things that they don’t know about -- they wonder why they’re there in prison.” Wilkinson says he really poured his heart out to the prisoners and spent countless hours there with them. Headed back While he’s headed back to the Philippines this autumn, in the meantime, Wilkinson has kept busy helping the Filipino population right here in

Neepawa -- a population that he has welcomed with open arms. “As a Canadian -- and I don’t speak for all Canadians in the community of Neepawa -- but for me, as a Canadian, I’d say that this has been great. I tell my new Filipino friends, ‘You are a breath of fresh air for our community!’ They’re very family oriented, they are willing to help any way they can, because they’re here and they want to make a better life for their family.” While he says most people in Neepawa have welcomed its new residents, there is a small percentage that seems reluctant to realize that the town is evolving and changing. “Sometimes they just kind of pull back. They see

a lot of Filipinos working in jobs, and they think they’re taking jobs away from Canadians, but that’s not true. It’s just that we’re living now in a different time. And Neepawa is now a multi-cultural place -- the world is coming to Neepawa!” he enthuses. “I know it’s change and that’s hard, but we’re not what we were...today, it’s different. All cities and towns in Canada are becoming like this, because Canada is a multicultural country now.” Plenty of new friends Wilkinson’s work with the local Filipino population has been a mutually beneficial opportunity and one that has made him plenty of new friends. “When I heard Hy-Life was going to be hiring

Filipinos...I made it a mission for myself to put myself into the community to help them when they get here, to know what is available. I take them to Winnipeg for appointments, because sometimes they don’t know what to do or say. And then I help to get them transferred into the community,” he notes. “I told them I was planning to go to their country, so they prepared me for what to do when I was over there in their culture and I was helping them to establish here. So I was sharing my Canadian culture with them and they were sharing their culture with me.” Wilkinson says he is looking forward to his future endeavours, whether they involve him travelling to more far-flung places on the globe, or see him

doing his part right here at home. He says he’s thankful that he’s living out his God-given calling. “I love travelling and missions and I love getting my hands dirty. When I see somebody who is in need, I think, ‘What would Jesus do?’ We’re to be his hands and his feet and I’ve been very blessed. I’m just thankful that I’m able to go wherever I can for the Lord, to be a blessing,” he affirms. “God takes someone, an ordinary person, who is willing to obey the call. And God will do wonderful things. All we [have to] do is submit to them. We don’t know what’s ahead, but God has everything planned out. That’s what he is doing every day in my life -- he’s unfolding things that are unimaginable.”

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My Neepawa Wes Morton took this lovely shot of an early summer day at Lions Riverbend Park. The shot includes the Stoney Creek School building, which was moved to the site in 1964. The school was originally established in December 1881 in the RM of Langford and was closed in 1950. PHOTO BY WES MORTON

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