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Neepawa’s Canada Day celebrations set

UP FRONT - Page 3

WORLD WONDER

Former NACI grad Nathan Fleck guides Team Canada to 2012 World InLine Hockey Championship

COMMUNITY - Pages 8 and 9

POW WOW PROWESSA photo essay and feature from Riding Mountain National Park’s National Aboriginal Day celebrations

SPORTS - 9

Westman’s recreational leaders test out Neepawa’s disc golf links

DISC DEMONSTRATION

The tassel is worth the hassle - See Pages 12-17The tassel is worth the hassle - See Pages 12-17

Kaiten Critchlow/Neepawa PressSoomin Han reacts as she is sprinkled with cold water as part of the “I’m a Little Teapot” event during Hazel M. Kellington’s nursery rhyme-themed Tabloid Day at Riverbend Park last Tuesday. Kindergarten to Grade 3 students took the day off to enjoy the fun physical education day while Grade 6 students, like Han, managed the stations. For more on the Tabloid Day see Page 23.

By Kaiten CritchlowNeepawa Press

Neepawa’s annual Canada Day celebration July 1 is heading back to a familiar spot.

After being held at the Beatiful Plains Ag So-ciety Fairgrounds last summer due to flooding, the weather has partici-pated in 2012 and Can-ada Day will once again

be celebrated at Lions Riverbend Park.

“It’s Canada’s birth-day and I encourage the community to come see what it’s like,” Lions member Darren Roe,

who helped organize the day, said. “Especially with all of the newcom-ers we have in Neepawa, it’d be good for every-one to come enjoy the day.”

One of the most popu-lar events from last year will be returning for two shows, as the Diamond Disc Dogs will excite at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

See FUN on Page 2

PAUL WILLIAM KUTCHER

BORN MAY 25, 1935DIED JUNE 4, 2012

Paul was born on his grand-parents farm to mother Ka-tie Kutcher (Stefanyshyn) in Mellonville district, just west of Alonsa, Manitoba.

He attended Mellonville school until the age of 14. At the age of 14, he and his mother moved to a farm site 2 miles north of his grandpar-ents farm. In 1953, his Mom married Fred Stefanyshyn and they became a family.

At the age of 18 Paul left home and got a job at McDonald Airport in Portage la Prairie.

At age 19 he returned home to help with the farming and he worked odd jobs to earn spending money.

In 1955, he once again left home to work on con-struction. He operated a bulldozer & heavy duty equipment. He worked for several construction compa-nies for a period of 20 years.

In 1984, he and Pearl Turko became close friends & later partners. A loving partner-ship that lasted for 28 years.

The year 1986 was the last season Paul worked on con-struction. He semi retired & returned to the farm.

At the age of 50, he realized there was more to life than working. He began to snow-mobile, curl, golf, and camp. His biggest passion was

snowmobiling & camping.

Paul sold his farm in 2010 and took up residency with Pearl in the town of Alonsa.

He was a very active member of the St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Alonsa. He held the President posi-tion for the Church club.

Paul leaves to mourn his common law wife, Pearl Turko & step brother Billy Trush. He also leaves behind many close cousins, one of them Irene Zalluski who was like a sister to him. He leaves behind one godchild, Grif n Zalluski, two step daughters, Diane Cabak (John) & Ar-lene Hanke (Marshall), four

step children, Dana (Den-nis), Ryan (Shelly), Carter, Danielle. Two great step children, Tye & Will Cabak.

He was predeceased by his mother, Katie, step father Fred and a step sister, Hope.

Active pallbearers are Grif- n Zalluski, Ken Zalluski,

Chris Zalluski, Edward Ostopowich, John Ca-bak, and Marshall Hanke.

Honourary pallbearers are Brent Kutcher, Glen Kutcher, Leonard Kutcher, Perry Turko, Ryan Ca-bak, and Carter Hanke.

Funeral Service was held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at St. George

Ukrainian Catholic Church in Alonsa. Interment fol-lowed at St. George Ukrai-nian Catholic Church Cem-etery with Father Emil Kardasinec as celebrant.

In lieu of owers, donations can be made to St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church or the St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery fund.

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• June 27, 2012 • www.neepawapress.com

Members dealt with 43 calls in Neepawa and 10 in Gladstone in the past week.

Two of those calls re-sulted in the detection of impaired drivers on our highways and byways. One gentleman was tested and found to have a blood alcohol reading of 120 (80 is the legal threshold). The other resulted in a 24 hour suspension (his reading was between 50 - 80) and he was also charged with Marihuana Possession.

The third time was not the charm for a male who hosted loud parties on his lawn outside his residence, three consecutive week-ends.

He was arrested for mis-chief and charged with Permitting Drunkenness ($474.15) under the Liquor Control Act. Hopefully he learned his lesson!

Members issued warn-ings the previous two

weeks, after numerous complaints from several neighbours. Residents are reminded to keep it quiet after 11:00 p.m.

On that note, a reminder that it is prohibited to shoot off fi reworks within the town limits. You can pur-chase fi reworks in town but you can’t fi re them off, according to the Town of Neepawa Bylaw.

Another driver was charged with Marihuana Possession, as well as Driving While Suspended (he must appear before the Judge, who determines his fi ne), No Vehicle Registra-tion ($292.65), and Drive a Vehicle Without Liability Insurance ($655.65).

His vehicle was im-pounded after being towed (owner must pay impound fees and the tow bill be-fore they get their vehicle back).

Other tickets issued by members were Driving Without Proper Equip-ment, namely a Muffl er ($171.30), Parking in a No Parking Zone ($199.80), Failure to Wear a Seatbelt ($292.65) and Imprudent Driving ($189.80).

It was a slow week (pun

intended) for the dispen-sation of speeding tick-ets. Our speeder of the week was nabbed at 137 kms ($520). Others were 131 kms ($444), 122 kms ($329.50).

Sometime, on the night of June 13 and the morning of June 14, three businesses within the town of Neepa-wa were broken into.

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Rash of business break-ins

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OBITUARIES

Darren Graham photo archivesRufus the Jumping Rescue Dog is one of the featured acts returning to Neepawa’s Canada Day celebrations this year after being well-received in 2011.

Kaiten Critchlow/Neepawa PressMary Ellen Clark presents Brandon’s Violet Joss, who won the Neepawa and District Medical Committee’s 2012 Farm and Leisure Lotto, with the grand prize of $100,000. Joss, who was accompanied by her husband Norm, said she plans to use the money for a big family vacation, travel-ing with Norm and helping her into her retirement. The lotto raised about $86,000 this year, with those profi ts expected to go towards the clinic’s renovation expenses and potential expansion costs.

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FUN from Page 1“They were really well

received last year,” Roe noted. “They like being here and we like having them here.”

The always popular Brothers of the Road per-form at 7 p.m. and can be enjoyed following the sup-per and dessert from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

New this year and be-ing headed by Neepawa’s leisure services department will be a duck race at 7:45 p.m. where people can buy a rubber duck and race it down the river against any rivals. Ducks will be avail-able for both youth and adult “competitions” at the

park.Children’s events are set

throughout the evening, be-ginning at 4:30 p.m. with face painting, a bouncer and bubble pool among some of the activities planned. Free swim at the pool will run from 6 to 9 p.m.

Lions Club-organized Canada Day celebrations always feature a great fi re-works display, and this year will be no different with the show beginning at dusk.

“We’re adding a little bit to the fi reworks show this year so it will be as good, and probably better, than usual,” Roe explained.

All of the displays and events come with a price

tag though, and the Lions Club is fi nding it increas-ingly diffi cult to continue funding the event as Cana-da grows older each year.

“We’re trying to run on the same budget as 12 years ago, but things are more expensive now,” Roe said. “The more that is donated the easier it makes for us to keep running this.”

There are donation boxes set up at businesses around town to help support this and future Canada Day cel-ebrations. There will also be silver collection accept-ed around Lions Riverbend Park for those interested.

Schedule fi lled with entertainment

Photo by Marilyn DietrichAs of Sunday, fundraising ef-forts for the Roxy Theatre up-grade fund have now reached $62,000 as the community continues to rally around one of Neepawa’s most storied entertainment venues.

Fundraising efforts

paying off

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Former NACI graduate wins inline hockey title

Photo courtesy NIHAFormer NACI graduate Nathan Fleck – son to Neepawa’s Greg and Susan Fleck - celebrates the national team’s 2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship won after defeating Germany 9-5. Fleck, seen in the bottom left corner in black, is the National InLine Hockey Association’s executive director and was a part of picking out and organizing the team.

Photo by Jurgen Meyer, courtesy NIHAA Canadian player battles for a puck during action against Germany at the 2012 InLine World Hockey Championships in Germany earlier this month.


The road to being part of 2012’s best inline hockey team in the world started with a Rotary International Youth Exchange to Aus-tralia for former Neepawa graduate Nathan Fleck.

Fleck, having worked his way through Neepawa’s minor hockey system, got the “hockey itch” shortly into his trip, and quickly found the Aussie substi-tute for the sport; inline hockey.

He continued playing the sport over the year in the warm-weathered country, and when he returned home his experience helped him grab a job with Hockey Al-berta where, at that time, part of his job was working with inline hockey associa-tions.

About fi ve years ago, Fleck moved on to the Executive Director’s posi-tion with the National In-Line Hockey Association (NIHA) and, only a few weeks ago, Fleck found himself leading Team Canada to its fi rst IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) InLine Hockey World Championship since 1998.

“It was an overwhelm-ing experience. Being Ca-nadian, you see that IIHF name and know what it’s about and what it repre-sents,” Fleck said, pointing out inline hockey doesn’t use ice but is still under the IIHF governing body.

“It’s been a couple weeks now and it still hasn’t re-

ally sunk in. Like I say, it’s something you tell your grandkids about.”

Fleck - who now works out of Dauphin but has par-ents Greg and Susan Fleck still making their home in Neepawa - had a hand in choosing coaches, selecting athletes from four tryouts across Canada, organizing the team and fi guring out a few other team logistics along the way.

Since coming on board with NIHA, the executive director has also helped inline hockey’s version of Team Canada out of a rough patch.

Shortly after winning its fi rst World Championship in 1998, Hockey Canada stopped overseeing inline hockey’s national team, temporarily leaving Can-ada out of international play.

The NIHA was formed to regrow the sport with-in a few years, and now works in cooperation with Hockey Canada.

As a result, Team Cana-da started out in the World Championship’s Relega-tion Pool, worked its way into the Championship Pool, and, in the fi ve years

since being involved with the team, Fleck has helped the team improve from be-ing near the bottom of the eight-team Championship Pool to a fourth place fi n-ish three years ago and a bronze medal fi nish two years ago.

This year, he guided Team Canada to capture the 2012 IIHF InLine Hockey World Champion-

ship in Germany after de-feating the German team 9-5 in the fi nals.

And while he’s always happy to see the national team’s increased success, Fleck does admit it’s not always easy watching the games from the stands.

“I work with the team 12 months out of the year, and have a hand in who is playing out there,” he ex-plained. “Then, as the guy in the suit in the stands, when the puck drops, you just have to watch and trust the decisions you’ve made. The anxiety is huge, but I think it would be even worse if I had played (top level) inline hockey and then had to watch.

“It sure doesn’t take anything away from win-ning, though. That was a great feeling after being so involved with it.”

While more popular in Europe and the western United States, the sport of inline hockey is still in its youthful, growing stages in Canada.

British Columbia, Alber-ta and Ontario prove to be the biggest inline hockey hubs in the nation, while there are scattered leagues in other areas including Winnipeg.

In the inline internation-al community, the United States, Czech Republic and Sweden are consid-ered to be perennial pow-erhouses. Canada’s reputa-tion is growing, but it was not favoured to win the title heading into the 2012 championships.

As for the sport itself, inline hockey differs in a few ways from ice hockey.

The game is played on tile instead of ice, and there is no body contact.

“It’s more of a posses-sion game. The strategy is more similar to basketball

than ice hockey,” Fleck ex-plained.

Each game consists of four, 12 minute quarters. Four skaters and one goal-tender play at a time for each team, while a cen-tre line offside system is used.

In Canada, the typical inline season is split be-tween spring and fall, of-ten based around the ice hockey season.

Across the nation, about 10,000 players are cur-rently involved in the sport with slow growth being noticed annually.

Fleck the “brains” behind 2012 IIHF World Championship run

“It was an “It was an overwhelming overwhelming experience.”experience.”

- Nathan Fleck- Nathan Fleck

Did you know... The sport of inline hockey grew in pop-ularity as a result of Wayne Gretzky being traded from the Edmonton Oil-ers to the Los Angeles Kings. People in California had the hockey itch af-ter seeing “The Great One” play, but didn’t have enough ice rinks to sup-port the rising demand. This result-ed in people starting to play hockey with roller blades in parking lots. To this day, California is still one of the world’s biggest inline hockey hubs.


Grad Days

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tremely hairy folk).And don’t miss out on the

opportunity because, once you’re married, your wife will ensure you never have that opportunity again (wives somehow have ways of mak-ing their husbands listen; this you’ll learn a little later in life).

For you ladies, over the next four years the men are going to be very hard to fi ght off.

Unless you want to try growing facial hair like the men, I suggest you go for the better option and take the odd month where you don’t shave your legs.

If you’re feeling like you want a break from the “man rush” for a bit, nothing will scare them away like short shorts or a skirt showing off your hair-covered legs (warn-ing: this may also attract a few weirdos; if you are hit on while trying this theory, al-ways, always say “No”).

Rule 2: Be socialThis doesn’t mean turn into

an alcoholic.Don’t get me wrong, hav-

ing a few drinks the odd night is always (usually) good fun, a nice stress reliever and a way to meet a few new people, but having drinks every night is just going to slow you down.

What I mean by “being so-cial” is to take time away from the books, classroom and ‘tree of knowledge’ to hang out with friends, get on an intra-mural team or extra curricular group, try out a new activity or maybe go take in a local event or sports game.

Sometimes what you learn outside of the classroom is just as - or more - valuable than what the textbooks and professors are teaching you.

Rule 3: Get uncomfortable

Apparently I’ve run out of space and need to chop this column in half, so for this and a couple more rules, check back for the sequel next week.

In the meantime, to the grads, enjoy what you’ve ac-complished, celebrate your graduation in style (and safe-ly; see Geordie’s cartoon next page), and, most importantly, keep those pearly whites gleaming for the week and I think I’ll do the same.

If life is still anything like it was during my grad days, all of the beauti-

ful people featured farther back in this issue are receiv-ing a lot of advice on what

to do now that they are leav-ing high s c h o o l , their home (may not be the case for every-

one; see my past columns for an example) and head-ing into a new stage of their life.

Just as happened when I graduated, some advice given will be helpful, some will be useless (like if your grandpa recollects how he graduated and then had to train a horse to take him into his university classes) and other advice will be so abstract you’re not even sure what is being said.

Having said that, the advice I am about to offer all of you is defi nitely in the helpful cat-egory, and will help you be-come just like me (I’m sure a good chunk of parents just put a lighter to this page to ensure their children never read this).

So, pull up a chair and take a seat kiddies, because your in Kaiten’s classroom now:

Rule 1: Don’t always shave

These years are supposed to be your “experimental years”.

While some people believe “experimental years” refers to you, well, smoking the refer, it doesn’t; it’s actually a refer-ence to what should be done with your body hair.

Men, this is your NHL playoffs; for periods over the next fi ve years you need to let out your inner cave man and just let that facial hair grow.

And get “experimental” with it.

Maybe one month you go for a big, bushy beard; let the man in you come out.

After that, you might want to try growing the handlebar moustache (see: Hulk Ho-gan), a goatee, sideburns (be sure to try the Abraham Lin-coln style) or make up your own twist (one of my friends connected his facial, neck and chest hair by shaving a path from his sideburns to stom-ach; but that’s only for the ex-

By Kaiten CritchlowTime Better Spent

No amount of money can replace the embrace of a father or mother.

Millions of Overseas Fil-ipino Work-ers (OFWs) leave their children be-hind to give them a bet-ter life. But studies have

shown this arrangement brings more adverse effects than posi-tive outcomes.

The absence of a parent or both parents results in the dis-placement of the children due to changes in care-giving ar-rangement, disruptions to their daily routine and challenges with their education.

The continuous exodus of Filipino workers to foreign countries has greatly affected the children in terms of their behaviour and beliefs due to lack of guidance.

Some studies have presented the severe impact on the chil-dren both psychologically and physically.

I believe the Filipino chil-dren who were reunited with their parents in Neepawa are very fortunate. With the help of the government of Canada and the parents’ employers in the Town of Neepawa, these children were given a chance to improve their lifestyle together

The Filipino children of Neepawa

Bernadette “Adette” Tripon

A Filipino Voice

Vien Alquino, Mark Harell Laus and Sofi a Unico are the fi rst Filipino children to have their First Holy Communion at St. Dominic’s Catho-lic Church. Inset, Adrian Resolis is one of many Filipino children ex-celling in Neepawa; he broke a 28-year-old record at the HMK track meet in the 400 metre run.

with their parents. After all, family is the

main foundation of soci-ety.

The growing popula-tion of Filipino children who reside in Neepawa can be validated by the number of students cur-rently enrolled at both Hazel M. Kellington School and Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute.

According to Ms. Ju-lie Van Kommer, who

is in charge of the Eng-lish As a Second Lan-guage (EAL) Program at the Beautiful Plains School Division, as of this school year, there are 42 Filipino children cur-rently enrolled at HMK and 21 in NACI.

The numbers are ex-pected to increase be-cause there were a few pupils who graduated from kindergarten this year. Ms. Van Kommer

went on to say she is im-pressed with how fast the Filipino children adjust to their new environment.

The fi rst Filipino stu-dents in NACI were Leo Macaraeg and Mark Bas-cuguin who both gradu-ated in 2011. The fi rst Filipino child to enroll in HMK was my step-daughter Sofi a Unico who arrived in 2010 and is now in Grade 3.

See KIDS on pg. 5

www.neepawapress.com • June 27, 2012 • OPINION

Last Wednesday saw stu-dents at N.A.C.I. take part in a friendly competition, the likes of which was never seen before.

Throughout this semes-ter Grade 11 students Grant Graham and Mark Mitchell teamed up to design and build the fastest go-kart in the school’s Power Me-chanics program.

The kart performed well enough in trial runs, the power mechanics class decided it needed to see some competition. With the great recent success of the N.A.C.I. track team still in the students’ mind, they decided that a Man vs. Ma-chine event would be a wor-thy challenge.

Just as quick as the gaunt-let was thrown down, two of N.A.C.I.’s fastest track athletes, Jason Doerksen and Preston James rose to the occasion. With that, the fi rst ever N.A.C.I. “Heart vs. Kart” challenge was set.

The racers prepared them-selves during the morning as word of mouth spread throughout the school like wildfi re, which resulted in 150 students making their way to the track during lunch hour to witness the race.

As the racers made their way down the track to the starting line, passing the crowd of people, they stared each other down under the blazing sun at high noon.

It created a scene only a few people the likes of Don Garlits, Doc Holliday, or John Milner could truly ap-preciate and a story which would require the talents of a Louis L’amour or Ron Howard to accurately de-pict.

As the starting pistol fi red, the runners shot out of the gate in true form while the kart laboured to over-come the torque required to achieve momentum.

Dear Editor,My name is Andrea Win-

ik.The Filipino columnist

of your publication, Adette Tripon, published my story May 9.

I greatly appreciate that the Filipino community recognized my efforts in guiding them through their diffi cult transition as they struggle to adjust in a for-eign land.

I accommodate them whole-heartedly and with-out expecting anything in return.

Therefore, I would like to clarify the speculations that have been brought to my attention.

I do not receive any

monetary compensation for any of these deeds; I do them because I care for the Filipino workers as if they were my own children.

I am slightly annoyed and surprised that my name is being unjustly slandered by some people who are making assumptions that there was monetary gain.

It is wrong.Everyone in town knows

that my husband and I are helping the best way we can.

Ever since the fi rst batch of Filipinos came in 2008, I have volunteered to be both a translator and a community mentor.

My intention is only to guide them to the various

business establishments which will help them feel more at home.

I accompany the new-comers to do grocery shopping, setting up their important documentation in banks and government offi ces, and also in moving into their new homes.

I even act as their chauffer in most occa-sions.

I will continue doing this volunteer work in my own personal will and do this act of kindness because I feel that it is my heartfelt desire as a Filipino to help my fellow countrymen.

Thank you.Andrea WinnickNeepawa, Man.

Letter to the Editor

Response to an article in Filipino Voice

KIDS from pg. 4More and more Filipino

children have come to live with their parents in Neepa-wa for the past two years and the number of babies born in Neepawa has in-creased tremendously as well.

As parents, it is our duty to guide our children into adapting to the climate, food, and living conditions as most of us had to share a home with one or two other families before we could ac-quire a house of their own.

Our children were mo-mentarily culture-shocked when they had to be in-troduced to the wonderful world of daycare. Filipinos are known for their resilien-cy so it was not that diffi cult for them to get used to liv-ing the “Canadian” way.

Religion is an integral part of the Filipino way of life.

A majority of us are Ro-

man Catholics but many Filipinos have joined other religious services in town such as the Calvary and United Churches. It is so inspiring to see a lot of people in church every Sun-day as compared to the few church-goers there were when I fi rst came to Neepa-wa in 2010.

Again, this is due to the amount of Filipino mi-grants who came to live in this thriving town.

The fi rst Filipino children who had their First Holy Communion at St. Domi-nic’s Catholic Church were Sofi a Unico, Vien Alquino and Mark Harell Laus last June 10.

Viel Alquino was the fi rst to be blessed with the Sac-rament of Confi rmation by the Archbishop of Winni-peg last June 16.

I am proud to say that there are some Filipino children who have excelled

in their individual fi elds of interest.

Leo Macaraeg graduated with honours last year and was given two scholarships to reward him for his bril-liance. He is now taking a mechanical engineering course at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.

Adrian Resolis who is a sixth grader at HMK broke a new record in the 400 me-ter run June 15 during the Divisional Track and Field Competition. The record was formerly held for 28 years by Ashley Burnie of Eden.

It may have been an ardu-ous journey for the Filipino parents and their children to come to a new country and be assured of a brighter fu-ture, but being together as a family makes all the differ-ence in the world.

Our children now enjoy a safe and healthy community in the Town of Neepawa.

Growing number of babies born

At the halfway mark, as the boys hit full stride, the kart found both its legs and some r.p.m. and started to gain back some ground.

As the fi nish line of the 100 meters was nearing closer, all three parties were pouring the coals into their “Three Lane Blacktop” with enough conviction to inspire the Beach Boys to make a movie about it.

The raucous crowd was on their feet as Grant throt-tled the kart ahead by a nose for the victory just passing Jason at the line and Preston fi nishing closely behind.

As the smoke cleared and the clocks tallied, the fi nal result was all three parties dominating the 100 meter track with the Kart fi nish-ing in 10 seconds, Jason 12 seconds, and Preston with a personal best 12.2 seconds.

For interest’s sake, the boys reset for a second race which saw the runners start at 80 meters while the kart

stayed at 100m. A change of driver also took place for round two as Mark took his turn at the wheel.

The track team took the forefront this round as Ja-son’s 9.5 seconds edged out the kart’s second straight 10 second run. In a photo fi n-ish the kart beat Preston by merely a hair in a difference of only one tenth of a sec-ond.

As the power mechan-ics team proved victori-ous for 2012, the race was clearly entertaining enough to start a tradition for years to come.

Both competing sides agreed that a 90m track will be the length of future races for the runners.

As the busy lunch hour drew to a close, the large number of spectators and the participants themselves may have returned to class hungry, but there was no doubt their thirst for speed had been quenched.

Heart vs. Kart: Inaugural NACI student challenge

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Looking Back

Neepawa sports arena stops operationsBy Cecil PittmanNeepawa Press

80 YEARS AGOFriday, June 24, 1932Work at the salt well

is being rushed, and it is hoped that the fi rst produc-tion will be made within a week.

70 YEARS AGOThursday, June 25, 1942

Eden boy loses hand: James Singleton, a 22-year-old Eden boy lost four fi n-gers and part of the thumb of his right hand in an ac-cident at the salt well here last Tuesday.

The accident occurred when Singleton was help-ing Carl North and George Smith at the block com-pressor.

A slight delay in remov-ing his hand from the plate of the machine resulting in having the injured member crushed under tremendous pressure.

Medical aid was given and the injured is now a pa-tient in the hospital here.


Dr. Paul Cleave, mayor of Neepawa for the past fi ve years, has announced his resignation effective July 20.

In a statement to the Press, Dr. Cleave said he has accepted a dental prac-tice in the Medical Arts Building in Winnipeg and will be taking over this new practice about the middle of August.

Photo Cecil Pittman Collection40 years ago: Thursday, June 22, 1972 - The Neepawa Sports Arena, constructed in 1936, will be closed next year and de-molished.

Taking over Dr. Cleave’s practice in Neepawa is Dr. John Friesen of Edmonton.

50 YEARS AGOFriday, June 23, 1962Excavation work in prep-

aration for the construction of Neepawa’s water treat-ment plant began this week, as town council dealt with a number of related mat-ters including a request for authority to chlorinate the water as part of the treat-ment when the new plant goes into operation.


Neepawa’s sports are-

na, for the fi rst time since 1936, will not be operated next hockey and skating season.

The decision was reached by town council at its Tues-day night meeting.

Council moved to as-sist the Yellowhead Cen-tre arena to be opened this year by approving sizeable grants.

Final reading was given to a by-law authorizing these steps to clarify the rink situation in Neepawa.


About 1,900 people have signed a petition circulated

in recent weeks by the Save the County Court Building Committee, coordinators Pat Traill and Dorothy Campbell said this week.

“After six months of hard work by many enthusias-tic volunteer workers, the “Save the County Court” committee feels they have a majority opinion that his heritage building should be saved,” the two said in a prepared statement.

About half of Neepawa’s 2,400 voters have signed in favor of the building, as well as about 200 voters in each of the rural munici-palities of Langford and Rosedale.

20 YEARS AGOTuesday June 23, 1992Jim Schmall pointed the

way for Merv Buchan-nan and Roy Ewasiuk, re-spective presidents of the Neepawa and Manitoba Elks clubs, at Friday’s of-fi cial sod-turning for Elks Manor, a senior citizens housing complex.

After nearly two years of organizational work, con-struction on the $3.8 mil-lion building is expected to begin July 1.

10 YEARS AGOMonday, June 24, 2002The town is making a $1

per capita grant to provide start-up funds for the estab-lishment of an integrated waste disposal, compost-ing and recycling site to serve Neepawa and area.

All participating munici-palities including Minnedo-sa, Carberry, and the rural municipalities of Langford, Lansdowne, Elton, Odanah, and Minto are expected to provide start-up funding.

Dentistry lures Mayor Cleave from office

Neepawa Press archivesThis ad, from Feb. 14, 1936, reminds all the young ladies in Neepawa that, if they want to ensure their house party goes over without a hitch, they should use Magic Baking Powder, the “absolutely reliable” leaven-ing agent for cooking. Magic Baking Powder was made and marketed since 1897, is manufactured by Kraft foods Canada and is still com-monly used in today’s kitchen.


Ads from the archivesAds from the archivesBy Kaiten CritchlowNeepawa Press

(Every week The Neepa-wa Press receives weekly newspapers from across Westman and the rest of the province. Here are a few of the most interesting stories coming out of the weeklies received recently.)

Hall of FamerOne of Souris’ hockey

legends has grabbed hon-ours in Europe.

Former NHL, CIS, Na-tional Team and European league coach Andy Mur-ray, whose hometown is Souris and birthplace is Gladstone, has been in-ducted into the Internation-al Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Hall of Fame.

The Souris Plaindealer reports Murray travelled to Finland for the induction ceremony recently. Earlier in the month, June 8, the community held a celebra-tion supper in Murray’s honour where 288 people attended.

Road to RingsideA teenage girl in Pip-

estone is cracking a sport stereotype.

14-year-old Erickka Pat-more has been training as a boxer for 11 months out of the Brandon Boxing Club, competing in multiple meets.

The Reston Recorder reports the young boxing

athlete is also hoping to join her club on a trip to Kansas City to compete in the Ringside World Cham-pionships in August.

Fashion fundraiserThe fashion in Deloraine

has gone old school.The Deloraine Times &

Star reports the Deloraine UCW hosted a 50th anni-versary where its members modeled fashions from the past.

Some of the outfi ts in-cluded an old wedding dress, retro summer gear, and the original sweater, cap and straw broom for-merly used by curlers.

Pow wow nowFeathers, colours, a tipi

and three young men per-forming the Men’s Fancy Dance light up the front page of the Virden Empire-Advance’s latest edition.

The photo was from a recent event in the com-munity’s park where a Pow wow demonstration was given by people from the Canupawakpa, Sioux Valley and Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nations.

The ensuing article ex-plains there were a variety of dances on display, and outfi ts being worn cost anywhere from $1,500 to $5,000.

Pow Wows often involve competition as well for certain dance types where up to $5,000 can be won

for fi rst place in a single event.

‘Dosa RecreationFolk in a nearby com-

munity are setting aggres-sive targets for fundrais-ing efforts towards a new facility.

The Minnedosa Region-al Events Centre (MREC) has set a goal of hitting the $4 million mark for fund-raising, The Minnedosa Tribune reports.

To date, MREC has raised over a half million dollars locally through service clubs and groups, as well as individual dona-tions.

Organizers have identi-fi ed 25 potential corporate sponsors to date and are continuing to search for more, offering impressive sponsorship packages to those interested.

Hopes are for the target to be reached by November.

Ladies lostCarberry is losing one

of its storied community groups.

The Carberry News-Express reports, after 67 years of service, its Legion Ladies Auxiliary held its last meeting June 7.

18 members attended the meeting, while spe-cial recognition was giv-en to one member, Doris Vidnes, who attended the fi rst meeting in 1945.

Twister takeout

What’s in the Weeklies?

Buildings in the Roblin area fell under some dis-tress lately.

Two front page photos, one of a tornado and the other of an upended shed,

tell the story for The Rob-lin Review.

It reports thunderstorms rolled through the Park-land area which brought rain and at least one funnel

cloud.The twister touched

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Pow wow tradition not lost on new generationBy Kaiten CritchlowNeepawa Press

Pow wows give First Nations people an opportunity to carry on tradi-tions and pay homage to their ancestors.

One youth dancer who is new to the practice says the summer pow wows can turn into a summer hobby as well.

Nigel Kaiswatum, 19, of Piapot, Sask. has been dancing for about four years and says he is fi nding himself getting more and more involved in the pow wow ‘circuit’.

In 2011, he participated in over 20 pow wows across the prairies and upper United States.

But Kaiswatum isn’t alone in his travels as he says it is commonplace for many First Nations people to frequent the circuit to participate in vari-ous pow wows.

“A lot of people travel around to the pow wows, a lot of my family travels around to them, too,” Kaiswatum explains. “It’s pretty good too because everyone bumps into each other a few times so it’s a good way to get to know other people and know your fellow communities. It’s a good way to bring all of the people together.”

While it’s not likely for one dancer to hit every pow wow on the cir-cuit, it can keep them highly occupied and give participants an op-

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“I do the grass dance, it’s a healing dance. It helps me feel better for myself,” Kaiswatum explains, noting different dances have different purposes. “If I’m not dancing for myself I’m dancing for someone else passed on.

“All dances are a good way to bring the people together to honour those who have accomplished many things.”

Seeing very young dancers participate in pow wows is a growing trend, Kaiswatum says, and it’s something welcomed by a First Nations community that prides itself in passing on its heritage through practice and word of mouth.

Tiny Tots, Juniors and Teens catego-ries are now a mainstay at pow wows.

Singing and drumming contests are also regularly held at events, as are tributes to First Nations veterans and tribal elders.

Kaiten Critchlow/Neepawa PressNigel Kaiswatum, a 19-year-old from Piapot, Sask., is one of many young First Nations people participating in the Pow Wow tradition. Last Thursday, Riding Mountain National Park also honoured the First Nations tradition by hosting First Nations demonstrations and a pow wow in honour of National Aboriginal Day.

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Today this idea is grow-ing in popularity partly be-cause visitors combine their trip with wildlife watching and viewing rural scenery, which helps to lower travel and vacation costs.”

Pembina Crossing is a sce-nic, yet virtually unknown, spot located in the Pembina Valley south of Manitou.

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McCreary’s Tyler Slawinski will not soon forget his 23rd birthday.

That’s the day Tyler competed against 24 other auctioneers from across Canada at the Livestock Marketers of Canada’s annual convention and Auctioneer Cham-pionship in Stavley, Alb.

The competition is open to anyone who is currently selling at auctions, and has a special buckle for the “Rookie of the Year” awarded to the top Auctioneer with less then fi ve years of selling experience in the livestock fi eld.

All participants took part in the open-ing round where each person auctioned off around 10 sets of cattle each. The top performers from the fi rst round were then asked to take part in the second round of

selling where the top quality cattle were sold.

As part of the competition, auctioneers were required to both call out and identify bids from the audience. On top of that, competing auctioneers also had to keep an eye on a coworker who was monitoring and relaying any online bids made.

All of the competition featured live, and real, bids as part of an actual cattle sale.

When the smoke cleared, Slawinski was the only Rookie competitor to be called back to sell in the prestigious Top 10 fi nal round.

Tyler had placed higher then the other seven rookies in the contest to claim his Rookie Champion Buckle.

“It takes a lot of professionalism, proper conduct, and part of it’s your character and selling ability,” Slawinski explained. “I think what helped me was that I’ve been

selling a lot of cattle the last little while, so that helps.”

Slawinski - who sales out of the Glad-stone Auction Mart and Ashern Auction Mart - also credits Scott Campbell of Killarney who gave him his start in the business, and 2011 Canadian Champion Auctioneer Brennin Jack of Weyburn, Sask. who worked with Tyler before the competition.

“Without Brennin I would not have had all my ducks in a row to compete at this level,” Slawinski said. “I’m lucky to get a chance to train with a true Champion such as Brennin.”

After winning this title, Slawinski moves onto the global stage, competing in July for the International Livestock Auctioneer Rookie of the Year Buckle held in conjunction with the Calgary Stampede.

McCreary auctioneer wins at National competition

By Bernice Evenson

Bernice Evenson spent the June 8 weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mar-tens in Baldur.

While there she was among the other 500 peo-ple that attended the Fugi-tives 35th anniversary as a dance band and also the Balmont Hall was 35 years old.

The dance fl oor in the tent was super.

It’s good to see Mrs. John Keysers out and about after spending some time in and out of Neepawa hospital. While out of hospital for a few days John and her spent time with daughter Cindy and Bill Skander-

berg in Glendbora.They are now back home

and on the June 8 weekend Doug and Shirley Post, Frank and Cindy Keysers and Amy Skanderberg, all of Winnipeg, were out to visit.

Mr. and Mrs. David Single spent June 10 with their daughters Nancy and Corey Morton and family in Shilo and with Tracy and Mark Fianders and family in Spruce Woods. At the end of June Mark, Tracy and family will be moving to New Brunswick where Mark has been transferred to another Army base.

To most people this is the time of the year to play ball or go fi shing. But to

some of us it’s time for the 55-plus summer games and we are off to Arborg and Gimli for bowling and cards.

Those from here com-peting in bowling are Ted and Phyllis Mauthe, Ken Oswald, Phyllis Parsons, Pearl Sollner, Dorothy Moller, Wayne and Gladys Gork, Marion Single, Al-lan Hogarth and Bernice Evenson and my team from Gladstone Joe and Louise Shelestynski, Lois Reid and Grant McRae.

Also playing whist and crib are Robert McLaugh-lin, Allan Hogarth and myself. In the slow pitch we have Orlando Oswald playing with the West Lake

Brewer. Good luck to all and I’ll let you know next week how we made out.

June 9 Denis Masters and daughters April and Erin participated in the Central Plains Cancer Care 15km Challenge Walk held in Portage.

The girls raised a total of $655 for Central Plains Cancer Care thanks to gen-erous donations from resi-dents of Plumas and Glad-stone and want to thank everyone for their support.

The girls are hoping to raise even more money next year when they plan to take part in the walk again.

Stoney Creek Stampede, part of the Manitoba High

School Rodeo, was held at Neepawa June 2 and 3 where Plumas’ own Hailey Tonn was competing.

Saturday she placed fi fth in barrels and third in goat tying. Sunday she won fi rst in goat tying and third in poles.

Congratulations Hailey keep up the good work!

Isabel Dixon accompa-nied Heather Lariver of Brandon to Minot June 1, returning home Saturday evening.

On Sunday, Isabel mo-tored to Winnipeg to attend a baby shower for Connor, son of Eddie and Camille Wilson held in the Deer Lodge Community Centre.

Eddie’s friends will be

Plumas NewsPlumas NewsThe season for senior games has residents heading for Arborg, Gimli

interested in knowing he is still competing in ar-chery and will be going to B.C. in June.

Good luck Eddie.There was a good turn

out of folks June 1 at the hall to watch “Blame it on the Pony Express”, a play put on by the Gladstone Theatrical group.

Ladies you made pretty good looking men.

The Ladies were out in full force last week and have the fl owers all plant-ed in the community fl ow-er garden. Now different groups take turns keeping the weeds out.

The Pirates Ball season is underway. They lost their fi rst two games against Portage and Minnedosa but beat Carberry June 1.

Come on folks if you have any news please let me know!

Tyler Slawinski is Canada’s Rookie Auctioneer of the Year.



Recreational facilita-tors from across West-man converged at Lions Riverbend Park last week to test out Neepawa’s newly upgraded Disc Golf Course.

Hosted by Neepawa’s leisure services depart-ment, the course dem-onstration drew rec. di-rectors and organizers from the communities of Reston/RM of Pipestone, Killarney, Virden and Brandon.

And while most had entered the day never trying the sport before, a round of disc golf left the recreational gurus with a bit of an itch.

“I know a lot of people hear about disc golf and wonder how much fun it could be,” Neepawa leisure services manager Amanda Cathcart, who is also the president of the Westman Recreation Practitioners Associa-tion, said. “But, once you get playing it, you find

out it is actually a lot of fun and it’s a sport that anyone can play.”

The disc golf course, built in Neepawa last summer after being fund-ed by Neepawa’s Well-ness Committee and a First Sports Grant, spans nine holes across the sce-nic Riverbend Park area.

Weaving throughout the park and along the Whitemud River, the course was designed by Epic Discs out of Winni-peg and is one of the nic-est disc golf courses the province has to offer.

Much like everyday golf, with disc golf you have a tee off box and a hole; in between, the goal is to get your disc from one to the other in as few throws as possible.

Aside from that, the only other twist is discs used for ‘golfing’ are slightly different in size and weight than those used for ultimate fris-bee.

The Neepawa course also adds a little entice-ment for families and youth, as play at the course is completely free of charge.

All anyone needs to do is bring their own disc to the course or put a fully refundable $10 deposit down to rent one of the discs available at both the Town Office and Neepa-wa swimming pool.

Beyond that, there are no course fees or sched-uled hours of operation; it can be played at any time without any costs.

Riverbend disc golf course impressesWestman rec. members test “growing” sport

Kaiten Critchlow/Neepawa PressNeepawa’s leisure services manager Amanda Cathcart tosses a disc into the target on the second hole during a round of disc golf last Wednesday at Lions Riverbend Park.

“What we want is to create as many fun and family activities in Neepawa, for people who live here and for people who are visiting at our campgrounds at River-bend Park,” Cathcart ex-plained.

“It’s a sport that’s get-ting more popular every-where. Everyone should try it out for at least one round and I bet they’ll want to play it again.”

The disc golf course is located in the outdoor recreational hub area

of Neepawa, with the town’s swimming pool, The Flats - a soccer field/winter ice skating area, a camping area and walk-ing trails all around it, and the community’s golf course just a few blocks away.

Kristi-Lyn Pollock/Neepawa PressMason Dunning reaches new heights as he manages to slide over the bar during Hazel M. Kellington’s track meet for Grades 4-6 recently. The day also featured a few record-breaking performances from Adrian Resolis.

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“It’s a sport that’s getting more popular “It’s a sport that’s getting more popular everywhere. Everyone should try it out for everywhere. Everyone should try it out for at least one round and I bet they’ll want to at least one round and I bet they’ll want to

play it again.”play it again.”- Amanda Cathcart- Amanda Cathcart


Neepawa’s boys of summer split their games last week, losing to the league’s worst squad and winning to keep some dis-tance between themselves and the MSBL’s third-place squad.

As the dust settled fol-lowing Week 5 action, the Farmers stayed atop the league standings with a 9-4 record. The Reston Rockets are right behind them with an 8-4 record while the Cloverleafs sit in third at 5-4.

Dodgers 5 - Farmers 1Neepawa lost in its fi rst

game of the week at home to the bottom-ranked Oak River Dodgers squad.

Oak River grabbed a run in the fi rst inning, and had two-run innings in the third and sixth, while the Farmers grabbed their

lone run in the third in-ning en route to a 5-1 de-feat.

Tyler Reiner took the loss for Neepawa after allowing fi ve runs - only three earned runs - on 11 hits and six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings pitched. Greg Hockin allowed no runs and only two hits on three strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings of relief, while Vince Lu-jan closed the game.

On a night where the Farmers bats were only able to muster seven hits, Lujan had the lone RBI and Garrett Rempel went 2-for-4 with one run.Cloverleafs 8 - Farmers 10

An offensive outburst in the fourth inning proved to be Farmers’ lucky charm against the Brandon Cloverleafs in Neepawa Friday night.

Brandon struck first, bringing in three runs in the third, but Neepawa

responded with an amaz-ing eight-run fourth in-ning to take the lead. The Farmers added singles in the fifth and eighth, as Neepawa took the slug-fest 10-8.

Cam Tibbett reached base every time he went to the plate, batting 3-for-3 with three RBIs, two runs, and one hit-by-pitch. Isaac Rodriguez hit in two RBIs and Ian Hockin earned two runs.

Rodriguez struck out eight and allowed six runs in 6 1/3 innings in a win-ning effort on the mound. In relief, Josh Loewen al-lowed two runs on three hits and Greg Hockin closed out the game strik-ing out two and giving up no runs.

The Farmers played their lone game this week in Neepawa last night (Tuesday) against the Brandon Marlins.

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The Neepawa Unit-ed Soccer Association

(NUSA) House League consisted of 75 boys and girls aged three to eight.

They played every Tuesday night for one

earlier.The comeback ended

there though unfortunately, as the Cobras responded with about 15 minutes left to regain a lead.

In the closing minutes, two Neepawa shots hit crossbars but none were able to fi nd their way into the goal, leaving the home team with a 3-2 loss.

In the rubber match Thursday night in Shilo, Neepawa was gunning

for their fi rst win in what is already the team’s third game against the Cobras this season.

The Storm’s Christie Bohn was the only player able to ripple the net in the game, giving Neepawa a 1-0 win and a little revenge for their loss only two days earlier. Siara Wareham earned the shutout in net for the Storm.

“We’ve had some pretty exciting, back-and-forth

games against the Cobras this year and it was great to fi nally see us on the win-ning side of the scoresheet against them,” Storm coach Kaiten Critchlow said.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to keep this momentum going into next week’s match.”

Last night (Tuesday) Neepawa hosted the Bran-don Snipers, and the team has a bye night scheduled for Thursday evening.

Neepawa Storm soccer splits set against CobrasBy Kaiten CritchlowNeepawa Press

The Neepawa Storm women’s soccer club is continuing its strong play after splitting its two games last week, both against the Brandon Cobras.

Last Tuesday in Neepa-wa, the Storm and Cobras

engaged in an exchange of opportunities throughout the fi rst half, but it was Brandon who was able to take advantage of their chances to go up 2-0 by the time the ref’s whistle sig-naled half-time 45 minutes in.

Shortly into the second half, Neepawa’s Jessica

Fenty put away a penalty kick after a Brandon de-fender used her hands in the 18-yard area.

A few minutes later, Brittany Marshall scored from about 25 yards out as she rifl ed a shot on net from a free kick opportu-nity after she was knocked to the ground moments

NUSA wraps up House League playhour from the beginning of May until the middle of June.

Thank you to the par-ents and high school stu-dents who volunteered to coach as well as par-ents who volunteered to manage each of the 12 teams!

Each night of practice the coaches ran through drills for the first half hour. After that the dif-ferent age groups played each other in mini games.

This league was spon-sored by Tim Hortons.

Each player received a Tim Horton’s jersey at the beginning of the sea-son that they get to keep.

The league wrapped up their season on Tuesday, June 19 with the play-ers receiving medals and freezies sponsored by

NUSA as well as water bottles sponsored by Tim Hortons.

The soccer players had

a blast playing their par-ents in the last games of the season!

NUSA sincerely hopes

that all the boys and girls enjoyed their soccer sea-son and hope they return next year!

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Cale Lamport shows off the Freshwater Drum he caught in the Whitemud River just south of Lynch’s Point recently. Cale and a few other Neepawa area youth are taking part in the 2012 Recreational Fishing League.

Submitted by BPSD Staff

We are now ap-proaching a time of excitement, sense of adventure and heartfelt sentiment as we cel-ebrate the graduating class of 2012.

From the perspective of the school board, we are very proud of our students and their ac-complishments. We wish them the very best in their future endeavors.

As an old African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child”.

There are many peo-ple that have contrib-uted something to the growth, education, and nourishment of these students. The Board of Trustees wishes to express their thanks to these individuals.First and foremost to

the parents, who have the greatest impact on their children.

Secondly, the staff of the school system, whether being a teacher, bus driver, custodian, educational assistant, administrator, etc., they all have taken a part in contributing to each child’s upbringing.

With the expansion of the Beautiful Plains School Division ap-prenticeship program, we also need to thank our business owners for supporting our schools and students.

These businesses support our students from one to three years and pay them to learn a trade while earning their credits for gradu-ation and hours toward their apprenticeship.

There are many mem-bers of our community who have volunteered,

Community important part of graduation celebration

Education Matterscoached, and/or mentored a student in some way.

To everyone that has sponsored a student, gone to a sporting event, chorale, drama, fundrais-ing event, etc. you have shown that you are en-couraging these students to become good citizens

and show support for oth-ers.

The Beautiful Plains School Division Board of Trustees wishes to thank you, our “village”, for everything you have con-tributed to our students and the graduating class of 2012.

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Thelma Burton/Neepawa PressMcCreary Seniors Drop-in members and chil-dren from the community’s day care have been playing games and interacting twice monthly throughout the school year.

Evelyn Beyette was to Winnipeg recently and while there she called on Helen Sul, formerly of Kelwood, Man.

The two had tea and a lovely visit, and Helen says hello to all of her friends and neighbours back home. She’s happy to be in Winnipeg near her son Don and family.

Ken McLoud, formerly

McCreary NewsMcCreary News

Seniors interact with day care children

By Thelma Burton

of McCreary, passed away recently. His funer-al service was held June 21 in Neepawa. Our sin-cere sympathy to family and friends.

Our symathies also to the families of the late Richard (Dick) Large who passed away recent-ly. A memorial service will be held later on.

McCreary Seniors Drop-in has interacted with day care children this past year.

The children come twice a month to the drop-in for fun and games with the seniors.

June 6, they had their wind-up with a Teddy Bear picnic.

First they brought their sick teddies to be diag-nosed, bandaged, x-rayed and made well again. Dr. Henry and his crew of nurses made every one well again.

The morning ended with a lovely lunch.

Memorial service for the late Doug Leepart was held at the commu-nity hall Saturday, June 2 with Beth Clark offi ciat-ing.

See McCreary on pg. 24

Blame It On the Pony Express, the inaugural performance of the GWRC Community Theatre Company was a resounding success featuring, back row, from left, Patty Thomson, Sadie DeJaegher, Theresa Morrison-Meyers, Kayla Emerson, Fiona Kramer, Teena DeJaegher and Brittany Schlamb; front row - production advisor Robin Richardson, Karleigh Lewis, Verna Otto, Kelvin Bueckert and producer Susan Rosa. Three shows were performed, one each in Westbourne, Plumas and Gladstone, and all three had virtually sold-out crowds. The profi ts will be shared 50/50 between the host facility and the Glad-West Recreation Commis-sion. The GWRC would like to thank the cast, crew and all the volunteers who helped create this production, we couldn’t have done it without you. Anyone interested in our fall production – a Murder/Mystery Dinner Theatre – should contact the GWRC at [email protected] or phone 385-2332.

Pony ExpressPony Express

Heard some good news lately?Heard some good news lately?Give Kaiten a call! Give Kaiten a call!

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Hazel M. Kellington held its annual Tabloid Day last Tuesday where Kindergarten to Grade 3 students took part in physically-oriented fun games throughout the day as their version of a track meet.

This year’s theme for the day was nursery rhymes where phys ed. teacher Heather Douglas put a fun twist on all events, naming and basing them off of traditional nursery rhymes.

Some of HMK’s older students also took part in the event, acting as hosts at each of the event stations spread across Lions Riverbend Park.Photos, top row, from left, Grade 6’er Soomin Han reacts after getting dowsed with cold water during I’m a Little Teapot; Jason Whitlaw steadies himself as he

pours water on friends during I’m a Little Teapot.Middle row, from left, Christopher Huynh, centre of photo, battles for position as he tries to be the last person standing; Riess Raddysh gets shaving cream on his

nose as part of the Pinocchio game where students had to try to trick each other; Gaetlyn Plett, left, searches for an egg in the hay while Brooke Allen shows off the one she found as part of The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs game.

Bottom row, from left, Brooklyn Perrett, left, and Katelynn Birch bounce down the hill while classmates watch intently during Humpty Dumpty; students push a giant ball down the bases to knock over obstacles during Three Little Pigs.

Photo essay by Kaiten Critchlow

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• Supper 5 - 6:30 PM

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• Roast Pork Loin & Ham, Salads,

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drink and dessert $10 per adult,

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$5 per child • Children’s Activities

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By Helen FriesenJune 1, 33 members of

the Royal Court of The Crown Jewels of Canada Society met in the Drop-in Centre, Gladstone for the event hosted by the Cheery Dearies, Gladstone and the Prairie Lassies, Plumas.

20 Chapters were rep-resented by Queens, Vice-Queens or alternates.

The Crown Jewels are groups of ladies who get together to have fun and not do any work.

They wear red white and purple. The red and white represents that we are Ca-nadian and purple repre-sents royalty.

We have only two rules; to wear our colours (in-cluding wearing something on our head) and to have fun!

Greetings were brought by David Single, Reeve of the R.M. of Westbourne and Dawn Coubrough, Councillor of the Town of Gladstone.

After a short meeting, led by Darlene Yurchuk, our Manitoba Representative, local musicians Ed and Al-ice Sklar entertained.

A wonderful lunch was served by the Gladstone Agricultural Society.

Following lunch, Denis Beernaert from the Mani-toba Agricultural Food and Rural Initiatives gave a presentation on the Dis-trict’s Old Order Menno-nite population.

We had a wonderful day.

Gladstone/Gladstone/PlumasPlumas

Crown Jewels

host event

Continued from pg. 22Glad to report Glen Bur-

ton is doing very well after surgery in Dauphin Hospi-tal and is very happy to be back with his girls in the PCH here.

Dennis Burton and Edna of Saskatoon visited Wednesday, May 30.

On the 31st we fl ew from Winnipeg to North Bay, Ont. for the wedding of Dennis’ son Dennis Jr.

While weather didn’t co-operate very well it was a lovely wedding and we all had a great time.

We arrived back home on June 4th.

Please phone with your news 835-2970

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BabyGirlGirl

Dallas, Carla & Presley are excited to announce

the safe arrival of

Harley Farrah CookHarley Farrah CookBorn May 13, 2012 at 1:58 AM weighing 6 lbs 12oz and 22 “ in length

Proud grandparents are Glen and Treasure

Dudenhoffer of Neepawa and Vern and Donna Cook

of Reston and great Grandma Gwen Jones of

Reston.

FUNERAL SERVICES

MITCHELL: James Brown (July 30, 1938 - December 9, 2011). Jim Mitchell, beloved husband of Carol of 52 years and dear father of Jim (Roni) and Don (Alma) passed away peacefully at his home in St. Pierre-Jolys, MB on December 9, 2011 at the age of 73. A celebration of Jim’s life will be held at the Brookdale United Church, Brookdale, MB on June 30, 2012 at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Brookdale Cemetery.

IN MEMORIAM

In memory of Bill Watson no long-er living in our lives to share, but in our hearts you’re always there. Love Joyce and family.

BIRTHDAYS

You are invited to Ruby Cathcart’s 95th Birthday

Come & Go gathering.

Sun. July 8Sun. July 8thth

2 - 4 PM2 - 4 PM At the Neepawa

Rifle Club at the Fair Grounds.

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BIRTHS

CARD OF THANKS

Thanks to each of you who partici-pated in making our 50th anniver-sary a very memorable experience for us. Thank you for the messag-es, gifts, flowers and the contribu-tions made to different charities in our honour. We are very humbled by the response. Over $1000.00 was realized for the Roxy digital audio upgrade.

Thanks to all,Sincerely,Cliff & Eleanor Nicholson

The family of Vera (Sage) Hueston wish to thank friends and relatives for flowers, food, cards, phone calls and messages of sympathy.A special thank you to staff at Country Meadows for their care and concern, to the Palliative Care volunteers, Dr. White, Dr. Tariq, White’s Funeral Home and Rev. Mark Satterly.

Ed, Doreen and Catherine Sage; Joan and Roy McGillivray, Laurie McGillivray, Roger and Stacy McGillivray and family.

COMING EVENTS

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations Britton Woods on receiving your

Bachelor of Science 4-year Honours

Degree from Brandon University. Britton received the Governor Generals Silver Medal, B.U.

Gold Medal in Science, and Silver Medal in Psychology. Britton will be attending U of M this fall where

she will study School Psychology.

We are all so proud of you Britton

CongratulationsCongratulations

CongratulationsCongratulations

Karla Nelson on receiving your Bachelor of Arts and

Bachelor of Education (with greatest distinction) at Bran-

don University. Karla has suc-cessfully gained employment with Frontier School Division and will be teaching grade 2 at Norway House. Well Done!

Love from your family.

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Notice of Surplus Proceeds at Auctionat Rural Municipality of Rosedale Tax Sale

TO: Estate of Lyle Wilson

RE: Excess from Proceeds of a Tax Sale Lyle Wilson – Registered Owner Roll #55800 SP Lot 2 Plan 7553 NLTO in SE ¼ 15-19-15 WPM

On December 21, 2010, the above noted property was sold at public auction to recover tax arrears.

Th e property was sold for a price that exceeds the tax arrears and costs by more than $200. Th e excess amount at the date of this notice is $3,561.79.

Pursuant the terms of section 380 of Th e Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that you are entitled to make an application to the Court of Queen’s Bench for an order for payment of all, or part of the excess.

Every person entitled to notice of the tax sale may apply to the Court within 3 years aft er the auction, for an order for such payment. You may wish to consult with a lawyer regarding the process required to bring this matter before the Court.

Dated this 19th day of June, 2012.

This Notice of Surplus Proceeds at Auction is published for the purpose of effecting substitutional service thereof upon LYLE WILSON, as set out in the said Second Notice of Tax Sale Auction pursuant to order of the District Registrar dated August 30, 2010.

Karen McDonaldChief Administrative Offi cerRural Municipality of Rosedale(204) 476-5414

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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSEDALEMUNICIPAL HERITAGE NOTICE

Karen McDonald, CAORural Municipality of Rosedale

TAKE NOTICE THAT:

The site described as follows:

The lands and premises commonly known as the

Franklin Memorial Hall in the Village of Franklin, Province of Manitoba, and legally described in Certifi cate of Title No. 2358407 as:

In the Village of Franklin, in the Province of Manitoba being Lot One(1), in Block Three (3) , Plan 7110, Pt. SE ¼ 6-15-16 WPM, registered in the Neepawa Land Titles Offi ce.

Of which the records of the Neepawa Land Titles Offi ce show as owner:

Franklin Community Association Limited of the Village of Franklin in the Province of Manitoba.

And all the lands and buildings thereon, have been designated as a municipal heritage site to be protected under the authority of The Heritage Resources Act by the Municipal By-law No. 3-2012 of the Municipality of Rosedale, adopted on the 8th day of June, 2012.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT:A Copy of this Municipal Heritage Notice shall be fi led in the appropriate land titles offi ce or registry offi ce, in accordance with the provisions of the Heritage Resources Act.

Dated at the Town of Neepawa, this 13th day of June, 2012.

Happy 50th Happy 50th AnniversaryAnniversary

Mom & DadMom & DadLove your children & Grandchildren

RM OF LANSDOWNEINVITATION

The Council and community members of the RM of Lansdowne Invite you to attend a retirement tea for Donna Richardson Arden Post Master who is retiring after 28 years of service. Please join us in honoring Donna who has been a dedicated Post Master and valuable community member.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012Arden Community Hall

2PM to 4PM


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A. Kuyp ExcavationA. Kuyp ExcavationCOMPLETE BACKHOE SERVICE

• Water & Sewer• Trenching• Demolition• Sand & Gravel

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LesleySkibinsky476-6999

Website: www.remax-prairiemountain-npwa-mb.com

THIS ONE HAS IT ALL!Over 1650 sft. on each level. Lge master

suite with walk-in fi re closet, ensuite & gas fi replace 5 bdrms, 3 baths 3 gas

F.P. Hot tub in fam. rm. Dbl. & single garages. Gazebo & covered deck.

GREAT SOUTH END FAMILY HOMEOak eat-in kitchen, formal D.R. w/doors to covered screened deck overlooking lovely backyard. 3 bdrm. 2 baths plus an offi ce. Rec room & hot tub room.

ECONOMICAL STARTER HOMEMove-in ready. freshly painted & new carpet. Reno’d bath has

clawfoot tub & separate shower. great fenced backyard with deck &

playstructure $99,500.

COUNTRY LIVING AT IT’S FINESTEnjoy nature at your doorstep in this lovingly cared for 16 acre property. Modern 4 bed, 3 bath home, double

garage, barn & shed. Geo-thermal heat-ing/cooling.

GLADSTONE MOBILE HOME

2003 mobile home on rented lot ($150/month) in Gladstone. Shows like new! 2 bedroom. Comes with 5 appliances.

Large garden shed.

Each offi ce independently owned and operated

Visit our website for virtual tours!

476-6999272 Hamilton St., Neepawa

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HOUSES FOR SALE

BUSINESS SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MoneyProvider.com. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.

FARMS FOR SALE

FOR SALE BY TENDER: 160 acres of prime farmland; Brook-dale area SW 31-12-15 W. Has potato potential and available after the 2012 crop year. Send written tenders to Doug May, Box 1386, Beausejour, MB R0E 0C0 prior to July 29, 2012. Highest or any ten-der not necessarily accepted.

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

New 22’ RTM coming soon! 16’ & 20’ modular homes on display on 1st Street North in Brandon. Floor plans at glendalemobile-homes.com. To view call 204-724-7907

We pay CASH for used mobile homes 1982 and newer. Must have factory gables, shingled roof and be CSA approved. Altona Mo-bile Homes 1-800-582-4036

CABINS / COTTAGES & COUNTRY HOMESCabins for sale at Sandy Lake. 340 Lake Street, 850 sq ft 2 bed-room, 1 bath, laundry, large deck, modern appliances, electric heat, mature trees, on town sewer and water. Fantastic view high and dry overlooking the lake. $149,000. 338 Lake Street, 480 sq ft 2 bed-room, with 10ft by 24ft kitchen/liv-ing room. Great view overlooking the lake. Town sewer and water available. Beautiful mature trees. $89,000. Call Stan or Bea Fraser 204-585-2441.

RECREATIONAL PROPERTY

NEW SUBDIVISION AT BEAUTI-FUL GOOD SPIRIT LAKE, SASK. M&M Tiechko Beach has fully ser-viced lakefront lots for sale. Web-site: www.mandmtiechko-beach.com Phone 306.668.8459 OR 604.793.0076.

SERVICES FOR HIRE

A PHONE DISCONNECTED? We Can Help. Best Rates. Speedy Connections. Great Long Dis-tance. Everyone Approved. Call Today. 1-877-852-1122. Protel Reconnect.

STEEL BUILDINGS/GRANARIES

STEEL BUILDING HUGH CLEAR-ANCE SALE! 20X24 $4,658. 25X28 $5,295. 30X40 $7,790. 32X54 $10,600. 40X58 $14,895. 47X78 $19,838. One end wall in-cluded. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

DOMESTIC CARS

Guaranteed approval drive away today! We lend money to every-one. Fast approvals, best interest rates. Over 500 vehicles sale priced for immediate delivery OAC. 1-877-796-0514. www.you-rapprovedonline.com.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DRIVERS WANTED: Terrific ca-reer opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to lo-cate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & benefits pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License w/ air brake en-dorsement. High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperry-rail.com under careers, keyword Driver. DO NOT FILL IN CITY OR STATE

EMPLOYMENT ALBERTA: Jour-neyman Sheet Metal Mechanic Field and Shop Fabrication/Refrig-eration Mechanic/Plumbers/Pipe-fitters. Overtime and Benefit Pack-age. Email resumes to: toddw@peacer iverheating.com Fax: 780-624-2190. Contact Todd at 780-624-4140

Leased Operators Livestock: Ex-plore this top opportunity and move to Greener Pastures. West-ern Canada and USA Lanes. Scheduled Time off. Call Ian for Information.

FARM SERVICES

SERVICES FOR HIRE

BUSINESS SERVICES



MANAGER OF TRACK POSI-TION. Kelowna Pacific Railway Ltd (KPR) has an immediate open-ing for our Manager of Track posi-tion. The successful candidate will become part of an experienced management team and will over-see track maintenance and track capital work while insuring regula-tory compliance and safe work practices and must have a mini-mum of 5 years of experience as a track supervisor. KPR operates on 120 miles of Class 1 and Class 2 track in British Columbia’ s Okana-gan Valley, between Kelowna and Kamloops. This position works out of our Vernon, BC offices. Please submit resumes and any ques-tions you may have regarding this position to: [email protected]

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT


OIL BURNER TECHNICIAN Plum-ber/Gasfitter, 4th Class Power En-gineer required in Yellowknife, NT. Journeyperson, bondable and own hand tools. Resume to: [email protected].

TECHS LIVE LARGE in Alberta! Moving/training/tool allowances. Great wages. Full benefits. In-vestment program. Go Auto has 30 dealerships/18 brands. Apply now! [email protected].

Acreage / Hobby Farm with grain, hay & pasture land – Hwy 10 & Ditch Lake Rd on 141 acres with Insulated barn, hay storage, riding ring, corrals & waterers. 3-bedroom home has 24’x26’ deck, metal roof, vinyl siding, wood stove, c/w appliances.

MLS # 1209093 Asking $259,900.

Lakefront 142 acre Homestead Farm on west shore of Jackfi sh Lake. Sale includes: 100 cult acres, 2-bedroom home, outbuildings, also 3 tractors, acreage implements, boat dock & more.

162 acre Lakefront Ranch with Storage Business on north shore of Otter Lake. Indoor & outdoor riding arenas, In-fl oor heated barn, Hay shed, HD pipe corrals, waterers. 3 bedroom home c/w appliances, new laminate fl oor & paint. Indoor Storage for RV`s, boats, vehicles.

MLS # 1201523 Asking $599,000.

ACREAGES FOR SALE

www.rollingriverrealty.com

Neil FraserKelwood, MB

Cell: 204-573-5137

MLS # 1210700 Asking $199,000.

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ROBERT GALVINREALTOR®

Sutton-Harrison RealtyAN INDEPENDENT MEMBER BROKER445 10th StreetBrandon, Manitoba R7A 4GFax: (204) 571-5905Email: [email protected]: www.SuttonHarrison.com

(204) 571-5915(204) 212-3731

- NEW HOMES - RENOVATIONS - FARM/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

LYLE LOEWEN 841-4064DALE LOEWEN 841-4061NEEPAWA, MB

- Telehandler and Skid Steer Rental

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Please contact: Ken LindsayPlease contact: Ken LindsayHome: 476-5593Home: 476-5593

Cellular: 476-0669Cellular: 476-0669


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And Home Health Aids for And Home Health Aids for Sale or RentSale or Rent• Open Saturday, June 30.• Open Saturday, June 30. • Closed Monday, July 2. • Closed Monday, July 2.

• Re-opening Tuesday, July 3.Our Pharmacists are able to help you with all your medication!Our Pharmacists are able to help you with all your medication!

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