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Vol. 14 No. 19 | Thursday, August 13, 2015

Members of Brandon Fire and Emergency Services stabilize and transport a victim of a motorcycle crash which took place late last month near the Shoppers Mall on 18th Street and Aberdeen Avenue. There was one person who was transported to hospital in stable condition.

Photos submitted by Liam Pattison

18th Street bridge project

has mayor ‘really thrilled’

Brandon Mayor Rick Chrest couldn’t be happier with the recent announcement of a new bridge that will eventually be constructed over the railway tracks at 18th Street.

In case you missed it last week, the federal govern-ment will chip in one-third of the cost via the New Building Canada Fund ($19.2 million) for a new four-lane bridge, replacing the current Daly Overpass in the city. The provincial government is responsible for the rest of the project, which is estimated to cost a total of $60 million.

“I’m really thrilled. It’s a very important piece of infrastructure in our community,” Chrest told the Jour-nal. “It certainly forms part of the provincial highway system and links the No. 10 north and south essentially. So a lot of traffic that needs to make that north-south connection has to cross that bridge.”

The project will increase capacity and reduce con-gestion resulting in reduced travel times for both com-mercial traffic and passenger vehicles. It will also in-clude improved sidewalks, a centre barrier and access for active transportation.

“As it’s (Daly Overpass) gotten busier and busier, it certainly has become a bigger bottleneck over the years,” Chrest added. “It definitely needs to be ad-dressed and I’m pleased that the senior levels of gov-ernment have come together to identify the funding to make it happen.”

Larry Maguire, Conservative MP for Brandon-Souris, says the bridge project was a priority of his for some time now.

“When I was first elected, the airport was No. 1 on everybody’s list out here for infrastructure projects, but the Daly bridge was No. 2 here in the city,” he said.

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Wayne and Rena Kelly smile for the camera at the Westman Chapter Bikers Against Child Abuse Blue Ribbon Ride for child abuse awareness. The event, which took place earlier this month at Turtle Crossing Campground, included a barbecue, face painting, bouncy house and a huge slip and slide for the kids.

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From humble beginnings on a farm in rural Manitoba all the way to the nation’s capital, Bruce Campbell has made an impression on the agriculture industry over the years.

Through his commitment to agriculture and his sup-port of entrepreneurism, Campbell is being honoured with the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honour.

Born in 1936, Campbell was raised on a farm near Chater and attended a one-room school house until he finished Grade 8. He took his Grade 9 schooling by cor-respondence and then transferred to Brandon Collegiate where he completed his high school education. From there, he attended the University of Manitoba where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture.

“After working with Feed-Rite Mills for 10 years, Bruce’s entrepreneurial spirit and strong work ethic prompted him to purchase a feed business in Land-mark,” explains the University of Manitoba website. “Under his leadership, Landmark Feeds Inc. became one of Western Canada’s leading agribusiness compa-nies.”

Over the years, Campbell was inducted into the Mani-toba Agriculture Hall of Fame, received the Ernst and Young entrepreneur of the year award for Western Can-ada, was given a lifetime membership with the Agri-cultural Institute of Canada, received the golden award for Feed Manufacturers at the Agricultural Institute of Canada, awarded an honorary doctorate of Law degree and a philanthropy award both from the University of Manitoba.

The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre is named in his honour and is an interpretive cen-tre run by the University of Manitoba at the research centre located at Glenlea.

“It’s a great place for people to visit and see where our food comes from,” Campbell explained. “Today, the children growing up in the city don’t know where our food comes from the way I did growing up on a farm.”

“Bruce and his wife Lesley are strong supporters of new and innovative agriculture ideas and technologies,” reads the U of M information on the Discovery Centre. “Their vision, leadership and generosity have helped the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences create this one-of-a-kind interactive centre.”

With an impressive list of accolades to his name, Campbell is humble about his experiences.

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“I hired outstanding people,” he said as a way to ex-plain his success in business. “I hired a substantial num-ber of ag grads from the university.”

Hard work and determination paid off and Campbell simply stated, “We were leaders in our industry and had a good business reputation.”

Over the years he and his business supported many community initiatives including sporting facilities in addition to the contributions made to the University of Manitoba through scholarships and the DiscoveryCentre.

“It’s been quite a ride,” Campbell chuckled as he re-called the highlights of his career, all the while, hon-oured to receive the latest accolade.

While details on the Order of Canada ceremony have yet to be finalized, Campbell has been told that the cer-emony will take place in Ottawa at Rideau Hall this fall. The presentation will be made by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.

Campbell and his wife have two children and five grandchildren. They currently enjoy retirement from their home base in Winnipeg.


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NDP leader Thomas Mul-cair, who each far exceed the PM in charisma and appear to revel in un-scripted interaction with ordinary Canadians. Giv-ing Trudeau and Mulcair extra time to campaign gives them more opportu-nities to connect with vot-ers and win their support.

Second, even if the To-ries spend millions more than their rivals on ra-dio, print and television advertising, that invest-ment may not yield posi-tive results. The value of those ads could be largely negated by the impact of social media, Internet platforms such as You-tube and, most important-ly, weeks of unflattering news reports regarding issues such as the Mike

It was a bold choice, but we won’t know until mid-October if it was the right choice.

Reaction to Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper’s decision to prorogue Par-liament and launch Cana-da’s longest federal elec-tion campaign since 1872 has been hailed by some as a tactical masterstroke that enables the ruling Conservatives to maxi-mize the electoral ad-vantages that come with having millions more to spend than their rival par-ties.

The move has been condemned by others for largely the same reasons. They allege the higher spending limits that come with a 79-day campaign will make the electoral playing field even less level than it already was, with democracy being the ultimate victim. Former Chief Electoral Officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley, for example, has accused the Tories of “gaming the system” and of distort-ing the role of money in Canadian politics. Oth-ers have condemned Harper’s election call as shameless, unfair, cyni-cal, hubristic, unethical and even immoral.

Does the overheated rhetoric match the cir-cumstances? Does the prolonged campaign pe-riod and the potential for millions in additional spending really favor the

Conservatives?Pundits and partisans

are outraged by the early election launch, but let’s not kid ourselves. The Conservatives haven’t done anything that the Liberals and new Demo-crats wouldn’t do if they found themselves in the same position. Both par-ties have a long history of exploiting rivals’ weak-nesses while in govern-ment at the federal or pro-vincial level.

As to the assertion that a longer campaign will benefit the Tories, there are a number of factors that suggest the exact op-posite.

First, what exactly is Harper going to talk about over the next 11 weeks? He has already warned us to not expect big-ticket spending commitments capable of being imple-mented immediately. All that leaves is another two and one-half months of the same “fear every-thing” talking points -- a strategy designed to keep votes the votes he has, not win the votes he doesn’t.

With Harper intent on campaigning from within an impregnable security bubble, attending Tory-only events throughout the country, he could go through the entire cam-paign without encoun-tering an uncommitted voter. Compare that to the campaign style of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and

Duffy trial and the Trans Pacific Partnership nego-tiations.

Third, and closely relat-ed to the previous point, there is ample marketing research that concludes that overly repetitious advertising can alienate voters. The Conservatives apparently plan to shower Canadians with advertis-ing in the final weeks of the campaign, but there comes a point when car-pet-bombing voters with robo-calls and their mail boxes with pamphlets laden with half-true his-trionics isn’t effective; it’s just irritating.

Finally and perhaps most importantly, re-cent polls have revealed

that almost 70 per cent of Canadian voters de-sire a change in govern-ment. That is far beyond the conventional elec-toral ‘tipping point’, and history has consistently shown that it is extremely difficult for an incumbent government to reverse the momentum for change when it reaches such a high level.

The Harper Tories are betting this election on the hope they can accomplish that objective through an extra six weeks of inten-sive advertising that will repeat arguments pro-change voters have al-ready heard, considered and rejected. It’s a Hail Mary strategy that could

easily backfire, hardening or even growing support for rival parties.

Incumbent govern-ments almost always prefer short election cam-paigns because it means fewer days for things to go wrong, and less time for opponents to build momentum. By launching the longest federal elec-tion campaign in modern-day Canadian history, Ste-phen Harper has ignored those considerations.

It’s a decision that’s far more risky than it ap-pears. Ten weeks from now, we will know if the gamble was worth it.

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Governments spend money on all kinds of foolish things from robotic Christmas trees to beer growlers to pensions for former members of parliament who are criminals. The Ca-nadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) works hard to reduce government waste and we’re not going to run out of work any time soon. But account-ability is another key pillar of our work so we don’t quibble over the funding for one gov-ernment function: democratic institutions.

A debate is raging as to whether it’s right for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to call a very early election and some people are concerned about additional costs incurred by a long campaign.

The reality is that the most

expensive day of an election is the last one. Most of the public money is spent to collect and count the votes on Election Day. It’s like farming: wheth-er the growing season is long or short most of the expenses come at seeding and harvest and the days in the middle don’t impact the cost very much.

We don’t begrudge the mon-ey spent by Elections Canada regardless of the length of the campaign because elections are worth it.

But we certainly do be-grudge the money political parties siphon out of taxpayers’ pockets.

For every dollar a political party spends during a cam-paign, taxpayers end up pay-ing 60 cents. That’s because

political parties get a rebate of 60 per cent for campaign costs from government coffers after the election is over. A longer campaign would give politi-cal parties the chance to spend more and therefore bill taxpay-ers for more costs. That’s not right.

However, the problem isn’t the length of the campaign. If political parties want to spend their own money, they’re wel-come to campaign as long as they like. The problem is the ri-diculous rebate they take from taxpayers afterwards. We need to get rid of those rebates and force political parties to raise money on their own merits.

While we’re on the topic, there’s another campaign fi-nance issue that needs to be fixed.

When people donate $400 to a charity, they might get about $140 back on their taxes.

If people give $400 to a po-litical party, they get $300 back on their taxes.

The House of Commons can turn almost any issue into a desk-thumping, opponent-heckling roar of debate. Ask why political donations should get a better deal than charitable donations and it’s quiet enough to hear crickets chirping. Po-litical parties are good for so-ciety and even heated debates are healthy, but surely nobody thinks the work they’re do-ing is more important than the care charitable organizations provide for people who des-perately it. Political donations get big rebates simply because politicians are the ones mak-

ing the rules. Whether political candidates are on the campaign trail for a few weeks or a few months, they should spend their own money. Right now they take donations and spend money with a wink and a nod because taxpayers will be foot-ing most of the bill anyway.

A longer election will make that bill bigger. But the prob-lem isn’t the bill itself, the problem is the wrong people are paying for it. Political par-ties will be more accountable if they have to earn donations by persuading people to buy into their vision for the country rather than reaching for rebates from taxpayers.

Todd MacKay is the prairie director of the Canadian Tax-payers Federation

Letter: Things to remember on election dayMr. Harper’s decision

to call an election more than a month early is going to cost the taxpayers $300 million more than necessary, and 10 times the amount the government paid out each year based on a per

vote subsidy. It benefi ts Mr. Harper and it makes private money more important in elections. Mr. Harper doesn’t really like democracy. Robo-calls, unelected senator scandals, multiple election violations and the

arrest and conviction of his parliamentary pit-bull Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro are just a few examples. His refusal to answer questions or allow government scientists or his ministers to speak is even more unsettling.

Democracy is about more than money and

stamping out dissent.Jerry Storie

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As they say in the world of horse racing ‘they’re off and running’.

Some might not like an election campaign being compared to a horse race but you have to admit they both have one thing in com-mon: a horses’ derriere.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has decided we need the longest election campaign in a century. It’s either going to give politi-cians more time to figure out how they can buy – oops… I mean convince us – to vote for them or he just wants to wear down Canadians who might, after such a long campaign, just vote for anybody as long as it ends.

By the time you read this, we’ve already been prom-ised umpteen things. Most TV and radio ads have told us why we shouldn’t vote for candidate L or N or G or C.

There might be very little substance, but then again, is an election campaign the best time to tell voters what to expect if given power? Lately, it’s been to tell us what to expect if we vote for the other guy and that’s usually doom and gloom. The economy will collapse, taxes will rise and maple syrup will stop flowing.

Yes, you can blame your opposition politicians for just about anything. Don’t be surprised if someone says the recent flooding in Westman was the fault of a political party that wanted the area to revert to its natu-ral state – whatever that is or was.

Of course there is a lot at stake in this election.

Should a party lose, then the future of the leader is in doubt. They could be out of a six figure salary job and all the perks that go with it (like travelling across the country free and not having to pay for breakfast).

Also keep in mind that with about three dozen va-

cant Senate seats, the next prime minister gets to fill those vacancies with de-serving, ‘in the know’ indi-viduals.

Sorry, I was having an unrealistic moment there. The new PM can fill those vacancies with friends, relatives and just about anyone else who won’t turn down a high paying, do little job.

However, I don’t think myself and journalists should look forward to an appointment given what happened after PM Harper gave Mike Duffy and Pa-mela Wallin a seat in the Senate. They’ve taken a no-ble profession into the dirt.

What can we look for-ward to as the campaign moves along?

Well, there won’t be anymore joint funding an-nouncements between Ot-tawa and the province, only promises of more joint an-nouncements after the elec-tion, depending on who wins.

We’ll be hearing a lot of radio ads and seeing a lot of TV ads about just how much the leaders care about individual Canadians. Well, my buddy is moving soon so if any of the party lead-ers want to impress, contact us and you can help load and unload the moving van. It’s what we love to do when not reading election material.

While there may not be tax dollars to help the military personnel who need it, there is $200 mil-lion to spend on an election so some politicians can, in fact, tell us they will help

the same military person-nel.

Yes, campaigns do bring some irony.

There will be winners in this campaign. The media that will benefit from all the election ads we will be bombarded with. The print-ers who put together the signs and pamphlets for local candidates and those hired by Elections Canada.

Of course, at the end of it all, the big winners will be the new MPs who can look forward to serving the country at the behest of their leader (I mean the people of Canada).

I called my pal Vegas Vic to see if any odds have been placed on the federal elec-tion. Vic is an ex-pat Cana-dian who has been known to take bets on the MSBL, curling and even the odd beer league hockey game. If there’s money to be made and someone wants to bet on it, Vegas Vic is the go-to-guy.

As of this writing, V.V. as he is sometimes called, was still putting together the book on the election.

Early indications are it will be a three party race. (By the way, if you place a bet in Vegas, they want American dollars only. With the Loonie in decline, even if they win, the book-ies could still lose if the Canuck buck continues to drop.)

Thought for the week: during the election, there may not be anybody to vote for, but there is always someone to vote against.

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Once again, water comes in to play. For ev-ery gram of glycogen, the body will store an addi-tional two grams of water. You can see how fluctua-tions would occur daily de-pending upon what type of food you are eating and the time of day you might weigh yourself. Therefore, in actuality, when a person is told that the majority of their weight loss is from water, that is not such a bad thing as long as they’re using a well rounded nutri-tion plan and not starving themselves. The body must use up the excess energy stored in glycogen before it will start to use up the energy stored as excess fat. The bottom line here is to be fully aware when you step on the scale that you may see a big difference in the number either way depending upon the time of day and the type of food you are consuming.

Another factor people often forget to consider when weighing themselves is the actual weight of the food they eat. For this reason, it’s best to weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you’ve had anything to eat or drink. Eating a big meal before you weigh yourself is like stuffing a bunch of rocks into your pockets before stepping on that scale. Just remember, the five pounds that you gain right after a huge dinner is not fat. It’s the weight of everything you’ve had to eat and drink. This added weight will be gone several hours later when you’ve finished digesting it. In order to store one pound of fat you need to eat approximately 3,500 calories more than your body is able to burn. In other words, to actually store the above dinner as five pounds of fat, it would have to contain 17,500 cal-ories. So, if the scale goes up three-four pounds over-

night, rest easy. It’s likely to be water, glycogen and the weight of your dinner.

The 3,500 calorie rule also works in reverse. In order to lose one pound of fat you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in and that’s why it’s only possible to lose one to two pounds of fat per week. When you follow a very low calorie diet that causes your weight to drop 10 pounds in seven days. It’s physically impossible for all of that to be fat. What you’re really los-ing is water, glycogen and muscle. This brings us to the regular scale’s sneaki-est attribute: it doesn’t just weigh fat. It weighs mus-cle, bone, water, and inter-nal organs. When you lose ‘weight’ it doesn’t neces-sarily mean you’ve lost fat. In fact, a regular scale has no way of telling you what you’ve lost (or gained). Losing muscle, for exam-ple, is nothing to celebrate. Muscle is a metabolically

active tissue. The more muscle you have the more calories your body burns, even when you’re resting. This is one reason why a fit, active person is able to eat considerably more cal-ories than the dieter who is destroying muscle tissue by starving themselves on bogus ‘crash diets’. Just remember: the scale can’t tell you how much of your total body weight is lean tissue and how much is fat. There are other ways of measuring your body com-position that can tell you about accuracy, and cost. For example, skin-fold cal-ipers pinch and measure fat folds at various locations on the body. Hydrostatic (or underwater) weighing involves exhaling all of the air from your lungs before being lowered into a tank of water, and bioelectrical impedance measures the degree to which your body fat impedes a mild electri-cal current. Doesn’t sound appealing, does it? Don’t

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“When all the bikes are lined up and then start off on the ride, it’s an impres-sive sight,” she added.

Registration for the event begins at 9 a.m. with a pancake breakfast and riders hit the road at 10:30. The group will travel 300 kilometers throughout the Westman area stopping for lunch while collecting cards in the hope of getting the best poker hand pos-sible. Check points for the ride include the Alzheimer Society office in Bran-don, the Dairy Queen in Neepawa, Lickety Splits in

Gladstone, Sandhills Ca-sino near Carberry where lunch will be served and The Oakland Inn in Wawa-nesa. The final stop is the Alzheimer Society parking lot back in Brandon where the group is expected to ar-rive at about 3:30 pm. Mo-torcycle games, awards, prizes and a barbeque din-ner will wrap up the event.

Minimum cost to at-tend is $25 and includes one poker hand and meals. Drivers and riders have the option to purchase addi-tional poker hands and are also encouraged to collect pledges in support of the event.

Last year’s event brought in close to $10,000

and organizers have set a goal of $12,000 for the an-nual event.

Proceeds from the ride go to support services in the Westman area. The Alzheimer Society offers a number of programs in-cluding support groups for

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The motorcycle poker derby is an opportunity to show your support for the cause while enjoying a day on the road with friends.

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Cottage succession planningFor many families, preserving the fam-

ily cottage is much more important than preserving any other family asset. This is because the cottage may evoke fond mem-ories and emotional family ties. Many people want to be able to leave the cot-tage to their children, but do not plan for the tax consequences and family disputes which may arise at the time of their death. The concepts discussed in this article ap-ply equally to any vacation property you may own, including a ski chalet or condo.

Tax liability at the time of deathThe first hurdle to overcome when leav-

ing a cottage to your children is to make sure that there are sufficient funds in your estate to pay any tax liability that may arise at the time of your death. Many indi-viduals do not realize that the increase in value of their cottage since the time it was purchased may result in a tax liability for their estate.

This is because upon death, there is a “deemed disposition” of all of a person’s assets, unless the assets are transferred to your spouse or common-law partner. A deemed disposition means that all of your assets are deemed to be disposed of for fair market value. Therefore, upon the death of the last spouse, there will be tax owing before the assets can be transferred to the next generation. The danger in fail-ing to do estate planning is that you may need to sell some of the estate’s assets (in-cluding the cottage) in order to pay the tax.

Principal residence exemptionOne possible way to reduce the tax li-

ability is to designate the cottage as your principal residence for tax purposes, and thus exempt some or all of the capital gains on the disposition of the cottage from taxation. However, families can only designate one residence as their principal residence for any given year. If you have owned more than one personal-use prop-erty during the same period of time, then the calculation of the principal residence exemption can become quite complicated. For example, if you have owned the fam-ily cottage for the last 20 years, but during that same 20 years you have bought and sold several “city homes” and exempted the gains on the sales of those city homes, you will not be able to shelter the entire gain on your cottage.

You do not have to designate a property as your principal residence until you actu-ally sell the property or you are deemed to have sold it (as you would be in the year of death). At that point in time, you (or your executor/ liquidator) should speak with your financial and tax advisors to de-termine how to use the principal residence exemption to your best advantage.

Preserving the adjusted cost baseAnother option for minimizing the tax-

able capital gain is to ensure that all addi-tions to the adjusted cost base or ‘ACB’ of the property are fully accounted for.

This is important because capital gains are calculated by subtracting the ACB of the property from its fair market value, so the higher the ACB of the property, the lower the gain which must be recog-nized. The ACB of the cottage is not just the amount you initially paid for it. Many people pour thousands of dollars of capital improvements into their cottages over the years, thereby increasing the ACB. How-ever, the ACB is not increased by sweat equity, only out-of-pocket expenditures. You should keep the receipts for the im-provements that have been made in order to justify these costs in the event you are (or your estate is) audited by the Canada Revenue Agency or Revenu Québec.

Many cottage owners also had their properties appraised in order to use the $100,000 lifetime capital gains exemption which was eliminated for real property in 1992. In order to claim the exemption, an

election would have been made on your tax return by the 1994 deadline or such extended date as allowed at the time (all allowable extensions have now passed). If you made such an election, be sure to keep copies of the relevant documentation and the tax return on which you made the election so that the capital gain reported by your estate is accurate.

Planning with insuranceIf you know that your estate will have

to pay a substantial capital gain tax upon your death, and you do not have any other way to minimize it, you will need to find a way to fund this liability, or risk the sale of the cottage in order to pay the tax bill. If your estate has sufficient liquid assets, this may not be a problem, but it is some-times difficult to guarantee that there will be a sufficient amount left in the estate, particularly if you incur significant long-term care costs. Life insurance is usually the solution used to ensure that there will be sufficient funds to pay the tax liability. Even if you can’t afford it, your children may be willing to pay the premiums if it means preventing a “fire sale” of the family cottage at the time of your death. In any event, it will be important to have this conversation sooner rather than later, since delaying the conversation too long could result in the life insurance option no longer being available (due to age or poor health).

Gifting during your lifetimeOne mistake that some cottage owners

make is to try and escape paying tax by transferring the cottage to their children during their lifetime. These individuals assume that if they transfer the cottage to their children now, then no tax will be pay-able. Unfortunately, this is not the case, as the Canada Revenue Agency and Revenu Québec will deem the property to have been sold for fair market value at the time it is transferred to the children, potentially triggering an immediate capital gain. If you do not transfer complete ownership of the cottage, but instead add a joint owner or owners, then there is a disposition of a proportionate amount of the gain when an additional owner is added (e.g. if a sole parent is currently the owner, and that par-ent adds two children as joint owners, then two-thirds of the gain is triggered now, with the remaining one-third triggered at the time of the parent’s death, although in some cases it may be possible to argue that the new owner is simply a “trustee”, and does not actually have an ownership inter-est in the cottage). The only advantage to transferring part or complete ownership during your lifetime is that the amount of the gain taxable in the hands of the parents is “capped” at the time of the gift or sale. However, life insurance will not be an op-tion for paying this tax, and the tax defer-ral in the hands of the parents is lost.

Problems can also arise if you sell the cottage to your children for anything other than fair market value. If you purchased the cottage for $50,000, and then sell it to your children for that same amount at a time when the fair market value is $100,000, you will be deemed to receive $100,000, and you will have to pay tax on the capital gain. However, your children will only be deemed to have a cost base of $50,000, resulting in double taxation when they sell the cottage. If you want to transfer the cottage to your children dur-ing your lifetime, the best options are to either gift it, or sell it for fair market value.

If you give the asset to your children, you will still be deemed to have received fair market value for it, which may result in a capital gains tax liability, but your children will be deemed to have paid fair market value, so there will not be double taxation when they sell the property.

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high-paying jobs. It’s a sta-bilizer in our economy and that’s important given the exports and the oil and the agricultural base that we have here.”

He says a priority since he was elected in the Bran-don-Souris riding was the multimillion-dollar airport expansion project, which the federal government helped fund. Construction on the project is expected to begin this fall.

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Maguire recently un-veiled his re-election cam-paign for Brandon-Souris, opening his office at the old CKX building in Brandon. This comes after Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently asked Gov. Gen.

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Brandon-Souris Liberal candidate says people feeling ignored

Jodi Wyman didn’t wait for the writ drop.

The Liberal candidate for the federal riding of Brandon-Souris is already on the campaign trail. For Wyman, bucking the trend is going to be a challenge. The last Liberal to come away a winner in what is a Conservative-driven riding was Glen McKin-non, who represented the federal electoral district of Brandon-Souris from 1993-1997.

“The benefit of a fixed election date is that I knew when my nomina-tion meeting was held in March that the election was going to be in Octo-ber,” she told the Journal. “To some extent I was able to get going, recruit-ing some key team mem-bers and doing some other background information that had to be done.”

Wyman has begun go-ing door-to-door in an ef-fort to get a sense of what the issues are and what people want to put to the forefront for the election.

“I also met with a num-ber of the reeves and may-ors and non-profit groups as well to see what the issues are on everybody’s mind,” she added.

Wyman and her Liberal backers have taken pos-session of a headquarters office in Brandon, which is located at 439, 10th Street. The grand opening to the office will be Aug. 17 from 5 - 7 p.m.

“It’s going to be a bit of a volunteer social event,” she said. “I’ve had door knockers with me for the last few months but it’s time to step that up anoth-er notch as well. We have people who didn’t want to get involved until the elec-tion had been called, so we’re going to bring them out as well.”

Wyman and the Liber-als have put an emphasis


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on the middle class, which she says, has been left be-hind.

“In 30 years, they haven’t had a meaningful increase and we’re seeing record household debt,” she added. “We’re seeing high jobless rates, we’re seeing cuts to services and it’s hitting families very hard. So the Liberal party is offering a $3 billion tax cut to the middle class as

well as a Canadian child benefit that is a larger tax free benefit for anyone with a child.

“The Conservative plan allows for the child tax benefit to go to everyone,” Wyman added. “This fair-ness plan for the Canadian child benefit is aimed at families who need it. We won’t have millionaire families getting the same taxpayer cheque as folks

in the middle class.”Wyman says people

are feeling like they’ve been ignored and it’s not because of the economy, which she says, appears to be heading into its second recession under the Ste-phen Harper government.

“We have an $11 bil-lion infrastructure deficit in Manitoba and we have the RMs really struggling because the federal gov-ernment is cutting services and infrastructure fund-ing. We’re soon to have a $36 billion healthcare cut over the next 10 years

from the Conservatives. That’s their intention and it’s all going to fall on the province.

“The Conservatives aren’t paying attention to the future and we’re see-ing it here in Westman,” she concluded.

Wyman has lived in the Brandon-Souris riding since 1998. In 2006, she became a partner in her own law firm, Paterson, Patterson, Wyman & Abel. She is currently the chair for the Women’s Resource Centre board of directors.

Other candidates in the Brandon-Souris riding The Green party candi-

date in the Brandon-Souris riding is David Neufeld, who is the founding chair and board member of the Organic Food Council of Manitoba. He’s also a board member of the Tur-tle Mountain Community Development Corpora-tion.

The NDP representative has yet to be announced (as of Journal press dead-line).

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boards welcoming visitors to their town, celebrat-ing the community’s most famous citizen. Almost without fail, the three let-ters that warrant some-one’s eligibility for honor are N.H.L.

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a community to puff out its chest. But have we ex-cluded other worthy nota-bles? Have we celebrated anyone other than profes-sional hockey players?

On Highway 3, signage celebrates Marty Murray, a hockey pro with mul-tiple runs in the NHL with four different teams over 12 years. Just down the road at the neighbouring Pierson, there is no sign to celebrate that community’s most accomplished citi-zen, even though the town was the home of Norman Breakey, inventor of the

paint roller.Souris celebrates Andy

Murray, an accomplished NHL coach and IIHF hall of famer, with a commem-orative marker at its local fairgrounds. Just a mile south of that very spot was the homestead of William Hull, a pioneering farmer and inventor, having held multiple patents for his agricultural inventions in Canada as well as one in the United States – the first known blueprint for the vertical flying helicopter. To me, that seems like kind of a big deal.

Western Manitoba has produced actors, musi-cians, authors, composers, inventors, Olympians and others who have ascended to international acclaim in their respective field. What are we doing to hon-or their legacies?

Maybe it’s not a bill-board to celebrate each of our community’s stars. Af-ter all, some towns can lay claim to more than a dozen standouts. But even with-out the bold highway vis-ibility, something should be done.

What about a wall of fame at a well-visited pub-lic venue in town, open year round to the public? The wall could include photos and a brief sum-mary of the individual’s achievements. The de-velopment of a wall itself could become a draw in the community’s slate of attractions. Perhaps, with a graduated implementa-tion of new inductees over consecutive years, the ad-dition of new honourees could become part of an annual community event,

also serving to spur interest from new visitors and cel-ebrate community pride.

If not a single wall, maybe honouree galleries could be scattered through-out the community in ven-ues related to the individu-al’s achievement. Athletes at the arena, entertainers at the local theatre, and au-thors at the library. This could be supported by a ‘star map’ for visitors to discover more on self-guided tours through town.

Recognizing our citizens of acclaim promotes tour-ism, community pride, and also communicates to our youth that there’s a wide range of career possibili-ties that are worthy of pur-suit.

No disrespect to the alumni of the NHL who committed years to their craft to reach the top tier of their profession, but there’s a wide swath of accomplishment that has been largely ignored. It’s time that we also recognize those people who chose not to spend their lives on skates.

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Rockin’ the Fields of Minnedosa took place over the August long weekend. The 12th annual event included bands such as The TeaParty, Wide Mouth Mason, Queen City Kids and Daughtry.

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How to communicate with a person with dementiaOne of the biggest mis-

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In other words, we try and explain to persons living with dementia that what they’re saying or doing is wrong. Or, we try to explain to them why it’s important to take a shower or take their medication. When they say “no” we try to explain to them why they should say “yes.”

This doesn’t work.When Alzheimer’s pa-

tients are given the mini-cog test to diagnose de-mentia they’re asked to remember three words. If they have dementia they won’t be able to remem-

ber those words a couple of minutes later. If they can’t remember three words what would lead you to the conclusion that they can understand and remember your long-winded explanations?

They can’t and they won’t. Usually the only thing you accomplish by being long-winded is to cause the person living with dementia to become confused. What hap-pens when they become confused? They become mean either in their words or in their actions. What happens next? The care-giver becomes frustrated and sometimes angry and mean. I’ve seen caregiv-ers point out to dementia

clients the errors in their ways of thinking and act-ing. They would usually try to be kind and under-standing while they did this. It doesn’t work. In fact, more often than not, the client would become upset and would com-pletely disengage from her surroundings. In any normal situation, you would wait a while and try and make up. By that time, dementia clients don’t have any idea what you’re talking about. If they can’t remember three words, can they re-member what happened and what was said 10 minutes ago? No.

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Alzheimer’s communication tipsNo. 1: No more blah

blah blahIf you use too many

words, all you’re really saying is blah blah blah.

If you say too many words, it’s likely that the Alzheimer’s client will forget what you’re talk-ing about before you get to your point. Long ex-planations don’t work. Long defenses of yourself don’t work. Smiles, hugs and things like touching hands do work.

No. 2: Touching fore-heads and kindness

Do you know the value of a hug? There is scien-tific evidence that chil-dren that are hugged three times a day are friendlier and kinder that children who are not.

A good hug reduces stress and anxiety. A good hug tells a person’s brain that you truly care about them. And here is one consideration that is of-ten overlooked: a good hug raises self esteem. Self esteem is often over-looked in dementia care.

A good hug raises the self esteem of both the caregiver and patient.

Let me put it this way. When I hugged my cli-ents, it feels really nice,

and it can set a happy tone for the rest of the day. When I witness my staff hug their dementia clients, I can see the joy radiate from both of them.

No. 3: The role of reas-surance in dementia care

This brings us to the role of reassurance in de-mentia care and memory care. One excellent form of reassurance is to tell the person that everything is OK and you’ll continue to be with them all the time (in other words, you will take care of them). If you were sick, wouldn’t you want to be reassured?

If you don’t use reas-surance as a tool in de-mentia care, it’s likely that your dementia client is difficult to deal with, is often unhappy and will often expresses behaviors that can best be described as challenging.

No. 4: Be a guideBe a guide not a par-

ent. A good guide makes eye contact with a per-son living with dementia before they start talking. A good guide smiles and waits until they receive a smile back. A good guide doesn’t say its time to take a shower. Instead, they hold out their hand and wait patiently for the

person who is deeply for-getful to take their hand.

Try using your smile and your hand to guide the one you love. Keep your mouth still. Did you know 80 per cent of com-munication is non-verbal? Become good at using non-verbal cues, such as touching, hugging, smil-ing, gesturing, holding hands to lead them. This leads to kinder, gentler, more cooperative demen-tia patients.

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It started over a conver-sation at lunch time.

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The event, which took place last Thursday at Princess Park, involved a barbecue where compa-nies and their employees brought non-perishable food items in an effort to help out the struggling food bank, which recently


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announced a call to action to the community.

“We challenged other corporations within Bran-don to step up to the plate and help out the Samaritan House,” Rowan said.

“About a month ago, they ran almost out of food, so they kind of put the word out,” he added. “We thought maybe we could make a difference and get some awareness out there. The food bank is important. We’re just do-ing our part.”

“For Samaritan House, we’re just encouraging Brandon to continue to help because we believe Brandon is a generous city,” said Thea Dennis, executive director at Sa-maritan House. “The In-vestors Group people be-lieve in what we’re doing

and Samaritan House is only a mirror reflection of the community and serving the less fortunate. We’re just really appreciative of the different businesses who have signed up and Investors Group who have put forth this challenge for us on our behalf.”

More than 2,300 pounds of food wound up getting raised for the local food bank after all was said and done.

“Brandon is a very car-ing community. The big-gest thing is getting the awareness out there,” Rowan said. “A lot of times, people don’t real-ize that there is a need. I think that’s why something like this is important to get people to understand that the need is there.”

Out-of-towners looking for help in fi nding cat

Visitors to the Brandon area, Daniel and Mary Clouda are looking for the public’s help in fi nding their lost cat.

Several weeks ago, on their way back to their home in B.C., a family of four from B.C. recently found themselves in a tough spot as their vehicle broke down in the Wheat City.

“It was a hot day, so we decided to take our pets in to the mechanics offi ce and the cage broke,” said Daniel. “We were able to recover one of our cats, but the other took off.”

After a lengthy search, the Clouda family has since called Brandon and Area Lost Animals who immediately helped in the search for their cat, named Monkey.

The family has not left the Brandon area in hopes of fi nding their lost pet and

are hoping the community can help bring Monkey home.

“We’ve known a lot of loss in recent years – lost our business, lost our house, and we can’t bear to lose anymore,” Daniel told the Journal. “We have been here for three weeks desperately searching day and night for Monkey.”

Monkey is a four-and-a-half year-old fi xed male tabby with grey/black/brown stripes, a white bib and white front paws. He weighed approximately 11 pounds when he went missing. He is an indoor cat and is likely to be very scared and skittish when approached. Monkey fl ed at Fifth and Pacifi c, but at this point, could be anywhere now.

If you see him, you can try calling, ”Monkey Monkey Moo” but more importantly call or text 1-604-799-7005. You can also call BALA locally at 204-724-7033.

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Daniel and Mary Clouda from B.C. are looking for their lost cat named “Monkey.”

‘Love of the game’ has MSBL vets coming back for more

Any Brandon Cloverleafs game – home or away – means a car ride for Matt Mutcheson.

The veteran pitcher is now based in Winnipeg, but still commutes to Brandon and the westman area to suit up in the Manitoba Senior Baseball League. Mutcheson recently wrapped up his 16th MSBL season.

“I will tell you it isn’t the drive to games from Winnipeg that keeps me coming back,” Mutcheson said. “It’s the love of the game and the intense competition that the MSBL of-fers year after year.”

With the Reston Rockets leaving the league due to num-bers, the MSBL was down to four teams this season. The Oak River Dodgers, Neepawa

Farmers, Brandon Marlins, and Cloverleafs have been competing this summer for the MSBL crown. As the MSBL is Manitoba’s Senior AAA loop, a league title includes a trip to the Canadian Senior Baseball na-tionals the following summer. The 2014 MSBL champion Cloverleafs will represent the province at the Baseball Can-ada 2015 Senior Men National Championships in Chatham, N.B. in August.

Nate Andrews, who manages the Marlins with Jeff Wiebe, says the MSBL “is the highest amateur level of baseball still going in the province.”

Andrews, a longtime veteran of the league, got his start with the Cloverleafs at the age of 16. He says he still loves to be involved with the MSBL, even though his “best days are far gone,” he says.

Andrews says he embraces the role of teaching the young players and stepping in when needed.

“We still come to the park to have a lot of fun but the com-petitive spirit and desire to win amongst all the teams allows that intensity and rivalry to de-velop for the players that are looking for that type of base-ball.”

While teams have come and gone over the years, the MSBL has remained competitive, An-drews says.

“The level of pitching has been very strong over the past few seasons and all of the teams have been deeper in pitching so it always makes winning ball games challenging, but reward-ing at the same time.”

The league has a number of players and managers who have been around the MSBL

diamonds for years. For ex-ample, Mutcheson has played for the Cloverleafs, Birtle Blue Jays, Oak River Dodgers, and the Marlins. Neepawa manag-er Mike Levandosky earned a spot in the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame with a standout MSBL career. In 23 MSBL sea-sons, which included time with both the Neepawa Cubs and the Neepawa Farmers, Levandosky was named to the league’s first all star team 16 times.

The MSBL also has a youth movement. For example, teens Morgan Geekie, Brody Smith, and Riley Shamray are con-tributing to Oak Rivers’ suc-cess this season. Growing up, Geekie, a 16-year-old from Strathclair, watched the MSBL and set a goal of playing in it.

He’s pleased to be playing at this level and “the fact that I get to share this feeling with some

of my close friends that I’ve known my whole life is a very proud accomplishment.”

Geekie says that probably the best part of the MSBL is its skill level, adding that playing in the league has tremendously helped his game.

“There are plenty of great players in this league that are very established and well known and knowing that you get to compete against those guys day in and day out really amplifies your game and forces you to do better.”

As of Journal press deadline, the MSBL final was well un-derway. The final consists of the Brandon Marlins taking on the Oak River Dodgers.

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Beth Clark will step into the role as head coach of the Assiniboine Community College Cougars women’s volleyball team for the 2015-16 season.

Clark brings experience as both a player and a coach at ACC. While achieving her degree in business administration, she was a starting middle blocker for fi ve years and captain for three seasons for the University of Regina women’s volleyball team. She went on to play with the Canadian national team for two seasons before heading to Europe (Sweden) to play professionally.

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Tyler Johnson: small size, big talentAlmost guaranteed to hap-

pen this summer as the 2015-16 hockey season approach-es: A skilled, but undersized young player in the 12- to 15-year-old range somewhere in Canada or the U.S. will be told by a well-meaning hock-ey coach, or perhaps a father, that ‘you’re just too small to play this game.’

That kid might take that advice seriously and turn his attention to some other winter pastime, or he might look that well-meaning coach or lov-ing father in the eye and say something like this: “If Tyler Johnson can do it, I can too.”

Johnson is the latest di-minutive player with super skills to show the hockey world that swift skating, nif-ty moves and acute hockey sense bests brawn any day. It worked for Theoren Fleury, it’s working in Montreal for Brendan Gallagher, it’s work-ing for Calgary’s Kris Russell and it’s definitely working for Johnson.

The Johnson story is one Hollywood might build a screenplay around. Small by pro hockey standards (5-foot-8), Johnson wasn’t drafted by any NHL team, even after starring (115 points in 2010-

11) in the Western Hockey League with Spokane, his hometown team. The Ameri-can speedster was signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay Lightning and now he would command a king’s ransom if Tampa GM Steve Yzerman ever decided to offer him up for trade.

Although the Lightning failed to win the Stanley Cup, falling in six games to the Blackhawks, Johnson certain-ly did his part. He tied for the playoff points lead with Pat-rick Kane of Chicago with 23, led all goal-scorers with 13 and, alongside super sniper Steven Stamkos, gave Tampa Bay an electrifying power-play unit. It came out after the series ended that Johnson played the last few games of the final with a broken wrist, which explains his drop-off in scoring when Tampa Bay, which scored only 10 goals in

six Stanley Cup Final games, needed it the most.

Still, the wrist will heal, Johnson will enter the prime of his career (he turned 25 in July) and the skeptics who said a player his size will never make it to the NHL have long since consumed their heaping plates of crow.

Only problem is, even though a guy his size might be able to easily slip under a limbo bar, he’ll never again be able to slip under the radar of opposing coaches.• Brad Dickson of the Oma-

ha World Herald, after Nebraska Cornhuskers football team got newly designed uniforms: “The gloves that go with the uniforms are made to with-stand heat, cold, rain, snow and wind. Or, as we call that in Nebraska, ‘the first quarter.’”

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Hawkins, in the Toronto Star after his trade to To-ronto from Colorado Rock-ies: “I’m glad to be back at sea level.”

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• Randy Turner of the Win-nipeg Free Press, on Twit-ter: “The only thing that would make the Blue Jays more popular right now is

if they found a way to un-load Dion Phaneuf at the trade deadline.”

• Steve Rushin of SI.com on Twitter: “Padres acquire Mark (Scrabble) Rzepc-zynski, having once em-ployed Doug (Eyechart) Gwosdz.”

• Bill Scheft, on Twitter: “BREAKING: Pope Fran-cis to arrive in Philadelphia a month early, report to Citizen’s Bank Park bull-pen, change name to “Pa-palbon.” Budd Bailey of Buffalo News, responding to above tweet: @billscheft “An interesting experi-ment. Closer usually saves games, not souls.”

• Headline at At SportsPick-le.com: “Yankees and Red Sox have to be disgusted by Blue Jays trying to buy an AL East title.”

• Perry again: “MLB.com is

selling jars of infield dirt from the All-Star Game for $25. $25? Imagine what NHL.com could demand for a Zamboni snow cone.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Toronto has ac-quired all-star shortstop Mark Tulowitzki and for-mer Cy Young winner Da-vid Price. It’s nice to see the Blue Jays adding big-name talent for their Sep-tember collapse.”

• Another one from Dickson: “Golfer John Daly has re-vealed his workout secrets. I’m guessing they involve two laps around a chicken wing.”

• Janice Hough of leftcoast-sportsbabe.com: “So now that he’s with Toronto Blue Jays, will the star shortstop be known as Troy Tulowit-zk-eh?

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Open to all players (male & female) born in the following years, January 1,1998 through December 31, 2011

(upon approval & made payable to Hockey Brandon)

be paid at time of registration. 2nd Payment due October 15, 2015 and 3rd Payment due November 15, 2015.

accompanied by the initial payment (including insurance).

Players who will be attending Bantam AAA, Bantam AA, Pee Wee AA, Pee Wee A, Minor Pee Wee 11AA, Atom AA, Atom 10A, Atom 9A and Novice A tryouts are asked to pre-register

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Deadline for applications: October 15, 2015

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Sometime between July 13 and July 27 someone had entered through the unlocked rear door of a mobile home in the 1600 block of 18th Street, owned by Sunridge Homes. Stolen was a black leather couch and loveseat from this home. No suspects have been arrested.

Charlene TRICKETT 30, is charged with Fraud Under $5000 and Fail to Attend Court. Police report on June 2, a female allegedly collect-ed items from a business located in the 900 block of 18th Street North. She then returned the unpaid items and received payment for them in the form of a gift card. The female was arrested and released, however; failed to attend court. A warrant of arrest has been issued for Charlene TRICKETT.

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A total of 12 Brandon Bluefi n swim-mers took part in their fi nal swim meet of the season early last month in Winnipeg. The swimmers had to qualify for the event, which was called the ManSask Long Course Championship. The swimmers from left to right: Emily Day, Shay Kirk, Boston Ritchot, Landon Roberts, Quinton Collister, Jasper Stone, Iwan Levin, Carson McComb, Elsa Plewes, Emily Cochrane, Catarina Onyshko, Ella McLean. Missing: Isabelle Stewart.

The Western Hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings, in conjunction with PhysioFirst, have announced that plans are well underway for another season of ‘Chuck a Puck’.

The list of 10 designated home games for the 2015-16 season that will include Chuck a Puck are as follows:

Friday, Oct. 9vs. Kootenay

Saturday, Nov. 14vs. LethbridgeSaturday, Nov. 21

vs. ReginaSaturday, Dec. 5vs. Saskatoon

Wednesday, Dec. 16vs. Kamloops

(Rain Check Night)

Sunday, Dec. 27 vs. Regina

Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Swift CurrentSaturday, Jan. 16 vs. Moose JawSaturday, Feb. 6

vs. Medicine Hat TigersSaturday, March 12

vs. SaskatoonFor more information, go

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The Canadian National Arabian and Half-Arabi-an Championship Horse Show will be returning to Brandon for the fifth year in a row.

With 600 horses ex-pected to attend, com-peting in 207 different classes in youth, western, dressage, hunter and Eng-lish disciplines, there will be lots to see.

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Hockey fans were out in full force as the Prairie Toyota Clarkson Cup tour visited Brandon recently. The tour featured Canadian Women’s Hockey League stars and Olympic gold medallists Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson. Fans could also check out the Clarkson Cup tro-phy as well as a mobile synthetic ice rink where kids could test their skills with two of the best female hockey players in Canada. Over the course of eight weeks, the event will hit 26 markets across the prairies.

Photo by Danielle Morrisseau

keting for the Arabian Horse Association.

“People will be able to see the horses doing many different tasks and the riders wearing a range of outfits. It’s a very edu-cational experience.”

The show will include horses and riders from across Canada and the United States and will take place at the Key-stone Centre from Sun-day, Aug. 16 to Saturday, Aug. 22 with classes starting at 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. each day. Ad-mission and parking for the horse show is free to

the general public.Participants have

earned their place at the national event, collect-ing points at qualify-ing shows throughout the season. The event in Brandon is one of three national shows put on by the organization but the show in Brandon is the most diverse, according to McPeak.

Adding to the learn-ing opportunity at the show is the total Arabian interactive learning pro-gram which offers free tours at the event. Open to anyone, the TAIL tours give the public a chance to go behind the scenes, tour the grounds and ex-perience the show with a guide explaining the events as they happen, all free of charge.

“It’s very helpful to have someone explain what the riders are doing and what the judges are looking for while you are watching the event,” Mc-Peak said.

Tours will take place Thursday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 6 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 22 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. No preregistration is re-quired.

Spectators are encour-aged to wear red to the show on Friday, Aug. 21 in support of military troops during Armed Forces Day.

A look at some of the Volkswagon vehicles that have been on display in the past at the annual VW Enthusiast Car Show, which takes place in Killarney.

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Annual VW car show taking place in Killarney

Killarney Fairgrounds will be transformed into a Volkswagen enthusiast’s paradise. The Dubs at the Lake annual VW Enthu-siast Car Show will take place on Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 16 with registration at 10 a.m. and 9 a.m. respectively.

“The first year I planned the event I didn’t know what to expect. I thought I’d be happy if a few peo-


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ple came with their cars,” said organizer Ryan Smith. “There were 54 cars last year and I was more than happy.”

The second annual event is already growing in pop-ularity and its sure to be even more successful than the first year with people expected to attend from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Minnesota.

“Word is getting out and there are already people pre-registering.”

The event is open to

anyone who wants to dis-play Volkswagen vehicles of any shape, style and description for a charge of $15 for the weekend. A number of vendors are also expected to attend with memorabilia and col-lectables. A swap meet on Saturday will add to the excitement as those work-ing to restore their vehicles have an opportunity to connect with each other.

“When you’re restoring a vehicle, you’re always looking for that hard-to-

find part and the swap meet will help them out,” Smith added.

A cruise through town is planned for Saturday af-ternoon around 4:30 p.m. and it will give everyone a chance to see the vehicles in action. From there, the group will return to the camping area for supper on their own prior to a drive-in movie scheduled for dusk.

Smith’s enthusiasm for Volkswagens began sever-al years ago when he start-

ed looking for a VW bus.“I finally found one and

dug it out of a bush,” he said. Throughout the resto-ration process he met other enthusiasts and his love of the vehicles increased.

“You meet such a neat little group of die hards,” he chuckled. “Everyone remembers yelling ‘punch bug, no return’ and hit-ting their sister in the back seat.”

Smith was impressed by the collection of cars at last year’s show and invites

anyone with anything VW related to attend.

“They can come with a fully restored car or one that is full of rust,” he said. “It’s just meant to be a good time bringing every-one together.”

Donations throughout the event will be accepted for the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. To register or for more infor-mation on the event, please contact Ryan Smith at 204-523-2060.

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