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Brandon product Brendan Lyons was recently awarded with the 2016 Fred Sherratt award. JOURNAL PHOTO SUBMITTED

Brandon musician wins Fred Sherratt award

An award for outstanding work he’s already completed could set the stage for a productive future in the music business for Brendan Lyons.

Lyons was one of 12 outstand-ing music program graduates from across the country who were re-cently awarded with the 2016 Fred Sherratt Award by MusiCounts, a music education charity. The annual award, named after broadcasting pioneer Fred Sherratt, came with a $2,500 cash prize, a trip to Toronto and a day of networking and touring Universal Music Canada, SOCAN, Nobel Street Studios and Bell Me-dia headquarters.

“I was surprised and excited by the award but it’s the connections I made with people in the industry that is really exciting,” said Lyons from his current home in Edmon-ton. “It was a great opportunity to make connections with producers and record labels. I can send emails, ask questions and get feedback right away rather than possibly be-ing turned away. It’s really opened doors for me.”

Lyons grew up in Brandon and attended Brandon University where he graduated with a dual major in physics and mathematics. While in his hometown, he played with a couple of cover bands and was part of musical theatre pit orchestras but didn’t get serious about a music ca-reer until after his first degree.

“I looked into MacEwan’s music program and decided it was worth a shot,” he said, opting to head west rather than attend the more classi-

cally focused program at BU.Lyons has just completed his

Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Con-temporary Popular Music degree through MacEwan University and has built a reputation as a strong drumset player in the Edmonton area.

“The school offered a really cool experience,” Lyons said. “I spent 14 hours a day at school playing music for four years. It’s really intense and hard work, but I loved it.

The smaller fine arts campus was set apart from the main university and provided students with the op-portunity to become as close as fam-ily, he says. Lyons has already made some great connections and has built up an impressive bio working under Juno award winning produc-er/engineer Paul Johnston, subbing on musical theatre productions for percussion department head Brian Thurgood and performing at the Ed-monton International Jazz Festival.

He has formed several performing groups of his own and is currently a member of local Edmonton bands Vera, Push&Pull and the Madi Allen Band. Brendan is also the live drum-mer for Canadian Country Music Award winning group Hey Romeo.

As Lyons continues to teach, play and produce music in the Edmonton area, he says he’s thankful for the opportunity the connections made through the Fred Sherratt award have given him.

His love for music motivates him to continue in the business.

“There’s not a whole lot to not enjoy,” he said with a smile. “I love playing music. I love listening to music. I eat, sleep and breathe it.”

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ic image for the International Peace Garden for over three decades, is slated for demoli-tion this winter due to structural issues.

“In honor of the Tower’s final chapter at the Garden, we will have it lit at night from now until Sept. 15,” said Garry Enns, CEO of IPG in a release. “We felt it was impor-tant to share the Tower with the public in this way one last time.”

The Tower stands at 120 feet high on the 49th parallel between Canada and the Unit-ed States and is spectacular at night when lit from below. The area around it is fenced off

for safety reasons but the public is invited to walk up or drive to the Peace Chapel area to observe it.

“The picnic area near the Game Warden Museum might be one of the best viewing locations for the Tower,” Enns said. “That vantage point is also great for pictures as the fence is not visible.”

The IPG board of directors is currently conducting an ideas competition for con-cepts to replace the Tower and are expected to announce the winning submission later this summer.

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The event, which took place Thursday, July 7, also show-cased one of the monster trucks that took part in Monsters and Mayhem at the Keystone Centre on Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9.

The next Cruisin’ The Dub is scheduled to take place Thurs-day, Aug. 4.

BIRT Cup takes placeA group of local sports ce-

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Broadcaster Leah Hextall also took part and was involved in a

hot stove panel with the celebrities at The 40 the night before the event.

The BIRT Cup raises money for several different local organizations.

The “California Kid” monster truck was made available for folks to check out at the Cruisin’ The Dub car show event last week. The monster truck was later put to the test over the weekend at Monsters and Mayhem at the Keystone Centre.

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A look at some of the per-formers from past Brandon Folk Festivals.

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Are you getting excited for another festival?

Oh for sure. Everybody who is working at it, all of our focus now is going towards the festival since we’re only a couple weeks away.

What keeps you coming back each year?

I think it’s an important community event. I grew up in a family where people chose the things they wanted to volunteer their time for – things that they felt were worthwhile and this is just one of those things that have been with me ever since I was a teenager.

What do you enjoy most about your role as artistic director?

Definitely there’s a moment on the Sat-urday or Sunday afternoon where the fes-tival is humming and there’s not much that can go wrong at that point and you can just sit back and enjoy the work that you and everyone else has put in to it.

Is it a challenge to book talent for shows like this?

The booking is definitely the most en-joyable part. I’ve been able to both pro-vide the community with a good blend of international performers as well as some great local talent. Having them share the stage together is always really exciting. For a festival that’s our size, we definitely do a lot more than what we should be able to with the money available in our budget. I’m really quite proud of everybody asso-ciated with the festival for creating what we can with the budget we have.

How much do you enjoy watching local artists showcasing their talents at events such as the Folk Festival in Brandon?

I think it’s really exciting. We’ve had workshops where you have 16-year-olds

from the community who show some re-ally amazing promise on stage with peo-ple like Judy Collins and Martin Sexton, people who have international reputa-tions. The year that we had six or seven local performers with Buffy Saint Marie, that was incredible. I think it’s an amazing opportunity for young local performers but as well some of the more established local performers. It’s great to have them on stage and to have them hold their own beside people who are known across the country.

Do you witness a new artist ‘come to life’ so-to-speak at the festival each year?

I think we’ve become known as a fes-tival that finds emerging talent – whether that’s locally or on a regional basis – who find our festival to be a bit of a stepping stone to some of the bigger festivals across the country and that’s really exciting to provide that opportunity.

Considering this is the 32nd year, the festival clearly has staying power and has obviously become a staple in the Wheat City. Just how proud are you of the fact that this festival has become a mainstay in this area and it looks as though it’s not going anywhere anytime soon?

The festival has been passed from group to group, different boards and different di-rectors over the years. I think it shows the degree of commitment to put on an event like this continually for this long no mat-ter what sort of political climate or fund-ing changes or the weather (laughing). Rain has knocked out festivals a lot larger with a bigger base than ours, so I think it’s a testament to just how much the people who are involved in the festival care about it and that even though it might seem like a little out of the box for some people in Brandon, it really is a wonderful family

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We all know by now that Rogers Sportsnet has pulled the plug on George Strombouloupoulos as host of Hockey Night In Canada, replacing him with Ron MacLean – the man Strombo ended up usurping as host in 2014 after Sportsnet won the multi-billion national NHL rights package over TSN.

At the time of the announcement, Rogers showcased Strombo as the ‘face’ of the new-look HNIC on Saturday nights, which included a variety of other changes, including a new glitzy studio and more on-air talent hired.

The changes didn’t work – and Strombo, through no fault of his own, is on the outside looking in when it comes to HNIC.

I realize not having a Canadian NHL team in the playoffs didn’t help the ratings this past season, but that’s not George’s fault. Quite frankly, Strombo didn’t really have a chance from the get-go.

Soon after the recent changes were made – which included several layoffs to production staff and to some on-air talent, MacLean summed it up this way during an interview with Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown.

“George Stromboul-oupoulos got caught in a really tough scenario. When we created this new $5.2 billion deal, we had an idea of distribution – NHL games on a number of channels at the same time on a Saturday night. We were going to make all this 24/7 accessibility to the viewer. In the middle of all that, George starts and we’re kind of looking for Hockey Night in Canada.

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We’re having a tough time finding it because seven days a week, the shows, by in large, looked very similar.”

MacLean is on the right track. He didn’t come right out and say it, but I will: Strombo got caught in the crosshairs of Rogers’ terrible decision-making at a time when Sportsnet felt invincible.

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Hair School Unfortunately, Sportsnet’s ‘invincibility’ turned into resentment from many Canadian hockey fans who felt as though MacLean got the raw end of the deal.

Strombo wasn’t a bad host on HNIC. I’m willing to bet many Canadian hockey fans would agree with me. However, logistically, Rogers made the mistake of not

slowly transitioning George into the role.

Maybe MacLean wanted out two years ago. Maybe he was looking for a change himself. But I think he’d be the first to agree Rogers went about it the wrong way in ushering George in. MacLean didn’t even get the opportunity to wave goodbye. Rogers pushed him aside to Sunday nights and that’s not right.

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Slow start for WestJet eastern fl ights

The local response has been a little slow thus far when it comes to the direct fl ights from Brandon to Toronto, says WestJet spokesperson Lauren Stewart.

“It’s been a little softer than what we would like.”

The non-stop fl ights from the Brandon Mun-icipal Airport to Toronto’s Pearson International be-gan on June 28 and are slated to end on Sept. 5. The schedule could be extended based on demand.

Stewart says WestJet is

optimistic more people will be booking a fl ight in the coming weeks ahead.

“This isn’t unusual when a new route comes into place,” she said. “Often it takes a little while for things to build up and for people to know about it and to start to use it.

“We really hope that more people start to use it because it actually is the perfect opportunity to connect into our eastern market,” she continued. “It allows people to access our new London Gatwick fl ights and any of the eastern sun destinations.”

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Chrest says that although it is a concern, he believes the service to the east, which consists of four fl ights weekly in Brandon, will soon catch on with Westman residents.

“It kind of takes a while for the word to get out there.”

Chrest says as the service continues, peo-ple will begin to realize the possibilities – especially from a business standpoint.

“There’s a signifi cant need for business travel between Brandon and central Ontario. It would be my theory that this would be the low season

for business travel. This is kind of the time of year where a lot of business people try and travel less or take their own vacations and spend time with their families, whatever the case may be.

“I always say that WestJet is extremely business-case oriented, and they know all that and would be taking that into account and sort of extrapolating that,” he added. “We’re hopeful that WestJet will give it a fair run to really allow this service to catch hold and give it a good honest try. I’m optimistic that hopefully in a period of

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If Donald Trump is elected president, what do you think his foreign policy will be like?

What foreign policy? The Donald doesn’t like foreigners, so besides building a wall along the Mexican border, I think we may see more restric-tions along the

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to take advantage of the cheap labour created by Trump economic policies. They will be allowed into the States after being vet-ted by homeland security, the CIA and Fox televi-sion, which will have the exclusive broadcast rights to the newcomers…

On military issues, Trump’s policy is quite simple: Talk a mean streak, threaten military action and then ignore the issue until it goes away…

What would a Hillary Clinton presidency look like?

Well for starters, anyone who calls her Mr. Presi-dent or Sir, instead of Mrs. President or Madam will be fired on the spot.

Clinton as president will meet with any and all Americans and foreign-ers as long as they pay the special tax created to help cover the costs of those meetings. It’s not certain where the ‘special tax money’ will go…

As a former secretary of state, Clinton has a back-ground in foreign policy. My unreliable source says she will send ex president and husband Bill, abroad for four years as an am-bassador so any scandal he

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What country will be the first to be visited by the new president?

Traditionally it’s been Canada.

However, with Trump not liking foreigners, my unreliable sources say he may choose Alaska or Ha-waii since both of those states are not attached to the lower 48 and travelling to either one would be like a foreign trip…

With Clinton, it will be which ever country lob-bies hardest. Translation: whichever country pays the special tax mentioned above.

Past presidents have been involved in sports. George Bush used to own a baseball team and Barack Obama likes playing basketball. What will happen with a new president?

Trump owns a golf course or two so we may see some putting around the White House. My un-reliable sources aren’t sure about Clinton but rumour has it she has chased a mistress or two of husband Bill’s out of the White House when he ran the country…

What will happen to medical care under a new president?

Good question since the two front-runners are mak-ing a lot of people sick!

Neither candidate has really addressed health-care, but according to an inside source in the Trump campaign, all Americans will be given an apple a day to keep the doctor away…

I have heard it costs a billion dollars or more to run for president. Is that true?

This year’s campaign features some unique fea-tures. Trump’s 19 full-time hairdressers alone cost $423,000 a month while Clinton’s battery of law-yers who tell her what to deny cost about $753,000 a month.

With advertising, tan-ning to keep that orange glow and private detec-tives following a spouse to make sure they stay ‘on track’, you can see why it’s an expensive proposi-tion.

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Cold treatment is a natural way to alleviate the risk of arthritis pain. If there is any injury, it is advised to do cold com-presses within 48 hours. To get effective results, try to do cold compresses at least three times per day.

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Haley Bonar, born in Brandon, is set to release her newest album next month entitled, “Impossible Dream.” It’s set for release Aug. 5.

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Bonar was discovered during an open mic event by one of her musical heroes, Alan Sparhawk of Low. The next day, she quit school, crammed her Honda Civic full of gear with her drummer, and was opening for Low across the country she had barely seen. Since then, she has released four full length albums, several EPs, started a punk/new-wave side project (Gramma’s Boyfriend), had songs tapped for major motion pictures and has had the pleasure of touring internationally, playing some of the most amazing venues with some of the most talented artists in the world.

Impossible Dream is set for release Aug. 5.

Chamber Music Festival set for later this month

The third week of July marks the 11th season of the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival directed by acclaimed concert pianist and professor in the Brandon Uni-versity School of Music, Alexander Tse-lyakov.

This year’s festival is comprised of six concerts – four chamber concerts and two jazz events. Performances run from Thurs-day, July 21 – Sunday, July 24 and feature a wide variety of musical styles and artists.

This year’s festival will take place in three Westman communities - the Erick-son Lutheran Church (Friday , July 21- Sunday, July 24 ); Lorne Watson Recital Hall in Brandon – Alexander Tselyakov and Friends/the Opening Night (July 21) and “The Martese” at the Marina in Clear Lake (Sunday, July 24).

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If your yard is your sanctuary but a little TLC would heighten your enjoyment, a landscape renovation might be a good in-vestment for you.

If your daughter insists that there’s no place like your backyard for her wedding but it’s looking a little less than palatial than in her dreams, then you have no choice but to upscale.

Renovating to improve the resale value of your property however means you may need a close assessment of the return on investment. It depends on the market. If it’s a sellers market (more buyers that sellers) and demand is high, a house may sell regardless of its landscape attributes. Conversely, in a buyers market (more sell-ers than buyers), extra curb appeal may be necessary to attract a buyer’s attention. In other words, if the market is hot, save your money for the next house and if the market is soft, be cautious.

The big decision of course is do-it- yourself or hire a landscape contractor. If you’re not into the whole scene of dig-ging, lifting, hauling, sweating, then you should consider hiring a contractor. If your plans involve paving a stone sidewalk or driveway, a retaining wall, or an in-ground water feature, then seriously consider a landscaper. They have all the equipment. If problems should arise with drainage or settling, their work is under warranty.

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• Drainage – Where does water collect in your yard? Does it run away from your foundation? Can it get to the street storm sewer?

• Privacy – Do you have a space that creates privacy both for you and your neighbour?

• Existing landscape – Do you have ma-ture trees, roots, service boxes, right of way, shade from neighboring trees or buildings that need to be accounted for?

• Maintenance – Do you want more or less lawn to mow? How much time do you want to spend tending to your garden? If you need to move snow in the winter, is there a place to push excess snow?

• Gratification – Do you want to see in-stant results of the finished project or do you have the time and patience to wait for maturity a few years in the future?

Once you’ve decided on all the features you want to create, it’s important to make a design or blue print. Take pictures and measurements of your yard to make a scale drawing. There are computer programs that are excellent but maybe not worth-while for a one-time job. Draw in the size and location of your chosen features and plants (at maturity). I was given a helpful tip years ago to lay out my design on the ground with a garden hose. It worked. It’s easier to adjust the hose several times than to re-cut or replace sod or move edging or paving stone.

As a garden centre worker, I like to ask potential yard renovators how much main-tenance are you comfortable with? Every plant requires some care but some much less than others? Your garden centre staff or a website will give you this informa-tion. For example, selected shrubs will grow to a desired height eliminating the need for trimming. The use of hardscapes

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All plants have very specific character-istics and should be selected according-ly. Plants are categorized into hardiness zones. Choose plants to match the zone you live in. Southwest Manitoba is Zone 3, thus Zone 2 and 3 plants are very safe. If the area is well protected, you may have some success with plants rated to Zone 4 hardiness. If you are very adventurous and not afraid to lose some product, you can try some Zone 5. Of course, the higher the zone, the more exotic they are. (This is why some avid gardeners welcome global warming.) The success of your plants is determined by their placement in your garden such as shade versus sun and their proximity to a foundation or competition with other plants. Also, some plants at-tract friends such as birds, bees, butter-flies, and cats. Choose which friends you want. Give regard to the plant’s character-istics and the plant and you will be happy. Remember to space the plants with their full mature size in mind. This may not look as nice today but will be perfect three years down the road.

Landscape fabric is a good friend to gar-deners but can also be a curse if installed improperly. Use of landscape fabric is op-tional and depends on the finished ground cover. If it’s rock, stepping stones, or bark nuggets, fabric is advisable. On a personal note, I’m not a fan of crushed or river rock (one to three inches in size) as a ground cover. It looks very good when it is fresh-ly installed and remains that way for a year or two. But as dirt and leaves and other debris blow in, weeds can find a suitable home there and the debris and the weeds are not easy to clean out. And if you ever change your mind and want to remove the rock, I can’t think of a more miserable job. I would gladly pay the money to someone to do it for me.

If you’re finishing with mulch or plant-ing annuals into the area, then don’t use fabric. If your soil is less than desirable, add generous amounts of soil amendments to improve soil quality. Compost is pref-erable and it stimulates earthworm activ-ity.

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The down payment decision

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Recent Wheat King bantam draft picks Neithan Salame and Ethan Kruger took part in an under-16 summer camp in Camrose, Alta. earlier this month.

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Fraser’s takes: WHL scouts take in U-16 camps in AlbertaIt’s the middle of July,

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don Wheat King bantam draft picks Neithan Salame and Ethan Kruger. It’s a busy week for all 80 play-ers, who are split up into four teams and each play four games, while also tak-ing part in off-ice activities and training sessions, as well as on-ice skill ses-sions and practices.

From what I’ve typically seen in summer hockey, separating the players who are still in game-shape versus those struggling to regain mid-season form isn’t a difficult task at this event. And yet, each year more players are prepared and ready to show their

best for a chance to be named to Team Alberta come October.

Meanwhile, over at one of the world’s most famous shopping centres, The Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament took centre stage at West Edmonton Mall for the 27th-straight summer, and it didn’t take long for Westman to make its mark at the event.

The Winnipeg Junior Jets were the lone Mani-toba squad at the well-known week-long tourna-ment, which included 14 novice hockey teams from across North America in-cluding Boston, Pennsyl-vania, California, Toronto and Montreal. The British Columbia Junior Canucks defeated Team Minnesota 5-1 in the championship game this past Sunday.

The Jets, who put in one of the stronger Manitoba performances at the event

in recent memory, featured four Westman products: Clarke Caswell and Cole Slobodian from Brandon, as well as Dru Mushuman-ski of Russell and Boissev-ain’s Josh Fluker.

The Westman connec-tion doesn’t stop there, as former Wheat King Tyler Dittmer and Brandon-born Kip Workman are assistant coaches on the Jets squad, which finished with four wins and two losses in the round-robin at the tourna-ment – not quite enough to advance to the playoff round.

Caswell, who ended up second in round-robin scoring with 10 points (in-cluding a tournament-best eight goals), turned a lot of heads all week as he was named a first-team all-star and was also named tour-nament MVP.

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By Bruce Penton

The memory of Western Manitoba’s most decorated golfer will be honoured Aug. 3 at Oak Island Golf Course west of Oak Lake.

Dan Halldorson, who died last November at the age of 63 following a stroke, had been director of golf at Oak Island for two seasons.

Fittingly, all proceeds from the Dan Halldorson Memorial will go to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, said Mike Martin, who took over Halldorson’s role this spring.

“We decided to have this event to honour a Hall of Famer from our area, who became a very good friend of mine. It will

be a celebration of his life and career,” said Martin.

There will be no green jacket, no big trophy, no cash prizes of any consequence.

“It’s all about the outing,” said Martin. “We haven’t even got a format established. It’s just so people can pay tribute to Dan and enjoy the day.”

Martin says he hopes to attract a fi eld of 100 or more golfers.

“We’d like to have a small, intimate event but we’re not going to exclude anyone.”

The tournament will start at 11 a.m. Martin said there will be a fundraising event on one of the par-three holes, with proceeds going to junior golf, a favourite Halldorson charity. “He was a big booster of junior golf,” said

Martin.Martin says some of

Halldorson’s closest pals in the golf business — Rich Bull, Dan Roscoe and Dwight Kearns, for three — have indicated they’ll be on hand. Following the golf, a roast beef supper will be held, and those in attendance will be encouraged to step up to the microphone and tell a favourite story about Halldorson.

Born in Winnipeg and raised in the Gimli area in his early years, Halldorson moved to Brandon when he was 13 and blossomed into one of the greatest golfers ever to come out of Manitoba. He won the Manitoba Junior at the age of 18, using legendary length off the tee to his advantage, started

his pro career on the Canadian Tour (eventually winning seven times in Canada) and then spent 19 years with full status on the PGA Tour. He won twice, the 1980 Pensacola Classic, a victory that earned him a berth in the 1981 Masters (unfortunately, he missed the cut with rounds of 76-73), and the 1986 Deposit Guaranty Classic, an event held the same week as the Masters.

Halldorson would have loved to have won the Canadian Open and while he had three top-20s (including one 10th-place showing), he came up short in a tournament that is far more pressurized for a Canadian than it is for someone from another country.

His best year was 1980, when

he won $111,000 and was 36th on the PGA Tour money list. In 1982, he made cuts in 22 of 25 tournaments and fi nished 44th on the money list with $93,000. Overall, he produced 28 top-10 fi nishes in his career and had total earnings of nearly $1.2 million in an era when purses were tiny compared to today.

Other highlights of his career were two World Cup titles, once as a partner with Jim Nelford; another one with Dave Barr. He was elected to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. From 2005 to 2011, he served as deputy executive director of the Canadian Tour.

I always enjoy checking out a few games at the Brick tournament. It’s an opportunity to put down the pencil and notebook to watch some quality hockey from kids that are excited to be there, and playing the greatest game on earth at a unique event in an uncon-ventional setting.

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capital of the world? Loserville turned into the American version of the City of Champions?

This would be like Lucy actually allowing Charlie Brown to kick the fi eld goal, a game-winner no less. This would be the (gulp!) Chicago Cubs breaking their 108-year drought. This would be like gamblers at Las Vegas going home winners.

Cleveland? What’s in the Great Lakes water these days?

Infamous for not having a professional sports champion since the 1964 Browns, the year 2016 could turn into a bonanza for the city’s sports teams. Hit the ‘cancel’ button on The Mistake by the Lake moniker. Cleveland’s rockin’ baby, and for more than just the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

First the LeBron James-led Cavaliers, who made NBA history by winning the last three games of the Championship Finals to snatch the title away from Golden State Warriors, whose 73-win regular season went all for naught.

Now, the Cleveland Indians are playing like the ’27 Yankees, running away with the American League Central Division and making serious World Series noise.

A 14-game winning streak in late June-early July propelled the Indians to a big division lead. The Indians’ starting rotation, led by Danny Salazar, Josh Tomlin, Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer (a combined 33-13 at the end of June), is the majors’ best, according to Sports Illustrated. Second-year shortstop fl ash Francisco Lindor, who was rookie-of-the-year runner-up, is having

an even better second season.

Cleveland fans are excited. Not as excited as they were the night two years ago when the Browns drafted quarterback Johnny (Football) Manziel from Texas A and M. But excited enough after getting a taste of victory with the Cavs that maybe another championship parade in early November to salute the Indians would be fun, too.

Manziel, meanwhile, has ridden off into a world of self-destruction. He’s a celebrity and a serious druggie (according to his father). He’s thrown hundreds of touchdown passes as a high schooler, college star and in his short career as an NFLer, but now he’s thrown away something far more important: a career.

In the ‘new’ Cleveland, perhaps the Browns under new coach Hue Jackson will resurrect the perennial losers, as QB Robert Griffi n III resurrects his career, and give the Ohio city a sports triple crown in 2016.

Stranger things have happened.• Comedy writer Alex

Kaseberg: “Indianapolis Colts QB, Andrew Luck, has signed a $140 million, six-year contract, the biggest ever. In a related story, Johnny Manziel’s credit card was declined at a bar in Mexico.”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Last week, Johnny Manziel attended a Justin Bieber concert. In a crowd full of 16,000

11-year-olds, Manziel was still the least mature person in the room.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Dateline Cleveland, Oct. 1: Indians vow to fi nally end the city’s four-month championship drought.”

• TC in BC: “Congrats to Las Vegas on getting an NHL franchise. Single game tickets start at $75 each and a two-drink minimum.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on the NHL’s arrival in Las Vegas: “In 10 years, every league will be in Sin City, with keno concessionaires working the stands.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com, after the Broncos waived punter William Johnson just months after signing him: “I’m guessing there wasn’t enough good Will punting.”

• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “Dear pitchers who want in on the Home Run Derby: the Derby is bad enough with real hitters in it. Stay in your lane.”

• Perry again: “Alabama’s president makes $535,000 a year — or just $10,000 more than the strength coach for the Tide football team. ‘It’s an outrage,’ said one local resident. ‘He had a way better year than the president did.’”

• @Randy Turner15 of the Winnipeg Free Press, on Twitter: “Sure, the Sabres selected Cliff Pu. But had they taken Victoria goaltender Griffen Outhouse they would have won the draft.”

• Bob Molinaro of p i l o t o n l i n e . c o m , Hampton, Va.: “Presumably, Kevin

Durant won’t sign with Golden State unless the NBA issues a waiver allowing the Warriors to use two basketballs.”

• Molinaro again: “Assuming LeBron remains in Cleveland for more than another season, he’s said to be angling for a long-term deal that would eventually pay him $40 million a year, breaking Michael Jordan’s record of $33 million, set in the

late ’90s. Rings aren’t the only way the greats keep score.”

• Former NHL goalie Corey Hirsch, on Twitter and found in Gregg Drinnan’s ‘Taking Note’: “July 1 free agency is like buying a ham sandwich at the airport. U pay 3x the price and it’s still a ham sandwich.”

• Stephen Colbert on late-night TV: “Rio’s acting governor warned the

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We consume a fair bit of wine in our household (surprise) and we faithfully recycle. Clear Lake has a sizable recycling depot with a large bin for glass. The bin is usually quite full and it seems to me that the ma-jority of the content is wine bottles. I consider viewing all such wine bottles as good ‘research’ because it helps me learn what type, varietal and style of wine is consumed in the summer months. Just to be clear: I don’t touch anything and I draw the line at dumpster diving.

It surprises and disappoints me that few rose wine bottles are evident al-though I can delude myself by imag-ining they are possibly buried deep in the bottom of the bin. The major-ity are red wine bottles no matter the season.

I was surprised to read that up to 60 per cent of wine’s carbon foot-print comes from manufacturing the bottle.

Fortunately wine bottles can be re-used. Home winemakers reuse bottles, certain wineries have a re-fi llable bottle program while others encourage consumers to bring their own bottles to tastings so they can

The 3 R’s: Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose the packaging had quite a lot to do with that (studies show packaging is a signifi cant factor in wine selection). The wine sports a lovely nose, a refl ection of Moscato in the blend. As far as the palate is concerned I believe a higher acidity level would provide a better balance to the sweetness and boost the crispness in this wine. Serve cool at 8-10 C.

Pluma Vinho Verde, Portugal

Price, $10.99

This rose, a blend, is 9.5% alcohol. The Vinho Verde we had available was, un-til, now, limited to white. Vinho Verde is produced in Northern Portugal. These

fi ll their own bottle with the wine they purchase. Recently, Growler refi ll sta-tions have expanded to include wine.

There are multiple uses for wine bottles allowing recyclers to transform bottles into decorative projects. Pinter-est is a good source of inspiration and a Google search reveals ideas, sugges-tions and instructions. The number and type of items produced from empty wine bottles is astounding. Bottles can be used as coffee table legs, wind chimes, bird feeders and glass walls. Projects range from simple to com-plex, limited by the skills, tools and imagination of the maker. Certain ob-jects are made without tools, others re-quire a limited number of tools.

A hummingbird feeder is an easy project for a beginner. Simply turn a wine bottle upside down, add a dis-penser for feeding hummingbirds and wrap the bottle with decorative wire. Wind chimes are made by cut-ting slices of glass or ‘rings’ from the body and neck of the bottle and wiring slices together. If you want a unique and more permanent project build a decorative wall by stacking and mortaring bottles together.

Beautiful indoor light fi xtures (sold for thousands of dollars) are made us-ing whole bottles and recycled glass counter-tops. The fi xtures contain the remnants of crushed or broken wine bottles. Despite being referred to as ‘recycled’ certain bottle colours are more diffi cult to fi nd so new bottles are used placing these items in the re-purposed category.

Among the options I’ve seen, I like the chandeliers the best. Your imagina-tion and skills defi ne the projects you tackle.

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A white wine blend produced from Pinot Grigio (80%) and Moscato (20%). This simple and easy wine was quite popu-lar at a recent event I attended. I believe

Kate Wagner Zeke, CSW, CWE, FWS, Sommelier (ISG), Certifi ed Specialist of Wine (CSW), Certifi ed WineEducator (CWE) and French Wine Scholar (FWS).

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wines are known for their fresh, light, easy-drinking and youthful style. When poured there is a spritz of bubbles from the little ‘shot’ of CO2 added to wine just prior to sealing the bottle, atechnique used to add freshness to wine.Strawberry juice in colour, this light and lively high-acid wine is fresh with lovely fl avours and aromas of red ber-ries. Fresh and clean. An easy summer sipper and good value. There is red Vinho Verde. I have tast-ed it at the Society of Wine Educators Conference in the U.S.A. but have not yet seen it in Canada.

Off to the races in Carberry

Carberry Fair and Races was the place to be July long weekend.

An army of volunteers pulled off the an-nual event that attracted between 1,000 to 1,500 visitors through the gates each day.

“Our attendance was up over last year,” said Alan Christison, president of the Ag Society which hosts the event. While final numbers are still being tabulated, Christi-son said the group is happy with the re-sults of this year’s show.

This year marked the 133rd year the event has taken place in the community and Christison said it takes the efforts of many different groups to put on the fair.

“The Carberry Ag Society is the main organizers, but there are lots of other groups that do their part,” he said, ex-plaining that numerous service groups in the community come together to host dif-ferent aspect of the event.

“There are lots and lots of volunteers that make it happen. Most of the people in town volunteer for at least an hour in some way,” he said.

Once again, the light horse, heavy

horse, 4-H beef and open beef shows were well attended and showcased quality ani-mals in the area. Chariot and chuck wagon races throughout the weekend were also popular.

On opening night, the Darren Lavallee Band performed followed by a fireworks display to commemorate Canada Day.

“On Saturday, we had our first ever Party in the Dirt with Diana Dejardins and Kimberly Dawn performing,” Christison said. He says dancing to live entertain-ment right on the race track was a huge success and was a definite highlight of the event.

The Potato Truck Pull for Cancer con-tinued for the second year at the fair with overwhelming success.

“Last year, we brought in $37,000 and we thought that was good,” Christison said. “This year, we raised $66,000 for Cancer Care Manitoba and Pediatric Can-cer Care. It’s amazing and a true testament of how much people in the community care.

“Overall it was a great weekend made possible by the countless volunteers and the support of the entire community,” Christison added.


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Therefore take notice that unless default under the mortgage is remedied within one calendar month of this publication, the mortgagee will apply for an order permitting the sale of the land.

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Bobby Dale MAGEE 30, is charged with Mis-chief to Property Under $5000. Police report that on June 21, a male allegedly was in at Bran-don hotel when he punched the screen of a VLTmachine which shattered the screen. Attempts to located the accused have been unsuccessful, therefore a warrant of arrest has been issued for Bobby Dale MAGEE.

Sometime between June 23-27, three chainsaws were reported stolen from a truck that was parked in a locked compound in the 800 block of Van Horne Ave East. The suspect(s) gained entry to the compound and broke into the truck through a previously broken window that was covered with a tarp. Two Abrous chainsaws, one Stihl chainsaw and a 10 litre gas tank were stolen from the truck. No suspects have been arrested.

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MS Bike Tour going ‘off road’

Pedaling in support of Multiple Sclerosis doesn’t mean keeping to the paved roads anymore.

Mountain bikers will be bringing their pledges to Turtle Mountain Provin-cial Park as they fight to-gether to end MS as part of the “Gear Up to End MS” event.

The ride around Adam Lake on Sunday, July 17 includes three different options for bikers in the picturesque park. Riders can chose between a 10 km route through the park, one loop around the lake at a length of 17.5 km or going around the lake twice for a total of 35 km.

“Our road bike events are very well attended but there is a growing number of mountain bikers who were also interested in sup-porting the MS Society so we’ve developed this event for them,” said Leann Bower, development of-ficer with the Westman Chapter of the MS Society of Canada.

“Turtle Mountain is an absolutely beautiful spot and the trail is very family friendly,” she said. “It’s a great trail for teens to ride together with their par-ents.”

Rest stops, marshals and first aid personnel will be available along the course to ensure everyone is safe and taken care of.

The fundraising goal for this particular ride is $22,500 with registration set at $50 per cyclist as well as a $300 fundrais-ing minimum collected through pledges. Money raised at the event goes to the MS Society with a por-

tion staying in the local area for programming and services and a portion be-ing put toward research.

The event is meant to raise funds to combat the disease which attacks the central nervous sys-tem and compromises the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. The society states that Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world.

“We want to encourage the general public to join us for the day, enjoy the activities we have planned and learn about MS,” Bow-er said.

The main beach will be a busy spot during day with kayak and paddle board demonstrations, sand cas-tle building contests, face painting and much more. Registration includes lunch for participants with spec-tators invited to purchase lunch during the barbeque.

Camping is available in the park for anyone wish-ing to stay for a couple of days and gate fees will be waved for the weekend in support of the event.

“Turtle Mountain is a beautiful part of the country that many people haven’t found yet,” Bower said. “This is a great op-portunity for people to come out with their fami-lies and learn about MS and the ride. Come find out what it’s all about and join us in the ride next year.”

In addition to the moun-tain bike ride being held in Turtle Mountain, road bike rides will take place from Stonewall to Gimli on Aug. 20-21 and Dauphin to Clear Lake on Sept. 10-11.

For more information on each ride and to register please visit www.msbike.ca or call 1-800-268-7582.

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