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On April 28, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services were called to a grass fi re just east of Brandon along Veterans Way near the Brandon Correctional Centre. Emergency crews were able to angle the fi re away from homes and extinguished the fi re within an hour or so.

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Helwer on new cabinet: ‘Very good friends

and colleagues’

Brandon West Conservative MLA Reg Helwer was one of the many who witnessed the swearing in ceremony last week in Winnipeg.

Despite not being named as one of the 12 ministers who formed the new cabinet – Brandon East Conserva-tive MLA Len Isleifson also not named – Helwer had nothing but positive things to say about Manitoba’s new executive council.

“It was quite the day to see a new government come in,” Helwer told the Journal. “I’ve never been part of that before, so a first time for me. Lots of great friends around there. It was really quite a ceremony to be a part of.”

There were three MLAs from the greater Westman area who got the cabinet nod in Spruce Woods MLA Cliff Cul-len, who was named the minister of growth, enterprise and trade, Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke, who is the min-ister of indigenous and municipal relations and Midland MLA Blaine Pederson, now the minister of infrastructure.

“Very good friends and colleagues,” Helwer said of the aforementioned MLAs. “I know them very well. They spend a lot of time in Brandon and they did exactly that over the election, helping us out.”

The new Manitoba government cabinet, in order of pre-cedence, is as follows:

• Brian Pallister (MLA for Fort Whyte) – premier and president of the executive council; minister of intergov-ernmental affairs and international relations;

• Heather Stefanson (MLA for Tuxedo) – minister of justice and attorney general, Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province of Manitoba, deputy premier;

• Cameron Friesen (MLA for Morden-Winkler) – min-ister of finance;

• Kelvin Goertzen (MLA for Steinbach) – minister of health, seniors and active living;

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• Scott Fielding (MLA for Kirkfield Park) – minister of families;

• Blaine Pedersen (MLA for Midland) – minister of in-frastructure;

• Eileen Clarke (MLA for Agassiz) – minister of Indig-enous and municipal relations;

• Cathy Cox (MLA for River East) – minister of sus-tainable development;

• Cliff Cullen (MLA for Spruce Woods) – minister of

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• Ron Schuler (MLA for St. Paul) – minister of Crown services.

It was also announced that Goertzen will be the govern-ment house leader and Jon Reyes has been appointed the military envoy.

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A look at some of the members of the Brandon and Area Brain Injury Support Group. Photo submitted

Learning how to deal with the ‘new you’

Although participation numbers over the years haven’t changed much when it comes to the annual Brandon and area Brain Injury Awareness Walk, there has been an in-crease in members joining the local support group.

On average, one new member is joining each month, says Shirley Smith, member of the Brandon and Area Brain Injury Support Group and support director of the Manitoba Brain Injury Association.

“It’s sort of like a double-edged sword,” Smith told the Journal. “It’s good that they’re finding us and hopefully we’re helping them in some small way, but it’s also sad that there are so many people that are acquiring brain in-juries.”

The support group in Brandon includes just a fraction of the total amount of Canadians suffering from brain in-juries. According to Brain Injury Canada, approximately 160,000 Canadians suffer brain injuries each year and more than a million Canadians live with the effects of an acquired brain injury.

“It happens so much more than the average person would even guess,” Smith said.

Smith’s son suffers from a brain injury after falling approximately 40 feet at a construction site in 2003 in a work-related accident. Smith reflected on her son’s injury in a story published in the Journal in June of last year, suggesting her son would, in all likelihood, never be able to hold down a full-time job ever again.

“He has to work at processing information, he has anger issues, he has impulsivity, he suffers from really severe migraines and they’re not necessarily treatable,” Smith said.

Nowadays, Smith says her son is doing better and is learning numerous coping mechanisms in order to deal with the injury.

“He’s learned to accept the limitations of his injury and he knows that if he expends a certain amount of energy in the morning, then he’s not going to have much energy left for the afternoon.”

Smith says it’s a huge step for him and it’s made him better equipped to deal with the limitations his brain in-jury has placed upon his life.

“The acceptance of that is huge because he’s able to say ‘no’,” she said. “He’s also able to make better choices about what he’s physically able to do and to say no to certain things.”

She says it’s common for people who have brain inju-

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ries to not return to their old jobs full-time, adding that they have to find another path because that particular workplace could be too demanding.

There are some people who do return, but they’re prob-ably in the minority, she says.

“One of our members explains it this way: ‘I had to learn how to deal with the new me, because the new me is not able to do a lot of things that the former me was able to do’,” she added.

According to mbia.ca, cognitive problems vary over time for brain injury sufferers, but could consist of lack of insight, memory problems, poor concentration, slowed responses, poor planning and problem solving, lack of initiative, inflexibility, impulsivity, irritability, socially

inappropriate behaviour and communication problems, among other issues. Physical changes vary as well and could include a loss of taste and smell, fatigue, head-aches, visual problems, dizziness, balance issues and chronic pain, among other problems.

“People have so often just put it aside,” Smith said. “You’ll get those people who have had car accidents in the past saying, ‘Oh, it was just a mild concussion’. Well a concussion is a form of brain injury. Hopefully if you’re one of the lucky ones, it’s mild and it’s not life changing.”

The Brandon and area brain injury support group meets the third Monday of each month from September through to June. If you’ve been affected by a brain injury, you’re encouraged to join the group.

For more information about the Manitoba Brain Injury Association, go online to www.mbia.ca.

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Leaders have to lead by example especially in a time of tough choices.

Newly elected MLAs need to show leadership by fixing their pension plan. It’s not just about the amount of money they get at retirement, although that’s worth talking about as well. It’s about the structure of Manitoba’s pension plans. It’s an issue worth billions. And fixing it needs to start with elected officials.

Here are some of the numbers. Former Progressive Conservative MLA Stuart Briese retired before the election and we estimate his pension will be worth about $15,000 per year for a total of $299,000 until age 90. NDP MLA Dave Chomiak lost his seat, but we estimate he’ll get $64,000 a year for a total of $1.7 million. Fellow NDP MLA Steve Ashton will get an estimated $86,000 a year for a total of $2.5 million.

Those pension payouts aren’t the biggest issue – it’s the amount those MLAs paid in. MLAs have a defined benefit pension. They pay in 7 per cent of their salaries. Then, when they retire, they get specific payouts based on their salaries and years of service. If their contributions don’t cover their payments, it doesn’t matter, they still get their money, and taxpayers are left to cover the shortfall.

For most of us, the amount we can take out of our RRSPs or pensions depends on what we put in and how well those investments performed. That type of plan is called a defined contribution pension. It’s the reason people are careful to make sure they’re saving enough and watching their investments closely.

We don’t know how much taxpayers may have to pay to top up MLA

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pensions because the previous government refused to release that information. But the province’s total pension liabilities are concerning.

The province estimates it will have to pay retired government employees $8.4 billion. But there’s only $6.1 billion in the pension funds. That means taxpayers are on the hook for a $2.3 billion shortfall. That’s about $1,824 per Manitoban.

Even worse, the numbers are going in the wrong direction – Manitoba’s unfunded pension liability is going up by more than $100 million per year.

And Manitoba isn’t the only place facing this problem – Statistics Canada reports that governments across the country put a combined $18.1 billion of taxpayers’ money into underfunded pension plans in 2012.

How does this happen? The reality is that it’s virtually

impossible to plan for retirements that will happen decades from now. People are living longer and therefore drawing more payments than the planners thought they would. And the investments haven’t always grown as fast as hoped. But the bottom line is that taxpayers are on the hook for any failures in the crystal ball. And because of that, nearly every government employee pension plan in Canada is underfunded.

Eventually we’re going to have to deal with the huge liabilities connected to defined benefit pension plans. Of course, Manitoba has a lot of financial problems to address. The operational deficit is $773 million. The net debt is more than $21 billion. It cost $842 million just to cover the annual interest on the debt. So reforming government employee pension plans is just one item on a long to-do

list.But this issue is going to

keep coming up. Presumably, the new government’s commitment to openness will mean previously undisclosed details of the MLA pension plan will come to light. This issue will surface again when former premier Greg Selinger retires and his considerable pension is calculated. And, of course, MLA pensions will be an issue at election time in four years.

Eventually MLAs will have to tackle pension reform. It’s hard to do that while they have a defined benefit pension plan themselves. Now is the time for MLAs to sign on to a pension plan that pays out based on what goes in so that we can start fixing the plans for all government employees.

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both of the Brandon newspapers, The Bran-don Sun and the West-man Journal, a view point/letter to the edi-tor from Todd MacKay, prairie director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. His group’s view is that the newly elected government in Manitoba has a “mess on its hands.”

It would be my view that it’s groups like the CTF that are actually at least partly responsible for what is viewed as ‘the mess’. I will try to explain.

First, this is a classic ‘wolf in sheep’s cloth-ing’. The sheep repre-sent the common good – what’s needed by and good for the com-mon person. To a large degree, it’s protecting what’s common for us all – the air we breathe, the water we drink and soil. It’s the source of our nourishment and capturing a green source of our energy needs – the sun.

When I first read the name Canadian Taxpay-ers Federation, it sound-ed like a group that we all should be supportive

of or interested in. The name implies looking out for the taxpayers’ ‘good’. The reality is that the CTF is an ex-treme right-wing group that campaigns for 1) cutting back on taxes, 2) cutting back on the role of government and privatization, 3) letting the marketplace – the capitalistic system – run things, 4) being big busi-ness friendly, and 5) at-tacking unions and what they stand for.

In my opinion, a lot of what has caused this ‘perceived’ mess comes from government be-

ing business, especially big business, friendly and granting them huge concessions – which is what the CTF wants to see happen. The con-cessions come in the form of tax breaks, en-vironmental breaks, de-regulation breaks, etc. Soon, if businesses do not pay their ‘fair-share’ of tax, guess who pays more? And if a ‘mess’ is created by business/industry, guess who is affected most by it? And guess who has to pay for the clean up?

We all have concerns about infrastructure.

But how can we pay to look after these impor-tant structures if our tax base, which covers the cost of the upkeep, is constantly under at-tack and is constantly underfunded because of the ‘concessions’ to big business?

The ‘mess’ that CTF refers to is, in my view, an attempt by the gov-ernment to get the rev-enue to help pay for the upkeep of our aging infrastructures. Is it not interesting to learn that the people aren’t quite so upset with the PST hike as long as it goes

towards infrastructure repair?

Thanks to the CTF ‘viewpoint’ our infra-structure is in a state of disrepair. But what re-ally could be more im-portant than clean air, safe water, healthy soil, a vibrant health care sys-tem, our underprivileged and marginalized being looked after…

Be aware and beware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing. And stand up for our shared common and our common good.

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I was born 11 weeks early and was diagnosed with retinopathy of prematurity.

At two years old, I was referred to CNIB and was registered as being blind. Since then, I’ve been a life-long user of the organization’s services. The early days were quite frightening for my parents as they did not know if their little girl would have to go away to school in another province. Thankfully, this was not the

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environments accessible so that I can enjoy life as a fully active participant in society.

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The CNIB provides prof-essional rehabilitation therapy to individuals with vision loss so they can do the same things everyone else does.

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No driver required – well maybe. Federal bureaucrats are raising concerns about distracted driving in cars that don’t require much input from the driver. At least one ex-pert says as the so-called ‘smart’ cars get smarter, there will be an increase in an unusual form of dis-tracted driving – hanky-panky behind the wheel. (In the good ole days, this was done when parked and occupants moved to the backseat. Not that you ever did this right?) This expert predicts that once comput-ers are driving, there will be a lot more sex in cars. Officials in Ottawa have highlighted this concern to the federal transportation minister. Might I suggest the auto companies take note of this and perhaps look at baby car seats as a built in option. This could lead to a new twist on the ‘mile high club’ in which you joined after making ‘whoopee’ on an airplane

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that was in flight. Soon, with automatic cars, we should be able to start a ‘kilometer club’ where car passengers made whoopee while their vehicle was in motion for a kilometer or more…

Just when you thought things couldn’t get sil-lier – and that’s putting it politely. A woman in Il-linois is reportedly suing Starbucks for $5 million because she claims the company puts too much ice in customers’ drinks. The woman accuses the coffee chain of packing almost half of their cold beverages with ice as a way to skimp on serving actual coffee to customers. She claims in a 24-ounce coffee, a customer only gets 14 ounces of actual coffee, with ice making up the remaining 10 ounces. The frustrated customer

says Starbucks hot bev-erages typically cost less than cold ones though they contain more coffee because of the lack of ice. As to be expected, a Star-bucks spokesperson calls the lawsuit absurd and says our customers under-stand and expect that ice is an essential component of any ‘iced’ beverage. Apparently not everyone would agree with that. No word on if and when this will go to trial…

A rather interesting appointment recently when the new provincial cabinet was sworn in. Heather Stefanson, the deputy premier, is also the keeper of the great seal of the province of Manitoba. I would have thought if the province had an ani-mal in cabinet, it would have been ‘keeper of the polar bear’ seeing how important that bear is to Churchill and the prov-ince…

On the topic of cabinets,

there was no Brandon rep appointed – at least that’s one thing the PC and NDP have in common. Treat Brandon the same by no cabinet appointment or wait as a next-to-last re-sort…

There’s a hockey draft, a football draft and bas-ketball draft. But the one I know a lot of guys would attend in person would be the beer draft, or would it be the draft beer draft? Each attendee would be

given an eight-ounce mug to sample the draft beer that they would like to draft for their ‘beer team’. After sampling all the drafts, if the participants are still standing and co-herent, they would then proceed to draft the draft they so choose. This is what a ‘draft night’ should be all about…

Want to get someone mad? If you’re over the age of, let’s say 40, ask someone under the age of

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It’s never looked better at this time of the year.

That’s the sentiment coming from the grounds crew at Clear Lake Golf Course.

“I think we all agree that this is the best shape it’s ever been in at this point in time as far as anyone can remember,” said Craig Atkinson, assistant su-perintendent at the Clear Lake course. “This place is looking as green as it is in July. We’re pretty pumped about the conditions.”

The course, which came in as a finalist for the 2009 Parks Can-ada Sustainable Tourism Award, has been known for being well-groomed. However, like any course, weather plays a key role in the shape of the greens lead-ing up to the course opening in the spring.

“The greens are very weather dependant,” Atkinson said. “The rate at which the snow disap-peared is the reason we were able to get the rest of the course looking green and nice looking.”

He says the course wouldn’t be in the shape it is today with-out the work of his boss Greg Holden, superintendent who has worked at the Clear Lake Golf Course for many years. Nicknamed ‘Turf’, Holden is known for his environmental expertise and is well-known around the course for his work on a day-to-day basis.

“Greg has been my boss for quite a few years up here now,” Atkinson said. “You couldn’t ask for a better guy to work for. I think that’s one of the reasons we all get it into shape as quick as we do because we want to work with that guy,” he said with a laugh. “He’s a great guy.”

Atkinson says Holden’s man-date as superintendent is ‘envi-ronment first’. During Holden’s time as golf course superinten-dent, he’s spearheaded changes at the course such as recycling all bottles and cans, making sure none of that material heads to the garbage dump. Meanwhile, all grass clippings and kitchen waste is composted and is used

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“We really do focus on that (environment) and we’re very careful of that aspect out here. He’s an environmental leader and very well read and knowl-edgeable on all things on that topic.”

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Acing the art of stress managementThe main objective of

stress management is to progressively revamp your thought patterns and life-style so that you will no longer suffer from chronic, toxic stress on a daily basis

Like other major endeav-ors, stress management is not without its own set of challenges. That’s why it’s important that you ade-quately prepare yourself for this important commitment because if you don’t, you’re going to end up being dis-appointed with the results.

How can you consistent-ly succeed in stress man-agement?

Here are some expert tips that will help demolish the obstacles to successful stress management:

If you want to overcome negative beliefs and old values that don’t support your current goals, you have to identify them first.

Below are some common beliefs and values that can

directly impair your ability to manage stress:

Record your stress-ors – Each person has his own unique set of stress-ors. Stressors can be any of the following: situa-tions, actions, events, gen-eral circumstances, objects, people, tasks, chores and work-related obligations.

To make things more or-ganized, I would advise you to create a stress manage-ment journal.

What does a stress man-agement journal look like?

One part of your journal should be separated and devoted specifically for recording stressors. Each page should have three col-umns with the following headings: time/date, stress-or, stress level (1-10).

Evaluating your stress level is of paramount im-portance. When a stressor is rated a ‘1’ it means that you are only mildly annoyed for a brief period of time.

When you rate an item as a ‘10’ that means that you experience not only mental signs of stress but also physical signs of stress such as a racing heart rate, cold hands and feet, etc.

Is it challenging to main-tain a stress management journal?

Bear in mind that a stress management journal should not be difficult to maintain. If recording and journaling stresses you out, it’s pos-sible that you are simply overdoing it.

You do not have to record every little stressor that comes your way – you only have to record the ones that you remember at the end of the day.

Some people can write on their journals every few hours; the majority of people cannot. Write only when it’s convenient for you but you have to write in your stress management journal every day.

Acknowledge your per-sonal beliefs and values – The battle against stress would be much easier if you came to terms with your personal beliefs and value system.

“I have more important things to do than manage stress.”

“Stress management won’t bring food to the ta-ble, my work does.”

“I have no time left for this sort of thing.”

“I’d rather sleep than try to manage stress.”

“I’m a hopeless case!”“I’m not very good at

learning new things.”“How will I know if this

will work?”“Stress management is

just not ‘my thing.”“I think it’s tedious and

boring.”“I don’t have the energy

to think about it.”Take the first baby steps

– Stress management isn’t just a vague concept, it’s a

whole set of special skills that will allow you to evade or moderate the stress re-sponse so you will be healthier, happier and more productive.

How long will it take be-fore you master stress man-agement?

Stress management has spawned a whole industry of mentors and coaches because it’s not something that can be learned over-night.

With these facts in mind, it logically follows that if you want to learn how to manage stress, you have to muster the courage to take the first few baby steps to achieve your goals.

Managing chronic stress doesn’t require a lot of time.

You can accomplish a lot of things within a 20-30 minute timeframe. If 20 minutes sounds over-whelming, try limiting your stress management sessions to 10-15 minutes.

Approximately 10-15 minutes will give you enough time to think about the stressors you encoun-tered for that day and how you reacted to the stressors. Self-analysis is your most important tool in managing stress.

You have to be honest with yourself though. You must avoid justifying habit-ual, negative responses to stressors as this will impede personal breakthroughs.

You must make it a point to identify harmful thoughts and behaviors so you can modify them. Behavioral modification, in order to be successful, must be gradual and you must be consistent in enforcing new behav-ior and rewarding yourself when you succeed in doing so.

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Evolution not revolution: Will you sponsor me?I’m an active member

of the community and I’m committing to support a really good cause.

I’m planning to con-tribute the sweat equity on this one. What I need is your financial support. Here is how you can spon-sor me…

Business owners have already turned the page. Those familiar sentences are ones that they find themselves addressing with increasing regular-ity as the needs of our community projects and charitable entities increas-ingly fall on the shoulders of those organizations our residents feel are sit-ting on a limitless wealth of resources to be able to support all who make a request.

The requests come in person, by phone, by mail, by e-mail, and now through social media as well. Our merchants have little choice but to find themselves the villains in many cases. There simply isn’t enough money in the coffers to support every request and if we’re being

honest, some of the re-quests should never have been made in the first place.

If you are a community organization or even just an individual that finds yourself at the start of a fundraising campaign and don’t know where to start, the solution is not to write a generic form letter that hopes to inspire sup-port from any and all of the businesses in a given community or region. In fact, to save yourself the stress of fruitless labour, when you look at the list of sponsors that you in-tend to approach, let’s edit that list with some simple revisions.

First, remove all busi-nesses that you have nev-er supported financially yourself. If neither you nor anyone in your organi-zation has supported that business as a customer at any time in the past year, why should you expect them to support you? In business, you do want to build relationships and those need to be a two-way street. Businesses

will be more inclined to support the customers that keep them in busi-ness. Think of communi-ty sponsors like your own personal bank account – if you haven’t made any de-posits, how do you expect to make a withdrawal?

With that first edit, I suspect that your list al-ready looks quite differ-ent. Look at the list that remains and ask yourself: “If I was one of these busi-ness owners considering being a sponsor, what’s in it for me?” I’ve got news for you, inclusion of their logo among a dozen or more others doesn’t really give them the often touted exposure that fundraising groups promise. Instead, the ‘logo soup’ is often shuffled to the bottom of a poster or the back page of a program that most will ignore anyway. That two-way relationship has a de-fined benefit to you as the fundraiser – what do you offer to the sponsor in ex-change that creates value for their business?

If you can’t identify the benefit to the support-

ers, then it’s time to start from scratch. Build on the relationships that you already have. Start with the businesses with whom you and your team have a direct relationship. This could include the compa-nies where you work and those businesses where you are regularly spend to the point where the owner(s) or manager(s) know you by name. Next, look at businesses that are looking for visibility with the participants in your event. For example, if you’re promoting a golf tournament, look to those vendors and suppliers that want to ensure visibility to golfers.

Most importantly, when you approach the business community for financial support, make sure that the cap you have in hand isn’t empty. While many businesses may be enticed to lend their support, it is important for those mer-chants, (especially those who built their own busi-nesses from the ground up) to know that you have done some of the work

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C o m m u n i t y - d r i v e n initiatives and fundrais-ers are at the heart of our rural communities and should be nurtured and supported. However, the relationships with the small businesses that are most frequently called upon to support is one that requires a little tender lov-ing care.

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The Westman Journal came away winners at the Manitoba Community Newspaper Asso-ciation awards. For circulation of 10,000-plus, the Journal won best editorial page and ended up fi nishing third for ‘best in class’. Our former pg. 4 columnist Deveryn Ross also took home third place for best editorial. Nice job team.

Planting your vegetable gardenHere we are almost halfway through the

month of May. It’s the right time to put seeds in the ground, but still a little early to put bedding plants outside.

There’s still a danger of frost in May so try to hold off just a little longer. A sure fire way to know the best time to seed your vegetables is with a soil thermometer ($12 - $15 at your garden centre). Cool season vegetables (beets, cabbage, car-rots, lettuce, onions, peas, potatoes) can be seeded when soil temperature is 5 de-grees Celsius (40 degrees Fahrenheit) and warm season vegetables (beans, corn, cu-cumbers, peppers, tomatoes, squash) at 15 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit).

When planting your vegetable garden, give some consideration to rotation and changing the location of each kind of crop from year to year. This prevents any dis-eases that may have been present last year to re-infect the same plants this year. Dis-eases are ‘species specific’ and can winter over in soil and debris and are just waiting for a new host to feast on.

The type of vegetable you are planting and the size of your tillage equipment dic-tate the width of your row spacing. If you have lots of space available to you, then you can afford wide rows but in smaller confinement, space needs to be used wisely. Plants with erect growth habit like onions, carrots, or peas on a trellis can be planted in two rows right beside each other, whereas cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, and melons need a lot of room and are best on the exterior of the garden.

Pathways are obviously necessary to ac-cess the plants for weeding and harvesting but they too have to be weeded. Consider covering your pathways with straw, card-board, planks or wood chips. This will keep the weeds out, conserve moisture and also make it easier to navigate around the garden just after rain.

Everyone has their own way of doing things. Mine is keeping things in straight lines, queued up with some fixed objects such as the fence, garage, or a particular vantage point from my house window. Several years ago, my wife offered to plant a row of petunias bordering the gar-den, which I appreciated, until I looked out the bedroom window only to notice is was noticeably crooked. It drove me crazy, so late one evening, in the fading light of dusk, I snuck out and corrected the situation. This too was noticed and the ensuing discussion was not about her appreciation of my remedial efforts. I still wonder if that was one of the reasons why I’m now her ex-husband! If you can relate to this situation, row markers can help to save a marriage – maybe.

You may have heard of companion plants. Wikipedia describes them as plants that assist in the growth of others by at-tracting beneficial insects, repelling pests, or providing nutrients, shade, or support. For example, marigolds do an amazing job of repelling a multitude of insects. Even deer will not approach them because of the aroma. Study up on the subject and it may just save you a lot of grief in the

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Annual ‘Walk a Mile In Her Shoes’ event taking place soon

The only way to really understand what a person is going through is to walk a mile in their shoes. The YWCA is making that a literal possibility on June 2.

For the sixth year in a row, the organi-zation is raising awareness for the issues of homelessness and domestic violence toward women in the community dur-ing its annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.

Beginning at Princess Park at 11:30 a.m., male participants will slip into bright red pumps and walk around the block. Held across Canada and through-out the U.S., the event is a small step toward ending violence toward women and providing them with safe shelter.

Karen Peto, executive director of the YWCA Brandon, says the goal this year is to raise $30,000.

“Most of the walkers are men but ev-eryone is welcome to come cheer them on and participate in the BBQ following the walk.”

Participants collect pledges for the event with funds used by the YWCA to provide services for women in the com-munity.

“We concentrate on issues affecting women and provide programs to address the issues of homelessness and domestic violence,” she said. “The walk is a way to raise awareness for these issues.”

Last year, the walk included approxi-mately 100 participants in Brandon. The

YWCA is hopeful that each walker will bring in $250 worth of pledges for the event. Participants are treated to a bar-beque following the walk with members of the public invited to support the cause by purchasing items.

Should the weather be unsuitable for the outdoor event at Princess Park, the walk will move inside to The Town Cen-tre.

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Rebecca Bauer and Justin Yanick of Patmore Nursery Sales in Brandon with trees available for purchase. Patmore Nursery has been able to source trees through Canadian suppliers to meet the needs of their customers.

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Tree shortage happening right here in Brandon

Ripple effects from the housing crisis in the U.S. in recent years is translating to a tree shortage in Can-ada. The slow economy south of the boarder from 2009 to 2013 meant fewer houses were being built and less landscaping was being done. As a result, there was a surplus of trees that were left unsold and businesses suffered.

“They were building a million houses a year in 2007 and all of a sudden they stopped building,” said Gerry Aubin, owner of Aubin Nurs-eries in Carman. “Those trees had to go somewhere and all they did was throw them in the garbage dump. Once you put a tree in a pot, it de-teriorates after the second season so there’s no place for the product to go, but the dump.”

“Everybody cut their inventory production by 30 per cent and that’s continued,” Aubin said. “Plus ap-proximately 30 to 40 per cent of the tree growers in North America have gone bankrupt because of that US housing crisis. Even though there wasn’t a housing crisis in Canada, we’re still connected economically.”

Marci Bomford, owner of Pat-more Nursery Sales in Brandon, sources seedlings from the U.S. and is preparing for the effects of the tree shortage.

“There will be a shortage of popu-lar landscaping trees such as ash, lin-den, maple, oak and some fruit trees such as apple, plum and cherry,” Bomford said, explaining that most of these varieties come from the U.S.

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Although our summers are never as long as we’d like, we squeeze the most from every glorious day. Whether we’re camp-ing, hanging out at the beach, picnicking in a park or simply relaxing in the privacy of our own backyards, food is an integral part of a great Canadian summer. After all, what evokes the sun like farm-fresh berries or the scent of a tasty burger on the grill? Here’s a checklist of the best ways to have the perfect summer day, over and over again.

May• Heat up the grill for the first barbecue

of the season. There’s nothing that whets our appetites for summer quite like the mouth-watering sizzle of juicy burgers and steaks hitting the flames. Top either with a spoonful of ultra-fresh walnut-aru-gula pesto for a hit of herbal flavour. Add a simple side dish, like Italian-style green bean and potato salad, and stir up pitch-ers of lemonade and sangria to celebrate the arrival of warmer weather. (Even if ‘warmer’ means you still need a toque in some parts of the country...)

• Sip iced tea with Mom. For Mother’s Day, steep a traditional batch of iced tea (or iced coffee) and celebrate by kicking back with a glass on the porch or deck. Sa-vour the very civilized ritual of enjoying this crisp and cool beverage in the shade. Or make it a fancier affair with a Mother’s Day tea party that features make-ahead fin-ger sandwiches. They’re perfect for relax-ing and celebrating the day together. Take a shortcut by dressing up ready-made iced tea with slices of lemon or orange. For an elegant touch, freeze sprigs of lavender or rosemary in ice cubes and luxuriate in the herbal note they add to summer bevvies.

• Get ready for Victoria Day. May 23 is all about quick and easy entertaining so everyone can watch fireworks at sun-down. Queen Victoria’s special day calls for a laid-back menu of hot dogs on the barbecue and ice-cold canned beverages, be they pop or beer or both, and a toss-and-serve salad kit. Impress guests with

a special make-ahead homemade condi-ment, like spicy cucumber relish or guaca-mole with goat cheese and tomato.

June• Pack a picnic for Dad. Steaks on the

barbecue are always a hit on Father’s Day, but this year, shake things up a little with a surprise picnic. Dust off the cooler; fill it with food, drinks, snacks and an ice pack or two; and stake out a shady spot in the backyard or a nearby park. Sand-wiches are the ultimate portable food, and sirloin steak sandwiches with horseradish mayo have that Father’s Day grilled fla-vour in a hand-held format. Add crackers, cheese and grapes for effortless, satisfy-ing snacks, and brownies or Dad’s favou-rite dessert. Tip: Even if you’re having an easygoing picnic, always make sure you handle and store meat properly to keep ev-eryone healthy.

• Bite into a local strawberry. So many juicy sun-ripened strawberries, so little time. Canadians look forward to this bounty all year and gobble up these red beauties like they’re going out of style. Core them quickly using a drinking straw and serve them up freshly sliced in simple strawberry cinnamon shortcakes or pair them with basil (a scrumptious fruit en-hancer) in sophisticated strawberry and basil eton mess. Always wash all fruits and veggies thoroughly before cooking, serving and eating.

• Celebrate a graduation. A special show-stopping cake is a delicious way to say congratulations for a job well done. It’s also a fun tradition to end the school year for students of all ages, whether it’s shared in the classroom with friends or unveiled as a treat at home on the last day before summer break.

July• Have a Canada Day cookout. Big, bold

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• Eat ice cream. It isn’t really summer unless you’ve cooled down on a sunny day with a frosty ice cream. One scoop or two, a waffle cone or a sugar cone, an ice cream sandwich or soft-serve — there is no wrong choice. It’s sticky, melty and one of the sweetest treats of the season, wheth-er you’re on the beach or the boardwalk, or in the comfort of your own backyard.

• Feast on cherries. Cherries are among the most anticipated fruits of the summer, and for good reason. Biting into these juicy, plump delights is as satisfying to your sweet tooth as eating candy. Pop a handful into a snack container for the per-fect pick-me-up on the go, or incorporate them into a luscious cherry-mango picnic cake.

August• Throw a family reunion. Connecting

with loved ones and playing games with the kids are important reunion activities, but it’s not an event without a special meal. Treasured family recipes take centre stage for nostalgic reasons. And through the goodness of food, the youngest gen-

eration can participate in their cultural and family heritage in a time-honoured way. If you’re meeting up in the great outdoors, these planning tips will help you make it the perfect celebration.

• Sink your teeth into corn on the cob and peaches. August is prime time for corn and peach crops in Canada. Boiled, roast-ed or grilled corn on the cob — brushed liberally with butter and dusted with salt — is one of the simplest food pleasures of the summer. Fragrant peaches also beg to be eaten while they’re perfectly ripe, with that first bite releasing streams of luscious juice down your chin. Their flavour and texture make them a delicious addition to green salads.

• Build a campfire and make s’mores. Camping in the lazy days of late summer is a truly Canadian tradition, and it’s not an authentic experience if you don’t make s’mores over a crackling fire. Pack some chocolate, graham crackers and, of course, big fluffy marshmallows you can toast to gooey perfection. Sandwich everything together and get ready for sticky fingers and big smiles. This is the perfect easy-going dessert to cap your great Canadian summer.

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It’s Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in Canada. From left to right: Susan Carnegie, Mayor Rick Chrest, Patty Hargreaves, Laura Flikweert, Leann Bower, Leanne Petrin, Murray Cook, Viv Cook.

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A look at the MS Society Westman Chapter

Joining the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Westman Chapter in Bran-don last year was destined to happen for Laura Flikweert, she says.

Her aunt was diagnosed with MS at a young age, eventually passing away.

“When I was looking at career choic-es, I said to my sister, maybe I’ll get to work for the MS Society. Sure enough, this position came up in Brandon,” said the manager of the Westman chapter.

“It seemed like it was fate,” she added. Now fully entrenched in her role with

the MS Society, Flikweert is focused on doing what she can to help with the vari-ety of services the local non-profit orga-nization provides – and at the same time, making sure people understand the MS Society has several benefits for those who are suffering with the disease.

“I think the biggest misconception is that we’re just out there with our hands out asking for money and that there isn’t that return of providing services,” she said. “I think that’s the biggest thing that

we’re trying to clarify in the community right now.”

The local MS Society consists of well-ness programs such as aqua fit, strength and endurance classes as well as yoga sessions. The non-profit organization also recently unveiled art and music therapy for folks who are suffering with the disease.

“It’s a new trend that’s kind of pop-ping up in the recreation field where people who are unable to maybe express themselves due to physical disabilities are able to express themselves through art or music,” Flikweert told the Jour-nal. “The music class that we’re doing, we’re having a certified music therapist who will be coming in and facilitating that class. For the art therapy class, we partnered with the Art Gallery of South-western Manitoba.”

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The 36-hole tournament was started in 1961 after Laurie Artiss, then sports editor of the Brandon Sun, and Bill Bell, the owner-operator of the Idylwylde Bungalows, came up with the idea of an early-season tournament at Clear Lake.

(Cactus) Jack Wells, one of Winnipeg’s best-known and beloved sports commentators, and other members of the sports media got behind the idea and it grew from a small beginning to a multi-decade success story. Howie Larke, then the Manitoba promotions manager for Labatt’s Brewery, was among the fi rst year players and Labatt’s came on board as the offi cial sponsor. The brewery remains as one of the tournament’s gold sponsors.

The event attracts golfers from all over North America, from Texas to British Columbia to Ontario, but primarily from all over Manitoba. While some of the province’s best golfers compete – Breezy Bend’s Garth Collings is a 10 time champ – the Grey Owl is mostly a social tournament. Everyone from scratch golfers to 40 handicappers participate in the Grey Owl each year, and there are more of the latter.

The tournament has undergone several changes over the years to improve the experience. Unlike in the past, those who enter as a foursome can now play both rounds together, a $5,000 hole-in-one prize has been implemented, and players can choose before the tournament to exclude themselves from the championship fl ight.

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Arieta, Cubs off to blazing startPitcher Jake Arietta

is proving he’s for real, that his breakout performance in the last half of 2015 was no fl uke, and his Chicago Cubs appear to following along.

Which means 2016 could fi nally be ‘next year’ for the Cubs and their faithful, who haven’t seen their beloved Cubbies win a World Series title since 1908.

Despite having a second half for the ages in 2015, Arietta hadn’t convinced baseball followers that his nearly unhittable pitching skills would carry over to 2016.

Uh, they did. He’s as good this year, or perhaps better, as he was last year.

In only his fourth start of the season — and his 11th since he tossed a no-hitter against the

Dodgers last Aug. 30 — Arietta did it again, joining a select few pitchers with more than one no-hitter by stymieing the Cincinnati Reds in a 16-0 mid-April whitewashing. In his last 17 starts, Arietta is 16-0. This year, his fi rst fi ve starts resulted in a 5-0 record and a 1.00 ERA.

“Every time he goes out there, he’s got no-hit stuff,” the Reds Jay Bruce told the Associated Press. “He’s arguably the best pitcher in the game today.”

Arietta joined the Cubs in 2013 after languishing as a mediocre member of the Baltimore Orioles starting staff. He

reportedly had one of the best arms in baseball, but his mechanics were messed up. A Sports Illustrated story said coaches kept changing the way he prepared to pitch — his windup, his release point, his weight distribution — and the result was an ugly ERA in the mid-5s. When the Cubs inquired about his availability, the Orioles were quick to ship him out.

Arriving in Wrigley Field and working with pitching coach Chris Bosio was a career-changer for Arietta, who went back to what had succeeded for him in college. He had a few

mechanical aspects of his style merely tweaked until what his team-mates call The Beast was unleashed shortly after the 2015 all-star break. His stats from Aug. 1 through September were Hall-of-Fame-like — 15 starts, 0.75 earned-run average, nine earned runs allowed. Total dominance. The icing on the cake was the Aug. 30 no-hitter.

The Cubs, meanwhile, are living up to lofty pre-season expectations, zooming off to a 17-5 record through April. With Arietta proving to be unbeatable — even unhittable on occasion — he’s the slump-prevention starting pitcher every team dreams of having.Cubs fans are crossing

their fi ngers that this 30-year-old has a complete season like his second half last year and if he does — and it’s looking pretty good in the early going — that epic Cubs World Series drought just may end this October.

• @NOTSportsCenter, on Twitter: Steve Kerr on the loss of Steph Curry: “This really sucks because now I have to actually coach and can’t just play Angry Birds on my phone.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Destined to be a best-selling T-shirt in 31 of 32 NFL markets: ‘Make America infl ate again.’”

• Jason Sobel of golfchannel.com, on Twitter: “John Daly turns 50 today. Which is like 75 in John Daly years.”

• Faux John Madden Twitter feed: “Sam Bradford to miss 8-12 weeks after separating shoulder while throwing remote at TV after Carson Wentz is drafted.”

• Dwight Perry again: Longshot presidential candidate Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina as his running mate. So what’s next — the 5-18 Braves tapping Bud Norris as their Game 1 World Series starter?

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “A high school basketball star in Windsor, Ont., whose age was listed as 17 turned out to be 30. Offi cials got suspicious when he was the only kid in school with clear skin.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “2012 Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Manziel, was fi red

by his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. This is the second agent to fi re Manziel. Getting fi red by an NFL agent is like getting kicked out of Justin Bieber’s entourage for behavioral problems.”

• Kaseberg again: The NFL draft is coming up and there is a tight end from Baylor, LaQuan McGowan, who is 6.7, 400 pounds. McGowan is so big, the refs keep mistakenly penalizing him for too many men on the fi eld.”

• ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, to QB Jared Goff, welcoming the Rams’ No. 1 draft pick to L.A.: “Do you have a girlfriend? Can we get you a Kardashian or something like that?”

• Grizzlies guard Matt Barnes, to reporters, as his injury-depleted team was getting swept by the Spurs: “We’re coming to a gunfi ght with spoons.”

• Ian Hamilton of the Regina Leader-Post: “Major League Baseball suspended Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon for 80 games for using performance-enhancing drugs. Seems baseball’s urine testers turned a Dee Pee on the Marlins.”

Wheat Kings select 11 players in WHL Bantam DraftThe 2016 Western Hockey

League Bantam Draft is in the books and the Brandon Wheat Kings selected a total of 11 play-ers last week in Calgary.

Following a trade with the Moose Jaw Warriors that saw the two teams swap first round se-lections, the Wheat Kings opted for Prince Albert defenceman Braden Schneider with their top pick.

A 6-foot-1, 185 pound blue-liner, Schneider had seven goals and 20 points with the AAA Ban-tam Raiders in 2015-16.

The Wheat Kings, who cap-tured their second straight East-ern Conference title late last month are taking on the Seattle Thunderbirds in championship final, also surrendered their third and sixth round picks to Moose Jaw in order to move up from 21st to 12th overall.

Schenider becomes the first

Sask., born prospect to be chosen by the Wheat Kings in the open-ing round since Eric Roy was taken 18th overall in 2009.

In the second round, Brandon chose 5-foot-10, 155 pound left-winger Ben McCartney of Mac-Donald, Manitoba 43rd over-all. A member of the Okanagan Hockey Academy, McCartney scored 18 goals and 33 points this past season.

Although they didn’t have a third or sixth round pick be-cause of the earlier deal with Moose Jaw, the Wheat kings did grab 5-foot-11, 160 pound right-winger Kyle Bettens in the fourth (87th overall) and 6-foot, 168 pound netminder Ethan Kruger in the fifth (109th overall).

Bettens – the younger brother of Wheat King prospect Rylan – scored 17 goals and 55 points in 32 games with the Winnipeg Bantam Warriors while Kruger

compiled a sparkling 1.63 goals against average and a .931 save percentage with the Sherwood Park AAA Flyers in 2015-16.

In the seventh round (153rd overall), Brandon took 5-foot-11, 178 pound defenceman Nei-than Salame and then opted for 5-foot-10, 165 pound left-winger Jonny Hooker from Winnipeg in the eighth.

Salame had six goals and 30 points for the Edmonton KC Squires while Hooker scored 22 goal and 39 points in 34 games for the Winnipeg Bantam Mon-archs.

The Wheat Kings rounded out the draft by choosing five play-ers – left-winger Carter Cock-burn, defencemen Timber Lewis and Justin MacDonald as well as forwards Dylan Halliday and Kolton Shindle – during the final five rounds.

A 5-foot-10, 151 pound for-

ward from Swan River, Cockburn scored 37 goals and 61 points for the Parkland Junior Rangers this past season.

A teammate of McCartney at Okanagan, Lewis is a 5-foot-9, 141 pound defenceman from Ter-race, B.C., who scored a goal and ten points this year.

MacDonald, who is a 5-foot-10, 160-pounder from St. Al-bert, is coming off a season that saw him score four goals and 18 points in 31 games.

A local product, the 6-foot, 197 pound Halladay scored 89 points, including 43 goals for the AAA Bantam Wheat Kings.

Shindle – a 5-foot-9, 170 pound Carman product mean-while scored 46 goals and 75 points for Pembina Valley in 2015-16.

Six of Brandon’s selections were from Man., there were three from Alta., and one each from

B.C. and Sask. Of the 11 players chosen, six were forwards, four were defencemen and there was one goalkeeper selected.

The Kootenay Ice, who fin-ished last in the WHL this past season, had the first overall se-lection Thursday and used it to take forward Peyton Krebs of the Rocky Mountain AAA Bantam Raiders.

The WHL bantam draft is the first opportunity for WHL clubs to replenish their systems with graduating bantam-aged players.

Players eligible for the draft were 2001 born players, who re-side in Man., Alta., Sask., B.C., the Yukon, NWT, Alaska and the western U.S.

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As baseball weather blankets Westman in the fi rst days of May, the Brandon A&W Junior Marlins are getting ready to hit the fi eld this season, keeping a summer tradition alive for the region.

With the Manitoba Senior Baseball League on hiatus for the 2016 season, the Marlins have reorganized as a junior team and will play this summer in the Manitoba Junior Baseball League. The Marlins will play a 28-game regular season schedule in the MJBL, beginning on Sunday, May 15, when they host the St. James A’s at Andrews Field. As with all home dates this season, the Marlins and A’s will play

a doubleheader, with game times at 1 and 4 p.m. In total, Brandon will host seven doubleheaders throughout the summer, four on Sundays, two on Saturdays, and one on Victoria Day.

Although they will play the full MJBL regular season schedule, the Marlins will not participate in the league’s playoff. However, Brandon will represent Manitoba at the 2016 Western Canada Junior Baseball Championship, which will take place in Weyburn, Sask., Aug. 12-14.

The Marlins are made up of the top 21 and under players from across Westman.

The young team features three senior aged players Dustin Asham and Shayne MacGranachan, and last season’s MSBL wins leader Daylon Creasy of Carberry. Asham and MacGranachan, along with Marshal Burgess, also represented Manitoba at 2012 Baseball Canada Cup in London, Ont. Other past Team Manitoba players who are on this year’s Marlins team are Skyler Canada, Mason Hodgson, Mitchell Lyall, Aaron Pugh, and Clark Whelpton.

The team features three current and one former US college player. Lyall currently attends the University of Sioux Falls

(NCAA Div. II) while Burgess and Pugh play for the University of Jamestown (NAIA) in North Dakota. Dylan Haney previously played baseball at Western Nebraska College (NJCAA). The team also has players with international experience, as Asham and Whelpton played for the Toowoomba Rangers of the Queensland’s Pacifi ca A League in Australia during the 2014-15 season.

Meanwhile, Jordan Robertson, last season’s MSBL rookie of the year, will also suit up for the Marlins.

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Shayla Heinrichs of Vincent Massey has committed to play for the Bobcats women’s volleyball team beginning next season.

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Continuing the trend of Brandon players to make the transition from high school to the next level, yet another stand-out has signed a letter of intent to play for her hometown Bobcats.

Shayla Heinrichs of Vincent Massey has com-mitted to play for the Bobcats women’s volley-ball team beginning next season.

Heinrichs, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter, has made a name for herself in the Manitoba high school and club volleyball scene for her athleticism and ability. The opportunity to stay and play for her hometown team is some-thing she is excited for.

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Brandon’s own Heinrichs commits to Bobcatsmy decision,” says Hein-richs. “It’s always been a dream of mine to play CIS volleyball and I feel very fortunate to play in my hometown.”

On top of being a stand-out with the Vincent Massey Vikings, Hein-richs is also a product of the Cats Volleyball Club, which is based out of BU.

Heinrichs is used to playing on a big stage. Entering the season, she was ranked #8 in the Winnipeg Sun pre-season coaches poll. She closed the season in the playoffs, leading the Vikings to an AAAA semi-final ap-pearance this past season thanks to a massive 20 kill, 20 dig performance in the quarterfinals. For her efforts she was named to the all-Manitoba team and a Volleyball Manito-ba graduating all-star this past season.

“Having a local athlete

with such great ability and skill gives us excite-ment knowing that she wants to play for her hometown team,” says Bobcats coach Lee Carter. “She is an incredibly dy-namic athlete. She moves extremely well, reads the game, and we’ve enjoyed watching her develop as a volleyball player over the years. The fact that she wants to stay here in Brandon to train, play volleyball and study is great news and we look forward to having her join our team.”

Heinrichs was also named Manitoba High Schools Athletic Associa-tion (MHSAA) athlete of the week this past Octo-ber for her efforts in both volleyball and basketball.

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John Faulkner, vice chairman of the City of Bran-don’s Age Friendly Committee.

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5 questions with John FaulknerWestman Journal Edi-

tor Lanny Stewart recent-ly caught up with John Faulkner, vice chairman of the City of Brandon’s Age Friendly Committee. The committee is hosting a workshop on June 9.

Provide readers with a glimpse into what the Age-Friendly Commit-tee at the City of Bran-don is all about...

There’s a bit of a his-tory in regards to age friendly movement. It really began in 2006 when the World Health Organization (WHO) de-veloped the Global Age Friendly Cities Project. It was through this early work that the government of Canada embraced the principles of the World Healthy Organization’s age friendly initiative.

Manitoba has been in-volved since the begin-ning and there are now 80 Manitoba communi-ties that are members of the age friendly Mani-toba initiative. Brandon has been involved since 2008.

What is the purpose of the committee?

In a nutshell, the pur-pose of a community that

becomes age friendly is to adapt their structures and services to the needs of their ageing popula-tions. Through the com-munity consultation work, a committee of council for Brandon Age Friendly was formed in 2013. The eight key areas are outdoor spaces and buildings; transportation; housing; social participa-tion; respect and social

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I understand the Age-Friendly Committee is hosting a commu-nity consultation next month? Fill readers in on what it’s all about...

The community con-sultation is scheduled for Wednesday, June 8 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Cultural Resource Centre. We’re inviting stakeholders and commu-nity members to take part in a half-day commu-nity consultation where we will review the eight dimensions set by the WHO relevant to the City of Brandon, health care system and aging in gen-eral. Seating is limited, so prior registration is re-quired. This can be done

by e-mail [email protected]; or call 204-729-2257 (8:30 to 4:30) or 204-726-9610.

Just how important is it to raise the awareness level in the Westman area about the Age-Friendly movement?

The age friendly move-ment covers a large seg-ment of the population, and is getting bigger all the time. We need to pre-pare for when the propor-tion of people that are getting older is increas-ing. Stats Canada reports in 2011 that one in seven Canadians was a senior aged 65 or older and Sta-tistics Canada predicts that by 2036, this could increase to nearly one in four (25 per cent). This will impact our labour force, housing stock, health services and the built environment.

Wendy Shand and Harvey Laluk, both grads of Brandon Collegiate Institute (now New Era School), with the help of Heather Shelton are searching for other 1967 grads of BCI. They’re planning a reunion of 1967 grads next summer for their 50th anniversary.

They’ve been in touch with several former classmates and have approximately two-thirds of the 90-student graduating class accounted for at this point. They need help in locating the following: Jack Ackroyd, Arthur Bridges, Katia Cormiilot, Steve Diduck, Brian Edmunds, Diane Forsyth, Ed Grabowski, Janice Huffman, Noreen Irvine, Keith Jury, Lillian Krawchuk, Bill McGuire, Mavis Menzies, Jim Mullett, Jack Potter, Jack Riley, Con Scanlan, Gary Sowa, Tom Stark, Syl Shumka, Pat Toillon, Charlene Vogt, Frank Walczak, Ken Walter, Ron Westman and Tom Wrobleski.

If you have any information on any of the above, please email Wendy at [email protected] or Harvey at [email protected].

There is a Facebook site available, entitled, “Brandon Collegiate 1967 Grads” which will also help aid in the search.

Ten Thousand Villages to unveil new look

Ten Thousand Villages will be unveiling a new look later this week.

The store, located at 829 Rosser Avenue, recently underwent a remodelling which saw the fair trade shop move next door in February in order to facili-tate necessary renovations. The renos at the Bran-don store are in conjunction with the direction the company is taking as part of its brand reinvention, states a release issued to the local media last week.

“The major change you’ll notice is the colour,” said store manager Lynn Nightingale. “We did a lot of painting and that was something that hadn’t been done for quite a while, so we’ve brightened things up.”

She says the products at the store, which come from developing countries, will also be displayed differently.

“We’re very excited about these changes that are happening,” she said. “It’s been a longtime coming. Not much has changed as far as the look of our store

goes, so this is going to be very different. We’re excited to move forward with this new look.”

The grand re-opening of Ten Thousand Villages is on Saturday, May 14.

Ten Thousand Villages, a member of the World Fair Trade Organization, purchases products from more than 80 different artisan groups in 29 coun-tries. The store celebrated its 25th anniversary in Brandon in December. The non-profit volunteer-run organization got its start in Brandon in the 1970s with a display in a local thrift store. Under the name SelfHelp Crafts, space was rented at 825 Rosser Avenue in November 1990. In 1996, the name was changed to Ten Thousand Villages and on Aug. 6 of the same year the local shop was relocated to 829 Rosser Avenue.

For more information on Ten Thousand Villages, go online to tenthousandvillages.ca.

You can follow Ten Thousand Villages on Twit-ter: @VillagesCanada. You can also like the organi-zation on Facebook.

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On May 2, the Government of Canada lifted the emergency protocol that had been in place since 2013. For the past three years, transport

trucks that delivered piglets to market in the U.S. were sealed south of the border, brought to Canada and thoroughly washed and disinfected in certifi ed wash stations. The measures were taken in an attempt to protect Canadian producers from porcine epidemic diarrhea a “swine disease that is almost 100 per cent fatal to piglets, and to date has killed roughly eight million newborn pigs in the

U.S. since the fi rst cases appeared there in 2013,” according to the council.

The Manitoba Pork Council states that the washing protocol has kept Western Canada virtually disease free. The emergency protocol was developed following the outbreak of the disease in the U.S. through cooperative efforts by Manitoba Pork and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. However the protocol has since been lifted.

“This disease is endemic on 50 per cent of the farms in the U.S.,” said Andrew Dickson, general manager of Manitoba Pork Council. “There is no immunity and it causes 80 to 100 per cent loss of baby pigs. They die in three days.”

Dickson said the pork

industry in Manitoba is on high alert for the disease and he’s frustrated by the fact that the trucks are being washed in the U.S. in facilities that could be contaminated.

“We have serious concerns with the wash stations in the U.S.,” he said. “They use recycled water so if there was a diseased truck washed it would be in their system. That water is then used to wash one of our trucks and the disease is spread.”

“When a trailer leaves Manitoba with piglets it doesn’t have the disease,” he continued. “The doors open, the pigs come out and the door closes again. There should be no disease going into the truck because it’s a sealed environment with nothing and no one entering it.

That truck can come back to Canada and get washed and disinfected.”

But now, he says, the trucks are going to U.S. washing stations where diseased trucks have been washed.

“It doesn’t make sense,” he said.

While it’s not mandatory, he states that many Manitoba producers are opting to voluntarily wash the trucks again once they return to Canada in an effort to protect their animals and their business. The Manitoba Pork Council has worked with producers to set up a defence system to protect Canadian producers. Dickson described the border washing protocol as the fi rst line of defence, controlling the spread of disease in the stock yards

as a second step and the fi nal line of defense being seen at the farm gate. Through showers, washing machines, and numerous other barriers, producers are able to keep their animals disease free.

“We develop basic training so people understand how to keep disease out of their farms,” he said.

The spread of the disease could have devastating ripple effects throughout the industry, according to Dickson. Should the disease spread to Canadian farms and wipe out the supply north of the border, the effects would soon be felt at places like Maple Leaf Foods in Brandon, says Dickson.

The Manitoba Pork Council is putting pressure on the federal government to reverse the decision.

“Is there not some way we could work something out?” Dickson said.

In an email to the Westman Journal, Law-rence MacAulay, minister of agriculture and agri-food, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reviewed the available scientifi c infor-mation and carefully considered the views of the pork industry before implementing the return to full enforcement of the health of animals regulations for swine livestock transports entering Canada at Manitoba border crossings.

“We are committed to protecting animal health in Canada,” he stated in the email.

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Carla Navid has been hired by BU as its new sexual violence, education and prevention coordinator.

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BU hires full-time sex ed, violence and prevention coordinatorBrandon University has

hired a new full-time sex-ual violence, education and prevention coordina-tor.

Carla Navid, a social worker and therapist with experience supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, has filled the new posi-tion. Navid becomes a point of contact for mem-bers of the Brandon Uni-versity community on is-sues of sexual violence. She will also guide the development and imple-mentation of survivor-centred response proto-cols and lead education and prevention efforts on sexual and gender-based violence.

Navid, who’s originally from Wawanesa, has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Manitoba and a bach-elor’s degree in social work from Minot State University. She’s been a Brandon therapist in private practice for eight years, with a background in dealing with gender-based and sexual vio-lence and she previously worked as director of a crisis centre in California.

Navid is experienced working with Indigenous peoples and has incorpo-rated traditional practices into her work, partnering with First Nations healers and elders to provide ser-vices for her clients. For the past three years, Nav-id has also taught coun-selling courses at BU, in the clinical specialization stream of Native Studies.

“I see this as a great

opportunity to work with the Brandon University community to promote a culture of consent and prevention of sexual vio-lence,” Navid said. “It’s exciting to be part of creating something new that will work for the bet-terment of students and staff. I plan to play a very active role in ensuring that the university sup-ports survivors, educates students, faculty and staff and prevents sexual vio-lence.”

Reporting to vice-president, academic and provost Steven Robin-son, Navid will serve as secretary on BU’s sexual assault advisory group. Chaired by Robinson, the advisory group will develop new sexual vio-lence and harassment response and prevention policy and protocols. Navid will develop train-ing and education materi-als for students, faculty and staff related to sexual violence prevention and education, and will lead efforts to communicate available resources to sur-vivors.

Navid will also follow-up with survivors to eval-uate the use and effective-ness of resources, collect data on reports of sexual and gender-based vio-lence, and will develop and implement strategies to guide future policy and protocols.

“We are elated to have someone of Carla’s cali-bre lead our efforts to prevent and respond to sexual violence. Her ex-perience in clinical work

and training others will be invaluable resources, and her familiarity with BU will give her the abil-ity to make a positive difference immediately,” Robinson said. “Our sexual assault advisory group will take on a con-siderable workload in the coming months, and we will rely heavily on Car-la’s expertise.”

With membership com-prised of students, faculty and staff, as well as ad-vice from external experts in the field, the advisory group will create a draft policy to be ready for BU community consultation in September. The advi-sory group will remain in place as a standing com-mittee and will evaluate the effectiveness of the new policy, which will be revisited after one year.

Navid will review and be involved in the final-ization of the advisory group’s terms of refer-ence. The advisory group will begin meeting short-ly, with full details on its plans and activities to fol-low in the coming weeks.

Navid’s new role at BU comes after revelations in April of a first-year stu-dent who was made to to sign a contract barring her from speaking about a sexual assault complaint she made last year on campus. The university would eventually come under fire after the con-tract became public.

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ing ballot of nominees are up for honors at the 13th annual Tribute to Tourism Awards gala on June 1 in Carberry. The event, which spotlights the outstanding efforts of individuals and or-ganizations to promote visitation to western Manitoba, is presented by Tourism Westman and this year has seen more nominations than any previous year.

This year’s nominee count at 28 represents the greatest number of nominees to be submit-ted for the annual gala, representing 12 host communities throughout the region. The growing numbers are encourag-ing, especially when efforts are being made at a provincial level to ensure that Manitoba becomes more competi-tive with neighbouring provinces to expand our reputation as a diverse destination for visitors, both domestically and internationally.

The gala, which has historically been held at various venues in Bran-don, was presented for the first time in a rural venue last year in Vird-en.

While many believe that the focus of Manito-ba’s tourism marketing efforts are allocated to Winnipeg and Churchill, the active participation in tourism activities in rural areas is encour-

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aging, as evidenced by both the volume and wide scope of the nom-inees who are being considered for honours. The selection committee has a difficult task ahead to identify this year’s award winners.

This year’s slate of nominees include:

Aspiring youth award:Lisa Buchanan -

MinnedosaJordan Hale – Souris

Volunteer of the Year:Judy Wells – Delo-

raineDarryl Holyk –

MinnedosaGarry Jones – Rapid

CityAverill Whitfield –

Souris Service Excellence

Award:Ag Days – CarberryHeritage Coop Gas

Bar - MinnedosaShuttle Bug Charter

Tours – OnanoleWoodfire Deli –

Souris

Partnership Award:Boissevain-Morton

Farmer’s Market – Bois-sevain

Lake Metigoshe Im-provement Area & Deloraine-Winchester - Deloraine

Corner Pocket Pub-lishing – Melita

Rockin’ the Fields – Minnedosa

Marketing Excellence:Tommy Turtle - Bois-

sevainProvincial Exhibition

of Manitoba – BrandonBanana Days – MelitaVern May – Minnedo-

sa Event of the Year:Boissevain-Morton

Canada Day Celebration - Boissevain

Canadian wWomen’s Volleyball Champion-ship – Brandon

Safeway Provincial

Men’s Curling Champi-onship – Brandon

Men’s & Ladies Mc-Cain Classic Curling Bonspiel – Carberry

Cruisin’ for Cash - De-loraine

Grim Acres Scare Away Cancer – Kemnay

Banana Days – MelitaShirtsleeve Classic –

MiniotaFun Fest – MinnedosaPelican Lake Annual

Ice Fishing Derby – Ninette

Nominations have been received for the 2016 awards from com-munities including; Brandon, Carberry, De-loraine, Melita, Souris, Minnedosa, Miniota, Kemnay, Rapid City, Boissevain, Onanole and Ninette. Award winners will be announced at the Tribute to Tourism Gala being held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1 in Carberry. For more in-formation or to purchase tickets, please contact

the Tourism Westman office at 1-204-726-1513, by email at [email protected] or

visit www.tourismwest-man.ca.

Story courtesy of Vern May

Eligible voters in Brandon’s Riverview Ward should know there are various voting opportunities for the upcoming May 18 byelection, which is being held to fi ll the current vacancy on Brandon City Council.

An advance voting opportunity will be available on Thursday, May 12, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the main foyer of Brandon City Hall.

On byelection day itself, voting stations will be open for voting between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the following locations:

Riverview School,

1105 Louise Avenue East

King George School, 535 Park Street

Lions Manor, 35 Victoria Avenue East

All eligible voters will be required to produce one piece of g o v e r n m e n t - i s s u e d photo identifi cation or at least two other documents that provide proof of identity.

Eligible voters may also apply to vote by sealed ballot by contacting the senior elections offi cial at 204- 729-2280.


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The Brandon Wheat Kings salute the fans after clinching the WHL Eastern Conference title. The club is now battling the Seattle Thunderbirds in the championship fi nal.

Photo by Dannielle Morrisseau

The Westman Journal has entered into a partnership with eBrandon.ca which will better connect readers to both the newspaper and the information website.

Starting this week, the Journal will be showcased on the eBrandon.ca website listing two of the top stories currently being read on its website. This will enhance the Journal’s image to online viewership and in return, eBrandon.ca will have dedicated space in the newspaper each week, listing its top discussion topics that week.

“The partnership with eBrandon for us as a newspaper gives us access to a different media that we’re happy to be associated with so that we can exchange news ideas and community events,” said Westman Journal sales manager Rick Thomson. “It makes for a good partnership. It’ll give them exposure in our paper to show that eBrandon is accessible and is a good viable newsworthy type of media. Meanwhile, it shows the community that the Westman Journal continues to remain active in community events and community news.”

“I think it benefi ts us both and it’s a bold new connection for both of us,” he added.

Adam Sobkow, proprietor of eBrandon.ca, says ever since the website was launched more than 11 years ago, the goal has been simple: to connect Brandonites and western Manitobans.

“One big part of ‘connecting’ is sharing access to content with our fi ne sources of local news and information,” Sobkow said. “A lot of folks will have fi rst learned about the website in the pages of the Journal and so I expect the paper’s links to be a welcome addition alongside discussions on the site and vice-versa.”

Finding our waythrough the

Parkinson’s puzzle

Parkinson’s is a neuro-degenerative disease that affects 100,000 Canadi-ans. Often associated with tremors, impaired balance and muscle rigidity, Par-kinson’s is the result of the lack of dopamine, a chemi-cal that carries signals between the nerves in the brain.

Finding our way through the Parkinson’s Puzzle, the annual conference put on by Parkinson Canada, will be held on Saturday, May 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Oak Inn in Brandon.

Presentations during the day will cover a range of topics of interest to indi-viduals with Parkinson’s, their loved ones and care-givers.


VETERAN FAMILY PROGRAM SUPPORTING MEDICALLY RELEASED MEMBERS

AND THEIR FAMILIES

What is the Veteran Family Program (VFP) pilot project?

As of October 1, 2015, the Shilo MFRC was one of seven MFRCs to launch a Veteran’s Family Pilot Program. This four-year pilot program will assist medically releasing CAF members and their families

How can the MFRC help my family?

The VFP can assist CAF families with the transi�on to civilian life by providing ser-vices in the following areas: Specialized In-forma�on Services, Transi�on and Preven-

�on Programs, and Support Services.

Examples of services include:

- One-on-one support with the Veteran Family Coordinator (VFC)

-Referrals to addi�onal services within the community

- Access to the 24 hour Family Informa�on line (1-800-866-4546).

- A transi�onal Booklet that helps individ-uals and families work through the stages of transi�oning

- Preven�on Programs including FOCUS (Families Overcoming Under Stress). A re-silience training for military families de-signed to help families develop skills to be�er manage the challenges that arise from military lifestyle, deployments, and opera�onal stress injuries.

For more informa�on, please contact: Pamela Hall

Veteran Family Coordinator

Tel: 204-765-3000 ext. 4557

E-mail: [email protected]

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TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER


Bertha Shelvey, formerly from Rivers and now residing in Brandon, was accompanied by her husband Ernest and chauffeured by cousin Diane Deny to a Lieutenant Governor Plans Tea in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday on April 21 at the Government House in Winni-peg. The tea, which included sandwiches and dainties, was hosted by Janice Filmon, Lieuten-ant Governor of Manitoba and former premier Gary Filmon.

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Julie Wysocki, the direc-tor of Parkinson Canada’s national research program, will make a presentation on the current directions in Parkinson’s research.

“New research is coming out on diagnosing Parkin-son’s through non-motor related issues,” explained Charlotte Potyondy, com-munications coordinator with Parkinson’s Canada. “They’re looking into symptoms such as the loss of the sense of smell, how food tastes, depression and anxiety, sleep disorders, and behaviour changes. It’s a whole other aspect of the disease being researched.”

In addition to the re-search being done on the disease, the program also funds fellowship train-ing to help fill the need of movement disorder spe-cialists.

Kelly Williams, a Par-kinson’s specialist nurse from the Movement Dis-orders Clinic in Winnipeg will be giving a presenta-tion on the Parkinson’s patient’s guide to working with the health care sys-tem.

“She will explain how to understand the system and when to access services. She will discuss the dif-ferent stages of the disease as well as how to manage medication,” Potyondy said.

Wendy Sutton knows what it’s like to care for a loved one with Parkin-son’s. Her experience car-ing for her mother led her to develop a website enti-tled, “A Toolbox for Care-givers.” During her pre-sentation, she will discuss how to deal with home care services as well as how to look after yourself as a caregiver.

“You have to be able to look after yourself so you can continue to care for a loved one,” Potyondy said. “There also comes a time when you aren’t able to provide the care needed. Wendy will go through how to have that conversa-tion.”

The event is open to ev-eryone in the community whether they have Parkin-son’s, have a loved one with the disease or work in the health care field. Cost to attend the event is $30 per person and includes lunch, pre-registration is required.

For more information on the event, call 204-726-1702 or 1-866-999-5558 or visit www.parkinson.ca/manitoba.

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Keystone Centrereceives grant

The Keystone Centre is now more accessible thanks to a grant provided by the Westman Chapter of the Ce-rebral Palsy Association of Manitoba.

The far south doors of the Curling Club entrance had automatic-accessible doors installed earlier this month. The hardware and installation costs for this project were covered with a grant from the Westman Chapter of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Manitoba. This is the second grant received through this association, after they provided funding for automatic--accessible doors for the interior main concourse doors at the Key-stone Centre in December, 2014.

The new automatic-accessible doors at the Curling Club entrance see high volumes of traffic as they are the main entrance for patrons of the Brandon Curling Club, Kinsmen and Enns Brothers Arenas and the UCT Pavilion.

“We’re thankful to the Cerebral Palsy Association for providing the funds to enhance the operation of these doors to provide better access for all the mem-bers of our community,” said Neil Thomson, general manager of the Keystone Centre in a release. “At the Keystone Centre, we continue to strive to be acces-sible and grants such us these certainly help us towards achieving that goal.”

The Keystone Centre sees approximately 1.2 million visitors every year of every age and ability.

“The goal of the association is to make the lives of those affected by Cerebral Palsy a little easier; this is just one way of improving the Westman community,” said David Kron, program and membership director for the Cerebral Palsy Association.

The Cerebral Palsy Association is able to provide funding for this special grant due to the direct results of the fundraising event from the Stationary Bike Race held annually in Brandon in March. Proceeds of the race stay in the Westman region.

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Canvassing for Manitoba Lung Association has begun in BrandonVolunteers from the

Manitoba Lung Association are knocking on doors in Brandon this May to raise funds to support research and programs into lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Gail Campbell, Wes-tman area coordinator for the Manitoba Lung Association, says the volunteers are very committed.

“The annual door-to-door canvass would not be possible without the 150 dedicated volunteers who knock on doors in their neighbourhoods,” Campbell said in a release. “Many of them canvass year after year, while others are helping for the fi rst time.

Brandon resident Ron Boychuk knows how important raising money is for support programs

and research. He is a lung cancer survivor and lives with COPD. As such, he is a member of the Best Breathers support group, funded by the Manitoba Lung Association, that meets at the Brandon Regional Health Centre.

Ron says he would have more diffi culties if he didn’t attend Best Breathers. He says it helps motivate him to stay healthy.

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“If you’re alone, you can start thinking you’re the only one with these problems, so it’s good to be with peers,” he says. “You

share the same kinds of issues and we can problem solve together. It allows me to monitor my progress.”

As well, Ron hopes that funding research will help him and the 1 in 5 Manitobans who live with lung disease.

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