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Right: Hamilton refl ects back on his time in World War II. Inset: a look at Ham-ilton’s Legion of Honour medal, a French order that is the highest decoration in France. Hamilton currently resides at Victoria Landing seniors care home in Bran-don.

Photos by Lanny Stewart

Memories of times gone by remain at

the forefront for World War II

veteran

No longer in his prime, no longer fighting for the rights and privileges folks in this country take for granted each and every day, Jack Hamilton has the look of a man who served his country with great pride and respect.

The 92-year-old Brandon resident vividly remem-bers the life he used to live – this included time served as a rifleman in World War II.

“It’s considered a civilian honour,” says Hamilton after he took out a medal to showcase to the Journal. This wasn’t any ordinary medal. It’s the Legion of Honour, a French order that is the highest decoration in France and is awarded to those who deliver excellence in civil or military conduct.

The honour is a reminder of a job well done.“It really speaks quite a bit to them (French),” he

said. “They consider it equal to the Victoria Cross in honour.”

An excerpt from a Journal story written about Ham-ilton a few years ago reads he never came from a mili-tary family. He was the youngest of five children and getting drafted was the best thing that ever happened to him.

“The army made a man out of me,” the story read.After he received his training in Canada, Hamilton

wound up riding the Queen Mary ship overseas in 1943. He’d later find himself with a platoon destined for Juno Beach. Hamilton remembers being part of a second wave of soldiers who found themselves under attack.

A lot of men died that day and Hamilton found a way to make it out alive.

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“I’ve been hit twice,” he said quietly, reflecting back on his time on the battlefield.

“After I was wounded the second time, I had too many disabilities, I couldn’t go back to the regiment,” he recalled.

Cpl. Hamilton would serve the rest of his time in the army as a storeman at Aldershot, a Canadian base in England.

The remnants of battle remain with him today. Ham-ilton keeps a piece of shrapnel in his wallet that was taken out of him after he was shot. A note beside the piece of shrapnel reads, “Piece lodged in bone and grew out March 1945 when on staff at Camp Alder-shot.”

The piece of shrapnel wound up falling onto a news-paper he was reading while he was sitting on his bunk.

“I taped it up and saved it,” he said.

Asked what he remembers the most during his time on the battlefield, Hamilton says it was the schemes and battles his platoon went through.

We were lucky,” Hamilton said, choked up even thinking about it.

He says he remembers a ‘close call’ while being part of a convoy that included a Brandon contingent. An explosion device wound up getting set off by one of the crew members. Luckily for those in the convoy, the device had a faulty detonator.

“We had a lot of close calls,” Hamilton said, while brushing over several areas of his body that are forever marked from his time at war.

If the piece of shrapnel in his wallet is any indica-tion, Hamilton will forever remember a time long ago.

War memories.

PROCLAMATION

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Manager Christine Mayes, Board Member Willis Congdon. Sitting: Mayor Rick Chrest

WHEREAS: MS is a chronic, often disabling neurological disease affecting an estimated 3,500 Manitobans; and

WHEREAS: Symptoms of MS vary widely and may lead to problems with numbness, coordination, vision and speech, as well as extreme fatigue and event paralysis; and

WHEREAS: There is no known cause of, or cure for, MS; and

WHEREAS: The MS Society of Canada, founded in 1948, is the onlyvoluntary organization in Canada that supports both MS research and services for people with MS and for theirfamilies; and

WHEREAS: The MS Society of Canada has provided more than $80million for MS research during the past 50 years, as well as a wide range of programs, services and social action for people with MS; and

WHEREAS: The Westman chapter of the MS Society as part of the Manitoba Division, serves people affected by MS throughout the Westman region.

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Soldiers, friends and family recently gathered for a ceremony rededicating a monument to a fellow gunner who died while training at CFB Shilo in 1990. Trig Point Keen was restored and rededicated on April 29, which was 25 years to the day that Captain Mike Keen was killed in a vehicle accident during a training exercise at CFB Shilo. Trig Points are precise known locations used by artillery soldiers to assist during artillery training. In photo left to right: Private Jeremy Mulvihill and Corporal Raymond Euper who did the restoration work on the cairn. Captain Albert Lee was the chaplain who presided over the rededication ceremony.

Photo by Sgt. Hugo Girourd

Gary Goodridge, a member of Toastmasters, speak-ing to fellow members at a meeting. Inset: Janis Evens, another member of Toast-masters.

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Toastmasters: It gets people talking

Fine tuning speaking skills, calming nerves and con-ducting a proper meeting are all goals of Toastmasters International.

“We get together and talk a lot,” Rick White said with a chuckle. A member of the Summit Toastmasters in Bran-don and vice chair of education for the group, White sets up the program for each meeting.

Designed for professionals, the group consists of a wide cross section of the community and includes every-one from post secondary students to accomplished busi-ness people.

“We run a formal agenda which helps people practice running a proper business meeting using Robert’s Rules of Order,” White said. Using these guidelines, members of the group learn how to conduct a meeting, when and where they’re allowed to speak, how motions and voting occurs and maintaining order, to name a few. These skills are invaluable in today’s business world.

“We’ve had countless people say these are skills they wish they’d learned years ago,” he said.

The meeting also includes introductions and toasts where members gain experience addressing a group. Table topics include two-minute responses to impromp-tu topics. This exercise gives people practice thinking quickly and speaking articulately when they are unpre-pared. During each meeting, prepared speeches are also part of the program and are evaluated on a set of standards outlined by the organization.

“We have a very supportive group,” White said. “It’s a safe place to go to practice public speaking and,while we give each other feedback, there is a sense of comraderie.”

One of the biggest hurdles in public speaking is over-coming the anxiety associated with speaking in front of an audience. Toastmasters gives members the opportunity to practice their skills so they become more experienced, getting over their nervousness and becoming a polished public speaker.

“No one in the group is afraid to mess up because we all do it. We have one of the best humoured groups and we can all laugh at our mistakes,” he added.

While humour can help people through their stumbles, White says the group is also serious when it comes to making quality presentations and suggestions to one an-other.

“We’ve had some great presentations.”As an added bonus to the group, members gain knowl-

edge from the content of the speeches themselves. The networking associated with the organization is also

beneficial and White says the group offers an opportunity to connect with other members of the business commu-nity.

The Toastmasters group meets each Thursday from 7 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. at the CanadInns in Brandon with break-fast beginning at 6:45 a.m. Anyone interested in learning more about the group can contact White at 204-855-2225 or they’re welcome to attend a meeting.

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Three previous initia-tives resulted in more than 5,000 distracted driving provincial offence notices being issued to motorists who were observed using a hand-held electronic de-vice while driving.

“The success of previ-ous STEPs reinforces the importance of continuing these enforcement cam-paigns, which specifi cally target drivers who contin-ue to use hand-held elec-tronic devices,” said Ward Keith, acting vice presi-dent of business develop-ment and communications

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frozen for more than a de-cade, making it very dif-ficult for the poor to find safe housing.

Far from deserving credit for this move, the NDP repeatedly refused to increase the allowance until opposition leader Brian Pallister promised to do it if his Progres-sive Conservatives win the next election. In oth-er words, it wasn’t the NDP’s idea at all.

The biggest flaw in this budget is the NDP’s in-sistence that the province can spend its way out of its fiscal problems, and that spending restraint is

Perhaps you were ex-pecting something differ-ent. Maybe you hoped last week’s provincial budget to put Manitoba back on a path toward balanced budgets. It’s possible you anticipated our NDP government would show some sort of spending restraint, even if was to simply hold the line on spending increases.

If those were your ex-pectations – and it is safe to say that many of your fellow Manitobans shared them – you have every right to be disappointed.

This isn’t a budget that even pretends to care about deficits (instead of going down, this year’s deficit will be larger than last year), the province’s skyrocketing debt burden, nor the millions of dollars in interest paid each year to service that debt.

This isn’t a budget that respects the balanced-budget law, and it ignores the fact that we were warned just a few months ago that our credit rating would be further down-graded (which would re-sult in increased interest rates and higher debt pay-ments) if the government didn’t get its spending un-der control.

My kids have an ex-pression that seems ap-propriate at this moment – “YOLO!” – which means “you only live once” and implies that you don’t care about the consequences of your ac-

tions. After reviewing this budget, it’s easy to see premier Greg Selinger, finance minister Greg Dewar, Brandon East MLA Drew Caldwell and the rest of the NDP caucus yelling “YOLO!” before the budget speech, exchanging high fives as they smother Manitoba in a debt load that our grandchildren will strug-gle to dig themselves out from under.

So much for the general impression. Let’s look at some of the details that should concern you.

The Selinger govern-ment claims to care about families and the working poor, but the evidence suggests otherwise. Ordi-nary Manitobans are go-ing pay more income tax because of this budget, making it harder to feed and clothe their kids, pay their rent, or make their mortgage payments.

A two-income family earning $76,000 will pay four per cent more in pro-vincial income tax thanks to this budget. On top of that, the budget failed to adjust tax brackets for in-flation (“bracket creep”), meaning that thousands of Manitobans will find themselves paying in-come tax at a higher rate.

On a related point, our NDP government is taking credit for finally increasing the shelter al-lowance for Manitobans living on social assis-tance. The rates had been

unnecessary. The prob-lem is that revenue in-creases are not keeping pace with spending in-creases, and the situation will only worsen when federal transfer payments are reduced in the next few years.

The provincial govern-ment has 20 departments, but six of them (health, education, justice, jobs and the economy, infra-structure and family ser-vices) consume more than 85 per cent of provincial government spending. A

genuine effort to balance the budget -- something our lenders insist we need to do -- will inevitably re-quire us to find savings in those six departments.

Finding over $400 mil-lion in annual savings won’t be easy. Doing so would have painful consequences for many Manitobans, especially government employees. The alternative is raising taxes yet again, and mak-ing the province even less competitive compared to neighbouring provinces.

There are tough choices to be made, but it requires an honest discussion with Manitobans about the danger posed by years of deficits and record debt levels, and the options available to fix the prob-lem.

Judging by last week’s budget, it is a discussion that our NDP govern-ment desperately wants to avoid – at least until after the next election.

COMMENTARYCOMMENTARYA budget that ignores the danger signs

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OPINIONOPINIONLetter: Don’t worry, my granddaughter will pay...

After the federal bud-get was released, Aman-da Lang asked finance minister Joe Oliver the future cost of the budget. He said, “Not to worry. Stephen Harper’s grand-daughter will fix it.”

There were many issues not addressed by the bud-get – i.e. infrastructure, climate change, First Na-tion agreements, employ-ment for young people. If we don’t start dealing with some of these issues now, our grandchildren will suffer in the future.

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traffic going east and west in Canada. Our north and south highways connect us with our biggest trad-ing partner, the U.S. The future, we have been told, is in the north. How will Canada benefit from the wealth of the north if we do not have a transport system to bring materials south? Highways No. 10, 16 and 83 should be up-graded now for our future use. Our railway lines should also be double-tracked and upgraded to meet the movement of Canada’s present and fu-ture needs. Infrastructure of our country is a very important issue not ad-dressed by Mr. Harper’s

budget. He seems to for-get that Canada is a group of provinces and territo-ries and that he must con-sult and work with them for progress.

It’s easier to fix a situ-ation before it’s beyond repair and that is why climate change must be addressed by our govern-ment. The Harper gov-ernment has gone out of its way to eliminate sci-entists and environmen-tal projects. They’re the professionals who should be listened to as they have the necessary knowledge. It makes you wonder whose head is stuck in the sand.

There are many First

Nation communities that do not have clean drink-ing water. The Chief at Pine Creek stated that the water system is fail-ing to meet the needs of his community. The wa-ter systems needs to be updated so that it does not rely only on adding chlo-rine to provide drinkable water.

We know that small

business is the largest employer and the work engine of growth. Nu-merous small business owners are beginning to suffer as a result of the slowdown in the oil and gas industry. When there are no jobs available, there is no employment. It’s a situation that hits small rural areas hard. Our government has not

addressed this situation in its budget.

Leave the legacy of a healthy country for your grandchildren.

When voting in the next election, I encourage you to remember issues that Stephen Harper’s govern-ment has not addressed in the last 10 years. Thomas DowsettMinnedosa

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HUMOURHUMOURRandom musings from the keyboard

The roles of govern-ment vary, but to some folks, a key is job cre-ation whether it be in the private sector or in public service.

Sometimes the govern-ment can create a job, which is both good or bad, depending on what side of the glass you drink from.

I refer to the ‘beer om-budsman’, which was recently created in the province to our right if you’re looking on a map or to the east if you’re driving.

Ontario has decided to break the selling mo-nopoly that is held by the beer store and to make sure things go smooth and frothy.

Now, exactly what the job description entails is being finalized, but quite honestly, who cares!

How cool would it be to say, “I’m the beer om-budsman.” Now if that won’t get you a Canadian (or three) nothing will.

Since this would be a high-paying government job, you’d have to meet certain standards.

Do you need a universi-ty degree? Or bartending certificate? Or brewmas-ters certificate?

Would membership in AA be a job benefit?

Would a bartending job or waiter/waitress be con-sidered as work experi-ence?

I know a few people who can drink a lot of beer and have been do-ing so for a long time, so would that be consid-ered when the human re-sources gurus are sifting through applications?

What type of questions would you ask in an in-

terview when screening candidates?

Sample questions: How would you respond if someone complains that there is five millilitres of beer less in one of the bottles in a case that they bought?

I was in a pub last night and my draught had a head (foam) of three inches and I felt I got ripped off. Can I get a free replacement filled to the rim?

Should the ‘stubbie’ bottles be brought back?

My wife says I drink too much beer. Can you tell her I don’t?

I think Manitoba should one-up Ontario and create a ‘wine ombudsman’. Af-

ter all, recent stats show the sale of vino is going up in the province and we may need someone in an authoritative position to handle possible custom-er/vendor situations.

Besides, wine ombuds-man sounds classier than beer ombudsman any-way. It would also show Ontario that Manitoba has something it doesn’t.

The ombudsman could educate us on what colour wine goes with fish. Is wine better out of a bottle with a cork, screw cap or a box?

Is wine better out of a glass or drinking from the bottle in a paper bag as some aficionados prefer?

Should we let our wine breathe or deprive it of oxygen and drink as we pour?

Think of how sophisti-cated the palates of Mani-tobans would be if we had a wine ombudsman.

So, Mr. Selinger and government, if you want to win the livers, taste

buds and votes of Manito-bans, think wine. Let the other provinces have the beer ombudsman. We’re better than that.

One job I think most of us would’t like is that of the telephone adviser. You know? They’re the people on the other end of the line when you’re having a problem with your cellphone, electron-ics or just about anything else. After you dial the help line and follow the instructions by punching in a couple of dozen num-bers as commanded, you finally get a human voice, which may or may not be understandable.

But the real ‘I want to scream and tell this per-son where to go’ moment comes when they ask you their first question. Can I have your name please, followed by the standard security questions which you have already an-swered a few times.

By now, you want to take your problem and

ram it down the phone line to the pleasant sound-ing ‘but I don’t care about your problem’ voice on the other end.

“Just a moment while I verify your answers.”

You’ve come this far so what are a few more min-utes taken from your life.

And then comes the clincher.

“Can you go to our website where you will find the answer to your problem?”

The following has been removed to save it from being censored and so my editor doesn’t give me a call (which I don’t want to take because I don’t have a computerized answer-ing system that would an-noy the heck out of him).

So please use your imagination as to what happened…

Thought for the week: Next time you get an ac-tual person on the first try when calling a company, thank them.


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The following are four myths you may have heard about cleansing. Under-standably, these myths may cause you to be hesi-tant to try a detox.

Keep reading to find out the truth behind these myths and why a cleanse might be just what your body is craving.

Myth No. 1: You won’t enjoy anything you’re eat-ing while on a cleanse.

While you might have to eliminate certain foods that you enjoy, detoxing isn’t all about eating let-tuce with a drizzle of ol-ive oil. There are many delicious recipes that can

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The best part is many of them don’t involve any fancy ingredients and can be prepared even by a cooking novice. In fact, my cleanse participants always discover new foods and recipes that they absolutely love that have become sta-ples in their diets long after the detox ends.

Myth No. 2: You’ll con-stantly be hungry while on a cleanse.

While you might end up consuming fewer calories while following a detox, you shouldn’t feel deprived or hungry. Going on an ex-tremely low-calorie diet can actually disrupt your hormones and metabolism, making your body less ef-ficient in the long run.

Everyone’s caloric needs are different, so a cleanse should never dictate how many calories you con-

sume. By consuming whole foods that provide you with the right nutri-ents, you help detox your body while feeling satis-fied.

Myth No. 3: You need to do an all-liquid cleanse to remove toxins from your body.

Liquid-only detoxes have had more than their fair share of popular-ity. These types of detoxes can backfire: Not only do people often gain the weight back as soon as the detox ends, but such re-strictive eating for several days can be detrimental to your health. An effective cleanse will include a vari-ety of whole foods to help nourish your body and pro-duce long-term results.

Myth No. 4: Cleanses are just a way for people to make money on expensive supplements.

Supplements involved in a detox should be just that, a supplementary part of the

program, not the primary source of your nutrition. While on a cleanse, you get most of your vitamins and minerals from whole-food sources.

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Aside from the benefits discussed above, cleansing is an incredibly effective way to identify if you have any food sensitivities, bal-ance your hormones, and establish healthy habits for the long term.

Many of my cleanse par-ticipants have not only lost weight and kept it off, but

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myths have been de-bunked, consider a ‘spring cleanse’ for your body and soul. Chat with your local nutritionist about a health-ful, whole foods cleanse to help your body function at its optimal level all sum-mer long.

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The Keystone Centre is a busy place this month

The Keystone Centre is always a busy place no matter what time of year it is.

The month of May is no different as the Keystone event calendar is filled with events scheduled, including the third week of the 2015 Source for Sports AAA Hockey Challenge, which begins Friday and lasts until Sunday.

The 22nd annual hockey tournament is always a popu-lar one in and around the area and this year, it’s attracted teams from Saskatchewan, Alberta, northern Ontario, North Dakota and even Minnesota.

Other events slated to take place include the COKC Re-gional Dog Show, May 15-17, as well as the Wheat City Classic light horse show, May 22-24.

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BIRT Cup set for JulyJust a reminder that the Investors Group BIRT Cup ce-

lebrity golf tournament will be taking place July 3.

Former NHLer Theo Fleury and Sportsnet NHL host Leah Hextall have been confirmed for the event, which raised approximately $15,000 for local organizations a year ago. It’s expected Fleury and Hextall will be joining a plethora of other big name hockey players who have ties to the Westman area as well.

This year’s tournament takes place at the Shilo Golf and Country Club. There is also a reception scheduled to take place the day before the event as well. To register, contact Scott Hlady at 204-573-4242 or [email protected]. You can also contact the organizers via its Twitter handle @BIRTCUP.

Krazy Madness coming to The 40The band Krazy Madness is coming to The 40 later this

month. The timeless rock and metal music band, which plays

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Visit www.the40.ca for more information. Enjoy the Wheat City course

As restoration and rebuilding from last year’s flood damage continues, management and staff at the Wheat

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Gold is a relatively rare and therefore precious metal not usually applied to everyday practical uses. Pure gold is soft and mal-leable, sensitive to pressure and it’s able to be manipu-lated easily by external forces. It’s lovely to look at and never loses its shine. It’s considered desirable to possess, due to it being an exceptional material and it takes us out of the realm of the ordinary. So

is “golden” an appropriate word to use to describe our later years in life? There is a strong contradiction be-tween Webster’s dictionary and what society has been led, or chosen, to believe.

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so? It takes a willpower that has strengthened over a lifetime of challenges and adjustments to not only loss but changes of all kinds. In actuality, it takes guts to deal with age-ism and to maintain dig-nity and self-esteem in the process. Bette Davis once said, “Old age is no place for sissies.”

I would suggest that in-stead of calling them the golden years, we call them the ‘steel years’. Elders in my opinion resonate with steel much better than gold. Steel is an alloy that has been tempered by re-peated exposure to chang-ing environments of hot and cold. It is a substance

that is used to produce ev-ery day, useful things that are vital to society such as cars, planes, ships and buildings. Shouldn’t this be what all of us aspire to become? People of steel are necessary to support and maintain the structures of culture, environment and society.

As a society, we should take the responsibility for changing social misper-ceptions about the “golden years’ and instead “steel ourselves” to forge a newer and better reality of elder-hood. Only then will we no longer need, want or ask, “where are the golden years?”

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The City of Brandon Sanitation Depart-ment will soon be transitioning to the use of larger, more user-friendly collection bins at its various community recycling and yard/garden waste depot locations. In order to ac-commodate the switch out of the current bins at the city’s neighbourhood drop-off depots, users may notice a few changes (as of Friday, May 1).

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The Brandon chapter of MWB, which has or-ganized several fundrais-ers over the years, raised more than $5,000 last year at the yard sale and is hoping to once again reach that number this time around.

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She says the event is in need of extra volunteers and she’s hoping that by getting the word out, more folks from the area will lend a helping hand.

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Manitoba will provide $200,000 for immediate hu-manitarian assistance in Nepal following a devastat-ing and deadly earthquake on April 25.

The earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have caused widespread damage leaving thousands of people in urgent need of food, shelter and medical supplies.

“Manitobans join the rest of the global community in expressing our sorrow and condolences for the people of Nepal,” premier Greg Selinger said in a release. “There is an enormous amount of work that needs to be done to help bring relief to Nepal and we acknowledge our role in assisting wherever we can.”

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Thanks to the efforts of Brandon First and the Wheat City Ball Hockey League, the Western Cana-dian Regional Champion-ships for ball hockey will be coming to the city this

summer. Scheduled for July 23-26 at the Keystone Centre, organizers are pre-paring for a full schedule of games as well as fun ac-tivities off the fl oor.

“We really want this to be an event to remember,” said Nathan Krieser, presi-dent of the Wheat City Ball

Hockey League and chair of the hosting committee.

“We are expecting 20 teams which would mean there would be 400-plus athletes coming to the city for the event.”

Athletes from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia have

been invited to attend and registrations are starting to come in. Players range in ages from 16-45 years old and the tournament will include play in B, C and D divisions as well as a women’s division. Play will consist of a standard round-robin format with two pools in each of the four divisions. The top two teams in each pool will cross-over to play off against each other for top honours in the tournament.

Thanks to the great facil-ities at the Keystone Cen-tre and the attached Ca-nad Inns, everything will be under one roof for the tournament this year. The Hockey House located in

the curling rink at the Key-stone will be the centre of the action other than tour-nament play. A fun, family environment will be set up with games for the young and young-at-heart as well as a thirst quenching beer garden. After 8 p.m. the venue is open to anyone over the age and the music will begin. A DJ is booked for Friday night and on Saturday, The Dust Rhinos band from Winnipeg will be performing during the free social.

Krieser has been playing ball hockey for the past six years and is working to in-crease interest in the sport.

“It’s a lot of fun and is great for conditioning,”

he said. “Some people are scared to try it because they think it’s going to be rough and it’s really not. It’s a lot of fun and it’s great fi tness.”

Leading up to the event, the Wheat City Wild Cats team will be hosting a fundraiser at Houston’s Country Roadhouse at the end of June. A Steak and Spud Night is sure to be fun for everyone attending. If you’d like more infor-mation on ball hockey in Brandon or the fundraiser event, contact Krieser at 204-573-7290 or by email at [email protected].

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Winning the Allan Cup with the South East Prairie Thunder reminded former Brandon resident Tyler Ditt-mer of the joyful feeling of playing hockey as a child.

“When that final buzzer sounded, it was a great feel-ing; it kind of felt like I was a kid again playing hockey with my friends,” said Dittmer, who played in the West-ern Hockey League with the Brandon Wheat Kings years ago.

The Prairie Thunder won the Allan Cup in Clarenville, Nfld., dispatching the Bentley Generals 2-0 in the cham-pionship final. The Allan Cup tournament pits the nation’s top senior men AAA hockey squads against each other.

The Thunder, who are based in the Steinbach area, in-cluded a number of former Brandon residents, ex-Wheat Kings, and players with Westman ties. The former Wheat Kings on the squad included Dittmer, Terry Yake, Jus-tin Kurtz, and Del Cowan, who is from Hartney. Fellow Hartney products Nick Cowan and Mark Agnew also competed at the Allan Cup, while Brandon’s Mike Helly-er was also on the roster. The Prairie Thunder defeated the Rosetown Red Wings of Saskatchewan in a playoff series to earn a spot in the Allan Cup and wound up going undefeated at the tournament.

“I think the main thing is the camaraderie we had as a team,” said Kurtz, who played for the Wheat Kings from 1993 to 1997 before a long professional career. “The other teams we played were together all season playing anywhere from 40 to 50 games. Our team had about half who played games during the season but the rest were just skating on their own.

“We had about eight skates together before the tourna-ment,” he continued.

The Allan Cup has been handed out since 1909. The original Allan Cup has been retired to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

“It’s the oldest trophy in amateur sport and since win-ning, I’ve spoken to quite a few people who have con-gratulated me,” added Kurtz, who plans to step back from playing next season and help coach the Thunder’s defence.

The Hartney trio of the Cowan brothers and Agnew definitely contributed to the Prairie Thunder’s success. Del Cowan led the team with five points, including two goals in four games. A member of the Wheat Kings from 2007 to 2010, Del was named to the Allan Cup tourna-ment all-star team. Nick Cowan was fourth on the team with two goals and three points. Agnew’s one point in the tournament was a big one – a goal in the champion-ship game. Agnew and the Cowans are teammates on the Hartney Blues of the Tiger Hills Hockey League and the Hartney Hoppers of the South West Baseball League.

“Playing with the Cowan brothers made it extra spe-cial,” Agnew said. “Having two of your closest buddies experiencing it together was awesome. Obviously we’ve grown up together and all had our own paths in hockey

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Life has been pretty good lately for Dittmer, who played for the Wheat Kings in 2004-2008. Along with winning the Allan Cup, he recently bought his first home in Win-nipeg. The former University of Manitoba forward works as a hockey development coach at Evolution Hockey. He had three points in the tournament.

“The best part of playing in the Allan Cup was being around the team,” Dittmer said. “It’s something you miss big time when you stop playing - the guys in the locker room, in the hotel and on the bus; no feeling like it.”

Kurtz played defence for the Prairie Thunder and chipped in with two points at the tournament. He is part owner of Total Storage in the Headingly area and helps run PhD Hockey Camps with South East coach Brad Pur-die. Kurtz played for the Wheat Kings from 1993 to 1997. His pro career included time with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks.

At the age of 46, Yake was about 20 years older than some of his teammates and opponents at the Allan Cup. The forward showed he can still play by scoring a goal and accumulating three points. He played for the Wheat Kings from 1984 through 1988 before embarking on a

pro career that spanned 21 years. Yake works as the St. Louis Blues alumni director and owns a meat distribution company.

“I really don’t know if I have ever met a guy that loves the game more than he does,” Agnew said. “He was so much fun to be around at the rink and is so genuine away from it as well. Obviously his hockey resume speaks for itself but the fact that he is able to still play at a very high level at 46 is remarkable. When he spoke, guys lis-tened closely because everything he said had a purpose and meaning behind it. He just loved being around the guys and making sure that we all realized how big of a deal this was.”

The team will host the Allan Cup next year in Steinbach and the club is looking to repeat as national champions.

“It’s not an easy task as guys try and juggle family, work and personal lives around it,” Agnew added. “Dur-ing our celebrations, we all agreed we would make the effort to play again so we are hoping most of the guys can make that happen. It would be a great accomplishment to do it back to back.”

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Jays really waving the Canadian fl agIt would be fitting if

this year the Toronto Blue

Jays broke their 21-year

playoff drought and made

the post-season because

in 2015, the Blue Jays are

more “Canadian” than

they’ve been in franchise

history.

Three regulars —

rookie outfielder Dalton

Pompey of Mississauga,

veteran all-star catcher

Russell Martin of Mon-

treal and newly acquired

outfielder Michael Saun-

ders of Victoria — will be

among the Jays’ starting

nine this season and if the

first month of the regular

season is any indication,

the American League

East is going to be a dog-

fight right to the end.

Toronto has had some

stalwart Canadians over

the years — Brett Lawrie

of Langley, Rob Ducey of

Toronto and Matt Stairs

of St. John, N.B., come to

mind — but never has the

team rostered three Cana-

dian regulars in the same

season. Blue Jays’ offi-

cials have gone overboard

in emphasizing they’re

not going out of their way

to sign Canadians, sim-

ply that the best players

available — Canadian,

American, Venezuelan,

Japanese or Martian, for

that matter — will make

up the 40-man roster.

“We’re playing on a

team that has a maple leaf

on the logo,” Martin told

Brendan Kennedy of the

Toronto Star. “But it’ll

only be special if we’re

able to make some things

happen this year, and

that’s what we want to

happen.”

While the jury may still

be out on Pompey, who

batted .358 at Triple A last

year after a full season

at AA New Hampshire

where he batted .295,

there is no doubt that

Saunders (.273 with Se-

attle last year) and Martin

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ter breaking an ankle in a

freak spring-training ac-

cident by stepping awk-

wardly on a sprinkler

head, was a regular for

six years in Seattle and

he’s overjoyed to finally

“come home.”

“But it doesn’t matter

that we’re Canadian,” he

told Kennedy. “We’re a

team, we’re a family and

we’ve all got the same

goal in mind.”

The Jays hope to have

their “A” game come

September and October

but with all the Canadi-

ans in the lineup, they’re

guaranteed to be playing

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game, eh?

• Dwight Perry of the

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It.’”

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Chad of the Washing-

ton Post, comparing the

athleticism of Marcus

Mariota and Jameis

Winston, the top two

QB prospect in the

NFL draft: “Mariota

is a fluid runner, with

great acceleration to

the perimeter. Winston

has pedestrian 4.97

speed in the 40, but it

improves to 4.29 when

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scene.”

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sidered first miracle for

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better basketball play-

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or LeBron James —

erupted into fisticuffs

in State College, Pa.,

landing a 22-year-old

man in jail on assault

charges. As for Ali vs.

Dempsey, here’s hop-

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one with a game of

HORSE.”

• From Fark.com, on

Dwight Howard say-

ing he has 50 guns and

20 snakes in his Hous-

ton home: “Or as that’s

called in the Texas

homebuilding market,

standard features.”

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on the sad state of the

Milwaukee Brewers:

“One player was seen

seeking hitting advice

from Bob Uecker.”

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Francisco Chronicle:

“Jamie Moyer got

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air longer than his last

fastball.”

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Francis, who will be

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For one day, at least,

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pact of off-field issues

on NFL draft prospects.

“If Hannibal Lecter ran

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eating disorder.”

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deke.com: “An after-

thought on Bombers

QB Drew Willy tying

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Turkovitz: Does that

make her Hilly Willy?”

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rie: “SI Swimsuit Issue

cover model Hannah

Davis, 24, has been the

girlfriend of 40-year-

old ex-Yankee Derek

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England Patriots, with-

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the Super Bowl for the

Patriots. But I can meet

Seattle coach, Pete Car-

roll, some other time.’”

Red Cross looking for more volunteers in Brandon

The Canadian Red Cross is doing what it can to boost its volunteer base across the country – this includes Brandon and area.

“We’re working across the province, but the West-man and Brandon area is a large priority for us,” said Thomas Fogg, disaster management planning and response coordinator for Red Cross in Manitoba.

Locally, the Brandon Red Cross personal di-saster assistance team currently consists of ap-proximately 70 volunteers from the area. Since last summer, the organization in Brandon has responded to four small disasters, in-cluding house and apart-ment fires. The team was also deployed 17 times to Brandon and surrounding communities in flooding situations last year as well. There are approximately 400 volunteers that are part of Red Cross province-wide.

Fogg says the organiza-tion isn’t lacking volun-teers, but would like to in-crease the number if at all possible.

“We’re in a position as

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an organization to do more and we’re just really trying to focus on increasing our numbers and what we’re able to provide to the pub-lic.”

Red Cross held an infor-mation session in Brandon last week which included thorough screening pro-cesses and an introduction

into providing relief assis-tance. Approximately 20 people attended the event, several of which were in-terested in joining the or-ganization.

“We definitely had a couple people begin the process right there,” Fogg noted.

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“This could range from a house fire and how to pro-vide assistance to a client in the first 72 hours after a disaster takes place,” he

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“It’s meeting basic needs,” he added. “It’s making sure they have clothing, food and shelter.”

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SOUTHVIEW FLEA MARKET IS BACK 17th St E at 110 Bypass-Brandon. Vendor spots available at $30.00. All dates May-Septem-ber. Details and Bookings. Phone:204-717-4405. Email: s o u t h v i e w f l e a m a r k e t @ h o t -mail.com

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UNDER THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT

THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BOARD

Notice is hereby given that a hearing of the Highway Traffic

Board will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at

9:30 a.m. in Room B6, Brandon Provincial Building, 340 – 9th Street, Brandon,

Manitoba.

PERMITS – PART I – SECTION 9 H.P.A. AND PART

III – SECTION 17 H.P.A.

3/001/021/S/15 – ELECTRA SIGNS LTD. o/b/o FREIGHTLINER

MANITOBA LTD.

Application for Fascia Sign (Commercial) adjacent to

P.T.H. No.1 (Service Road) at its intersection with P.T.H. No. 10, Lot 4, Plan 32546, S.E. 1/4

2-11-19W, City of Brandon.

The Highway Traffic Board will be prepared to consider all

submissions, written or oral, on the above applications by

contacting the Secretary prior to or at the hearing.

200 – 301 Weston Street Winnipeg, MB R3E 3H4 Phone: (204) 945-8912

Michelle Slotin, A/Secretary THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

BOARD

NOTICE OF HEARING

Maple Leaf FoodsEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

POSITIONS: Production Worker (Permanent Full Time)

LOCATION: 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba

STARTING WAGE: $13.50-$18.60/hour Plus Production Bonus of up to $1.00/hour and Attendance Bonus of $1.00/hour. Further increases as per Collective Agreement. Relocation Assistance of up to $5,000 available.

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading Canadian food processing company committed to delivering quality food products to consumers around the world. We are looking for Industrial Meat Cutters to join us at our Brandon, Manitoba plant.

POSITION SUMMARY:Entry-level production work starts with packaging/wrapping non-knife type work.The employee’s primary tasks include receiving live hogs, and or kill (evisceration, hide removal, by-product processing) trimming, de-boning and other cut related activities/ packaging and/ or visual inspection, sorting, grading, scale weighing, truck loading, cleaning, operating equipment as related to above process.One hundred percent company paid Benefits package provided including Major Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as enrollment in the Maple Leaf Pension Plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Participate as part of a team in the processing of hogs to produce fresh and frozen productAssist with various tasks in the dept. assignedKeep up to production line speedMost jobs in the Barn, Dressing, Cut and Packaging floors include assembly line work

Be willing to adhere to all hygienic and food safety requirements in the plant

REQUIRED SKILLS:Previous industrial / manufacturing plant experience is considered an assetAbility to work in a wide range of environmental conditions from cool to warm and wet to dryPhysically fit and able to lift, push, and/or pull, weight of up to 27kg (60 lbs)Experience working with and committed to Good Manufacturing Practices is considered an assetExperience in food manufacturing within a fast paced environment is an assetComfortable being part of a multi-cultural, unionized environmentMust be committed to safe work practicesMust have good communication and interpersonal skills and be focused on continuous improvementEnsure safe and hygienic practices are applied to all tasks performed as per Company policies

APPLICATION PROCESS:If you’re willing to step into a new and exciting career, please complete an application and submit via:

Mail: Maple Leaf Foods Human Resources 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba R7A 7M5

Fax: (204) 571-2655

Email: [email protected]

Online: www.mapleleafcareers.com

Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

POSITIONS: Industrial Meat Cutter (Permanent Full Time)

LOCATION: 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba

STARTING WAGE: $13.50-$18.60/hour Plus Production Bonus of up to $1.00/hour and Attendance Bonus of $1.00/hour. Further increases as per Collective Agreement. Relocation Assistance of up to $5,000 available.

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading Canadian food processing company committed to delivering quality food products to consumers around the world. We are looking for Industrial Meat Cutters to join us at our Brandon, Manitoba plant.

POSITION SUMMARY:Positions include slaughtering livestock and removing viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses, cutting pork for further cutting, processing and packaging. Positions are available in a variety of departments including Barn, Dressing, Cut, and Packaging areas.One hundred percent company paid Benefits package provided including Major Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as enrollment in the Maple Leaf Pension Plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Participate as part of a team in the processing of hogs to produce fresh and frozen productAssist with various tasks in the department assignedKeep up to production line speedMost jobs in the Barn, Dressing, Cut and Packaging floors include assembly line workKnife and other equipment use may be required

REQUIRED SKILLS:Previous industrial / manufacturing plant experience is considered an assetAbility to work in a wide range of environmental conditions from cool to warm and wet to dryAbility to perform repetitive physical tasks and stand for long periods of timeExperience working with and committed to Good Manufacturing Practices is considered an assetExperience in food manufacturing within a fast paced environment is an assetComfortable being part of a multi-cultural, unionized environmentMust be committed to safe work practicesMust have good communication and interpersonal skills and be focused on continuous improvementUse knives and other equipment to disassemble hog product for further processingEnsure safe and hygienic practices are applied to all tasks performed as per Company policies

APPLICATION PROCESS:If you’re willing to step into a new and exciting career, please complete an application and submit via:

Mail: Maple Leaf Foods Human Resources 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba R7A 7M5

Fax: (204) 571-2655

Email: [email protected]

Online: www.mapleleafcareers.com

Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Maple Leaf FoodsEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY


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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Memories Chapel in Brandon honouring moms who

have passed awayStaff at Memories Chapel will be at the Brandon Cemetery on Mother’s

Day, providing complimentary roses to those who want to honour the special women in their lives who have passed away.

“Cherish the memories, and as a community supporter, we want to do what we can to help people remember,” said Greg Hildebrand, funeral director with Memories Chapel.

The staff at Memories Chapel will at the main entrance of the cemetery from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. that day (Sunday, May 10).

Two Brandon youth programs in the running for 10KTerri EgerWestman [email protected]

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Brandon University Mini U and Ca-reer and Employment Youth Services are among the fi nalists vying for grants worth $10,000.

For the second year in a row, the MTS Future First program will award a total of $100,000 to youth-serving organizations in the province, based on public feedback.

MTS received close to 100 applications which have been narrowed down to 20 fi -nalists across the province. From there, 10 winners will be selected based on public voting through www.mts.ca/grants and the two Brandon organizations are hoping for top spots.

“Once again, the MTS Future First com-munity grant program has been met with a fl ood of applications from outstanding organizations,” chief executive offi cer Jay Forbes said. “This process showcases the incredible dedication and compassion of people and organizations across Manitoba who are committed to building a stronger Manitoba, one kid at a time.”

Online voting will close at midnight on Sunday, May 10 with the winners being announced on Tuesday, May 12.

“It’s really cool to see what people are doing,” said Craig Lawrence, commu-nity investment and communications for MTS. “There are so many people work-ing so hard for youth and MTS (Manitoba Telecom Services) is pleased to be part of

that.”Full details and videos of the fi nalists

can be found on the website including in-formation on the two local contenders.

Brandon University Mini University got its start in 1984 as a special project of the university recreation department. The program “encourages healthy living, cre-ative expression, scientifi c curiosity and life-long learning in children and youth through its summer day camp sessions,” according to information on the site. Top-ics such as science, computers, humani-ties, fi ne arts, performing arts and physical education are offered to youth ages fi ve to 15. The grant money would fund 45 mar-ginalized youth enabling them to attend the summer camp.

Meanwhile, Career and Employment Youth Services has been providing Bran-don youth with employment guidance since 1983.

“Stepping Stones will provide students at off-campus high schools in Brandon workshops geared towards obtaining meaningful employment. Many of these students are on their own so they need to work while still attend school. Stepping Stones gives them the tools they need to fi nd a job and graduate high school,” reads information on the website. The grant money would be used to assist 24 youth fi nd meaningful employment and continue with their education.

This is the second year MTS has made the grants available. All residents of the

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