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Vol. 14 No. 32 | Thursday, November 12, 2015

A look at a recent rehearsal of the upcoming “A Christmas Story” musical that’s coming to Brandon. Top: Flick (Tyson Dornn) and Dill (Jordan-Blayne Bjornnson) torment Ralphie (Ian Cox). Left: the kids ensemble sing “When You’re a Wimp.” Far left: Ian Cox, one of the lead per-formers.

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‘A Christmas Story’ musical coming to Brandon

A musical based off the 1983 classic film, “A Christ-mas Story” will soon be making its way to Brandon thanks to Mecca Productions.

The musical tells the story of Ralphie Parker who wants nothing more than an official Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Brandon’s own Ian Cox, 12, plays the role of Ralphie and the enthusiastic actor, who has per-formed on stage several times, is looking forward to what will be his biggest role yet.

“He tries a bunch of crazy ideas to try and get the BB-gun and ends up doing a lot of other stuff that’s re-ally bad,” Cox told the Journal regarding his role.

Cox enjoys acting on stage, adding that it’s a hobby he really enjoys.

“I thought it would be something fun to do, some-thing fun to get into and try it,” he said. “It helps me express myself.”

The upcoming musical will include all of the popu-lar movie’s best-loved moments – this includes the ‘tongue on a flagpole’ scene, the ‘Santa slide’ and Ral-phie’s interesting daydreams.

It’ll also include the Old Man’s leg-shaped lamp which is a popular item for fans of the movie, including Sue-On Hillman. A performer in the upcoming show, Hillman has a full-size replica at home.

“We’ve visited the Christmas Story house museum in Cleveland where it was filmed,” she said with a smile. “My husband and I enjoy the movie.”

Hillman plays the role of a Chinese restaurant owner, which is fitting because Hillman and her husband Bill are well-known in the Brandon area as the couple were former longtime owners of a Chinese restaurant in the Wheat City.

“The family actually ends up going to a Chinese res-taurant for Christmas dinner because their turkey was eaten up by the neighbours’ rowdy bunch of dogs,” Hillman said. “So they thought it would be great fun for me to have the role of the proprietor of the restau-rant.”

Hillman, who has had a successful music background for many years, has done some behind the scenes work

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for Mecca Productions before, but this will be her first time performing on stage.

“I usually leave all the acting to the people in the city because Bill and I have been in the music business for 50 years,” she said. “The stage is not a strange place for us, so I usually try and leave it for other people who may not have the opportunity to act and participate.

“I’m looking forward to it though,” she added. “It’ll be lots of fun.”

The musical, which is directed by Lisa Vasconcelos

and choreographed by Monique Roy-Keller, will take place Nov. 19-22 at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium. For tickets, go online to wmca.ca or call 204-728-9510.

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Top: (left to right) Ross Tycoles, Karen Torderian, Larry Nicholls and Jamie Hodgson look on during a news conference held to announce inductees into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame. Right: Hodg-son and Morris Mott (far right), Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame chairman.

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Hodgson to be enshrined into Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame

Brandon product Jamie Hodgson will be inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame next summer.

Hodgson spent more than 20 years in the Manitoba Se-nior Baseball League from 1988-2010 with the Brandon Cloverleafs, winning three batting titles, two home run crowns, while recording a lifetime .375 batting average. Hodgson, 44, also played college baseball in the U.S. and was eventually drafted by the Major League Base-ball’s Kansas City Royals in 1992 where he pitched in the club’s farm system that summer.

Hodgson isn’t a stranger to Hall of Fame events in the past. His father Brian and former teammates have also been enshrined over the years, so when the local correc-tions officer received word he was joining those he grew up watching, he couldn’t have been more thrilled.

“It’s really special,” Hodgson told a scrum of reporters at a press conference last week. “I’ve been to a few of these functions to swap some old ball stories with some old ball players. You see some guys in the room that have either coached me or I’ve played with and it’s quite an honour.”

Hodgson, a 14-time MSBL all-star, was a member of seven MSBL championship teams and wound up per-forming in a total of eight national senior championships.

“To be able to play with some of the guys that I’ve had a chance to play with – there are so many memories,” he added.

Lyle Wright, a childhood friend of Hodgson’s, was on-hand during the press conference, which took place at Trails West last Tuesday morning, to cheer on Hodgson while he was being introduced.

“It’s a very proud day,” Wright said. “I’ve known Ja-mie since we were little kids. I’ve either played against him or with him for over 25 years. It’s obviously very well deserving. He’s had a great career. He was a great player all the way up through to senior, college and obvi-ously he had some pro experience. It’s very well deserved recognition for Jamie and he should be very proud of his achievements.”

Longtime player, coach and builder Ross Tycoles, from Reston, will also be enshrined. Known for being a power-hitting first baseman and pitcher in the 70s and 80s, Ty-coles also has an impressive coaching resume that dates back to the 90s. A three-time coach of the year for the MSBL’s Reston Rockets, Tycoles led the club to cham-pionships in 2011 and 2013. He was also instrumental in helping revive baseball in Reston, helping build a base-ball complex in the town, which is now named after him.

“I guess when you’ve been involved for as long as I have and you get recognized by the organizing group, it’s a big honour,” he said. “I was just happy to be considered, so I’m very honoured to be in that room. It’s a great base-ball community.”

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The other inductees are as follows: Myles Bond of Grosse Isle, Gerald Palidwor of Springfield, Rod Leduch-owski of Teulon and Winnipeg products Mike Kryke-wich, Glen Johnson and Jeff Trager.

Three teams – the 2000-2005 Elmwood Giants, 2006-2011 Wawanesa Brewers and the Waskada Orioles (1984-1989) – will also be honoured.

The 20th annual Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in-duction banquet takes place June 4 in Morden.

Locals to receive ’special recognition’ There will be another ceremony at the banquet honour-

ing several Westman products who are part of a ‘dream team’ of players who were selected by a special Mani-toba Baseball Hall of Fame committee for inclusion in the book “The Northern Game, Baseball the Canadian Way.” The book was written by Toronto Sun baseball columnist and 2015 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Bob Elliott.

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Multiple sources con-firm the previous coun-cil, under the leadership of former mayor Shari Decter Hirst, was aware of the need to increase water rates, but chose to defer dealing with the problem because raising water rates at that time would impair their abil-ity to raise property taxes to finance their ambitious agenda. They knew they could not sell both a wa-ter rate hike and a large tax hike to Brandonites, so they left the water rates unchanged.

That strategy collapsed

It is an issue that was ignored for too long, but has grown too big to be ignored any longer.

Water and sewer rates are about to jump in Bran-don. Under a proposal submitted by the City of Brandon to the Public Utilities Board, an aver-age family will see their cost increase by more than 44 percent over the next five years.

That’s high, but the rate hike will be even greater for those who use large volumes of water. The city currently offers a tiered rate structure that gives discounts to high-volume consumers, but those discounts will dis-appear under the new rate plan.

City administration argues the increases are needed because “the City has made significant cap-ital investment in its two sewage treatment plants” and “under new Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards for utility providers, the City must now incorporate the amortization expense for capital assets into its util-ity rate calculations.”

All of that is true, but other facts are also rel-evant and help explain why such a large increase is necessary.

It has been eight years since Brandon’s last ap-plication to the PUB for

a water rate increase. That application result-ed in rate approvals for 2008, 2009 and 2010, but the city has not sought a rate hike since then. Rates have remained un-changed for almost six years despite higher costs of providing the service, and even as expensive upgrades were being un-dertaken.

The question is obvi-ous: Why weren’t rates increased gradually over that period of time, in or-der to shield Brandonites from the rate shock that could begin as early as January?

City treasurer Dean Hammond recently told the Brandon Sun that “Strategically, it made more sense for us to string this out as long as we could and give the benefit of cheaper water to us-ers, and knowing the hit was going to come some day, rather than take the hit five years ago, which is what would have hap-pened.”

Hammond is being dip-lomatic, but the reality is the rate freeze was never the subject of a formal decision by the former city council. It was nei-ther disclosed to the pub-lic nor publicly debated. The scheme may well have been strategic, as Hammond indicates, but a more cynical strategy

in early 2012, when a citizen-led tax revolt beat down a proposed 22 per cent property tax increase. After that, there was no appetite at the council table to significantly hike taxes or water rates. With an election looming, they punted the water problem to the next council.

The new council, led by new mayor Rick Chrest, inherited the mess and is now forced to address it. They will take the heat the previous council ducked – and there will be plenty of it.

Indeed, while the rate

increase will hit home-owners hard, it will be even harder for business-es that use large volumes of water, and for residen-tial landlords who will likely be unable to pass the increased costs onto tenants. Brandon’s ability to attract and retain busi-nesses could be impacted; the affordable housing shortage could worsen.

Who is to blame for this? The Decter Hirst council should have been more forthcoming, but the PUB allowed Bran-don to go more than sev-en years without a rate

application. Beyond that, neither the public nor the media questioned why water rates remained un-changed for so long. We were fixated on possible tax increases, not think-ing about the cost of wa-ter.

There’s plenty of blame to go around, but one ironic fact is clear. The guy who is least blame-worthy in this mess – Rick Chrest – will bear the brunt of the public’s anger. Nobody said poli-tics was fair; this is fur-ther proof it isn’t.

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I have discovered the best way to get healthy and I did it without any government grants.

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If you want to be healthy, stop eating.

This is a radical con-cept and if you stop eat-ing altogether, you’ll eventually cease to exist. That is the one flaw with

this discovery, but as with all great breakthroughs, other like-minded folks will expand on it and work out the imperfec-tions so-to-speak.

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Here’s why you should stop eating...

After perusing several articles, the conclusion was drawn that no matter what you eat, in the long run, you will get sick be-cause of it.

What is supposedly healthy for you to have on your plate today might not be so good for you to-

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Alcohol is bad, but in moderation, is good.

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How it’s grown, envi-ronmental factors, how you cook it and even in what you cook it can make food bad for your health.

Unless your food has been grown in an environ-mentally sterile facility, shipped in sterile contain-ers, cooked in sterile pots and pans, and you live in a home that is basically a sterile vacuum, your food will not be healthy.

So in order to be 100 per cent healthy and not have to worry about what enters your body, stop eating.

It’s a radical concept that probably won’t catch on, but in the name of sci-ence, I’m sure there are people out there willing to accept and spend millions in government grants to prove this concept right, wrong or somewhere in

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This is a radical con-cept – stop eating to get healthy. Yes millions could become unem-ployed. Barbecuing a liq-uid look-a-like hamburg-er just won’t be the same.

I leave this discovery in the hands of the scientific and non-scientific com-munities to give it as little consideration as it de-serves. But remember, if you can get a government grant to study it, take the money and ‘science on’.

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Information from the National Sleep Foundation, Better Sleep Council, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and sev-eral other organizations indicate that between 20 and 40 percent of the U.S. population experiences insomnia. Many of the people suffering from insomnia have family histories of the condition or are also experiencing depres-sion. Insomnia rates are higher for people over the age of 60, and women are twice as likely to suf-fer from insomnia than men.

Among Canadians, 40 per-cent of a recently polled group of 2,000 individuals reported in-somnia symptoms at least three times per week in the preceding

month. French-speaking Canadi-ans were less likely to experience insomnia than English-speaking residents, but researchers are un-sure why.

Although how much sleep a person requires varies from indi-vidual to individual, the general consensus is that adults should receive between seven and eight hours of sleep per night to feel rested.

The Institute of Medicine es-timates that hundreds of billions of dollars are spent annually on medical costs that are directly related to sleep disorders, while statistics from the National High-way Traffic Safety Administra-tion indicate that 100,000 vehicle accidents occur annually as a re-sult of drowsy drivers. These fig-ures underscore the importance of getting a good night’s rest and understanding how to treat in-somnia in order to do so. • Insomnia may be a byproduct

of a physical condition. A per-son dealing with side effects of certain medications, chronic

pain, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, and a bevy of oth-er conditions may find it diffi-cult to sleep at night. Identify-ing the cause of the insomnia can make it easier to treat, so those who can’t sleep at night may have an undiagnosed con-dition that is affecting their ability to fall asleep.

• Exercise can help promote bet-ter sleep habits. A workout will tire you out, increase feel-good endorphins throughout the body and raise body tem-perature. As the body recovers from the workout, it may feel sated and you can drift off to sleep more easily. Just do not work out too late. Aim to com-plete a workout two to three hours before planning on go-ing to sleep so your body is not still amped up when your head hits the pillow.

• Establish a regular sleep sched-ule. Humans are creatures of routine, and training the body to recognize when it is time to wake up and when it’s time to

go to sleep can make it easier to enjoy a good night’s rest. Stick to a consistent schedule as much as possible -- even on the weekends. It isn’t possible to make up for lost sleep, so pull yourself out of bed at the same time in the morning, even if you didn’t get a good night’s rest. Over time you will condi-tion yourself to accept certain times for sleeping and waking.

• The National Sleep Foundation advises avoiding heavy meals, caffeine and nicotine before bed. Each of these things can rev up the body and make it difficult to settle down.

• On the surface, a cocktail may seem like a good way to un-wind and relax. Although a drink or two may help many people fall asleep, it will not produce the deep sleep nec-essary to recharge the body. When the effects of the alco-hol wear off after a few hours, your sleep is likely to be inter-rupted. In addition, relying on alcohol as a sleep remedy can

lead to dependence and further health problems.

• Get up and accept a poor night’s sleep rather than tossing and turning. It can be easy to asso-ciate the bed with wakefulness and frustration if you stay in bed and watch the clock. Get-ting up and reading or listen-ing to relaxing music can help distract the mind and relax the body. Avoid working on the computer or watching televi-sion. Bright light can reduce the production of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, resulting in further difficulty settling down.

• Thanks to their reproductive hormones, women undergo more sleep changes and chal-lenges than men. Afterward, being woken by children or worrying about them can lead to sleepless nights. Many women experience trouble sleeping during menopause. Different therapies may be needed to figure out the solu-tion for a restful night’s sleep.

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Getting to know your rate of returnKnowing the rate of re-

turn of your investment ac-count allows you to better understand how well your investment has performed during a certain period of time. But the returns you see may not always be what you expect. That’s because in addition to stock and bond market performance, there are other factors that can influence your rate of return.

This article will review the method used to calcu-late the rate of return on your account and will dis-cuss the different factors that can influence the per-formance of your invest-ment.

Dollar-weighted rate of return

The mutual fund indus-try has determined that a dollar-weighted rate of return (also referred to as money-weighted) is the most effective way to mea-sure an inves- tor’s rate of return. Dollar-weighted re-turns take into account, not only the investment per-formance of your mutual funds, but also the cash that you add or withdraw from those mutual funds and the timing of those transac-tions.

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when large investments are made during periods of greater price appreciation. The opposite effect occurs when large investments are made during periods of price depreciation. Each contribution or withdrawal that is made to an invest-ment account will have a different effect on the overall rate of return.

How investment decisions affect your rate

of returnMarket performance

will, of course, have a big impact on your personal rate of return. But the tim-ing of your investments and the dollar amounts that you invest may also significantly affect your rate of return. The follow-ing three charts provide examples of how a rate of return calculation will dif-fer when the dollar amount invested varies over the year (due to the timing of different contributions and withdrawals during the year) even though the dol-lar amount contributed was the same at the end of the twelve-month period, and the year-end account value is the same.

In this first example, $100,000 is invested at the beginning of the year

(BOY). During the year, there are no further cash flows. The account bal-ance at the end of the year (EOY) is $105,000 and the one-year rate of return for this account is 5 per cent.

In the second example, $50,000 is invested at the beginning of the year. At midyear (MOY), an addi-tional $50,000 is invested. Although the total con-tribution amount is still $100,000 at the end of the year, the average amount contributed was $75,000, which is less than the aver-age amount contributed of $100,000 invested in the first example. Therefore, to achieve the same year-end value of $105,000, it is necessary to achieve a 6.7 per cent annualized rate of return which is higher than the five per cent return that was achieved in the first example.

In the third example, the initial investment is $150,000 at the beginning of the year. In the middle of the year, $50,000 is withdrawn. Once again the net investment amount at the end of the year is $100,000. However, in this example the average amount contributed was $125,000. Therefore, to achieve the same year-end

value of $105,000 it is nec-essary to achieve a four per cent annualized rate of return which is less than the five per cent return that was achieved in the first example.

In all three examples, the end of period value of each account is the same ($105,000) and the contri-butions held in the account are the same ($100,000), but the rates of return are different due to the timing of contributions and with-drawals during the year, and because the average amount invested during the year was different.

The impact of timeDifferent time frames of-

ten present vastly different numbers and this is espe-cially true when compar-ing short-term results with long-term results. Stock markets are generally far more volatile in the short term than long term. For instance, since 1970 the one-year return of the TSX has been as high as 87 per cent and as low as -39 per cent. Longer term, performance has been far less volatile as 10-year TSX re-turns have been in a range between 19.5 per cent and 2.8 per cent. Short-term performance can be un-

nerving during periods of market volatility, which is why it is recommended to focus on the long-term number, which is typically a more stable indicator.

End-date bias also has a huge impact on rates of return. End-date bias re-fers to the strong tendency for rate of return periods to be misrepresentative of overall historical per-formance. End-date bias tends to become more pronounced immediately after a sharp market swing in either direction. For in-stance, following a market correction, an otherwise exceptional performance period can be significantly masked by recent perfor-mance. On Dec. 31, 2007, the 10-year return of the S&P/TSX Composite TR Index was 9.47 per cent. However following a pe-riod of extreme volatility the 10-year return of that index was reduced to 5.34 per cent as of December, 2008. This does not mean the entire 10-year period was challenged. It simply means that the more recent performance had a pro-found effect on investment values.

The bottom line is that the performance numbers you review represent a

single static point in time. They are not always repre-sentative of how your in-vestments have performed overall. Because of the dy-namic nature of stock mar-kets, combined with the timing and size of the in-vestments you make, rates of return can look much different at different points in time. Overall, longer-term results tend to offer a more stable measure of how your investment has performed.

To sum upDollar-weighted returns

capture the manner in which you invest and how that can greatly influence your personal rate of return in either a positive or nega-tive manner. It all depends on the prevailing market return as well as the tim-ing of the additional con-tributions (or withdraw-als) you make and the size of those contributions (or withdrawals) in relation to the overall size of your in-vestment portfolio.

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Get cozy: 10 twists on homemade comfort foodComfort food means

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Big-Batch Bacon Mac and Cheese CasseroleRich, creamy, gooey

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Skillet Chicken Pot Pie

On a chilly day, curl up with a homemade chicken pot pie, oozing with creamy broth and roasted vegetables. In this lightened-up, made-over version of the classic, a crumbly oat and Parme-san topping replaces the traditional pastry crust. Bonus: it’s prepared in one skillet in under an hour. Broil until the dish bubbles and then serve it family-style so everyone can help themselves.

Tex-Mex Turkey Sloppy Joes

For many, a fresh batch of Sloppy Joes brings back memories of low-key family meals with messy faces and lots of laughter. Remake this classic into a starter-sized sandwich with ground turkey, spices and Worcestershire sauce for tanginess. Scoop the mixture onto halved rolls, and add a side of veggie sticks.

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Grilled Cheddar, Bacon and Apple Sandwiches

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Front row from left: BU President Dr. Gervan Fearon, PENT students Sherelle Day and Ernestine Okemow (with family members), Dean of Education Dr. Heather Duncan and PENT director Dr. Ken Friesen at the PENT iPad initiative celebration luncheon.

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Technology initiative enhances education for PENT students

Teachers in training have been given a technology boost. Thanks to the efforts of Brandon University alum-nus Gerald Butler, 100 individuals in the university’s Program for the Education of Native Teachers (PENT) recently received iPads.

“In conversations initiated by Butler with PENT stu-dents and BU faculty and staff, it was determined that one of the key barriers facing Aboriginal educators is their access to appropriate technology for both classroom work and their individual coursework as PENT students,” states a BU release.

Butler led the initiative and canvassed the community for donations, making the initiative possible, according to Dean of Education Dr. Heather Duncan.

In less than six months, Butler was able to acquire $36,000 in gifts from private donors, the Cardinal Foun-dation, the Thomas Sill Foundation and The Winnipeg Foundation which was used to purchase iPads for the 100 students enrolled in the PENT program.

“It propels PENT participants to the front of the line in terms of the integration of technology into teaching prac-tices at Brandon University and in many of their commu-nities,” states the release.

“Access to technology can be difficult,” said Duncan. “Because technology is such a huge thing in the class-room it is important to provide the people training to be teachers with the skills and knowledge on how to use that technology,” she said.

When the iPads were introduced to the PENT students, a representative from the Apple Company provided per-sonal training to ensure they can be used to their full po-tential.

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While a large number of iPads were needed to launch the program initially, it is expected that between 20 and 25 units will be needed each year moving forward to meet the needs of new students entering the program.

According to BU, the Manitoba First Nations Educa-tion Resource Centre has distributed iPads to each student in northern Aboriginal schools within Manitoba.

BU states that the PENT iPad initiative gives educators the opportunity to learn how to use that technology and implement it in classrooms, enabling them to make learn-ing more relevant and meaningful for their students.

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Dr. Donna Michaels: an advocate for all students

Putting students first has been a top prior-ity throughout Dr. Donna Michaels’ career. For the past 50 years, Michaels’ professional life has re-volved around educat-ing students. Born and raised in Sudbury, Ont., she attended elementary school in the community before her family was transferred to Thomp-son where she attended Grades 9 - 11. For her Grade 12 year, she opted to transfer to Winnipeg where she attended St. Mary’s Academy, living in the Sisters of Service residential home for girls. From there, her education continued at St. Paul’s College and later the Uni-versity of Manitoba.

Upon completion of her teacher’s training and receiving her perma-nent certificate, she and a group of friends were invited to dinner with the Winnipeg Superintendent of Schools.

“We thought it was just meant to be a dinner and he ended up offering each one of us a contract,” Dr. Michaels chuckled at the memory.

So began a long career of educating. Michaels began her career teaching Grades 7 and 8 as well as French in Thompson High School where she spent five years in the classroom. She applied for and was awarded the Vice Principal position of the school, a role she held for two years.

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ing that attendance issues often signal personal is-sues, Michaels is proud to say she has never given up on a student.

“If there was ever a job when I would have given up on a student it would have been that one but I’m proud to say I’ve nev-er given up on a student,” she said.

After being in the VP position for two years she accepted the role of Prin-cipal at the age of 29.

“There were bets by the male teachers that I wouldn’t make it but I did,” she said of the posi-tion she held for 17 years. The quality people in the community kept Mi-chaels going throughout the years and she looks back on her time there with fondness.

From Thompson, Mi-chaels took the position of Superintendent of Se-nior High Schools in Cal-gary beginning in 1988 where she oversaw 23 schools and helped build the 24th. After two years in that role, she accepted

the position of superin-tendent and CEO of the Greater Victoria School Division where she spent six years. In 1996, she re-turned to Calgary as the superintendent. In 2001, family health brought her attention back to Mani-toba and she accepted the position with the Brandon School Division. After 15 years in the role of super-intendent of schools and CEO, she announced her retirement when her con-tract was complete at the end of June, 2016.

“I’ve always wanted to know how everything worked,” said Michaels

of what drove her to be-come involved in the education system outside the classroom. “A good teacher can be in a good classroom with good stu-dents but if the system isn’t good they won’t be able to accomplish every-thing they should.”

She said her time in the classroom taught her a great deal about thinking systemically and how the entire operating system of a school system needs to work together to be pro-ductive.

Throughout her career, Michaels has been part of the Conference Board of Canada working with 15 superintendents across Canada from 1991 to 1998 who defined the is-sues of the future of edu-cation and the C21 Acad-emy in Toronto which looked at the changing role and shifting mindset toward education. She has worked extensively to expand curriculums to include numerous learn-ing possibilities.

“I hate to hear that a

child can’t learn,” she said. “Education is about human development and there is always a way in which a child can learn.”

Being able to work with teachers and consul-tants in the community to build collaborative learn-ing programs throughout the division has been a career highlight for Mi-chaels. Bringing com-munity leaders, parents, students, teachers and trustees together to work in partnership was also important to her.

“We must focus all of our resources on student learning,” she said.

There are several high-lights of her time spent with the Brandon School Division including devel-oping a systemic strategic plan in which schools were given broad goals and allowed time and space to develop them.

Providing equitable and quality learning op-portunities to all students has also been a focus for Michaels. Academic pre-paredness, global citi-

zenship and health and well-being have been key areas of concentration for her recently and she is proud of the progress that has been made so far.

While she may be re-tiring from her current position at the end of the school year, Michaels will not have a great deal of idle time. She is in the process of writing three books which look at the different aspects of edu-cation including personal stories and, educating for democracy and designing schools from the class-room out. She has plans to continue her involve-ment with the education system and hasn’t ruled out involvement in poli-tics.

“I will be moving on to another phase of my life as a public educator,” she said. “I believe so pas-sionately that schools need to be organized and built from the students up and I haven’t lost my pas-sion for education.”

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The current 8th Street Bridge, originally constructed in 1934 and updated in 1968, is at the end of its life span. A number of options, all with varying costs and timelines, are currently being considered for its future. Brandon City Council invites you to attend this important information session, where the below five options and the associated costs of each will be discussed. Members of Brandon City Council and City of Brandon Senior Administration will be in attendance to provide information and answer questions. Your attendance is welcome!

8th Street Bridge Options

Continued closure of current bridge: Repair of the current hole at the damaged expansion joint ONLY and the possible removal of the bridge’s stairway. The bridge would remain closed to all vehicle traffic, but remain open to pedestrian traffic. (6 to 12 month timeline)

Conversion of current bridge to pedestrian-only corridor: Repair of the current hole at the damaged expansion joint, removal of the bridge’s stairway, and the modification of the approach grades to create a streetscaped pedestrian-ONLY pathway. (12 to 18 month timeline)

Rehabilitation of current bridge for passenger vehicle traffic: Repair of all current structural issues and the removal of the stairway in order to re-open the bridge with a reduced load capacity of passenger vehicles & ambulances ONLY. (2 to 3 year timeline)

Demolition of current bridge: Removal of current bridge structure with no immediate plans to rebuild. (6 month timeline)

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In Manitoba, the re-port identifies that rural populations are growing as a whole, though un-evenly dependent upon their proximity to urban areas. Farms have grown, but larger operations have edged out the traditional family outfits. This shift in the farming sector has eroded the status of ag-riculture as the primary economic driver and job provider for many com-munities.

The other troubling

trend is that aging popu-lations in rural towns threaten to negatively im-pact the perceived labour force. Additionally, some business services may be at risk where popula-tions are sliding below the threshold to support these ventures – which may contribute to further migration of businesses to the urban hubs as a sur-vival mechanism. Could this be because we’ve done such a great job of marketing small towns as great retirement settings? It would certainly explain some of the trends which still present as challenges.

So where do we go from here? The report identifies two recommendations for rural Manitoba to move forward pro-actively.

“Focus on population growth strategies such as immigration and youth retention and attraction strategies in areas where population has shown consistent decline” and to “Target growth opportuni-ties in sectors outside of agriculture such as food and agri-product process-ing, tourism, recreation and other service indus-tries.”

Upon the release of this report, I wonder how

many of the 65 active community development corporations across the province are sitting down with this report? There are a broad scope of op-tions to explore even with the two key recommenda-tions alone.

Not to dismiss the intel-lectual wealth at the table on our local councils and boards, but let’s face facts – the core mission of ev-ery community is its own prosperity. That said, what’s being proposed here should at least be discussed. But is it? Or are our rural stakeholders sticking to “it’s a com-

plex problem” as the party line and justifying their rationale to re-invent the wheel?

Vern May spent 20 years in the school of ‘hard knocks’ as a touring pro-fessional wrestler across Canada. Now retired from the ring, Vern grap-ples with the challenges of economic growth and resilience in rural Mani-toba, serving as the Eco-nomic Development Of-ficer for the Minnedosa and Area Community De-velopment Corporation. He aspires to engage his generation to take leader-ship of the steps our com-munities take next.

Valleyview School wins $5K gift card

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“I spend my whole day around books and I see what a positive impact they can make on students,” she told the Journal. “When students have only certain experiences in their lives, books can enhance that. That’s one way that I look at giving students more ex-periences.”

During the promotion, every community member who ‘adopted’ Valleyview School helped the school purchase new books.

“Everyone who went and adopted meant a free book for us,” Swallow said.

More than 230 books were donated by fam-

ily, friends, school staff and community members. Coles book store at Shop-pers Mall in Brandon re-ceived donations from the public during the promo-tion.

“We ended up getting 239 books – or the equiva-lent money donated – for all of our efforts,” Swal-low said. “That’s on top of the $5,000 for win-ning third place. That’s a huge amount for our little school.”

Swallow says not all the books that will be pur-

chased will be sitting on the library shelves at the school.

“Some of the books will be chosen by students, teachers and some by my-self,” she said. “Some of them will go directly to classrooms and some will become library mate-rial obviously. It might not even be necessarily all just traditional books. It’s wide open, anything Indigo has is available to us.

“Some students have never been to a bookstore before, so we’re going to

try to get some of those kids in there and have them pick out books that they’d like to see in their class-rooms,” she continued.

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Armand Chartier and Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer.

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Westman Employment Services takes part in ‘Take your MLA to Work Day’

October was Disability Employment Awareness Month and Westman Em-ployment Services decided

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to get in on the act. Two employees from

WES – Ron Myers and Armand Chartier – took part in “Take Your MLA to Work Day” late last month. On Oct. 30, folks

from all over the province helped celebrate the con-tributions Manitobans with disabilities have made to the workforce, the encour-agement of more inclusive hirings of Manitobans with

disabilities, the recognition of local businesses who are utilizing diverse hir-ing practices and to engage local MLAs in a positive way.

Tracy Williams, execu-tive director of Westman Employment Services, says the objective of the campaign was to raise awareness about the ben-efits of hiring Manitobans with disabilities and to il-lustrate that employment and careers should be the expected and preferred outcomes for Manitobans with disabilities.

“My goal the last few years here in Brandon has really been to educate the employers on the business case for hiring persons with disabilities,” Williams said. “Everyone deserves to work in their commu-nity in a real job with real pay. Businesses are start-ing to get it that this is a very valuable labour pool to look to when trying to fill vacancies within their companies. Take Your MLA to Work Day was a great way to show our MLAs and our community as a whole, the real value in inclusive employment.”

Myers has been em-ployed by CKLQ/Star FM since April 2005. His job is to clean the station, which he loves. What he loves the

most about his job is all the people at the station, who treat him like he’s part of the team and he really feels like he belongs there. Chartier meanwhile, has worked at Regent Custom Cresting since February of 2013. Chartier’s job is to clean the entire store, which he enjoys, although what he most enjoys is get-ting a regular paycheque and all the friendships he has made since he began working there.

“I’m always intrigued to see the world through someone else eyes, said Brandon West MLA Reg

Helwer. “It was my plea-sure to visit Armand at Regent Custom Cresting. This experience has shown me the benefits of diverse hiring practices in our community.”

“Manitobans with disabilities in Western Manitoba are blessed to have outstanding support through organizations like COR Enterprises and Westman Employment Services” said Brandon East MLA Drew Caldwell. “In hiring Ron, CKLQ and Star-FM have made a solid contribution to our econo-my and our community.”

The Vincent Massey Vikings are hoping to repeat as West-man High School Hockey League champions.

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With a deep squad, the new-look Vincent Massey Vikings are looking to repeat this year as Westman High School Hockey League champions.

Last season, the Vikings went 14-3-1 in the reg-ular season and won their first WHSHL title in 19 years. This year’s squad has a new bench boss in Dan Landry, who takes over for Graham Garden. Landry joins the team after leading the Brandon Minor Ban-tam Wheat Kings to a provincial title last winter. The Vikings return nine players from last season and that, coupled with a number of talented newcomers, has Landry optimistic about his team.

When asked what he’s most excited about this sea-son, Landry said, “Without a doubt it has to be our depth. We run four lines that can play with anyone in this league in any situation. “

The squad got off to a nice start by winning the pre-season Neepawa Slasher Showdown Halloween Hockey Tournament. The Vikings allowed just two goals in three tournament games.

Goaltending is definitely a strength of this year’s team. The Vikings return two goaltenders from last season in Brody Palmer, who had a 10-3 record and 2.73 goals against average, and Liam Shamray, who went 4-1 with a 2.36 GAA last year.

“Both boys are in Grade 12 and had success last year in the league,” Landry said. “We also have grade 10 prospect Josh Scott, who has exceptional talent.”

In front of the netminders, the Vikings will have a mix of veterans and newcomers.

“Jackson Stephens and Carter Hyra are both excep-tional D-men and bring a lot of character and lead-ership by example to our team,” Landry said. “Our biggest addition to this year’s team is Grade 10 de-fencemen Rhett Bryant, who could be one of the best overall players in the league.”

Cole Stanley is the top returning scorer with 10 points and Landry says the team is going to need to find scoring from some new players.

“Christian Halls, Eric Hildebrand, Alex Cook and Brendan English will have a chance to slide out of the shadows of last year’s team and play a much big-ger role on this year’s squad,” Landry said. “We’re thrilled to have Carter Sawchuk and Evan Cochrane joining us as Grade 10 players. Both are fantastic skaters and have great work ethics.”

An anticipated highlight of the season for the Vi-kings will be a trip to Anaheim, Calif., for a high school tournament. This will take place this month at American Thanksgiving.

“These trips are so important to do before Christ-mas because it really brings the squad together and allows them to bond,” Landry concluded.

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The 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup will take place Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 at Westman Communications Group Place. The 13th edition of the Home Hardware Canada Cup will feature some of Canada’s best men’s and women’s curling teams playing for a berth into the 2017 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials in

Ottawa. The Roar of the Rings will decide the teams that will represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The Canada Cup champions will also qualify for the 2017 World Financial Group Continental Cup, slated to take place in January.

“Brandon has a rich curling history, and the bid package the city put in to host the Home Hardware Canada Cup made this an easy decision,” said Hugh Avery, chair of the Curling Canada board of governors, in a release. “With the PyeongChang Olympics

getting closer every day, the competitive environment in Brandon will be extremely intense, and curling fans will be in for a treat.”

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Trials — the event that determined Canada’s teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

“The City of Brandon couldn’t be more thrilled to be hosting one of Curling Canada’s premiere competitions,” said Rick Chrest, Mayor of Brandon. “Our community has a long proud history in the sport of curling and we look forward to welcoming the Home Hardware Canada Cup to Brandon.”

“Brandon First has been anticipating this day for a long time and we’re so excited for the opportunity

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The 18-year-old New Zealander — did we men-tion she’s only 18? — al-ready has 10 Ladies Pro-fessional GolfAssociation victories. And she’s only 18!

KO in boxing is a knockout. The women trying to beat Ko on the LPGA Tour have the feel-ing of being knocked out. She won two pro titles while still an amateur at the ages of 15 and 16 and when she finally turned pro, she just kept on win-ning.

She moved to No. 1 in the Rolex world rankings earlier this year, lost that position for a spell when Inbee Park went on a hot run, but has since re-gained it.

After two wins through the first half of the sea-son, Ko got really hot, winning the CP Rail Ca-nadian Open in August, the season’s final ma-jor, the Evian Classic, in France in September, and

the Fubon Taiwan Cham-pionship in October. In 22 tournaments in 2015, she has 15 top 10s. Now that’s dominance.

“She’s incredible,” says fellow tour pro Amy Anderson of North Da-kota. “I actually get asked about her a lot, like what’s going on there. She is the real deal. I’ve never seen her hit the ball bad. Every part of her game is her strength, and it’s really fun to watch. It’s really fun to be part of the tour when she’s here.”

On top of everything else, Ko’s success hasn’t gone to her head. She is well liked by her peers, always smiles when granting interviews and repeats the same thing whenever she is asked to explain her success: “I

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• Perry again: “The Bills’ E.J. Manuel — cour-tesy of the 34-31 loss to the Jaguars in London Oct. 26 — became the first QB to lose an NFL game in three coun-tries: the U.S., Canada and England.”

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Local United Way needs your help

There is a growing need for community services in Brandon and the United Way needs your help.

“The need is always greater than the amount we can raise,” said Tara Ashcroft, the 2015 United Way campaign chair.

With two months left in this year’s cam-paign, the drive for funding is going strong in a community that continues to benefit from a long list of services provided by the United Way.

“Every dollar donated in the community stays in the community,” Ashcroft said. “That’s very important for people to real-ize.”

Administrative costs and those associ-ated with putting on events for the char-ity are covered by provincial grant money, meaning donated dollars go directly to programing.

“There are always organizations com-ing to us for support and unfortunately we don’t have enough funding to help them all.”

The United Way in Brandon supports 25 agencies which put on 32 different pro-grams throughout the city that are accessed

by a wide group of people. For example, the Parkinson Society has a local office in the city that was made possible through support by the United Way. Several pro-grams are run through the Elspeth Reid Foundation including parenting courses and preschool enrichment programs.

“The Before and After School Program gives children a place to go and be cared for starting at 7:30 a.m. until school starts and at the end of the day until 5 p.m. The program allows parents the chance to be at work for those extended hours on either side of the school day while their child is being cared for through the program,” Ashcroft said.

A number of events have been taking place across the city during this year’s campaign. The fun luncheon, which took place recently, was well attended and in-cluded a number of exciting games for participants, a silent auction table and raffle prizes.

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“It was so frustrating,” she said. “There were a lot of resources available that we didn’t even know were there or understand how to access them.”

Cue The United Way, which acts as a source of information to direct people to the services available. By going through the poverty simulation, participants get the opportunity to walk in someone else’s shoes and see how different their life would be if they had a low income. Any-one interested in participating in the up-coming simulation is invited to contact the United Way office to reserve their spot.

Once again, the United Way will be

hosting its annual Christmas Tree auction on Dec. 4 at Houston’s Country Road-house. Businesses are invited to purchase and decorate trees in a theme of their choice. The trees will be auctioned off to the public between 4:30 and 7 p.m. on Dec. 4 and all proceeds go to the United Way. A limited number of trees are avail-able to be decorated and businesses are en-couraged to contact the United Way office to book their tree.

“The United Way supports a long list of programs throughout the city. Your do-nations make these programs possible,” Ashcroft added.

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ing First coordinator, says although there have been advancements made to-wards ending homeless-ness, it’s still a problem in the Wheat City.

“I can tell you the prob-lem hasn’t gone away,” he said. “In spite of our best efforts, we have not elimi-nated homelessness. We haven’t reduced homeless-ness numbers, that’s for sure.”

He says statistically

speaking, there are more than 100 individuals who have yet to find permanent housing in Brandon.

“In January, I think we counted 117 homeless in-dividuals – that was 41 sheltered and 76 unshel-tered. Those are pretty big numbers,” he said. “That was done in the winter, so if you could imagine what those numbers would’ve been like in the summer. That’s just one day where we go out and count as many as we possibly can.

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Desjarlais says compara-tively speaking, Medicine Hat, a city of similar size with a Housing First strat-egy, is currently in the pro-cess of eliminating home-lessness altogether.

“This is a program here in Brandon which is simi-lar to what they’ve done in Medicine Hat and we’re optimistic that we’re going to start actually reducing our numbers here.”

He’s optimistic that by March 2016, Housing First will have permanently housed at least 10 home-less individuals through the program.

“From there on, we’re going to try and expand the services and hope to keep building so that we can in-crease those numbers and by 2019, have done away with the chronically and episodically homeless and move on to preventing homelessness.”

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“Vanessa is exactly the kind of candidate we were looking for in Brandon. She’s young, smart and motivated to move Manitoba forward. I’m thrilled to have Vanessa join our ever-improving team,” said Manitoba Liberal leader Rana Bokhari in a release.

Vanessa is a city councillor and a progressive voice for the people of Brandon.

“I believe in Rana and I trust the

direction she’s taking the Manitoba Liberal Party,” said Hamilton. “I’m excited to work with a leader that is focused on ideas that will make the lives of Manitobans better. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a voice for Brandon East.”

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You are invited to a Luncheon & Cookie Sale. Friday, November 27th, 2015. 11:30am-1:30pm. At First Presbyterian Church, 339-12th Street, Brandon, MB. Cost:$10.00/person. Please join us. Bring a friend!

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ELECTIONS TO THE BOARDPLEASE TAKE NOTICE Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation at its Annual General Meeting on November 25th, 2015, will be electing two representative from the neighbourhood residential area within the BNRC district boundary. The boundary extends from 24th Street in the west, to Park Avenue in the south, to Franklin Street in the east and to the Assiniboine River in the north.

Any interested individual can pick up an application form at the BNRC office, 410-9th Street. Deadline for submitting applications will be November 20th. Further information on the duties and activities of the Board can be obtained at the BNRC Office or by calling 729-2495.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, November 25th at 11:30 a.m. at B-440 Rosser Avenue, all BNRC district residents are invited to attend. Please RSVP to [email protected] or 204-729-0121.

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HODGSON: Murray “Lynn” Hodg-son passed away on Sunday, Oc-tober 25, 2015 (Brockie Donovan)

MARTIN: Audrey Ellen Martin (née Morrison), passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 (Brockie Donovan)

HAYDEN: Edith May Hayden passed away on Sunday October 25, 2015 (Memories)

LEVESQUE: Josephine Rosemary Levesque passed away on Thursday October 29, 2015 (Memories)

JOHNSTON: Lynda Ann Johnston passed away on Friday October 30, 2015 (Memories)

ROSS: Mary Isabel Ross passed away on Monday November 2, 2015 (Memories)

HUNT: George Hunt passed away on Tuesday November 3, 2015 (Memories)

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Westman’s got talent

There is no question about whether or not the people of Westman have talent. For the eighth year in a row, the local Kinette club wants to give you a chance to show that talent off.

With two separate con-tests for youth and adults, the contests are open to anyone from age three to 93.

“If you have a talent, we want to see it,” explained Kinette Kathleen Kalberg.

In the past, the stage at Houston’s Country Road-house has been filled with a wide variety of performers including singers, dancers, musicians and yodelers.

“We’ve had belly danc-ers, cup stackers and magi-cians,” Kalberg said.

With a limit of 10 con-testants in each show, spots are limited and the talented people in the area are en-couraged to sign up early.

A Bud and Spud night kicked off the event earlier this month for contestants 18 and older, and on Nov. 15, beginning at 3 p.m., the youth contest geared for anyone under 18 takes


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Local celebrity judges will once again have the tough job of picking a win-ner in each contest. Includ-ed on the judging panel this year are radio personalities Amanda Navid and Amber VanDale, music colum-nist Frank McGuire, and Nuthin’ but Trouble Band members Mike Edgar and

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“So bring as many peo-ple as you can to boost the fans cheering you on,” said Kalberg.

Designed as a fundraiser for the Brandon Kinette

Club, money raised goes back into the community to help groups such as the Funds for Furry Friends, MS Society, Westman Women’s Shelter and Sa-maritan House.

“Seeing all the different acts and the amount of tal-ent people have is really exciting,” said Kalberg. “It’s a really fun event and we invite people to come out and enjoy it.”

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