westman journal - nov. 26, 2015

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Vol. 14 No. 34 | Thursday, November 26, 2015

Riverheights School is one of the institutions that is currently over capacity in Brandon. Journal photo by Lanny Stewart

Brandon to receive new school

You could sense the level of excitement from a mile away.

Mark Sefton, chair of the Brandon School Division, was all smiles while speaking to the Journal, considering it was just days after Manitoba’s NDP government an-nounced in its pre-election throne speech that the Wheat City would be getting a new school.

For Sefton, this was a long time coming. It’s something the BSD board of trustees have been lobbying many years for and it’s finally come to fruition.

“It definitely means a lot to the Brandon School Di-vision obviously,” he said. “We know that Brandon is growing. It’s good news for the whole city.”

The new kindergarten to Grade 8 school will be built near the corner of Ninth Street and Maryland Avenue – an area of the city Sefton says is growing.

“If you had said to us five years ago where does the new school need to be located, there may have been a little bit more doubt. But today, in our minds as a board, there is no doubt whatsoever.”

The new school is expected to cost anywhere between $20 to $25 million and construction on the project could take between three to four years before students are walk-ing the halls. Sefton says that while he appreciates that a new school has been announced, there is more work that needs to be done. He says that if the community contin-ues to grow like it has, an additional school will need to be built sooner rather than later.

“We appreciate that one new school has been an-nounced, but we have a second new school that’s also on our five-year capital plan,” Sefton explained. “So we know that we will need another new school somewhere down the road.”

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Crowded schools continues to be an issue in Brandon

The new school being announced doesn’t alleviate im-mediate concerns regarding overcrowded classrooms in Brandon.

Approximately 200 concerned parents recently at-tended a public meeting at Waverly Park School where the discussion involved students switching schools next September due to overcrowded schools.

Sefton provided examples of overcapacity to the Jour-nal, stating that Riverheights school includes bussed stu-dents from different areas of the city. With a capacity of 476 students, Riverheights currently has well over 500 students and Sefton says the forecast show that the num-ber will grow to approximately 650 within the next five years.

“That’s obviously quite a concern because we just

don’t have the room there,” he said. “We know that the new school will not be available to us in September, 2016 or 2017. Probably not 2018, and maybe 2019. If we don’t do anything by September of 2019, we’re looking at over 625 kids in that school which is way too much. This an-nouncement is great and while it will help to resolve our crowding issues down the road, it doesn’t do much for our students between now and the day it opens. So we’re still going to have to take some action.”

Meanwhile, Sefton says projections at King George school indicate the school is headed for over capacity as well.

“We are very rapidly running out of classroom space,” Sefton said. “We have to do something to try to stem the growth of those schools.”

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Sefton says anytime you’re talking about the possibility of relocat-ing students or transfer-

ring students to another school, parents become very engaged in the pro-cess and for good reason.

“They’re very con-cerned. They want to hear what effect that may have on their son or daughter and that would account as to why there were so many people there (at the meeting),” he said. “The people that were there, many felt very passion-

ately about the school that their children are at-tending or the school that their children are plan-ning to attend.”

Sefton says trustees will be making a final de-cision on whether some students will get trans-ferred by mid-January at the latest.

“We want to be able to provide parents with as much notice as possible

about possible change,” Sefton said. “Our goal is to try and make this de-cision as quickly as pos-sible so parents have a lot of time because we know this is going to be poten-tially upsetting for some families and we want to give them as much lee-way as we possibly can.”

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First off, provide Journal readers with a glimpse into what Renaissance Brandon is and what the orga-nization does on a day-to-day basis...

When you work in policy development, you are sel-dom afforded an opportunity to see your vision come to fruition because results are often longer term and policy is high level. In a regulatory planning environment, a large part of a planner’s role is to review planning de-velopment applications to ensure they meet the require-ments of the development plan, zoning bylaw and any applicable secondary plan. In a downtown revitalization environment however, you’re allowed to be a bit more creative. More than anything, though, the results of our work are tangible. Within 18 months, we could develop a new incentive program, award a grant and see a building completely redeveloped. I think that’s pretty cool.

What do you enjoy most about your job? What I enjoy most about my job today is likely an out-

come of what I found most daunting about the job when I began seven months ago. To work independently means that you do not always have others to bounce your ideas off of, which is incredibly challenging. Because of this, however, I really felt it was necessary to make connec-tions and create partnerships with stakeholders outside of the organization. Today, I would certainly say that Renaissance Brandon has a strong working relationship with the City of Brandon’s economic development and city planning departments, Manitoba municipal govern-ment, local non-profit organizations, including the Bran-don Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, and even with similar agencies in Winnipeg. This past June, Renais-sance Brandon signed a Memorandum of Collaboration with CentreVenture Development Corporation to express our commitment to work together on actions and mecha-nisms to improve the performance of our respective or-ganizations and the economic, social and environmental outcomes of both downtown Brandon and Winnipeg. This was very exciting.

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downtown Brandon that some readers may not know a lot about?

There are some great restaurants and small businesses downtown. To name a few, the Dock on Princess has an incredibly diverse menu and a relaxed environment. The

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Journal Q & A with Elisabeth AnningElisabeth Anning is the executive director of Renaissance Brandon. The 30-year-old began her post earlier this year after receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Master of City Planning from the University of Manitoba. Being the lone employee at Renaissance Brandon, Anning does everything from answering every phone call and email as well as finding new and more efficient ways for the organization to operate. Anning spent a few minutes with Journal editor Lanny Stewart to discuss her role and provide an update on downtown Brandon.

Wildflower Café on Rosser has an awesome lunch menu and is always busy. Komfort Kitchen serves delicious home-cooked meals and is incredibly popular among the weekday lunch crowd and those wishing to indulge on Sunday brunch. There are also several ethnic restaurants located in the downtown area where many different coun-tries are represented. There is a great Ukrainian restau-rant in the Town Centre, a brand new Ethiopian restaurant and there is also a delicious South American restaurant as well. Another incredible downtown Brandon asset is the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. If purchas-ing a gift, I would highly recommend their gift shop; it is incredible and filled with local artistic talent. The art gallery’s main gallery is always filled with unique and interesting exhibitions and they run incredible art educa-tion programs for all ages. I’m actually hoping to take a class in the new year.

I know there are several projects that are underway that will surely help in the enhancement of downtown Brandon. Can you touch on some of those enhance-ments and what each project will bring to the table?

A new restaurant, Prairie Firehouse, is set to open soon. This restaurant was made possible in part by the redevel-opment of the former Central Fire Station. The building’s transformation is stunning. I’m confident that Prairie Fire-house will draw people to the downtown that don’t often find a reason to venture to Brandon’s core. I’m really ex-cited about this project. Just a few blocks northwest, a dermatology clinic and coffee shop have recently opened. SKIN is western Manitoba’s first full-service medical and cosmetic dermatology clinic. Fraser Sneath Coffee, locat-ed just in front of the clinic, is a super-trendy coffee shop that serves a wide selection of delicious goodies. You can even relax by the fireplace and read a book while enjoy-ing your Americano.

I understand a program you’re very optimistic about is the Upper Storey Residential Development Initiative. Can you fill readers in on this program?

This program is funded by the Province of Manitoba but is administered by Renaissance Brandon with assis-tance from both the city and province. The purpose of the Upper Storey program is to assist property owners to redevelop vacant or underutilized upper storey space into residential units. The costs associated with making im-

provements to older buildings, especially heritage build-ings, are often prohibitive. In particular, the challenge for these older spaces is meeting the requirements of the Manitoba Building Code. As such, the program aims to help address these prohibitive factors by providing fund-ing assistance to support the costs associated with proper-ty analysis, professional engineering/design services, and labour and materials. We intend to award the first grants under this program within the next month.

In your eyes, what is a common misconception of downtown Brandon?

That there is insufficient parking. Not only are there several hundreds of parking spaces within the downtown area, some spaces are available free of charge. There is abundant on-street metered parking and although there is a fee, I would argue that the fee is reasonable. Brandon’s downtown is the only one I’ve been to where $1.00 will get you two hours of parking. I really believe that we have to change the way we think about parking. We seem to have no problem parking at the end of a giant parking lot at a shopping mall, but we refuse to park a block away from our desired destination in the downtown.

If you had one improvement you’d like to make to

downtown, what would it be and why?Ultimately I would like to see more people in downtown

Brandon, especially during the evenings and throughout the weekend, and I’m confident that we will soon get there. There are numerous organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, Downtown BIZ and the BNRC that are all rooting for downtown. By working together, we’ll achieve positive change. Renaissance Brandon will continue to support redevelopment projects, we will con-tinue to coordinate private/public sector relationships, and we will work hard to build investor awareness about the benefits and opportunities of investing in downtown Brandon. The downtown is the heart of any city and in Brandon, our downtown used to have a strong beating heart. It has seen some decline over the past few decades, as have most other North American cities, but Brandon is on its way back up. There is good reason to be optimistic about our downtown’s future.


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not the only adverse con-sequences of the inaction. Inflation in the heavy construction industry will make the projects far more expensive – adding hundreds of millions of dollars to the total price tag – than they would have been if the problems had been dealt with as they arose.

Even if Manitobans ac-cept the rationale for the NDP plan, adopting a “better late than never” attitude, they will even-tually realize that much of the spending con-templated in the Throne speech will likely never happen, for at least three reasons. First, it is a blue-print that spans at least two elections in duration

It is a fiscal fantasy plan; a drunken-sailor spending scheme that, if fully implemented, would make the ‘temporary’ 2013 PST hike permanent and require additional tax increases at both the pro-vincial and local level.

Worse still, it would result in billion dollar an-nual deficits and quickly catapult the provincial debt beyond $40 billion, eventually necessitating civil service layoffs and the rationing of vital ser-vices Manitobans need and rely upon.

As reported earlier this week, the Selinger government’s Throne speech commits to spend-ing billions of dollars on projects throughout the province, including pro-viding $1 billion to the City of Winnipeg over five years for cost-shared infrastructure projects, the relocation of Winni-peg’s rail yards, 12,000 new child care spaces, a new school and redevel-oped Assiniboine Com-munity College campus in Brandon, rebuilding flood-affected communi-ties around Lake Winni-peg and Lake St. Martin, as well as expanded cell phone and broadband ser-vice, new roads, bridges, water and sewer infra-structure and recreation centres throughout rural Manitoba.

The document is not a blueprint for the future, but rather an indictment of 16 years of misman-agement by our NDP government; a de facto

admission that, despite four consecutive majori-ties, record revenues and historically-low inter-est rates, the Doer and Selinger administrations turned a blind eye to pro-liferating infrastructure problems throughout the province, most notably in Winnipeg, until they became so serious they could no longer be ig-nored.

If anything, the most obvious response to the gargantuan spend-ing plans outlined in the Throne speech should be this question: what has taken the NDP so long to come to the realization that the issues must be addressed?

Were they deaf to the many voices that called for greater levels of ongo-ing infrastructure invest-ment? Were they blind to the potholes and water main breaks in Winnipeg, and to the eroding bridges and highways outside the Perimeter? Had Premier Greg Selinger forgot-ten that rail yard reloca-tion was the subject of his doctoral thesis in the 1990s?

Do they now realize that spending millions of critical infrastructure dol-lars on non-infrastructure vanity items (for exam-ple, a football stadium) was a mistake?

The NDP’s failure to adequately address the infrastructure problems on an ongoing basis has irritated Manitobans and harmed the provincial economy, but those are

and would not be binding on future governments, which would almost cer-tainly encounter different challenges and have dif-ferent fiscal priorities.

Second, the plan’s implementation is con-tingent on the NDP win-ning the provincial elec-tion less than five months from now, and at least one more after that. With the latest Probe Research poll showing the party trailing the Progressive Conservatives by twenty percentage points and statistically tied with the provincial Liberals, how-ever, the odds of the Team Selinger being re-elected

next April are not high.Third, a large portion of

the proposed spending re-quires massive cash con-tributions from both the federal government and affected municipalities. Given the financial pres-sures being experienced at all levels of govern-ment and the reluctance to raise taxes, however, those contributions can-not be taken for granted.

What is going in here? Why would a government seeking its fifth consecu-tive mandate run on an economic platform that has scant hope of being fully implemented, and would cause immense

harm if it was? The answer should be

obvious. It is predicated on the assumption the scope and magnitude of the spending plans con-tained within the docu-ment will cause voters to suspend their disbelief, abandon their common sense and forget the gov-ernment’s history of fiscal mismanagement and long trail of broken promises.

It’s electoral eye candy. The only question that matters is whether Mani-tobans will fall for it. The NDP are betting they will.

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OPINIONOPINIONLetter: Loving life at 60-plus

It’s a week before my 61st birthday and as I’ve done many times before, I sit and think about ‘by-gone’ times.

I’ve seen the steam en-gines before the diesel engines and now we have electricity and magnet trains. I’ve seen the be-ginning of the jet planes and the come and go of the Concorde.

But, there’s certainly one thing I never have dreamed about.

Now, at the age of 60-plus, I’m still playing soccer. Soccer, an activ-ity, most people associate with youth, strength and speed, still has me firmly in its grip.

I do know that I’m not alone. There is Carlos, from Portugal. And there is Scott, a Canadian. Be-tween the three of us,

we cover up more than 180 years. But the sport of soccer, we so dearly love, keeps us moving. It used to be only one day, now it’s more like a week when I’m sore and stiff, hurting and dreading ev-ery movement.

In many ways, this sport, running and kick-ing a ball, heading and scoring gives me the plea-sure of feeling great, no matter how well (or not) I did.

At times, we play against guys many years junior to me, and yet we still outplay and outlast them. Sometimes, they let us play better because they realize – perhaps be-ing respectful to us – that we’re elderly people.

My involvement with soccer also gives me the opportunity to play with

athletes at a college level, just for fun mind you. They run circles around me and yet there are still one or two things I can show them.

Perhaps one may be, that soccer, despite all the physical activities, is very much a mental game. With calm and mental clarity – as much as I can muster in my up-per, Alzheimer prone age – it still can trump run-ning and aggressiveness of which many younger players showcase.

But age is not the only real factor here any more.

The saying goes ‘the new 60 is the old 40’. Re-ally?

Thanks to loosely fit-ted jerseys from national teams or beloved home teams, many of the so-called beer bellies are

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wonderfully hidden. And while people in our age group do not have this theatrical behaviour of modern professional soc-cer players acting so free-ly on TV, I guess I have the privilege to be on a first name basis with my chiropractor and physio-therapist.

Well, speaking of sup-port systems: When I was about 20 years younger, my family was telling me that I needed a slap on the head for getting injured while playing soccer.

Nowadays all I hear is ‘hey, good for you’. So, what has changed? I don’t know. What I do know is

I’m very happy that I still can do this and not give in to that little voice of mine, that always yells, ‘you are too old, relax and sit back and watch the young people show how it’s done’.

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Tis the season...We’re about to be bom-

barded with all kinds of Christmas advertisements from the ‘you have to have this under your tree’ to the more subtle ‘our product will make you the best gift giver ever!’

So as you prepare your gift giving list, deciding who should be on it and just how much you should spend on them, here are are some gift giving ideas…

To close family and very best friends, give them a picture of you with a little note that says I will be there for you always and when you need something to pick you up, look at the picture and think of me. Sure it’s hokey but it won’t cost much. If they don’t like it, take them off your list for next year unless they give you a really great gift.

A personalized coupon book in which the coupons are geared to a specific person. For example, for your wife, you might have a coupon that states, “hus-band will do the dishes when presented with this coupon.” Another could be, “husband will babysit while you enjoy ‘girls night out’” or “husband will clean house top-to-bottom while you have a ‘spa day’. This one could make you hus-

band of the year and lead to a date night (we won’t get into specifics)

As Monty Python would say, this could lead to a nudge, nudge, wink, wink moment.

For teenage children, the obvious would be a new cellphone, iPad or lap-top. Instead, how about a book, specifically any that describe what it was like when you were a teenager. Maybe after they read it, they’ll appreciate what they have and won’t give you that blank stare, shrug of the shoulders when you tell them a tale of your for-mative years.

What to get the boss? His/her present could re-flect just how big a raise you receive or expect to receive. You could get a one-cup coffee maker, but all that caffeine could keep the boss wide awake and alert, something that might not be good when you feel

like taking a break. Maybe a sweater from your favou-rite slightly used clothing store would be sufficient?

For the company gift ex-change, wrap an empty box but leave a note in it that reads “you’re a breath of fresh air and it’s a pleasure working with you.”

The message should be typed and untraceable back to you so that they cannot ask if you’re too cheap to buy a gift for co-workers you may or may not like.

A gift for the mailman: stamps so he/she can write letters which have to be delivered, thus guarantee-ing employment for postal carriers.

The daycare worker: cash. They have to put up with other peoples’ kids ev-eryday and so they can buy whatever they want.

For the ex: a picture of you and your new love with million dollar smiles on a tropical beach. Enough said

about that. It’s a question that some ask every time this year: Should mistletoe be hung at the office ?

In response, one employ-ee stated it’s a chance to kiss fellow workers on the lips as opposed to kissing another part of the anatomy the rest of the year.

Having mistletoe may improve employee rela-tions but could lead to other issues. Something to dis-cuss with co-workers.

Having mistletoe at the staff Christmas party is a whole different debate (once again discuss among

co-workers.)The Christmas bonus is

always a topic that may not bring out the best in festive feelings.

Some companies don’t give anything, some com-panies give turkeys, fruit-cakes (a yearly favourite which reminds some people of their bosses’ personality) or other food items, while others give cash.

Be grateful for whatever you get. Some places do give extra money, but you have to work the holidays to earn time and a half.

If your place of employ-

ment has a Christmas pot-luck supper and someone takes your food container, by mistake or not, can you claim the cost of a new one-from petty cash?

If you wear an ugly Christmas sweater and someone says they like it, what does that say about someone’s fashion sense?

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source of calcium and protein, up to 75 per cent of the world’s population cannot properly di-gest lactose, the sugar found in milk. When they try, the result is tummy trouble that can range from a mild discomfort to severe pain.

Not drinking milk to appease a sensitive stomach is one option, but the calcium found in milk is essential to good health and a major building block for bones and teeth. It also helps your heart to beat, your muscles to contract (and relax) and your blood to clot.

So what should a person with milk sensitivity do?

Understanding lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance hap-pens when your digestive sys-tem lacks the enzyme lactase, which it needs to break down milk sugar (lactose) into simpler

forms that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. When the milk sugar is not broken down and absorbed properly, additional water is drawn into the intestinal tract. There, the healthy bacteria found in the intestine ferment the sugar, resulting in symptoms that range in intensity from very mild to severe and usually begin 30 minutes to two hours after eating dairy. Gas, nausea, bloat-ing, cramping and diarrhea are the most common symptoms. Lactose intolerance is a matter of degree; some people fall ill after drinking an entire glass of milk, while others would be sick after drinking a small sip.

Production of that important enzyme lactase slows down after age two, but most people don’t notice symptoms until they are significantly older. Conditions such as celiac disease, inflamma-tory bowel disease, and Crohn’s disease can also lead to lactose intolerance. Certain medications or illnesses, such as the flu, can cause temporary lactose intoler-

ance, too. Caucasians of northern European descent have the low-est incidence of lactose intoler-ance (about 15 per cent). In con-trast, up to 90 per cent of Eastern Asians, 80 per cent of American Indians, 65 per cent of Africans and African-Americans, and 50 per cent of Hispanics have some degree of lactose intolerance, according to Harvard Medical School. Because lactase levels increase during the third trimes-ter of pregnancy, premature in-fants of all ethnicities at a greater risk of developing the condition.

Today, what is commonly called lactose intolerance is re-ferred to as “lactose maldiges-tion” by many health profes-sionals. Only a small fraction of people with lactose maldigestion have true intolerance. Most lac-tose maldigesters are fine un-less they eat more than a single serving of dairy products at one sitting. Many people with lower levels of lactase can actually drink up to one cup of milk with a meal without any problems.

Enjoying dairy productsMost cases of lactose intoler-

ance are easy to manage, mean-ing no need to cry over lost milk. These tips will help you keep the dairy and ditch the pain.

• Start with a small portion of milk. Slowly increase the serving size of the milk and other milk products you eat. Monitor when symptoms develop. Learn your own limits for how much lactose you can handle at one sitting.

• Drink milk with other foods and never on an empty stomach. Solid foods will slow digestion and allow your body more time to digest the lactose, which helps to prevent symptoms.

• Say cheese, please. When milk is made into cheese, most of the lactose is removed. Aged hard cheeses, such as cheddar, Colby, Swiss and parmesan, are particu-larly low in lactose, and therefore more easily tolerated by people with lactose intolerance.

• Enjoy yogurt with live, active bacterial cultures. The bacteria in many brands of yogurt provide

their own lactose-digesting en-zymes and continue to digest the lactose even further once inside your digestive tract. Let the yo-gurt sit at room temperature for a half-hour before eating it; these healthy bacteria are inactive at refrigerator temperatures.

• Purchase reduced-lactose or lactose-free milk in the dairy case. It is an added expense, but it does contain all the same nu-trients of regular milk, in a more digestible form.

• Lactase enzyme drops are also available at the pharmacy. You can add these drops to milk to break down the lactose.

• Dairy digestive supplements or lactase caplets are also avail-able at the pharmacy. Take them according to instructions just before enjoying dairy foods and will help you digest the lactose more easily.

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Ages 3-5Washing fruits and

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petites potatoes to slice up for a family-friendly lay-ered cheddar-potato tart. There are even five eggs for them to crack into a mixing bowl when the slicing is done (make sure you have at least seven on hand, just in case).

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berry lemon crumble bars require stirring in two parts. First, blueberries, sugar and lemon juice are combined in a sauce-pan that you’ll monitor on the stove. While the blueberries cook, kids can measure out and combine oats, flour, brown sugar, lemon zest and salt for the crust and crumbly top-ping.

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taking place for 50 years.The Diabetes Association also

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November, and, so far, more than $30,000 has been raised in sup-port of D-Camps, says Paul Mel-nyk, BSP and director of pharma-cy operations at Pharmasave. “It’s our hope that we can further raise awareness and money so that kids with diabetes can go to camp and be in a safe environment where they can meet and connect with other kids who share similar chal-lenges and experiences,” he said.

Diabetes affects an estimated 116,000 adults and children in Manitoba alone and that number is expected to grow to an estimat-ed 161,000 people by 2025, ac-cording to the Canadian Diabetes Association.

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There is still another avenue that is increasing-ly overlooked when we strive to engage our com-munity. We’ve stopped asking people directly, in person.

I’ve sat beside dis-couraged event planners when the turn out falls short of what they’d hoped. When they sigh in defeat and wonder “I don’t know why nobody showed up” I can’t help

but wonder: Who did you ask to come?

Yes, we can put an ad in the local newspa-per, hang some posters around town, and (the latest trend) send out a mass e-mail or invite people to an event via facebook, but that’s very broad and impersonal in scope. There is so much of this type of promotion happening, that it’s hard for people to distinguish the genuine invitations from the canned catch alls. We must not forget the power of influence that comes from people seeking you out in person and hearing that they’d really like to see you at their event. Suddenly, it does matter that you take notice. Your friends and neighbours may notice if you don’t turn up.

We live among a popu-lation of people who are passionate about their prairie towns and many bring unique perspec-tives and abilities to the table. If we want them

to get involved in local service clubs and com-munity projects, we need to create a forum where they feel they belong, where they feel that they will make a difference and that respects their schedule. But most im-portantly of all, we need to first ask them to par-ticipate.

Vern May spent 20 years in the school of ‘hard knocks’ as a tour-ing professional wrestler across Canada. Now retired from the ring, Vern grapples with the challenges of economic growth and resilience in rural Manitoba, serving as the Economic Devel-opment Officer for the Minnedosa and Area Community Develop-ment Corporation. He aspires to engage his generation to take lead-ership of the steps our communities take next.

The Holiday Train is coming to Minnedosa and Shoal Lake on Dec. 5. Photo submitted

Holiday Train stopping in Minnedosa, Shoal Lake

The CP Holiday Train will be making a couple stops in Westman early next month as part of its 17th annual tour across the country, spreading the fes-tive spirit and supporting local food banks.

The train, which consists of 14 cars of bright, colour-ful lights and entertainers, will stop in Minnedosa on Dec. 5 and will then stop in Shoal Lake later that night. Scheduled entertain-ers include country singer Kelly Prescott and Cana-dian singer and songwriter Devin Cuddy.

Prescott is no stranger to the Holiday Train as she

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The Holiday Train start-ed in 1999 and began as a train with a few railcars, explains Salem Woodrow, Canadian Pacific Railway spokesperson. “We only reached a handful of com-munities. It was pretty small. We ended up getting tremendous feedback. It re-ally showed what it means to the community to have the Holiday Train come to the community.”

She says the Holiday Train has raised more than

$10.6 million and 3.6 mil-lion pounds of food for food banks across North America.

The train is scheduled to arrive in Minnedosa at 5 p.m. with the half-hour show slated to start at 5:15 p.m. Later that night, the train is expected to make its way to Shoal Lake at approximately 8:15 p.m. with the show slated to be-gin at 8:30 p.m.

For addresses for both stops and for more infor-mation on the Holiday Train, go online to cpr.ca/holiday-train/canada. You can also stay connected with the Holiday Train via Twitter, Facebook and Ins-tagram.

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“This feasibility study has allowed us to look at different scenarios for a new outdoor field sports facility in Brandon, includ-ing possible site locations,

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Three potential site op-tions were presented dur-ing the open house on Nov. 5 at A.R. McDiarmid Civic Complex. Wilson explained that those in at-tendance were given the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed sites. The sites being con-sidered at this time include one at the Assiniboine Community College North Campus, the corner of First and Veteran’s Way and 17th Street East.

The ACC North Hill Site is attractive for the space available, access to the public, existing fa-cilities, drainage, minimal site grading and opportu-nity for future expansion. Downfalls of the location

include bisecting hydro lines, areas of steep terrain and lack of wind break.

The site at First and Veteran’s Way is described as relatively flat, has good connection to active trans-portation, scenic, sheltered, city-owned, and has good visibility. Downfalls of this location include limited expansion opportunities, flood risk, proximity to the correctional centre and un-known access to power and water.

The 17th Street East lo-cation is attractive because of the adequate slope of the land, some existing trees can be retained, the land is owned by the city and the community is growing and expanding in this direction. Downfalls to this area in-clude poor connectivity to

transit due to the remote lo-cation, small size of parcel, existing field placement, no room for future expan-sion, no space for wind break and unknowns in-cluding soil characteristics, access to power and water.

Wilson states that infor-mation from the meeting is currently being evaluated by the consulting firms and will be presented to the city in a few weeks. He is hope-ful that all of the informa-tion gathered throughout the feasibility study will be compiled and a presenta-tion to council can be made in December or January.

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The Westman Journal played a role in helping Samaritan House Ministries open its emergency shelter earlier than expected.

After reading a story pub-lished in the Nov. 19 edition of the Journal, which centred around the organization not re-ceiving the necessary funds to open its Safe and Warm Shelter earlier this year, a Brandon resi-

dent wound up donating money to the Samaritan House so that it could open the shelter on Fri-day, Nov. 20 – 10 days earlier than the scheduled date of Dec. 1.

“We had a benefactor that came into the organization and she prefers to be anonymous which a lot of our benefac-tors like to do,” said Samaritan House executive director Thea Dennis. “She brought in the Westman Journal and wound up donating some money and

we were able to open up the shelter.”

Dennis says Samaritan House officials have been receiving phone calls in regards to the shelter since mid-October.

“It’s really impactful that we get to open two weeks ahead of schedule,” she added. “This is an amazing thing that this bene-factor has done for our organi-zation and for the clients that we serve.

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The shelter relies on volun-teer resources and donations from the public as well as grants from various foundations and agencies in order to operate. The donated money helped pay for security personnel to work at the shelter.

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This fall, a couple of the best Canadi-an Interuniversity Sport women’s rugby teams featured connections to western Manitoba and the Brandon Barbarians.

The University of Calgary Dinos ros-ter included Onanole’s Mallory Work-man, Souris’ Emily Tuttosi, and Breanne Morgan of Minnedosa. Out east in Nova Scotia, Westman was represented on St. Francis Xavier University by Erica Cran-ston of Dauphin and Charity Marchischuk of Minnedosa.

The Dinos finished the Canada West regular season with a 4-0 record and won a bronze medal in the conference playoffs. St. Francis Xavier, the 2014 CIS champs, were the Atlantic University Sport run-ners-up and earned a spot at nationals, which McMaster University won.

All of the players mentioned above have played for the Brandon Barbarians squad, which repeated this year as the provincial champions. Marchischuk appreciates the opportunity to play for the Barbarians and says she couldn’t ask for a better group of girls.

“My favourite part is the team atmo-sphere,” Cranston said. “The girls are fun to be around on and off the field. The fact that we’ve been champs for the past two years is just an added bonus.”

University of Calgary Tuttosi was a crucial cog for the Dinos

this season. She served as a vice-captain and was named a 2015 Canada West all-star. Tuttosi has started every game she has played for the Dinos.

“Emily has represented Canada at the U-20 level and certainly has all of the skills and attributes to move on and play at a higher level,” University of Calgary head coach Simon Chi said. “Her work ethic is second to none and she is a natu-ral leader who has the respect of all of her teammates.”

Morgan was a returning fourth-year player for the Dinos. Unfortunately a con-cussion suffered at the team’s preseason camp kept her out the entire season.

“Breanne brings experience to a very young backline,” Chi said. “She has the ability to cover many positions and pro-vides us with the depth to try different things.”

A hamstring injury limited the ability of Workman, a first year player, to train much of the season.

“While she did manage to find some game time later in the season, we are op-timistic that a full offseason of strength and conditioning along with regular work on her game skills will prepare her to be a regular contributor to the team next sea-son,” Chi said.

Chi noted that all three players came to the Dinos through Brian Yon, who has worked with them as part of Rugby Mani-toba’s high performance training program.

“We are excited that all three players are expected to return to U of C next year and build on the program’s success from this year,” Chi said.

St. Francis XavierIn 2014, Marchischuk and Cranston

helped St. Francis Xavier win the CIS championship.

“The feeling was like no other,” Marchischuk said. “The hard work and hours of practice put in throughout the year paid off. It was one of the happiest moments in my life. Seeing all of the X fans and my whole team with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes as we held the trophy up will be a picture I’ll never forget.”

Although the team was unable to repeat, Marchischuk and Cranston both played roles in a successful season. Head coach Mike Cavanagh says the pair of third-year players are counted on for leadership.

“She has great leadership ability,” Cava-nagh said in regards to Marchischuk. “She runs the offense and defense on the team and she has great passing skills.

Cranston meanwhile, was a starting winger on the squad.

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Another bad year for woeful BombersThe 103rd Grey Cup

Game will be played in Winnipeg this Sunday but there will be a Manitoba ingredient missing: the Blue Bombers. Again.

The woeful Bombers were not the worst team in the Canadian Football League in 2015 — that honour was handily tak-en by the Saskatchewan Roughriders — but no CFL franchise has had a worst run over the past 20 years than the Big Blue. This year: 5-13. Ho hum.

The glory days of coach Bud Grant, quarterback Kenny Ploen and fullback Leo Lewis or even receiv-er Milt Stegall and QB Di-eter Brock of more recent vintage are but a memory. The last Grey Cup cel-ebration in Winnipeg was in 1990. That’s 25 years ago. With a league con-sisting of only nine teams, one would think the law of averages would work in the Bombers’ favour one year and send a Grey Cup their way.

The Big Bad Bombers of yesteryear are merely the Bad Bombers now, and Winnipeggers are los-ing their patience.

How bad has it been? Other than a three-year period in the early 2000s — when quarterback Khari Jones, Stegall and running back Charles Roberts provided Winni-peg with some offensive brilliance and plus-.500 seasons — it has been sad. Since the 2004 sea-son, the Bombers have posted just three winning records. Bomber fans got excited in 2014 when their team started 5-1, but it ended in familiar fash-ion — 7-11. If you have a calculator handy, that’s a 2-10 record down the stretch.

Broadcaster Bob Irving of CJOB, who has called the team’s games on radio since the 1970s, tweeted optimism following the completion of the 2015

regular season: “Better days ahead Bomber fans. Trust me. Better days ahead.”

General Custer said something along those lines to his troops about 140 years ago in South Dakota. Trouble is, Custer and Co. didn’t get a second chance. The Bombers have opportuni-ties every year to find new weapons, new managerial brains, new approaches.

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deke.com: “Winnipeg O-lineman Dominic Picard was the top pick of all opposing teams for CFL’s nasti-est player. Don’t laugh

— at least the Bombers can finish first in some-thing.”

* Jack Finarelli, the Sports Curmudgeon, on a bad call that went against Michigan state’s football team: “Ray Charles must have beamed down from the spirit world and took over that of-ficial’s body for about five critical seconds.”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Wake Forest defeated Boston College in foot-ball, 3-0. There was one injury. The play-by-play guy hit his head on the mic after falling asleep during a two-yard run in the fourth quarter.”

• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle: “Peyton Manning is the reigning Mr. Congeni-ality of postgame news conferences. Manning was even charming the other night in telling the media, in essence (but diplomatically), “I pay zero attention to

your mindless drivel.”• Another one from

Dickson, putting 0-10 Central Florida No. 1 in his Bottom 10 rank-ings: “I read that the Knights don’t know the meaning of the word ‘quit.’ So the academ-ics stink, too.”

• Headline at TheOnion.com: “Bulls players an-noyed by Derrick Rose always leaving torn lig-aments all over locker room.”

• Panthers QB Cam Newton, to the Fayette-ville (N.C.) Observer, on why he pulled down a pro-Packers sign before a recent home game: “You’re not about to sit up here and sell a Whopper at a Mc-Donald’s.”

• Comedy writer Jim Barach: “Steve Wil-liams has written a book where he says be-ing Tiger Woods’ cad-die was like being a ‘slave.’ He complained of having to pick up Woods’ clubs that he would flip towards the

bag. Which is other-wise known as being a caddie.”

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• Conan O’Brien of TNT late night: “The CEO of Disney is now get-ting involved in bring-ing an NFL team to Los Angeles. So football fans, get ready for the crushing defence of the Los Angeles Little Mermaids.”

• Reggie Hayes of the Fort Wayne News-Senti-nel, after Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib was suspended for one game for jabbing a finger into the right eye of In-dianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen. “Asked for comment, the Three Stooges said, ‘Not now. We’re trying to coach the Detroit Lions.’ ”

Sports notes: Halldorson passes away

Canadian Hall of Fame golfer Dan Halldorson has died at the age of 63.

Halldorson died earlier this month in Cambridge, Ill., after suffering a mas-sive stroke.

Halldorson, who was raised in Brandon, won close to $1.2 million on the PGA Tour from 1975 to 2004.

His lone win came in 1980 when he claimed the Pensacola Open. He also won the 1986 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Champion, an unofficial Tour stop. He won two World Cups for Canada, in 1980 with Jim Nelford

and 1985 with Dave Barr, in addition to seven Cana-dian Tour events. He was named Canada’s profes-sional golfer of the year in 1981 and 1983.

He also played on the Champions Tour and in 2013, he was named the di-rector of golf at Oak Island Resort.

“On behalf of the entire golf community including the golfers, associations and fellow competitors whose lives he touched, we are saddened by the pass-ing of Dan Halldorson,” said Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons in a re-lease. “Dan’s accomplish-ments on the golf course and his contributions to the game were outstanding and

although we are mourning his loss, his outstanding legacy deserves to be cel-ebrated.”

Halldorson was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

Support continues for injured Pettinger

The support continues for Portage Terriers blue-liner Braden Pettinger who suffered a serious in-jury after crashing into the boards in a Manitoba Ju-nior Hockey League game last week.

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“It’s a terrible injury and now we can all show our support for Braden and his family by assisting fi-nancially,” MJHL Com-missioner Kim Davis said in a release. “The hockey community is very tight

knit. Fans are passionate and giving. Braden and his family would appreciate all help.”

Numerous news outlets have reported that sur-geons at Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre repaired Braden’s vertebrae, but currently he’s paralyzed from the chest down.

Proceeds from a South-west Bantam AAA Cou-gars game, including the gate and 50/50 sales, are going to the injured player.

Souris is also hosting a benefit social on Dec. 26. There’s also been a lot of support for Pettinger via social media as well, in-cluding tweets from the likes of TSN’s Darren Dre-ger and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Cal-vert.

As of Journal deadline, more than $77,000 has been raised in support of Pettinger via the MJHL ‘gofundme’ online fund-raising account.

Watershed success theme of conference

Cooperation and part-nerships are key when it comes to looking at the big picture regarding water conservation. The Manitoba Conservation Districts Association will once again be bringing together the 18 separate districts it represents with municipal leaders, land owners and academics for its 40th annual confer-ence.

Scheduled for Monday, Dec. 7 to Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Keystone Centre, the conference theme this year is “A Cel-ebration of Our Water-shed Successes.”

“The conference is an opportunity for the differ-

ent groups to get together and network so they can begin working in partner-ship with one another in terms of watershed con-servation and success,” said Shane Robins, exec-utive director for MCDA.

During the three-day event, the conference will open with projects brought forward by stu-dents in the community. Projects from Assiniboine Community College, Brandon University and local high schools will be presented on Monday af-ternoon.

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“It’s an attempt to try to help in the decrease of greenhouse gases and those sorts of things and try to limit the production of those kinds of prod-ucts,” he added.

Blyth says those who attend the event in Bran-don will notice a positive message being sent out to the community – that people are actually meet-ing to discuss climate change, which continues to be a very important is-sue around the world.

“Our country and del-egation will hopefully be doing some good things from an environmen-tal perspective as far as agreeing to trying to do something about climate change.”

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tion has been sent out to municipal, provincial and federal government offi-cials in the area to attend the event in the Wheat City and says a stop at Brandon East NDP MLA Drew Caldwell’s office could also be in the cards.

“It’s a very important issue as far as our group is concerned,” Blyth said. “Things like cli-mate change, clean water, democracy, pipeline is-sues, fracking, healthcare – anything that’s kind of applied to a social situ-

ation is important to us. Our hope is that there is a number of Council of Canadian members in the community and hope-fully that group will come out and try to spread the word.”

The summit in Paris is expected to attract ap-proximately 50,000 par-ticipants including 25,000 official delegates from government, intergovern-mental organizations and UN agencies. It’s expect-ed Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Bar-

low will attend the sum-mit, considered by many to be one of the largest international conferences ever held in France with the aim to achieve a legal-ly binding and universal agreement on climate.

“Our hope is that good things will come from the meeting and the countries will buy into doing some-thing soon and quickly about climate change is-sues,” Blyth said.

Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is considered one of the

country’s leading social activist organizations and has a network of ap-proximately 60 chapters across the country. If you’re interested in join-ing the local chapter, you can contact Dr. Blyth at 204-727-6137 or you can email him at [email protected]. For more information on the Coun-cil of Canadians, you can go online to canadians.org.

Having fun at Sun of a Beach! This gen-tleman is enjoying a dance with an infl atable monkey at the annual volleyball tournament/social event, which took place earlier this month.

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A look at the Brockie Donovan Tree of Memories service from last year.

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Tree of Memories offers ‘time of reflection’

The holiday season is portrayed as a happy, fes-tive time spent with loved ones, but for many people that’s not the case. While loved ones who have passed away are missed throughout the year, Christmas is especially a hard time for many peo-ple feeling that loss.

In an effort to assist people at this time of year and pay tribute to loved ones who are no longer here, Brockie Donovan Funeral Home will once again be hosting the Tree of Memories services.

“It’s a peaceful setting with a time for reflec-tion,” explained Kelly Lumbard, community events coordinator for

Brockie Donovan.Between 600-700

people attend the service each year, many of which have made it an annual event. Families are asked to pre-register by calling the funeral chapel which will create an ornament bearing the name of the loved one who has been lost. On the evening of the service, family mem-bers are encouraged to arrive early to have an opportunity to find their ornament and place it on the tree. Following the service, the personalized ornaments are available for the family to pick up at the chapel later in the week.

“It’s a beautiful, tall tree, covered in orna-ments with the names of loved ones,” Lumbard

added.The service includes

the lighting of six candles representing the different aspects of grief. Candles are lit by families who have lost a spouse, moth-er, father, sibling, child or grandparent. From a central candle of life, ad-ditional candles are lit representing grief, love, joy, thanksgiving, cour-age and community.

A congregational can-dle lighting and the sing-ing of Silent Night com-pletes the service.

“When the lights are down low and the candles fill the room, it’s very moving,” Lumbard said.

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Anyone who has expe-rienced the loss of a loved one is encouraged to at-tend. Lumbard explained that the loss does not need to be in the recent past, saying some people have been attending for several

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“The holidays can trig-ger very intense emotions and feelings of loss,” she said. “Christmas is por-trayed as a happy time but there are lots of people who don’t feel that way. This service is a way to help them through that.”

The non-denomination-al service is open to the

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BARTEAUX: R. Bruce Barteaux, passed away on Saturday, No-vember 14, 2015 (Brockie Donovan)___________________________CARTER: Ronald Joseph Carter passed away on Friday November 13, 2015 (Brockie Donovan)___________________________CONNORS: Daniel Connors passed away on Monday Novem-ber 16, 2015 (Brockie Donovan)___________________________BURNELL: Adrienne Jenny Bur-nell passed away on Thursday November 5, 2015 (Memories)___________________________LARGE: Joan Large passed away on Saturday November 7, 2015 (Memories)___________________________RIESMEYER: Eduard Riesmeyer passed away on Sunday Novem-ber 8, 2015 (Memories)___________________________MABEN: Glen Robert Maben passed away on Friday November 13, 2015 (Memories)___________________________WINTER: David Peter Winter passed away on Friday November 13, 2015 (Memories)___________________________POTOSKY: Jean Potosky passed away on Friday November 13, 2015 (Memories)___________________________WILLIAMSON: Marie Elizabeth Williamson passed away on Sun-day November 15, 2015 (Memories)___________________________DUNTON: William “Bill” Dunton passed away on Monday Novem-ber 16, 2015 (Memories)___________________________SALYN: Diane Salyn passed away on Monday November 16, 2015 (Memories)___________________________

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As part of its ongoing documentary series, the Brandon Public Library will showcase “Atanasoff – Father of the Computer.”

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and times of John Vincent Atanasoff, a Bulgarian-American physicist and inventor. Atanasoff is best known for inventing the first electronic digital com-puter in the 1930s at Iowa State College. A lengthy court battle that lasted between 1954 and 1973 named Atanasoff as a wit-ness and centered around a dispute over the computer patent. Atanasoff was of-

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The machine had no central processing unit but used vacuum tubes for dig-ital computation. Howev-er, according to history on the early computer, it used a type of memory still used in computers today.

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in Verdun, Que. Atanasoff – Father of the Computer will be shown at the Bran-don Public Library, located at 710 Rosser Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. There is no charge to at-tend and no preregistration is required.

Bryan Kwak displayed his singing and guitar playing ability at the eighth annual Westman’s Got Talent event earlier this month.

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Brandon Mayor Rick Chrest and Rudy, Operation Red Nose mascot, address the crowd at the campaign kick-off earlier this month.

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Operation Red Nose campaign kicks offThe 2015 Operation Red Nose

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