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Cayden Cross will be the offi cial ambassador of the Safeway Walk for Muscular Dystrophy inBrandon.

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Walk for MD a chance for those affected to come together

For the second year in a row, Cayden Cross will lead participants as the official ambassador of the Safeway Walk for Muscular Dystrophy in Brandon.

The walk, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 20, is an opportunity for friends and families affected by MD to come together. The walk is held at the Riverbank Discovery Centre and brings awareness to the neuro-muscular disorder that affects so many people in the community.

“While the walk is a fundraiser, the bigger piece is the importance of awareness. Muscular Dystrophy is such an unknown disease,” explained Averill Stephen-son, revenue development manager with Muscular Dystrophy Canada.

Cayden was born on Feb. 15, 2013 in Brandon and immediately after his birth, he was rushed to the neo-natal intensive care unit with breathing and cardiac is-sues and later experienced feeding difficulties. He was placed on a ventilator for a few days and was given caf-feine to prevent his heart from spontaneously stopping.

“After 26 days in the NICU we were finally able to take our baby home,” states parents Angela and Jason Cross. “In April, we went to see a genetic doctor in Winnipeg and Cayden was diagnosed with Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy.”

The disorder affects Cayden’s muscles, eyes, heart, endocrine system and central nervous system.

Angela admits that, after the original diagnosis, she thought if she didn’t tell anyone, no one would know and they could pretend that nothing was wrong. How-ever, it soon became apparent that the best thing for Cayden was to come to terms with the diagnosis and do everything possible to help him reach his full potential.

“Of course, Cayden cannot yet do all the things ev-ery other kid his age does but we are certain he will get there in his own time,” said Angela. “At this time, he is unable to stand, crawl, walk or talk. However, we are involved with numerous doctors and therapists all who have dramatically helped him develop and make progress.

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to us they are huge,” she continued. “At this time last year, Cayden was not able to move at all. Now he is bum-scooting all over the living room floor and get-ting into everything he shouldn’t be getting into just like every other kid his age.”

She says Cayden enjoys the same activities that oth-er kids his age enjoy and likes playing with his toys, listening and occasionally dancing to music, going shopping, going for walks and reading books.

“He also likes to go for car rides which is a good thing since we have to travel to Winnipeg quite often to see some of the doctors, therapists, and specialist who are involved in Cayden’s care,” Angela added.

Together, the Cross family has learned how to make muscular dystrophy a reality in their daily lives.

“He may have Myotonic Dystrophy, but to us, he’s nothing short of perfect,” Angela said with a smile.

Cayden has benefited directly from Muscular Dys-trophy Canada, receiving a special stroller system that fits his needs. The stroller can be used on its own, as a bike cart or a seat that can be raised and lowered and used as needed, including sitting at a table.

“The walk is a very important day for us for many reasons,” Angela said. “We get the opportunity to raise awareness and funds for Muscular Dystrophy Cana-da and we get to meet other families that experience the same challenges we face every day. Meeting oth-ers who truly understand what you are going through makes coping with a neuromuscular disorder some-what more manageable.

“We are hoping to meet more families this year and possibly start a support group for those affected in Brandon and surrounding area,” she concluded.

During the walk, funds are raised through pledges collected by participants. These funds are used for awareness, education and mobility grants in the com-munity. Retreats and educational events for families affected by MD are on-going in the community, as is the need for respiratory and other equipment.

The Safeway Walk for Muscular Dystrophy will take place at the Riverbank Discovery Centre. Registration begins at noon with the walk starting at 1 p.m. Partici-pants are invited to attend a picnic with refreshments from Safeway following the walk.

The event marks the eighth anniversary of the walk which attracted 50 people last year. Everyone is wel-come to attend the walk and anyone interested in join-ing is invited to register in person at the event or online at www.walkformusculardystrophy.ca. Through the website you can also sponsor Cayden’s team “Little C” where your pledges will help them reach their fund-raising goal.

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The 25th edition of the Rotary Club of Brandon book sale took place last weekend at the Imperial Ballroom in the Victoria Inn. During the course of the year, books were collected in drop-off sites throughout the city. All proceeds from the sale go back into the community.

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You’re a well-known boxer in the Westman area. What led you to boxing?

I originally started boxing in high school as a fitness al-ternative. I started kick boxing just with some friends of mine and for cardio work many years ago. I quickly fell in love with it. I liked boxing as a child. I alway idolized guys like Mike Tyson and these world famous boxers so I always had a love for boxing but I didn’t really start com-peting until I was 16 in kick boxing.

You lost your first professional fight last month via technical knockout against Ron Cruz in Williston, N.D. What went wrong?

I don’t think anything really went wrong. I was headbut-ted in the first initial 30 seconds of the fight causing a cut on my forehead that was profusely bleeding into my eye the entire fight. I ended up getting cut after two different headbutts. The bleeding affected the fight somewhat. On my way back to my corner during the fight I looked at the referee and said ‘headbutt, headbutt’. He agreed with me and theoretically I could’ve stopped the fight right there and the fight would’ve resulted in being a no-contest. It wouldn’t have affected by record whatsoever but nonethe-less I was set on knocking this kid out. With the bleeding into my eye, I continued to fight seven rounds. The kid didn’t fight me. He ran. My goal was to put him out late. He was tiring and I started the seventh round very strong. I was going to go seven or eight rounds very hard and try to put him out, but I wasn’t given the chance.

Does a loss make you that much more motivated?It does motivate me but I also found out a lot about my-

self in that fight. I’ve always known that I’m a tough fight-er. I can take a good shot and I know I have lots of heart. I rarely have to display those skills in the ring. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to fight with a cut. It’s been over five to six years since I’ve been losing in a fight, period. The fact that I was losing the fight at times, I was bleeding. I was discouraged to an extent, but at the same time, moti-vated. I proved to myself that I’m not a quitter.

Are you currently signed by a pro boxing company?I’m currently an independent boxer. I’ve been, over the

last few years, struggling to try and get in with a reputable company. I became very close. I had an offer to go to New York last year. I had a contract given to me. They were go-

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Journal Q & A with Noel HardingNoel Harding, owner of the Brandon Boxing Club and a well-known pro fighter in the community, recently

chatted with Journal editor Lanny Stewart to discuss all things boxing. Due to circumstances from his last pro

bout, which saw him lose via technical knockout, Harding is currently suspended and will have to wait a few

months before he can get back in the ring to fight professionally. That’s not slowing down the 35-year-old as

it’s evident he’s looking forward to his next bout, all the while, hoping to improve on his 5-1 pro record.

ing to move me to New York. They were going to pay for my place but, at the same time, I run the Brandon Boxing Club, and if I would’ve vacated Brandon and pursue my dream, I’m the guy that’s turning the key everyday and I’m also the guy that pays the rent there. If I were to move to New York, I would’ve had no funding. I would’ve had my life paid for while I was there, but I would’ve had no funding to keep the gym going in Brandon. So I chose my original plan of running the Brandon Boxing Club and pur-suing my dreams in my hometown.

Where do you feel you’re at when it comes to your professional career?

Well, it’s in a good spot. The fight that I just had, al-though the outcome wasn’t what I wanted, I showed the public and this is more than a known fact to a lot of people around here, but I’m a very entertaining fighter. From my last fight, I now have a good fan base out in North Dakota. Everyone likes me because I don’t give up and I can take and throw a punch.

I understand you went to train at the famous May-weather Gym in Las Vegas recently.

I trained at the Mayweather Gym as well as Fernando Vargas’ Feroz Fight Factory. I got some sparring in with one of Mayweather’s top prospects Lanell Bellows, who is 15-1 and is one of the ‘Money Team fighters’. The sparring with Bellows was very intense. He’s a bigger boxer and he competes at a higher weight. He was kind of in his ‘offsea-son’ and there was considerable weight difference between the two of us. I was able to give him good work.

Explain that experience because I understand you met Mike Tyson there. What’s Tyson like in person?

Yeah, I met some important boxing people while down in Vegas. Meeting Tyson was the highlight of the summer. He was awesome, he was welcoming. He was funny. He asked me questions. It was a very brief meeting but I got to say something to him – and it was something I wanted to say my whole life. I said to him: I just want to thank you for something. He replied, ‘What’s that?’ I said, ‘I want to thank you for the motivation and the inspiration you were to me growing up.’ I’ll never forget the look on his face when I said that. He looked over at me and said, ‘Well, you know what? You’re welcome Noel.’ Just the way he said it was really cool. We got along very well, even in the five

minutes that I spent in front of him. He was a great guy and was fun to talk to and it was just neat to talk to a guy who I idolized growing up.

Do you have your next pro fight lined up?I’ve got a contract sitting in my email inbox where they

want me to fight in October in Winnipeg. That’s likely not going to happen. I’m pleading with the commission to al-low me to fight but it’s out of the Manitoba Boxing Com-mission’s hands. Basically, I’m going to wait until the sus-pension is over. It’s my only real option, unless I can find somewhere that’ll allow me to fight with the suspension, then yeah, I’d gladly fight.

You’ve owned the Brandon Boxing Club for many years. How has it evolved over the years?

The club has evolved greatly since its inception in 2001. I’ve got a regulation sized ring in the gym now and I’ve got new equipment down there as well. We’re always get-ting new equipment. I also got some new flooring within the last couple of years from a governing grant. I also have a great volunteer base as well as good friends who are al-ways down there helping out. What’s really evolved the most is our competitive program. Our athletes are getting better and better every year. We’ve got a strong competi-tion team right now. We’re going to have some other pro boxers come out of the club in the next few years I’m sure.

A lot of people think I live off grants and I’m getting all this funding for the gym. No, it’s through hard work and that’s what’s kept it alive. These gyms aren’t easy things to keep alive. It’s a struggle and on top of that, I’m trying to push through my pro career. It’s always a battle, but I do it because I love the sport, I love the community and I will continue running this club until the day I die and that’s a guarantee.


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“increasing the number of government-sponsored refugees to 20,000 per year at a cost of $100 mil-lion annually.”

It also revealed that 45 per cent of party sup-porters are practising Christians (a much higher percentage than for either the NDP or Liberals), and that almost half of that group also favour hiking the number of govern-ment-sponsored refugees to 20,000 per year.

The fact a significant segment of grassroots Conservatives disagree with Harper’s position on the refugee issue poses a serious problem for the party, for several reasons. First, it forces those sup-porters to choose between

Over the past two decades, Prime Minis-ter Stephen Harper has earned a well-deserved reputation for exploit-ing the weaknesses of his opponents and sow-ing division within their ranks. It is no small irony, then, that he has caused a growing rift in his own Conservative Party on an issue he sought to exploit against New Democrats and Liberals.

The Harper govern-ment’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis has been attacked by oppo-sition parties, premiers, mayors and the pub-lic, but criticism is now emerging from an unex-pected direction -- from within the Conservative Party itself.

In an opinion piece pub-lished last week, former Mulroney-era immigra-tion minister Barbara Mc-Dougall wrote that “Con-servative Party followers may be split on this issue, but then Conservative Party voters always are, no matter what the issue. Mr. Harper has done well to hold the Conservative factions together for the past decade, but the coali-tion, which began to un-ravel shortly after the last election, is disintegrating at an accelerating rate, with the remnants of the old Red Tories becoming more vocal on the moral crisis the government

faces.”“Canadians are looking

for a leader to lead – to express the sympathetic outpouring of Canadians and act upon them.”

In an op-ed entitled “Harper is bungling the refugee issue — and it will cost him” also pub-lished last week, veteran columnist and former Mulroney staffer L. Ian MacDonald argued that if Harper wants to get him-self out from under this problem, he needs to take action. First, he needs to re-visit his claim that ISIS is the “root cause of the problem in Syria” – which is demonstrably false. Second, he needs a plan, and it should in-volve bringing in more than the 20,000 people he has agreed to accept: a nation of immigrants wants him to do more.

McDougall and Mac-Donald cannot be dis-missed as isolated voices of Tory dissent. Indeed, a number of senior party members have criticized Harper’s handling of the crisis, and a poll recently conducted by the Angus Reid Institute reveals the party’s base is sharply di-vided on the issue.

The poll found that 42 per cent of Tory support-ers feel “the migrant cri-sis is a global problem -- Canada needs to step up and do its part”, and that 37 per cent support

their loyalty to the party and their religious beliefs and moral values. If even half of them are unwill-ing to compromise those beliefs, and decide to stay home on election day or vote for another party’s candidate, the Tories will lose this election.

Second, increasing the refugee quota would sat-isfy most dissenters but offend the slim majority of party supporters who agree with the govern-ment’s approach. It would also be condemned by op-ponents as being too late, insincere and unlikely to be implemented.

Third, as McDougall

alluded to, Harper’s mis-handling of the issue has exacerbated the divide between the Reform and Progressive Conserva-tive elements of the party. The coalition has always been fragile, largely held together by the allure of power and the threat of Harper’s wrath. With the possibility of electoral defeat suddenly palpable, however, and Harper’s resignation as leader in-evitable if that occurs, the political glue that binds the party may be dissolv-ing.

With fewer than five weeks until the election, and several polls now re-

vealing a slide into third place, the Conservative Party finds itself in an existential crisis that de-mands a solution capable of mollifying both wings of the party.

If Stephen Harper can craft such a compromise, he may still save his job. If he fails, it could cost his party both its grip on power and its future as a viable political entity.

Deveryn Ross is a po-litical commentator liv-ing in Brandon.

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Over the last year, the PC Party of Manitoba has consistently made attacks on Manitoba Hydro based on assump-tions and inaccurate facts. In light of these attacks, I would like to take this opportunity to provide Manitobans with a more accurate picture of the future of Manitoba Hydro, and what we stand to lose if we let Mr. Pallister get his way.

We know that Brian Pallister plans to cancel much-needed Hydro projects for Manitoba’s energy reliability at home, as well as cutting the infrastruc-ture projects necessary to generate the power for our $9 billion in firm power sales. Cancelling these generation proj-ects would affect us all. These projects

stand for Manitoba’s economic future, and our bold and necessary investments now will mean a secure power supply at home, but also a valuable export re-source for many decades to come. The truth is that clean, green hydroelectric-ity is a resource that will come into in-creasing demand as governments across North America aggressively address the issue of climate change. By cutting these projects, Brian Pallister would also be cutting 10,000 jobs that are directly tied to this growth.

Manitoba Hydro continuously works to keep costs and rates low. Despite re-cent concerns, salaries and administra-tive costs are modest compared to indus-

try standards. In the 90s, the Progressive Conservatives privatized MTS. The CEO of MTS earned $7.8 million last year, nearly 20 times the salary of Mani-toba Hydro’s CEO. By keeping Manito-ba Hydro public, rates continue to be the lowest in Canada, $700 lower per year than our Saskatchewan neighbours, and $500 lower than the national average.

To help keep rates low, Hydro has found cost efficiencies through office consolidation. This has resulted in a 25 per cent reduction in customer outages, a 10 per cent reduction in response time duration, an increase in plant mainte-nance and a 25 per cent increase in work throughout. Annual savings from rural

office consolidation is approximately $2 million, as well as $50 million in avoid-ed costs to upgrade the offices affected by the consolidation.

The PC plan means cutting jobs and cancelling Manitoba Hydro’s bright future. Our plan meanwhile is to keep rates low and stable, to build our domes-tic supply and increase our export sales for many years to come.

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It never ceases to amaze me how, in post-WWII times, governments have been eager to send people into war but then abandon them when they return.

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the summer of 2015, what will you remember?

Brandon and Westman in general were not at the mercy of the Assiniboine and other rivers and creeks as flooding was not a threat. Some area residents went into ‘sandbag withdrawal’ but with therapy, a sand-box, pail and shovel man-aged to pull through.

Mosquito counts were bearable. Residents were actually able to stay out-doors without cursing the gods. The only fogging that occurred was natural, when mother nature had a cold front meeting a hot front. As one local described on a particularly foggy morn-ing, “it’s almost like being inside the mind of an em-

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ployee of the Prime Min-ister’s office. Everyone is effected but no one sees or knows what’s going on.”

Temperatures set new record highs on some days and were near record breaking status on others. It was so hot that one ac-quaintance would visit his mother-in-law so he could cool down when she gave him her usually icy glare…

The Toronto Maple Leafs brought in a new coaching staff and optimism runs anew in the self-proclaimed centre of the universe. Now the Leafs could be in play-

off contention until the end of November before tradi-tion kicks in…

The Prime Minister called an election a few weeks before he had to actually do it. This way, instead of paying for his vacation, he got the Con-servative Party and taxpay-ers to pay for his trips. The downside is the PM had to mingle with the common folk every now and then…

Farmers appeared to have had a decent summer and crop year. Politicians took note for their cam-paigning and are now using fertilizer in their speeches to convince farmers to vote for them.

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In the United States, bil-lionaire blowhard Donald Trump became a top con-tender for the Republican Party presidential nomina-tion. So far, he has insulted immigrants, women and journalists, but not Cana-dians. What did we do to make him like us?

During the summer, Manitoba was a ‘have’ province while our neigh-bour to the west was a ‘have not’. This has noth-ing to do with the economy.

The Blue Bombers man-aged some wins in the CFL while the Saskatchewan Roughriders went through the summer winless. (That changed Labour Day

weekend when the Rid-ers beat the Bombers, who took the day off work like most Canadians.)

It’s safe to say some of us had a ‘want to do’ and a ‘have to do’ and ‘do I have to’ list for the sum-mer. Most of the things on the ‘have to do’ list were probably done since you’ve been subtly threatened by certain family members if you didn’t.

Meanwhile, some things were done on the ‘do I have to’ list depending on how good of an excuse you came up with to get out of it. (I.e. I can’t drive my mother-in-law to the air-port because security might recognize and arrest me for that incident last summer when I took some extra napkins from the restaurant and littered the parking

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A reminder for those who follow fashion rules: Now that summer is over, you can’t wear white unless you’re covered in snow or getting married.

Another sign summer is over: If it’s not on the shelves yet, stores will soon have their Christmas merchandise on display – across from the Halloween stuff.

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An event similar to “Creating A New Legacy” took place in Brandon in 2012. After the event concluded, folks who attended wrote compliments on a hide, which is kept by conference organizers.

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Creating A New Legacy: Using head, hearts and hands

A conference designed to help those who provide care and support of indig-enous people will be taking place next month in Brandon.

The conference, which takes place Oct. 6-7, focuses on knowledge and skill enhancement to create culturally safe services with and for indigenous people.

Nellie Kopitz, coordinator and coun-sellor for Aboriginal Healing and Well-ness, is a co-chair of the committee that is organizing the event. Part of of the vision for the conference, Kopitz says, is to create culturally safe services by “working together using our head, heart and hands.”

“Aboriginal people will benefit and it’ll make a difference in their men-tal well-being,” she told the Journal. “They’ll be more culturally competent in their skills and their abilities to work with all the different groups of aborigi-nal people.”

The upcoming event is called “Creat-ing A New Legacy” and although any-one interested can attend, it is geared towards those who are involved in the mental health field.

The conference will consist of a pro-gram full of speakers as well as sessions for people to take part in. Keynote speak-ers include Dr. Brenda M. Restoule from Dokis First Nation and the Eagle Clan who is a registered clinical psychologist

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Kopitz says sometimes people come into a conference of this nature with the mindset that they’re going to learn every skill available to help them with their jobs.

“Sometimes that happens and some-times that doesn’t,” she said.

With this conference, she says, it’s about asking the question: is this ef-fective? Is this good with the way I’m working with my aboriginal clients?

“Hopefully they’ll walk away with some more knowledge and skills that can help them be more culturally com-petent as mental health workers,” she continued.

The event is being put on by a confer-ence planning committee which includes nine different entities – Child and Fami-ly Services, Manitoba Metis Federation, Aboriginal Healing and Wellness, Ad-dictions Foundation of Manitoba, Bran-don Friendship Centre, Brandon Univer-sity, Foster Common Unity Counselling Services, Province of Manitoba and Prairie Mountain Health – all of whom have played a role in preparing for the

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who are invested in this committee and we have an interest in making it better for aboriginal workers and their clients,” Kopitz added. “A lot comes from the heart. We’re making sure that it’s mean-ingful when it comes to the purpose of this conference. It’s all people who have interest – not interest just for the sake of being interested – but they’re part of this community because they really care.

They care about the people who they work with.”

To date, approximately 180 people have registered for the event, which is slated to take place at the Victoria Inn. Event organizers are hoping for some-where in the neighbourhood of 300 peo-ple take part.

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The sites will be wel-coming visitors throughout the event that welcomed 8,000 people last year. A wide cross section of the industry will be covered including those in food production, agro-tourism, historical sites and much more.

The event gives visi-tors the opportunity to ask questions of producers and open doors of communica-tion on both sides.

While the event is an enormous undertaking and a vast amount of work for the families who are open-ing their doors during the event, Bulloch says they’re also very gracious and en-thusiastic about the day.

Among the sites on the tour this year include vari-ous spots in the Westman area.• Burton Alpacas, located

near Kemnay, is wel-coming visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Special ac-tivities include an intro-duction to alpacas, how fiber is produced and its many uses, the oppor-tunity to learn about the caring and raising of al-pacas and the chance to

be hands-on with some alpaca moms and their babies.

• Howpark Farms, located south of Brandon, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to view grass-fed beef in pastures and learn about the health benefits, enjoy the east face of the sce-nic Brandon Hills, iden-tify organic grains grown and test their knowledge of native prairie plants. Folks can also view compost and learn how it’s made and used in the organic growing pro-cess, as well as view free range chicken pens.

• Hunter’s Farm at Rapid City will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visi-tors will have the chance to visit a working beef and sheep farm and meet the farmer. Sheep, horses and calves will be available to pet and cows, with their new-born calves, will be available for viewing. The tour will include a ride through a cattle pas-ture and the opportunity to see a cross-section of

machinery.• Meandher Creek Farm at

Oak Lake will be open from noon to 6 p.m. The farm is well-known for its pumpkin patch as well as a wide range of addi-tional activities. A corn maze, zip line, pumpkin train, and pig races are just some of the activi-ties to be enjoyed. With a concession and store on-site, visitors will be able to take home some tasty treats and colourful fall décor.

• Clayton U-Pick Orchard located at Elkhorn will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Special activities during the day will in-clude a tour of the orchard where apples, cherries, plums, chokecherries, raspberries, cranberries, sea buckthorns, saska-toons, haskaps, pears and gooseberries are grown. U-pick apples, jams, jel-lies and honey will be available for purchase.A complete listing of

sites participating in Open Farm Day, descriptions and directions can be found at www.openfarmday.ca.

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Gail Freeman-Camp-bell, LPN, is the C.E.O. of Daughter On Call, Ltd., a private home care com-pany that provides care to seniors and those with dis-abilities in Brandon and area. Freeman-Campbell has been honoured with a CLPNM nursing lead-ership award, has been

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Dick Scott, general manager of Paladin Security and Rick Thomson, sales manager at the Westman Journal smile for the camera at the sev-enth tee box at the Brandon Crimestoppers/Brandon Po-lice Association fourth annual golf tournament. Both Paladin and the Journal were spon-sors for the seventh hole. There were 104 golfers who took part in the event, which took place last week at the Shilo Golf and Country Club.

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New larger recycling and yard waste collection bins are now in place at the var-ious community recycling and yard/gar-den waste depot locations across the city.

A new bin system has been imple-mented at these depots to provide a better method of public drop-off and improve the city’s process of collection and sorting of materials from the depots. The public may access the following locations to drop off materials as noted below: (blue bins are for recyclables only, while green bins are for compostable yard/kitchen waste only, no branches.)• First Street and Richmond Avenue: yard

and garden/kitchen waste only• 400-Block of Franklin Street (East side

of Rideau Park): recycling and yard and garden/kitchen waste

• Brandon’s Community Sportsplex (Rear of 30 Knowlton Drive): recycling and yard and garden/kitchen waste

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• Landmark Cinemas Theatre (Parking lot, 1570-18th Street): recycling only, no yard and garden/kitchen waste

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residents that the above depots are for the drop-off of listed materials only – the depot locations should not be considered as a public drop-off for any other refuse material or large items such as furniture, discarded electronics, construction debris, etc. Such materials must be taken to the Eastview Landfill during regular hours of operation. Residents can also purchase a bulky item ticket and have Sanitation staff pick up larger items from their laneway or curb.

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April Miranda gets her picture taken with Ultimate Fighter Randa Markos during the UFC Experience Tour, which stopped in Brandon earlier this month. The event, which also included UFC featherweight Dennis Bermudez, consisted of an autograph signing and a mixed martial arts demonstration.

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Brandon’s Victor St. Pierre-Laviolette cer-tainly had an impact on the Regina Thunder in his first season with the team.

After the first four games of the Prairie Football Conference sea-son, the Crocus Plains secondary school alumni was second on the team and fifth in the junior league in rushing yards. The speedy 5-foot-9, 165 pound running back had six touchdowns and 342 rushing yards in his first four games.

“He wants the ball and he wants to be on the field,” Thunder run-ning backs coach Kevin Pierce said. “He has im-pressed us with his abil-ity to learn a fairly com-plex playbook in a very short period of time. He has impressed us with his toughness; he’s not a very big guy but is able to use his vision and lateral movement to avoid huge hits. He’s very difficult to bring down.”

St. Pierre-Laviolette is joined on the Thunder by former Plainsmen team-mate Brayden Moroz. The pair helped the squad to a No. 3 rank nation-ally in the Canadian Ju-nior Football League’s top five power rankings as of week four. In the PFC, the Thunder com-pete against the Winni-peg Rifles squad, which includes Brandonites Spencer Riche and Tain Michael-Heywood.

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“Things that have im-pressed us about Vic-tor are how humble he has been in the spotlight here,” Pierce said. “He has been excellent in the dressing room and with his teammates. Victor al-ways has a smile on his face when he’s seen in the clubhouse.”

When asked about his success this season, St. Pierre-Laviolette was quick to credit his offen-sive line. Off the field, he works for a landscaping company and says that he’s enjoying just focus-ing on football. St. Pierre-Laviolette started playing football in Grade 8 and credited his former coach Blaine Moroz of Brandon for helping him get to where he is today.

In addition to his rush-ing prowess, St. Pierre-Laviolette also is an important contributor to the Thunder’s return game. With an 11.2 yard per average through four games, he’s one of the PFC’s top punt returners and also sees time on the kick return unit.

“I believe that some of Victor’s strengths are hard work and coach-ability,” Pierce said. “He is willing to learn and take direction and works on the finer points of his game. He’s super quick and fast athletically and

I believe that the coach-es have put him in great spots to showcase his tal-ents.”

Spencer RicheOn the other side of the

ball, Riche is a defensive force for the Rifles. The former Vincent Massey high school star had three sacks earlier this season against the Calgary Colts.

“Spencer’s strengths are his size, speed and athletic ability,” Win-nipeg head coach Jason Park said. “His pass rush is tremendous as he has great speed off the line. “

The 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end earned PFC all-star hon-ours the past two seasons, leading the PFC with 5.5 sacks in seven games in 2013 and posting four sacks and 13 tackles last season. In 2014, he was invited to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers rookie camp.

Tain Michael-HeywoodMeanwhile, Michael-

Heywood is providing a veteran presence with the Rifles as the safety earned a starting spot in week one. Park says the gradu-ating player is relied upon for his leadership.

“Tain is a hard worker and dedicated football player,” Park said of the 5-foot-11, 180-pounder.

Brayden MorozIn his second season

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“Brayden has a tremen-dous work ethic,” Thun-der offensive line coach Tyson Schroeder said of

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Although he’s been in a reserve role, Moroz has impressed the Thunder with his leadership quali-ties.

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ried Big 3 dominated the game in the 1960s and the sport has been waiting for another similar trio of stars to take control of the pro golf scene ever since. After a couple of Big 1s (first Greg Norman, then Tiger Woods), another Big 3 seems to be back on the PGA Tour’s fairways and greens.

Fifty-some years ago, it was Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. Those three con-tinue to take part in the game ceremonially, but on the course these days, it’s Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day. None of them are older than 27, which means the sport could have a decade or more of unmatched ex-citement.

Until this year, it ap-peared as if Northern Ireland’s McIlroy was en route to becoming another Big 1. He won four majors in a hurry, but levelled off this year while the 21-year-old

Texan, Spieth, took the 2015 spotlight by win-ning two majors and scal-ing the World Golf Rank-ing mountain to its peak, dropping McIlroy back to No. 2. Suddenly, a late-summer surge by Aus-tralia’s Day made a con-temporary Big 3 a reality. Day was one shot out of a playoff at the British Open, won the Canadian Open the following week, took the season’s last ma-jor, the PGA, and then lapped the field at the first Fed-Ex Cup playoff tour-nament, winning the Bar-clays by six strokes while McIlroy took the week off and Spieth missed the cut.

Gary Van Sickle of SI.com, on the sport’s new big three: “We look forward to a back-and-forth horse race as Spieth, McIlroy and Day pass the No. 1 ranking around like

a pitcher of Miller Lite after a softball game in Milwaukee.”

While Day is cur-rently ranked third in the world, he’s playing like the world’s best. “Ever since (the Open) I just felt a lot more calm on the golf course,” Day told the Global Golf Post. “I felt like it was my time. Mentally, I just felt like, You paid your dues. Now it’s time to go out and win tournaments.”

McIlroy suffered an ankle injury in mid-summer and was unable to make a dent in the Spieth-Day surge but a return to health in 2016 should officially kick off the Spieth-McIlroy-Day extravaganza — another legitimate Big 3.• Mike Bianchi of the

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Peterson back on Fa-ther’s Day.”

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• Blue Bomber broad-caster Bob Irving, on Twitter (@BobIrvingC-JOB ): “Under two years ago Taman and Chamblin were two of the sharpest minds in football — a couple of Durant and Glenn inju-ries later they’re dum-mies!”

• Corpulent Chiefs coach Andy Reid, to the Kan-sas City Star, on the eu-phoria he gets from di-aling up a perfect play call: “That’s a pretty good feeling. That’s like a good cheeseburg-er.”

• Pat Dooley of the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, proclaiming the Ten-

nessee football team as ‘the Kardashians of the SEC’: “They look good, but they haven’t done anything.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, after Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta flummoxed the Dodg-ers: “Best no-hitter I’ve seen since the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “For-mer WWE rasslin’ star Hulk Hogan told TMZ he wants to be Donald Trump’s presidential running mate. Find-ing a ring to throw his hat into shouldn’t be a problem.”

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Four new recruits will be helping the BU Bobcats women’s soccer team this year. In no particular order: Natasha Rupa, Allison Cruse, Azizza Kinnara-th and Sandra Schira, who will be red-shirt-ing this season.

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BU Bobcats sign soccer standoutsThe Brandon Univer-

sity women’s soccer team is continuing to build the core of their roster with homegrown talent.

The Bobcats are bring-ing in four new recruits for the 2015-2016 season in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference with three from Westman.

Shoal Lake’s Natasha Rupa, hometown product Allison Cruse and Win-nipeg’s Aziza Kinnarath will don blue and gold for regular season play, while fellow Brandonite San-dra Schira will red-shirt this season.

Cruse, Kinnarath and Schira are mid-fielders while Rupa will be the team’s goalkeeper.

“We’re really hoping to strengthen our mid-field to give us more options to control the ball and control the play, and to have more creativity then we had in the past,” said coach Rain-er Schira in a release.

Rupa is making the jump from the court to the pitch after playing in the Canada West conference with the Winnipeg Wesmen wom-en’s volleyball team in 2013-2014.

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“The other thing we needed was another goalie and Natasha is a volleyball player by trade and we’re re-training her as a soc-cer goalie,” added Schira. “Our goalie coach (Diego Rodriguez) is quite im-pressed with the advances she has made.”

Meanwhile, Cruse comes to BU after winning the Westman Women’s Soccer League’s year-end tournament as a member of the Remington’s Snipers while also lifting the Vin-cent Massey Vikings to a city title in her senior year of high school this season.

Kinnarath is a former provincial team member and helped Portage Trail to a silver medal at the na-tional club championship in 2009.

She was going to play the 2014 season with the Manitoba Bisons, but an injury forced her to sit out the year.

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Track re-surfacing to be completed in OctoberThe re-surfacing of the

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Jeff and Ivale Crooks of Smitty’s along with Tyler Coulter and Duncan Camp-bell of the Wheat Kings smile for the camera at a press conference last Thursday afternoon.

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Smitty’s Restaurants of Brandon, in association with the Brandon Wheat Kings recently announced that the hock-ey club’s popular Lucky 7 promotion is returning for the 15th season.

The promotion, which began during the 2001-02 Western Hockey League season, provides western Manitoba hockey fans with a free breakfast at Smitty’s when the Wheat Kings score seven or more goals during a game at Westman Communications Group Place. During the 2014-15 campaign, the WHL club fed its fans 10 times.

The Lucky 7 breakfast special features two eggs any style, two strips of bacon or sausage links and two buttermilk pan-cakes or toast and is good for one full week (seven days) following the Wheat Kings seven-goal game.

During the 2014-15 campaign when the Wheat Kings captured the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the WHL’s Regular Season Champions, Smitty’s and its local participating partners pro-vided free breakfast to a record 11,715 patrons.

“Coming into our 15th season, our Lucky 7 giveaway fills us with much anticipation and excitement, said Jeff and Ivale Crooks of Smitty’s Brandon in a release. “Being a part of a community

that has shown such pride and support for our Wheat Kings, makes it easy to give back to the people of Brandon and surrounding area.”

The Wheat Kings will bring the cur-tain up on the 2015-16 regular season on Friday, Sept. 25 when they kick off a weekend home and home series with Swift Current.

Wheat Kings ranked No. 1 in CHL pre-season rankings

The Brandon Wheat Kings are ranked No. 1 in the Canadian Hockey League’s pre-season rankings, which were re-leased last week.

The Wheat Kings sit at No. 1, fol-lowed by the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Cataractes, Niagara IceDogs (OHL), Kelowna Rockets (WHL) and London Knights (OHL).

The Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL), Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL), Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL), Erie Otters (OHL) and Red Deer Reb-els (WHL) round out the top 10 respec-tively.

The top 10 clubs are selected by a panel of NHL scouts.

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The Assiniboine Community College Cougars began their run in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference soccer season this past weekend.

The Cougars women’s team played the defending champion Providence University College Pilots on Saturday in Shilo, losing 2-0. Meanwhile, the men’s squad fell 4-0 to the Pilots.

On Sunday, the women’s team faced the Canadian Mennonite University Blazers. The Cougars went into the second half leading 2-1 thanks to two goals by striker Ashley Scott. After injuries caused the Cougars to play

shorthanded, the Blazers took advantage scoring two goals in the second half en route to a 3-2 win.

On the men’s side, the top-ranked Blazers team scored two quick goals to start the game but Robert Neumann of the ACC Cougars responded with a goal before the Blazers scored three more goals. It was 5-1 for the Blazers going into the second half and the shorthanded Cougars, again, plagued with injuries, could not fi nish the contest.

The Cougars are scheduled to play the cross-town rival Brandon University Bobcats next Saturday in Shilo.

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Do you love young children and have a little extra time to give? Volunteers are needed to visit children and their families in the community and spend some time at

play. Child and Family Services of Western Manitoba has been running the parent-child home program for more than 30 years. The only one of its kind in Canada, the program offers the opportunity for families with young children to

interact with a trained volunteer who model positive behaviour to the child and their parents.

“It’s a way to support and strengthen young families,” explained Lisa Ramsay, co-ordinator at the Elspeth Reid Family Resources Centre, where

the program is centered.Volunteers are provided

training and given support by staff and are paired up with families with children who are 18-24 months old. During a two-year period, the volunteers will visit the family home twice a week for short periods of time.

“The volunteers go into the home with a toy or a book and interact with the child in a positive way,” said Ramsay. “It’s a way to model positive behaviour and create a foundation to early learning.”

Due to the short attention span of children at that age, each visit only lasts 20-30 minutes.

“It’s a tremendous commitment for our volunteers,” said Ramsay. “But our volunteers are always talking about how much they’ve gained from the program. Beautiful relationships are formed with the volunteers and the families.”

“We recognize that parenting is really hard work and if you don’t have family support to help you and show you positive behaviour it’s even harder,” said Ramsay.

The organization is looking for volunteers who are interested in strong family values, who love children and who have time to commit to the program.

“The list of families waiting for the program is long and the list of volunteers needs to be longer,” said Ramsay.

If you are interested in learning more about the program, please call 204-726-6280 or volunteer coordinator Brenda Lacerte at 204-726-7178.

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Gaming is alive and well in the Westman region.

A group of people inter-ested in getting together to play games started the PrairieCon group 35 years ago and it now hosts the longest running game con-vention on the prairies. In addition to the three-day convention held each June, the group brings people to-gether throughout the year. With events geared for people of all ages and all game interests, PrairieCon appeals to a wide audi-ence.

“The group is really open to anybody who en-joys playing games,” chair Alexis Braun told the Journal.

If you’re looking for a new hobby, have a game you enjoy playing on your own and would like to share with others, want a fun activity the entire fam-ily can participate in or are simply wanting to get out of the house for a while, this group is for you.


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Game enthusiasts ‘play on’ in WestmanOriginally, the group

was formed to host the convention that continues to draw 250-300 people from across the prairies and the northern United States. During the three-day convention held in June, participants sign up for a host of game options which run from early in the morning until late at night.

Less formal, are the one-day game events scheduled for Oct. 24 and March 12 this year. These events run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and take place at the Central Community Centre, located at 529, Fourth Street in Brandon.

“These are more ca-sual and give people the chance to get together and play games of all types,” Braun said.

While the group was, at one time, primarily made up of people interested in participating in role-playing games, the group has expanded to include board games, collectable card games, miniature games and those described

as party games where the rules are less formal.

Upwards of 80 people are expected at the event in October that will be open to people of all ages. There is no pre-registration or cost associated with the event. Participants simply need to come to the centre eager to play. Games will be set up around the room and it’s only a matter of selecting one that interests you.

“It’s really a great op-portunity for parents to in-teract with their children, for youth to work on their math and literacy skills as well as their social skills and for everyone to get out of their houses, get to-gether and play games.,” said Braun.

Recently, the group teamed up with the Bran-don Public Library and is now assisting with game days held on the second Saturday of each month. Held at the main branch located at 710 Rosser Av-enue, the events run from 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. and are open to anyone 15 years

and older for no charge.It was during one of

these events that the group met Dan Forester of Meli-ta and Matt Dickinson of Boissevain who are work-ing on a new Beekeeper Game. Designed as a family game suitable for young children, the game introduces the threats and challenges bees face. The PrairieCon group was able to play the game several times and offer feedback and suggestions on how to improve the game that the

pair is planning to put into production this fall.

Testing games for de-velopers is something the group is familiar with and Braun says the quality and selection of games being created is amazing.

Whether the game is something participants are familiar with or a game that’s brand new, the com-mon theme is that partici-pants are there to play and have fun.

“If you’re new to the group you won’t have to stand around long before someone is approaching you and inviting you in,” Braun said. “The people are all so friendly and wel-coming, it’s a real commu-nity.”

For more information on PrairieCon, visit the web-site at www.prairiecon.com or on Facebook.

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Marlene Rodgers has started a “Chase The Chill” chapter in Bran-don.

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Brandon resident knitting for a good cause

The inevitable is coming West-man. The winter months will soon be upon us.

It means bundling up with toques, mitts and scarves in an effort to battle the nasty tempera-tures.

However, for those of us who are less fortunate, the prospects of bat-tling the cold without any winter wear could make for an unpleasant winter season.

That’s why Marlene Rodgers has

started a ‘yarn bombing’ charity in Brandon called “Chase The Chill” which has chapters all over Canada and the U.S. The donation service is rather simple: distribute winter wear for those in need regardless of income and without any qualifiers.

“We always talk about doing nice things for people who are go-ing hungry and they have no food. But it does get to be 40-below out-side and you think man, I wish I had a scarf,” said Rodgers. “Then I think some people don’t have that.”

Rodgers began the charity while recovering from a back injury in

January and wound up collecting 14 scarves, 18 hats and 25 pairs of mitts from the community for do-nation last winter. Rodgers, with the help of community members, ended up distributing the winter wear, tying the scarves, hats, mitts and toques around trees at Princess Park.

“Two weeks later, everything was gone. So obviously, there’s a need,” she said. “Somebody is us-ing it.”

Rodgers has knit several scarves during the summer months in prep-aration for this year’s donation and

plans on going to churches in the city in an effort to get more com-munity members on board.

“I actually finished a scarf this morning,” she said with a smile.

Rodgers will be setting up a do-nation box at the Knit 2 Scrap 2 store in the city for anyone looking to donate. She plans on distribut-ing the winter wear three times this year during the cold months at the park located on the corner of 14th Street and Lorne Avenue.

For more information on Chase The Chill, go online to www.chas-ethechill.com.

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After eight members were inducted last April, the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame is now in the process of seeking new nominations for 2016.

Jodi Johnson, communications and marketing manager for the Hall, says anyone from the general public can nominate folks from their community. Those interested in

nominating someone must fi ll in a nomination form and each nomination must be substantiated with an accompanying letter of endorsement from individuals or organizations with which the individual was involved.

“It’s basically just a written document that’s needed that gets sent to our offi ce and then there’s a selection committee that goes through all of the nominations,” said Jodi Johnson, communications and marketing

manager for the Hall. She says the Hall doesn’t have a prerequisite when it comes to choosing new members to the hall, however each candidate must have a longstanding commitment to the agricultural sector.

“We look for people who have really made signifi cant contributions not only through their career but through their volunteer activities and their general interests through agriculture throughout their

career,” she added. The deadline for entries

each year is Oct. 31. The new inductees are then announced at the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame AGM in April.

She says nominations come from a diverse fi eld of people in the agricultural industry.

“We’ve got inductees from all walks of life and all sorts of backgrounds but with the main focus of course being their commitment to the agriculture

industry in the province throughout their career,” Johnson concluded.

Among the members who were inducted earlier this year include William Gregor and Robert Hopley of Brandon, Harry Airey from Rivers and Glen Findlay from Shoal Lake.

The Hall of Fame, established in 1976, acknowledges those who have made signifi cant contributions to the agricultural industry in the province.


Murray family backing seniors housing project in Souris

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Steel Creek Develop-ers, in partnership with the Murray family, have begun plans for a new multi-story building in Souris which will consist of seniors housing and hotel rooms.

The project, which is currently in its infancy stages, is expected to consist of 15-18 two-bed-room seniors apartments, each with full kitchens, walk-in closets and open concept living areas. The other side of the build-ing will feature 30 hotel rooms for visitors in town. The proposed building will be built at the site of the first Murray dealer-ship in downtown Souris.

Ken Rempel, president of Steel Creek Devel-opers, says the concept has been worked on by


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“Strong communities look for ways to retain revenue and residents, building stronger fam-ily connections, stronger businesses and retaining visitors. Larger multi-family buildings and ho-tels are hard to attract to smaller communities, but this new concept would be a sustainable solution for communities like Souris,” he said in a release.

Doug Murray, CEO of Murray Auto Group, is playing a key role in the process moving forward and the search is now on for local investors and community support for the project.

“We are excited to be a small part of a project that

supports the continued growth of a community that strongly supported our family business start-ed by my grandfather A.A. Murray in 1926,” said Murray.

Shawn McKinney, economic development officer for Souris, is en-couraged by the project and believes having good quality rental space for se-niors is key when it comes to attracting new residents to the community.

“Souris is a great place to live,” he told the Jour-nal. “It has a lot of really great amenities and ser-vices. This is not some-thing just for Souris, but it’s something that can be offered to the whole re-gion.”

Rempel estimates the project to cost upwards of $7 million to complete. Public informational meetings will be taking place in the future for in-terested investors or for those interested in becom-ing a tenant.

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