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Bring your tastebuds, friends & family Down to FUNDAR’S

Baseball is just around the corner...stop in for a treat after the game.

We are open til 10pm...just waiting to hear about the ball games!

We have… Many flavours of ice cream ...it changes  

all the time!! 

Mother’s Day (May 13) Gift Ideas

Stepping stones     Gnomes Solar garden lights    Flower pots Garden Tools & Gloves  Garden Windmills 

Micro waves      Toasters   Hand Mixers      Slow Cookers Coffee Makers      Can Openers Rice Cookers      Electric Choppers 

Micro Velour Throws  Towels Sheets & Blankets    Shirts & Hats Pictures & Frames    Silk Flowers Ceramic Travel Mugs with sayings 

Lundar Community Resources Council  Inc. held their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, April 25.   Their Guest Speaker was Carolyn Leclair who spoke about a free program that will be coming to Lundar called “Get Better Together”.  This program is for people with chronic illnesses or people who live with people who have chronic illness.  The dates are May 9, 16, 23 and June 6, 17, and 20 at 1:30 in the Lundar New Horizons Club.  This is a six week program to help people take control of their health by  learning to manage their pain, deal with fatigue, frustration and isolation.  Please register at the phone number in the ad in this paper.   Also discussed was that Lundar has a great number of volunteers in our community who deliver meals, help at the Congregate Meals, do housework or laundry through our program.  If you are one of these people, please drop in, we have a little appreciation gift for you as a small thank your from the LCRC.  Without the volunteers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate 17 years in services to seniors in Lundar. The  above ground garden beds are being built  at  the  Lundar New Horizons Club,  these gardens are being made available to the people  in our community.   If you would  like to take care of one or more please do not hesitate to call our office at 762‐5378. 

This years LCRC Board Members are:     Chair    Ed Borchert   Vice    Jan Hartog   Past Chair  Ellen Steinthorson   Secretary  Don Schroeder   Treasurer  Vivian Jeffery   RM Rep   Amanda Stevenson   Members  Marilyn Eirickson       Irene Danielson       Fred Burdett       Doug Fingland And as always our very capable community workers: Cindy Thorkelson and Wendy Thorkelson 

What’s Happening ? May 1, 2012

whatshappening@highspeedcrow.ca next issue May15,2012 Ph 762-5677 Fax 762 5069 Deadline for next issue May 13, 2012

Last year Manitobans recycled close to 73k tonnes of paper, aluminum, metal, glass and plastic. That’s equal to about 14k garbage

trucks full of recyclable material! Recycling conserves natural resources - such as timber, water and

minerals - because less raw material is required to produce products. And manufacturing with recycled materials usually produces less air and water pollution than manufacturing with virgin materials.

More than half of all garbage produced by a household can be recycled. Are you recycling all you can?

g{tÇ~ lÉâ To the following groups for their generous donations 

of money towards our Breakfast Club Lundar Lutheran Church The Lundar BPO Elks 

Lundar Legion Ladies Auxillary                                                                    -Lundar School

Pauline Johnson Library Is hosting a fundraising  BBQ  

on May 18, 2012 11:00pm to 2:00pm 

Hamburgers  /  hotdogs  /  drinks Silent Auction 

Get Better Together! Coming to Lundar

Free program for people who are sick And tired of being sick!

For more information call 762-5378

To register please call 1-877-979-9355

Last week was an exciting one for Lundar’s Volunteer Fire Dept.  The old Emergency Rescue Vehicle, which was a retrofitted ambulance, has been replaced. The truck which is new to the fire dept, is a used vehicle , and the volunteers are very happy with the purchase.  The  Ford F 350 4‐wheel drive diesel with winch will travel with the team to emergencies, and will house a lot of extrication tools which will include the jaws‐of‐life as well as some generators. Lundar’s Volunteer Firefighters include:   Fire Chiefs  Kevin Halldorson     Lorne Erickson     Dwight McGillan Active Volunteers since 2011     Donny Grandberg  Garnet Sigurdson     Oluf Christensen   Glen Gudmundson     Mitch LeStrat    Mathew Christensen     David Stevensen   Bradley Howardson     Lonnie Farthing    Gwen Sigurdson     Brent Larcombe   Virgil Johnson     Jason Thorsteinson The team has also being joined by 3 new Junior Volunteer Firefighters, Keevin Erickson, Jason Nikkel and Jordan Thorsteinson.   While they can’t join in on emergencies, they will be kept busy training and learning where equipment goes in the firehall. It is important for us in Lundar to remember that these people  are volun‐teers and they train regularly to produce the best outcomes when disaster strikes.  I know we all consider ourselves lucky to have such a dedicated group, waiting in the sidelines to help when they can! 

Lundar Legion Ladies Auxilary Mother’s Day Bake Sale

at the Legion Hall On Saturday, May 12, 2012

From 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Sabados'  Greenhouse

Trees , Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, Baskets,Giftware

and so much more. From apples to zinnias

we've got it!

Open from 9:30 am until 8:00pm daily

20003 Road 108N (Clarkleigh) Lundar, MB

(204)762-5879 sabadosgreenhouse.ca

Swan Creek Hatchery was first built in 1928 under the recommenda-tion of Skuli Sigfusson our MLA at the time. The main objective was to conserve the number of pickerel in Lake Manitoba as the number had been dwindling because of commercial fishing. This goal has continued to this day, lead by Jim Brandson, long time and present Supervisor of Swan Creek Hatchery. He is one of only 5 supervisors since the hatchery’s inception. The other four supervisors were G. Butler, Kris Palson, Sigurdur Sigurdson, and Oskar Sigurdson. The hatchery starts getting busy usually the first week in April and goes to the long weekend in May. However this years schedule was a bit different because of the early spring. Luckily last year’s season was not affected by the flood. They had just released the fry, when the flood hit. They had been sandbagging throughout the spring, but had to return in June to shore up their dikes. The worst part of the diking at the hatchery was each and every bag had to be brought out to the hatchery from the Sigurdson Farm by boat (roads flooded), transported from the dock by wheelbarrow and then placed by hand, no bobcats here! When Swan Creek opens in the spring, nets are set across the creek, and the females eggs are taken, placed in containers and then the facil-ity is manned round the clock. There are pumps to be checked and generators to be fueled, these are necessary to keep the water circulat-ing around the eggs and newly hatched fry. Jim has a staff of about 10 people to keep the place running in tiptop shape. Swan Creek Hatchery is an integral part of Manitoba’s ecosystem and plays an important role in the livelihood of Lake Manitoba commer-cial as well as recreational fishermen throughout the province. As well as the financial gains to our community in the form of a 21k budget to run the hatchery, not to mention the wages paid to the all local staff, and the spin offs available to the people who come to our area for the fishing and camping experience. If you would ever like to take a tour of the Swan Creek Hatchery, all you have to do is call 739-3651, and Jim and the guys would love to show you around and share a coffee and a story or two with you.

On Behalf of the RM of Coldwell, we are pleased to pro-vide the new website which will be live on May 1, 2012. We wish to thank everyone that provided information, time and photos. Everything is truly appreciated. We hope you enjoy the site and find the information valuable and useful in keeping updated on the activity in our Municipality. Sincerely, The Economic Development Committee of the RM of Coldwell

700 copies of What’s Happening are  distributed to Lundar & Oak Point!   

Look for us on the RM’s new website!! 

Above: Jim Brandson chauffeuring me back to shore by boat, the only means available to the hatchery. Below: Protective sandbags still up around buildings, evidence of last year’s devastating flood.

left Some of the 70M pickerel eggs being cared for at the Swan Creek Hatchery. Re-cently they started putting a dye on the re-leased fry, and last winter stats showed that 58% of all pickerel caught by commercial fishermen were from Swan Creek Hatchery!

Above Jim Brandson and Donald Thorgilsson taking a break to give me a tour of the facility.

Contact  762‐5566    www.lundarmotorhotel.com 

Thursday, May 3 - 9PM Performance Famous Hypnotist “MATAO” $7.50 ADMISSION - Do You Dare? Friday, May 5 - CINCO DE MAYO! Starring JOSE CUERVO! Saturday, May 12 - MANITOBA DAY! Pin The Tail on the BISON! Sunday, May 13 - MOTHER’S DAY Treat Mom to a Gourmet Brunch Buffet (10am to 2pm) $11.95 Adults $ 7.95 Kids Under 12

Community Events to Remember

Sunday Worship Services Lundar Lutheran Church Sunday Worship/Sunday School 10:30am St.Olaf Catholic Church Sunday Mass 8am Wed Rosary 4pm Lundar Gospel Lighthouse AM Worship 11am, Pm Worship 7pm Clarkleigh United Church Worship Service @2:00pm Al-Anon Meetings Wednesdays 7pm Lutheran Church Board Room 739-2710 Alcoholics Anon. Meetings Wednesdays 8pmLutheran Church Hall 762-5146 Old Time Dances May 27 Highway 6 Lundar Community Hall 1 to5pm Bingo Oak Point Community Club Bingo Last Monday each month @7:30pm

Pauline Johnson Library  BBQ   May 18   @11:00pm    in front of the library  Lundar Museum Society Exec Mtg May 23 @ 7:30pm at the RM Office Grettir Exec Meeting May 6 7pm at the rink Sr Co-op Housing Exec Mtg May 6 6:30pm at the home Lundar Ag Society Meeting May 7 @ 7 pm at the Lutheran Church Hall

Putting that apple core in the trash contributes to global warming.  As it decomposes, organic waste  in landfills can produce methane, which has 25  

times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.   Compost those organics instead and  

feed your garden!!