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By DARRYL HOLYK

The annual Heritage Day celebration at Minnedosa

Heritage Village was hosted last Sunday, August 23rd. Although the weather could have co-operated a bit better, the day was a success with a fair sized crowd. In years past, Heritage

Day was held on the Sun-day of Fun Fest in July but as there have been a number of new Sunday Fun Fest attrac-tions happening in the last few years, the local museum board chose to reschedule their celebration as a way to celebrate another successful summer at the village. Sunday’s event opened

with an old-fashioned pio-neer church service in the Hunterville Church lead by Reverend Natasha Pear-en. Th e Minnedosa United Church did not hold its regu-lar service Sunday and in-vited everyone to join in the heritage service.

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Celebrating Our Heritage

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Photos by Darryl Holyk

Dylan Woodcock and Brittany MacDonald perform “Old Fashioned Wedding”.

Ken Bayes gives horse-drawn wagon rides through the Heritage Village.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 30th, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

Field located BeHIND Heritage CO-OP AGRo ON 6th ave. n.w. (across from richardson elevator)

Please join us and support this GREAT cause!

Minnedosa Arena Registration Nights at the Tanner’s Crossing School Gym

Wednesday, September 9 (3:30 to 6:30 pm) and Thursday, September 10 (5:00-8:00 pm)

MINNEDOSA FIGURE SKATING CLUB

Minnedosa Figure Skating Club registration for either CanSkate (learn to skate 4yrs and up) or StarSkate (figure skating) - twice a week beginning end of October thru March. CanSkate 1 day per week ............ $100 CanSkate 2 days per week .......... $165 Star Skate ..................................... $215 Contact Clarice Robinson for more information: 204-867-5129

MINNEDOSA MINOR HOCKEY

MAJOR CHANGES TO REGISTRATION PROCESS:

1. Player registration is online 2. Parent Respect in Sport (must be completed by at

least 1 parent per family before player registration will be completed-cost of $12.60)

Links for player registration and the parent respect in sport course can be found at:

minnedosaminorhockey.com

HIP Program (born 2009, 2010) ...................... $150.00 *it is recommended that 4 year olds take CanSkate so that they have a solid skating ability before starting hockey Novice (2007, 2008) ........................................ $290.00 Atom (2005, 2006) ........................................... $310.00 Pee Wee (2003, 2004) ..................................... $315.00 Bantam (2001, 2002) ....................................... $320.00 Midget (1998-2000) ......................................... $350.00

MIDGET / HIGH SCHOOL

Players need to indicate interest in playing to Christine Bailey or Tanis Barrett by Sept 14 so that

we can allocate ice times for all teams. Payment and complete registration for midget and high school

players will take place at a late date.

Registration fees can be mailed to: Christine Bailey Box 31 Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0

Cheques should be payable to: MMAA Late Registration Fee of $50 will be charged for

all registrations received after Sept. 14, 2015

Canteen fees will also apply for all minor hockey families. Please see minnedosaminorhockey.com for details.

Equipment exchange / donation program: Donation drop offs: Sept 9 + 10 at registration Equip pickup: Sept 14 + 15 (3:30 to 8:00 pm) at TCS

Any hockey registration questions? Please call Christine Bailey at 204-868-5868 or email: [email protected] Interested in coaching or managing a minor hockey team this season? Contact Andrew Gugin: 204-867-1953 [email protected]

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By DARRYL HOLYK

There are some no-table changes being

introduced within the Minnedosa Minor Hockey program for the 2015-2016 season. Th ese changes are being implemented and mandated by Hockey Manitoba. Th is year, before par-ents can register their child for the hockey pro-gram, at least one parent in the household must complete the Respect In Sports program. Th is pro-gram has been around for some time and was devel-oped as a way to educate people on awareness and

recognition of bullying, confl ict, harassment, dis-crimination, abuse and general negativity be-tween all those involved in sport whether it’s play-ers, offi cials or parents. Coaches and offi cials in various sports have been required to take the Re-spect in Sports Course for a number of years and now, it is mandatory that hockey parents also take the course. Th e course takes about one and a half hours to complete and features a number of sce-narios. One local hockey parent who recently com-pleted the course is Tanis Barrett. She indicated it

was straightforward to navigate through. “Th e issues it covered were practical and were good reminders of how parents can infl uence their child’s enjoyment of the game of hockey and also impact the climate of the game for spectators, refs and volunteer bench staff ,” ex-plained Tanis. “If you are unhappy with what has happened with your child on ice, what do you do, who do you talk to, how do you address it?” Hockey Manitoba has implemented this rule for a number of reasons,

the fi rst being safety for all participants. It is also aimed at enhancing com-munication between par-ents, offi cials and hockey volunteers. By completing the course, parents will be provided with knowledge to prepare their young athlete(s) for practices and games. Another change for the local minor hockey program is that all regis-trations must now be done by parents online through the Minnedosa Minor Hockey website. In years past, local volunteers would take registration

information during reg-istration night and then input it online. To lessen the work load for regis-tration volunteers as well as reduce the line-ups for registrants on registration night, parents are now asked to register their own child(ren) online then just drop payment off on regis-tration night or mail it to Minnedosa Minor Athletic Association. More infor-mation, dates and prices can be found in the Regis-tration Night ad elsewhere in today’s edition. Th e Hockey Initiation Program will also see a

bit of a change this sea-son. Instead of using the full ice surface as in years past, this year, youngsters enrolled in the HIP pro-gram will be using only half the ice surface. Spe-cial bumpers and smaller nets have been ordered to divide the play area in half and having the HIP teams play east and west across the ice rather than north and south. Th e smaller play area is hoped to pro-vide the young players with better skill develop-ment.

By DARRYL HOLYK

Minnedosa Covenant Church hosted its

annual Vacation Bible Camp last week with great attendance numbers. Six-ty-four kids ranging from three-years old up to Grade Six participated in the week-long morning camp titled, Everest – Conquer-ing Challenges With God’s Mighty Power. Music, games, crafts and stories fi lled each day of the camp which wrapped up last Friday with a grand fi nale concert for parents and grandparents. Th roughout Vacation Bible Camp, the young par-ticipants learned about the importance of relief work. A daily collection was tak-en in support of the Nepal Relief eff ort to assist them in recovery from April’s devastating earthquake.

By the close of the camp, $916.26 had been raised for Nepal. $500 will be used to restore a home destroyed by the earthquake and the remaining funds will buy 81 bags of rice to feed the people of Nepal.

Respect In Sport Mandated For Hockey Parents

Vacation Bible Camp

Photo by Darryl Holyk

Vacation Bible Camp participants held a concert for parents and

grandparents last Friday morning.

3Th e Minnedosa Tribune Friday, August 28, 2015

THANK YOUWe are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support on August 14th at Drew’s Benefit Social organized so well by a great group of his cousins and friends. How do we properly thank everyone? The kids took it upon themselves to organize this event; they went big and it was a huge success, we can all be proud that we have leaders like them in our community. Donations have poured into the Credit Union account and the 600 tickets were sold out as well as many support tickets for those that couldn’t be there. Small Town, MB was definitely well represented with young Aggies and their friends coming to show their support. Numerous organizations, small businesses and individuals from all over Manitoba donated great prizes to use for Silent Auction and raffle draws. My Basswood Book Club and friends cooked up perogies and smokies to feed the masses. The Lion’s and Rotary Clubs manned the bar. The local live bands kept people dancing and provided great music. There were so many anonymous supporters as well that we want you all to know it is all greatly appreciated; reaching over $45,000. I wish I could remember every one of you and thank you personally when I meet you on the street.

So many were unable to hear my thank you at the arena; if you were in the back half of the arena, by the time you realized someone was talking on stage it was all over. Drew, Andy and I all spoke and like the 4-Her that I am and many of you are, I had to write it out on paper! So I have included my thank you here:

“Someone asked if we wanted to say anything tonight and I realize the sound system isn’t the greatest to be heard but we definitely want to take this opportunity to thank everyone. I can’t begin to name names as there are so many who have helped make tonight happen.

Tracy Gregorash said it so eloquently at the NF Run in June; if I remember correctly she said “You all have your own trials or stresses of things going on in your lives but you still made time to come out to support us and especially Drew.”

You might look at us Cardy’s and feel sorry for the curve ball that has been thrown our way – but like always – we have found the Silver Lining; all of you here tonight. Drew is a true inspiration to us all. Right from that fun day of quadding back in April he has looked at all of this as a new experience to embrace and make the most of.

Your generosity tonight will help Drew to make some changes to become fully independent. When he is up and walking again, we know that he will give back to this community that has shown him such great support. We are feeling the love. Thank you.”

Just an update on Drew, he continues to work hard to keep his Cardy Crop Solutions Pioneer Seed business going strong. Drew will be fitted with leg braces mid-September and when the hardware in his back is fully healed he will start to practice walking again mid-October. We are very optimistic with the progress Drew is making physically but Drew being Drew, nothing will hold him back. We appreciate your ongoing spiritual support as well. We are so proud to call Minnedosa home.

Thanks again.

By DARRYL HOLYK

As the Rolling River School Division pre-

pares for opening day of the 2015-2016 school year, it welcomes a new Super-intendent, Mary-Anne Ploshynsky. Mary-Anne is the fi rst female superinten-dent since the Rolling Riv-er School Division was es-tablished in January 1968 to replace the Minnedosa Elementary School Divi-sion. Joining Mary-Anne at the helm of the Division is Assistant Superinten-dent Marg Janssen and Secretary Treasurer Kathy McNabb. All three are the fi rst females to hold these positions in the Divisions long history. Mary-Anne takes on the position of super-intendent with a great wealth of experience be-hind her. She has worked in all levels of the school system teaching at the early, middle and senior year levels. Mary-Anne has also worked as a K-12

resource teacher, guid-ance counsellor, school administrator, student services administrator and faculty instructor at Brandon University. Her most recent career, before assuming the role of RRSD Superintendent, was as consultant in the student services unit with Mani-toba Education and Ad-vanced Learning. “My leadership as-pirations are rooted in a commitment to provid-ing the quality of life and learning schools provide for all students,” said Mary-Anne. “I believe that all students can learn, all students have the ability and all students have the right to an appropriate ed-ucation in a very inclusive environment.” Born and raised in Rossburn, MB, Mary-Anne continues to reside in her hometown with her husband Bob, who is the principal at Rossburn Col-legiate. Th e couple have three children – Bailee

and Zach who are attend-ing university and Jake who is entering Grade 11. Upon completion of her own high school edu-cation, Mary-Anne went on to Brandon University for her Bachelor of Educa-tion, followed by graduate studies in Special Edu-cation and a Masters in Educational Administra-tion. She also completed a French Emersion pro-gram at Chicoutimi. Some Minnedosa students from the mid 1980s may re-member Mary-Anne from when she held a term po-sition in Phys Ed. at Tan-ner’s Crossing School. “Parents entrust their children to us, the educa-tor, for the day. We are the extended parent. Th e hope is that the experience stu-dents have at school will provide a foundation for our children that will sup-port a fulfi lling future,” said Mary-Anne. “At the core, I am committed to ensuring students success and focussing our actions

on process and resources so that all of our students have a safe and eff ective learning environment.” As she has been get-ting settled in her new position, Mary-Anne has reviewed the RRSD priori-ties. “My vision is to con-tinue fostering student literacy and numeracy. Th e vision encompasses increasing staff capacity and high quality instruc-tion that supports a broad range of students to learn together and a broad range of teachers to work and teach together.” Th e 2015-16 school year for Rolling River School Division is quickly approaching with schools reopening on Wednesday, September 9th. Mary-Anne is looking forward to her fi rst school year as Su-perintendent and having a hand in preparing today’s students to be our future leaders.

RRSD Welcomes First Female Superindendent

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Mary-Anne Ploshynsky has been hired as the next Superindendent for Rolling River School

Division. Mary-Anne is the fi rst woman to hold this position in the Division.

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Afternoon entertain-ment on the veranda of the historic octagon building featured old time country, bluegrass and gospel mu-sic by Lazy Creek Express. Th is was followed by two back-to-back sets of Scot-tish and Highland dancing by eight young members of Expressive Dance with Crystal and some popular music and classic show tunes from Brittany Mac-Donald and Dylan Wood-cock. Ken Bayes provided horse drawn wagon rides and for the younger people in attendance, they could climb aboard the minia-ture train driven by con-ductor Rae Christiansen for a scenic tour around the village grounds. Heritage Day is held annually as a fundraiser for the local museum to assist with costs of maintaining

the Heritage Village and its’ buildings. Th ose in at-tendance Sunday were generous with donations at the gate with receipts bringing in over $700. Th e collection from the church service brought in another $170. A BBQ lunch featur-ing hamburgers, smokies,

homemade pie and drinks raised over $700. Th e next fundraiser for the Heritage Village will be its’ annual fall fl ea market in late September followed by the third annual Heri-tage Memory Lights in the weeks leading up to Christ-mas.

Heritage Day


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VBy Darryl Holyk

In Memory… We note the passing of two former Minnedosa busi-nessmen this week, Bob Th urston and Bob Bertram. In addition to his many years at Morris Industries, Bob Th ur-ston will be remembered by many as a long-time owner of Minnedosa’s Dari-Isle Drive In. Th e Th urston’s purchased the local Drive-In in 1986 and operated it for the next 17 years. Bob Bertram entered the local pharmacy scene in the late 1960s and was a business partner with Bill Early. He be-came sole proprietor in 1974 and operated Valley Pharmacy until the early 1980s. Th e Tribune sends condolences to the Th urston and Bertram families.

More Delivery Woes… You can jump in your car and drive to Oak Lake from Minnedosa within an hour but if you expect our friends at Canada Post to deliver mail between these two communi-ties in the same amount of time you are sadly mistaken. We received a note from one of our Oak Lake subscribers this week informing us that she does not get her weekly Tribune in her mail box until Wednesday – fi ve days after it enters the Canada Post system here in Minnedosa. It’s sad that in this day and age you could deliver mail faster on foot than if you send it through our “modern” national postage system!

Course aeration… Th e local Golf Course will be closed on Tuesday to ac-commodate a deep tine aerating of all 18 greens and sev-eral tee boxes. Th is process is done to ensure the long term health of the greens and will be carried out by the local maintenance crew with assistance from two outside turf maintenance crews.

Principal changes…. As another school year quickly approaches, there are some staff changes. A number of changes in School Princi-pals will be seen in the 2015-16 school year. Th ese changes include Bryce Ridgen assuming the principals position here at MCI, Shauna Price at Rapid City Elementary, April Sprenger at Rivers Elementary, Kendra Walker at Oak River Elementary and Wendy Harder as Principal at Westview Colony.

By CHRIS GOERTZEN, President, Association of Manitoba Municipalities

What is the most important order of government? With a federal election campaign underway

and a provincial election to follow next spring, “mu-nicipal government” might not be the fi rst answer that comes to mind. Yes, we are “closest to the peo-ple” because we live and work in the communities we represent. But municipalities also deliver the services citizens use every day, as well as build and maintain the infrastructure needed to deliver those services. And we can’t do it alone. During election season, the Association of Mani-toba Municipalities will be watching closely for a number of municipal priorities to be addressed. We will be looking for more partnerships, which are essential for municipalities that mostly rely on property taxes to pay for larger projects. Communi-ties receive only eight cents out of every tax dollar, with the rest going into provincial and federal coff ers. We count on partnerships to create and maintain the communities our citizens want to live in. Partnerships fi ll a valuable need and create goodwill between governments. Last month, 23 proj-ects across Manitoba were announced under the $1-billion New Building Canada Plan’s small com-munities fund. Th e AMM is the only association in Canada working alongside the federal and provincial governments to help select the important public in-frastructure projects fi nanced under this program. Municipal roads and bridges also benefi t from cost-sharing programs with the Manitoba government. Yet, more partnerships are just one part of the funding puzzle. For every dollar in infrastructure funding awarded, many more are needed to address Canada’s $123-billion infrastructure defi cit. Th e good news is each dollar invested also generates up to 17 cents in cost savings for the private sector. Good roads reduce fuel costs and haul times, and adequate water reduces input costs. Businesses lo-cate where there is access to these amenities, and the resulting job creation fuels the local economy. What Manitoba’s municipalities need is a source of funding dedicated to their infrastructure, and the logical source would be the provincial sales tax. Th e AMM, the Manitoba Heavy Construction Associa-tion and others have argued for a greater share of the PST for years, and Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bow-man reiterated this call shortly after being elected.

Our lobbying eff orts on this issue will certainly con-tinue to be a priority. But what we also need — and a quicker and eas-ier fi x, to be sure — is a rebate of the more than $25 million communities pay to the province through the PST. One order of government should not tax anoth-er, and this burden became greater with the PST in-crease. A rebate would help municipal governments chip away at Manitoba’s $11-billion municipal infra-structure defi cit by redirecting these funds toward fi xing our roads and bridges more quickly. Another priority for municipalities is the need for a comprehensive, long-term economic development plan for the province, including Northern Manitoba, which has been without a strategy in this area for far too long. Economic development is the lifeblood of municipalities, and the return on investment is un-disputable. However, the piecemeal approach to eco-nomic development in Manitoba hinders the growth of our communities. Th e AMM lobbied for, and re-ceived, increased funding in recent years through the successful Partner 4 Growth program, but this followed funding cuts to regional economic devel-opment corporations in 2011 that municipalities are still recovering from. Finally, we need to have a discussion about regulation. Often, governments propose sweeping mandates without accompanying funding. Forcing amalgamation on municipalities, banning cosmetic pesticides and downloading Dutch Elm Disease management all come to mind (although Municipal Government Minister Drew Caldwell has since com-mitted to review some of the costs associated with amalgamation). Even though some of these regula-tions may be created with the best of intentions, in each case, inviting municipal input on the proposed changes (and providing funding to pay for them) would have gone a long way to smooth the process. If there is a common thread among these pri-orities, it is really about three orders of government working together for one taxpayer. Municipalities are open to partnerships. In fact, we embrace them. We are also in the best position to know what our communities need the most. Finding ways to successfully work together for our citizens should be a priority of all governments, before, during and after election day. So when mark-ing your ballots, please remember that the decisions you make will ultimately aff ect your municipal gov-ernment, too.

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Letters to the Editor

1885 – Th e train was delayed about 20 minutes on Friday last after having to stop four or fi ve miles west of Portage la Prairie to pull a colt out of a culvert into which it had fallen.

1895 – Th e Taylor Bros. have paid out $17,000 for cat-tle since the fi rst of the month. Th is is a tidy sum to go into the farmer’s pockets from one fi rm.

1905 – Minnedosa has another weekly newspaper, Th e Minnedosa Mercury. It is well printed and newsy and will no doubt meet the success it merits.

1915 – Minnedosans are asking why the road on the hill to the cemetery is not straight. Th ey cannot see why there should be a crook in it.

1965 – Stewart Motors, Minnedosa’s Massey-Fergu-son dealer advertises a 1956 Minneapolis Moline Com-bine, G4 pull-type for $684.00. A brand new Versatile pull-type swather can be picked up for $1,085.

1975 – A four-year-old Brandon girl drowned in the Minnedosa river after she stumbled on some rocks about 200 feet below the dam.

1995 – Rapid City’s Valley View Golf Course has been expanded from 1,800 yards to almost 3,000 yards and a new, larger club house is now in operation.

2005 – A gathering of approximately 35 people cel-ebrated the completion of the stone pillars at the en-trance of the Heritage Village. Th e pillars, built by Dave and Danika Proven feature a time capsule that will be opened in 25 years.

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Bjarni Walterson of the Minnedosa Foundation presented a cheque to John Loregio of the Canadian Diabetic

Association. These funds help send a child to a summer camp.

For more info or to make a donation to the Foundation go to www.minnedosafoundation.com.

Shortages have directly been aff ecting health

care coverage in our con-stituency for a long time. Another new challenge has come up in the last week as both physicians currently practicing in Shoal Lake have handed in their resignation eff ective in November. It was especially upset-ting to see that as this dev-astating news was reach-

ing our communities, this NDP government put out a press release boasting that “there are 66 more doctors providing care to Manito-ba families throughout the province as compared to the same time last year.” In a conversation with Prai-rie Mountain Health, I was told that there are actually less physicians working in our RHA overall com-pared to this time last year.

It would appear that this NDP government is once again masking serious health care situations with information that is irrel-evant and misleading to so many rural communities. Prairie Mountain Health recruits new doctors from two main pools: Manitoba graduates and internation-al graduates. Typically the Manitoba grads will start work between July 1st and September 1st, while in-ternational grads start in February. Moving forward, it is likely that there will be signifi cant changes to the health care options in Shoal Lake as there is sim-ply not enough resources to fi ll the void that losing both local physicians will cause. Th e RHA says they allocate their resources based on prioritized needs. It is safe to assume that the

residents of Shoal Lake feel their present community doctor situation deserves to be a priority, and like most Manitobans, they are tired of paying more and getting less from the NDP government. NDP waste is threat-ening essential frontline services. On top of the doc-tor shortage issues facing Shoal Lake and many other communities, there is also ongoing nurse shortages, emergency room closures, personal care home issues and increased wait times for appointments and pro-cedures. It is clear that this NDP government is failing to provide adequate and accessible health care in Westman. Manitobans are tired of the same NDP bro-ken promises and deserve a change for the better.

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By GREG FEDAK, SHARON ARDRON, BOB GWYER, MAFRD Business Development Specialists

As we head into harvest, many farmers will be

out in the fi elds getting things done. While the fi nal numbers on inven-tory won’t be in for a few weeks, it is worthwhile to start thinking about how your operation might look after harvest or round-up. On the cropping side, commodity prices are very volatile and expenses are trending upwards because of a weaker Canadian dol-lar. If you aren’t paying at-tention to your marketing plan or don’t have one, you may fi nd yourself with a reduced margin. If severe weather has aff ected your farm this year, your yields may be negatively impact-ed and you may end up with a reduced margin. If there is a large crop and is-sues with delivery or ship-ping, you may fi nd yourself with a reduced cash fl ow. If you end up in any of those situations, there are some things you can do to help yourself.

FARM FINANCE QUICK TEST

Start with your Current Ratio: your crop and input inventory (accurately val-ued) and cash divided by your accounts receivable, your operating loans, ad-vances and your principal payments on debt coming due within the next year. If this ratio is 1.5 to one or greater, you prob-ably can focus on other things for the short-term. If the ratio is under 1.5 to one, you should probably be concerned about how things will look for the winter. If the ratio is below one-to-one, you should be taking steps to make sure your farm survives to the next growing season. You may also want to look at your debt service requirement. Th is is the total of your principal and interest payments that are due in the coming year, expressed in cost of pro-duction per unit. As ex-ample: if you have a 2,000 acre farm with $600,000 of debt, with a debt ser-vice cost of $80,000 prin-cipal/year plus interest at fi ve per cent, your debt service requirement per acre is $80,000 (princi-

pal) + $30,000 (interest) = $110,000, divided by 2000 (acres), equals $55 per acre. Th is number can be used to quickly gauge if your yield/price combina-tion will be enough to pay the input costs and make your payments.

TALK TO YOUR LENDERS

Proactive, regular con-tact with your lenders is another important part of farming. Lenders consider themselves as partners in your operation and will usually work at maintain-ing a relationship with you. You should view things the same way. As a farm man-ager, keeping your lend-ers up to date with what is happening on your farm is very important, especially when things may be tight-ening up in cash fl ow or profi tability. With proper lead time, most lenders will try to work with you to maintain a manageable cash fl ow and keep your farm moving forward.

OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCIAL HELP AND

INFORMATION

MAFRD Farm En-terprise Specialists are located throughout the province and have the ex-pertise and tools to help you analyze your farm fi -

nances and put together a plan to move forward. Visit the website for the special-ist closest to you. Th e Manitoba Farm Industry Board is in place to assist Manitoba farm-ers in fi nancial diffi culty. One of its mandates is to provide mediation as an

alternative to legal action by creditors. Th e board has fi nancial advisors who can work directly with farmers to resolve issues with their creditors. Call 204-945-0357 for more information. Farm Debt Mediation Services is a Canada-wide service for farmers. Its ac-

tivity is governed by the Farm Debt Mediation Act, which protects farmers against foreclosure. Th is service has fi nancial advi-sors who can work directly with farmers to resolve is-sues with their creditors.

By DARRYL HOLYK

Leo’s Bakery, one of Main Street’s oldest

buildings was demol-ished in August 1975. Built around the turn of the century it was originally a pool room and barber shop on the main fl oor with commercial travel-lers sample rooms for the Minnedosa Hotel on the second fl oor. In 1927, Charlie Cleverley bought the old Minnedosa Hotel Sam-ple Room building and converted it into a bak-ery. Th e top fl oor of the

building featured living quarters for the family. Charlie operated the bak-ery for 20 years, retiring in 1947. Other owners of the bakery included the Arm-strongs, Mazeroles and Penners. Reinhard Penner bought Leo’s Bakery in the summer of 1970 and con-tinued to operate it until moving across Main Street to the current location of Rosie’s Country Café and Bakery. Th e building, located north of Minnedosa Inn, was demolished to make way to an addition to the Co-op grocery store.

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ing the gesture, but the gift selection says more than you realize. I myself have been guilty of it from time to time, so I can speak to this fi rsthand. When you have resorted to a gift card, it shows how discon-nected you are from the recipient of your well-in-tended gesture. Th e gift card industry is a popular one, raking in millions of dollars each year. No doubt, it’s conve-nient and easy to ensure a fair and equal spend if you’re buying for multi-ple people on your shop-ping list. But let’s admit it, wrapping up a gift card says “I don’t really know what you’re into, so here… go buy yourself something nice.” Embarrassingly, this same thing is happening in our communities regu-larly. In the absence of a meaningful relationship with our youth, we allo-

cate a number to a line item on the budget for parks and recreation and assume that it will sort it-self out. Everyone is satis-fi ed with the result, right? Wrong! Instead of pounding our chests proudly about all that we’re doing FOR youth, we would be better served to be able to share what we’re doing WITH youth. Under the current model, we might as well line ‘em up and hand out some gift cards. We need to have the conversation with our young people. What types of recreational opportuni-ties do they want to see? Are there programs or facilities not available lo-cally that is taking them out of town? Are we los-ing young families over this? Sure, we lay claim to a recent Pan Am Games medal winner, brushing off that the family has re-located to Brandon to bet-ter support the athlete’s

training. It’s not all big ticket capital projects. In fact, we just might fi nd that there are a number of quick wins that allow us to meet the most pressing needs and still refl ect a fi s-cally responsible budget. Let’s recognize that not every child in our community aspires to play in the NHL. Outside of scheduled ice time, what else can we off er to spark the imaginations of our rising stars? Maybe it’s other sports or athlet-ics, perhaps art programs, maybe mentorship op-portunities are all things which appeal to our rest-less youth. Maybe it’s as simple as providing a venue for teens to have a space to call their own – where they can develop their own sense of com-munity. Th e truth is, thou-sands of dollars are spent each year by Councils and related departments across the country to cre-ate activities and events intended to engage the widest possible cross-section of our population. But how do we eff ectively measure the return on that investment? Does the percentage of participa-tion in those programs tell

us we have delivered what the public wants? Our young people are more connected to the world beyond their door-step than ever before. Th eir infl uences and am-bitions reach farther than our long term strategic planning could have an-ticipated fi fteen or twenty years ago. But we need to be adaptable to grow with these changes. Resist the urge to choose the easy route with a “gift card” of a solution. Spend time to talk to and learn from our youth and fi nd yourself in a position to bestow the gift which matters most. Manitoba’s Valley Par-adise is created by its’ peo-ple and we need to talk. You can fi nd me under the Discover Minnedosa ban-ner on Main Street, reach me by e-mail at [email protected], call me at 204-867-3885, or keep up with the action on Facebook.

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Congratulations to Amy Usick and Colin Lawson who were married on Friday, August 21st.

Ron and Gaileen Kingdon have returned home after spending two weeks with Jamie and Jill Mills and family at Okotoks, AB. Despite cool temperatures and wind folks enjoyed the church service, BBQ lunch and entertainment at the Minnedosa Museum and Heritage Village on Sunday. Congratulations to all the volunteers of the village for all their hard work.

BASSWOOD NEWS

By DOREEN TROTT

Congratulations to Nichole Anderson and

Keith Hillis who were mar-ried in Rapid City on a very rainy Saturday. All the best for a happy future. Our sympathy is ex-tended to Malcolm and Shirley Rose on the pass-ing of their cousin, Shirley Bradley. We would like to remember her children Sheila and Duane and their families at this sad time. Th e MacDonald fam-ily gathered for their an-nual family weekend on August 15th – 16th. Family members who were very welcomed but unexpected were Joe Olenick and Greg Wiebe, who returned from a summer of tree planting in BC. Shirley Rose and Do-reen Trott enjoyed a very pleasant Tuesday after-noon at the home of Syd and Marie Cardy. Th ey also visited with Danny and Evelyn Sherwood of Kamloops, BC. Th e Sher-woods had arrived to at-tend the benefi t social for great nephew Drew Cardy. Darren and Gay-lene Wiebe and family of Wasagaming attended a special birthday party for Shirley Davis over the weekend. Th e Wiebe fam-ily also visited with Donna

MacDonald. Happy Birth-day Shirley! Weekday visitors with Jim and Nancy Greer were Shaun, Christine and Hunter Greer from Kem-nay and the Martin fam-ily from Guelph, Ontario, Sarah, Jessica, Andrew and Lewis. Congratulations to Loreen Jackson who once again came home with an assortment of prizes from the Minnedosa Flower Show last week. She re-ceived the prize for the best glad among others. Congratulations to Colin Lawson and Amy Usick who were married on Friday. A number from the area attended. We are pleased to hear that Ivy Rudniski has returned home after a lengthy stay in Brandon Regional Hospital. All the best Ivy.

By MURIEL McMANUS

Brenda Kolskog, Ed-monton, has been vis-

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Recreation ReportBy

LISA BUCHANAN

There has been great support for the

Minnedosa and District Recreation Commission all summer. We saw record numbers at the beach on Canada Day, record turn

outs for the Kiddies Parade and Fun Fest Friday activi-ties and record numbers in our summer day camps and swimming lessons! Th e August youth dance was a blast and hopefully

next week’s dance will be just as fun! Camps are offi cially over for the summer and we hope everyone that at-tended camp had a blast! Th e community support has been wonderful! Lo-cal businesses, clubs and organizations have been fabulous hosting camp kids for the “Day in the Uniform” and the “Putt, Paddle and Punt” camp as well as donating camp supplies and prizes. Th e kids all had unique experi-

ences and made memories they will never forget! Fall is fast approaching and the Fall Rec Schedule will be out shortly. Th ere is a lot going on in the com-munity this fall through the Rec offi ce and other orga-nizations in town. Th e se-niors centre is hosting a lot of classes and workshops for people of all ages. Local clubs are opening registra-tion for fall and winter pro-grams. Many of these clubs will be at the registration night. Come and check out

everything Minnedosa has to off er! If there is anything that you would like to see off ered that you cannot fi nd, please contact me at the offi ce. I will do my best to off er programs that people would like to have in Minnedosa. Next week is our End of Summer Dance; I hope to see everyone out with their dancing shoes ready to dance the night away with the camp leaders and D & D Music Factory. Dog training classes are start-

ing next week; there is still time to sign up. Aqua fi t is coming to an end; I hope everyone that participated enjoyed the class. We were lucky to have great weather all summer with the excep-tion of one class! We were also fortu-nate to have awesome day camp leaders this summer! It has been a busy summer and they have been great! Alison, Holly, Veronica and Evan have worked hard making camp safe and fun for everyone.


By DARRYL HOLYK

The Minnedosa and District Health Foun-

dation continues to sup-port health care related projects in the local ser-vice area. It’s most recent donation was presented Monday when $10,000 was given to Minnedosa Emer-gency Medical Services in support of its’ fundrais-ing for new stretchers. Minnedosa EMS is fund-raising to purchase two Ferno Powerlift Stretcher Systems which come with a price tag of $29,000 each. With this most re-cent $10,000 contribution, a total of $41,061.40 has been raised. Hopefully, the remaining $16,938 can

be secured in the near fu-ture to move forward with the purchase of these two much needed stretchers. In the past fourteen years, Minnedosa and District Health Founda-tion has contributed a to-tal of $256,910.00 to vari-ous health related items. A few of the many items the Health Foundation has fi nancially supported in-clude beds and mattresses, vital sign monitors, lapa-roscope, surgical and care supplies and instruments, bathing tubs and chairs, televisions and furniture for patient rooms plus much more. Th e foundation’s main source of funding comes from accumulated inter-

est from estates, namely the estates of Len Averill and Mike Moroz. Foun-dation members encour-age residents to consider leaving all or a portion of their estates to the District Health Foundation so that it can continue to support health care related needs in our area. Charitable tax receipts will be issued for donors and estates. Further inquiries on how you can support the local Health Foundation can be made at the mu-nicipal offi ces of the Town of Minnedosa and Mu-nicipalities of Minto-Oda-nah, Harrison Park and Oakview.

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Brad and Sandy Fotty and girls Madison and

Brooklyn of Winnipeg are here visiting with Auntie Barb and Uncle Dennis Pedersen and cousins Kev-in and Tara Pederson and family for a few days. Carole (Everitt) Wilson and her granddaughter Natasha Wilson, daugh-ter of Carole’s son Andy, of Woodstock, Ontario, spent overnight with Shir-ley Pederson on their way to Prince Albert, Saskatch-ewan where Natasha will begin her nursing career at the local general hos-pital. She graduated with her BN in June and jobs are scarce in Ontario. Carole is the daughter of Roy and Edie Everitt and was raised on the farm northwest of Newdale. Several fi elds in the area have been combined and many more are near

ready, let’s hope last week-end’s rain is the last we see until October. A deer with a small spotted fawn were seen in the neighbourhood so let’s hope that means a food fall still to come! We send sympathy to the family of Shirley Brad-ley who passed away last week in Saskatchewan. She had moved from New-dale to the care home in Minnedosa several years ago and then to Rocan-ville to be closer to family. Shirley leaves to mourn two children, Sheila and Dwayne and their families. If you’ve driven down Main Street the past weeks you’ve noticed work being done at the Monument. Th e inscription plaque has been totally refurbished and cement work has been completed on the three-tier stone base. Th e area around the base will be upgraded and a new fence installed. Th e Newdale

Historical Society provided funds from the Newdale History Book sales to do the upgrades. Make sure you stop and check it out! A special plaque has been mounted with name of F/O David Eldred Bradley, NATO, October 16, 1933 – August 20, 1956. David Bradley was the son of Carl and Lexa Bradley, brother of Sabra and Lorne. He received his private pilots license at age 16 with a Strathclair Air Cadets scholarship, then went on to join RCAF for his jet fi ghter training, following his schooling at Penrith and Newdale Schools. He had done tours of duty with the NATO Forces in England, France, Germany, and Africa. He was killed while testing an F86 jet fi ghter that crashed on August 20, 1956 and he is buried in the post war RCAF Cemetery in Choloy, France.

NEWDALE NEWSBy DIANE BACHEWICH

Sympathy is extended to the late Ann Reban-

chuk’s family. Funeral ser-vice was held at the Ukrai-nian Catholic Church in Erickson and the burial was at the Sandy Lake Ukrainian Catholic ceme-tery following a memorial lunch here in the hall. Lil Kelenick and Rick Nowell spent the weekend in Winnipeg and celebrat-ed daughter-in-law Lor-raine Kelenick’s birthday while there. Welcome to Wayne Shewchuk and Charo-lett Misanchuk who have taken up residence here in town. Visiting with Lau-rence and Barb Osadec on Sunday were Vasyl and Nika Fedoriur and Con-stant of Brandon. Sympathy is extended to Kevin and Lorie Bache-wich on the sudden death recently of Lorie’s mother Joyce Gudbranson of Er-ickson. Robert Mandzuk had his brother-in-law Harold Culp of Orangeville, On-tario visiting with him for a week and now has re-turned back to his home. Ken Ellchuk and friend Ollie from Stone-wall, MB spent the week-end with sister Laverne Veilleux. Olga Prosken had daughter Julie and her

husband Ed of Winnipeg over the weekend. Holidaying with Fran-ces Kuzmak was daughter Susan and Victor Yac-eyk and daughter Karina of Calgary and Frances’ cousins Mary Grochalski, Stanely and Diane of Win-nipeg also sister Muriel Zemiak of Australia and sister Jean Zemiak of Dau-phin. Belinda Nowell re-turned home from Ches-termere, AB, where she spent some time baby sitting with her grand children while Ben and Tammie Nowell were on a quad trip in the moun-tains. Don and Pattie Shind-druk of Stonewall visited with family and friends here during the Western Day weekend. Gary and Doreen Der-hak and Diane Bachewich attended a come and go tea for Robert Dennis’ (Desiatynk) 80th birth-day party held on Sunday afternoon at the Shri-ner’s Club in Brandon. It was nice to see Robert’s brother Richard and his wife Lynn of Calgary and brother Wayne and his wife Norma of Winnipeg. Sadie Rystephanuk received word that her son-in-law Brian Bragg (Kathy’s husband) was in a serious motorcycle acci-dent in Edmonton. He was on his way to work when a

car ran a stop sign and is in hospital. Wishing Brian a speedy recovery. Sympathy to Molly Winder and family on the passing of husband Lloyd. Molly and Lloyd were well known, as Molly worked for many years at the Sandy Lake Personal Care Home and Lloyd for the R.M. of Harrison. Blake and Sylvia Budd (nee Solonyczny) of Shilo have purchased a perma-nent lakeside cabin here for retirement. Sympathy to the fam-ily of Betty Dennison of Newdale who passed away at the Sandy Lake Personal Care Home and welcome to Edith Th ickett of Russell, MB who is the new resident now at the home. Th omas Maluk of Ot-tawa, ON is home for a holiday with his parents Tim and Dorthy Maluk and brother Louis. Laurence and Barb Osadec attended the wed-ding of Barb’s great niece Amanda Usick and Colin Lawson. Amanda is the daughter of Mark and Su-san Usick. Maurice and Alice Boychuk of Portage la Prairie visited with Sadie Rystephanuk on Saturday. Ronald Mendro and friend Lucy Martin re-turned home to Flin Flon after holidaying at their trailer for the past week.

SANDY LAKE NEWS

Dear Reena, I bought a pair of fl eece lined jeans and am fi nding the dye is coming off on my hands when I wear them. I have washed them inside out in cold water and also washed them with 1 cup of vine-gar in cold water and they are still making my hands navy from the dye. Is there another way of washing them to get rid of the ex-cess dye! Bev

Dear Bev, Th is may be the result of defective dye, but most likely will cure itself over time. Here are a few hints to help speed up the pro-cess of making your jeans colorfast. Soak the jeans for a few hours in plain

old straight white vinegar. Next wash them in the hot-test water possible (you can use cold water but the color setting process will take longer). If the dye is still not colorfast, bring the jeans to the store and ex-plain the situation.

Dear Reena, I have underarm stains on a sweater of mine, how can I try to re-move them? It is only un-der one armpit. Linda

Dear Linda, For underarm per-spiration stains on shirts, rub with Sunlight laundry soap before washing. Or combat underarm stains by setting the shirt in half cup (125 mL) washing

soda or borax or white vinegar and two cups (500 mL) water and soaking or boiling. Wash as normal. Or sprinkle with 3% hydro-gen peroxide and cream of tartar (test fi rst). Leave for a few hours in the sun and wash. Another option is to soak stains in mouth-wash before washing. If the shirts were previously machine dried, the stains are set and therefore may require more than one of the solutions above.

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Upcoming programs at 50+ Centre from September to December: Scrapbook-ing, Photography, Knitting/Crochet, Memoir Writing. For more information and to register by September 18, call 204-867-1956. All ages wel-come to register. (24/26) x

Strathclair Old Iron Club Th rashing Demo 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on September 12 and 13. Binding and thrash-ing. Everyone welcome. (24-2) x

Legion Auxiliary, Branch, spouse or guest, an-nual pot luck supper to be held September 8th at 5:00 p.m. Auxiliary meeting to fol-low at 7:30 p.m.(24-2) x

Th e Minnedosa Horti-cultural Society’s produce, plant and fl ower sale and tea. Wednesday, September 9th 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tea served 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Minnedosa United Church. Garden vegetables and fruits, potted plants, perennials, bouquets, fl ower arrange-ments, fresh cut fl owers, glad-ioli and sweet peas. Everyone is welcome. Donations of pro-duce, perennials and fl owers are welcome. (24-2) x

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OBITUARIES

INTERMENT NOTICE

DEATH NOTICE

IN MEMORIAM

CARD OF THANKS

Communities In Bloom would like to send a huge THANK YOU to all of the residents and staff of the Town of Minnedosa for all of their hard work this year. Th e planting, weeding and watering of fl owers, plants, trees and shrubs, the mowing and trimming of yards, boule-vards and green spaces, the picking up of garbage and dog waste in public areas is no-ticed and very much appreci-ated. THANK YOU to all the businesses for maintaining, painting and upgrading your store fronts and the additions of your fl oral displays. Special THANKS to the Skoglund and Dalrymple Greenhouses for all of your expertise and assistance throughout the year. CONGRATULATIONS to the YARD OF THE WEEK winners: North East corner: Marlene and Jim Krutkewich. South East corner:Lindsay and Tim Konsorada. South West corner: Marj and Walter Samborski. North West cor-ner: Georgie Willis. THANK YOU to everyone who com-pleted our town survey at our Fun Fest booth or via Chamber email. Th e winner of $25.00 Minnedosa money was Yvonne Kelly. On July 30, 2015 the Communities In Bloom Provincial judging of our town was done by Glenda McPhee and Shawna Phillips. Th e judges enjoyed their day spent in our beautiful valley setting by touring everything from Rockin Th e Field’s ,the beach, the cemetery, MREC site, industrial park, Herit-age Village, Evergreen, the golf course and everything in between. Th ank you to everyone that helped show-case our community and make the judges day a suc-cess. Th e Provincial Awards conference and banquet will be held in Killarney on Sep-tember 11 and 12 where we hope to bring home the tro-phy for winning fi ve blooms. Communities In Bloom is a Canadian non-profi t organiz-ation committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautifi -cation through community involvement. TOGETHER LETS BLOOM. Minnedosa Communities In Bloom members.

Laurie, Kevin, Liam, Jackson Bachewich, Cheryl Gudbranson and the ex-tended family of Joyce Gudb-ranson wish to thank from the bottom of our hearts all those who sent texts, phone calls, food, messages and fl owers during this very diffi cult time. Th ank you to the paramedics who responded and showed much compassion. Th ank you to the Minnedosa hospi-tal staff , Rae’s Funeral Home, Erickson Legion and Ladies Auxiliary for all their help and support. Th ank you to all the family and friends who have and continue to support us through the loss of our Mom and Nanny. We love you all. x

In Loving Memoryof a dear husband,

father and grandfatherDON YOUNG

who passed awaySEPTEMBER 3RD, 2013

No one knows the feeling we share

when the family meets and you’re not there.

We miss your humor, your caring ways,

your loving smile and a word of praise.

A smile to all, a heart of gold.One of the best fathers,

grandfathers and husbandthe world could every hold.Never selfi sh, always kind.What wonderful memories

you left behindand when life is through

I pray that God will take our hand

and lead us straight to you.

Deeply missed and forever loved

wife Linda, daughter Gaytan, son Jason,

daughter-in-law Michelle and grandsons Emilio,

Logan, Landon and Brandt. x

Ivan Erickson, at the age of 89, passed away peacefully at his home in North Burnaby, BC on August 23rd, 2015 sur-rounded by his loving family and dear friend Joan. He was recently predeceased by sister Verna Munholland, at the age of 84, of Regina, SK on May 3rd, 2015 in the presence of her loving family. Ivan and Verna both passed with can-cer. Th ey will be profoundly missed by all who knew them.

Helen (Livingston) Dick and John Dick will be interred in Minnedosa Cemetery on August 29th at 11:00 a.m. (23-2) x

JOYCE ANN GUDBRANSONSEPTEMBER 19TH, 1955 –

AUGUST 11TH, 2015 Joyce Ann Gudbranson, our

beloved Mom, Nanny, Sister, Auntie, Friend, Co-Worker and overall “Superwoman” peace-fully passed away. She was 59 years old. Born in Erickson MB, she settled her roots in the area her

entire life being raised in On-anole and settling in Erickson to

raise her family. Mom worked for various employers throughout the

years, most recently working for Erickson Heritage Co-op. Mom’s

genuinely kind nature, infectious smile and giggle was always enjoyed by her customers and co-work-ers and will be missed. Mom was also a valued Legion member and supporter. Mom enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, quilting, crossword and jig saw puzzles and being with her best friend Daisy. Her true pride and joy was her family. She always expressed great pride in her daughters and especially her grandchildren, Liam and Jackson who had a special connection with their Nanny. Th is connection will stay with them forever. She was considered a favourite Auntie by many of her nieces and nephews. Every-one who knew her felt truly blessed to have her in their lives. Mom was a hard worker, who always showed strength, kind-ness and acceptance for everyone. Her legacy will carry on in her children, grandchildren and family. Mom was pre-deceased by her parents John and Henriette Macey, her wonderful husband Ernie Gudbranson and her brother Richard Macey. She leaves to celebrate her life: daugh-ters Laurie (Kevin) Bachewich and Cheryl Gudbranson, grand-children Liam and Jackson Bachewich, sisters Olive Campbell of Alberta and Joan Woychyshyn of Erickson, sisters–in–law Janyce Macey of Minnedosa and Marg (Jim) Whitney of Bran-don, several nieces and nephews and of course her beloved Daisy. A celebration of life was held on Friday, August 14th at the Erickson Legion. A private family service was held prior. Memorial contributions are welcome and can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Erickson Palliative Care and Erickson Services to Seniors.

“She is clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs with-out fear of the future.” Proverbs 31:25

ROBERT (BOB) THOMAS BERTRAMMARCH 27TH, 1943 -

AUGUST 20TH, 2015

After what he would have called a pretty good day, our treasured husband, Dad, Grandpa and Bobo left us sud-denly, two days after his sister Eleanor passed away. Bob was born in Shoal Lake,

MB. As a child, he grew up in the communities of Morden and

Langruth, Manitoba. It was in Langruth where he met the love

of his life, Linda, and decided that it would be a good thing to marry

her. One good decision lead to others, which resulted in two children, Michael and Sharri. Th ey cele-brated their 50th Anniversary this past June. Dad dedicated his life to being a pharmacist for 48 years. It was this career that brought him and Mom to Minnedosa, in 1968, to open Valley Pharmacy. He loved to spend his days see-ing people, listening to their stories, and helping with whatever they needed. Pharmacy also allowed Mom and Dad the op-portunity to travel to Northern Canada to work in remote com-munities and experience a part of Canada to which they never would have travelled. Our Dad was awesome. He spent countless hours dragging us around the lake water skiing, trying to convince a fi sh to grab red and white spoons, standing at the top of a hill on cold win-ter days sending ski racers down the course, going to hockey games, ringette games and band concerts. However, his great-est joy and pride came from being Grandpa at Mike’s house and Bobo at Sharri’s. When Grandpa/Bobo came to town you were guaranteed a trip to the Disney store, dinner out, and maybe a trip to the theater or a museum. He came for concerts, curling games, speed skating, church pageants, graduations and other school celebrations, and he was always the fi rst one to express how proud he was. Dad loved travelling, golfi ng, living in Minnedosa, fi shing, the Boney M Christmas Album, ice cream, coff ee time at Chipper-fi eld’s and, most of all, our Mom. Starting most days with, “What are our plans for today Nana?” Th ey spent very little time apart. Th e family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Services for their effi ciency, professionalism, and eff ort on Th ursday night. We would also like to thank the Staff of HSC for all they did, especially Nurse Sabrina - you may not realize how your calm voice and support helped us during that crazy night. Missing him terribly is his family, Linda, Mike, Lisa, Sharri and Stu; his grandchildren: Andrew, Logan, Hannah, Sarah and Emma. Our hearts go out to his brother Laurence, his wife Christine, nephew Kori, and their families in what must be one of the hardest weeks of their lives, as well as the Jackson clan, his cousins, his coff ee crew and dear friends. A celebration of Bob’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Fri-day, August 28th at the Minnedosa United Church. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foun-dation or Th e Minnedosa United Church. Dad - grab Eleanor’s hand, hold on real tight, and together you can go to wherever you need to be. We will miss you both forever. Minnedosa Funeral Service in care of arrangements.

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By PEG WHITTINGHAMFormer Tribune Reporter

It took a journey of over 3,500 kms to meet a re-

markable teacher born about an hours drive from Minnedosa. Roxienne Prestone (nee Cody), 73, began life on the family farm 13 miles out of the small French community of Sainte Rose du Lac. Her parents, El-mer and Irma (Stolz), pro-vided the rural roots that would take their daughter from the shadow of Riding Mountain National Park to the glacier-fed Kluane Lake in the Yukon. Serving the education-al needs of the Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay communities, Mrs. Prestone has carved out a valuable, and dwindling profession of yesteryear – that being a multi-level curriculum instructor for under 10 pupils in an area of 100 people. Sitting in a small-sized desk, I gazed out the window to the spectacu-lar view of the St. Elias Mountain range which cannot be seen prop-erly, without leaning up against the window to capture the full expanse rising to over 5,000m. Today, Mrs. Prestone is busy organizing her students for an excursion involving a salmon stew-ardship program. Gradu-ates such as myself have undergone a large class-room environment with 25-30 same-age students all enrolled in for exam-ple, grade six. Textbook oriented. Mrs. Prestone ad-vocates the retention of small sized schools hav-ing started out in Dog Creek’s One-Room facili-ty with 24 students. Need-less to say, classroom management was a vital skill. “Putting the time into preparing each day’s lessons was the differ-ence between a smooth session and kaos,” she laughs. Today, her tiny class-room is host to children of former students. I sat behind primary grade children who I noticed were being quietly guided by the older pupils. “They are a lot like older brothers, said Mrs. Prestone. “Even though some are cousins

or relatives in some way, they’re more cognizant of the little guys.” Th at feel-ing of family-like security within a caring teacher-student relationship can only build resilience along with knowledge. “Some-thing precious is lost in the government’s bigger is bet-ter thinking (whereby) the students are bussed miles and miles away. Th ey’re losing that school family,” laments Mrs. Prestone. Love of her chosen vo-cation and regard for the First Nation community is what makes this knowl-edge giver so valuable. “Who was your favorite teacher?”, I ask. Her answer doesn’t surprise me. It’s back to Sainte Rose. “It was a teacher in Manitoba, Grades 4 and 5, a Miss Ar-bez, she says quickly, “She was kind and elegant.” It’s a good thing Mrs. Prestone wasn’t a One-Room School teacher back in the late 1800s when lamps needed fi lling,

chimneys cleaned and fe-male teachers dismissed if they committed the unpar-donable off ense of getting married. No, she was able to teach for 20 years even after marrying Joel, a me-chanic and tow truck op-erator whom she met while employed in Dog Creek. Interesting times, is how she condenses adventures in the northern wilderness, with stints in a One Room School in Quesnel, as well as work in Faro, Haines Junction, Prince George and Williams Lake areas.

One Room School teachers lived in the school itself and Kluane Lake School is authentic in the accommodation. Her apartment is cozy and that mountain range view from her window- postcard per-fect. A large working table signifi es many hours spent on teacher-directed proj-ects. “I tell people I walk to work no matter if it’s raining, sleet or snowing,” winked Mrs. Prestone. “Th ey always respond with a “Oh, my…very impres-sive but basically, I open my door and walk across the hallway.” Depicted on the wall of her living room are drawings hand painted by her students. Colourful hummingbirds and fi re-weed, two of her favourite things, draw one’s eyes up-ward. “Th e students drew those when my husband died,” she explained. Th e artistic component was impressive and their teach-er, a natural cheerleader, hesitated momentarily as

anyone would, recalling the powerful gesture made by collaborative, compas-sionate children. Who gives teachers the best life lessons? It’s an intricate balance of dual respect mixed with enthu-siastic motivation involv-ing the pupils, community, parents and peers. When the light of understand-ing fl ickers, the teacher is there with the appropriate fuel. Mrs. Prestone excels in the delivery of her long- term pet project focused

on classroom salmon incubators. Th e spawn-ing habitat, types of spe-cies, their long distance journey to spawn and the extraordinary lifecycle form a foundation of en-vironment intelligence for these outdoor-oriented children. “I started in the fall of 1990, with biologist, Trix Tanner,” noted Mrs. Preston. My classroom experi-ence began with the multi-level discussion courtesy of biologist, and Environ-mental Consultant, Nick de Graff , of Whitehorse. Th e sheer complexity of the salmon passage route from stream to ocean and the intrinsic relation-ship between upwelling groundwater, exact tem-perature and depth for safe egg fertilization was enthralling. Traditional, local and academic-based conservation knowledge in one stride. One activity I noticed was the One-Room school eff ect on the class. Older students, having prior lessons under their belt, reinforced the small fry experience and compre-hension level. I remember hearing from former stu-dents that one could hone the skill of professional eavesdropping quite nice-ly. Next, we gathered for transport to the nearest spawning grounds to view the ripples of red-streaked Chum salmon fi ghting their way up the migration stream where the male and female will guard the freshly laid and fertilized eggs. Th e mottled physical appearance of the salmon at the end of their life-

cycle was startling. It’s an all-out battle to the fi nish for these salmon as they navigate upstream around beaver dam obstructions, silt-laden creeks down-stream from mines, with invasive species thrown in the mix to threaten other aquatic species. Oh, and the grizzly bears, too. It was dinner-time and they don’t need a reservation. Mrs. Pres-tone spots the occasional grizzly, one of 7,000, saun-tering by the school yard. Black bears? Th ere’s about 10,000 inhabitants. In fact, Territory offi cials say Yu-koners are outnumbered by moose two to one. With a wilderness area of 483,450 sq kms, the hu-man population is less than Brandon. Arriving at the spawning shore bear visitation signs are every-where and I suddenly turn into a southern chicken, a 5’0” walking bear bait. Partially eaten salmon are strewn about, berry load-ed mounds of scat have my senses in overload. I mea-sure a paw print and then measure further where the claws make contact. Th e children are ho-hum calm.Yikes, there’s a bear tree resplendent with or-ange-coloured hair worn off by a good scratch. Hey, wait one minute, the bark is broken about a metre higher than my height. Th e children show me the exact position of where the standing griz-zly paws align with the sunken earth. Years upon years of using the same scratching post. I turn around and look for Mrs. Prestone following close

behind her just in case she needs me for something. All of sudden, the quiet is broken with a loud honk-ing, honking. I jump out of my boots. Th is time it’s staff informing the griz-zlies we’re here in Yukon style. We have loaded ri-fl es, don’t worry, I repeat to myself several times.Th e children by this time are nestled on the shore side by side with their snow suits and hand-made frontier-like hats bobbing in conversation. All in a row, in one of the most beautiful outdoor classrooms I’ve seen. In this moment, I note the pride of Mrs. Prestone as I watch her descent into the freezing water to provide hands-on assistance for what will be her last go-around with raising little fry and releasing them into the world. I’m talking about the fi sh. Her charges at this point are listening intently to a lecture about a stream not streaming video onto their phones. Th is month, the fall fry were released into the stream. “We had close to 600 eggs,” noted Mrs. Prestone. Th ree other Yukon schools are included in the incubator stage with varying degrees of success to be studied at a later date. “We do well I think because the Klu-ane (incubation) water fl ows out of the Lake.” No, I beg to diff er. I believe you and your current and for-mer students do well Mrs. Prestone, because you’re swimming upstream, ele-gantly I might add, in your own natural habitat.

Photo by Peg Whittingham

Photo by Peg Whittingham

Remarkable Teacher Still Educating Students at 73

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