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By Sheila Runions Banner Staff

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of churches working

together to fi ght world hunger. Started as a pilot project in 1976 by Mennonite Central Commit-tee to allow Canadian farmers to share their harvests, it was reorganized in 1983, opened to other church agencies and re-established as Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). The charity was formed in time to make a signifi cant contribution to fi ghting the Ethiopia famine in 1984; today CFGB works with 40 countries and has 15 church agencies representing 30 denominations with more than 17,000 congregations. CFGB is supported by the Canadian government in that donations received by CFGB are matched by government dollars on a 4:1 ratio, thus making all donations quite signifi cant.

Manitoba Agricultural Mu-seum and Manitoba/Northwest Ontario CFGB are currently planning a major threshing ma-chine event for 2016 and to prepare for that, repair work was necessary.

“The 2016 Threshing World Record committee is a com-pletely separate committee but the museum is running it under its banner. I’m the CFGB rep and we’re working to make it happen,” says regional co-ordinator Harold Penner. “They asked us if we’d like to be the charity they support in their ef-forts to break the world record so we’re working together. In order to break the world record, the museum needs a minimum of 65 operating threshing ma-chines at the event. Many of the museum’s machines need some work to be in tip-top shape for this exciting event!”

Thus, a work bee was organ-ized on May long weekend and Barry Bromley of Riverdale Municipality was one of the vol-unteers who travelled to Austin

Photo by Harold PennerL/R: Robert Bryce, Robert Beamish, Elliot Sims and Barry Bromley were four of several volunteers who attended a repair bee at Austin.

Repairing for record breaking

to work on the machines.“We had a number of people

working this past weekend and have a really good start on pre-paring machines for next year’s event. Helmut Neufeld has taken charge of preparing machines that are on site and in good enough condition to be repar-able. We’re still looking for volunteers who are willing to spend a day, or a couple of days, perhaps a weekend, to help work on machines.”

Austin is famous for it’s threshermen’s reunion; this year’s 61st annual event will be July 23-26. Next year’s reunion will be the attempt to break the

record but in addition to machine repairs, there are other supplies the committee needs for the Harvesting Hope world record. Harold encourages people to “Consider volunteering to help with the event, either preparing for it or participating in it, or both! If you know of anyone with a good working threshing machine or a binder please give me a name and contact informa-tion. We are hoping to gather as many three-prong forks as pos-sible and are willing to borrow or buy at a reasonable price. We need sheaf racks or four-wheel wagons on which we can build racks.”

Yes, threshing machines are required for Harvesting Hope; the museum only has approxi-mately one-third of their goal of 65. Museum representative Elliott Sims admits the com-mittee is “looking for private indivudals with machines. This is really about getting the en-tire agricultural community together in Manitoba to make this event happen. It’s going to be a great gathering because it’s about bringing together all those people who appreciate and want to celebrate our agri-cultural heritage, by keeping those traditions, machines and skills alive, while at the same

time raising some well-deserved funding for people overseas who are less fortunate than us. The museum has 20-25 thresh-ing machines and there are a number of machines coming from across Western Canada, Edmonton for example, and Fargo, ND and possibly even Minneapolis. We certainly need machines from people all over the Prairies, please contact us for information.”

If you have wagons, forks, binders or threshers, please contact Harold at 204-746-5135 (phone or text) or Manitoba@foodgrainsbank.ca.

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May 23 and 24: Rapid City RodeoMay 26: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-9 a.m.May 27: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Res-taurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.May 27: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meet-ing, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.May 28: Riverdale Municipality water plant public hearing, Riverdale Community Centre, Rivers, 6:45 p.m.May 29: Walk with Your Doc, Riverdale Health Centre, 1 p.m.May 30: Town-wide yard sales, Kenton, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.June 1: Rivers Legion Ladies meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.June 5: Veteran’s banquet, Rivers Legion HallJune 6: Town-wide yard sale, Rapid City, 9 a.m-12 p.m.June 6: Car wash, Rivers Elementary School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (June 13 rain date)June 7: Decoration Day, Rivers cenotaph park, 2 p.m.June 7: Cold plate supper, St. James’ Anglican Church, Rivers, 4:30-6:30 p.m.June 7: Razzamatazz Dance Club meeting, River-dale Community Centre, Rivers, 7 p.m.June 8: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.June 9: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.June 9: Band concert, Rivers CollegiateJune 10: Riverdale Harvest annual meeting, Prairie Crocus Regional Library, 7:30 p.m.June 12: Alzheimer walk, Riverdale Personal Care HomeJune 13: Town-wide yard sales, Rivers, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (rain date June 20)June 14: 100th anniversary of Cardale Church, 2 p.m.June 20: Golf tournament, Riverdale Golf Club, phone 204-328-7830June 20: Street dance, Oak RiverJune 23: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.June 24: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.June 24: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meet-ing, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.June 25: Rivers Ministerial Association meeting, Riverdale Personal Care Home, 10:30 a.m.June 28: Hike for Hospice, Riverdale Health CentreJuly 1: Canada Day celebrations, Rapid CityJuly 7: Horse and 4-H shows, Rivers fairgroundsJuly 8: Rivers fairJuly 8: Beef supper, Riverdale Community Centre, Rivers, 4:30 p.m.July 14: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.July 18: Fundraising auction and dance, Riverdale Community Centre, Rivers

You didn’t have Internet?By Vern May Minnedosa & Area Community Development Corporation

Not a week goes by where I don’t see a ref-erence to how awesome my generation feels our childhood was before handheld technology and elaborate video game systems became a staple of a youth’s formative years. I think many of us would like to see us power off more often and re-connect with some lost traditions.

When we look at our marketing strategies in rural Manitoba, we can’t escape the fact that the world is online. If we resist the migration to use modern tools to our advantage, we need to recognize that we are limiting our success. Websites, facebook and twitter are three great tools that can generate measurable visibility.

I’m a strong advocate for the use of social me-dia for marketing and have led sessions with business owners to help guide them through effec-tive use of this tool. But what concerns me greatly is hearing someone iden-tify that they’ve allocated all their marketing efforts

into online avenues. This can be dangerously limit-ing – even though the cost (free) is very attractive to the bottom line. We need to remind ourselves of all the creative ways that we used to market events, our businesses and our communities before the Internet even existed.

Flyers? If you’ve seen the mess of discarded fl y-ers left behind in our post offi ces, we might agree this seems to be a waste-ful spend these days.

Posters around town? Posters are great if you can get them behind glass in store front windows. In some manner, a post-

er behind glass stands as somewhat of an “ap-proved” and “endorsed” event by that merchant. But posted on public no-tice boards, will they get lost in the free-for-all of thumbtacked chaos as others post indiscrimi-nately over one another’s bulletins?

Newspaper? We do recognize an advantage of a longer shelf life with our weekly community

papers than some of the larger circulation dailies in Brandon and Win-nipeg, so there is value for the dollar. But, we need to think about who we’re marketing to, as the newspaper isn’t hitting every age group.

Billboards and sig-nage, radio ads, printed brochures and booklets, promotional products, peer to peer exchange, group e-mail blasts... there are truly dozens of options to help us create the stir we want to see in our communities.

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105 years ago, 1910 The Westwood Block on Second Avenue in Rivers was completely wiped out by fi re.

85 years ago, 1930 Heavy snowfall east of Rivers on Tuesday necessitated the use of the snow plow.

75 years ago, 1940 Zella Bell married Bob Twigge. 65 years ago, May 25, 1950 Mike Kowalchuk has

recently moved his family from Rivers to Toronto where he is operating yet another business. Mike had a watch repair shop here and in the midst of the Second World War, he bought the former Manitoba Hardware build-ing on Main and Second and converted it into suites. The entrepreneur also tried his hand at farming in this district. Frank Walker retired from CN on Saturday; all but the fi rst three years of his 38-year career were spent in Rivers. Rivers won the provincial record on Thursday when 1.1 inches of rain fell here, no other Manitoba community reported this amount of precipitation. Diane Howard, eight-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Howard, died in a highway accident on Friday. Harold was a partner in the Borrowman & Howard Gar-age in Rivers and moved to Cobden, Ont. a month ago to open a business there; the accident happened in Cobden. Wes Williams has announced his semi-retirement from Rivers Auto Body Works; Joe Goniec of Dauphin is the new manager for that business. Mildred Ellis married Bill Kamula on May 18.

55 years ago, May 19, 1960 Oak River Quick Freeze once again won awards at the annual quick freeze con-vention in Winnipeg last week; Wes White’s company won fi rsts in standard and tenderized ham and second in bacon curing. Canadian Board of Geographical Names agreed at its April meeting that the offi cial name for the new artifi cial lake at Rivers be called Lake Wahtopanah. The name was chosen from a naming contest one year ago and is the entry submitted by Charlie Stalker; it means “canoe people.” Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn, cattle stable and small granary on the W. Frank farm eight miles southeast of Rivers on Thursday evening; eight cattle, the family dog, hay and harnesses were lost. At a special meeting on Monday, Daly council agreed to join Hamiota Medical Group; the arrangement is an interim agreement until a resident doctor can be station in Rivers. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Verigan had a boy May 11; Mr. and Mrs. J. Brownridge had a girl May 2.

45 years ago, May 21, 1970 Fire of unknown origin at the Doug Robins farm 5.5 miles southeast of Riv-ers caused $25,000 in damage to buildings, grain and livestock. The Sunday afternoon fi re killed 12 cattle, a horse, destroyed 850 feed bales, registered seed and damaged implements and the nearby garage. In the last two weeks there’s been a series of break-ins and thefts: McLaren Cartage was broken into both weekends with $7 stolen in total; the high school had $8 stolen; and at the curling rink which is rented to Brandon men who are raising Peking ducks, a dozen dead birds and a broken window were discovered. Bob Crawford, formerly of Oak River and now of Bradwardine district, has been transferred to Rivers as manager of Consumers’ Co-op Service Station; he succeeds Brian Benning who was transferred to Wawanesa Co-op. William Kelly of

Hamiota is the new manager of Rivers’ Royal Bank; he succeeds Bill McLean who was transferred to Melita last month. Walter Chernos caught two lage pike from Lake Wahtopanah on Sunday; the fi rst was 17 pounds and the second, 11 pounds. Linda Kooting married Or-val Greer on May 16; Sharon Pearson married Ernest Johnston on May 16.

35 years ago, May 21, 1980 The rescue crew was needed on Saturday afternoon to free Roy Gill from his half-ton truck which rolled into the ditch just past the bridge east of Rivers. Roy was released from Riverdale Hospital on Tuesday and is recovering from bruising. Both Rivers and Oak River fi re departments were needed at the Alex Gerrard farm last Wednesday to contain a tool shed fi re; cause and estimated damage at the farm east of Bradwardine are unknown.

25 years ago, May 23, 1990 The Rapid City team of Elsie Greer, Molly MacDonald, Margaret Brown, Hilda Hinsburg and Ethel Westwood won the regional bowling event on May 9 and will now advance to the provincial 55-Plus games in Flin Flon on June 18; all but Ethel are fi rst-year fi ve-pin bowlers. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Garbutt had a girl May 16.

15 years ago, May 20, 2000 Mitchell Foster made a hole-in-one on May 5 at Riverdale Golf Course; the 13-year-old from Rivers was golfi ng in the junior program with Brad Wallis, Matt Miller and Darren Whelpton, who all witnessed the 253-yard shot on the fi fth hole. Although Councillor Todd Gill voted against the motion, it was agreed that Town of Rivers buy the Royal Bank for $40,000; Royal Bank is giving council a $40,000 donation to be used towards creation of a li-brary. Royal Bank closed its Rivers branch on April 20; this deal had a May 23 deadline and will be completed on or before July 1.

5 years ago, May 21, 2010 Rivers and District Cham-ber of Commerce was part of Manitoba’s effort to have the world’s largest social on May 15. Nearly 700 people came to hear a fi ve-man Toronto band Who Made Who (AC-DC tribute band) play at Riverdale Community Gardens, and another 325 came for supper before the social. Live and silent auction proceeds raised more than $14,000 for Rivers Recreation Facilities Review Committee. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Janzen had a girl April 9.

Supporting students and seniors

By Sheila Runions Banner Staff

Faithful readers may recall that last Thanksgiving Rivers Elementary School was the location for a one-day car wash. It was also reported that

the event was so successful a second offering would be planned this spring; Saturday, June 6 is the date for the second wash (rain date is June 13).

Like last fall, vehicles will be cleaned by donation with a suggested minimum of $5. The wash will be another four-hour affair (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) and a barbecue lunch can be bought between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. However, the menu has expanded from hot dog and drinks to also include hamburgers.

The wash entrance will be at the school’s east gate where donations will be accepted before drivers are directed to one of three lanes. Clean Under Pressure (a Rivers business) will work with most of the 28 Grade 6 students and some parent volunteers to clean cars, trucks, vans and SUVs with its spot-free pure water system.

Clean Under Pressure is providing staff, generator gas and the wash equipment and they have secured these other sponsors: Pumps & Pressure (detergent), Brown’s Social House (gift cards), Rivers Banner (printing) and ExecJets (door prize). Three random draws will occur at day’s end to determine the winners of the door prize and two $25 gift cards.

All proceeds from the car wash will be given to Riv-erdale Personal Care Home. Grade 6 students have been visiting there every other week and on occasion, have taken the school iPads. Residents are enthralled by the technology, so students are hoping to purchase a pad or two for the home.

The fi rst wash had more than 100 vehicles and raised $950 (wash and barbecue). It would be great to break those numbers, so mark June 6 on your calendar and plan to visit the north side of Rivers Elementary School. Doing so will not only support students but also seniors, who are the real benefactors of this event.

Let’s party! By Lorrie Dyer

The United Church of Canada will soon be celebrating its 90th birthday and Rivers United Church is planning to mark the occasion on Sunday, June 7. Following worship service, birthday cake and refreshments will be served in Friendship Hall. We hope you will join us for this special day.

Another party is planned for Sunday, June 14 with the Sunday school windup celebration. All children are encouraged to attend to receive their certifi cates. A potluck fi nger food indoor picnic will take place in Friendship Hall. Please mark this special day on your calendar. Everyone is welcome.

Rivers United Church is on Facebook and our website can be viewed at www.riversunitedchurch.org.

Mothers and women of the congregation would like to thank the Sunday school children for the fl owers we received at church on Mother’s Day.

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That’s a question I am often asked. It can be applied equally to all levels of gov-

ernment but mainly to municipal and provincial governments. The federal government gets involved in roads and bridges to some extent, but generally in very large projects. A case in point is the new Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor and Detroit. The day-to-day, garden variety road projects fall to the municipality and the province to build and fix. Our roads are generally deplorable, in spite of a lot of work being done from time to time. So why are they so bad?

The answers are fairy simple.One is that there is no real

program to regularly fix roads, sidewalks or bridges. There’s a general feeling that you only fix the disasters and in that way you squeeze the last little bit out of every chunk of pavement and concrete and avoid the inevit-able replacement. I once asked a couple of questions of a public works manager, while in the mayor’s chair many years ago. I asked, “How many feet of side walk do we have in the Town of Neepawa?” The answer was, “Damned if I know!” So I asked “How long does a sidewalk last?. ”Again the response, “Damned if I know!” To that I responded, “Well, if you knew how many feet of sidewalk we had and how long a sidewalk lasts, then you could tell how many feet of sidewalk do we have to build every year.” The plain truth is that most jurisdictions don’t even bother to figure those things out.

The second reason is that even if municipalities do know what is required to keep up with repairs, they don’t set aside money to do so. Yes, they have reserves, but they are small compared

As we start the run up to the next provincial election, the government has been busy trying to convince voters that it’s small business friendly. It’s an

interesting move for the NDP, long seen as the party of large unions.

The most recent announcement, made last week, came out of this year’s provincial budget. As part of the budget, the govern-ment has raised the t a x f r e e i n c o m e threshold for corpor-ations from $425,000 to $450,000. This means that busi-nesses can earn up to that amount without paying cor-porate provincial income taxes, eliminating more taxes for small businesses. This is good news for the 2,000 small businesses the government expects will benefit from the change.

On $500,000 of taxable income, provincial corporate income taxes range from a low of $9,000 in Manitoba, up to $40,000 in other provinces. Starting next year, when the new rules are in place, Manitoba corporations will pay only $6,000 in taxes on $500,000 of taxable income.

The impact is real and Finance minister Greg Dewar notes that Manitoba is still the only province that has eliminated the small business tax. He adds that since 1999, the NDP government’s changes have resulted in $3.8 billion in savings for Manitoba small businesses.

We all know how important small businesses are, especially in rural areas. These businesses are vital to our communities, providing us with goods, services and employment. They make our communities feel like home.

They are also very important to the economy, the Busi-ness Development Bank of Canada (BDC) keeps data about businesses and has found that 98.2 per cent of Canadian businesses have fewer than 100 employees. Just over half of Canadian businesses, 54.9 per cent, are micro business, having between one and four employees.

According to BDC, the top four categories of small businesses are retail, other services, construction and professional, scientific and technical services. These types of businesses are prevalent on every Main Street across our region. Helping these entrepreneurs and their hard-working staff is very important, but there is just one catch in the government’s most recent initiative.

The catch is that many of these small businesses, the backbones of our rural economies, will not be benefitting from the province’s changes to the small business tax threshold. Many aren’t incorporated and only corpora-tions will benefit from the changes.

According to Statistics Canada data released last year, in 2010, there were roughly 0.6 million self-employed people in rural and small town Canada, representing 21 per cent of total employment. How many tradespeople or hairdressers, for example, do you know who are in-corporated? Looking at the common categories of small businesses, it would appear that few of them will benefit from the newly announced tax breaks.

Instead these entrepreneurs are paying personal taxes, with Manitoba’s notoriously low basic personal exemp-tion. In Manitoba, the basic personal exemption remains at $9,134, the fourth lowest in the country. No changes were announced in this year’s budget.

Talking about tax breaks for small businesses sounds great, but if the province is serious about keeping money in the pockets of small business owners, they would have invested in raising the basic personal exemption. A higher basic personal exemption would benefit all Manitobans, including the smallest of small business owners.

to the task at hand. There is a shortage of money for roads and infrastructure.

There are reasons that munici-palities are short of money. They want to keep taxes low and that’s considered a good thing but it is being increasingly argued that higher taxes, the death knell of any politician, may have to happen.

The third reason is that money gets misallocated within the municipal system as well as the provincial system. At the munici-pal level, there is a very strong re-luctance to actually run things at the real cost. Money that should go to roads often gets shuffled off to subsidize services that can be allocated on a user pay basis. Water is the main culprit. Everyone is scared silly of higher water rates and for good reason. However, in Neepawa, the water rates are heavily subsidized by the taxes. That’s simply not right. Water users should pay for water based on volume and they should pay the whole cost of supplying the water, the treating, piping the water and sewage. Hundreds of thousands of Neepawa tax dol-lars go to the utility and that has been a huge mistake. There are taxpayers who don’t have water and sewage but are paying for it through taxes and there are larger water users who are being heav-

ily subsidized. It’s just not right.Other things are being subsid-

ized by the taxpayers and they shouldn’t be. Arts and recreation are being subsidized by taxes and they shouldn’t be. The amounts are small compared to the tax subsidy on water but they still shouldn’t be happening. Arts and recreation should be on a user pay basis and any group or organization that’s involved in arts or recreation should have tax-receipt charitable status. Many do but they rarely encour-age the use of that status.

The biggest problem for muni-cipal councillors and municipal staff is that they use last year as the template for next year. There’s rarely a thorough review of what needs to be done and then a plan put in place to make the changes that are needed. What worked, whether it worked well or badly, 20 years ago may be a poor template for today. People basically are afraid of change and because they have so little experi-ence with change, they become very bad at managing change.

So, if we want to have our roads fixed, things have to happen dif-ferently than they have in the past. Otherwise, our roads will continue to crumble and so will our communities.

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and harmony. The imagery of the arrow is a more negative one. A symbol of conflict and retribution. Harsh and hurting.

Now my thoughts turned inward. Too many times I speak quickly, perhaps an arrow? A barb that cuts and wounds. Do I sing enough? Not a literal sing-ing, for that is not one of my strengths. But acts of kindness and encourage-ment.

It is the concluding verse that states it well, much later the poet finds the arrow. Unbroken and em-

bedded in an oak tree. An oak, one of the strongest trees, unbending and deep rooted, held the arrow captive. There had been no change in the arrow’s composition or purpose. The song, breathed into the air, “beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.” The words had been accepted, cherished, polished and shared.

Re-reading this piece of poetry encouraged me. Weapons, words or items, cannot execute change. One can not be certain that anything positive will

tell me that the power had gone out around 11 a.m. Facebook postings which she accessed through the app on her cell phone indi-cated that the disruption in service was restricted to the 10-block portion of Neepawa in which our house is located. My route home took me past the site of the broken lines, which were in the final stages of being repaired.

The power came back on around 2:30 p.m. and stayed on long enough for us to cook our evening meal. Then, around 5:30 p.m., it went off with a bang. A quick drive south identified the source of the problem—a huge spruce tree had fallen, taking with it all the utility lines beneath it. This break was half a block from the ear-lier one. Within an hour, emergency crews from Manitoba Hydro, West-man Cable, and MTS were

on the scene assessing the damage; with Engine # 1 from Neepawa’s Fire Department standing by in case it was needed. By 10:30 that night, the tree had been removed, the street had been cleared and all services had been restored.

My story is one of thou-sands that could be told—stories of police, ambu-lance attendants, fire and rescue crews, those who maintain our highways, repair broken hydro lines, fix water main breaks and unplug clogged sewer lines. These dedicated professionals were out in full force last Sunday, working as hard as they could to keep us safe; to restore the services on which we depend and to rescue those who, through no fault of their own, sud-denly found their lives or property in danger.

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When they designed the front page for their May 16, 2015

edition, the editors of the Winnipeg Free Press were trying to be funny—and initially, their plans suc-ceeded.

The page featured a rath-er large photo of a statue of Queen Victoria with the caption: “The Queen would not be amused.” It was, of course, a reference to the storm that hit our region this past weekend; which turned out to be a little more violent than initially anticipated.

Like most of us, Queen Victoria would not have been amused to see the destruction and disruption caused by Sunday’s storm. But I think she would have been amazed to see the dedication of those who ventured out in it to pro-vide emergency services to their neighbors.

I saw two examples of that dedication last Sun-day. Both happened at the same location, roughly 2.5 blocks from my home in Neepawa.

I became aware of the first incident as I was driv-ing home from church in McCreary. My wife called to

“I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, I know not

where”. This line from an American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, has been circling around in my thoughts this week. My reflections had me cen-tering around that actions go out into our universe and we never really know the actual results of what we have done. The words entered and re-entered my consciousness enough that I resorted to searching for a copy of the poem.

‘The Arrow and the Song’, 12 lines long, says much more than what I gleaned from the first two lines. The second stanza begins, “I breathed a song into the air, it fell to earth, I know not where.” The im-agery of a song is that it is a thing of beauty, of peace,

attempt to say “thank you” and “congratulations on a job well done.”

Being without hydro for a few hours was an inconvenience but nothing more. Missed TV shows can be watched later. Facebook survived without us being on it. An added layer of clothing kept us warm as the house got cooler. By Monday morning, every-thing was back to normal—including the weather. It went from frightful to delightful in less than eight hours—a change even Queen Victoria would have appreciated.

Our society tends to take many things for granted. When services are dis-rupted, we want them instantly restored. When they aren’t, we complain. But we fail to remember that what takes one second to break can often take several hours (sometimes days) to repair. Those who braved the elements last Sunday to restore disrupted services in com-munities across southern Manitoba are a special group of people. They de-serve our admiration and respect.

result from them. Like a negative judgement passed on us can cripple personal growth, it just sits there, lodged in the oak tree. I am challenged to sing more songs, speak more positive words of encouragement and affirmation. These positive thoughts, these melodious words will echo in the hearts and lives of others.

This type of thinking is like the ‘pay it forward’ thinking. It also reminds me of the words of a song by B.J.Thomas. Critical of folks loving things and using people, he wrote, “Using things and loving people, that’s the way it ought to be.” There’s a song that will live in the heart of a friend.

Our little dog is a very active little girl. When I take her for a walk, she pretty well walks me and pulls me ahead. But she has helped us in our home

several times. She brings joy and humor in our home. Whenever my husband says something she runs to him and then comes to me trying to tell me to look after this man. It is hilarious sometimes.

I hear on the TV about dogs who can tell when a child will get a seizure and gets help. Dogs will guide the blind and the deaf. We need to have dominion over the animals as it was told by God to Adam (Genesis 1:26). That means we need to treat animals with respect when they are our pets. God created them. I love animals and it makes me angry and sad when I see them being mistreated.

Let us be thoughtful and show affection to our pets this week. It will be honoring, not only to mankind, but also to God.

Thank you for commemorating the Victory in Europe Day in the May 8 issue of the Banner. Acknowledging the service and sacrifice of our veterans and hearing the stories of civilians who lived through the war, is important in helping us truly appreciate our freedoms. Perhaps it will also encourage our present day armed forces personal, and help them know that the Canadian citizens are supporting them.Muriel GameyNeepawa, Man.

According to new research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), in 2015, a two-income Manitoba family of five making $75,000 will pay $3,285 more in taxes/utilities compared to Saskatchewan.

The provincial government often touts afford-ability as Manitoba’s main advantage, but the facts don’t match the political spin. Our research shows Manitoba families are saddled with huge costs to live here and those costs have significantly grown over time.

Over the last 10 years, Manitoba’s affordability has declined by a whopping $3,335. In 2006, liv-ing in Manitoba was $50 cheaper than living in Saskatchewan for the average family. By 2015, Manitoba had lost its advantage and its families now face a $3,285 disadvantage.

While it is true that Manitoba families pay $732 less in utility fees than families in Saskatchewan, this advantage is completely eliminated by the fact they pay $4,017 more in provincial taxes. Sky high provincial income taxes account for the majority of these extra costs.

Manitobans deserve transparency and an hon-est discussion when it comes to our provincial finances. Looking only at provincial utility costs creates an affordability myth that misleads Manitobans. It’s time the government stops the spin and faces the facts that we have lost our competitive edge.

The CFIB is calling on the Manitoba govern-ment to make us competitive once again with Saskatchewan through personal income tax relief and reducing the PSTElliot SimsCFIB’s Manitoba Director of Provincial Affairs

Affordability myth debunked

Men of all faiths from Western Manitoba have met at Camp Wannacumbac on the west-shore of Clear Lake for the past 49 years, to worship, find fellowship and recharge their batteries. This will happen again for the 50th time under the leadership of Rev. Jason Moffatt, World Vision, Saskatoon, speaking on the subject “Jesus in my Day to Day…Practical tools of Men”. Jason believes that men need to get the right tools to help Sunday to Sunday and wants to encourage you to be a spokesman for Christ.

Camp starts at 5:30 Friday June 12 and runs until Sunday after lunch June 14. Saturday evening 2 men from Winnipeg called Turner & Davis will provide a full musical program in their special way.

Jesus said I have chosen you! If you are weary, broken or heavy laden, “Come to me and I will give you rest.”

To learn more about this wonderful camp for men, go to www.menscamp.ca or e-mail hed64@wcgwave.ca. Campers should be registered by June 1. Harvey DouglasBrandon, MB

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Every experienced gar-dener will tell you that when they started out they made many mistakes, whether it was forgetting to weed, getting the wrong fertilizer or over-watering, it has happened to every-one. What is important to remember is that they learned from those mis-takes and moved on which has made them the garden-ing professional they are today! If you think being a new gardener is intimi-dating, educating yourself about what to avoid is important to a healthy and stress-free harvest season. Here are the top 5 mistakes new gardeners make and how to avoid them.

FertilizingWhen investing in fertil-

izer there are many things to consider when prepar-ing your garden. Too much fertilizer can harm the health of your plant and the environment, and too little fertilizer will result in a lack of necessary nutrition for plant growth. It is im-portant to educate yourself in advance on which fertil-izers to use dependent on the types of plants you are growing throughout the season. The wrong fertil-izer can encourage weeds and diseases even while helping plant health. Some additional tips to remem-ber when using fertilizer:• Test the soil before you fertilize and be aware of the nutrient content, PH and organic matter com-position of your garden.• If your test indicates that you are in need of fertilizer, make sure that you are do-ing it at the right time of year and you are weary of the weather. If it is too dry, the lawn will burn, and if it is too wet the fertilizer will run off into a water source resulting in pollution.• Research synthetic fer-tilizer alternatives. Some-times it is not necessary to use synthetic fertilizers, and you can use household items or other store bought alternatives to improve plant health. These could include adding compost or mulch, aerating your gar-den or investing in organic fertilizer.

GrowingNew gardeners often

bite off more than they can chew in a figurative and

literal sense when it comes to gardening. Known as “plant lust“, new gardeners often try and grow every-thing they possibly can as fast as they can whether or not they are limited by space or time. When begin-ning your planting season it is important to remember that growing something edible from a tiny seedling does take time. Investing in plants that you cannot pro-vide for in terms of space, air circulation or sunlight is costly and disappointing because they often will not grow and if they do grow, they will be overcrowded and prone to disease. Some additional tips to remem-ber when growing:• Grow plants that are na-tive to your area• Leave plants room for air to circulate constantly• Play close attention to

the planting instructions outlined on your seed pack-age and make sure you are companion planting (view companion planting table)

WateringWhen it comes to garden-

ing, watering is one of the necessary components to plant health and growth. One of the mistakes new gardeners make is water-ing too much, or watering too little, because they are unaware of proper methods. Every plant is different and its vitality is dependent on the soil, weather, time of year and many other variables. The solution to avoiding any H20 dilemma’s is simple, all you need to do is pay attention. The first thing to check when watering your garden is the soil, if it feels moist to a depth of six to

12 inches, you are in good condition, if there is no wet residue coming off of your finger or the item you are using to measure, your garden is in need of some care. Before grabbing your watering tool, check the weather forecast and make sure you will not be get-ting an abundance of rain that day. Too much water can deprive your plants of necessary oxygen and may lose their ability to absorb water. If your plants foli-age begins to brown and the edges are beginning to fall off, that is a sign of over-hydration. Although more watering may be necessary if you have ex-tremely hot weather, dry soil or crowded beds, it is up to you to gauge and measure how much water

is needed for your plants to thrive. A great tip to think about when watering your plants is that it is like a healthy diet, everything you consume needs to be in moderation and balanced to fulfill your nutrient needs. Plants are living things and are in need of the same consideration and care. Some additional tips to remember when watering:• Seeds and seedlings need moisture close to the soil’s surface• Ensure that more estab-lished plants receive water to the root zone of the plant and not the leaves. This can increase the spread of disease, waste water, and does nothing

for the health of the plant.• Water slowly and prefer-ably in the morning or late afternoon (still giving them time to dry before the sun goes down)• Use the right watering tool suitable for your space (soaker hose preferable over a sprinkler)• Know your plants mois-ture requirements

WeedingMany new gardeners

have the thought in mind that once you plant the vegetables will come! Be-ing realistic about plant expectations is important when it comes to garden maintenance.

Continued on page 8

Top five mistakes new gardeners can make and how to avoid them

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Every living thing needs a few basics in order to thrive: water, food, air and the right amount of sunlight. Plants are no different. They need your help in order to grow tall and produce lots of vegetables and fruit. Here are some tips to make your garden grow.• Plant your garden after June 1, after all danger of frost is over.• Read the seed packages. They give you information on how to plant the seeds, how long it takes for the plants to sprout and how tall and wide the plant will become. They also give you an idea of how long it takes for the plant to mature - or produce vegetables that you can eat.• Some plants take a long time to mature, like cucum-bers, watermelon and pumpkins. Many gardeners start these plants indoors in March or April. So, if you want to grow this type of veggie or fruit, it's best to buy them as seedlings from a garden centre.• Root vegetables, like carrots, beets and radishes need room to grow downward, so plant these seeds in deeper pots or dig your garden a little deeper. These veggies also do best when planted in the spring or fall, but not in the heat of mid-summer.• You don't need to dig a separate area in your garden for vegetables. Plant tomatoes at the back of the flower bed. Mix carrots and lettuce in with the flowers. • Plants need to be fed. The best fertilizers include organic fertilizers like animal manure, compost, worm castings and seaweed. Read the directions on the bag before adding these fertilizers to your plants, as you can “burn” the roots with too strong an application of fertilizer. The directions will also tell you how often to add fertilizer during the growing season.• Plants need to be watered, some more than others. Herbs don't need a lot of water. Tomatoes need to be planted in sunlight and watered when it's cloudy as watering them when the hot sun is beating down will cause the blossoms to drop off. All plants should be watered before the leaves begin to droop.• Some plants like to have their “feet in the shade, and head in the sun”. This means they like to have cool roots. Squash and zucchini plants should be planted behind something taller, like tomatoes, which will shade their roots, but allow them to grow vines into the sunnier areas of the garden.• Put a mulch of leaves, grass clippings or peat moss around the base of your growing plants to keep their roots cool and stop weeds from growing.• There will be bugs . . . and slugs . . . and other creepy crawlies. Most bugs can be knocked off with a jet of

water from a garden hose. Slugs can be flicked off with a garden tool.• Here's an old gardener's trick: cut milk cartons into open-ended sections, and use them as a "collar" around newly planted tomato seedlings. The collar will stop cut-worms from chopping down the skinny tomato seed-lings, and it provides a walled area to pour water into.• Many tomato plants will grow tall, then flop over. Tie them to a stake to keep them upright and ensure the tomatoes are not eaten by slugs. Use a q-tip or a paint brush to pollinate the tomato flowers, if you haven't seen any insects pollinating the flowers.• When growing pumpkins or squash, watch for the flowers that have started growing tiny gourds. Clip the growing end of the vine, so the plant concentrates its energy on growing pumpkins or squash, instead of growing a really long vine.• The best part is the harvest! Try to pick your vege-tables at peak maturity, on the day you are planning to eat them.

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Continued from page 6All gardens need to be

tended to on a regular basis in order to be successful. Many weeds are harmless on their own but when they are competing with your plants for the same space and sunlight they begin to cause problems. Some additional tips to remember when weeding:• Try not to let a weed get to seed, it is harder to get rid of and will spread around• When pulling out the weed, it is easier if the soil is moist and the weed is young because it has not established a strong root• Use mulch in between your plants to prevent additional weeds from growing

Being disappointed because you were

unsuccessfulThe last mistake many

new gardeners make is fo-cusing on their failures and not continuing to garden in the following year. Many gardens are unsuccessful because of things you are unable to control such as weather or pests, but the newbie gardener tends to focus on what they did wrong. What is important to remember when you are a newbie gardener is that everyone was once in the situation you are in. Every professional gardener had to make mistakes and learn from them and there is not one that would tell you any different. There are many things you can

do in advance to make your garden healthy and successful, whether that is research on plant re-quirements, preparing your beds in advance or gathering your compost all year, educating your-self on everything that is involved in maintaining a thriving garden is the only

way to maintain hope and be proud of the food you put on your table once your successful harvest is over.

Food Matters Manitoba believes everyone in Mani-toba should have good food to eat. You can find out more about their work at foodmattersmanitoba.ca

PHOTOS BY JOHN DRINKWATER

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We would like to say thank you to everybody who contributed to the community gift, who donated prizes to the raffl e at the social and anybody who helped out in anyway. The support has been greatly appreciated. Dana MacDonald and Bryan Outhwaite

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Clack Family Heritage Museum Foundation Inc.

invites applications for summer labourers Applicant should have good public relations skills, be interested in antiques, provide tours, do yard maintenance, paint and other duties as required.One position to start June 1 involves catalogu-ing and computer work. This position is open to a student who intends to return to secondary schooling in the fall.

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Amanda and Brock are registered at Rivers Home Hardware and Stokes in Brandon. Community gift donations are accepted at Rivers Home Hardware.

Everyone welcome.

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Spring care of lawnsBy Patricia Hanbidge Saskatoon School of Horticulture Principal

As the sun rises earlier each day, home gardeners are tempted to get out into the yard and garden. However, remember that these are the Prairies and our spring weather is far from stable – as we have seen with the latest blizzard in Saskatoon! Gauge your gardening chores by the weather. However a couple of chores that can be completed in early spring, if necessary, are dethatching and aeration.

Dethatching is the term given to removing some of the “thatch layer” in your lawn. Thatch is the layer of decaying grass on the soil surface. Excessively deep thatch (more than 1.5 centi-metres) can cause problems. A deep layer of thatch will hold moisture and entice roots to form in this layer. When dry, hot weather or unusually cold weather occurs, these tender roots can be damaged. Approximately one centimetre of thatch is most desirable. Thatch helps to keep the crown (growing part) of the grass cool, helps to eliminate moisture loss through evaporation, protects the crown during seasonal changes and cushions the crown against wear and tear. Thatching, if necessary, should be done prior to the lawn tuning completely green. It is usually not necessary to dethatch a lawn every year unless improper cultural care is occurring.

Aeration is necessary when lawns become compacted. Lawns planted on heavy soil or those receiving a lot of foot traffi c, tend to get compacted. This means only small amounts of oxygen can enter the hardened soil. When plants are deprived of oxygen in the root zone layer, they do not grow at their optimum rate. Compacted soils are also very diffi cult to water, as runoff will occur before enough water is applied. Aeration is only neces-sary for lawns that are subject to compaction. Lawns especially susceptible should be aerated annually.

Lawn areas that are healthy are also those that will usually have the least amount of weeds, as a healthy lawn is just too competitive to allow weeds to grow. With changes in how urban and rural areas control weeds, many homeowners get “fed-up” with those bright yellow fl owers (dandelions) that seem to be everywhere. However, if you fertilize your lawn appropriately, water it each week with approximately one inch of water, have amended the soil properly prior to planting or sodding, and have the right seed formulation for the specifi c cultural conditions in your landscape, you will not be coping with weeds.

Keeping your lawn green in a more sustainable fashion is without doubt one of the best choices you can make! In the landscape, the lawn is the biggest consumer of water, fertilizer and time – however, changing the way you maintain your lawn can save you time, money and help to make our world a better place to live.

Mowing is one of the biggest chores in keeping a lawn healthy. We often cut our lawns too short which leaves the turf more sus-ceptible to damage by drought. Mow high (7.5-10 centimetres), mow often (taking up to one third of the grass blade at each cutting) and leave the clippings on the lawn. Always keep your mower blades sharp because a sharp blade will make a clean cut on each individual blade or grass. Dull blades will damage the turf, making it more susceptible to disease problems.

Lawns take lots of water in order to keep actively growing. It is essential to water deeply and thoroughly in order to encour-age deep rooting that will help sustain your lawn during drier periods. A good guideline is approximately 2.5 centimetres (one inch) of water each week. A lawn will naturally go into dormancy when it does not get enough water and the upper growth (the green part above ground) will turn brown. However the underground parts are still alive and the grass will green up once there is suffi cient moisture.

Hanbidge is a horticulturist with the Saskatoon School of Horticul-ture and can be reached at 306-931-GROW(4769) or growyourfuture@gmail.com. Like us on Facebook at Saskatoon School of Horticulture, follow us on twitter @horticulturepat or visit saskhort.com.

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UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL ACTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

On the date and at the time and location shown below, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held to receive representations from any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following matter:

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OAKVIEW BYLAW NO. 2015-10being a BYLAW TO CLOSE A PUBLIC LANE

HEARING LOCATION: Rural Municipality of Oakview Municipal Council Chamber 10 Cochrane Street, Box 179 Oak River, MB R0K 1T0

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 10 a.m.

GENERAL INTENT OF BYLAW NO. 2015-10: To close an unused public lane in the LUD of Rapid City. The closed public lane will be consolidated with adjacent properties.

AREA AFFECTED BY BYLAW NO. 2015-10: All that portion of the municipal road located between Lots 1-20 and 21-40, Block 31, Plan 28 NLTO in Pt. NW ¼ Sec. 21-13-19WPM) in the LUD of Rapid City located in the Rural Municipality of Oakview and shown in gray on the attached sketch map.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:Diane Kuculym, Chief Administrative Offi cer, Rural Municipality of Oakview10 Cochrane Street , Box 179, Oak River, MB R0K 1T0, 204-566-2146

A copy of the above proposal and supporting material may be inspected at the location noted above during normal offi ce hours, Monday to Friday. Copies may be made and extracts taken therefrom, upon request.

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New faces at civic offi ceBy Jessie Bell

Marci Quane of Brandon has been accepted by River-dale Municipality to the offi ce of assistant administrative offi cer. She will work on land-related data, including zoning bylaws. She comes to her new duties here after serving as economic development offi cer for RM of Pipestone. Marci will continue to live in Brandon where she and husband Kurtis have a family of three children.

Effective May 19 Andrea Futrell began her second summer as offi ce manager for Manitoba Youth Job Centre. She is the daughter of local policeman, Sgt. Bob Futrell and likes being a home-town girl.

Photos by Jessie Bell

Marci Quane and Andrea Futrell

Tourism Westman passports are back!By Michelle Frechette Co-ordinator

Tourism Westman, in partnership with Manitoba Tourism, Culture, Herit-age, Sport & Consumer Protection, is pleased to announce that Westman Discover Passports are now available and feature some new additions. Simi-lar in size and shape to a real passport, the Westman Passport features 25 won-

derfully diverse museums and galleries across south-western Manitoba.

In addition to getting to experience what each of these unique museums has to offer, upon visiting the museums and galleries featured in the Westman Passport between May and October 2015, you will receive a stamp in your

passport. After collecting two or more stamps from different museums, you can fi ll out an entry form found in the middle of the passport booklet and be entered to win a prize val-ued at up to $1,000! Entry forms can be dropped off at any participating museum/gallery or be mailed to Tourism Westman.

While two stamps is the minimum to enter, get-ting eight or more stamps puts you in contention to win the grand prize, a deluxe weekend for two at Elkhorn Resort in Onanole. The more time you spend having fun and exploring these gems across the region, the better your chances are to win a fantastic prize!

Westman Passports can be found in the 2015 South-west Manitoba Travel Guide, at participating museums and galleries, as well as various tourism booths throughout the region and province. For a list of participating mu-seums and to download a free passport, visit www.tourismwestman.ca.

Legion Ladies AuxiliaryBy Lisa Smith Publicity

The regular monthly meeting of Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary was held May 4 in the upper hall. May is charter month and is always marked with a supper before the meeting; this year’s potluck was attended by 20 members .

The veterans banquet will be held June 5. Decoration Day will be held June 7 at the cenotaph. Flowers will be planted at the cenotaph.

Awards were given out as follows: Adrienne Beaudin, fi ve-year pin; Betty Frazer and Maxine Veitch, 10-year pins; Jean Young, 20-year pin; Elaine Wood, 30-year pin; Sheila Smith, 40-year pin; June Smith, 55-year pin; past of-fi cer pins to Marilyn Halliday(second vice), Marlene Hayhurst fi rst vice), Wendy Wood (treasurer), Jane Brown (president).

A donation was made to Rivers and Area Palliative Care in mem-ory of Comrade Bert Dunn. A donation was given to Rivers Train Station Restoration Project in memory of Comrade Nick Kamula.

The next meeting will be held June 1; Mesdames Arlene Wood and Janice Worth are on lunch.

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TRUCKS 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 5.7L, leather, loaded, all pwr opts, 39kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $45,995 . . . . SALE $44,995 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport Crew 4x4 5.7L, leather, loaded, all pwr opts, 48kms, granite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $40,995 . . . . SALE $39,995 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport Crew Cab 4x4 5.7L, pwr opts, buckets, 20 rims, 59kms, red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $39,995 . . . . SALE $37,995

2013 Dodge Ram 2500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4 6.7L, pwr opts, remote start, pwr seat, 32kms, red . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $49,995 . . . . SALE $48,995 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4 5.7L, pwr opts, bench, rmt start, only 6,800kms, brown . . . . . was $34,995 . . . . SALE $33,995 2013 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie Mega Cab 6.7L, leather, loaded, pwr opts, 4x4, 128kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . was $49,995 . . . . SALE $48,995 2012 Ford F-150 Platinum Crew Cab EcoBoost Leather, loaded, ex. condition, 95kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $39,995 . . . . SALE $38,995 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 Reg. Cab 4x4 SLT 5.7L auto, a/c/t, pdl, pw, bench seat, 95kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . was $23,995 . . . . SALE $20,995 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 5.7L, leather, heated/cooled seats, 105kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $32,995 . . . . SALE $30,995 2011 Ford F-350 King Ranch Super Crew 4x4 6.7L diesel, leather, loaded, lifted, 230kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $39,995 . . . . SALE $36,995 2011 Chevrolet Silverado LT 2500 Crew Cab 4x4 6.6L, Duramax, a/c/t, pdl, pw, pwr seat, 140kms, black . . . . . . was $37,995 . . . . SALE $36,995 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport Quad Cab 4x4 5.7L, leather, heated/cooled seats, 98kms, grey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $25,995 . . . . SALE $24,995 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew 4x4 5.7L, a/c/t, pw/pdl, pwr bench seat, rmt st, 73kms, granite . . . . . was $25,995 . . . . SALE $24,995 2011 Ford F-150 XTR Crew Cab 4x4 5.0L V8, power opts, cloth, pwr seat, 89kms, blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $25,995 . . . . SALE $24,995 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4 5.7L, auto, a/c/t , pwr seat, rmt st, buckets, 138kms, white . . . . . was $24,900 . . . . SALE $21,995 2011 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ 1500 Crew Cab 5.3L, auto, leather, loaded, pwr opts, 152kms, black . . . . . . . . . . was $23,995 . . . . SALE $20,995 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 SXT Quad Cab 4x4 5.7L, cloth, pw, pdl, a/c/t, 142kms, green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $19,995 . . . . SALE $18,995 2011 GMC Sierra SLE Ext. Cab 4x4 5.3L, a/c/t, pw, pdl, pwr seat, 139kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $18,995 . . . . SALE $17,995 2010 GMC Sierra SLE 2500 Duramax 6.6L, Duramax, a/c/t, pdl, pw, pwr seat, 102kms, silver . . . . . . . was $36,995 . . . . SALE $35,995 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche LTZ 5.3L, auto, leather, loaded, pwr opts, 136kms, red . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $29,995 . . . . SALE $28,995 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4x4 5.7L, auto, a/c/t, pwr opts, SLT Plus pkg, 175kms, black . . . . . was $15,995 . . . . SALE $14,995 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4 6.7L, Cummins, pwr opts, a/c/t, auto, 217kms, red . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $22,995 . . . . SALE $19,995 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4 5.7L, a/c/t, pw, pdl, pwr seat, 185kms, black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $10,995 . . . . . . SALE $9,995

2005 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 Ext. Cab 4x4 5.3L, a/c/t, pwr windows/doors, 238kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $8,995 . . . . . . . . SALE $7,995

SUVS 2014 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4x4 2.4L, 4 cyl, auto, a/c/t, rmt start, htd seats, 23kms, black . . . . was $27,995 . . . . SALE $25,995 2013 GMC Terrain SLE AWD 2.4L, 4 cyl, back up cam, pwr opts, 62kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $24,995 . . . . SALE $22,995 2013 GMC Acadia SLE AWD 3.6L, auto, pwr opts, a/c/t, 32kms, sandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $29,995 . . . . SALE $28,995 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 3.6L, a/c/t, pw, pdl, pwr opts, 195kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $20,995 . . . . SALE $18,995 2011 Chevrolet Equinox LT AWD pwr seat, pwr opts, rmt start, 105kms, grey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $17,995 . . . . SALE $16,995 2011 Ford Explorer V6, leather, loaded, htd seats, rmt start, 98kms, white . . . . . . . . was $27,995 . . . . SALE $24,995 2009 Jeep Compass 4x4 North 2.4L, 4 cyl, auto, a/c/t, pwr opts, 185kms, sandstone . . . . . . . . . . was $11,995 . . . . . . SALE $8,995

SUPER VANS 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Plus 3.6L, auto, pdl, pw, r heat/air, u connect,105kms, sandstone . . . . . . was $18,995 . . . . SALE $17,995 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew Plus 3.6L, all pwr opts, leather, loaded, 94kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $23,995 . . . . SALE $22,995 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Crew Plus 3.6L, all power opts, leather, loaded, 73kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $23,995 . . . . SALE $22,995 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE Plus 3.3L, auto, a/c/t, pdl, pw, pwr seat, 130kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $14,900 . . . . SALE $12,995 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L, auto, a/c/t, pdl, pw, pwr seat, 105kms, black . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $14,900 . . . . SALE $12,995 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE 3.3L, auto, a/c/t, pdl, pw, pwr seat, red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $14,995 . . . . SALE $12,995 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT 3.8L, auto, all power opts, 250kms, sandstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $5,995 . . . . . . . . SALE $4,995 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L, auto, pwr opts, pwr doors, 189kms, silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $6,995 . . . . . . . . SALE $5,995 2005 Pontiac Montana SV6 EXT V6, auto, all power opts, 183kms, white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . was $5,995 . . . . . . . . SALE $4,995