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‘The Soldier’s Tale’ slated for this weekend

It’s considered the larg-est production to date by the Brandon Chamber Players and it’s going to be taking place this weekend.

Igor Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale” will be performed by the local musical group on Sunday. The concert is the third of four concerts during the Brandon Chamber Play-ers’ season and it’ll be held in collaboration with the Royal Canadian Artillery Museum.

Sarah Hall, administra-tive officer for Brandon Chamber Players, says the production is larger in scope than it is numbers of participants.

“I’m sure that they’ve had larger orchestras play-ing on the stage and more participants in total, but there will be seven musi-cians, one conductor, three actors and a dancer. The scope of having and coor-dinating the music with the narration and the dance, it’s a big process,” she said.

“The score itself is quirky and very challeng-

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ing on its own,” she added, “and then putting it togeth-er with other components – the addition of words and dance - it’s going to be a really interesting chal-lenge.”

The story consists of a young soldier played by BU grad Dillon Woodcock who is on leave from the army, visiting his fian-cée. During his travels, he meets the devil, played by Karen Chrest.

The soldier winds up

making a ‘deal with the devil’ by trading his soul for unlimited wealth, states a BCP press release. The story is narrated by BU drama professor Jim For-sythe, who also directs a portion of the show as well.

The performance will be set in 1915 to keep with the World War I exhibit “The Great War: 1914-1915”

that’s currently on display at the RCAM.

“We kind of thought this would make for a nice con-nection,” said Hall.

The collaboration with the RCAM is beneficial for those that will be perform-ing in the show as well, says Hall.

“The museum loaned us a World War I replica uni-form for the soldier [played

by Woodcock] to wear.”Folks who attend the

event will get an informal tour of the museum (slated to take place at 3 p.m.) fol-lowed by the performance itself, which is set to get underway at 4 p.m. at the General Strange Hall.

Tickets for the event are available at the RCAM or at the Hall. There will also be a shuttle bus service

that will leave from the BU School of Music at 2:15 p.m.

The BCP suggests that to avoid line ups at the door, purchasing advanced tickets is strongly recom-mended.

The next scheduled per-formance for the BCP is set to take place in April.

The Brandon Crime Stoppers held its annual luncheon last week at The Great Western Road-house. The luncheon honoured sponsors, dignitaries and board members. The program received a total of 287 tips last year, which led to 23 arrests and the clearing of 26 police cases. In photo: Captain Crime Stoppers gives a ‘thumbs up’ while guests enjoy lunch.

Journal photo by Lanny Stewart

Dan Mazier has taken over as the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers.

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Mazier named new KAP president

The Keystone Agricultural Producers have named Dan Mazier its new president.

The announcement was made at an organizational annual meeting last week. Mazier takes over for Doug Chorney, who has reached his four-year term limit.

Mazier became a full-time farmer in 2001 and spent time on the KAP executive board soon afterwards, step-ping away from the organization in 2006. He re-joined KAP in 2011 as the vice president.

“Doug [Chorney] left this thing in very good shape,” Mazier told the Journal. “Our membership is very stable. Our network is good, but there’s always room for im-provement.”

Mazier, who resides north east of Brandon between Forrest and Justice as a grains and oilseeds producer, says communication is one area in which the organization can improve on.

“How many meetings we have, those things need to be reviewed,” he said. “How we communicate with mem-bers. I think every organization is going through that right now. It’s good to have those face-to-face meetings, get-ting to know people and what they’re asking for, that’s what the annual meetings are for. However, to get the exchange of ideas while these guys are out putting their crops in and they’re very busy.

“It’s amazing the amount of information you can get while the tractor is on auto-steer for example,” he con-tinued.

Mazier is a member of the steering committee for the new Assiniboine River Basin Initiative, which he says, KAP has been very supportive of and will continue to be under his leadership.

“The whole basin-wide approach takes in at least half of Agro Manitoba. It does impact farmers,” Mazier said.

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Mazier is also the chair of KAP’s workplace and em-ployment and rural development/land use committees. He is also the president of Elton Energy Co-operative, a pro-posed community-owned wind power project.

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Second tender requests coming for Sportsplex

After receiving initial proposals that were double the budget, the City of Brandon is revising the proposal for upgrades to the Sportsplex.

Last year, the city put out a request for proposal with two companies coming forward to bid on the work. With a projected budget by the city of $2.6 million, the bids of $4.9 and $5.9 million were not acceptable. As a result, officials are currently preparing a second round of tender requests for the Sportsplex Pool.

“The bids we got last year were too high so we can-celled the tender,” explained Rod Sage, City GM of op-erations, who is overseeing the project.

“We were not prepared to spend that much,” Sage said.Following the cancellation, a design board took another

look at the wants and needs for the facility and started working on a new design.

“We met with our engineering group and we are con-fident we can change the design to lower the cost,” Sage said.

Currently, a new tender is being compiled that is ex-pected to be made public in February.

“The foundation of the building is in great shape. We want to do as minimal damage to the building as possible because every hole you make, you need to patch,” Sage added.

The GM recognizes that a renovation project is signifi-cantly different than new construction.

“In a renovation you don’t know what you’re up against until you do the work,” he said, adding that planners are trying to prepare for every possible scenario.

Amenities at the pool will remain basically the same, according to Sage with the six lane pool being kept.

“We need to find a way to get the pool to the health standards needed without taking a jack hammer to every-thing.”

At its current state, the Sportsplex is not meeting health regulations that came into effect nearly 10 years ago.

“We need to do upgrades to meet Manitoba Health reg-ulations to operate a pool,” Sage said. “We aren’t meeting those standards now.”

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“Our system is one quarter the size needed,” he said.However, due to the size and complexity of the equip-

ment, Sage explained that it’s not as easy as removing the old equipment and replacing it with new machinery.

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“We want to explore every possibility. We want to be sure we meet the existing codes and that we will be able to meet those that will be coming in the future. We need to make it an adequate size to handle upgrades in the fu-ture.”

The city is looking at long-term improvements that will save cost and limit down time in the future. As an ex-ample, Sage explained that a liner is in place at the pool now and officials are looking into replacing the existing liner with tiles.

“The life expectancy of tiles is equal to three bladders,” he said, adding that liners can become stained and disco-loured from the chemicals in the water where tiles main-tain their appearance.

Due to the specialty nature of the project, there aren’t a lot of businesses which perform the tasks required in the renovation. City officials are keeping that in mind as well as the timing of the project to ensure it has as minimal impact on the public as possible.

“We are finalizing the tender now and plan to reissue it in February. We are hoping that it’s the right time of year for companies which will help us get competitive pricing.”

With a four to six week turnaround on the tender, Sage said it is possible that construction would begin in May. He estimates the project would take eight months to com-plete with the pool reopening at the end of 2015 or begin-ning of 2016.

Facility Manager Jeff Elliott agrees that limiting the number of days the doors are closed is important.

“This is a revenue generating facility for the commu-nity and is a facility they count on using so we don’t want it to be closed any longer than necessary.”

Elliott reported that 300,000 people use the facility each year. Built 37 year ago, upgrades were needed.

“Structural engineers have looked at it and it’s in good shape that way but we need to address some issues with the mechanical components of the pool.”

With changes in the Manitoba health codes in 2005-2006, upgrades to the facility were required. The health agency is being patient with the city as the process moves forward.

“They know it’s a big undertaking and are working closely with us as we move forward,” he said.

While planning for the renovation, Elliott said they looked at countless options.

“We want to get the biggest bang for our buck,” he said. “We need to do the work wisely and spend wisely and it’s necessary to get up to speed on the codes.”

Changes to the original design have meant officials have had to make some revisions.

“We’ve had to trim a little to stay within the financial constraints,” he said but is optimistic that the project will move forward.

A number of changes have taken place with the plan-ning for the facility from the beginning. Elliott reported that five years ago the city looked at a partnership with the YMCA which was planning to build a pool at the time.

“They would have built a bigger facility to accommo-date the closing of the Sportsplex.”

However, concerns from the public persuaded officials to reconsider the partnership and the YMCA went ahead with building a smaller pool.

“Council made a commitment to keep the Sportsplex open,” said Elliott adding that the facility is needed to meet the aquatic needs of a city the size of Brandon.

Elliott said the Sportsplex is not in competition with the YMCA in terms of pool programming.

“The Y has a niche market,” he said, adding that the pool operated by the YMCA is reportedly attracting a great deal of clients in its first year of operation. While positive for the YMCA, the number of people going to that facility has not meant a decline in traffic at the city facility.

While the city pool is needed in terms of programming, Elliott said finances are a major concern.

“We want to keep the Sportsplex open at a cost the city and the public can handle,” he concluded.

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The fact that Mackin-tosh sat on the sidelines after each of those im-portant events occurred, when viewed within the context of last week’s report that Steve Ashton is in the lead among the three NDP leadership candidates, hints at what the veteran NDP MLA’s objective really is.

Selinger and Oswald have known since early January that the Ash-ton campaign sold many more memberships be-fore the sales deadline than the other two teams combined. Given that every 10 memberships roughly translates into one delegate at the lead-ership convention, they knew Ashton would like-ly be in the lead after the fi rst ballot and that one of the other two candidates would be eliminated.

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We may now have a better idea of what Gord Mackintosh was up to two weeks ago, when he an-nounced that he has been approached by represen-tatives of Greg Selinger and Theresa Oswald to broker a truce between the two warring factions.

He told the media that “There are deeply held and divided camps that have to come back to-gether. There has to be forces at work to achieve that.”

“I’m going to be ‘Swit-zerland’ on this and I’m going to work with others to see how we can move along on the fl oor of con-vention together and then after”, he added, “be-cause there is an overrid-

ing interest to make sure that there continues to be a strong party and strong government.”

If there was a time for Mackintosh to work to resolve the differences between the Selinger and Oswald camps, it was last September, when the NDP caucus was in-formed the party would be annihilated in the next provincial election if Selinger remained as party leader.

If not then, it was in late October, before Os-wald and her fellow Gang of Five members publicly attacked Selinger, break-ing cabinet and caucus solidarity in the process.

If not then -- and it was probably too late by that

ing prospect in mind, we should infer that repre-sentatives of Selinger and Oswald did not reach out to Mackintosh to heal the rift in the party, but rather to facilitate a deal between the two camps to ensure that whoever fi nished third on the fi rst ballot would throw their support -- and their del-egates -- to the other.

It would be a cynical, back-room scheme to pre-vent Ashton from becom-ing party leader, echoing the informal arrangement that was struck between the two factions in 2009.

Ashton’s team knows that, and that explains why they have reacted negatively to Mackin-tosh’s intervention. “The time for a mediator should have been months ago be-fore we were thrust into this leadership crisis”, says MLA Jim Rondeau .

“We need a leader who

can unify the party and bring us back together at the end of this current leadership process,” he added. “We need a leader who is fundamentally committed to the prin-ciples of our party and has stood strong even in our darkest times. Steve Ashton is the only person who can be that unifying force for our party.”

That’s the message Team Ashton is pushing in advance of delegate selection meetings. Its success depends upon the ability of the Selinger and Oswald campaigns to convince the vast major-ity of their delegates that the prospect of Ashton becoming party leader is so terrifying that they must work together to prevent that outcome.

In order to accomplish that objective, Ashton’s rivals will have to openly articulate what they feel

is so objectionable about the Thompson MLA that it should disqualify him from being NDP leader. It will be a tough case to make.

Ashton is the NDP’s strongest performer in question period, has been an effective cabinet min-ister on tough fi les and, unlike Oswald, main-tained cabinet and cau-cus solidarity. Also un-like Oswald, who many regard as a Liberal in an orange pantsuit, nobody questions Ashton’s com-mitment to core NDP val-ues.

Rondeau is right to de-scribe Ashton as a unify-ing force within the NDP, but will he also unite his rivals against him? The answer to that question will determine whether he becomes our next pre-mier.

COMMENTARYCOMMENTARYWill Selinger and Oswald combine to Ashton once again?

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three were selected – “to help ensure Indigenous People have access to ex-pressions of their culture.”

What about Jewish people, Ukrainian people, Chinese people, members of the LGTBQ community, persons with disabilities and others who have faced discrimination in the past and want to view exhibits describing their challeng-es?

Are they supposed to just reach into their pocket and pay while the mu-seum allows some other people to just walk right in free of charge? The mu-

seum would sheepishly say “yes.”

The museum doesn’t have a good response for aboriginal, Metis and Inuit people who may be offended by their freebie policy. Imagine being a first-nations Canadian, walking up to the museum with a group of friends (of all races) and then being singled out and told you didn’t have to pay.

Wouldn’t you be a bit embarrassed to be discrim-inated against by the mu-seum while each of your friends had to fork over $15? The museum should be ashamed about the dis-comfort they’re causing

to aboriginal, Metis and Inuit people who may find themselves in such a posi-tion. Furthermore, the mu-seum can hardly afford to let anyone in for free. In fact, it’s the last organiza-tion in Canada that should be encouraging customers not to pay the entrance fee.

Consider that [2]each year the Canadian Museum for Human Rights receives $21.7 million in funding from the federal govern-ment. Why does it receive so much money? The sub-sidy is necessary because there aren’t enough paying customers willing to visit the museum each year. Thus, the museum’s annu-

al expenses far exceed its revenues. The annual fed-eral funding keeps the mu-seum from going bankrupt.

The numbers are even more shocking on an indi-vidual level. The museum expects 250,000 visitors annually. Divide that into the $21.7 million grant from the feds and each person walking into the museum is subsidized by $86.80. You may only pay $15 to enter, but the true cost is about $101.80.

Expensive and discrimi-natory – clearly the muse-um has a lot of work to do.

But the discriminatory policy won’t change on its own. Taxpayers need to

speak out and complain to the museum. Let museum officials know that you believe discrimination is wrong. At the same time, the public should be call-ing their Members of Par-liament and urging them to take action. After all, the museum is a federal insti-tution. If enough Members of Parliament hear blow-back on the discriminatory policy, they’ll be quick to take action. Oh, and you might want to mention the $86.80 per visitor subsidy too.

Colin Craig is the Prai-rie Director for the Cana-dian Taxpayers Federa-tion

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The fi rst ever Polar Plunge is com-ing to the Wheat City. The event, held in conjunction with Manitoba Law Enforcement, will take place at As-siniboine Community College’s North Hill Campus on Saturday, Feb. 21. In photos: two folks take the ‘plunge’ at the event last year in Winnipeg.

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Polar Plunge coming to Wheat City

Who’s ready to plunge into a bin of cold water?

The Polar Plunge, which will be taking place later this month, is coming to Brandon for the first time. The event is for a good cause as it’s a fundraiser for Special Olympics Manitoba and its athletes.

“Jumping into freezing water – it’s a crazy thing to do, but it’s also a lot of fun,” communications manag-er for Special Olympics Manitoba, Steven Dreger said.

Dreger says the event has become rather popular across North America and is now going into its third year in Winnipeg. Dreger is hopeful for plenty of “plungers” to take part in what he hopes will be a longstand-ing annual event in the Wheat City.

“Right now, we have 26 people registered to take the plunge [in Brandon]. I think we’re hoping to get to that 100-person mark,” he said.

The ‘plungers’ are asked to secure sponsorship from folks to help sup-port their jump into the cold water. Folks can enter as individuals or as teams and are encouraged to wear costumes. Dreger, who has taken the plunge in the past in Winnipeg, says the event is open to anyone in-

terested in taking the dip. “We’re hoping people have fun

with it,” Dreger added. “Definitely taking the plunge is a pretty exhila-rating and exciting thing. It’s always a very fun event.”

The event, which is held in con-junction with Manitoba Law En-forcement , is set to take place at Assiniboine Community College’s North Hill Campus on Saturday, Feb. 21.

There will be prizes that will be won for folks who raise the most money and for of course, for those who wear the best outfits, will re-ceive the “Golden Plunger Award.” Meanwhile, the ultimate plunge prize award (most money raised by an individual) will have the oppor-tunity to plunge into Hudsons Bay in Churchill where they’ll get the chance to go on the Tundra Buggy to check out polar bears in their nat-ural habitat. They’ll also get a free trip to the Assiniboine Park Zoo po-lar bear exhibit as well as a dinner.

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A local flower shop was a regional win-ner at the Canadian Wedding Awards in Toronto late last year.

The BloomBox, owned by Trisha and Shaun Fjeldsted, won the best overall re-ception floral award as well as the best floral designer award for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Trisha and Shaun, as well as numerous flower shops from across Canada sub-mitted entries into a variety of different categories. Categories included beauty, cakes and confectionary and event décor to name a few.

“There was everything from invitations to party planners, jewellers, everything that’s wedding related,” Trisha said.

Trisha and Shaun were invited to Toron-to to take in the national awards ceremony in December at the Ritz-Carlton. Winning the two regional awards meant that the BloomBox took part in the national com-petition, but the local flower shop wound up falling short in their respective catego-ries.

“To give you an idea of our overall com-

petition across Canada, I think they had one category for overall wedding design,” Shaun described, “and there was one cate-gory where they split it up into cash value, like total value for the wedding - so under $75,000 and over $75,000.”

The event consisted of high-profile judges, including Randy Fenoli, a fash-ion designer, beauty expert, speaker and star of TLC’s “Randy To The Rescue” and “Say Yes To The Dress.” Other judg-es included the likes of Marcy Blum, a world-renowned event planner, entertain-ing expert and author and Rebecca Grin-nals, an industry consultant, trend expert and a featured guest on CBS’ “The Early Show” as well as CNN and Entertainment Tonight.

Trisha and Shaun bought the flower shop, previously known as Academy Flo-rists, in 2008. Trisha, who has been in the industry since she was 15 years old, says it’s the busy time of year for the business.

“It starts basically Thanksgiving to Mother’s Day. It’s what we call our har-vest,” she said with a smile.

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BU Native language instructor honoured

A Brandon University instructor and respected elder was recently recog-nized by the Manitoba gov-ernment as the Aboriginal Educator of the Month.

Kevin Tacan, from the Sioux Valley Dakota Na-tion, west of Brandon, is a sessional instructor with BU’s Native Studies department, teaching the Dakota language. Tacan is a BU alumnus, graduating in 2012 with a BA 4 year Honours, and is currently in the midst of completing a Master’s Degree in Rural

Development. Since 1996, he has been employed with the Brandon School Divi-sion as Elder and Coun-selor.

“Language is the corner-stone of a culture,” says Tacan. “Hidden within the language are counseling systems, kinship, history and ceremony. Without it, we would cease to be a tribal group. I believe I have a responsibility to help students realize that.”

In 1975, Brandon Uni-versity became the fi rst university in western

Canada to create a Native Studies department and continues to offer innova-tive, relevant program-ming including North America’s fi rst under-graduate course combining traditional knowledge with the clinical skills necessary for counselors to develop the cultural competencies to work with Aboriginal people and communities.

“Kevin Tacan represents the opportunities available through education,” says BU’s acting vice presi-dent (academic and pro-vost), Dr. Heather Duncan. “Working as a counselor, he realized that many chal-lenges faced by Aboriginal students could be traced back to a loss of traditional language. He returned to university to fi nish his de-gree with the goal of be-coming a Dakota language teacher, and since 2012 has been teaching one of the three Aboriginal languages offered at BU. Kevin is highly deserving of this recognition and we are very proud of his contribu-tions to Aboriginal student success.”

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Sleep is a natural process designed to re-charge the body and mind. Although some people fi nd no diffi culty in settling down for the night, many others profess to have periodic or chronic sleep problems. But before asking doctors to reach for their prescription pads, men and women strug-gling to fall asleep at night may want to consider some all-natural remedies to help them get a good night’s rest.

Delta Sleep Labs says between 20 and 40 percent of all adults have insomnia in the course of any year, and more than 70 million Americans suffer from sleep dis-orders and wakefulness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognize insuffi cient sleep as a public health epi-demic that can result in diffi culty perform-ing daily tasks, hypertension, depression, and even obesity.

While sleeping pills can be effective, they pose the risk of dependence and also may carry with them dangerous side ef-fects. Some individuals have driven or engaged in other potentially dangerous ac-tivities while under the infl uence of sleep-ing pills. No such side effects have been associated with natural remedies.

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• Meditation: Focusing on breathing and employing visualization may help relax the body into a state where it can drift off to sleep. In addition to calming the mind, meditation can reduce stress and hormone levels. Picturing a relaxing scene and fo-cusing on all the senses involved in that scene may put you in a peaceful state of mind that makes it easier to fall asleep.

• Distraction: Although there are con-fl icting reports as to whether reading or watching television before going to sleep can be a help or a hindrance, some people with insomnia do fi nd these actions can help induce sleep. Choose a book or a pro-gram that isn’t stimulating to distract your-self from anything that is causing distress. Doing so can create a state of relaxation that makes it easier to fall asleep. Use the sleep timer on the television to automati-cally turn of the TV after a set number of minutes, so you are not woken from sleep by a loud show after drifting off.

• Aromatherapy: Calming scents can re-lax the body. Preliminary research suggests that lavender essential oil may lengthen total sleep time, increase deep sleep and help people feel refreshed in the morning,

particularly for women who have a more acute sense of smell than men. Put a few drops of lavender on a pillow before retir-ing to bed, or take a relaxing bath with the oil mixed into the bath water.

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* Valerian: Valerian is a natural herbal remedy that grows in the form of a tall, fl owering grassland plant. The roots are ground to produce the supplement that could assist with sleep. The Mayo Clinic notes that several small studies indicate that valerian may reduce the amount of time it takes to fall asleep and help you sleep better. Other studies have shown va-lerian to be no more effective than a pla-cebo. However, with relatively few side effects, valerian may be worth a try.

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The United Way of Bran-don and District announced at its annual Touchdown Luncheon last week that they were able to surpass their fundraising goal of $789,000.

Campaign chair Cam Clark announced a total of $789,552.97 was raised, exceeding the goal by $552.

“I want to say a special thank you to our campaign team,” he said at the lun-cheon last Tuesday at the Victoria Inn.

Last November, a press conference was held in an effort to raise awareness regarding the status of the campaign – which at that point, sat at about a third of its goal.

“I witnessed as the totals were coming in, and right through to the 11th hour, there was ongoing concern about hitting the goal,” Clark said while at the po-dium. “Not because it’s striving to hit a number for

the sake of hitting a num-ber, but because of the po-tential impact on so many agencies, so many families, so many little lives if we don’t.”

Cynamon Mychasiw, chief executive offi cer for the United Way Brandon and District says it’s an honor to work with the in-credibly passionate people who champion the United Way cause and work tire-lessly for change every single day.

“Without all of you, the volunteers and our partner agencies, we would have no impact in this city. Without volunteers, we cease to ex-ist, but thanks to your ef-forts the result will be a future of opportunity and possibility, and a future of hope, for the most vulner-able children, adults, and families living in our com-munity.”

Last year’s campaign raised $777,777.77 – an amount that included an anonymous cheque that arrived late in the year to cover the gap.

“It was a unique situ-ation where it appeared that the goal would stall at $714,000, but a single cheque arrived to help hit the goal,” Clark said. “This year, the fundraising goal of $789,000 was positioned as - 7,8,9. It’s as easy as 1,2,3. I believe I speak on be-half of all or our campaign team, leadership team, and offi ce staff, to say it isn’t all that easy.”

Among the 2014 funded programs and services of the United Way include the Elspeth Reid Family Resource Centre and Pre-School Enrichment Pro-gram, the Brandon Literacy Council, the Canadian Red Cross Society – Brandon Branch and the Samaritan House.

The United Way provides support to 32 different pro-gram areas in the city of Brandon and the surround-ing communities of Shilo, Douglas, Forrest and Kem-nay.

The 2015 campaign chair is expected to be announced in March.

Delegates to Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual meeting passed a resolution recently calling for the fed-eral government to enable generic seed developers (which include farmers) to have access to off-patent plant traits at least seven years before these traits come off patent.

The resolution comes as a result of amendments to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act in Bill C-18 that strengthen the ability of plant breeders to capture greater value for their investments, pri-marily though royalties.

Delegates speaking in favour of the resolution noted that off-patent pesti-

cides come to the market fairly quickly, but it takes seven years to develop a new plant variety from an off-patent trait. Additionally, they are concerns that some off-patent traits might disappear altogether.

Other resolutions addressed raising the height of transmission lines to ac-commodate larger farm equipment, pro-vincial water quality testing of wells and other water sources damaged by over-land fl ooding last summer, and Manito-ba Public Insurance’s method of quali-fying producers for farm license plates. In all, 13 resolutions were passed.

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Larry Maguire, member of parliament for Bran-don-Souris (far left), announces funding for soy-bean research at Ag Days.

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Maguire announces funding for soybean researchThe governments of

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Armstrong’s War coming to WMCA

Live theatre fans will not be disappointed with The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre as “Arm-strong’s War” will be coming to the local stage in March.

“Two unlikely com-panions from vastly dif-ferent walks of life find common ground through storytelling in Colleen Murphy’s Armstrong’s War,” according to a press release put out by the RMTC.

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Laura Enns, touring and production coordina-tor with the theatre com-pany, explains that the pair are both in denial about their injuries and although they come from different backgrounds, they learn to lean on each other.

The part of Halley is played by Heather Rus-sell of Brandon who re-portedly spent time with Girl Guides in prepara-tion for the part. Justin Otto of Pinawa plays the part of Cpl. Armstrong.

While comprised of only two actors, Arm-strong’s War is no small production and will be touring with a full set, wardrobe, props and sound equipment.

“The set has been de-signed to be adaptable to fit the many stages in the area,” Enns said.

The production will travel across the prov-ince from Jan. 28 when is

starts in Snow Lake, end-ing in Virden on March 7. During a six week tour, the curtain will be raised for a total of 24 shows. Enns explained that the RMTC puts on a similar tour each year, visiting numerous communities.

“Our artistic direc-tor is very, very good at gauging the audience and picking plays that they will enjoy and find mean-ing in,” Enns said.

While serious in na-ture, Enns says there are many funny moments in the play that are sure to resonate with audiences in the area.

Armstrong’s War will be playing at the Western Manitoba Centennial Au-ditorium on March 3 at 8 p.m. Ticket are $29.50 for adults, $26.50 for seniors, $25 for students and $15 for children 14 and under. Tickets can be purchased online at www.wmca.ca or by calling 204-728-9510.

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Tantalizing Tofu

Did the title of this col-umn throw you off? Tan-talizing tofu? Sounds like a kitchen paradox. How could pressed soybean curds make anyone’s mouth water?

Tofu may not be tradi-tional fare in this part of the world but there are millions across the ocean who swear that tofu really is the best thing since long before sliced bread. I dare you to try this recipe and tell me it isn’t delicious. If this unique dish can’t convince a few meat eat-ers to embrace the occa-

sional no-meat-meal, I’ll eat my hat. Tofu has been around for more than two millennia. It originated in China and spread east-ward throughout Asia as Buddhism made its way across the continent.

There are many reasons to try this ancient, nutri-tious and interesting food: it has long been an excel-lent source of protein for vegetarians and is a go-to staple in my kitchen those nights when meat is not on the menu. Tofu is also low in calories and contains very little fat. It is high in iron and often also high in calcium and magnesium.

This particular recipe calls for fi rm tofu, which has been pressed to pro-duce a fl exibly solid mass of bean curd. Firm tofu most closely resembles meat and gives a simi-lar satisfying feel in the mouth, however, it is not going to fool anyone.

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Neufeld complex project wins $90K in Aviva contest

The Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex project is that much closer to get-ting completed after being named a grand prize win-ner in the Aviva Commu-nity Fund contest.

It was announced last week that the softball com-plex project was among the winners, coming away with a whopping $90,000.

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The local complex proj-ect wound up making its way through several rounds of voting, compet-ing against a plethora of other community projects across the nation. The judges used the criteria of impact, likelihood of suc-cess, longevity and sus-tainability, originality, sub-mission quality and votes in determining who came away with the 11 grand prizes.

The Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex was in the health, sport and ac-tive living category – one of five categories projects could be placed in.

Brett Turner, chair of the Ashley Neufeld Soft-

ball Complex committee, told the Journal that the money will go towards the near completion of the first phase of the project, which consists of two full-sized diamonds, four youth dia-monds, as well as irrigation and electrical infrastruc-ture. This work is expected to be completed in 2015. Phase 2 includes two more full-sized diamonds, which should get done by the summer of 2016.

Meanwhile, Phase 3 is planned for 2017 and be-yond, states the official Ashley Neufeld project overview. That phase will include a permanent can-teen and washroom. The overview also states that a parking area will also be built to accommodate ap-

proximately 200 vehicles. The cost of the project is

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Manitoba government adds 94 new meds to Pharmacare programAn additional 94 new drugs, including

two to support patients living with diabe-tes, are now covered under Manitoba’s pharmacare program.

“When people are living with a chronic condition like diabetes, it can be a chal-lenge to cover medication costs,” health minister Sharon Blady said in a release. “Adding these new drugs to the formulary will help Manitoba families address those costs and let them focus on other priori-ties as they receive the care they need.”

Two of the new drugs being added to the formulary are Komboglyze and

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“We commend the Manitoba gov-ernment for its decision to expand the medications covered by the pharmacare program. This is great news for people living with diabetes in Manitoba,” Andrea Kwasnicki, Manitoba regional director for the Canadian Diabetes Association, said. “By expanding pharmacare, people living with diabetes and their health-care providers will now have additional choic-es to help better manage their diabetes.”

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O’Rourke is one of al-most 60 girls who play the sport with the Bran-don Ringette Association. Registration with the lo-cal association is up a couple from last year and has grown greatly from six years ago when it had as few as nine players, Brandon Ringette Asso-ciation president Darrell Wakewich said.

“Ringette is similar to hockey, however besides the obvious difference of playing with a ring in-stead of a puck there are some unique rules which promote passing and team work as compared to hockey,” he said. “The girls seem to like the as-pect of working as a team to score a goal versus one player taking the ring from one end of the ice to the other.”

One of the rule differ-ences in ringette is that the ring cannot be carried over the blue line. Players must shoot it in or pass it to a teammate. Once you have passed or shot it over the blueline, you

can’t touch it again until someone else does.

“Ringette is great for girls wanting to play a team sport in the winter but do not want to play hockey,” Emily Robb, 11, said.

Robb is a netminder for the Brandon Ice Crashers in the under-12 Petite di-vision.

The Brandon Ringette Association is currently icing four teams this winter. There are two in the under-12 (petite) division and one each in the under-14 (tween)

and under-10 (novice) age groups. As the asso-ciation doesn’t have its own league, Wakewich explained that its teams play all of their games in tournaments. They travel across Manitoba and Sas-katchewan. The squads have traditionally faced stiff competition from their out-of-town foes.

“However, over the past few years, the hard work of the girls and coaches has paid off,” Wakewich said. “This past season our teams have had some excellent results against

some of the best teams from Saskatchewan and Winnipeg.”

Recently the Bran-don Braves won gold at the Beausejour Ringette Tournament. Also this season, the Ice Crashers brought home silver from the Steinbach Ringette Tournament.

In addition to the four competitive teams, the Brandon Ringette Asso-ciation also runs a learn to play program called, “R4U” (Ringette For You).

“The R4U pro-

gram provides girls eight and under the opportunity to learn the basic skills of the game in a fun, no pressure environment,” Wakewich added. “When they graduate from the program, they’re well prepared to join a un-der-10 novice team and have the necessary skills to be an active contribu-tor to their team.”

Last season, Lauren Gustafson got started in ringette in the R4U pro-gram. Her older sister, Shaelyn, plays the sport and Gustafson thought

it looked like fun so she gave it a try as well. This year, the eight-year-old is playing for the Brandon Blizzards in the under-10 novice division. Like Robb and O’Rourke, she enjoys the game and making new friends.

“I would encourage others to play ringette because it’s so much fun. It’s helped me to be-come a better skater and I’m learning how to be a good team member,” Gustafson said.

Ruttig: A look back at the Wheat Kings in JanuaryLooking back at the

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as Roy has now etched his name in history as one of the longest serving Wheat Kings of all-time.

With two months left in the season, Roy now will look to move up the all-time list which includes Dale McMullin (309), Aaron Goldade (310), Tim Konsorada (311), Brodie Melnychuk (318), Lance Monych (319) and Dwayne Gylywoychuk (323). McCrimmon reaches 400

wins While Eric Roy has en-

joyed 300 games in the WHL, Wheat Kings head coach Kelly McCrimmon

earned his 400th league win on the same night against the Moose Jaw Warriors on Jan. 30. Mc-Crimmon, who has been the Wheat Kings head coach over 10 seasons, returning to the bench in 2013, could significantly add to his career win total over the rest of the season as his team is playing some of their best hockey since he guided Brandon to a conference championship in 2004-05.

Nolan Patrick hitting stride

Young prospect Nolan Patrick significantly added

to his stock as an emerg-ing talent in the WHL over the first month of 2015, exploding onto the scene with a goal scoring run to end Janaury in which he hit 20 goals (ended up with 21 on the month). At 16 years of age, Patrick has found a role on a Brandon team that has plenty of goalscor-ers and is a player to watch over the course of the final months of the season.

Papirny strong in net Jordan Papirny is con-

tinuing to compile stats as one of the best goal-tenders in the league this season as the Wheat Kings

workhorse netminder is amongst the league leaders in wins.

Papirny also moved into seventh on the club’s all-time shutout list on the weekend with a clean sheet. He helped his club pick up a 6-0 win over the Warriors to continue what has been a season that’s bolstered the prospect’s NHL Draft buzz.

Post trade deadline streak

Following the WHL trade deadline, the Wheat Kings have been red hot, dropping just a single point from the passing of the

deadline to the end of Janu-ary in a shootout loss. That streak has the Wheat Kings going into February with a firm grasp of first place in the Eastern Conference where they have a strong lead over the Medicine Hat Tigers for home ice advan-tage in the Eastern Confer-ence playoffs.

Chase Ruttig is the edi-tor of the Neepawa Press. He’s also a freelance sports writer/blogger.

At the Road Rebels season’s end BBQ fun-draiser in September, a cheque for $1,475 (pro-ceeds of the Cruisin’ Winter Style Social) was presented to John Russell of the Elspeth Reid Family Resource Centre.

The event was a joint effort by the Chrome Addicts and Road Rebel car clubs. Another $500

raised from this event was donated to Cro-cus Plains high school for auto body and auto tech courses that will be awarded to four out-standing students in each class. This year’s social is being held on Feb. 21 at the Ukrainian Reading Hall. For tick-ets, please call Dave at 204-729-5808.

From left to right: Russ and Cathy Dayman, John Russell and Dave Burba.

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daily and two acts are performing for one day only.

One day only:Sharon and Bram – On

Wednesday, Credit Union Family Day, special per-formers Sharon and Bram will perform twice in the Amphitheatre. This duo is loved by young and not so young, whether their songs bring up childhood memories or are new and exciting to you this is an act you do not want to miss.

Franklin’s Musical Play Date - Thursday is BMO Kids’ Day and will feature Franklin’s Musi-

cal Playdate. Franklin and his two best friends Bear and Beaver will share their favourite songs, jokes, and riddles with two shows in the Amphitheatre.

Performing daily:Craig Douglas, comic

and juggler – Bowling balls fly, machetes whirl and just wait until you see what he does with a couple of ping pong balls. He will perform in the Amphitheatre daily.

Puppet Tamer – Join-ing the Amphitheatre schedule, master ventrilo-quist Tim Holland, con-vinces the audience of the

dangers inherent in the taming of ferocious and uncooperative puppets through cheap trickery and genuine magic.

Doodles the Clown – A regular and important fea-ture of the Royal Mani-toba Winter Fair, Doodles the Clown will perform daily in the Amphitheatre along with roaming the halls.

Chef Landry – With more than 35 years of experience, Chef Landry has authored a cookbook and manufactured his own line of seasonings. His cooking has become a staple at the annual Wash-ington Mardi Gras at the nation’s capital. Make sure to find out what he’s cooking up at the Mani-toba Liquor and Lotteries

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Also being introduced in 2015 is special tick-et pricing for families. Available only at Shop-pers Mall Guest Services in Brandon, a Family Pass can be purchased prior to the start of the Fair and provides a significant savings for families. The

Family Pass is available for $50 and includes two adult, two youth and two child tickets to the Fair. Once the Fair begins, the cost of these tickets totals $84.

Other ways to save are purchasing a six day pass for $85 or a three day pass for $48. A free children’s ticket can also be down-loaded online at www.royalmanitobawinterfair.com prior to the start of the fair.

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RMWF releaseCorrection:There was a mistake in last week’s edition of the Westman Journal

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Who’s up for a dog show?

Dog owners and their pets will be vying for top honours at the annual Cro-cus Obedience and Kennel Club’s Dog Show and Tri-als. Held Feb. 14-16 in the Canada Room at the Key-stone Centre, the competi-tion will feature dogs of all breeds and is open to the general public.

Gail Carroll, one of the organizers of the show, explained that there are several different events throughout the compe-tition. Participants are judged on performance and overall appearance at different levels. Initially, the dogs are divided into categories according to breed.

“We will start with all the German Shepherds, for example, and judge them against a written standard of what the absolute per-fect specimen of that par-


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ticular breed would be,” Carroll said. “These dogs aren’t judged against each other as much as they are judged against the written standard. We find a dog that is closest to that ideal which will win ‘Best of Breed.’”

From there the dogs are moved into the Best of Group category which “di-vides the dogs into seven categories based on their function or what they were originally designed to.”

The first class is for sporting dogs who are bred to hunt and include setters, spaniels and retrievers. The second class includes the hounds which are further distinguished as those who gaze, such as Irish Wolf Hounds who can spot their prey from far away, and scent hounds, which are smaller and rely on their nose, such as Beagles and Bassett Hounds. The third group consists of working dogs who may still be per-

forming a function such as sled dogs, who are used for protection and water rescue such as the Newfoundland Retriever. The Terrier cate-gory includes dogs who go after vermin in the ground and the toy category in-cludes all little lap dogs. Non-sporting dogs include those who had a job in the past but don’t really per-form a function now such as the Dalmatian. The fi-nal category is for herding dogs and includes German Shepherds and Belgian Sheep Dogs which round up or guard livestock.

Awards are given to the top dogs in each category which are then grouped together to compete for “Best of Show.” In addi-tion to the adult dogs, there is a Best Puppy class for the babies in the group.

In addition to the overall appearance that is judged in these classes, dogs will compete in two separate performance classes. The

obedience trials require a dog to perform a set of ex-ercises including retrieval work, reacting to hand signals and going over jumps. For the rally trial, a set course is laid out and dog and handler must go through the course follow-ing the posted signs. Dogs are given marks for their performance to combine with the time it took them

to complete the course.Carroll explained that

the breed ring is an elimi-nation contest and can be somewhat confusing for the spectator, where as the obedience and rally tri-als are more popular with spectators. The general public is invited to attend at a cost of $2 for adults and $5 per family with children five and under ad-mitted for free.

“We ask that they leave the family pet at home when they come to enjoy the show,” said Carroll who also cautioned parents to remind youngsters to al-ways ask before petting a dog and to never approach a dog in a kennel.

“They can be very pos-sessive of their kennel. That’s their home,” she said.

Dogs will come from across the country to com-pete at the show while

collecting points toward a championship designation. Carroll said that the group is hoping for 200 entries to this year’s show. Dogs will be competing in all of the categories each day in sev-eral different rings.

Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club has been in operation since the early 1970s and offers a number of different services to the general public. In addition to assisting members enter the show ring they offer agility training where the dog runs through a course, manipulating obstacles such as seesaws and jumps.

“We offer obedience classes where we teach good manners,” said Car-roll, adding this is a popu-lar option for anyone with a puppy.

For more information on the Crocus Obedience and Kennel Club, visit www.crocusdogs.com.

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skills in a less formal envi-ronment,” Jody Anderson, show secretary, explained.

Participants ride through patterns in their specific classes before a panel of judges which presents them with points and rib-bons. For the Light Horse Show, hunter, flat and jumper classes will be held over two days as the riders practice their skills.

“Hunter classes focus on etiquette and style,” Anderson said. “You are judged on how you per-form.”

According to Anderson, the Hunter class is a great opportunity for those just starting out in the sport to learn how to control their horse and execute a pattern around the ring. With ob-stacles such as poles on the ground, the rider and horse start working together in front of judges. Flat class-es include a rider getting their horse to walk, trot and canter on command. The Jumper class is what the public is probably most familiar with and includes jumping over obstacles

without knocking down any poles.

“The show is run ex-actly like the Winter Fair in that the riders have to go through the patterns in their different classes. The horse and rider are given points and ribbons but there isn’t any prize money at this type of show,” she said.

Two light horse school-ing shows are planned by the club for Feb. 7-8 and well as Feb. 21-22. A pony schooling show will also be held March 7-8, all at

the Keystone Centre. The shows attract participants from Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Anyone who is a member of the club can participate in the shows and Anderson explained that becoming a member is as simple as paying the fee upon regis-tration. Due to the volume of interest of this year’s shows a cap of 110 riders was implemented.

The Brandon Light Horse and Pony Society

has been operating for 80 years in the area. The club is currently working on special events to mark the anniversary in addition to the regular shows sched-uled each year.

“The schooling shows are a great opportunity for anyone just starting to get involved with the sport,” Anderson said. “The ulti-mate goal may be to ride in the Winter Fair but this is a great place to start.”

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On Thursday, Feb. 12, the Souris District Arts Council will host Roy and Rosemary for an evening of music.

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POSITION SUMMARY:Entry-level production work starts with packaging/wrapping non-knife type work.The employee’s primary tasks include receiving live hogs, and or kill (evisceration, hide removal, by-product processing) trimming, de-boning and other cut related activities/ packaging and/ or visual inspection, sorting, grading, scale weighing, truck loading, cleaning, operating equipment as related to above process.One hundred percent company paid Benefits package provided including Major Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as enrollment in the Maple Leaf Pension Plan.

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Participate as part of a team in the processing of hogs to produce fresh and frozen productAssist with various tasks in the dept. assignedKeep up to production line speedMost jobs in the Barn, Dressing, Cut and Packaging floors include assembly line work

Be willing to adhere to all hygienic and food safety requirements in the plant

REQUIRED SKILLS:Previous industrial / manufacturing plant experience is considered an assetAbility to work in a wide range of environmental conditions from cool to warm and wet to dryPhysically fit and able to lift, push, and/or pull, weight of up to 27kg (60 lbs)Experience working with and committed to Good Manufacturing Practices is considered an assetExperience in food manufacturing within a fast paced environment is an assetComfortable being part of a multi-cultural, unionized environmentMust be committed to safe work practicesMust have good communication and interpersonal skills and be focused on continuous improvementEnsure safe and hygienic practices are applied to all tasks performed as per Company policies

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LOCATION: 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba

STARTING WAGE: $13.50-$18.60/hour Plus Production Bonus of up to $1.00/hour and Attendance Bonus of $1.00/hour. Further increases as per Collective Agreement. Relocation Assistance of up to $5,000 available.

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading Canadian food processing company committed to delivering quality food products to consumers around the world. We are looking for Industrial Meat Cutters to join us at our Brandon, Manitoba plant.

POSITION SUMMARY:Positions include slaughtering livestock and removing viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses, cutting pork for further cutting, processing and packaging. Positions are available in a variety of departments including Barn, Dressing, Cut, and Packaging areas.One hundred percent company paid Benefits package provided including Major Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as enrollment in the Maple Leaf Pension Plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Participate as part of a team in the processing of hogs to produce fresh and frozen productAssist with various tasks in the department assignedKeep up to production line speedMost jobs in the Barn, Dressing, Cut and Packaging floors include assembly line workKnife and other equipment use may be required

REQUIRED SKILLS:Previous industrial / manufacturing plant experience is considered an assetAbility to work in a wide range of environmental conditions from cool to warm and wet to dryAbility to perform repetitive physical tasks and stand for long periods of timeExperience working with and committed to Good Manufacturing Practices is considered an assetExperience in food manufacturing within a fast paced environment is an assetComfortable being part of a multi-cultural, unionized environmentMust be committed to safe work practicesMust have good communication and interpersonal skills and be focused on continuous improvementUse knives and other equipment to disassemble hog product for further processingEnsure safe and hygienic practices are applied to all tasks performed as per Company policies

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the improvisational craft. Their music features lush and captivating arrange-ments of familiar and contemporary numbers, with a highly cinematic and theatrical influence. Their diverse styles are an artful palate of sound, us-ing elements of jazz, pop, and classical, expanding beyond the limits of any single genre. This results in a thrilling live experi-ence where their shows have many instances of exciting audience partici-pation, often including a request set as well as a fun and imaginative creation session, leaving things “unhinged” for both the audience and the artists on stage.

Not surprising, this duo has already performed in a diverse number of ven-ues ranging from intimate house concerts, to a num-ber of concerts at New York’s famed ‘Carnegie Hall’, a performance as the first ever instrumental-ist at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican; at the Egyp-tian Consulate in Wash-ington DC; at the Miss

America pageant in Las Vegas, entertaining at nu-merous private events, in-cluding for Donald Trump at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach; as well as performances at the 2008 Beijing and 2010 Vancou-ver Olympics; and even opening Hockey Night in Canada.

Now based in Vancou-ver, BC, Roy and Rose-mary are also sought after as arrangers, orchestra-tors (including full string productions) and artistic consultants, most recently arranging and recording a single with Mary Zilba (from “The Real House-wives of Vancouver”) for a film written and produced by Frank Giustra (Lions-gate Entertainment). Most recently they worked with Grammy-winning pro-ducer Ian Prince, and five time Juno award winning producer, Sam Reid from Glass Tiger.

This year, enjoy their debut album, “Once Upon a Dream” available on iTunes and in stores across Canada.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, make sure you go see Roy and Rosemary per-form live at the Souris and Glenwood Community Hall. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Advance tickets are available at Plaza Petals, or by calling Sharon at 204-483-2001 or Kathy at 204-483-2149. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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