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Glen Kirkland, a former member of the Canadian Army, luckily survived a near fatal enemy attack while serving in Afghanistan years ago. Suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, Kirkland has not only beat the odds, but he’s currently thriving as a real estate agent in the Wheat City.

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I Came Back: The Glen Kirkland story

Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can start the long climb out of a dark hole.

Glen Kirkland was lay-ing on rocks when he de-cided to turn his life around and not let post-traumatic stress disorder dictate his life.

Serving with the Ca-nadian Army in Afghani-stan, Kirkland was only days away from coming home when his platoon was attacked. In an area nicknamed, ‘The Heart of Darkness’ near Kanda-har, Kirkland was driving a tank that was hit by the enemy.

“By the numbers, I should be dead. Ninety-nine per cent of the time I was in the back of the LAV, that time I wasn’t and that’s the time we got hit,” Kirkland says in the docu-drama ‘I Came Back’ that tells his story. The move to drive the vehicle ultimate-ly saved his life when the other soldiers were killed as a result of the assault.

Being the sole survivor took its toll on Kirkland as he suffered with survivor’s guilt almost immediately.

“We were driving back with our dead friends,” he says. “We’ve all been to funerals with open cas-kets but this was different.

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I was just talking to him. I was just feet away from him. The rocket came clos-er to me than anyone else.”

Kirkland came back to Canada a changed man. After being bombed and watching his fellow sol-diers die, Kirkland suffered

countless sleepless nights thinking the ‘Taliban was coming for him’. Physical injuries added to the men-tal issues he was suffering from, so Kirkland spent a lot of time drinking to help numb the pain. A turning point came after his grand-

mother’s funeral, which he couldn’t remember the day after it happened due to his alcohol consumption.

“It was a defining mo-ment. Either I’m going to let this moment in my life, of getting blown up, dic-tate how my life is or I’m

going to dictate how my life goes…and I like the second option way better,” he says in the film.

Kirkland’s father Don is interviewed throughout the film and is described as “the hero who saved me” by his son. Don explained

that good support is need-ed to help people through tough situations like deal-ing with PTSD.

See Kirkland on Page 2

Nate Bower, producer and director of the docu-drama entitled, “I Came Back.”

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Kirkland from Page 1“You can’t do these

things alone, especially if you’re in a dark place. You need someone to help pull you out. To shine the light,” Kirkland said.

He took a difficult path which involved attending school – even though he suffered from short-term memory loss – and he fo-cused on getting his career in order.

“I thought, ‘I’m going to do something huge with my life’,” he said.

Kirkland’s efforts on changing his life worked. He eventually was able to change his post-traumatic stress disorder into post-traumatic growth. The change was a major focus of Kirkland’s film, which was produced and directed by Nate Bower of Collec-tive Mind Entertainment in Brandon.

“TV is inundated with graphic, sensationalist im-ages,” Bower told the Jour-nal. “Usually there would be the battle scene and then it fades to black with script saying, ‘Kirkland is now a successful real-tor.’ We wanted to do more than that. We want to show you what can happen after a trauma.”

Bower, Collective Mind focus on Kirkland’s ‘post-traumatic growth’

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The docudrama ‘I Came Back’ is the first film in what Bower hopes will be-come a series exploring the success stories of people like Kirkland.

He says helping shine the light to others who are suffering is important.

“It’s a story that needs to be told,” he added. “If they can see that someone else has gone through a tragedy and has come through it, then maybe they’ll make a call to start putting their life back together.”

The road to success has not been easy for Kirkland who now operates a grow-ing real-estate business in Brandon.

“My memory is not as good,” he said. “My hear-ing is horrible; you get used to pulling pieces of metal out of your face, but I’ve learned that you can turn any situation into a positive.

“I’m bigger than that one incident,” he added. “It’s part of who I am but I’m not going to let it de-fine who I am.”

Kirkland said making the film was somewhat uncomfortable but Bower and his crew put him at ease.

“The film doesn’t glam-

ourize anything that hap-pened,” he said.

He thinks it’s important to shed a spotlight on what some soldiers are doing after their time of service, mentioning fellow veter-ans who have gone on to successful careers despite the loss of limbs.

“I’m just one story,” he said. “I’m no hero. I was just the guy that lived.

“I’ve had my ups and downs, but I focus on the overall growth,” he con-tinued. “If my story helps some people get through a rough day, then it’s worth it.”

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2015 Westman Journal athletic award nominees

The annual Westman Journal athletic awards are here once again.

The nominees for male, female and team of the year have been chosen by the Brandon School Divi-sion and each high school – Vincent Massey, Neelin and Crocus Plains – are represented.

The winners will be se-lected based on high school athletic and academic ac-complishments, as well as community involvement outside of sport. Winners will be announced in next week’s edition of the Jour-nal.

The nominees are as fol-lows:

Team of the yearCrocus Plains boys

soccer teamThe Crocus Plains boys

soccer team finished with a 7-1-1 record in league play, which included playoff victories over Neelin, Vin-cent Massey and Virden to advance to the provincial championship in late May.

After losing their first game of the tournament to Miles Mac 2-1, the Cro-cus team took on the No. 1 seed St. Paul’s Crusaders and wound up with a come-from-behind 4-3 upset win. The victory moved Crocus into the consolation final

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against No. 3 seed West Kildonan and the Plains-men once again persevered as the club found them-selves down 2-0 early but were able to come away with a 4-2 win after all was said and done.

“Watching the players stick together and come back to win the last two games was one of the most rewarding coaching expe-riences I’ve had in my 10 years with the boys’ soccer team,” Crocus head coach Chris McLachlan stated in a nomination letter to the Journal. “Their char-acter, competitiveness, and sportsmanship were sec-ond to none.”

Crocus also won the Beaver Brae soccer tourna-ment in Kenora, Ont. and finished the year with an impressive 13-2-1 record.

Neelin JV boysvolleyball team

The Neelin junior var-sity boys volleyball team had a stellar 2014-2015 campaign as the club was a Brandon city finalist and eventual provincial AAA champion.

Neelin earned its way to the provincial champion-ship as the No. 5 seed and were 2-2 in round robin play finishing third in their respective pool. The Spartans defeated the No. 2 seed Dauphin Clippers in the quarterfinals before

taking down the No. 1 seed Linden Christian Wings to advance to the champion-ship game. Neelin then de-feated the Louis Riel Voya-geurs in the final.

The club had an overall record of 30-6 which in-cluded a first place finish in the Northlands Parkway Tournament and second place finish in the Brandon University Invitational.

The club was led by well-known Westman vol-leyball gurus Don Thom-son and Russ Paddock.

Vincent Masseyhockey team

The Vincent Massey Vi-kings high school hockey team had a remarkable sea-son in the Westman High School Hockey League, finishing with a 14-3-1 mark. The club finished with 79 goals scored and only 49 against, defeating the likes of Major Pratt, Deloraine and Neepawa en route to winning the league title.

“I believe our success was a result of timely and successful execution of our game plans and team work,” Vincent Massey head coach Graham Gar-den stated. “It’s one thing to practice execution of offence and defence and quite another to ex-ecute successfully during a game.”

This was the first league

championship for the Vi-kings in 20 years, which Garden says, “is a testa-ment to how difficult it is to win the WHSHL cham-pionship.”

The team also attended a tournament in Montreal last December which in-cluded a tour of Old Mon-treal, the Bell Centre and Olympic Village.

Male athlete of the year

Keaton JamesonCrocus Plains

Academic average:88 per cent

Keaton Jameson was a multi-sport athlete who was a member of the pro-vincial championship golf team this year. He won the Zone title in doubles badminton, advancing to provincials. Jameson is also one of the top baseball players on the team and is considered a leader who sets a positive example to others.

Jameson was also a talented setter in volley-ball where he played all the way until Grade 11. Jameson also participated in track and field and is a member of the Southwest Cougars of the Manitoba

AAA Midget Hockey League.

“Keaton is a diligent, hard-working and motivat-ed student who is a positive presence to have in class,” teacher/coach Troy Innes said in a letter of reference to the Journal regarding Jameson. “Keaton is a ded-icated student and athlete and a very well-rounded member of Crocus Plains school.”

Brock HiltnerNeelin

Academic Average:92 per cent

Brock Hiltner was a starter and team captain for the Neelin Spartans varsity football team where he was named to the WHFL all-defensive squad. He was also a bronze medallist and a provincial AAA all-star with the varsity basketball squad.

His community achieve-ments include donating some of his time with the Mini Spartan Athletics as well as the Neelin Volun-teer Team. He was also a middle years basketball official and assisted with coaching younger teams at Neelin.

“Besides being a joy to coach, Brock is a take-

charge person who is able to present himself with hard work and dedica-tion on and off the foot-ball field,” Neelin football coach Rob Cullen said. “During his time at Nee-lin, I saw an increase in his level of play and his dedication to the sport, as well as his leadership on the team and in the com-munity.”

Seth FriesenVincent Massey

Academic Average:99.86 per cent

Seth Friesen of Vincent Massey was the leading scorer and captain of the varsity boys volleyball team. He ended up as the MVP at the Brandon Uni-versity Tournament and was ranked third in the province by Manitoba coaches as he helped lead the Vikings to a city cham-pionship and a provincial quarterfinal appearance.

In basketball, Friesen was a starter who helped the Vincent Massey varsity boys team to a city title as well. He was a graduating all-star and was named the team MVP.

See Nominees on Page 14

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Neelin JV boys volleyball team Vincent Massey boys hockey team


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the fair during the first week in June, when kids are still in school and the weather is often rainy. I’m old enough to remember when the fair was held in late July, and how it was a welcome and exciting change from the hum-drum of summer. It also had a greater economic impact for Brandon.

I realize that the Pro-vincial Ex is at the mercy of the schedules of those who own and operate the amusements and midway rides, but Brandon really needs a multi-day event in July that local families can enjoy, and which will

So, who do you think you’re fooling?

The question is ad-dressed to the people who still have their cell phones glued to their ears while driving down Brandon’s streets. I’m especially talking to those who are texting with their devices down in their laps.

I walk up to two miles each day and, despite high profile advertising campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving, I still see lots of drivers using hand-held cell phones while driving.

Even worse are those drivers who are obvi-ously texting. I’ve seen some drive an entire block without looking up from the device they’re hiding in their laps. They think they’re so smart by keeping the device from view, but they aren’t fool-ing anybody. All they’re doing is endangering the lives of others.

Countless studies have shown that distracted drivers can be just as dan-gerous as drunk drivers. If that is the case – and I have no reason to believe it isn’t – why aren’t the penalties for using a cell phone or texting while driving just as severe as for drunk driving?

A suspected drunk driver can have his or her vehicle impounded. Doesn’t it make just as

much sense for a person’s cell phone to be imme-diately seized if they’re charged with talking or texting while driving? How about destroying the phones, or perhaps selling them at a public auction, if the accused is convicted?

Many peoples’ lives revolve around their digi-tal devices. They can be worth hundreds of dol-lars and their confiscation would cause a massive and expensive inconve-nience. In other words, the fear of immediate for-feiture could be exactly the kind of consequence that might actually mo-tivate drivers to put their phones down and fo-cus on the road ahead of them. It’s worth trying, because the current sys-tem clearly isn’t working.

On a related point, why are people allowed to drive with pets on their laps or, in some instances I have seen, on the dash of their cars? Anybody driving while holding a dog, cat or other animal on their lap can be just as distracted, and just as dangerous, as a per-son holding a cell phone against an ear. The rules should reflect that fact.

* * * * * It was great to see such

a strong turnout at this year’s Provincial Exhi-bition, but I still find it hard to get used to having

draw visitors from out-side the city.

Not everybody can af-ford a cottage at a lake, nor to take a long vaca-tion. For many parents, it is impossible to get holi-days during the summer. Even worse is the fact that many youth sports and recreational opportunities also come to an end at the end of June.

This is a quality of life issue for many Brandon-ites, but is also an eco-nomic opportunity for the city. Let’s find a solution.

* * * * * A few weeks ago, I

wrote about the demands Canada’s aging popula-tion will place upon our health care system. Dra-matically higher numbers of Canadians are going to require cancer, cardiac, orthopedic and mental health care over the next 15 years.

It’s a troubling prob-lem, made worse by last week’s news from Par-ticipaction that fewer than 10 per cent of Canada’s children are getting suf-

ficient daily exercise. If that does not change, it will result in even more citizens needing medical care, at exactly the same time when seniors will already be overtaxing the system.

There’s a pretty simple way to reduce the prob-lem – get outside and walk with your kids and grandchildren.

Just watch out for those distracted drivers.

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OPINIONOPINIONAn American point of view

For the past five weeks, I’ve

had the pleasure of interning in

Larry Maguire’s parliamentary

office in Ottawa as part of the

American-Canadian parliament

internship program. It’s been a

wonderful experience and I’ve

learned so much about our great

neighbour to the north and got

firsthand knowledge of how the

Westminster system of govern-

ment functions.

There are many differences

between Canadian and Ameri-

can politics and to my delight I

can report that Canadian mem-

bers of parliament are passion-

ately engaged in their commu-

nities and deeply involved on a

grassroots level.

To compare our two systems

and as someone who just turned

legal voting age when I stepped

in my voting box in the last

American election, I thought I

was voting for someone who

would represent my commu-

nity’s needs in Washington.

From what I’ve learned

since I was a small child is that

America has one of the great-

est democracies in the world. I

thought this meant the person

who I voted for was going to

represent me and my commu-

nity in our capitol and make

sure that our voices are not left

out of the governing decisions.

As I got older, I realized that

my community was not being

looked out for and that it was

slowly and surely falling be-

hind. I felt as if my voice was

not heard and my congressman

was not doing a good job rep-

resenting my voice, as well as

others in my district.

Coming to Canada, I got

a whole new perspective of

what an elected representative

was supposed to be, especially

working with Larry Maguire.

From my experience, I can

say that everything that his of-

fice works on is to better all of

Westman.

I recently visited Westman

as part of my internship dur-

ing the Victoria Day week, and

when I arrived at the constitu-

ency office on the holiday Mon-

day, I noticed that it was open

and work was going on. This

showed me the dedication of the

staff in the constituency office.

Even though it was a holiday, I

was greeted with open arms and

was briefed about all the work

that goes on during weekends

and the plan for the days ahead.

The week travelling through

Westman was busy and tir-

ing for me, but for Larry, he

enjoyed every minute of it.

Watching Larry secure fed-

eral funding for municipalities

and engage constituents on a

range of issues made me real-

ize the difference between here

in Westman and America. In

Kentucky, I would never have

a chance to see my congress-

man and he certainly would not

make himself available to visit

all of our communities. My

visit made me better understand

what an elected representative

is supposed to do; they meet

with their constituents face-to-

face, make themselves acces-

sible and most of all, do more

listening than speaking.

To illustrate this point, when

we were on our way to visit

another community, Larry re-

ceived a call on his cellphone

from an elderly lady who want-

ed to ask him a question. After

he answered her question, she

continued on by giving Larry

praise on how he supports her

community. I sat there in total

awe thinking about how Larry

picked up his cellphone and

had a casual conversation with

someone he didn’t even know.

I wouldn’t even be able to get

a hold of my congressman’s

phone number, let alone be able

to contact him and get to speak

to him personally.

If I was to go back to Ken-

tucky to intern in my con-

gressman’s office, I wouldn’t

be doing half of the work that

I’m doing here. Working with

Larry and his office has helped

me understand what democracy

should look like, which is lis-

tening to the people they repre-

sent and making sure their com-

munities thrive.

Due to my internship and

when I go back to Kentucky,

I’m going to have high expec-

tations for my congressman. I

feel like they should be more

accessible and get to know their

districts, and if any of the can-

didates in the next American

election won’t do that, then

they won’t have my vote.

I have a fondness towards the

Parliament of Canada because

members of Parliament care.

They’re in their constituencies

every chance they get and spend

time with their constituents. In-

terning with Larry Maguire and

everyone who works with him

has given me a whole new per-

spective of what representation

is supposed to look like.

I want to thank Larry and ev-

eryone who has made me feel

welcome in Canada, and par-

ticularly in Westman.

If someone wants to send a

representative down to Ken-

tucky, please do.

Amarah ReedKentucky, U.S.A.

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HUMOURHUMOURRandom musings from the keyboard

Did the recent demoli-tion derby at the fair re-mind you of driving in a large parking lot?

In some ways, getting through a parking lot is a lot like a demo derby. You never know when a car is going to come out of no-where and looks like it’s aiming for you. It tends to happen when you look for a parking space when, all of a sudden, another ve-hicle pulls out in front of you.

Your choices are hit the brakes, cut left or right to avoid the vehicle and hopefully anyone that may be in the area or keep go-ing straight and hit the ve-hicle – an option that may be the right one if your car is old and you’ve been thinking of getting rid of it.

However, this is some-thing we won’t discuss for fear of raising the suspi-cions of MPI investigators. The choices are similar to what a demolition derby driver faces. Avoid a hit to prevent damage and stay in the game or just hit the competition and wreak as

much damage as possible. Except here there’s no fear of MPI investigators un-less someone is actually brave or dumb enough to file an insurance claim af-ter a demolition derby.

You don’t need a helmet when driving in parking lots, but in some areas, it might be recommended.

On the subject of park-ing lots, are some spaces getting smaller? It seems someone is always com-plaining about that driver who parked next to them and left a ‘ding’ on their door (hopefully these driv-ers aren’t retaliating by leaving their mark on the guilty party’s vehicle). It’s getting to the point in some cases where you have to be a contortionist to get out of

your vehicle if you don’t want to leave an impres-sion on the car next to you.

There are marked stalls for the handicapped, ex-pectant mothers or those with ‘baby bumps’ as they say, and in some cases for young families.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you pulled into a parking lot and there staring you in the face is a sign that says “Reserved for_______.” (Place your name here.) We can all dream.

The G7 summit has come and gone. Did you notice? They talked about the economy, environment, trade deals and terrorism and when all was said and done, the usual communi-que was issued. Other than an expensive photo op, did

Canadians get anything out of it? Maybe at this G7, Prime Minister Harper placed a few bets on the Women’s World Cup? He bet on Canada of course. With politicians you can’t be too sure sometimes.

A good bet would have been with President Obama.

If Canada wins it all, the U.S. gets our senators (the politicians not the hockey team) and we get free fruit and vegetables from Cali-fornia until the next World Cup champ is crowned.

If you’re stopped at a highway construction zone when your cellphone rings and you answer it, can you be ticketed for distracted driving?

You may have care and control of your vehicle, as the legal types say, but you aren’t moving.

If someone is walking along, texting and steps in front of a car and gets hit, who should be charged? The driver of the vehicle or the pedestrian?

Canada didn’t have to bribe anybody to be host of

the FIFA Women’s World Cup – at least not that we know of. My uninformed sources tell me Sepp Blat-ter and his cronies hadn’t finished counting their money from the last set of bribes, so they let this one slip.

The perfect bribe for them would have been a bushel of Canadian grain,

10 kilograms of back ba-con and a tonne of genuine Canadian cattle manure.

Too much?Thought for the week:

Doesn’t the aforemen-tioned name sound like something your doctor would say? John, you have a Sepp Blatter. I’ll pre-scribe something for it.

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Don’t let these 3 mistakes keep you soft and squishyIn our fast paced society,

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regular activity does so for one reason – to lose fat and develop a lean body. In or-der to do that, most people go with the motto ‘work out longer’. If you’ve ever over-indulged, then you may too go with this motto to keep the effects of that over-indulgence at bay. If you’re a time-deprived in-dividual, you will be very happy to know that there is a better way.

The body views exercise as a stress. The body re-acts to this (and any stress) by increasing cortisol (the stress hormone). If we ex-ercise too long, the cortisol sky rockets and we lose that fat burning sweet spot. Of course, some stress is good and even necessary in our lives, but excess cortisol causes us to lose muscle (particularly from our up-per body) and to store fat especially in our mid sec-tion and lower trunk. A 2012 Canadian study found

that four minutes of intense body weight training gave better results than 30 min-utes of “go longer” cardio. Fantastic news for those who are time deprived.

No. 2 - Working out harderNo doubt about it, find-

ing the right intensity is very important. If it’s too easy, then you’ll not elicit the body response you are looking for. Additionally, if you go ‘too hard’ you will not elicit the right body response either. Sounds counterintuitive perhaps, but not when you know the consequences. When we work out too hard and try to continuously maintain that intensity, we again increase the body’s stress response. This will create a hormon-al response that sends our cravings for carbs and ul-timately sugar through the roof.

So what is a person to do? Again, great news for those

who shy away from exer-cise - make sure to include strategic rest. This strategic rest will enable you to hit the metabolic sweet spot that enables you to tap into fat burn hours after you have completed your work-out routine. Strategic rest is different for everyone, but it answers the question, “Are you ready to attempt full exertion?” If the answer is no, then wait a bit more. Strategically resting at the right time can dramatically ramp up fat burning and muscle tone. Perhaps the saying should be, “Workout smarter, not just harder.”

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people who love their workout routine and have not changed it in years? Do you know people who love to jog and have increased their distance to crazy mile-age only to see their weight has not changed and in fact

they seem to have gained body fat? In addition to the body’s stress response as mentioned above, the body has an uncanny way of adapting to exercise and getting very good at it. With this adaptation comes a fat burning plateau as well. As hard as it is to let go of a certain routine (for a time as you can come back to it), in order to keep the fat burn-ing furnace fuelled, it is imperative to mix it up and try something that is diffi-cult and may even require a learning curve.

To understand this con-cept better, use the earth-quake analogy. Your routine that you may have been do-ing for years, may now reg-ister a three on the Richter scale. The after shocks of a three on a Richter scale will be minimal. These af-ter shocks are comparable to the ‘after shock of fat burn’ you will have follow-ing your workout. A body

weight workout will elicit ‘after shocks’ comparable to a seven on the Rich-ter scale. Isn’t that a great thought? A body that burns fat even while you’re sitting working at your desk.

If that sounds awesome, why not give a body weight workout a try? No gym or fancy equipment necessary. Here is an example of a body weight workout.

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Wine selections for the adven-

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How about rosé for this forward-

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It’s my opinion that there are far too

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Carlos Munoz (top) along with his wife Diana Brana, are the co-owners of Brandon Hispano Ethnic Groceries and Bakery. Left: Carlos and Diana pose for a photo.

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Carlos Munoz and his wife Diana have a good thing going right now.

The couple recently took ownership of the Brandon Hispano Ethnic Groceries and Bakery, and since that time, have seen a large ma-jority of the ethnic popula-tion in the Westman area visit their store.

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“We’re bringing a whole different kind of approach. Right now, we have over 250 different products and groceries.”

The store also recently opened its bakery as well which includes several dif-ferent ethnic breads which include flavours that aren’t easily accessible in Cana-da.

“We have a very big Lat-in American community,”

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He says he’d like to re-ally start to corner the Ca-nadian market in the area as well.

“Canadians love Latin food,” Munoz added, say-ing a popular item at the store is the gluten free corned tortillas. “They’re natural. They’ve not been pre-packed for months.”

The store will also be selling ethnic food lunches during weekends such as tacos, as well as chilli and empanadas.

Another aspect to the store is money transfers and it’s a part of the busi-ness that’s garnering the most attention, Munoz says. He says the store does anywhere between 20-50 transfers a day.

“It’s huge because peo-ple can support their fami-lies back home,” he added. “People come every week to send money to their families in different coun-tries.”

The Brandon Hispano Ethnic Groceries and Bak-ery is open Monday to Fri-day from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The metal band Vesperia is coming to the North Hill Inn on Tuesday, July 21.

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The metal band Ves-peria is coming to the Wheat City in July.

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The Wheat Kings fin-ished atop both the East-ern Conference and the WHL this past season with a 53-11-4-4 record.

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“Money Sense has been doing this for quite a while, so it’s considered a bit of a stable reference, so business interests will have a look at it and peo-ple who are thinking of moving to our commu-nity might have a look at it,” Chrest said.

“It’s certainly better to be well ranked than not.”

Brandon found itself higher than many larger cities including Edmon-ton (33), Toronto (35), Hamilton (41) and Re-gina (44).

“Brandon is a good sta-ble community,” Chrest said. “Our crime rate is not too high and it’s easy to get around.

Boucherville, Que. was ranked No. 1 this year, followed by Ottawa at No. 2, Burlington, Ont. at No. 3, St. Albert, Alta. at No. 4 and Blainville, Que. rounding out the top five.

Other Manitoba com-munities that were ranked this year include Stein-bach (149th), Selkirk (155th), Portage (170th) and Thompson (177th).

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The Pleasant Valley Golf Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The course has been owned and operated by the same family since its inception and it’s considered by many to be one of the better courses in Western Canada.

“We’re pretty excited to have such a milestone,” said Wally Hall, owner and op-erator of the course. “My mom and dad were the ones who bought the property and had a dream to start a golf course.”

The 18-hole course, lo-cated in Pembina Valley at the south end of Pelican Lake, has a picturesque set-ting which includes beauti-ful tree-lined fairways and elevations that rise up to 125 feet. In 2009, the course was named one of the best Cana-dian public golf courses by Score Golf.

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fi nishing second in team scoring and was a track star as well who fi nished as the city champion in triple jump.

His community in-volvement includes vol-unteering at the Brandon Kiwanis Club and the Brandon Jazz Festival and is a referee at local

volleyball tournaments and league games.

“Seth is self-motivated, confi dent and very pleas-ant to work with both in and out of school,” Vin-cent Massey basketball coach Brett Nohr said.

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Kendall OmeljanowCrocus Plains


Kendall Omeljanow was a multi-sport athlete who was a starter on the Crocus Plains varsity girls volleyball team. She played basketball and was considered a defen-sive stalwart on the club. She was also the captain of the soccer team who stood out as one of the top goalies in a tournament in Kenora.

She also played bad-minton doubles and fast-pitch.

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basketball and fastpitch and says she leads by ex-ample, showing dedica-tion to any team she plays on.

“She is a versatile play-er and could be put in al-most any position and be successful,” she said in a reference letter. “She has showed that she is able to communicate with the other players and think quickly. Kendall has a ‘take charge’ attitude and shows great leadership skills both on and off the fi eld.”

Danielle LarocqueNeelin


Danielle Larocque was the captain and leading at-tacker for the Neelin var-sity girls volleyball team and in April, committed to play for the Brandon University women’s vol-leyball squad.

Larocque was the team MVP at Neelin, leading the squad in virtually ev-ery category including kills, service aces and blocks and was eventu-ally named to the AAAA graduating all-star team.

She’s also played and excelled in a variety of other sports during her time at Neelin.

Off the court, Larocque helped with the Neelin Volunteer Group and par-ticipated in the Food First Drive.

“As well as being a top student, Danielle was tre-mendously well respected by her teammates, other athletes, coaches, teach-ers and all those around her,” Neelin coach Kevin

Neufeld said. “Danielle will move on and be an excellent student athlete at the CIS level.”

Shelby NohrVincent Massey


Shelby Nohr was a starter and co-captain of the Vincent Massey var-sity girls volleyball team, helping the team to a 79-39 record and a city title. In basketball, Nohr was also a starter, captain and leading scorer and was named the club MVP.

She was also a starting short stop for the Vincent Massey girls fastpitch team, helping the club win a city title as well.

Nohr also participated in track, taking part in events such as discuss and javelin.

Her community activi-ties include volunteering at Victoria Landing and the Brandon Jazz Festival as well as scorekeeping sporting events at Vincent Massey.

BNRC to celebrate grand opening

Training clients and complet-ing renovation projects just got easier for the BEEP program, which is run by the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corpo-ration. The organization, which recently renovated space at 440 Rosser Avenue, now houses the Brandon Energy Efficiency Pro-gram.

There are three phases to the BEEP program, according to op-erations manager Kristin Nickel. The program offers training for unskilled labourers and helps prepare them for the job market. Training comes in the form of

hands-on experience in renovat-ing Manitoba housing units in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association. This is the second area of focus and it assists first-time home owners in getting started.

BEEP is also involved with renovations through the Manito-ba Hydro energy project, which updates existing homes, making them more energy efficient.

Nickel says that since the new building opened in downtown Brandon, registration for the ser-vices offered has increased.

“Being located downtown is more convenient to our clientele,” she said. A larger classroom and shop facility space has meant the organization can accommodate

more people and save additional money by ordering construction supplies in larger quantities.

“The clients are also able to learn skills right in the building rather than waiting until they go to a job site,” she said.

The BEEP program is designed to assist people who have been on EI or EIA in such a way that the subsidies will no longer be needed. Nickel says the train-ing provided by the organization gives the clients skills and expe-rience which makes them more employable. Driver training and GED training are also provided at the centre which helps clients break down the barriers to em-ployment.

“It’s a very rewarding pro-

gram,” she said. “We are address-ing a need in our community.”

Grand opening of the building is scheduled for Wednesday, June 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addi-tion to the BNRC program being run at the site, the new space of-fers room for a tenant which has been filled. It’s another bonus to the location according to Leanne Petrin, housing coordinator with BNRC.

At the grand opening, an ‘end homelessness’ steering com-mittee will hold its first public presentation of its plan in Bran-don. The “A Place to Call Home – Community Art Project” will be kicked off at the event and will involve people of all back-grounds.

“Home means many different things to different people,” Petrin said.

The visual story will incorpo-rate ideas from people of all ex-periences and will bring aware-ness to the homelessness problem in the city. The project is being put on by the Westman Canadian Mental Health Association, with funding from BNRC and Healthy Brandon. The first art workshop will be held at the grand opening in June and a second is planned for Culture Days in the fall. In ad-dition, interested individuals will be able to submit pieces through the newly revamped BNRC web-site found at www.bnrc.ca.

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When the story is bigger than the people involved, it’s best to be the person with the pencil, ensur-ing that the significance of what has been accom-plished is fully document-ed. You can make sure that the public is introduced to the circumstances which

presented the opportunity to develop, innovate, and evolve. You can document the milestones and provide context for the outcome of the endeavor. As the scribe, you tell the story.

This position can take shape in many different ways, such as the local re-porter; as the narrator that guides a live audience; as the person who is behind the scenes, quietly nomi-nating the group’s efforts for recognition at a higher level.

This spring, the Souris Events partnership brought home the first ever award for their community at the Tribute to Tourism gala hosted by Tourism Westman. Yes, there was a single architect behind the formation of that alli-ance. One person success-fully marketed and man-aged the events financed by the group. However, the celebration of what was achieved was the big-ger story. A community with a desire to generate

attention and ‘be visible’ had achieved that goal by taking a leap and trying something new, something bold. To see the commu-nity and the stakeholders involved with that process achieve regional visibil-ity beyond their municipal boundary was important to benchmark. Sacrific-ing the individual credit to the influencers was merely collateral damage.

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the cred-it” – Harry S. Truman.

Inversely, there are times when we need to cast aside modesty and take our place front and center as the ‘face’ or the ‘voice’ that makes the news story com-pelling. Sometimes it is our individual efforts and our vision that the public needs to see so that they can discover their own ambition and enthusiasm. There are times when put-ting a face on the topic can mean the difference be-tween your press release getting picked up, or just flipped over in the news-room to be used as scrap paper for notes on the story that will get air time.

Out in front or behind the scenes, recognize where you fit best and con-tribute to the cause as best you can. This is an evolu-tion, not revolution.

Vern May spent 20 years in the school of ‘hard knocks’ as a touring pro-fessional wrestler across Canada. Now retired from the ring, Vern grap-ples with the challenges of economic growth and resilience in rural Mani-toba, serving as the Eco-nomic Development Of-ficer for the Minnedosa and Area Community De-velopment Corporation. He aspires to engage his generation to take leader-ship of the steps our com-munities take next.

Three schools in Brandon recognized as best

patrol teamsThree schools in Brandon were recognized by

CAA Manitoba and the Brandon Police Service re-cently as the best patrol teams in the city for 2014-2015.

First place went to Kirkcaldy Heights School, fol-lowed by Linden Lanes in second, while Waverley Park grabbed third spot.

Throughout the school year, CAA Manitoba and the Brandon Police Service graded all patrol teams in the city on key patrol team attributes, such as com-munication, hand signals and professionalism at the post.

The top three schools are honoured each year at a surprise assembly.

“CAA Manitoba has been proud to be the national coordinator of the School Safety Patrol Program for over 65 years in our province,” Mike Mager, presi-dent and CEO of CAA Manitoba, said in a release. “Many of the teams in Brandon truly exemplify what this program is all about: leadership and promoting road safety.”

Last year, Linden Lanes took the top award, fol-lowed by Meadows and Kirkcaldy Heights.

The Westman Softball Association has more than 320 Brandon players in a house league featuring 27 teams in six divisions.

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The Westman Soft-ball Association is in the midst of another success-ful season.

The regional organi-zation has 324 Brandon players in a house league featuring 27 teams in six divisions. Outside of the Wheat City, the WSA has 16 teams from Carber-ry, Neepawa, Hamiota, Gladstone, Portage and Glenboro. A total of 60 players compete on four regional squads as well.

“(We’ve had) steady numbers over the past four years,” WSA presi-dent Kevin McLennan said. “We have lost a few in the younger age groups but gained some in the older age groups. We see this as cyclic as younger kids will try other sports but return at an older age.”

McLennan believes softball has a lot to offer its players.

“It is a low cost form of entertainment,” he said. “It teaches many life skills and is a good form of exercise. It gets kids off the electronics and outside doing something they can play for a life-time.”

Several Brandon soft-ball players have gone on to compete at the uni-versity level. Recently, Brandon products Taylor Ursel and Morgan Glowa competed for Dickinson (N.D.) State University at the NAIA Softball World Series in Sioux City,

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An exciting develop-ment for the WSA this season involved a pro-gram targeted at the asso-ciation’s youngest play-ers. Tim Hortons is the new sponsor of the Learn to Play program.

“Tim Hortons has signed on with Softball Canada as a corporate sponsor,” McLennan said. “Similar to Tim Bits hockey, they have pro-vided uniforms for our under six and under eight age group as well as giv-ing money to help further enhance the LTP program across Canada.”

Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex

An ongoing project for the WSA is the estab-lishment of the Ashley Neufeld Softball Com-plex. It’s named after the late Brandonite who starred at Dickinson State. The WSA, the Or-thodox Leagues, Brandon Slo-Pitch League and the Westman Old-Timers are working together, with the cooperation of the City of Brandon, to build a new softball complex.

“The Ashley Neufeld Softball Complex con-struction is in full swing on Phase 1,” McLen-nan said. “The fencing was put in place over the course of the winter and now the ground work has begun. The first phase is expected to be completed

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ing constructed along the north side of Parker Blvd, between 8th and 11th Street North. The fa-cility is slated to include four full size diamonds and four mini diamonds, which will serve young players ages four to 12. There will be a canteen and washrooms as well.

The organizations in-volved believe the com-plex will provide the in-creased number of ball diamonds the city needs as well as replacing fa-cilities that no longer can be used. They also want to provide safe playing conditions for all players. In addition, the complex will provide a venue for various tournaments, in-

cluding hopefully provin-cial, Western Canada, and national championships. These tournaments pro-vide economic benefits for the city.

Fundraising for the new complex continues. A ‘Sod for Softball’ cam-paign has been ongoing. Contributors to it will be recognized at the new facility. Meanwhile, on

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Fan forgiveness came quickly, however, when James returned to the Cavaliers as a free agent last summer and, presto!, James and the Cavs are back in the big dance.

Whether he and the rest of the Cavaliers (minus Kyrie Irving, who suffered a knee injury in the Finals’ opener and is finished for the season) can handle the NBA’s best regular-season team, Golden State War-riors, remains to be seen. But there’s no doubting King James’ individual dominance. At 6-foot-8 and 250 pounds, with quickness, great moves and an outstanding shot, James

is the NBA equivalent to Tiger Woods in the early 2000s, to the NHL’s Wayne Gretzky in the 1980s, to Michael Jordan in the ’80s and ’90s. Peerless.

Former Detroit Piston Bill Laimbeer says James is even better than Jordan. “He can do more,” Laim-beer told the Dan Patrick Show and reprinted in Dwight Perry’s Sideline Chatter. “Jordan could score and make big shots and look spectacular at times with wild-flying dunks, but LeBron can get you 18 rebounds. LeBron can get you 15 assists if he chooses to, or he can score 50 if he wanted to.”

Individually there’s not much more James can ac-complish. Team-wise, however, he’d love to start piling up the titles. Starting

this month, of course, as a Cavalier.• Syndicated columnist

Norman Chad, not im-pressed by LeBron James’s pair of NBA titles when it comes to Greatest of all Time talk: “Heck, George W. Bush won two presiden-tial elections, and Wer-ner Klemperer — Col. Klink! — won two Em-mys. How tough is two?”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Disneyland is celebrat-ing its 60th anniversary. As part of a promotion, next season LeBron James will attempt to make the NBA Finals playing with the seven dwarfs.”

• Headline at TheOnion.com: “Sepp Blatter re-signs from FIFA with generous severance bribe.”

• Ian Hamilton of the Re-gina Leader-Post: “Six-teen pitchers are already slated to undergo elbow ligament-replacement surgery this year. The

procedure has become so prevalent, it seems like it’s being done on every Tommy John, Dick and Harry.”

• Souvenir sales figure to be brisk at the women’s soccer world cup, says comedian Argus Hamil-ton. “Everything will be on sale — “Soccer balls, jerseys, national flags, FIFA officials . . .”

• Sports Illustrated, after defensive tackle Nda-munkong Suh signed a record $114 million deal with the Dolphins: ”So he’s halfway to covering his future fines.”

• Late-night funnyman Conan O’Brien: “In an interview, basketball commentator Charles Barkley said he’d like to shoot sports fans who act like jerks. Barkley was immediately reprimand-ed by the NBA, and re-cruited by the NFL.”

• Dwight Perry of the Se-attle Times: “Lawmak-ers have voted to repeal the death penalty in Nebraska. Though they

will make an exception whenever a Cornhusker football coach loses three games in a season.”

• Bob Molinaro of the Hampton Roads Virgin-ian Pilot: “I suppose this item could wait, but the World Series doesn’t be-gin until Oct. 27, with a possible Game 7 set for Nov. 7. Baseball’s dis-regard for the calendar makes me wish a game or two would be snowed out.”

• Brad Dickson again: “The all-out attempts to achieve parity in sports continue. It was just an-nounced that Charles Barkley will be riding American Pharoah in the Belmont Stakes.”

• Another one from Dick-son: “American Pharo-ah was a huge favourite in the Belmont Stakes. The only way there could be a bigger favourite is if a sports book starts tak-ing bets on Globetrotter games.”

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Sangster opened the healthcare service on May 1, 2014 and since that time, has seen the operation ex-pand to include several staff workers and a pleth-ora of clients.

“I spent much of the first year on my own until I got to the point where I could no longer manage. I got so busy and about eight

months in, I was starting to turn away requests and inquiries. It became obvi-ous to me that I had to hire some staff.”

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“We have a dozen regu-lar clients and we also have many calls for assistance,

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The Brandon Urban Ab-original Peoples’ Council is taking the next step in its community strategic plan with the offi cial launch of a dedicated website recently.

The site, located at www.buapc.ca, allows the council to showcase the important work it has been focusing on since its in-ception in the strategic ar-eas of education, housing, healthy child development, economic development, employment, collabora-tion, and promoting a posi-tive profi le of Aboriginal people in the Brandon community.

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able outreach tool to link organizational resources and members of the Ab-original community who may be seeking those re-sources.

“The Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ Coun-cil is formed by a num-ber of community groups and organizations which all have a vested interest in engaging our Aborigi-nal population, so having a centrally-located web-site where the community can access those various resources will be huge,” LaPlante said. “Our web-site presence, along with our upcoming community consultations and a confer-ence planned for later this

summer, will defi nitely help in communicating the strong message of our growth within the City of Brandon.”

LaPlante says the coun-cil’s recent hiring of ab-original community coor-dinator Jason Gobeil via funding from the Govern-ment of Canada’s urban aboriginal strategy will also be hugely benefi cial in moving forward their work on the development of an aboriginal economic stra-tegic plan. Gobeil brings to the role an extensive work background in youth em-ployment counselling and as a training counsellor of cultural programming.

“The Brandon Urban

Aboriginal Peoples’ Coun-cil plays a role that is not often seen in the commu-nity, but the current energy stemming from the coun-cils’ efforts is certainly go-ing shape an exciting eco-nomic future among the aboriginal population in and around Brandon,” Go-beil said. “We want to hear

what our aboriginal com-munity has to say when it comes to growth and development for our local economy and the roles that we can all play in that plan for success.”

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The Brandon Manitoba Youth Job Centre is open once again for the sum-mer.

An info night is taking place on Thursday, June 18 in the Elephant Room in the Knowles Douglas Student Union Building at Brandon University from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for students, youth, parents, and employers. A for-mal presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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The 18th annual music festival, a fundraiser for special needs children, will be taking place at the Erickson fair grounds June 20-21.

The volunteer-run event, which originated in small town Polonia, Man., approximately 25 minutes from Neepawa, has grown since its incep-tion, and over the past few years, has provided annu-al monetary donations of up to $12,000 each to two children in the province who are in need of extra care and attention.

This year’s soon-to-be benefi ciaries are Haylie Hopfner of Ste. Rose, a young girl who was di-agnosed with epilepsy at a young age and Bailey Phillips of Roseland, who has congenital CMV.

“It’s quite a trying time for them,” said Lewan-doski, a lead organizer for the event. “We just like to be there and try to give them a little monetary as-sistance.”

Lewandoski’s husband Rod is the president of the Jamboree and is the rea-son the event got started in the fi rst place, she says.

“Rod has always loved being involved in music and always loved chil-dren and wanted to help them,” she added. “So, we put the two together and made up the Jambo-ree.”

After fi ve years in Po-lonia, the event moved to Erickson and it’s been there ever since. The part-nership between the town of Erickson and the Le-wandoski-led committee

who remain committed to the Jamboree, makes for a positive situation for both parties.

“It’s a win-win,” Le-wandoski said. “We raise money for the children, while they (Town of Er-ickson) raise money for the town. We both ben-efi t.”

This year’s lineup in-cludes musical acts such as the Onanole group Better Than, Nuthin But Trouble from Brandon, the Prairie Outlaws from Neepawa and Smith and Wesson from Clanwil-liam, among others. There are also several in-dividual acts performing such as Erickson’s Lau-rie Larsen and Brandon’s Kristen Nerbas.

Each musical act that performs at the Jamboree works free of charge.

“We have our band schedule made up for this year, yet we still have three other bands phon-ing wanting to play,” she said. “They come to help out for the children.”

The event also includes fun for the kids, rainbow and silent auctions as well as a 50/50 draw. Camping on-site is also available and if interested, you can contact Kathy Huisman at 204-636-2961.

For more information, go online to www.little-jamboree.com or contact Rod or Evelyn Lewan-doski at 204-865-2447.

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