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The Brandon Wheat Kings and Red Deer Rebels were battling it out late last month during Game 2 of the WHL Eastern Conference fi nal at the Keystone Centre. The Wheat Kings wound up win-ning the series and will now battle the Seattle Thunderbirds in the championship fi nal.

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A group of dedicated volunteers are working to turn household goods into a future for orphans in Haiti. Through the collection of donated items, Moms Without Borders will once again be hosting a massive yard sale on Saturday, May 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Earl Oxford School.

The group is collecting furniture, clothing and house-hold items at the Humpty’s on the corner of 18th Street and Richmond Avenue on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 4-6 p.m.

“Our goal is to fill a semi trailer,” said organizer Mi-chelle Routhier.

The list of items being accepted is long with only a few items such as computers, TVs and pianos not being col-lected.

Beginning at 4:30 a.m., volunteers will begin unload-ing items and setting everything up for the sale that be-gins at 8 am. It’s no easy task considering the amount of items to be sorted and priced and the small number of volunteers in the group.

“It’s a huge amount of work but it’s all going to a great cause,” she said.

Routhier has a personal interest in the Foyer de Sion Orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where the funds are donated. Her niece, Momosa, was adopted from the or-phanage when she was only six months old. Now at age 13, Momosa is one of the volunteers who make the sale a success.

“When my sister came back from Haiti she told us about the horrific conditions in the orphanage and then they had an earthquake and it just got worse. They didn’t have anything to start with,” Routhier said.

The orphanage was started by a husband and wife out of their own home in 1999 and has since grown to include expanded facilities. Through sponsorship and donations from organizations such as Moms Without Borders, the orphanage is working to become self-sufficient. In recent years, they’ve added running water, solar power and win-

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“It’s hard, but they’re getting there,” said an optimistic Routhier.

She says the orphanage is benefiting from the average annual donation of $5,000 raised at the yard sale.

“That’s a lot of items sold at the garage sale for 25 cents,” Routhier said with a chuckle.

“We provided propane for their kitchen for a full year,” she said. “We’re a small group. We aren’t going to save the world but we’re doing our small part.”

In recent years, the Haitian government has ended adoptions to Canada and the local people are working

hard to raise and educate their children to be productive members of their native society. Currently, the orphan-age is run by a board of directors who are responsible for the care of 51 infants, 42 toddlers and 32 teenagers at the facility. The children attend school and once they come of age are given jobs at the orphanage if they don’t have anywhere else to go.

Currently, the orphanage is working hard to raise funds and get a sponsorship that would allow for consistent medical care for the children who live there. A sponsor-ship of $1,200 per month would allow them to hire a doc-tor and a nurse who would visit the centre once a week to provide preventative medical care.

Until then, even donations from Brandon’s Moms Without Borders go a long way in assisting the children at Foyer De Sion Orphanage.

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Drew Caldwell says New Democrats have to take “collective responsibility” for the party’s struggles on April 19.

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Caldwell refl ects on failed campaign, says he’s not going to ‘jump into anything’ regarding future

Drew Caldwell says he noticed firsthand the winds of change which were blowing strong dur-ing his campaign.

The outgoing NDP Brandon East MLA was candid in an interview with the Journal days af-ter the election, elaborat-ing on what was a failed bid for a fifth consecutive term in office. He also of-fered his thoughts on for-mer premier Greg Selinger and was quick to point out issues he believed played a key role in the NDP’s demise on election night.

“The people are always right,” he said. “It wasn’t the result that we had wanted.”

Caldwell, who wound up losing the Brandon East riding by more than 1,100 votes to Len Isleifson, says the incoming PC MLA ran a very good campaign and the tactics that were used leading up to the election, which included the help of Brandon-Souris Conser-vative MP Larry Maguire. He also credited Isleif-son’s campaign manager Jordan Sisson.

“I think the involvement of Larry (Maguire) made a huge difference in terms of the seniors in the constitu-ency. It was a very disci-plined and very well run campaign with the right people involved.”

If given the opportunity, Caldwell says he would’ve done a few things differ-ently while on the cam-paign trail.

“If I was to change any-

thing, I would’ve gotten out to the door quicker,” he said. “Len spent the past year with his team knocking on doors, while I was working to bring dol-lars to the hospital and to the senior housing co-op, to ACC and to other proj-ects in Brandon. My job at the time obviously was to bring investment to Bran-don but by being engaged at the legislature, repre-senting Brandon and get-ting dollars for Brandon, Len was on the doorstep in the constituency.”

Caldwell says New Democrats have to take collective responsibility for the party’s downfall. He was asked about Dave Gaudreau, who lost his re-election bid in the St. Norbert constituency, and was critical of Selinger following the election, telling CBC News, “It’s clearly the Greg Selinger factor that destroyed ev-erything.”

“I know Dave (Gaud-reau) very well and he’s a very passionate and out-spoken person,” Caldwell said. “He speaks his mind and he speaks for himself. I can’t speak for him. But I will say that we have processes for leadership reviews within the party that I believe should be re-spected and, in the revolt that took place, those pro-cesses weren’t respected.”

Caldwell called Selinger an “amazingly consider-ate, thoughtful, kind and generous human being” adding that he supported both Selinger and former premier Gary Doer as leaders.

“They were instrumen-tal in bringing to Brandon the greatest infrastructure investment in our city’s history and that’s at every level,” Caldwell added. “My view is that I will support those who are ambitious for our commu-nity and those who seek to build our community. That was my hope and aspira-tion for running this last time. It’s not to be and we’ve elected a govern-ment that’s committed to provincial budget cuts.”

Caldwell says one of the issues the NDP faced heading into the election-was the fact the party had been in power for 16 years.

“That’s the second lon-gest government in Mani-toba history,” he said. “The climate had changed to the degree that the ‘change for change sake’ idea became a dominant feature discus-sion in Manitoba.”

The other factors were of the party’s own making – one of which included the cabinet revolt, which saw five ministers resign in 2014, he says.

“The public way in which some of my col-leagues undertook to have that discussion about lead-ership for the party was very damaging for us. There’s no doubt about that. I heard that at the doorstep that it was an is-sue and it was of people’s consideration if I was go-ing get a fifth mandate.”

Another issue, he says, was the PST increase in 2013.

“There had been calls for an increase in in-frastructure investment

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around the province and we responded to that, but we responded to it in a way that didn’t include some of the major stakeholders in any economic discussion in the province of Mani-toba,” Caldwell noted.

“In a macro sense and a province-wide sense, the winds of change coupled with a public leadership squabble and then com-pounded by the roll out of the PST – those three factors framed the context to which this provincial

election was held. It obvi-ously framed the context to which the government was defeated,” he added.

What’s next for Caldwell? As of this writ-ing, he says he’s in the midst of wrapping up du-ties as minister of mu-nicipal government for the province and after all that’s completed, he plans to wrap up case files with Brandon East constituents before taking some time for himself.

“I had my first job of-

fer yesterday which I was quite flattered by, so I do have marketable skills that people are inquir-ing about,” he said with a smile. “I’m not going to jump into anything quick-ly. I’m going to complete the windup of my legisla-tive duties and duties as MLA in orderly fashion, take some time to reflect and then make some deci-sions on my future.”


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as city manager Scott Hildebrand and former longtime politician Rick Borotsik fired fastballs at him. Give Chrest credit. He was a great sport and, from what I understand, was quick to jump on board with the idea. I asked John LoRegio,

Now that the provincial election has come to a close, I wrapped up coverage of the big event on April 19 with a nice little bow this week.

Drew Caldwell was the last of my necessary interviews I needed to get done after the election took place. (His reaction to the Brandon East loss is on pg. 3). For weeks, I felt like I was seeing only blue, orange or red as I was casting my gaze over what needed to be accomplished from a Journal perspective when it came to election

coverage. As much as I find the

elections interesting, I’m once again relieved to hear these things happen once every four years…

Here are some thoughts I’ve compiled over the last week I figured I’d share. Enjoy.

- Not every mayor in a market this size would take part in a ‘roast’. Brandon mayor Rick Chrest stepped up to the plate late last month to help raise funds for the Canadian Diabetes Association. He wasn’t afraid to sit in the hot seat while ‘roasters’ such

the Journal funnyman on pg. 6 and organizer of the Breakfast for Dinner roast via email if he could remember any other mayor in Brandon agreeing to do something like this and LoRegio quickly fired back, “Not that I know of.”

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He then added, “They may have been put over the grill at a council meeting by the media.”

That sounds about right.

- It’s Mike Fraser. That’s the new sports writer we’ve added to the stable here at the Journal. I ‘teased’ readers in the April 21 edition of the Journal, letting you all know we’ve made a change in the sports department. You may remember him as a former sports scribe at the Journal. He also spent time with the other

newspaper in town. You’ll see his first piece in an upcoming edition this month.

- Turning to the U.S. election, can someone please explain why John Kasich is still in the Republican race? The man has fewer delegates than Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the race mid-March. His only hope? A contested convention. Good luck John. You’re going to need it.

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The need for blood donations never takes a holiday, but with people away or busy with other activities, there tends to be fewer blood donations during the summer. Unlike previous years, recent factors, including new donation rules to protect the blood supply from the Zika virus, along with temporary deferrals associated with travel plans, seasonal health conditions like the fl u and missed appointments have also put added pressure on Canada’s blood supply.

“We need 1,000 blood donations in Brandon to help patients throughout the summer. We have a greater need for donors with Type O blood, but all donors are encouraged to get involved,” said Tracy Smith, director of donor relations for the Canadian Blood Services in a release.

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Evolution not revolution: Let’s crunch the numbersDon’t be alarmed. If

my column doesn’t ap-pear in the pages of the Westman Journal next week, it’s highly likely that I’ve had to enter a protective relocation pro-gram.

The statement that I make this week is certain to be unpopular in some locales. There’s no easy way to pop this balloon so here goes: The recent municipal amalgama-tions did not do enough to achieve the change that was intended. No, we need another round of unions in order to put a dent in measurable suc-cess.

The word amalgama-tion has become another bad ‘A’ word for many living in rural Manitoba. Those who are interested to see change happen, as long as it doesn’t require them to make any adjust-ments to the way that they do business themselves,

probably have another ‘A’ word for me though. No question, there were some battles and distrust among neighbors who now found themselves forced into an arranged marriage to play nicely with each other. How-ever, now that the dust has settled, while there are some logistics and operational wrinkles yet to iron out – in large part, the fuss has exceeded the impact.

When the province mandated that any juris-diction under 1,000 citi-zens would be required to pair up with another entity, at a rural level, we should have been more proactive to reach wid-er. Instead of partnering with just the one bor-dering municipality, we should have set our eyes to a more important goal. Instead of now being a community of 2,000, we would be much more ef-

fective if we were to rep-resent more voter voices. Why does this matter? It’s all about numbers.

Frequently, those of us in western Manitoba like to blame an affliction that we have identified as ‘perimeteritis’ for the provincial government’s lack of attention to the needs of those of us liv-ing in the sticks. But the reality is, that it isn’t about geography as much as it’s about the number of constituents repre-sented on any project or initiative. Yes, Winnipeg will see a great benefit from funding announce-ments because that com-munity serves more than 600,000 residents who will reap the rewards from whatever project is pursued.

How do we compete to express the signifi-cance of both our need and the resulting im-pact as a community of

1,000? Our request for funding is stronger if we think regionally and explore initiatives that will speak for a popula-tion of 10,000 instead. If government grants or resources will ben-efit the lives of 10,000 Manitobans, you have to recognize that this is something that will climb higher on the radar.

But we don’t need to wait for mandated amal-gamations to do this. The opportunity for regional collaboration and vision is in our hands. Let’s use amalgamation as the starting point to realize that despite all the furor that existed prior to Jan. 1, 2015 we’re no better or worse off now than we were before. But maybe some of us have recognized the benefit of broadening their view of the world. We need to get our stakeholders to-gether, pool the resources

for a larger region and speak with a single voice about the priorities that we identify to serve our public.

When it comes to any opportunity for external support, whether public – through government, community foundations, benevolent charities – or private funders, one of the first questions they want answered is to de-termine how much you have individually put on the line that warrants their partnership. Work-ing regionally, many hands makes for light work and that also ap-plies to the budget im-plications of launching a project alone or collec-tively.

Let’s crunch the num-bers. If we don’t begin to look beyond our own doorstep, we may never create the critical mass that inspires forward movement and change.

Let’s stop pointing fin-gers, take ownership, and remember that we live in ‘friendly’ Manitoba. We need to have a better rela-tionship with our neigh-bors. Don’t wait until the government forces a next round of amalgamations down the line, build ef-fective relationships and partnerships now. Start today.

Vern May spent 20 years in the school of ‘hard knocks’ as a tour-ing professional wrestler across Canada. Now retired from the ring, Vern grapples with the challenges of economic growth and resilience in rural Manitoba, serving as the Economic Devel-opment Officer for the Minnedosa and Area Community Development Corporation. He aspires to engage his generation to take leadership of the steps our communities take next.

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Ever wonder why ma-gicians’ birds don’t fly away? You would think that’s the first thing they would do after be-ing stuck up a sleeve or wherever they’re hidden by the magician.

Who can make your money disappear faster? Government or a di-vorce judge?

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At 6-feet-8 inches, Premier elect Pallister is someone most Manito-bans will look up to…

Speaking about the above mentioned politi-cian, given his days as a Bobcat basketball player at Brandon University, will a b-ball court appear on the grounds of the legislature?

When was the last time you saw someone play-ing with a yoyo? It seems the only time we hear about a yoyo is when someone is referring to the up-and-down price of gasoline…

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In Canada, there are ‘state of the province’ speeches made by pre-miers, so in the United States, why aren’t there ‘province of the state’ speeches made by gov-ernors?

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If someone doesn’t say thanks when you hold the door open for them,

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I think of spring as a time of change and growth. Enjoying change while also waiting and watching for the old and familiar. Watching plants turn green and reach for the sky, seeing how well they fared through the win-ter and pondering about whether or not the vine will ‘meet in the middle’ and if I’ll be the winner of the bet.

We’ve been sitting out on the deck, soaking in the warmth, enjoying the extended daylight hours while sip-ping on fresh crisp white wine so suitable for both this season and the next. Barbequed foods have been introduced to the household menu, as they are every year at this time, and with food prepared in this way, we often serve red, light, medium or full-bodied. I turn to light-bodied reds for lighter fare. Some of these wines I consider ‘picnic wines’. It’s especially refreshing when served at the appropriate cool temperatures that enhance their freshness, aromas and fl avours.

Certain wines and grape varietals are synonymous with the spring and

Wines for springRiesling, another warm-weather favou-rite, I’m certain you’ll fi nd Moscato quite appealing. Torres Esmeralda ($13.99) is a Moscatel and Gewurztraminer blend and is overtly fragrant and delightful.

Medium-bodied red wine: Look to Europe for the best values. Wines from Portugal and Spain are especially good quality and well-made and many are pro-duced from indigenous grape varieties – varieties consumers are largely unfamiliar with. Recently, I sampled Hammeken Pa-sas November Harvest Monastrell from Spain ($14.99). This late harvest 100 per cent Monastrell is medium-bodied, has ripe dense dark fruit with an underlying

summer seasons. These are some of them...

Dry light-bodied white wine: Pinot Grigio. Wine made from the Pinot Gris grape, which is light-bodied and easy-going. These wines are refreshing, of-ten inexpensive and are a pleasurable summer sipper, often categorized as ‘cheep and cheerful’ wine. Yes, en-try-level wines do qualify, but high-end examples of Pinot Grigio are far more complex. A wine of consistently good quality is Gabbiano Pinot Grigio ($13.99). Half-bottles (375 ml) are a nice size for picnic baskets, so try Masi Masianco Pinot Grigio (375 ml) priced at $8.99.

If you enjoy Pinot Grigio and are looking for an interesting alternative, try Citra Pecorino from Italy, made from 100 per cent Pecorino grapes.

Sauvignon Blanc is the quintessen-tial spring and summer wine. Its aro-mas of fresh cut grass, green beans, peas, gooseberries and herbs guaran-tee its status. A 375 ml bottle of Santa Rita 120 Sauvignon Blanc costs $6.49. Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc ($19.99) is a delicious example of what Sauvi-gnon Blanc has to offer.

Aromatic white wine: Moscato sales have increased exponentially (as has rosé). Moscato is expressive and the Muscat grape, used to make Moscato, is known as the most fragrant of all grape varieties. Tea roses, ripe peach-es, honey, cold cream and lychee are commonly identifi ed. You must appre-ciate these wines for fragrance alone. Jacob’s Creek Moscato ($12.99) is aromatic, fruity and broadly appealing. For this wine, the winemaker added a light spritz of C02 prior to bottling to provide freshness and a youthful qual-ity. Moscato is typically semi-sweet or off-dry, it is rare to fi nd a dry version. If you like off-dry (slightly sweet)

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dusty, herbal feel. Soft tannins compli-ment while adding structure to this wine. Another Monastrell that remains great value, Juan Gil De Cepas Viejas Monas-trell, sells for $13.99.

Sangria: Sangria is experiencing a huge revival. You can make sangria from scratch, purchase it by the bottle or a combination of both. It is common practice in restaurants to use pre-made sangria and add fresh fruit and other fl a-vours. Boone’s sangria ($6.75) for 750 ml has loads of ripe red and dark berry fl avours. You can also try the red fruit and citrusy Aromas de Turis one-litre size ($9.86) from Spain.

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Front: Mayor Rick Chrest

WHEREAS MS is a chronic, often disabling neurological disease affecting an estimated 3,500 Manitobans; and

WHEREAS symptoms of MS vary widely and may lead to problems with numbness, coordination, vision and speech, as well as extreme fatigue and event paralysis; and

WHEREAS there is no known cause of, or cure for, MS; and

WHEREAS the MS Society of Canada, founded in 1948, is the onlyvoluntary organization in Canada that supports both MS research and services for people with MS and for theirfamilies; and

WHEREAS the MS Society of Canada has provided more than $80million for MS research during the past 50 years, as well as a wide range of programs, services and social action for people with MS; and

WHEREAS the Westman chapter of the MS Society as part of the Manitoba Division, serves people affected by MS throughout the Westman region.

NOW THEREFORE, I, RICK CHREST, Mayor of the City of Brandon in the Province of

Manitoba, DO HEREBY proclaim the month of May 2016 as

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As an educated con-sumer, you know there’s no ‘magic pill’ for fat loss, contrary to what many supplement and pharma-ceutical companies want you to believe. There are no quick-fixes or any one spe-cific food that will melt that fat off of your waist or be-hind. Unfortunately, huge numbers of people believe there is. That is why this particular part of the indus-try makes billions of dollars every year.

Don’t be fooled by spe-cially-marketed foods or claims. Sticking to a vari-ety of real, whole foods on a daily basis will provide your body with the nutri-ents it needs to function op-timally while helping you to burn that body fat.

How? It’s simple. When you consume appropriate portion sizes of real food in a balanced way, your body is able to use that energy

from the food as fuel and not store it as fat, causing you to lose fat and inches.

There are many foods that promote fat loss and should be included in your diet on a regular basis. These foods can help you burn that fat faster...

GrapefruitThe ‘grapefruit diet’ has

been around for a long time. I am in no way suggesting you go on the ‘grapefruit diet’ as there’s been a recent study published in the Jour-nal of medicinal foods that found that consuming half a fresh grapefruit before a meal leads to significant weight loss.

In fact, this particular study showed that two-hours after ingesting this fruit, post-glucose insulin levels were significantly re-duced among subjects com-pared to a placebo group.

The study reported, “In

metabolic syndrome pa-tients, the effect was also seen with grapefruit prod-ucts. Insulin resistance was improved with fresh grape-fruit.” This simply means that insulin worked better or more the way it is de-signed to in the body.

Warning: There is a fla-vonoid compound in grape-fruit called naringin. This flavonoid gives the grape-fruit its bitter taste and is responsible for interference with enzymatic activity in the intestines and with the breakdown of certain drugs, resulting in higher blood levels of the drug. This is why certain groups of people cannot take specific medications and grapefruit. If you’re unsure of your drug interaction, check with your doctor.

Naringin is also responsi-ble for increasing the half-life (extending the activity) of various alkaloids, espe-

cially caffeine. Even certain fat burners utilize naringin for an enhanced alkaloid ef-fect.

What does this mean for you? The natural ingredi-ents found in grapefruit can help you to burn fat more efficiently.

Don’t go eating grape-fruit all day and don’t ex-pect this to work like magic without changing your nutrition habits or exercis-ing. It can help you break through a plateau or help to burn excess calories.

Recommendation: Have one-half to a small grape-fruit before two of your dai-ly meals, three to five times per week. Drinking grape-fruit juice doesn’t have the same effect.

Dark Leafy Green Vegetables

Now you know that you should consume dark green leafy vegetables, specifi-

cally cruciferous vegeta-bles (broccoli, cabbage, kale, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, bok choy) but do you know why?

We’re living in an age of excessive estrogen stimu-lation. Our food supply, beauty products, water and household products are contaminated with xen-oestrogens, chemicals that you’re exposed to – and are hard to avoid in the modern world – that have an estro-genic effect in your body. Excess exposure to these can cause hormone balance disruptions for both men and women.

These estrogenic chemi-cals that we’re exposed to on a daily basis can stimu-late your body to store belly fat, along with many other problems (including many diseases including cancer risks in the long- term).

There are two important reasons why you need to

consume dark green leafy vegetables daily.

No. 1 Phytoestrogens are plant-based estrogen compounds that bind to the same estrogen recep-tor sites that xenoestrogens do. When a receptor site is already occupied by a phy-toestrogen, xenoestrogens cannot attach to it.

No. 2 Indole-3-Carbynols enhance the liver’s ability to break down excess estro-gens in the body.

Recommendation: One cup of broccoli per day, lightly steamed. Have an-other dark green leafy veg-etable at another meal or snack throughout the day.

Renee Hunt is the owner of Lustre Fitness and Life-style which provides fitness classes and personalized nutrition plans to Brandon and surrounding area.

The Brandon Regional Search and Rescue, a non-profi t or-ganization, was formed ap-proximately four years ago.

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Brandon Regional Search and Rescue: coming together with the same goal in mind

Approximately four years ago, the Brandon Regional Search and Rescue was formed and since that time, the non-profit organization has grown, says Robin Ponto, chair of the non-profit organiza-tion.

What started out as a group of four, soon turned into a crew of more than 20 volunteers responding to calls at the re-quest of police. The current group now stands at 28 members – 24 of whom are currently ground search and rescue Level 1 certified – who provide search and res-cue resources to agencies having jurisdic-tion for incidents of missing people in the province.

Ponto played a key role in organizing the local group, which is a chapter of the Search and Rescue Manitoba Volunteer Association and is supported provincially by the Manitoba Office of the Fire Com-missioner. He says he got involved with the group because for him, helping the community is a lifelong passion.

“I’ve been involved with air search and rescue since 1995 and I’ve always felt that it’s important to give back to the community,” he said.

The group’s most recent case file was that of Chase Martens, a two-year-old boy who went missing from his home near Austin in March. After an exhaustive search that lasted several days, his body

was eventually found in a nearby creek. “We were heavily involved in the Mar-

tens situation,” Ponto told the Journal. “We had somebody there every morning, afternoon and night.”

He says the group spent upwards of 500 man hours assisting police in the search for the child.

“It’s difficult for everybody,” he said. “The ultimate goal is to bring the little one home. All of us have family, so it be-comes almost personal. You want to do what’s best for the family. It’s fairly in-tense. You go there and you do your job - whether it takes eight hours, 10 or 12 hours - whatever your assignment is, you try and cover the area as best you can to your capability.

“It takes a toll on you physically and mentally for sure.”

The members who join the search and rescue team go through a fairly rigid re-cruitment process – one that involves a criminal record and child abuse check. After that, the members participate in training, which involves standard search and rescue techniques, first aid and CPR.

“Members learn how to effectively use a compass and GPS,” Ponto said. “They also learn map reading. So if we have a lost person, here’s the grids, here’s the coordinates, now go find the person,” he added.

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survival and can be deployed anywhere in the province if need be, says Ponto.

“If a search gets too long anywhere in the province, we can come in as relief for some of the teams and likewise if some-thing happens here,” he said.

For more information about the Bran-don Regional Search and Rescue or if you’d like to join the group, go online to brandonsearchandrescue.com. You can also ‘like’ the group on Facebook.

BRSRA to host Ford test drive fundraiser

On Saturday, May 14, the BRSRA, in

association with Kelleher Ford, is host-ing a free test drive event at the Keystone Centre parking lot. All money raised from the event will go towards life sav-ing equipment such as ropes, stretchers, wilderness GPS, blankets, first aid equip-ment and much more.

The event gets underway at 10 a.m. and wraps up at 6 p.m.

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In February at the change of appointment ceremony for the 2520 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, Chief Warrant Offi cer Ryan Jenkins handed his pace-stick to the next regimental sergeant major who would follow in his footsteps in Brandon and Shilo’s Army Cadet program.

Jenkins, a Neelin graduate who turned 19 in March, thus aging out of the Army Cadet program, has entered into a new chapter of his life joining the Canadian Armed Forces.

Basic training started April 18 at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. He will be attending the basic military qualifi cation course over 12 weeks to learn the core skills and necessary knowledge to succeed in a military environment. This training emphasizes basic military skills, weapons handling, fi rst-aid and ethical values, with a large part of the course focused on fi tness training. Upon completion of basic training, Jenkins will be heading to CFB Gagetown, N.B., to begin his training in combat engineering. Combat engineers have a host of responsibilities – among the tasks being to ensure that troops can live, move and fi ght on the battlefi eld.

CWO Jenkins has been involved in the cadet program for close to four years but his decision to join the Canadian Army has been inspired by more than his participation in Army Cadets. He says he’s following in the footsteps of two very important men in his life.

“My dad was in the military and my great grandfather fought in World War II and it’s always been an interest of mine ever since I was a kid.”

Jenkin’s father served with Third Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in CFB Shilo and his great grandfather,

Ernest Edward Haggerty, served with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada in World War II.

Jenkins attributes his better understanding of the military to the Cadet program, as well as developing his skills in mentoring and leadership.

“The Cadet program is challenging but well worth it for what you gain. I originally wanted to join Cadets to get the experience, but as time went on, it wasn’t so much about getting the experience as it was about having loyalty to my corps and fellow cadets. It’s about being a good role model,” Jenkins said. “You just have to be what you expect those under you to be. And you need to just be yourself.”

Ryan summarizes his role as a senior cadet and RSM of his corps, saying that a good leader needs to be relatable and relational.

“You need to treat others how you would like to be treated, and then lead how you would like to be led.”

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Noel Haggard, son of Merle, will be performing at Dauphin’s Countryfest in tribute to his late father, who passed away in April.

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Haggard tribute to take place at CountryfestCountry music icon

Merle Haggard was scheduled to perform on July 3 at Dauphin’s Countryfest, however that unfortunately won’t be happening as the world mourned the loss of the legendary singer who passed away on his 79th birthday on April 6.

Countryfest will hon-our the late Haggard on Sunday, July 3 with a very special perfor-mance exclusive to Countryfest, by his sons Ben Haggard and Noel Haggard and his long time band, The Strang-ers. Both Ben and Noel are country music artists and musicians in their own right, with Ben playing guitar alongside

his dad on recent tours.Joining them will be

multi-award winning singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson who has per-formed with Merle on several occasions in the past. In an April 18 in-terview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Jamey Johnson calls Merle Haggard a mentor and a friend, adding, “Merle taught me how to make music, and that’s how I make my living and feed my family today. I couldn’t owe anybody a greater debt of gratitude than I owe Merle Hag-gard.”

“You cannot replace an icon like Merle Haggard”, said Coun-tryfest promoter Rob

Waloschuk in a release. “We couldn’t think of a better way to pay hom-age to the life of this prolific singer/songwrit-er than to have his fam-ily and friends perform a tribute concert. Merle fans won’t want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime performance, exclusive to Countryfest, that will no doubt get major press coverage from across the country.”

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Access to quality food at reduced prices just got easier. The Global Mar-ket’s Good Food Box initiative has been expanded thanks to provincial funding from Neighbourhoods Alive! in the amount of $39,225. Initially in-troduced to Brandon on a trial basis with a limited number of boxes avail-able, the program has proven to meet a big need in the community.

“The community food assessment report by the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation showed us that people don’t have access to affordable, healthy food, especially in the down-town core,” explained Erin Gobeil, Global Market program coordinator.

Following the report, a test trial of the Good Food Box was organized through cooperative efforts by CMHA Westman, Brandon University, Assini-boine Community College, Healthy Brandon and The Salvation Army.

“It was amazing to come together as a group and develop this test trial program that had such a huge impact for the community and because of the success of the Good Food box test trial, CMHA Westman is now able to bring the Global Market Good Food Box to the community year round,” Gobeil

said.Boxes are available on a by-weekly

basis and will always contain staples of potatoes, carrots, onions and apples. Other items in the box will be included based on what is fresh and in season.

Gobeil has been working with pro-ducers in Shilo, Boissevain, Souris, Rivers and Brandon to ensure qual-ity, local items are being used. While travelling throughout the Westman re-gion takes time and money, part of that burden is being reduced thanks to the sponsorship of a vehicle for the pro-gram through Planet Kia.

Starting on May 12, three box sizes will be available for pre-order through the market. A small box costs $8, a me-dium $15 and a large box sells for $20.

“The cost of food is rising and by of-fering quality produce at a bulk food discount we are able to help people have access to quality, affordable food,” she said.

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with a zucchini,” Gobeil added.“Over the years, CMHA Westman

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Arabian horse show coming back to BrandonWestman residents will get

another year to watch the top Arabian and Half-Arabian horses in the U.S. and Canada compete for the title of Cana-dian national champion.

Show officials recently signed documents securing the Keystone Centre as host venue for 2017.

“We like Brandon,” said Gerald MacDonald, Arabian Horse Show commissioner in a release. “The team at the Key-stone Centre and many other city establishments have made

us feel very welcome and we’re happy to keep the Show here for an additional year.”

The Canadian National Championship Arabian and Half-Arabian Horse Show was held in Brandon for the first time in 2011. The Canadian national championship stands alone as the only AHA cham-pionship show offering a full range of competition with Ca-nadian flair. Spectators can enjoy 196 different classes in youth, western, dressage, hunter and English disciplines.

There will be 700-plus horses attend this event.

“We are very pleased that the Arabian Horse Show has extended their agreement with us,” stated Neil Thomson, gen-eral manager of the Keystone Centre. “This is an event that is recognized throughout North America and for us to host it again just adds to the reputation of the facility and to our organi-zation,” he added.

Approximately 7,000 peo-ple attend the six-day event each year. It’s estimated that

the economic impact of this show for Brandon is more than$5,500,000, as many par-ticipants come early and stay well past the show date.

“We know the Arabian Show plays a huge part in the $62 mil-lion of economic impact that the Keystone Centre generates annually for Brandon and West-man,” said Shawn Berry, chair of the Keystone Centre board. “It’s fantastic that we will have them for another year.”

As well as the championships themselves, spectators are treat-

ed to incredible displays in the barns that look more like lavish living rooms, water-features and lush greenery, right next to their horse stalls.

This year, 2016, the show be-gins, Sunday, Aug. 14 and runs through to Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Keystone Centre in Bran-don. For schedule of events and information, visit www.arabi-anhorses.org/cnl.

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The Keystone Centre issued a release recently providing an update on the completed rebuild of City Square and Exhibition Hall.

With a total construction budget of $6 million, roughly $4.6 million was spent locally to rebuild City Square and Exhibition Hall inside the Keystone Centre. The major renovation, including demolition of the interior rooms, partial exterior demolition, new foundations, HVAC, lighting and roofs, was managed by local

general contractor Crane Steel Structures in partnership with Keystone Centre management.

The release states the project was jointly funded by the city and province and fi nished slightly under budget and on time, with minimal disruption to daily events within the Keystone Centre.

“Our tenants were fl exible with scheduling during this time and we’re thankful for that,” said Neil Thomson, general manager of the Keystone Centre. “These two rooms are right in

the middle of the facility and we still needed to maintain business as usual while they were being demolished and rebuilt – it was challenging! We sealed off the rooms as best we could, scheduled noisier jobs after hours when possible and used alternative rooms for annual events, with their cooperation.”

Over 40 years ago, Exhibition Hall was brought over from the Wheat City Arena and added to City Square, which was then the curling club. The rooms were part of the original structure

created to be the Keystone Centre.

The rooms’ demolition and rebuild project broke ground November 2014 and was completed December 2015, in time for the three busiest months at the Keystone Centre, January, February and March.

“City Square and Exhibition Hall are unrecognizable,” Thomson said. “They’re bright and modern and have improved air quality and temperature manageability, opening them up to new types of use and making

them far more comfortable for their ongoing bookings.”

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Parkinson conference coming

to Wheat CityParkinson’s changes everything. It’s a disease that

touches almost every aspect of daily living including movement, mood, speech, eating, sleep and cogni-tive changes. It worsens over time, robbing a person of independence through increasing complications.

Right now, more than 6,000 Manitobans are strug-gling with the stigma and daily challenges of this complex disease. By 2031, that number is expected to double.

“Research holds the key to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson’s disease,” said Julie Wysocki, direc-tor of the national research program for Parkinson Canada. “Research is going forward in finding the chemical or genetic trigger that causes cell death and the possible ways of preventing cell loss through neuroprotective drugs and treatments. For all major diseases of the brain, new therapies come after we know why the cells start to die”.

Wysocki is one of the featured speakers at Parkin-son Canada’s annual Westman conference “Finding Our Way through the Parkinson’s Puzzle”, being held later this month in Brandon. Parkinson Canada is the largest non-governmental provider of Parkin-son’s research in Canada. Through its funding of clinical fellowships that allow physicians to acquire specialised expertise, the National Research Pro-gram is also addressing the shortage of movement disorder specialists in Canada.

“It takes a community of caregivers, health pro-fessionals and researchers to support people liv-ing with Parkinson’s so we’re bringing three key resources all together for our conference in May,” says Charlotte Potyondy, Westman Coordinator for Parkinson Canada. Working within the healthcare system to find the resources that you need can be overwhelming. One of the conference speakers, Kelly Williams, is the Parkinson’s specialist nurse at the Movement Disorders Clinic, Winnipeg. She has unique knowledge of how to access resources, manage symptoms and work effectively with your doctor. Now that there’s only one neurologist in this area, it’s even more important that patients be as knowledgeable in their care as possible.

Effective caregiving is another piece in the puz-zle of living with Parkinson’s. For the first time, the Parkinson’s conference will include resources and advice specifically for caregivers and families. Wendy Sutton, creator of the website “Where Next: a Path for Caregivers” is bringing her practical tools, resources and strategies that will help every care-giver and family manage the challenge.

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Mayor Rick Chrest gets ‘roasted’

Approximately 160 people attended the Breakfast for Dinner roast event, which took place last week in Brandon.

The fundraiser for the Canadian Dia-betes Association, which was held at the Victoria Inn on April 26, saw several high-profile members of the community poke fun at Brandon mayor Rick Chrest, who accepted the invitation of being the guest of honour.

John LoRegio, Westman coordinator of the Canadian Diabetes Association and or-ganizer of the roast, says he was impressed with the event overall, which included a rainbow auction with prizes donated by close to 20 businesses in the community.

“I didn’t know what to expect to be completely honest with you. It’s the first time I’ve ever put something like this to-gether,” he said. “The response from the business community for sponsorships was absolutely incredible. The ticket sales were pretty darn good as well.”

LoRegio raved about the four ‘roast-ers’ for the evening, which consisted of city councillor Jeff Fawcett, city manager Scott Hildebrand, retired deputy fire chief Gary Bell and Rick Borotsik, former city councillor, mayor, MP and MLA.

“They were hilarious,” LoRegio said re-garding the four who poked fun at Chrest. “They had the crowd in stitches at times.

“Rick (Chrest) was a good sport,” he continued. “He gave back just as good as he took it.”

Among the quips to Chrest, LoRegio says, came from Hildebrand who men-tioned, “whenever you have a conversa-tion with Rick, stay at arms length away because he flails his arms all the time.”

“Rick gave it right back to them later in the evening when he had the opportunity,” LoRegio added. “It was all in good fun.”

LoRegio says Chrest made sure to end the night in style.

“Groucho Marx once said, ‘I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. Unfortunate-ly this wasn’t it,’” Chrest told the crowd.

LoRegio also praised the efforts of Kar-en Chrest, the mayor’s wife and master of ceremonies, who also provided some light-hearted humour to the evening.

“She was fantastic,” he said. “I can’t say enough good things.”

So why breakfast for dinner?“It was something different and as

I’ve said before, being a single guy, usu-ally there’s not much food in the fridge,” LoRegio said. “There’s always eggs and maybe a pound of bacon or something. When my kids came over and I invited them for supper, that’s what we had - ba-con and eggs. I thought you know, a lot of people eat this for supper. So why not have a fundraiser?

“Rick jumped on board as soon as I asked him and away we went,” he con-cluded.


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Left to right: Melanie Hellyer, chair of Healthy Brandon in Motion, and Thea Dennis, executive director of Samaritan House Ministries, with the donation of gently-used athletic shoes and water bottles from Brandon University’s Healthy Living Centre.

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Shoes, shoes and more shoes

It’s hard to stay active when you don’t have proper footwear. Healthy Brandon in Motion is working to re-move that barrier by collecting athletic footwear and donating it to those in need.

“Often times people who use their feet as a primary mode of transporta-tion don’t have proper footwear at all,” said Melanie Hellyer, Healthy Living facilitator. “In addition, when it comes to being active they don’t have quality shoes for that either.”

The need for quality athletic foot-wear was identified through research conducted by Healthy Brandon and is now part of the organization’s strate-gic plan.

As people throughout the commu-nity are doing their spring cleaning, Hellyer asks them to check their foot-wear and donate quality items they no longer need so they can be passed on to someone who would benefit.

“We are looking for gently used ath-

letic shoes, with good support,” she said. There is a need for shoes suitable for children and adults in the commu-nity.

Donation bins are being set up throughout Brandon in places such as the Sportsplex, Town Centre, Bran-don University Healthy Living Cen-tre, Brandon Regional Health Centre, Curves and Crossfit.

“We wanted to target fitness fa-cilities and organizations,” she said. “Each bin is marked with a distinctive poster and pictures of shoes. You can’t miss it.”

Healthy Brandon in Motion will collect the shoes regularly and deliver them to Samaritan House where they will be distributed.

“Our goal is to get people active and there is a need in the community to provide people with the footwear to make that happen,” said Hellyer.

The initiative got kicked off last week and Hellyer hopes they can keep it going throughout the year.

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Walking and Wheeling Wednesdays which will run from May 25-July 13. The campaign is de-signed as a fun way to get people moving by using the bike and walk-

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“We want people to be active and as they are walking or biking they can take a minute to think of others who don’t have proper foot-wear,” she said.

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The Vincent Massey varsity boys baseball team wound up winning the provincial championship last year. The team was made up of several former players from Brandon Minor Baseball.

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Brandon Minor Baseball is in the midst of another successful season on the diamonds.

More than 350 players registered to compete with the local organization this spring. That is a new record and part of an ongoing trend of increased registration.

“We continue to have record numbers,” president Blake Stephens said. “Each of the past three seasons, we’ve had substantial growth in all divisions.”

Brandon Minor Baseball is proud of its game and believes it has a lot to offer.

“It’s life’s perfect summer sport and a lifelong sport acquisition. Teamwork. Physical literacy,” Stephens said.

The organization has about 30 teams this season – and about half of those are in the rookie ball and rally cap divisions as Brandon Minor Baseball continues to draw strong numbers of new players to the game.

New to this year is the rally cap program. Devel-oped by Baseball Canada, it’s aimed at first-year play-ers under the age of 10. Youngsters earn a different coloured baseball cap for each skill they’ve mastered. After they have earned all of the hats, they join the rookie ball games.

“The program is an initiative to enhance players’ and coaches’ first experience with the game,” states Baseball Canada via its website. “The program helps teams teach players the fundamentals of baseball in a fun and safe environment.”

Brandon Minor Baseball is also taking steps off the field. The organization offered online registration this season. As well as being more convenient for work-ing families, it also helps cut down on administrative headaches. A hard registration deadline seemed to help Brandon Minor Baseball increase its enrollment as well.

The organization is partnering with the Westman Youth Football Association to create what will be called Boyd Stadium. The project, in the planning and development stage, would create a new home for football at Simplot Millennium Park. The park is named after the late Kevin Boyd who had been in-volved with the WYFA and was the head coach of the Crocus Plains football team.

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unteers who continue to step up year in and year out, providing opportunities for our boys and girls to play baseball,” Stephens said. “Without these dedicated people, there would be no baseball in our city.”

After guiding Vincent Massey to a Westman High School Hockey League championship in his fi rst season at the helm, Dan Landry has committed to leading the Vikings for the 2016-2017 campaign.

“At the end of the day I think

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Record-setting Warriors still rollingIt might have been the

greatest regular season by any professional team in any sport. Ever. Now, all the Golden State Warriors have to do is carry on and win the National Basketball Association playoffs for the second year in a row, so their regular season for the ages — truly a Golden Age — won’t be all for naught.

What a regular season it was! A record of 73-9, one win more than Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls racked up in 1995-96, a record that at the time and over the past 20 years was thought to be unbeatable. But with the brilliant play of Steph Curry — the new face of the NBA (sorry, LeBron, but you’re so 2014) — the Warriors roared out to a 24-0 start to the season under the guidance of interim coach Luke Walton, and then played hard down the stretch — resisting the urge to rest their stars in preparation for the playoffs — to surpass the Bulls’ record.

Warriors’ regular coach Steve Kerr returned to

the team in January after a half-season absence due to back surgery and kept the Warriors’ express rolling. Kerr had a front-row seat to both spectacular seasons. He was a player on the 1995-96 Bulls and pulled all the coaching strings down the stretch as his Warriors won four pressure-packed games in a row to wrap up the season and get the record— including a one-point nailbiter vs. Memphis in Game 80 — after losing Game 78 at home to Minnesota Timberwolves.

Curry, as pure a shooter as NBA fans have ever seen, smashed the single-season record for three-point buckets, fi nishing with 402 — a whopping 126 ahead of his nearest rival, team-mate Klay Thompson. Only six other players managed as many as 200 three-pointers.

Thanks primarily to Curry, who in the past year has likely

become the most famous athlete in the U.S., the Warriors were must-see TV in 2015-16. Ratings skyrocketed when the Warriors were shown across North America, even in Canada, where Raptors’ ratings were so-so by comparison.

The NBA’s power conference is the West, where Golden State and San Antonio Spurs, who lost just 15 games this year, are likely to meet in the fi nal. The winner gets to play the Eastern champ, which could be either Toronto, or the LeBron James-led Cavaliers.

Whoever comes out of the East, though, will be huge underdogs as Curry and Co. go for two in a row.• Brad Dickson of the

Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, after Manny Pacquiao announced he is fi nished with boxing: “It’s unclear if this means he’s retired or going to fi ght Floyd Mayweather Jr. again.”

• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “The 24th-ranked men’s tennis player is an American

named Jack Sock. He’s a shoe-in.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on the coaching skills of San Antonio Spurs’ Gregg Popovich: “Popovich not only can win with his guys against your guys or your guys against his guys, but he also can win with any fi ve guys sitting in Five Guys.”

• Chad again, on Twitter: “Rex Ryan to introduce Donald Trump at Buffalo rally in First Niagara Center. To accommodate both egos, arena will install retractable roof.”

• Greg Cote again, after LeBron James signed a lifetime deal with Nike: “Am picturing LeBron, at 75, pushing Nike’s new line of orthopedic bedroom slippers.”

• TC in BC: “Johnny Manziel is being sued for trashing a $4.5 million house that he rented in Los Angeles. The house was actually worth $9M before Johnny moved in for

two nights.”• Another one from Cote,

on advertising patches next season on NBA jerseys: “Stadium names being whorred out for revenue is bad enough, but now jersey fronts? What’s next, franchise names? The Burger King Miami Dolphins? How about player names? “And now batting, brought to you by Pepsi-Cola ... Giancarlo Stanton!”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Johnny Manziel has been dumped by his agent. This offi cially makes Manziel the most disappointing Heisman Trophy winner who has not murdered two people.”

• Kaseberg again: “The Boston Marathon was swept by three Ethiopians. ‘This is a shocking, shocking upset,’ said three Kenyans.”

• Brad Dickson again: “On the fi eld during spring training the Chicago Cubs cavorted

with bear cubs because of their nickname. Let’s hope the Detroit Lions don’t do this.”

• Ian Hamilton of the Regina Leader-Post: “A Las Vegas-based gaming company has released its point spreads for the 2016 NFL season and Manziel’s former team — the Cleveland Browns — is listed as an underdog every week. Even the Browns’ bye week is favoured.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Jonathan Nicola, a 17-year-old, 6-11 high-school basketball star in Windsor, Ont., turned out to be a 29-year-old refugee from South Sudan. Canadian offi cials fi gured something was amiss when they introduced him to Raptors star DeMar DeRozan and Nicola called him ‘kid’.”

Brian Cornick has been named the head coach of the ACC women’s soccer team.

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ACC names new Cougars women’s soccer coachAssiniboine Community College re-

cently announced that Brian Cornick will be coaching the women’s soccer team for the 2016-17 season.

“I’m excited to be a part of the ACC sports legacy,” he said in a release. “I’ve always been impressed with student ath-letes who have to balance academics with success on the field. Women’s soc-cer in particular, while being extremely successful, has always demonstrated the value of commitment and hard work.”

Cornick is one of two provincial B li-censed coaches in the Westman region, alongside Cougars men’s soccer coach Bo Kampmann. Cornick is also a learn-ing facilitator for the Manitoba Soccer Association and has a vast knowledge of the game.

He has coached boys and girls at all levels of soccer including youth and provincial teams and has coached soccer at an elite level for over a decade. His coaching history includes his players moving on to play for the RSC Ander-lecht Youth Academy in Belgium, Ca-nadian National Youth Soccer program, and becoming prospects in the Vancou-ver Whitecaps and the Toronto Football Club Youth Academy systems.

Cornick has a deep passion for soccer and has served as a director of the Win-nipeg Soccer Federation and the Win-nipeg Youth Soccer Association. After moving to Brandon in 2015, he quickly became the president of the Brandon Youth Soccer Association and is cur-rently spearheading the sports field de-velopment in the city of Brandon.

“We’re pleased to hear that Brian will be coaching the women’s team at ACC. He has a real passion for the game and an interest in developing players and the game in the Westman Region,” said Héctor Vergara, Manitoba Soccer As-sociation executive director. “It’s great to see such initiatives in the region that will benefit the sport in the entire prov-ince.”

“Simply put, Brian is a leader. In the short time I’ve known him I’ve seen how he’s able to make change and get results,” said ACC athletics manager Beth Clark. “That paired with his pas-sion for soccer, will really help move the Cougars program forward.”

The 2016 season will be the Cougars fourth year competing in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference.

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MS Walk celebrates 25th year

The Westman region has been support-ing the Multiple Sclerosis Walk since its inception 25 years ago.

“We’re super excited that this is our 25th anniversary and that our commu-nity has been active the entire time,” said Leann Bower, development officer for the Westman Division of the MS Society of Canada.

Each year, between 300 and 350 people participate in the local walk designed to raise awareness and funds for the MS So-ciety.

“Our goal this year is $60,000 and with pre-registrations, we’re already one third of the way there,” Bower said.

Money raised at the event will go to-ward research as well as local services.

“We offer support groups for clients and their families right in our community,” Bower added. The local society also offers activities such as yoga, cross-fit training and swimming that have been tailored for people with mobility issues.

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system including the brain and spinal cord. Canada has the high-est rate of MS in the world with women being three times more likely to develop MS than men. The disease interferes with

the brain’s signals to the rest of the body and can cause vision problems, impaired speech, loss of balance and coordination, extreme fatigue, loss of mobility and pa-ralysis. The cause of MS is unknown with research looking into genetic and environ-mental factors.

This year’s walk will take place on Sunday, May 15 beginning at the Impe-rial Ballroom in the Victoria Inn. A few changes have been made to the event this year including the start time. The event will kick off with registration and lunch beginning at 11:30 a.m. The walk itself will begin at 1 p.m.

The route for this year’s walk has also been changed. Participants will leave the Victoria Inn and head east to 20th Street on the Victoria Street sidewalk. From there, they will cross the street and head back west to the Victoria Inn.

“The change in the route gives us the opportunity to feature a number of busi-ness sponsors along the route where rest stops will be set up,” Bower added.

Anyone interested in participating in the walk is invited to pre-register through the MS Society website at mssoc.convio.net where they’ll find registration details and pledge form information. Further details can also be found by contacting Bower at 1-800-268-7582 or [email protected].


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Every year communities suffer electrical outages due to uncontrolled stubble fi res which damage Manitoba Hydro poles and power lines.

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‘100 Women Who Care’ group formed in BrandonLocal Brandon and area

women who care about their community are com-ing together to prove it.

Through the Brandon Area Community Founda-tion, a local area chapter of “100 Women Who Care” has been formed and is cur-rently recruiting members. The first member meeting will happen May 26 at 7 p.m. in the CKLQ Hall at the Keystone Centre.

Meetings are held four times a year; all meetings

are conducted in one hour. Each member pays an an-nual $100 commitment fee that will go to support the women’s endowment fund held with the BACF. Commitment means every member pledges to donate $50 at each of the four meetings ($200 per year), whether the member at-tends or not.

Members nominate their charity of choice for con-sideration (registered with CRA). Three charities are

randomly drawn for each event. The nominating member makes a five min-ute presentation for their charity, then the members vote. Ballots are counted and the charity with the most votes receives the group donation. Mem-bers will receive a charity receipt for the full $300 amount from BACF.

“The concept of ‘100 Women Who Care’ is not new,” said Laura Kemp-thorne, general manager

of the BACF in a release. “Many chapters exist all over North America. We’ve been considering launching a Brandon and area chapter for a couple years but it was only this past fall when we had board support and a few key community members who helped create the steering committee.”

The group’s motto is: 100 women for one hour equals a $5,000 local im-pact.

“We’re looking for women who share our common desire to give back and inspire local phi-lanthropy in our communi-ty,” Kempthorne said. “As women, we know what its like to be stretched for time and resources but still feel the strong pull to help oth-ers in our community – and that’s why we’ve created this group.”

Membership to 100 Women Who Care Bran-don and Area is open to all

women.To become a member,

contact the BACF at (204) 571-0529 or email [email protected].

Online registration is also available at www.bacf.ca. You can connect with members on Facebook as well and follow the group on Twitter: @100Women-Brandon.


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Local residents will have an opportunity to get up close and personal with the Brandon Police Service later this month.

As part of Canadian Police Week, the BPS is planning on hosting its own Police Day, slated for May 15.

The event, which will be taking place at the BPS parking lot, will consist of several displays showcasing different aspects of the local police and what services they provide.

“We’re going to give them information and allow them to get to know the inner workings of the police service and how it

works,” Sgt. Bill Brown told the Journal. Displays will include information

about the different departments at the BPS including patrol, bylaw animal control, response, forensics and the K-9 dog unit. Brown says there will be patrol cars available for people to peek into as well as several offi cers available to answer any questions.

Brown says there will also be scheduled tours inside the BPS as well as a BBQ fundraiser for Youth for Christ on hand for anyone who is hungry. Tim Hortons will be donating coffee at the event as well.

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LEBEL: Emmanuel Louis Joseph Lebel passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016. (Brockie Donovan)___________________________

VASCONCELOS: Dr. Jose Vas-concelos passed away on Friday, April 22, 2016. (Brockie Donovan)___________________________MACDONALD: Terence Patrick MacDonald passed away on Tues-day April 19th, 2016. (Brockie Donovan)___________________________

FORSYTH: Alma Forsyth passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016. (Brockie Donovan)___________________________

MOTT: Russell William Mott passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2016. (Brockie Donovan)___________________________

McAULEY: James Henry McAuley passed away on Tuesday April 19, 2016. (Memories)___________________________

ELDER: Richard John “Rick” Eld-er passed away on Friday April 22, 2016. (Memories)___________________________

BROWN: Charles David Brown passed away on Sunday April 24, 2016. (Memories)___________________________

COCHRANE: Lloyd M. Cochrane passed away on Monday April 25, 2016. (Memories)___________________________

HEDLEY: Eric Vincent Hedley passed away on Tuesday April 26, 2016. (Memories)___________________________

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CRIMINAL RECORD?Canadian Record Suspension (Criminal pardon) seals record.

American waiver allows legal entry.

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COMING EVENTS

MANITOBA MOTORCYCLE RIDE FOR DAD - Fighting Prostate Can-cer. Saturday, May 28, 2016, 10:00 A.M. Official Start. Polo Park Shopping Centre. Register online: ridefordad.ca/Manitoba

“MEMORIES”Presented by Ladies AuxiliaryCommonwealth Air Training

Plan MuseumAn evening of Dinner & Music

In Museum CanteenFriday May 13, 2016

5:30-cocktails-6:00-dinnerBuffet by Shady Lane Tea Room

7:30 RCAF Salute to the VetsSing-a-long & dancing to follow

With “The Music Makers”$50.00/person-Cash bar

COMING EVENTS

STEP INTOSPRING VENDOR SALE

Over 20 vendors & craftersSaturday May 7th 10am-5pm

Knox United Church Brandon, MB

We will be acceptingnon-perishable food items

on behalf of Samaritan House

PERSONAL MESSAGES

LOCAL HOOKUPSBROWSE4FREE

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CAREER TRAINING

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION, HEALTHCARE DOCUMENTA-TION, Medical Terminology online courses. Train with CanScribe, the accredited and top-rated online Canadian school. Work from home careers! 1-866-305-1165. www.canscribe.com [email protected]

CLASSES & COURSES

AUCTIONS

NATIONAL ONLINE BOAT & RV AUCTION May 11th, 2016

Boats, RVs, Atv’s, Snowmobiles,side/side’s and more!!Pre-bidding begins May 9th, 2016.

For more information visitAeroAuctions.ca

CONSIGNMENTS WELCOME***Don’t miss our Heavy Equip-ment and Transportation Auction

on May 10th, 2016 as well. Call Toll Free

1-866-375-6109 or 705-730-2411

FOR SALE - MISC

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BATTERIES FOR EVERYTHING. Automotive, farm, construction, ATV, marine, motorcycle, golf carts, phones, tools, radios, com-puters etc. Reconditioned, obso-lete and hard-to-find batteries. SO-LAR equipment. The Battery Man. Winnipeg. 1.877.775.8271 www.batteryman.ca

BUILDING MATERIALS at the BUILDING REFIT STORE formally CMHA ReStore. 22-11th Street in downtown Brandon. Good selec-tion of doors, windows, sinks, light fixtures, cabinets and so much more. Free pick-up of good used building materials. Call 728 - 2227

Peoples Market Place. We buy and sell good used furniture and appliances. Estates a specialty. Coins and coin supplies available and a variety of new household furniture and beds. 32-13th Street, Brandon. 204-727-4708 or visit us on FaceBook

PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. Reach over 400,000 readers weekly. Call this newspaper NOW or email [email protected] for details.

REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca.

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lum-ber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: w w w . N o r w o o d S a w -mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

GARAGE SALES

SOUTHVIEW FLEA MARKET ISBACK-17th St.E. at 110 BypassBrandon. Vendor spots availableat $30.00. All Dates:May-Sep.First sale:May 14-Admission-$2.00Food-Drinks-Music on site.Details and bookings-phone:204-717-4405Emai l : sou thv iewf leamar ke t@ hotmail.com

WANTED TO BUY

ANTIQES/COLLECTIBLES-OLD AND UNUSUAL ITEMS WANT-ED-furniture, railroad items, Royal Albert China. Sherman Jewelry, old tools, military items, coke items, oil items, pocket watches, li-cense plates, metal toys, various collectibles and estate items. Phone:204-728-0972

LIVESTOCK

BLACK ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE. Semen tested, guaranteed, reasonably priced. Volume dis-counts and delivery available. Section 7 Ranch Rocanville SK. (306) 645-2019 (306) 435-7811.

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BUSINESS SERVICES

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LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICES

UNDER THE HIGHWAYS PROTECTION ACT AND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BOARD

Notice is hereby given that a hearing of the Highway Traffic

Board will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at

9:30 a.m. in Room B6, Brandon Provincial Building, 340 – 9th Street, Brandon, Manitoba.

PERMITS – PART I – SECTION 9 H.P.A. AND PART

III – SECTION 17 H.P.A.

3/001/042/B/16 – CRANE STEEL STRUCTURES LTD.

o/b/o 4391471 MANITOBA LTD.

Application for Building, Vehicle Display Area & Paved Parking Area (Commercial) adjacent to

P.T.H. No. 1A, Lot 1, Plan 37026, S.E. 1/4 35-10-19W,

City of Brandon.

3/001/023/S/16 – CRANE STEEL STRUCTURES LTD.

o/b/o 4391471 MANITOBA LTD.

Application for On-Premises Sign (Commercial) adjacent to P.T.H. No. 1A, Lot 1, Plan 37026, S.E. 1/4 35-10-19W, City of Brandon.

The Highway Traffic Board will be prepared to consider all

submissions, written or oral, on the above applications by

contacting the Secretary prior to or at the hearing.

200 – 301 Weston Street Winnipeg, MB R3E 3H4 Phone: (204) 945-8912

Michelle Slotin, A/Secretary THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

BOARD

NOTICE OF HEARING

HOUSES FOR SALE

2 Showhomes Ready For Spring Delivery! 1584 & 1638 sqft RTMs. Pictures, floorplans available at wgiesbrechthomes.ca. Custom builds also available. For addition-al information 204-346-3231 or [email protected]

LAND FOR SALE

PASTURE & HAY LAND. 400 - 8000 acres year round water.

Management available. Central Sask. Natural springs excellent water. Grazing Available. Other small & large grain & pasture

quarters. $150k $2.6m. Doug Rue 306-716-2671 [email protected]

SERVICES FOR HIRE

-Tree Removal-Farmland Cleanup

-Landscaping-Farm BuildingsCall for more info1-877-253-7567

Serving Neepawa/BrandonAnd approx 100 mile area

FEED & SEED

FORAGE SEED FOR SALE: Or-ganic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc. Free Delivery! Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-863-2900.

SPRING has SPRUNG!Carriage House Antiques &

Collectables, Located 6 miles (10kms)south of BrandonOn Hwy 10 & PTH 349

Is opening for the 20th season Monday May 23

We have a huge and amazing collection of antiques, giftware,

china,jewelry and furniture. Come and browse for a wonderful

shopping experience. Open most days Monday-Sunday 12-5pm or

call 204-727-0111

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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LIVE IN HOUSEKEEPER /CARE-GIVER. Call (204) 989-2753, after 6pm (204) 997-4629.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Vis-it: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!


ATTENTION:HUNTERS and SHOOTERS

Canadian Firearms-Safety Course, Canadian Restricted

Fire-arms Course:$50.00 each and Hunters-Safety Course available

through Master Instructor Don Teale.

Contact: 204-728-2903 or [email protected]. Attention: Hunter-Safety may be done

online and final test with instructor.

Manitoba Hunter Safety InstructorCanadian Firearms Safety Instructor

Non Restricted and Restricted Courses

Canadian Red Cross First Aid Instructor

Courses held at least monthlyEmail for calendar –

Instructor/Examiner Greg Steele204-725-1608 or ggs57@wcgwave.

Licensed Firearms DealerGuns and accessories bought and sold. Estates A Specialty

THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO FIREARM SAFETY

www.caamanitoba.com

305 - 18th Street N. Brandon, MB R7A 6Z2

P 204.571.4108 F 204.727.6701

TF [email protected]

Meeghan MacMillan, CTCTravel Consultant

Accepting New Clients!

MONTHLY MOWING - POWER RAKINGAERATING - TILLING - HEDGE TRIMMING

We pride ourselves on ensuring every job has met our customer’s satisfaction!

JEFF MOOREOwner/Operator

[email protected]

TOTAL ROOF MANAGEMENT

FLAT AND SLOPED ROOF SYSTEMSSIDING, FLASHING AND EAVESTROUGHS

MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

1625 PARKER BLVD. BRANDON, MB1-800-773-4872 • 204-726-9397

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIALServing Manitoba Since 1959

DON SMITHManitoba Public Insurance Accredited

“We Do More For Your Claim”

Ph. 204-483-2211 • Fax:204-483-3475www.souriscollision.com

Congregate Meals Available Tuesdays and Fridays

Only $9.00 Seniors 60+ $8.00

Call 204-727-6641 Room Rentals Available.

Bingo, Exercise and Tia Chi Classes, Floor Shuffleboard, Contract and Duplicate Bridge, Cribbage, Scrabble, Sky-Hy Toastmasters Club

Located at 241 - 8th Street, Brandon (Next to the YMCA)

RICK THOMSON Sales [email protected] www.westmanjournal.com

Tel: (204) 725-0209Fax: (204) 725-3021

Unit D 315 College Avenue Brandon, MB R7A 1E7

636 10th Street ~ Brandon, MBPhone: 725-0459

Home and Offi ce Specialist inDistilled and Reverse Osmosis Water

Phone 571-1562

We are WETT Certifi ed

945 - 24th St. Bdn. • 204-728-5900

DEALERS FOR: NAPOLEON, BLAZE KING, ENERZONE WOOD STOVES AND FIREPLACES

204-728-4777800 Rosser Avenue, Brandon, MB R7A 6N5

Be�y’s Massage Therapy ClinicBetty GuyanRegistered Massage Therapist

Direct Billing to Insurance | Mobile Service

Located at 801-13th Street, Brandon, Manitoba

t: 204-726-2734c: [email protected]

CLASSIFIED DEADLINE:Thursday 3PM

Call: 204-725-0209

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