P a r t o f my annual r epor t t o our police board and council in-cludes the three-year

policing plan which was revised this year to carry us through to 2017 when it will once again be reviewed.

Rivers Police Service is dedi-cated to improving the quality of service to our citizens, while serving the residents of Rivers in the most professional and courteous manner. The police service is continuously seeking new and innovative methods to improve the effectiveness of our agency. In an effort to do so, we developed a plan which is the

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Curling changesBy Sheila Runions Secretary-treasurer

Last week I reported the Safeway Championship Curling was go-ing to be broadcast live on Channel 12 (Westman Communications Group subscribers only) and I provided a game schedule. WCG-TV in Brandon has revised the start times for today and tomorrow.

The fi rst Friday, Feb. 6 game begins at 8:30 a.m.; the afternoon game will still be played at 4 p.m. The morning game will re-air at 10:30 p.m. following the Western Hockey League Spokane vs. Moose Jaw game, which begins at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday morning Feb. 7 curling begins at 9 a.m.; its second game of the day will still be held at 2 p.m. Replays of these games will still air at 6 and 9 p.m.

Our apologies for the time differences; we hope you still tune in!

Goal 5 is to develop and maintain existing police pro-grams, so foot patrols continue in commercial and residential areas. Strengthening partner-ships with other organizations is implemented with informa-tion sharing and two-way com-munication.

Goal 6 has been completed with all Town of Rivers bylaws updated and rewritten when necessary; I worked with the town’s chief administrative of-ficer Kat Bridgeman on this project.

Goal 7 slightly overlaps with Goal 4 in that we share informa-tion and two-way communica-tion with other police agencies (rather than organizations). We have initiated the development of a number of new programs with other police agencies.

We created a police ser-vice Technology Master Plan which has been completed, thus meeting Goal 8, to update the technological needs of the po-lice service.

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culmination of a process involv-ing council, citizens and police staff. Through this community feedback, we have worked to identify the law enforcement-related problems and needs of the community and to develop strategies to fulfi ll those needs through an active, on-going partnership with the citizens we serve.

The following goals have been selected to guide police in serving the community: crime control; maintain traffi c safety through community education and enforcement; provide a presence in the schools; develop a plan to respond to violent situations in schools; work with local media; develop and main-tain new and existing programs, update bylaws; partner with

neighboring services to reduce crime; update technological needs of the service.

Rivers Police Service will work effectively to respond to the needs identifi ed by the com-munity. Our vision is to keep Rivers safe.

Responsibility for preventing and detecting crime and anti-social behaviour is not the work of police alone. To quote the founder of modern day policing, Sir Robert Peel, “The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interest of community welfare and exist-ence.” It is essential that the police and the public form part-nerships and work together in order to maintain a law-abiding society and thereby strengthen our community and keep it safe.

In fulfi lling the vision, every Rivers Police Service member is committed to our community pledge. This pledge demon-strates how every member of our staff will conduct them-selves when dealing with you, the public. All staff must be: attentive – by listening to in-dividuals and the community; responsive – by responding to the needs of individuals and the community; reliable – by main-taining the community’s respect; skilled – by having staff with the right tools and abilities to do the job; polite – at all times to all members of the community; fair – at all times in carrying out our duties.

Goal 1 is crime control with all paid and volunteer staff con-tinuing to maintain a visible police presence at events and on general patrol; this goal has been accomplished. We also want to provide aggressive criminal law enforcement; a number of police-initiated cases and in-vestigations have been cleared. The third item in this category is to work closely with Riverdale

Justice Committee as a means of effective case referral.

Goal 2 is to maintain traffi c safety through community edu-cation and enforcement. This is being met in part by preparing articles on road safety for Riv-ers Banner. Check stops have been conducted in conjunction with other police services and a number of check stops initiated. There are general patrols and traffi c enforcement throughout all residential and commercial areas of town. Futrell and I have seen a number of impaired driv-ers prosecuted because of our vigorous enforcement of driving while impaired laws.

Goal 3 is to provide a pres-ence in schools by delivering talks on relevant community and youth issues such as bullying/cyber bullying, personal safety, bicycle and road safety (Use your Head campaign), texting and driving.

Goal 4, to develop a plan to respond to violent situations in schools, is a work in progress.

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Feb. 5-8: Bonspiel, Cardale RinkFeb. 7: Fishing derby, Rapid CityFeb. 8: Pie social, Rapid City Legion HallFeb. 9: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 10: RM of Oakview meeting, council chamber, 9 a.m.Feb. 10: Telehealth Alzheimer’s session, Riverdale Health Centre, 6:30-8 p.m.Feb. 10: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.Feb. 10: Rapid City 4-H meting, Rapid City Library basementFeb. 12: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, Civic Centre, 2 p.m.Feb. 12: Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District annual meeting, Basswood HallFeb. 13: Rivers Women’s Institute meeting, West-wood Lodge lounge, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.Feb. 13 and 14: Tournament of Champions, River-dale Community CentreFeb. 15: Fish fry, Rivers Legion, 4:30-6:30 p.m.Feb. 17: Pancake supper, St. James’ Anglican Church, 5-6:30 p.m.Feb. 17: Telehealth Alzheimer’s session, Riverdale Health Centre, 6:30-8 p.m.Feb. 20 and 21: Tournament of Champions, River-dale Community CentreFeb. 21: Trivia night, Riverdale Community Centre, 7 p.m.Feb. 22: Slashpark information meeting, Shelly Mom’s Kitchen, Rivers, 4-8 p.m.Feb. 24: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-9 a.m.Feb. 25: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Res-taurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.Feb. 25: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meet-ing, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.Feb. 25: Rolling River School Division budget meet-ing, MinnedosaFeb. 28: Ham supper, Rivers Legion upper hall, 5-6:30 p.m.March 4: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.March 9: Rivers Legion meeting, upper hall, 7:30 p.m.March 9-12: Golden Gals provincial competition, Rivers Curling ClubMarch 10: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Associa-tion meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.March 14: Fishing derby, Lake Wahtopanah, RiversMarch 24: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.March 25: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meet-ing, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.March 26: Rivers 50+ Club meeting, Civic Centre, 2 p.m.April 11: Wellness day, Rivers Collegiate, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.April 14: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Associa-tion meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.April 15: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.April 20-25: My Fair Lady, Bend Theatre, Strath-clair, 7:30 p.m.April 22: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meet-ing, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m..April 28: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.May 2: A Living Fairytale, Oak River Rink, 2-4 p.m.May 3: Razzamatazz Dance Club recital, Westman Centennial Auditorium, Brandon, 2 p.m.May 12: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.May 26: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-9 a.m.May 27: Chamber of Commerce meeting, Lee’s Res-taurant, Rivers, 12-1 p.m.May 27: Riverdale District Health Auxiliary meet-ing, Kiwanis Courts, Rivers, 1:30 p.m.June 9: Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association meeting, Lee’s Restaurant, Rivers, 6:30 p.m.June 9: Band concert, Rivers CollegiateJune 23: Diabetic clinic, Rivers Medical Centre, 8-8:30 a.m.

Chamber hears many changesBy Sheila Runions Banner Staff

The January meeting of Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce was fi lled with much discussion, some on changing meeting dates.

Learning that president Ken Tait will be at a work con-vention the last Wednesday of February, the next meet-ing has been moved to Wednesday, March 4. Meetings are held at noon at Lee’s Restaurant; they announced their closure from March 16-April 9 so the March chamber meeting will actually be held April 15.

A well-defi ned report from a joint meeting with chamber and hospital auxiliary representatives brought many comments regarding the annual home and craft show. It was agreed to proceed for another year, on Sept. 19, though changes may be in the works. Seven benefi ts were recognized in the report, eight concerns were mentioned and 11 solutions were suggested as potential options. More information regarding this an-nual joint fundraiser will be forthcoming.

It was previously reported to the chamber and through this newspaper that Razzamatazz Dance Club was going to co-ordinate a family dance in February. They sent correspondence to the Jan. 28 meeting that they would be unable to meet this goal. Membership is too busy planning for festival entries in Brandon and Minnedosa and the 25th anniversary recital which will be held in Brandon in May. That group implied that when they meet in August to plan their 2015-16 dance year, they would be better able to schedule such an event.

A letter was received from Rivers Bigway Foods; they announced their willingness to plan a Christmas tree auction for 2015. Based on a similar event in Bran-don, their idea was met with little enthusiasm, espe-cially because they suggested that auction proceeds be given to charity. Membership agreed that because the chamber is watching its budget to update their highway signs that if this event was co-ordinated, funds raised should remain in the chamber account.

Consideration may be given to starting the 2015 Santa Claus parade at 11 a.m. instead of 10 a.m., in hopes of allowing more time for families to have their children dressed and ready. It was reported that the 2014 parade was well attended with more fl oats than average, partially because of the beautiful weather that

Saturday in December.A preliminary schedule of workers for Brandon’s

Home Show was passed around; eight shifts need to be fi lled, preferably with two people per time slot. Be-cause this event is held April 10-12, there is still plenty of time for members to plan to help their chamber and their community. Although leftover Town of Rivers and RM of Daly items are available for promotional purposes, the chamber needs to decide whether or not to purchase souvenirs which promote the new River-dale Municipality.

It was noted that at the November meeting when the Home Show was fi rst discussed, that members were told it would be in March. Now that dates are known as April 10-12, members were reminded that the fi rst-ever Rivers Wellness Day will be held during that weekend. Featuring Dick O’Brien from Ontario as the primary speaker for both morning and afternoon sessions, the free event also includes a free lunch. It was implied that some members who may have been available to work the Home Show will now have a confl ict because of their previous commitment to Rivers Wellness Day, held at Rivers Collegiate.

Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association an-nounced its eighth annual ice fi shing derby will be held March 14. Members agreed to renew their past support of this event by suppling fi ve $20 gift certifi cates for timeed fi sh reporting and three $50 certifi cates if any of the tagged fi sh are caught within 12 months after the derby. Dave Falkevitch reminded the organization that on derby day the tagged fi sh is worth $10,000 and that in 2014, that fi sh was caught three days after the derby.

Chamber members also agreed to renew their spon-sorship with Rivers Ag Society and supply $200 for $100 prize money in both cattle and horse classes. In return for this donation, the society will print a half-page chamber ad in their fair book.

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85 years ago, 1930 G. A. Moule sold his bakery business in Rivers to Jack Dyer and Reg Turner.

65 years ago, Feb. 9, 1950 The grand opening of Rivers Rink was held Feb 3. Margaret Ford was crowned queen; her princesses were Dorothy Lester, Gail Maxted and Shirley King. Last month was the coldest January in at least 61 years (since record keeping began) with the mean temperature of -17.6F; the coldest mean was -15.1F in 1929 and 1937. The coldest day was Jan. 26 at -43F, the high was 4F on Jan. 21. January was also close to a record with 135.5 hours of sunshine. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Heg-gtviet had a girl Jan. 30.

55 years ago, Feb. 4, 1960 Rev. C. Greene left Rivers on Jan. 30 to accept a position in Neepawa, which was vacated by Rev. Denis Roberts, formerly of Rivers. Greene came to St. James’ Anglican Church in November 1955; a succes-sor has yet to be named. Rolling River School Div-ision awarded the Rivers high school building pro-ject to contractor Smith, Carter and Searle; location for the school and its size will be presented at a public meeting in the next two months. Alfred Morphey has reported his 1950 Ford being stolen from outside his home at 664 Fourth Avenue in Rivers on Monday evening; that same night thieves stole

Competition in Elkhorn on Sunday; Lisa Rooney, Tanya Veitch and Stacy Lamb each won bronze medals and Corrie Veitch won a gold medal.

15 years ago, Feb. 5, 2000 Rivers Handi-van held a variety concert on Jan. 28 which raised $1,025; approximately 170 people attended. Bruce Nehring is the new min-ister at Zion Pentecostal Church in Rivers; he suc-ceeds Rick Hildebrand who left last year.

5 years ago, Feb. 5, 2010 Abe Wiebe of Rivers was one of four provincial winners to receive the Vol-unteer Service Award from Manitoba Wildlife Fed-eration; he was presented the award at the annual convention in Russell on Jan. 16 and 17. For more than three years Rivers Baptist Church has been without a full-time pastor; James Simpson resigned in December 2006 to lead a church in Outlook, Sask. The last 30 months have been served by interim pastor, Wil Warkentin from Brandon, but on Jan. 31 a new minister was hired: Rick Taillefer. Robin Hunter, formerly of Kenton, is schooling at Concordia University in Montreal; her rugby team won fourth in the national women’s rugby champion-ship.

a 12-volt battery from Andrew Thomson’s 1957 Pontiac, which was parked in front of the arena. Miss Webb married Mr. McCal-lum on Friday. LAC and Mrs. Tony Bradbury had a girl Jan. 31; Sgt. and Mrs. Lawrence Skipper had a boy Jan. 31.

45 years ago, Feb. 5, 1970 A faulty electric cord is being blamed for an early morning fi re at the Harold Stanley home on Jan. 30. Smoke from the smolder-ing papers woke him, but he was able to move the paper outside; he received oxygen at Rivers Hospi-tal and was released that evening; damage is smoke fi lm. John Morrow retired last week after working 42 years with CN, all of them spent in Rivers; he moved here in 1918 as a boy and began working in 1927. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mason had a girl Jan. 25 It was learned at the Jan. 27 annu-al meeting that Tarbolton Church will now become part of the Parkland region, rather than Kenton charge. Lorrie Wark married Doug McKenzie on Dec. 20.

35 years ago, Feb. 6, 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Murray Kirkpatrick had a girl Jan. 29; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Keeler had a boy Jan. 26.

25 years ago, Feb. 7, 1990 Some local girls participated at the North Westman Figure Skating

Collegiate students in band concert

By Jessie BellSix students from Rivers

Collegiate Institute (RCI) are practising to perform in the Westman Honour Band concert on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. in Brandon’s Westman Centennial Audi-torium. Liam Kristjanson, Anneke Schwennesen, Laura Pepper, Milah Mik-kelsen, Rachel Veitch and Ali Radcliffe will have the opportunity to rehearse with two very talented conductors, Connie Turner and Darrin Oehlerking, and other great musicians in full band rehearsals and instrumental sections. The collegiate band director this year is Angela Roberts.

On the fi nal day of 2014, RCI students participated in a fun activity of boot hockey, skating, ice hock-ey and milk jug curling, all organized by Mr. Mu-laire, Mrs. Price and Ms. Radcliffe. Principal Mike Klassen in his report in the school newsletter, The Rambler, congratulated the Mulaire family for drinking 72 litres of milk over a two-week period, to provide enough milk jugs for the curling event.

Grades 11 and 12 shop classes have prepared the school wetlands project, with help from town em-ployees Jeff Worth and Randy King. Morningstar Metals has donated a fi re pit to the wetlands pro-gram. Also on the fi nal day of 2014, female staff Mrs. Maxwell, Sokoloski, McFadden, Roberts and

Kent, with the Foods and Nutrition program, held a turkey dinner after the wetlands event. Com-munity supporters for the dinner were Ted Mayor, Rivers Bigway Foods and The Honey House Bakery and Cafe.

There are now more than 40 students in the hockey academy. They have been practising in the fi tness room, following a new online library with all the drills Hockey Canada uses with their teams. They planned to meet Barry Trotz of Washington Cap-itals via Skype, and watch Brandon Wheat Kings practise. Hockey instructor Bruce Helgason expressed thanks in The Rambler to those who donated equip-ment to help outfit the students.

The Grade 8 soccer team brought back a champion-ship banner after a solid victory in the Rolling River School Division Athletic Association tournament. The Grade 7 boys team also had a solid showing, but didn’t qualify for playoffs. The girls Grade 7 junior high volleyball teams were awarded the A consolation banner. Eight high school students volunteered their time as coaches; they showed great patience and leadership. The Grade 7 and 8 boys volleyball teams recently participated in a Rolling River tourna-ment in Minnedosa; the Grade 8 team won the AA

championship banner.An impressive number

of students are using the fi tness room after school and during spare periods. Healthy Program Now pro-vided a generous grant for equipment purchases, such as a new treadmill, upright bicycle, elliptical machine, spin bike and weight lifting supplies.

Several students and staff have been given per-sonal reminders to stop wearing too much scent, such as strong perfume, cologne or body sprays, in respect for those who are allergic and sensitive to their use.

The Rambler lists 13 ways parents can imple-ment guidelines for their children’s digital use, such as “Don’t diminish the im-portance of the Internet or other advanced technology as this is the world they are growing up in.”

The auditorium fl oor, unused since summer due to construction problems, has progressed to the fi nal fi nishing of a sealant over the fl oor markings.

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We have a definite prob-lem in Manitoba.

It pervades our whole society but it’s most noticeable and identifiable in our current provincial government.

Currently, the NDP party is undergoing a leadership race. Premier Selinger is defending his title, Theresa Oswald and Steve Ashton are challenging. Our problem is not that Sel-inger, Oswald and Ashton aren’t fairly nice and competent people. That’s not the problem. I know all three fairly well and the problem isn’t that they aren’t nice enough people, the problem is they are socialists. Myself, and many others, have been highly criti-cized for calling NDP politicians socialists. For some strange reason, it’s considered an insult but it isn’t. It’s a fact. Socialism, wherever you find it in its many forms, pervades Manitoba. It’s in every aspect of our lives. It certainly has a choke hold on education and health care.

Take education for example. It’s filled with many fine teachers and administrators. But the over riding message in our schools is “get an education and a good job”. Preferably a government, public service union job. You almost never hear the message to get an education and start a business, make some money, pay some taxes and create more jobs. Going into business is something, in the minds of many educators, you do if you can’t get a government job or at least a good union job with a company.

Health care is polluted with socialism as well. Highly union-ized and crippled by a lack of innovation and thought, health care in Manitoba is renowned for looking after the people who are very sick. If you have cancer, you usually get really good care. if you are dying, the care is often above reproach. However when it comes to innovation and finding new ways to finance health care, we fall pretty flat.

Take financing for example. It used to be that churches built hospitals, Ste. Rose, Misericordia, Concordia, Ste. Boniface and many more. Now, if a hospital or care home is to be built, it has to be financed by the province and local government. It has to be built by unionized workers. It has to be staffed by union-ized workers. It has to be paid for from the cornerstone to the paper towels by the government.

Health care facility construc-tion is a huge draw on public coffers. Why not let churches, service groups or private organ-izations and communities build health care facilities? It should be noted that cost over runs are rampant when government does anything. Case in point, the Country Meadows Care Home in Neepawa was supposed to cost $16 million for 120 beds. It cost nearly $30 million for 100 beds.

Looking after the needy in our society, the down-trodden, the less fortunate is a process that is bogged down in bureaucracy. Let’s say a person living in Minne-dosa or Neepawa is down and out and needs social assistance. They have to apply through a person in Brandon. If they don’t have a cent to their name, how are they supposed to get to Brandon. Sup-pose that person needs govern-ment housing. A person living in Neepawa has to apply in Portage for housing. How stupid is that? Welfare in Brandon, housing in Portage. Absolute stupidity.

Why isn’t there someone in Neepawa or Rivers or wherever that can handle both welfare and

housing? And if there are other needs such as counselling or mental health issues, then what happens? Oh, that’s another department. If the person is in really tough shape, the RCMP takes them to a larger centre and while they get good care while in the institution, what happens when they get out?

You may have heard the word proctor. It’s a quaint word for a community care-giver. We need to have our very fragmented process collected together so that proctors or community care giv-ers could look after a number of needs and issues for a set group of clients.

Manitoba needs an overhaul in so many ways. The only hope we have is that we do have great people and great resources but we do need a system overhaul.

Education needs a huge shift from the bland, grey, dull mask of socialism that pervades the system. Health care need to be encouraged to have far more innovation. Care of the needy has to be localized and locally centralized. Care workers need to be assigned to a few families and have far greater responsibility and authority to deal with wider range of family or an individual’s issues.

Fragmentation and a lack of communication are the fertile seedbeds of socialism. Socialists don’t want anyone to be empow-ered to handle their own affairs. Quite frankly, it’s time to end socialism in Manitoba.

Last weekend, a group of staff and families from the Neepawa Banner attended the Neepawa Kin Club’s annual Trivia Night. We’ve been doing this

for the last three of four years and as always, we had a great time and learned a few things.

T h e questions o f f e r e d something for every-one– a mix of history and pop c u l t u r e , s p o r t s , entertain-ment, nat-ural history and geography. Having a diverse group, in both ages and interests, gave us an edge and for the first time, our team came out the winners. But even with our diverse group, there were some questions that really got us thinking and some that completely stumped us.

As a fan of trivia, I thought I’d share some of the more interesting questions that came up on Saturday night.

• What house is the queen of England not allowed to enter? The answer is the House of Commons. Despite being the British head of state, no monarch has entered the House of Commons since Charles I entered in 1642 and tried to arrest five Members of Parliament for trea-son. While the queen does open each new session of Parliament, which includes both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the ceremony always takes place in the House of Lords. The 250 representatives of the House of Commons are summoned to the House of Lords by the Queen’s Messenger, Black Rod.

• Which popular fruit doesn’t actually grow on a tree, but on an herb? If you guessed strawberry, you were wrong. If instead you guessed banana, you were right! While called a banana tree, the banana plant is technically a herb, because its stem contains no true woody tissue.

• Approximately how many acres is a baseball field, including the outfield? Despite doing some math on the back of our answer sheet, we still came up with the wrong answer. It’s about three acres.

What was the original name of the American presi-dential retreat, Camp David? The retreat, located near Thurmont, Maryland, was initially called Shangri La. President Dwight Eisenhower changed the name of the retreat to Camp David in honour of his grandson, David Eisenhower. While used by presidents since 1942, Eisenhower hosted the first cabinet meeting ever to take place there and also hosted British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev at Camp David.

We also failed to know Nicki Minaj’s real name, which is Onika Tanya Maraj

Our knowledge of groups of birds proved to be es-pecially weak. For example: we didn’t know that it was a bouquet of pheasants, a charm of hummingbirds, a congress of ravens or a parliament of owls. We did know that it was a murder of crows.

As always, it was nice to see friends and families come together in a way that celebrates differences. We tend to stick within our own groups of friends. People who are about our age with similar jobs, goals, interests and life experiences. Events such as this one reinforce the value of diversity. Neither young, nor old, male, nor female had all of the answers, we would do well to remember this as we build our communities, businesses and organizations.

For those who knew the answers, we invite you to join our team next year– we’re hoping to make it two in a row.

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look. I am not a fine china and company silver girl, so will it be pewter and clay? It will be perfect, for me.

“You anoint my head with oil, my cup over-flows.” Just the very best. More than enough.

This psalm is frequently spoken at funerals, at the graveside or at the gather-ing. It has deep meaning for me. As my beloved and I waited for the pas-sage through the valley of the shadow of death, he asked that we speak it in the plural. It had long been our middle of the night comfort, and then, with the word “our” rather than “my”, the psalm became a

song of praise, adoration and petition. So meaning-ful has this version become that we used it as our graveside prayer.

Much of the value of a celebration of life is the opportunity for family and friends to join their voices with ours. We sing together, we pray together, we gather strength from the beauty of unified voices. Old hymns sweep over us, healing wounds and refreshing the spirit. I have found than when the 23 psalm is being read, individuals gathered are mouthing them along with me as I read. More than once I have encouraged

action (acknowledgement of wrong-doing, presenting a sin offering and making appropriate changes in life style). If the people listen, the prophet assures them of God’s forgiveness. If they don’t, he repeats what was written earlier and sends out another call to repent, receive forgiveness and reform.

The last chapter in these books is always the best. The prophet looks ahead to a day when God’s son, Jesus the Christ will establish a kingdom that will never end, governed by a king that will never die. In this kingdom, there will be no sin. There will be no sick-ness, disease or death. No one will hunger or thirst. There will be no poverty, racism, prejudice, violence or war. The whole world will be at peace and live

in peace.I am amazed at how

much our lives follow the same pattern. We start life as innocent human beings. What we become is the product of the environ-ment in which we were raised and the choices we make. We have no control over the environment in which we are raised. It was chosen for us by our par-ents. We do, however, have control over the choices we make.

Like ancient Israel, we make some bad choices; and when we do, God comes to us, asks us to acknowledge our wrong-doing, seek his forgiveness and let him show us how to keep from making the same bad choices in the future. When we listen to him, God assures us that we have done well. When we

In one week, I will have completed a major seg-ment of a project I have

been working on for almost 20 years. The project was launched in October 1995. My goal was to spend 45 to 60 minutes each day in reading, reflection and recording observations on every verse in the Bible.

In seven days, I will have completed my reflections on the Old Testament. In another five to six years, the entire project will be completed.

I have spent most of the past four years studying the writings of the Old Testament’s 12 minor prophets (Hosea through Malachi). These books are shorter than the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezek-iel. But they have much to teach us and are books we must never overlook.

These books follow a similar format. Each one begins by reminding the people to whom it is ad-dressed (usually OT Israel) of their origins. Then the prophet identifies an issue or problem he sees in their lives. He calls for corrective

Every once in a while I feel preachy coming on! Fair warning, opt

out now if you want.Psalm 23, The Shep-

herd’s Psalm, is one that many of my generation memorized. The words are comforting and all encompassing. It opens with the assurance of God’s provision and the peace that can ensue. The psalmist acknowledges that we will walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Through, I like that. We don’t end the journey there, it is simply a rite to passage. Most of us do have enemies. Within and without and again here the words are reassuring, “You prepare a table before in the presence of my ene-mies.” Catch that image. The God of all Creation knows my heart, my fears and my hopes, and is pre-paring a table for me. Can’t even imagine how that will

don’t, he repeats his call to repent, receive forgiveness and reform.

That’s how it will be for the duration of our time on earth. But that’s not how our lives will end. There is another chapter, the last chapter, and it is always the best.

We don’t always get to die with dignity. Some of the kindest, most loving and deeply spiritual people I ever met spent their last few months in excruciat-ing pain, battling for every breath until finally death came.

But at the moment of death, they were ushered into the presence of God and began life in his house of many rooms. They now enjoy a life of peace and contentment—a reward for a life well lived, a love well shared and a faith that did not waiver despite the trials life imposed on them.

That’s how it will be for all people of faith. The last chapter of life is a chapter that will never end—be-cause our life with God will never end. And the last chapter is always the best.

those who wish, to join in speaking the words. So some of us are still using King James terminology, some are using the modern versions, not so comfort-able with the “thee”s and “thou”s. It doesn’t matter. The sound of voices, confi-dent or uncertain, speaking in unison is powerful. As a presider, it becomes a “thin place”. A place where the Divine is so close that you are as one.

An older gentleman spoke to me after a service where we had shared the psalm. He said the part he liked best, the part that applied to him was, “My cup runneth over”. How wonderful to be able to articulate God’s goodness. How wonderful to be very senior and to still be able to attest to having a cup filled to overflowing.

The worst month of winter is finished. Now we can start looking forward to spring. Have you checked the seed catalogs yet? There is still snow on the

ground and the weather has not really warmed up yet, but we have longer daylight now.

The time keeps ticking and the seasons keep changing. There is no way that we can alter or change anything,

because God made it just the way He wanted it. After He finished creating “the signs to mark seasons and days and years...God saw that it was good” Genesis 1:14-18. Maybe we get a bit more snow in Manitoba than in B.C., but in B.C., we would be blessed with more rain and spring might start a bit sooner there than here.

They have tried to alter some of the seasons in one part of the earth, but it only brought tragedy somewhere else. God is in control of the universe.

We need to trust the Lord and the truth of His Word, the Bible.

Would you feel comfortable putting your retirement savings in the hands of a government that can’t even balance its own books? That is exactly what NDP leadership candidate Theresa Oswald is proposing. Her plan will force you (no option of not participat-ing) to “invest” almost two cents of every dollar you make. With whom? An arms-length investment board that will take care of it for you. It seems the NDP’s collective memory is too short to recall the Crocus Fund, which went broke and many average Manitobans lost their retirement savings.

The proposal, under the NDP leadership, will institute a mandatory provincial pension plan, for people who don’t have company pension plans. This will work out to about $140 per month, or $1,640 per year that your family won’t be taking home. This, while families are struggling with the recent PST in-crease taking more money out of their pockets. These numbers are only the employee’s contribution. Let’s not forget about the businesses, being mandated to contribute the same.

There are more questions than answers. • What happens to your mandated savings if you leave Manitoba? Will it be lost? • How many more private sector jobs will this cost us? (The recent 1 per cent increase in PST cost our economy 10,000-15,000 jobs.) • If companies choose to move their pension plans to the mandatory system, will contributing employees see reduced benefits?

There are too many dangers in Theresa’s plan and the risks are completely yours. Manitobans already have one of the lowest levels of after-tax income in Canada. Can we afford to lose more of our pay cheque? I don’t think so. Darryl Gerrard Candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Agassiz nomination

To the dishonest creep who entered a private parking lot where mostly seniors live and stole part of a heater cord plug in: I hope you found a good place to put it!

Note to self: Don’t trust everyone I meet. This is a sad world when you can’t even have your property left alone.Pauline ZygadloNeepawa, Man.

This is a sad day

During the Manitoba NDP leadership campaign, it appears some candidates and their supporters have had a late-in-the-day change of heart on poverty issues. The organization Make Poverty History has been calling for an increase in the Manitoba Employ-ment and Income Assistance housing allowance for several years, and more than two years ago the PC Party of Manitoba joined them in this call. Finally, after opposing the PC Party on this for more than a year and voting against it, the NDP agreed to phase in a change over four years. All that has done is create inequity for those who receive assistance.

Meanwhile, the Report Card on Poverty shows Manitoba has the highest child poverty rate in Canada at 29 per cent. In fact, since the launch of the Manitoba government’s highly promoted All Aboard strategy in 2009, the province’s child poverty numbers have risen by 1.4 per cent while the rest of Canada has seen a 3.1 per cent drop. Clearly, the NDP’s approach is not working.

The number of Manitoba children in the care of child and family services is approaching 11,000. We now have seven children in four years who were killed while in the care of CFS. As well, nearly 40 per cent of parents with kids in CFS were wards of CFS themselves.

After 16 years in government, if the NDP were really committed to dealing with poverty and protec-tion issues, they would have more positive results -- not just more last-minute rhetoric. Ian WishartManitoba Opposition Family Services critic

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LUD of Rapid City, Jan. 7: Orest Woloski was appointed chairman, Bon-nie Wright was appointed secretary. Monthly indem-nity will be $150, which includes one meeting per month; special meetings will be $18 per hour; mile-age will be reimbursed at the provincial rate. Rapid City Cemetery rates were discussed and tabled for further discussion. The fi nancial plan will be dis-cussed at the next meeting, held at the call of the chair.

LUD of Oak River, Jan. 13: Walt Froese was wel-comed to the meeting as the Oakview councillor. One new Christmas decoration was well received, hope-fully money can be put in the fi nancial plan to make more. Oak River car wash is running. Councillor’s indemnity will be $400 per year and $15 per hour while carrying out dut-ies other than attending meetings, which are to be held the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. The current dog bylaw for

Blanshard was reviewed, as was a draft bylaw used by Altona. A new bylaw to be drafted for the villages in Oakview was discussed. A copy of Rapid City’s dog bylaw will be obtained. The next meeting is Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

RM of Oakview, Jan. 27: Another building in-spector will be hired for Midwest Planning District (MWPD); Brent Fortune and Kaye Wolstenholme were appointed as our directors to MWPD. The road committee reported a cave-in around a culvert on Centreview Road (Ward 2); it has been marked and will be repaired. Council-lor Walt Froese reported on the LUD of Oak River meeting he attended on Jan. 13; passing an animal control bylaw for Oakview was discussed. Councillor Neil Wilson reported on a water break that occurred

in Rapid City and costs incurred for same. Ken Bayes was appointed to Rapid City Community Legion Gardens. The fol-lowing representatives were appointed to Lit-tle Saskatchewan River Conservation District: Wolstenholme and John Thompson, subdistrict 72A, Upper Oak River; Gordon Paddock and Gary Stewart, subdistrict 72B, Lower Oak River; Gail Bridgeman and Ewan Common, subdistrict 82B, Lower Little Saskatch-ewan River; Larry Cardy and Jay Woloski, subdis-trict 81B, Lower Central Little Saskatchewan River. The following gravel pits were registered for 2015 and fees paid: Krahn and McIntyre pits, Ward 3; NE 25-14-19, NE 13-13-20, SE 34-13-19 and NW 13-13-20, Ward 2. A local improvement plan

has been drafted which involves funding to repay Manitoba Water Services Board (MWSB) for defi cits incurred at Oak River treat-ment plant for improve-ments that were charged to MWSB; therefore, a public hearing will be held at the Oakview offi ce on Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. to present the plan for upgrades and MWSB operating defi cits. Following a concern with soil borne diseases from snow-plow ridging, em-ployees were authorized to ridge on private property only after written consent is received from the land owner and a waiver signed. Manitoba Association of Fire Chiefs membership for Jim Kuculym and Mor-ley Cornish were paid. A phone line and Internet line will be installed at Rapid City fi re hall. A policy is to be drafted for rates for services/snow removal at

schools. Grant in aid was applied for calcium chlor-ide application on gravel roads in Rapid City. A special service levy will be drafted for garbage pick-up in Oak River, Cardale and Rapid City. Council agreed to donate four two-night Rapid City Camping Passes to the 10th annual Rapid City fi shing derby on Feb. 7 and to Rapid City and District Library’s 16th annual pie social rainbow auction on Feb. 8 (two passes for each event). Reeve Brent Fortune and CAO Diane Kuculym were authorized to attend a reeves and mayors meet-ing in Winnipeg on March 16. Wage recommenda-tions from the personnel committee for casual/relief employees Morley Cornish and Ron Campbell and contract workers were accepted. Concern re-garding property standards

in Ward 2 was brought to the attention of council and will be discussed with our property standards inspector. Rolling River School Division will have a presentation of its budget on Feb. 25.

Finances: Morley Cor-nish will be paid $600 for being fi re chief at Rapid City. Charges for a tax cer-tifi cate will be $15. Rapid City Agricultural Society was granted $1,000. Car-dale Community Rink Association was given $50 for mixed bonspiel prizes on Feb. 5-8. Town of Rapid City’s general account of $39,645.38 and utility account of $12,032.56 were passed for payment. RM of Saskatchewan’s account of $35,649.33 was passed for payment. RM of Blanshard’s ac-count of $229,015.48 was passed for payment. RM of Oakview’s account of $25,016.93 and unpaid invoices of $4,907.40 were passed for payment. The next meeting is Feb. 10 at 9 a.m. in Oak River.

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APRIL 12, 1919 - JANUARY 27, 2015Gently and with dignity on January 27, 2015, our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, sister and aunt passed away peacefully in her room at East Gate Lodge Personal Care Home in Beausejour where she had been a resident since 2006. She leaves us to rejoin her beloved Bob.Predeceased by her husband Robert “Bob” (1998) she will be deeply missed by her chil-dren Brian (Brenda, daughters Holly Adams and Eilean Matwiy), Susan (Normande Bilodeau, daughters Diane Koenig and Denise Hipple, son Mark) and Douglas (Ilka, son Doug-las, Jr.) and by her sister Marilyn Tkach (Peter). She also leaves her great-grandchildren Cate and Jennie Adams, Joshua Koenig, Lauren, Sara, Jerod and Aaron Hipple, Lena and Alister McKenzie.Born in Winnipeg, Bernie spent her early years in Dunrea and Brandon before moving with her parents and sister to Rivers in 1937. Her fi rst job was as a bookkeeper in the McKenzie Depart-ment Store where she met Bob. They were married May 11, 1939. It was a family joke that they no sooner married than World War II broke out. With Bob in service in Ontario and Alberta, Bernie continued her work at the store while raising Brian and Susan.Following the end of the war, a second son added to the family, which was to be Bernie’s focus for the rest of her life as she wel-comed daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Both Bernie (Roman Catholic) and Bob (United) were active participants in their community and churches. They ran the family department store for 40 years before retiring to travel and spend more time at their beloved cottage in Clear Lake. Bernie will be remembered for her community involvement, love of reading, gardening, bridge and cribbage. Financially unable to go to university she was proud of the accomplishments of her family as each graduated and went on to successful careers in their chosen fi elds.A funeral liturgy will be held at St. Mary Church, 516 Atlantic Street, Beausejour on February 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. A memorial service/ interment will be held at a later date in Rivers; details will be announced.Charitable donations may be made in Bernie’s memory to St. Mary Church building fund, Beausejour, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba or East Gate Lodge Personal Care Home, Beausejour, R0E 0C0. The family is forever grateful for the loving care she re-ceived from the staff of Rose Unit during her nine years with them.Sobering Funeral Chapel and Crematorium is in charge of the ar-rangements, 204-268-3510, 1-877-776-2220 (toll free in Manitoba only) or www.soberingfuneralchapel.com.

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Rivers, since that corporation has united with RM of Daly, through amalgamation effective Jan. 1. The new title is Riverdale Municipality. Daly staff moved over to the town offi ce, resulting in a shuffl ing of of-fi ce space to accommodate fi ve members: two from Daly and three from the town.

The building interior has had a fresh coat of paint; taupe (brown) walls in the council chamber and grey in the offi ce area. The former recreation director’s offi ce near the stairway leading to the basement, is temporarily being used for storage. (That department is now adminis-tered from Riverdale Community Centre.)

The former coffee room will be used as an offi ce. The next offi ce south was once CAO Kat Bridgeman’s; it is now occupied by assistant administrative of-fi cer Lorne Green. Kat (still CAO) is now in a larger space near the southwest end of the building. This offi ce was once the headquarters of Rivers Police. The room has a glass door for access to a cement sidewalk, and a view of mature fi r trees, planted as seedlings by former police chief Walter Chernos.

In open offi ce space are accounts repre-sentative Sharon Lamb and administrative representative Boonie Noort.

The coffee and bottled water bar has been moved to the north end of the council chamber. The police department remains in the southeast part of the building (for-mer library space). There are presently no plans for the now vacant RM offi ce building; however, the basement area is still in use by Riverdale Harvest.

Evan Smith, reeve for Daly for more than 12 years, retired at year end; Todd Gill retains his position as mayor of the new Riverdale Municipality.

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Rapid City 4-H Beef Club held its reorgan-ization meeting Nov. 20 at Trent and Lesley Hedley’s house, with 10 members present: Wyatt and Sierra Inglis, James and Gavin Reid, Carter and Brooklyn Hedley, Thijs and Anja VanDeLangemheen, Ste-phen Hinsburg and Drew Horner. A new executive was voted in. Wyatt is the president, Thijs is vice-president, Drew is our secretary and our treasurer is James. Requirements for achievement were re-viewed and will be adhered to this year. A discussion was held on allowing a younger member into the club and creating a peewee class for him; we agreed and and are looking into fi nding a few more little

ones for him to show with. Weigh day was set for Dec. 7 at Horner’s; our Christmas party will be at Huggy’s bowling lanes on Dec. 18.

Once all steers and heif-ers were weighed and re-corded on Dec. 7, members went into Horner’s house for hot dogs and snacks.

All members and their families enjoyed bowling and pizza on four lanes. We even got to try glow bowling! Everyone had a great time and it was lots of fun!

The fi rst meeting of 2015 was on Jan. 13. Our club received a very generous cheque from FCC. Calf scramble forms were pre-sented to members aged 14-16 and all those inter-ested need to get them in to

the Provincial Ex as soon as possible. Member fees are due at our next meeting, and budget sheets were to be handed in. Speeches will be given at our February meeting with the following times: clover bud (ages six to eight), one to two min-utes; junior (ages nine to 11), two to three minutes; intermediate (ages 12-14), three to fi ve minutes, senior (ages 15-17), fi ve to seven minutes, adult member (18-25), seven to nine min-utes. There was discussion on having a speaker for our March meeting; members are to give ideas at our next meeting, Feb. 10 in the basement of Rapid City Library.

With January behind us, we are now well into the short month of February. Can spring be just around the corner? For Mani-tobans, this is a sign of our strength, hope and faith.

Sunday School will be held this Sunday, Feb. 8. Leaders Shelley Foster and Becky Stewart are sure to have a meaningful and fun-fi lled lesson planned, with attention paid to every detail! All children are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The church’s annual meeting is scheduled for Feb.15 after worship. This is your opportunity to

become informed and in-volved in church decisions. Annual reports are avail-able in the foyer, so please pick one up and read it prior to the meeting. As well, we will be sharing potluck fi nger food that day.

On Feb. 22 Rivers United Church Olympic Games will take place following worship. Oh what fun this will be! Members are encouraged to wear their favourite team jersey. Maybe a brave soul will even don his be-loved Toronto Maple Leafs sweater? Talk about faith! For a small fee, everyone is welcome to join us for a

hearty lunch, followed by crokinole, cribbage and a variety of board games.

There are many health benefi ts associated with singing in a group. New members are always very welcome to join the choir in practice on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

After a brief break over the holidays the Joint Needs Assessment Committee (JNAC) has regrouped for regular monthly meetings.

Worship services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Glenna Beauchamp officiating. Please join us!