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Youngsters getting direction at the RMNP Film Festival’s digital media camp. The third annual festival will be taking place this year, July 15-19 in Wasagaming.

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The term ‘media’ has evolved over the years to where the necessary tools to produce video are at the fingertips of each and every one of us.

Steve Langston, an alumni of the Assiniboine Com-munity College Interactive Media Arts program, is well aware of the advances in the media world and is in the midst of preparing for the third annual film festival at Riding Mountain National Park. Langston is the direc-tor of the Film Festival, which is slated for July 15-19 in Wasagaming, and his screening – a co-production with Chris Mitchell entitled, “Innovation Alley” – is just one of the films that will be showcased during the event.

“A lot of people don’t even know what a film festival is; I didn’t even know what a film festival was until I re-ally got into the industry,” Langston said. “I feel like after our second year and now moving into our third year, a lot of people know what it’s all about.”

He says after travelling out west to several film festi-vals over the years, he got the idea of starting a festival right here in Westman.

“I’m also a filmmaker so I’m always looking for more places where our movies can be presented,” he said.

The films screened at the event this year will take place at the Visitor’s Centre Theatre and will include documen-taries about the environment, agriculture and the local food industry. There is also a dinner and a movie planned for the Saturday as well.

The festival will also see the return of the digital me-dia camp, which runs July 16-17 for youths aged 11-17. Those who take part in the camp will be able to get their hands on state-of-the-art production gear – all the while, learning about the filmmaking process, such as pre-pro-duction, lighting, audio and editing.

“I’m always looking for things that can make the world a better place and to me, teaching kids about how to make movies is a really good tool for that,” Langston said. “I feel like there’s a lot of sports camps out there but not a lot of digital media camps.

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Radio history in Wheat City showcased in book

Ever wonder about the history of radio in Brandon?Garry Moir, a broadcaster for more than 40 years, work-

ing at CBC radio and several other private radio and televi-sion stations in the province, recently had a book published entitled, “On The Air: The Golden Years of Manitoba Ra-dio.”

The book goes in-depth into the beginnings of radio in the province – this includes several stories of early radio in Manitoba. Moir spoke to the Journal recently, where he touched on an excerpt in his book that focused on the his-tory of radio in the Wheat City.

Radio first arrived in Brandon on Dec. 11, 1928. The station was called CKX and it was owned by the provin-cial government via the Manitoba Telephone System. Moir says CKX along with a sister station CKY in Winnipeg were the first publicly-owned radio stations in Canada.

“Prior to 1928, CKY was the only radio station in the province,” Moir said. “Residents of western Manitoba had long lobbied to have a radio station set up to serve the area.”

He says efforts by the Richardson family to set up a pri-vate station were blocked by the Manitoba government. However, finally in 1928, MTS said it would set up a sta-tion in Brandon but the city would have to pay to have its own radio station. Moir says city politicians didn’t like that very much.

“Eventually they worked out a compromise,” Moir not-ed. “A tower was set up at city hall and the city paid for light and power.”

He says when CKX first went on the air many area resi-dents didn’t have receivers (radios) but people could go to a local church to listen. However, part of the broadcast was censored because of a couple of songs (which were played live) were considered ‘not fit for church’. Among the songs were, “She Didn’t Say Yes… She Didn’t Say No’.

Initially, CKX was only on the air for a few hours a day, however the station ended up becoming a very important part of the western Manitoba region, Moir says.

“Farmers were making decisions on when to sell their crops and livestock based on what was heard on the radio,” he said.

Moir adds that in 1948, the Manitoba Telephone System was required to sell CKX radio and it wound up getting purchased by a local group led by businessman John Craig.

“The Craig family went on to establish a large broadcast-ing company which included the establishment of CKX television in Brandon. Craig broadcasting also established FM radio in Brandon.”

Moir told the Journal another interesting tidbit of the book which focuses on the radio station CJRB in Boissev-ain making history in 1972 for becoming the first station in the province – Moir believes likely the world – to do play-by-play of a women’s hockey game.

He says radio doesn’t have the influence today as it once did, however it’s still an important medium in society, es-pecially Westman.

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“For an area like Westman, it’s even more crucial be-cause there is no local television,” he said. “It provides farm information, news and sports coverage, it promotes local talent and events. Local radio is still crucial in times of crisis like blizzards or other severe weather. Yes, the in-ternet and social networking is more interactive, but radio, in my view, is still the most intimate of all mediums. For many people, radio can be a friend and companion.”

Moir was born and raised in Snowflake and is a longtime resident of Winnipeg. The book, “On The Air: The Golden Years of Manitoba Radio” is the first he has written and has had published. He has served as a correspondent for Ma-clean’s magazine, a contributor to Time, and broadcasting instructor at Red River College.

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Add the fact that for-eign countries, most no-tably the U.S., will be re-cruiting Canadian doctors and nurses to fill their own shortages, and the potential for a shortage of Canadian health care pro-fessionals at a time of dire need is significant.

Hospitals and treat-ment centres cost huge amounts to construct and millions to staff and run annually. With govern-ments already running

For years, we have been warned about the chal-lenges we would face as Canada’s population ages and baby boomers enter their retirement years. Suddenly, the warnings are getting very specific and very troubling.

In a report released last week, the Canadian Cancer Society predicted that the annual number of new cancer diagnoses in Canada will increase by 40 per cent by 2030. As a Canadian Press re-port explained, “Most cancers are diagnosed in people who are be-tween the ages of 50 and 79 and the massive baby boom generation is now squarely there. As well, the projected growth of Canada’s population will contribute to the increase in numbers of cancer cas-es.”

“The population is ag-ing and it’s growing and overall this is going to add to the sheer volume of cancer patients being diagnosed in Canada”, said Robert Nuttall, the society’s assistant direc-tor for cancer policy. “But that overall risk, that proportion of Canadians who are diagnosed, isn’t going to change over this period, “ he added.

A 40 per cent growth in the number of cancer patients over the next 15 years will pose signifi-

cant problems for health care systems throughout the country, and for the governments that must pay for them. Health care is already the fastest-growing segment of pro-vincial budgets, but no government is prepared for such a massive in-crease in cancer patients requiring costly care.

While that sounds bad, the reality is actu-ally worse. Just as the spike in cancer cases will be caused by our aging population, we will likely experience a similar in-crease in every other age-related illness. There will be more patients requir-ing cardiac care, mental health services, and or-thopedic treatments such as knee and hip replace-ments.

Will we have enough health care professionals to care for patients when the wave really hits? Will there be enough treatment facilities and hospital beds? Will governments have enough money to pay for it all? Those are extremely serious ques-tions, but there are few persuasive answers at this point.

As our population ages, so too will the many doc-tors, nurses and other pro-fessionals who currently care for us. For years, we have recruited foreign-trained doctors to reduce

deficits and piling on debt, hard choices will have to be made. They can either run even larger deficits, cut back in other areas or raise taxes.

The likelihood is that they will do all three. The problem is that there will be fewer taxpay-ers to pay the bills. Once again, thanks to our aging population and a too-low national birth rate over the past several decades, there won’t be enough Canadians to fill all the vacancies created by all the seniors’ retirements. Fewer workers means

fewer taxpayers, which means lower tax revenue to fund health care.

One solution to the looming problem is in-creased immigration of healthy workers in their 20s, 30s and 40s. While that would result in a mas-sive change in Canada’s cultural makeup, its suc-cess is far from certain. Canada competes with many other developed countries for skilled im-migrants and that compe-tition will become more intense over the next de-cade. Aging nations such as Canada may find it

difficult to compete with younger, more energetic economies.

None of this is good news, and there is no sil-ver lining to fall back on. A big problem is coming and the consequences will be painful if our elected officials don’t start plan-ning for it now because it will take years to get the facilities and people in place for when the wave really hits.

Consider it a matter of life and death because, for many of us, it will be.

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OPINIONOPINION5 reasons government debts aren’t like mortgagesEvery time the Mani-

toba government borrows money there is an inevi-table comparison to home mortgages, but an inch below the spin is the glar-ing reality that govern-ment debt is nothing like a mortgage. Here are five reasons why.

Reason 1: Homeown-ers have a good reason to borrow, governments don’t.

The median fam-ily income in Manitoba is $70,750. The average cost of a house in Win-nipeg is about $280,000. That means for most peo-ple the price of a home is four times their annual income. A mortgage is the only realistic option.

In contrast, this year the Manitoba govern-ment has an income of about $15 billion, but still has to borrow about $422 million to cover spending. That means the government is borrowing is about 3 per cent of its income. That isn’t like buying a home. It’s more like using a credit card

to buy new shingles. The government isn’t borrow-ing because it has to, but rather because it hasn’t saved for extra expenses and won’t trim the budget a little when necessary.

Reason 2: Homeown-ers make monthly pay-ments, governments don’t.

The mortgage is the first line on every family budget for good reason: skip mortgage payments and the bank repossesses the house.

The Manitoba govern-ment hasn’t paid down its debt – or more accurately, our debt – for years. In fact, governments often make interest payments on existing debt by bor-rowing more money. So while the average fam-ily’s mortgage is slowly but surely going down, the province’s debt is quickly and steadily go-ing up.

Reason 3: Homeown-ers back debt with assets, governments back debt with taxpayers

When a family buys a

home, they incur a large debt, but they also acquire an asset: their home. Add up all of a family’s debts and assets, and the num-bers usually even out – or better. If things get tight the family can always sell the house and get out of debt.

Most times a govern-ment borrows there are no assets. Even when government does borrow to build assets, it’s not the same. There isn’t much of a resale market for high-ways or hospitals, and even if there was an ap-petite to sell those assets, the sale price wouldn’t pay off the debt. Instead, Manitoba government loans are implicitly se-cured by the guarantee that taxpayers will pay more if necessary. That’s why government debt is really just a delayed tax hike.

Reason 4: Homeown-ers can rent if necessary, governments can’t.

It’s always hard when a family loses their home, but there are other options

such as renting.If Manitoba starts hav-

ing trouble covering its loans, there is no Plan B. The province can’t pack up and move (although individual citizens can and do). No matter what happens, the debts have to be repaid. Every taxpayer left in the province will be on the hook to repay the debt.

Reason 5: Homeown-ers don’t force their kids to co-sign mortgages, governments do.

If parents buy a home and don’t pay it off before they die the mortgage won’t be hung on the kids. That’s because we don’t ask our kids to co-sign our mortgages.

The Manitoba govern-ment has racked up a debt of well over $30 billion. At this rate, there is virtu-ally no chance that MLAs who voted for that spend-ing will still be alive if and when the debt is paid off.

The debts piled up by current and previous gov-ernments will unfairly be

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left to our kids to pay off.And that’s the most

important difference be-tween a mortgage and government debt. Fami-lies use mortgages to buy homes and make life better for their kids. The Manitoba government is

racking up debt that will make life worse for our kids.

Todd MacKay is the prai-rie director for the Cana-dian Taxpayers Federa-tion.

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What do you mean your car doesn’t have air conditioning? How do you drive? Are you go-ing to trade your car in? Is the AC broken? Does it get as hot as a sauna?

Those were the ques-tions asked recently when an acquaintance revealed his vehicle had no air conditioning. Talk about primitive driving.

He may as well have been riding a horse (al-though technically when riding you’re outside so that would be ‘natural air conditioning’. The faster the horse goes, the better the breeze.)

Air conditioning has become a ‘must have’. Each home has to have it. A car has to have it, anything enclosed has to have it. Although some porta potties do get un-comfortable if you’re sitting down for any pe-riod of time. That might be because of the smell more than the lack of AC.

Some motorists prefer the eco-friendly, original air conditioning which is rolling down the win-

dows and drive at 40 mph. It used to be referred to as the 4-40 air conditioning system.

Of course today, very few cars have roll-down windows because it’s all electronic and the speed is 40 KPH not MPH.

During the recent high temperature event, a walk in the neighbourhood would have revealed the sound of air conditioners.

We wait all winter for warmth, then ironically, turn on the cool air and if the temperatures don’t get high enough to use air conditioners, we com-plain.

I think that’s why moth-er nature sends us thunder storms...

In the market for a good used...

Sorry, it should read: In the market for a pre-owned...

It seems you can buy just about anything that has had a previous owner – from the obvious house and cars to the some-what esoteric (that is this week’s ‘new word’.)

There are some things that should not be pur-chased as ‘pre-owned’ according to some of the guys at the poker table.

Those items include any piece of ‘under’ clothing, anything associ-ated with sleeping such as mattresses and pyjamas. One of the guys even sug-gested a spouse.

While you don’t buy a spouse, the point was made you do pay for it as anyone who has been

married will tell you – as long as their partner can’t hear them.

It was also pointed out that, like a pre-owned home or car, a previously married spouse may have some items from the pre-vious partner you may not like. Unlike a house, you can’t paint over those.

This is the time of year optimism is all around us.

Farmers are in the fields planting a new crop, trees are sprouting new leaves and the fairways are turn-ing into a lush green that have the potential of see-ing you play your best round of golf ever this summer.

Just think, this could be the year you play a round with a score that would match Tiger Woods, with-out cheating. The way his golf game is going, that could be possible.

Or if you really want to be like Tiger, do some-thing really stupid that would annoy your sig-nificant other to the point where they chase you wielding a golf club.

Have you noticed now

that Connor McDavid is not going to be a Maple Leaf the national media, based in Toronto or the centre of the universe, has all but ignored him?

On a similar note, will it be two or three games into the new NHL season before the Toronto Sports Network (TSN) and other outlets in that city call for the firing of Mike Bab-cock? After all, he’ll have the whole summer to turn things around.

On the subject of ath-letics, how many calories can you burn when you have the runs?

Now that coaches are making as much money as some of the players, will this inspire hockey moms and dads across the country to act even crazier than some of them do now? After all, they are trying to ‘coach up’ their kid so he or she will make it to the profession-al ranks.

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not, in fact, seeds at all -

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pack a nutritional punch.

Softer than sunflower

seeds, hemp seeds have

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a mild and gentle flavour

and should become a fast

staple in your diet.


easily digested by the

body, which results in no

bloating (which is com-

mon with other vegetable

protein sources).

No. 3 Hemp seeds

are an incredible vegan

source of protein. Three

tablespoons of hemp

seeds = 11 grams of pro-

tein.

No. 4 Like flaxseeds,

hemp seeds contain all 10

of the essential amino ac-

ids which are the building

blocks of protein. This

makes it a complete pro-

tein.

No. 5 Hemp seeds be-

long to the polyunsaturat-

ed fats family otherwise

known as PUFAs. These

are the healthy oils which

are anti-inflammatory to

the body.


rich in disease-fighting,

plant-based phytonutri-

ents and anti-aging anti-

oxidants such as vitamin

E.

No. 7 Hemp provides

a rich array of minerals

including zinc, calcium,

phosphorous, magnesium

and iron.

No. 8 The protein and

fiber in hemp combine

to slow digestion. This

causes blood sugars to re-

main stable and not spike.

As a result, insulin does

not need to kick in as

strongly. As a side note,

insulin is also known as

the ‘fat storing hormone’.

No. 9 A diet rich in

hemp promotes digestive

regularity due to the high

fibre content.

No. 10 Perhaps the best

thing about the seeds is

that they also contain

an especially beneficial

form of omega-6 known

as gamma linoleic acid

(GLA), which is not

typically found in other

foods. GLA is somewhat

of a miracle worker, pro-

viding a whole host of

health benefits, some of

which include:

• Supporting and facilitat-

ing fat burning;

• Reducing PMS symp-

toms

• Promoting healthy hair,

skin and nail growth;

• Decreasing inflamma-

tion in the body; and

• Helping to lower bad

LDL cholesterol and

improve good choles-

terol ratio. You can use

hemp seeds just about

anywhere in your diet.

The possibilities are

endless. In your salads,

in your yogurt, in your

porridge, in your burger

recipe. The sky is the

limit.

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Orange-banana hemp smoothie

• 1 frozen banana,

chopped

• 1 whole orange,

chopped 1 handful of

Spinach

• 3 tablespoons hemp

seeds

• 2 ice cubes

• 3/4 c almond milk

• Pinch of cinnamon

• Dash of pure almond

extract

*Place all ingredients

in a high-speed blender.

Process until smooth and creamy.

Renee Hunt is the owner of Lustre Fitness and Lifestyle which provides fi tness classes and person-alized nutrition plans to Brandon and surround-ing area.

A team that took part in last year’s Pinkest Owl golf tournament, which takes place annually at the Glen Lea Golf Course in Brandon. This year’s tourna-ment takes place Saturday, June 13.

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Pinkest golf tournament a sell-out once again

When you get a bunch of ladies to-gether, dress them in pink and send them out, you’re bound to have a fun event but the Pinkest Owl Golf Tournament has taken that excitement to a whole new level.

Raising money for breast cancer sup-port in the local community, the event has been running for 22 years to sell-out crowds. Within 48 hours of registration being open this year, 154 golfers were booked into the event, which is sched-uled for June 13.

“It’s a fun day for the ladies support-ing breast cancer research and raising awareness,” said tournament committee president Stacie Popien.

Held at the Glen Lee Golf Course in Brandon, the tournament is a homecom-ing of sorts with people booking vaca-tion time and travelling back to the city each year to participate. Play covers 18 holes of golf with a nine-hole scramble and a nine-hole alternate shot format. Fun games are set up throughout the course to keep things light.

“You don’t have to be a great golfer to play in this tournament,” said Popien. “It’s meant to be fun and making it a team event means no one is out on their own.”

Golfers are encouraged to dress in pink, and this year, organizers have

added an 80s theme to the mix. Judging from the crazy costumes from past years found on the committee’s website, there will be no shortage of laughs before the first ball is teed up.

While the tournament itself is a light-hearted event, the underlying cause is a serious one.

“There isn’t anyone around who hasn’t been touched by cancer,” said Popien. “Each year we lose competitors because they have passed away from cancer.”

In addition to participant support, Popien said the community support for the event has been phenomenal. Addi-tional sponsors are coming on board this year and there are sure to be some great prizes and auction items available.

Last year’s event raised $5,000 which will be donated to Murray House, a home away from home for people re-ceiving cancer treatment in the city. In the past, donations have also been made to the mammography unit at the Bran-don General Hospital and other areas of need. Through the local event, orga-nizers continue to provide assistance throughout the local community.

Although breast cancer is no laughing matter, the Pinkest Owl Golf Tourna-ment is designed to keep things fun.

“We have a lot of fun organizing it,” said Popien of the eight member com-mittee. “I think that’s another reason why the event is so successful.”


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Brain injuries don’t only affect the victim,but loved ones as well

According to Brain

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suffer brain injuries each

year and more than a mil-

lion Canadians live with

the effects of an acquired

brain injury.

Shirley Smith’s son is

one of those people af-

ter he fell approximately

40 feet at a construction

site in 2003 in what was a

work-related accident.

“He was 23 years old at

the time,” Smith recalled.

It was later determined

that, in all likelihood, he

could never hold a full-

time job again.

“He has to work at pro-

cessing information, he

has anger issues, he has

impulsivity, he suffers

from really severe mi-

graines and they’re not

necessarily treatable,”

Smith added.

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“He can take something

that can ease some of the

pain, but it’s usually like

three days of being sick

to his stomach and having

to ‘hole up’ in the dark in

bed. It takes him three

days or so to try and get

his energy back.

“So you can imagine,

you can’t really hold

down a job if you’re away

from it for three days at a

time.”

Smith, a member of the

Brandon and Area Brain

Injury Support Group and

support director of the

Manitoba Brain Injury

Association, says depres-

sion is apparent with fam-

ilies whose loved ones

suffer from brain injuries.

“It doesn’t just affect

the survivor, it affects all

of the family members

and close friends that

care about and love that

particular individual.

“It all has to do with

loss,” she continued.

“The person is no lon-

ger the person they were

pre-injury. They have to

re-identify who they are

because there’s so many

things that are not the

same for them, so they’re

not the same individual.

Many cannot return to

work and those who do

have to take on totally dif-

ferent jobs that have a lot

less stress or less respon-

sibility because they’re

just not able to handle all

of that.”

Smith says the support

group does its best to in-

form the public on just

how serious injuries to

the brain can be.

“There are so many

people that live with brain

injuries and they’re very

misunderstood because

many survivors walk and

talk and don’t show vis-

ible signs that they have a

brain injury impairment,”

she said. “So, we’re try-

ing to raise awareness

and educate people and

let them know just exact-

ly how many challenges a

brain injured person lives

with on a daily basis.”

She says, for a lot of

people, when they hear

the words ‘brain injury’

they immediately think

intelligence is impaired.

“Whatever intelligence

the person had prior to the

injury, it can still main-

tain post-injury, however

there could be memory

loss. They could have

trouble processing in-

formation, needing extra

time to respond to peo-

ple’s questions. If you’re

in a room full of people,

it’s really hard for their

brain to focus on one item

when five or six people

might be talking at the

same time.”

She says continued diz-

ziness, headaches and a

loss of balance are warn-

ing signs of a brain injury.

“If people around that

person notice that he or

she is a little ‘off’, then

they should get checked

out and explained exactly

what happened that might

have attributed to some of

those symptoms.”

The support group

meets the third Monday

of each month from Sep-

tember through to June.

If you’ve been affected

by a brain injury, you’re

encouraged to join the

group.

“The women who be-

gan this group worked

in health care fields and

some of them continue to

work in the field,” Smith

said. “They all saw this as

a need in our community

and started it basically

out of the goodness of

their hearts who donate

their time. I can’t stress

enough how much grati-

tude is felt by the group

towards these women

who keep this group go-

ing and keep pushing for-

ward to get the message

out there.”

For more information

on brain injuries, go on-

line to www.mbia.ca.

Awareness Walk The third annual Bran-

don and Area Brain In-

jury Awareness walk was

held last Saturday, May

30 at the Riverbank Dis-

covery Centre.

Marlene Fitzsimmons,

a facilitator for the sup-

port group, says the event

was attended by 60-plus

survivors, family and

friends.

The event included

children and adults alike

having their faces paint-

ed by Kim Bright. There

was also entertainment on

hand as well.

Copies of the 2014

acquired brain injury re-

covery stories were avail-

able for sale, while draw

prizes provided by many

sponsors were appreci-

ated by all in attendance.

KATE [email protected]: @katewagnerzeke

In past columns, I’ve exposed the

beauty and versatility of rosé wines. I

could be accused of, and am guilty of,

always featuring them during the sum-

mer months. These wines are extreme-

ly versatile and are most defi nitely

‘all-weather wines’ so you’ll be seeing

more of them both on the liquor store

shelves and in this column.

Rosé wines offer great value and are

often under-priced. They’re made from

from numerous different grape variet-

ies and are available as both single-

varietal and blends. Most come from

warmer-weather wine-making areas

(Provence for example) in different

countries around the world.

Over the last two years, there have

been considerably more rosés avail-

able and the number of selections con-

tinue to increase. Leading the charge,

and change, are the wine consumers of

France, a country famous for its wines

– most specifi cally its red wine – and

has seen sales of rosé wines outpace

those of red wine sales. Scan QR code to sign up for Kate’s monthly wine newsletter.

Shades of PinkThese wines are made in a number of

different ways and the method ultimately

affects the aromas and fl avour profi le of

the wine. Saignee, or ‘bleed wine’ is con-

sidered the best production method. Pro-

duction by the limited maceration meth-

od sees red grape skins remain in contact

with the grape juice until the desired co-

lour is obtained. Using the pressé tech-

nique, red grapes are pressed, resulting

in pink juice. At times, during red wine

production, when the winemaker wants

a darker coloured and more concentrated

red wine, a portion of juice is drained

from the tank. This pink-coloured juice

goes on to become rosé wine while the

juice that remains is used for the mak-

ing of red wine. Occasionally, although

illegal in many areas, red wine is simply

added to white. Most rosé wines are fer-

mented in stainless steel at low tempera-

tures in order to preserve aromatics and

the bright fl oral and fruity fl avours.

Rosé may be dry to very sweet. White

Zinfandel or blush wines are the sweet-

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assumptions regarding roses if you’re

familiar with the wines place of origin.

Wines from certain areas, for example

those from Bordeaux and the Rhone area

of France, are always dry. Bordeaux rosé

is always pink in colour while those from

the Rhone most often have a salmon

tone.

With few exceptions, rose champagne

being one, wines should be consumed

when released. They’re best when youth-

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“There are kids who are really into

it,” he added. “The amount of time

kids are spending on Instagram and

YouTube and consuming media and

sharing media, it’s just incredible. The

tools now are all in our hands. You can

shoot a video on your iPhone. It’s not

like when I was growing up; we were

completely limited.”

Langson says the amount of time

kids spend on social media resonates

with parents.

“I think when a parent sees that,

they look at it and they think, yeah,

this (film festival) is a great idea. It’s

probably not what a kid wants to do

all summer and maybe they don’t want

to be filmmakers, but I think it’s just a

really good broader educational expe-

rience for them.”

The film festival is a partnership

with ACC and it’s worth noting all

camp instructors are ACC alumni.

Tickets to go to the festival (to view

a movie) are $8 each. The cost of the

ACC Digital Media Camp is $80 and

space is limited. For more informa-

tion on the camp or film festival, visit

www.rmnpfilmfest.ca.

The City of Brandon re-cently announced that the 2015 tax bills have now been mailed out to prop-erty owners.

When you receive your tax bill, please take a few moments to read the ac-companying leafl ets for more information on the City of Brandon’s 2015 budget and this year’s municipal property tax details. If you own any property in the City of Brandon and did not re-ceive a tax bill by May 29, please contact the property tax department by phoning 204-729-

2228 or 204-729-2592 or by sending an email to [email protected].

Taxes are due by end of business day (5 p.m.) on Tuesday, June 30. Own-ers are responsible for payment of taxes, wheth-er or not a bill is received. City Hall offi ce hours are Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

If you are mailing your payment, please allow a minimum of three busi-ness days to meet the June 30 deadline. Also, those paying by Internet or tele-banking should take notice of how many

days their fi nancial in-stitution indicates it will take before the payee re-ceives the funds. The City must receive the funds by the end of business day on June 30.

A discount of 0.5 per cent is allowed on all 2015 property tax pay-ments received on or be-fore May 30, 2015. Pen-alties on unpaid taxes will accrue commencing July 1, 2015, at a rate of 1.25 per cent per month, as per City of Brandon bylaw No.6658.

If you wish to avoid the long lineups nearing the

June 30 payment dead-line, the City of Brandon will permit you to leave a post-dated cheque, along with your tax stub, at the treasury department on the main fl oor of City Hall and the payment will be processed at month end. Receipts are not generally mailed out, as your can-celled cheque can serve as a receipt. However,

if you require a receipt, please be sure to clearly indicate on the payment stub “Receipt required.”

As a further service to taxpayers, annual taxes may also be paid monthly by automatic bank with-drawal using the City of Brandon’s tax instalment plan. Discounts and pen-alties for tax payment do not apply when the TIP

program is used. The ap-plication deadline in or-der to be enrolled in the TIP program for 2015 is June 15.

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By Journal Staff

Since its inception, Glen Lea Golf Course has been a constant when it comes to scenic beauty in Westman.

Since 1982, the picturesque 18-hole course, located approx-imately seven kilometres east of Brandon, boasts such amenities as a driving range, fully stocked pro shop, chipping green, put-ting green, and licensed club-house.

“We at Glen Lea Golf Course are looking forward to another fantastic season and can’t wait to see everyone out enjoying our Manitoba summer,” Jason Earl, general manager of Glen Lea, stated on the course’s of-ficial website.

Earl told the Journal that the course wintered well and be-lieves the great weather in late May has made the course look even better.

“The course looks great. We’re finally starting to get some heat now, so the course is really starting to fill in nicely from the winter.”

The course features a small

creek valley and includes great lookouts of the Brandon Hills and the Assiniboine River. There are various mature trees that do line each hole, however the course still plays to an ‘open style’ which is a welcome sign for the inexperienced golfers looking to try something new.

Meanwhile, the front nine consists of arguably the course’s two signature holes – the No. 2 and No. 6 – both of which are Par 3 challenges which fea-ture elevated tees that provide a great lookout and gorgeous scenery.

A family owned and operated business, Glen Lea is funded through memberships, green fees, tournaments, sale of food, beverages and merchandise. So it should be of no one’s surprise that Glen Lea’s fully licensed Club House is top-notch. At the pro shop is where you’ll find all you’ll need for a great round of golf. All items for sale, whether it’s clubs, balls, shoes, gloves or apparel, are of superb style and have exceptional value.

The course is known for host-ing a number of tournaments

throughout the golf season as well, including the Century 21 Easter Seals Send a Kid to Camp Tournament, slated for June 17, the Huntington Society of Canada Tournament (June 7), the Pinkest Owl (June 13) and the Food for Thought Tour-nament (June 18). The Birdies for Brain Tumours Tournament (July 11), is considered Glen Lea’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The tournament, which consists of two shotgun starts, will have more than 285 par-ticipants and will also have a large banquet, which will take place at the UCT Pavilion at the Keystone Centre.

Glen Lea also offers an on-line booking procedure which allows golfers to create their own private account at the course. Golfers who book on-line will have potential access to a plethora of ‘extras’ includ-ing weekly and seasonal golf specials, a monthly newsletter and merchandise sales.

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Residents provide positive response to cemetery project

Last week, approximately 30 locals attended an open house in regards to the future of the Brandon Cemetery.

The City of Brandon is in the midst of preparing a cemetery expansion plan which will fur-ther expand the range of inter-ment options as well as enhance and protect drainage patterns on the expansion lands. The current size of the cemetery is 44.2 acres and the expansion will see the cemetery expand to more than 90 acres. The draft of

the concept was showcased to those in attendance on Tuesday, May 26 at the A.R. McDiarmid Civic Complex. Eric Lees, prin-cipal of the firm Lee’s and As-sociates, who is one of the land-scape architects and cemetery planners for the project, says the response from the commu-nity was overwhelmingly posi-tive.

“Lots of good questions, lots of insightful questions. There was a lot of enthusiasm for the plan as presented,” he told the Journal.

Six display boards were un-veiled at the open house which

described in detail the proposed plan – this included input from the community the City of Brandon has received such as increased space with the Veter-ans’ area as a priority and pro-viding specialized interment areas to accommodate various cultural groups.

A cemetery bylaw update was also part of the open house. Key recommendations included the expansion of the definition ‘veteran’ to include all military; setting aside an area in the cem-etery, which will be known as the “Field of Honour” which will be dedicated to the inter-

ment of veterans. Other recom-mendations include creating a more ‘user-friendly’ bylaw to improve customer service and to expand the range of approved grave liner options.

“I think both the muslim community and the veterans community really appreciated the effort we put into, first of all, hearing their needs and then expressing those right in the plan,” Lees said. “I think they could see the fact that the city is responding to their needs.”

After seeking feedback from the public on key elements and definitions that will be includ-

ed in the revised bylaw at last week’s open house, an update and rewrite of the cemetery by-law will then take place before council approval and imple-mentation later this year.

It’s estimated that after the project is complete, the ex-panded cemetery is expected to serve the community for the next 100-plus years.

For more information on the Brandon Cemetery expansion master plan, go online to the City of Brandon website.



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Confirmed headliners for the Series include Red Moon Road, Del Barber, and Sierra Noble, with more performances to be confirmed. Look to www.brandon.ca in the coming weeks for more details.


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Public Health issues precautionsto avoid illness and injury

Manitobans are cur-rently taking advantage of the warmer weather to en-joy more outdoor activi-ties, and Manitoba Health is reminding everyone to take precautions to avoid illness and injury.

Taking these precau-tions will help reduce exposure to the following risks:

Heat illnesses Prepare for the heat

this summer. Check the weather forecast, drink plenty of liquids before feeling thirsty, and pre-vent sunburn by wearing loose clothing, hats/visors and SPF sunscreen. Nev-er leave people or pets alone in closed vehicles or direct sunlight, and check on older adults and people with chronic con-ditions when it gets hot.

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blacklegged (deer) ticks. People should check themselves and family members fre-quently for ticks and re-move them as soon as possible. These precau-tions will also help pro-tect against anaplasmosis and babesiosis, two new-ly emerging tick-borne diseases. Drinking water safety If a private well sup-

plies water to a home, test it for bacteria at least once a year. Test in the spring after the snow-melt and spring run-off and/or after a particularly heavy rainfall or fl ood-ing. Campers and cottag-ers are reminded not to drink surface water that has not been boiled or otherwise treated, and to

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A look at last year’s Grey Owl golf tour-nament in Clear Lake. Photo inset (left): Last year’s winner Jared Jacobson.

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Annual Grey Owl tournament set to go once again

Closure. Finally.You’ve got to think that’s what Brandon’s Jared Jacob-

son was feeling when he won the Grey Owl golf tourna-ment last year at the Clear Lake Golf Course. The local businessman has had success in recent years, coming away with a runner-up finish at the Grey Owl in 2001 to Dauphin’s Ryan Horn in a five-man playoff. He’s also been the victor four times in the men’s division of the Tamarack match play tournament. However, the 2014 Grey Owl win was Jacobson’s first at the event and it’s something he’ll cherish for years to come.

The prestigious Grey Owl, now in its 55th year, will be held June 12-14. About 260 golfers in total are expected. Jacobson, who is slated to try to defend his title this year, says the course and the friendships draw him back every year.

Those two aspects, along with competition, are key to the event, says Bob Picken, the former broadcaster who has been at times, the secretary, drawmaster, or president of the Grey Owl tournament organizing board of directors for 35 years. He says the organizers try to establish an atmosphere that encourages both the competitive and the social aspects of golf.

“It’s been said that the Grey Owl attracts some of the best golfers in Manitoba as well as some of the worst. There is a place for both in the 36-hole event,” he said.

CompetitionAt the Grey Owl, each player shoots two rounds. Play-

ers make it into the championship flight based on their first round scores. The rest are divided into nine flights based on handicap or average score. Last year, Jacob-son shot rounds of 69 and 74 to post a total score of 143 (one under par). Shilo’s Rob Hall made it close, but he fell a stroke short after shooting an even par 144. Breezy Bend’s Garth Collings, a former Manitoba and Canadian mid-amateur champion, who has won the Grey Owl title nine times, finished third last year.

“The winning score invariably is below par, while the winner of the ninth flight tends to be in the 90-100 range per 18 holes,” Picken said.

There tournament also features the Greyer Owl event for golfers 60-plus. The Grey Owl also has a media flight. Ken Mould of St. Charles won the senior title last year by just a stroke. It was his third straight title. Stephen Ripley of MyToba.ca was the media flight winner. This year 75 golfers are expected in the Greyer Owl flights and 15 in the media competition.

CamaraderieFriendships are key to the Grey Owl. Last season, the

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An ‘off the course’ highlight is the Friday night howl at Danceland in Wasagaming, which is a banquet with prize giveaways and offers a form of reunion for regulars in the tournament, Picken says.

CourseThe Clear Lake Golf Course itself is also an important

drawing card for the Grey Owl. It offers up scenic beauty as well as challenges.

“With its contours and rolling terrain, it offers a major challenge to ‘flatlanders’ who have to learn to play for position on virtually every hole,” Picken said. “A salute always is in order to greens superintendent Greg Holden and his staff, who work to have the course in the best possible condition for the second Friday in June each year, and to the pro shop staff for their support and co-

operation.”

Continued successIn its first year, the Grey Owl was a one-day event with

a $6 entry fee. Four of those dollars went to green fees and $2 went into the prize pot. At 55 years, the tourna-ment has definitely withstood the test of time, but the di-rectors are always seeking ways to make it better.

For example, this year the championship flight will be restricted to players who complete their second round on Sunday. The Greyer Owl division will be divided up into flights based on handicap rather than age.

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Triple Crown this year? Finally?Here we go again, rac-

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This year’s candidate for horse racing’s jewel is American Pharoah, whose second name might be misspelled but everything else about the thorough-bred has been nothing but perfection.

He ran away with the Kentucky Derby in May. Two weeks later, on a muddy track in Baltimore, he was a wire-to-wire winner at the Preakness. This Saturday, at Bel-mont Park in New York, American Pharoah tries to win the 1.5-mile Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.

Affirmed’s Triple Crown hardly caused a ripple. It certainly wasn’t a stunning development as Pharoah’s win might be on Saturday. In the 1970s, three horses won all three jewels of the Triple Crown — the mighty Secretariat

in 1973, Seattle Slew in 1977, then Affirmed the next year. Three TC win-ners in six years. Ho hum.

Since then, a whopping 14 horses have started the Belmont Stakes with a Triple Crown in sight, and all have come up short. Last year, it was California Chrome. In 2012, it was I’ll Have An-other. Big Brown in 2008, Smarty Jones in 2004,, Funny Cide in 2003 and War Emblem in ’02.

So why are these great horses coming up short in the Belmont? Could be its length, because at 1.5 miles, it’s the lon-gest of the three races. It might also be because, as California Chrome owner Steve Coburn complained last year, a number of owners are keeping their horses out of the Preak-ness in order to be better

rested for the Belmont. A horse with wins at the Derby and Preakness, of course, is going to be a little worn down when three demanding races are held within a five-week period. Owners of those horses who skipped either the Derby or Preakness — or both — in order to be fresh for the Belmont “took the coward’s way out,” said Coburn, who later apologized for his rant.

American Pharoah looks like the real thing and this could be the year that the 14-horse streak of two wins and then an ‘oops’ is swept aside. But we’ve heard that before. In fact, we’ve heard it 14 times since 1978. Not until the track announcer belts out “And down the stretch they come . . .! “ this Saturday will we have

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MJHL Bantam Draft tobe televised live

Fans of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League will be able to watch the 2015 Bantam Draft live on television and on-line on Sunday, June 7 in Neepawa.

The six-round draft, which begins at 9 a.m., will be televised live on NAC-TV, which is currently available in over 1.2 million homes across Canada through MTS and Bell TV services. For those without MTS or Bell TV, the draft will also be streamed live on nactv.ca.

The live feed through NAC-TV will feature commentary from MJHL team personnel, interviews with all teams and the league commissioner. Viewers will

be provided with information on all draft picks throughout the morning and round recaps.

The Neepawa Natives hold the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. The club also recently announced Jim Fuyarchuk has been hired as the team’s head coach for the upcoming season.

Fuyarchuk recently coached the Mis-kolci Jegesmedvek under-18 team in Hungary and before that, spent four years with the Waywayseecappo Wol-verines. He also served as head coach of the Brandon University Bobcats several years ago.

Fuyarchuk replaces Dwayne Kirkup, who spent two years behind the bench in Neepawa.

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The Brandon University Bobcats men’s basketball team recently wel-comed another ‘big’ piece to the puzzle for next season in forward John Paul, a transfer from Tyler Junior College in Texas.

Paul is a 6-foot-11, 265 pound post originally from Saint Lucia but is com-ing off a season in Tyler where he played for one of the most successful Junior College programs in America. Tyler College has produced numerous NCAA Division 1 players, dozens of players to move on to the pro ranks, as well as stand-out guard Jimmy Butler of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls.

Paul hopes to continue the trend of Ty-ler grads fi nding success, only he hopes to fi nd it in Canada with the Bobcats. BU head coach Gil Cheung feels Paul can be the inside presence his squad needs.

“We were looking for a physical pres-ence who can protect our rim and clean up the glass, and for that we are lucky to have J.P. join our program,” Cheung said in a release. “Coach Mike Marquis and the staff at Tyler College have done a great job of developing J.P. Their track record for moving student-athletes on to the next level speaks for itself, and for that we are fortunate to land a recruit like J.P.”

Paul was a force in the paint for the Tyler Apaches, but was limited to play-ing in the second semester of the season last year due to injury. He’ll play his third year of eligibility this season after playing one previous season at Salt Lake Community College in Utah.

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When I started my nurs-ing career years ago, I recall an instructor telling me that I needed to ‘reorientate’ our elderly clients. Even though my client may have told me that it was 1946, I

was to insist to her that the year was 1999. I remember trying this to no avail, only to have this lady become increasing frustrated and belligerent with me. How I wish I knew then what I know now. I recently read an article by Bob DeMarco who stated, “Reality for the deeply forgetful is a reflec-tion of what the person liv-ing with dementia thinks and believes. It’s that new reality that you must focus on, not the way you think things are, or should be.”

This statement is a real game changer in the way we deal with those living with Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of de-mentia. Imagine if I would have said to my client that believed it was 1946 some-thing like “Yes it is. Tell me what this year has been like for you?” I’m sure the conversation would have opened up and I may have learned a lot more about this lady then simply being yelled at and to ‘get the hell out of my room’.

Over the years, I’ve worked with many people living with Alzheimer’s disease and have got to develop relationships with their families as well. One of the most common ques-tions I receive is how to deal with the constant re-peating of words or ques-tions all day long? The re-ality is that even though we know they’ve asked us 27 times in the last two hours what’s for lunch, in their mind, they’re receiving the information for the first time, and they’re simply hungry and want to know

what’s for lunch. This simply happens

because of their declining brain function, or as I once told a young child, “Grand-pa asks the same question all the time because his brain is sick and he can’t remember simple things that are easy for you to re-member.”

A common issue for those with Alzheimer’s dis-ease is believing that some-one has stolen from them, whether it’s their glasses that have been misplaced or the tractor that was sold 20 years ago. In their eyes, this is real and it has just hap-pened. As caregivers we need to remember that our view and the person living with Alzheimer’s view of reality may be very differ-ent. But to them this is very real and it has happened.

When dealing with a situ-ation like this proceed cau-tiously. If your dad wants to call the police and report his tractor stolen you could possibly try evoking a con-versation about that tractor to distract him. Help him reminisce about putting the crop in with that tractor in 1986 or maybe looking at pictures of that tractor to create positive memories and conversation. Often by creating distractions or leading the conversation in a slightly different trajecto-ry can diffuse the situation. If the ‘someone stole my tractor’ is an ongoing issue, then I would suggest you create a small scrapbook about the tractor, includ-ing pictures, where it was bought and when and who it was sold to and when.

Having this information at hand to be repeatedly looked at will help diffuse future situations.

We need to be constantly aware that when a person who is deeply forgetful says something they be-lieve to be true, it’s in fact a reality for them. It is their reality. When they continu-ally repeat themselves, they do it because they can’t remember. There is no sin-ister plot here. Brain sick, brain not functioning prop-erly. Can’t remember. This is their world, the Alzheim-er world that they live in. I often suggest to families that we can’t change the Alzheimer’s world, but we can embrace it. We can wake up each morning pre-pared that it may be 1946 and someone stole the trac-tor. We can take a step side-ways and enter their world with them.

Who knows, maybe the year 1946 had a bumper crop that was seeded with that brand new tractor! Or you can spend the day try-ing to reorientate someone that it is 2015 and that they

sold their tractor to the neighbour 20 years ago. If you choose the latter, I wish you well because, after all, you are trying to do the impossible, you are trying to re-wire someone’s brain. And worst yet, you are trying to re-wire a brain that has been already dam-aged beyond repair. These are two different paths to take, so why not take the easy one? As a caregiver, you face an insurmountable mountain of stress every-day, so I wholeheartedly suggest you take the easy path, the path to entering your loved ones’ reality, their Alzheimer’s world.

Don’t be afraid or reluc-tant to step into this new and very different world. In Alzheimer’s world, real-ity takes on a completely different shape. Reality in Alzheimer’s world is a re-flection of what the person, who is deeply forgetful, thinks and believes. I feel confident when I say this – you won’t be able to con-vince a person who is deep-ly forgetful that they’re wrong and you won’t be able to convince them that your reality is the ‘true re-ality’.

They simply can’t re-member like you or me, and this explains why it’s often difficult, or impossible for them to comprehend our point of view. When you ask a person who cannot re-member to remember, you are asking the person, who is deeply forgetful, to come back to your world. This is something that they simply can no longer do.

The key to developing positive patterns of com-munication over a series of situations will enable you to deal with the new real-ity that is the core of Al-zheimer’s world. The more you practice, the easier it will get. Once you learn how to live and commu-nicate more efficiently in this Alzheimer’s world, it becomes a better place for everyone involved. Before you know it, Alzheimer’s world becomes another di-mension in your life. You learn how to operate ef-fectively in this world. In-stead of a sinister confusing world, it becomes a parallel universe.

Alzheimer’s disease is not a choice, so please show compassion when dealing with someone who lives with this disease. Be supportive to their families and caregivers by offering assistance, whether it’s a hot meal, an hour of watch-ing their loved one or mow-ing their lawn.

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Gail Freeman-Campbell, LPN, is the C.E.O. of Daughter On Call, Ltd., a private home care com-pany that provides care to seniors and those with dis-abilities in Brandon and area.

Ride for the Breath of LifeAlzheimers from Page 22

Ignoring the person who has Alzheimer’s is not the answer, ar-guing with them is not the answer, embracing the person that they are now – that’s the answer. Embrace their reality, embrace the Alzheimer world.

It’s also worth noting the Brandon office of the Alzheimer’s Society will be holding its annu-al Memory Walk in sup-port of those living with the disease. It will be held on Thursday, June 11 at the Grand Valley Community Church, located off Braecrest

Drive. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. and the event will start at 6:00 p.m. You can reg-ister online at www.alzheimer.mb.ca or pledge forms are avail-able to print online. You can also call them di-rectly at 204-729-8320. If you’re unable to par-ticipate but would like to donate funds, please call the Alzheimer’s office or the Daughter On Call office 204-725-6629 and we would be happy to accommodate your donation.



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“Breathing through a straw is what it’s like to live with Cystic Fibro-sis,” explained Brandon Kinsmen John Moman, who is helping organize the Ride for the Breath of Life.

The annual fundraising event is close to the hearts of local Kinsmen. Arthur Weibe is a member of the club and his son, Adam, lives with CF.

“We are doing our part

to raise funds and aware-ness for CF,” explained Moman. Kin Canada, made up of Kinsmen and Kinette clubs across the country, has been sup-porting the cause since 1964, raising more than $50 million over the years.

“We are making great strides,” he said. “In 1964, the life expectancy of someone with CF was three to four years old and now they can live into their 50s.”

Each year, the club hosts the Ride for the Breath of Life, a motor-cycle poker derby, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 6 this year. For the fi rst time, the Kinsmen club has teamed up with The Cycle Boys to make

the event even bigger and better than ever.

Equally enthusiastic is the staff at the local busi-ness, including Courtney Weddall.

“We do a ride each year and it’s nice to team up with the Kinsmen and have funds go to a worthy cause,” she said.

The ride will start at the business located at 358 Park Avenue East in Brandon with registra-tion and coffee served at 9 a.m. The ride itself will begin at 10 a.m. with bikers heading out on a course that is about 250 kilometres long. With stops in Oak River, Shoal Lake, Sandy Lake, Rapid City and back to Brandon, the participants will enjoy seeing some

great scenery and play-ing poker along the way. Riders will collect cards at each stop with prizes given out for the best and worst hands at the end of the day.

“It’s a fun event for a good cause,” said Wed-dall.

The event will wrap up with a barbeque at the end of the day back at The Cycle Boys shop.

In the past, the business has attracted 150 bikes to its annual ride and or-ganizers are hoping for a great turnout again this year.

“Going for a ride is great but when you do it with a big group of people it makes it a lot of fun,” said Moman.

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I left the meeting hurt and deflated, wondering where I had gone wrong. Then I remembered a conversation that I’d had with a young entrepre-neur months earlier. I had published an article in the community newspaper challenging my generation to step up to the plate in steering growth and change for the town. His response to me related in detail how he had tried to do so, iden-tifying a need in the com-munity and his steps to ad-dress that service gap. He was shut down, accused of trying to incur financial

support from the tax payers to augment his future earn-ings. He found himself sufficiently discouraged, instead investing else-where outside of town.

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growth. Why wouldn’t we want to tap into this foun-tain of youth and enthusi-asm?

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It’s time to open our minds to new opportuni-ties and let a new genera-tion of leaders build on our past success for an even brighter future. Or, we can choose to be vindic-tive, suspicious and conde-scending – alienating those remaining people who could have been our last hope. What’s next? We don’t need to look too far to the left and right of us to see what has become of so many other once-thriving farm towns to see what our future holds.

We need to be thinking evolution, not revolution.

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

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Larry Maguire, member of parliament for Brandon-Souris, was one of the fi rst to get a hands-on demonstration of new heavy-equipment simulators at Assini-boine Community College recently.

“Training on these simulators will allow students to be ready for the demands of the workforce and our growing economy,” Ma-guire said. “Our Government’s investment allows Assiniboine Community College to take this training throughout our region and especially to the rural communities that can benefi t the most.”

The new mobile simulation lab was funded with $142,670 through the Western Diversifi cation Program and will help meet the growing demand in the energy and con-struction sectors. Students will have an op-portunity to learn on sophisticated machin-

ery, which will leave them well-equipped to meet the demands of industry.

The fi rst class on the new simulators starts June 22. It will include 120 hours of classroom instruction to cover the funda-mentals of heavy equipment operation and servicing, site surveying and grades, and worksite and personal safety. Students will then get a minimum of 80 hours simulation time, training on excavators, bulldozers, wheeled loaders, heavy trucks and fork-lifts. They’ll fi nish their instruction with 20 hours in in-seat training on an actual piece of heavy equipment. The initial course will focus on excavator, based on indus-try demand. Students who then complete a 140-hour employer practicum will gradu-ate with a certifi cate of achievement from ACC, recognized by employers.

Provided by Montreal-based Simlog, the 20 simulators give students a chance to learn how to operate heavy equipment in a safe, completely controlled environment. Each simulator consists of high-end com-puter hardware and a large screen, upon which a full 3D worksite is generated. Controls are customized for each piece of equipment, with pedals, joysticks and hy-draulic levers positioned where they would be in a real-world setting.

As in a video game, students are guided through a series of increasingly diffi cult challenges as they learn to master the ba-sic controls of the equipment, progressing through levels as they prove able to handle each challenge.

Research by Simlog shows that use of simulators can cut down on injuries, ac

cidents and wear-and-tear during training, as well as providing employers with bet-ter overall training, since students master all of the fundamentals before tackling real work.

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