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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 2009
Page
5
The message links Lent to Jesus 40 days in the wilderness and Ash Wednesday on Feb 25. It notes fasting, humbling practices, altar drapings, sober hymns, and honest confession as Lent's call to reflection and renewed faith, ending with Easter joy and Christ is risen.
The Eco wise gardens magazine highlights 732 ways to garden smarter with composting and bat care features. The writer reflects on learning to compost, avoiding near house methods, and enjoying a mosquito free summer porch aided by a bat house providing natural pest control.
Rita Friesen discusses attracting butterflies with native blooms and wildlife friendly choices. She notes mosquitos and caterpillars, highlights pink yellow orange and purple flowers, lilacs, goldenrod, water in a birdbath, and the benefits of native plants and trees. She rejects roof gardens due to height worries.
Observation notes farms tucked among trees and a lone visible chimney. The piece compares natural windbreaks to Christian protection through the Bible, prayer, and God's promises, citing Job and Psalm verses to argue divine safeguarding through calamity.
A Rivers Banner note urges water conservation while criticizing ongoing mining tailings pollution in Manitoba. The piece questions government water safety decisions, cites Bucko Lake and Lynn Lake sites, and warns taxpayers will pay cleanup costs for lakes in danger of becoming toxic waste dumps.
John Fefchak Virden argues that UNICEF reports show 9.2 million under five die annually from malaria diarrhea and other causes tied to extreme poverty. He criticizes Canada for focusing on immunizations and bed nets while urging stronger democracy promotion and less involvement in undermining other nations’ democracies.
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