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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 2009
Page
5
A patriotic meditation on being Canadian. The piece highlights Canada as a diverse yet united nation with varied backgrounds, languages, and regions. It extols solidarity with soldiers, tolerance of taxes for social programs, and pride in freedoms, culture, and natural beauty. It frames being Canadian as a rare privilege to value and protect.
A reminiscence on gate designs used in farms, noting the Texas gate with a pipe-over-hole system to block livestock. Describes common barriers from simple fences to three-string barbwire, and a neighbor’s gate kept livestock out. Ends with a personal memory of attempting to manipulate the top pole to close the gate.
Rita Friese shares a candid, humorous reflection on the hard work of closing a weighty gate and the appeal of a decorative yard gate. She jokes about the struggle with slivery wood and barbed wire and expresses a wish for a simple, sturdy, and pretty gate to suit her garden fence policy.
A robin in a window box calls for its mother who arrives with food. A neighbour covers a plank with a flannelette sheet enabling the bird to climb to safety in the yard. The tale mirrors salvation and a call to respond to God as Romans 10 9 instructs. Do not postpone till tomorrow.
Goal reached for Rivers Collegiate students Cassandra Pryzner and Josie Paddock to attend the 2009 Harry Messer International Science School in Sydney Australia. Local donors businesses and government contributions met a $10000 transportation budget enabling a once in a lifetime opportunity for area youth.
James Sheppard of Rivers Co questions Manitoba Hydro public input events for Bipole III. He argues the open houses serve NDP aims to justify a west side transmission path despite expert and Hydro concerns, noting east side options would save money and cut emissions. Cliff Cullen, MB Conservative, supports the critique.
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