From our History Book... “Grains of the Century 1894-1984”

September 2015
From our History Book... “Grains of the Century 1894-1984”
McDonald Brothers threshing at the farm of
John Riddell Sr. in 1894
Miss
Brady Penner
Wes Gregory
&
and the
Parents
Kari Penner
of
are pleased
to announce that Wes and Kari’s marriage
will be in November, 2015.
A Bridal Shower for Kari will be held on
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 from 2-4pm
at the Heritage Arts Centre.
Come & Join Us !!!
Board Members are needed for the Hamiota Senior Citizen’s Park Residence Ltd.
Our board is made up of volunteers that manage the daily operations of 21 senior housing suites in Hamiota.
Meetings are held quarterly at the Hamiota Park Residence lounge.
If you would like more information on becoming a board member, then please contact
Barbara Cumming - Secretary/Treasurer at 204 764 2175, or Rob Johnson - Chairman at 204 764 2987.
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September 2015
Denise and Irwin (Butch) Kostesky would like to say Goodbye and Farewell !!
"We are moving to Brandon, MB................... Thank you to everyone that made our last 11 years in
Hamiota very enjoyable !! We will always remember the friendships made while living here.
We are going to miss the small town atmosphere. We are thankful to have raised our family in such
a wonderful community. We hope to see you in Brandon in the future."
To Denise's patients at Hamiota Dental, "I will truly miss you as I continue my career at
Brightside Dental Care in Brandon."
Remember Maureen Schwanke’s picture Walking to the Future
that won the Lily Oncology Award ?
She donated her $1,000 winnings to the Hamiota Cancer Care Program
Let it be known...Maureen has loaned the picture to the Hospital for everyone to enjoy.
Come and view the actual award winner!!
Thank You Maureen !!!
Emily Lints, a Ranger in 1st Hamiota Guiding, received a
Girl Guides of Canada Tree Planting grant.
She partnered with the Hamiota Parent Advisory Council to plant five trees at the
local school playgrounds. In the school yards, there was very little shade for teachers,
parents, and children to sit under.
These trees were planted in hopes that future generations might enjoy much needed
shade and comfort at the playgrounds. At the beginning of August, these five shade
trees were successfully planted; three at the elementary school and two at the high
school.
Emily hopes to continue to take care of the trees and make sure that
they are ‘well-taken-care-of’ throughout the seasons.
The Hamiota Lions are preparing for another busy season.
These are some of the things that are going on...............
* October 18th - 4:30 to 7pm is the annual FISH FRY!! Keep this date open and invite your
friends to go with you...........ALL are Welcome!!
* The ‘Veterans Wall’ booklet will be at the municipal office for the month of September.
Thanks to all the people who made corrections and additions. Your help is sincerely appreciated. We want to make it
as correct as possible.
* The Lions are again ordering Potatoes. We are wanting pre-ordered bookings only.
Call Lion Dwayne at 204 764 2746 or any Lion.
* The Birthday Calendar is being brought out again. We need a picture to put on the front. So
get out your camera and take a few pictures. We also need names of new people, complete with dates, who have not
got their names on our calendar list.
* Have you got Used Batteries that require recycling? We will be phoning and arranging
pick-up or you can drop them off at the Hamiota Landfill. Bruce will be happy to put them under lock and key for us.
“I would rather have vision without sight, than to have sight without vision”
............Helen Keller
September 2015
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Cornerstone Family Worship Centre (CFWC)
A moment for families with Pastor Orland Usick:
Our church is undergoing a massive renovation program for the month of September and we are excited
how things are beginning to shape up. Interestingly, if you are a believer in Jesus Christ you have been
given an extreme make over spiritually. However in Philippians 2:12-13 we read, “Therefore, my
beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His
good pleasure” This means that you are a new creation in Christ, but you have to work it out into your life to
experience all the blessings that come from being a follower of Christ. For example, you have been set free
from fear and anxiety, but are you experiencing freedom in your mind and thought-life. You can learn to put off
the old you and its limitations, and realize the new you and what you’re capable of through Christ.
Relationships, and finances are just two areas that we can experience an extreme makeover but we have to
work at it. The old way of thinking says that nothing will ever change, but God says and an extreme make
over is His desire for you. You have the nature of God and the mind of Christ! Don’t ever stop exposing your mind
to an extreme makeover. We all have work to do in one area or another so we constantly need to refer to the Bible to
help realize all the blessings we have in Christ and what we have been given through Him.
Get into God’s Word and start to do what it says you can do and become who it says you are!
.........Till next month, be really blessed! Pastor Orland
Announcements:
Welcome Back Sunday September 20- 10:30 AM. Biker Church, “Yes Lord, We will Ride!” You and your
family are all invited to our welcome back Sunday where Harley’s and other motor cycles will descend upon the town
for our first ever Biker Church. The Manitoba Chapter of the Christian Motor Cycle Association will be joining us
for a great morning service of worship and ministry with Bruce Ewanyshyn, Chaplain for the Brandon City Police
Service. Free family barbecue, activities and giant bouncer for the kids. There will also be free rides for anyone
wishing to ride on a Harley!
Extreme Makeover - Church Edition- renovations are underway at Cornerstone Family Worship Centre.
The sanctuary is being remodeled with new carpet, bigger stage and new paint. Two new features added to the
building is a newly designed coffee bar and greeting area, and a completely new computerized sound and lighting
system. Drop in anytime to take a look at how things are going.
[Note: Due to the renovation all Youth ministries and Afterschool Programs will be starting in October.]
Updates:
* Avalanche Ranch Daily Vacation Bible Camp was a huge success! This year we had 58 ranchers registered.
*Thanks to the many volunteers and youth who made this year’s VBS so much fun.
*Next year we are Learning about conquering life’s challenges with God’s mighty power…for our
Everest Daily Vacation Bible camp.
Hamiota United Church
You are invited to participate in “Guess Who is Coming to Dinner?”
If you are interested in hosting or being a quest please call Fay Bridge @ 764-2158 or
Rosalie Beamish @ 764-2108 as soon as possible to get your name on the list.
Please join us October 4th for World Wide Communion Sunday. October 11th is Thanksgiving!!
Sunday School is starting on September 20th.
If interested in attending please call Barbara Brown 764-2441 or Rosalie Beamish 764-2108.
Remember Service Time is now 10AM on Sundays.
NB: For rental of Chumah Hall please contact Ross or Maureena at 764-2934
....……….Rev. Doug Martindale 764 2349
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A successful 123 Hamiota Fair was held on
July16th under near perfect weather conditions for the
whole day and into the evening. Unfortunately the rain, a
couple of days prior (& the evening before), rendered the
gymkhana arena unsuitable for any events.
Overall, entries increased to 298 from 272, however
there were 26 no shows in the light horse classes which
were held on the grass arena and the gymkhana classes
had to be cancelled.
We welcomed several new exhibitors this year in
heavy horse, light horse, cattle, miniatures, cooking &
canning, handicrafts, school work and junior.
Appreciation is extended to Reg Madsen and Murray
Sheane, Heavy Horse directors who brought all of the
heavy horse exhibitors for the Complex for lunch.
Congratulations to all the participants who helped to
make the fair a success. The directors would especially
like to thank the grains and garden produce judge, Sid
Lewis (Ragweed) for donating his judging skills.
A sponsorship was applied for from Manitoba Liquor
and Lotteries and orange tee shirts were received for all
volunteers to wear. The generous donation from
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, together with our prize
sponsorships and donations towards the cost of the meal,
are gratefully appreciated as we still have not received
our grant from the Manitoba Government.
Thanks to all of the volunteers who phoned for either
pies or donations towards the Fair Day Supper and
appreciation is extended to all those who agreed to help
in the kitchen with the meals.
A successful concert concluded the day.
This report would not be complete without great
appreciation being extended to the Parks Staff for all their
assistance in maintaining the grounds, getting everything
ready for the fair crowd. All requests for the Complex
set up was handled in a timely manner. Without the
assistance of Mike, Elgin and staff the fair would not
have happened. “Thank You Very Much” from the Ag
Society and Directors.
We received comments on how nice the grounds
looked and how well they are maintained.
Winning 50/50 ticket of $180 belonged to Wanda
Smith of Hamiota. Congratulations to Wanda and thanks
to all who purchased tickets.
Good luck in next year’s draw!
Plans are underway for Hamiota Fair 2016 edition.
If you like to knit, crochet, sew, quilt, do crafts, take a
look at the 2015 prize list which is online at website
www.hamiota.com. Now is the time to be planning
your projects for next year’s fair. Practice your baking
skills and plan to enter the many classes in the Cooking
and Canning Section.
The Homecrafts Section is looking for Junior leaders
who would like to help with the handicrafts and
homecrafts fair day. If you are interested in helping out,
give a call to Hazel Henderson @ 764-2765 or Marlene
Andrew @ 764-2546.
Thanks to the teachers at the Elementary School for
their encouragement to all students to participate in the
School Work Section. Take a look at the Junior Section
and plan to enter some classes. You may earn some easy
spending money for the summer.
See you at the Fair next year!
On April 17th, the Hamiota Lions Club hosted an appreciation lunch at the Hamiota Community
Centre for seniors 65+. Over 100 seniors were in attendance.
During lunch, the Hamiota Lions Club took the opportunity, with the help of Zone Chair Lion Jim
Boles who was in attendance, to present Lion Pete Oberlin with the Melvin Jones Award. The Melvin Jones Fellowship award is the highest form of recognition that a Lion member can be presented with. It embodies humanitarian
ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of the Lions. Our Club is very fortunate to now have 3 Melvin Jones
recipients......................’Thank You’ to Lion Jim for all his help.
After lunch, entertainment was provided by George Rogers, Cyril Maxwell, Nora Gray, Linda Conner and Jack
Boyd. We would like to express our appreciation to these talented musicians for the wonderful music provided and
to Cyril for his hard work setting up the equipment. “Thank You” also goes to Lion Dwayne Campbell for providing
the keyboard
We would also like to thank those that donated door prizes. The Lions hope that everyone enjoyed the afternoon!
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September 2015
At the Arts Centre
There are just two more “Tea at the Old Bank” teas left in
our summer season (Sept. 17 and Sept. 24) from 2-4 p.m. with
an assortment of great desserts to choose from. Sept. 24 is our
special “Volunteer Appreciation” Tea at which the board will
treat all our 'tea' volunteers. It's also “Sampler Day”! The
board will be bringing a number of different desserts and
serving up 'sampler' sizes that taste testers can vote on to tell
us their favorites for next summer's menu. It's great fun and a
great way to wind up the summer season.
The September exhibition is also just amazing - “L'il Bits
of Brandon & Area Miniature Club” has an astonishing
collection miniatures on display so it's worth a visit.
Our performance schedule has been finalized for fall, so
please join us at the Arts Centre for any or all of these great
concerts. All concerts are $15, tickets available at the door
unless otherwise noted:
Friday, Sept. 25: Steve Palmer, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30:
Sean Burns (liquor license- must pre-book)
Saturday, Nov. 21: Grayson Ross accompanied by
Matt Zimmerman, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 6: Tom Dowden, 2 p.m.
Something for everyone we hope!
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 @ 7:30 p.m.
Heritage Arts Centre, Hamiota, MB.
Doors Open 7:00 p.m.
Tickets $15
Tickets available at the door or
in advance by calling 764-2400
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We also have an interesting Adult Art Workshop Schedule
shaping up:
Sept. 10, 17, 23, and Oct. 1 - Adult Beginner Drawing
Class with Mary Lowe - $10 per class, materials supplied
Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29 - Adult Beginner Watercolour Class with
Elaine Rawlings - $10 per class, materials supplied.
Other instructional classes we're looking at are Adult
Beginner Acrylic classes, Adult Clay, and this spring a fun,
soap-making workshop with Karen Bell, but dates are still
being confirmed. Let us know if you have other requests for
workshops or classes and our workshop committee will see
what they can organize.
We're also planning our annual “Hallowe'en” Family
Activity Day (this year's theme is super, “Superheroes” that is!);
a special “Remembrance Tea” again for November with
musical entertainment by the Double RK Trio; and a
Christmas Dainty Sale again, so watch for posters for those
popular events!
Welcome back to all the artists of the Hamiota Art Club,
dancers with the Mid-West Dance Group, square dancers in
the Hamiota Square Dance Club, and afterschool art program
participants.
It's going to be a great year!
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September 2015
while Agnes Bridge played piano for us. Thank you
Agnes, for doing this for our event. The tea was well
attended and even Joel Holmes, our local Lab & X-Ray
Where has the summer gone? We are still enjoying Tech stopped by for a quick dessert while on his coffee
nice weather and are hopeful the farmers will have great break. Not to be outdone by the ladies in their hats, he
donned a urine collection hat fastened with a tourniquet,
weather to finish up their work getting the crops in.
posed for a picture and went away happily with his
Once again our summer students are finished
dessert. There were a couple of door prizes to be had
working for us and are getting ready to pursue their
and the lucky winners were Eula Woods and Margaret
education in Brandon and Saskatoon. We all think they McManus.
did a fantastic job of keeping the summer fun and active
Before finishing up for the summer, Brooke and
and we were lucky to have such an enthusiastic and
Tess took some seniors to their farms for coffee and
willing pair of ladies for this job. Good luck in your
dainties at the Tolton farm, and for lunch at the
studies and remember the only sure way to succeed is
Stevenson farm. What great hospitality was shown to
through hard work.
everyone at both places and everyone thoroughly
Hamiota Senior Council held a fundraising Barbeque enjoyed the trip. The girls also drove the seniors to all
on August 21st which was very well attended and we
the local hotspots in and around Kenton such as Salt
were so fortunate to have such a beautiful bake table
Lake and they also drove by some of the seniors
with everything from lemon meringue pie to tomatoes, previous houses and reminisced. The day in the country
carrots, cucumbers, biscuits, cookies, you name it.
was well spent and enjoyed by all. A huge thank you to
We certainly appreciated all the donated items we
Mary Ann and Richard Stevenson and Roma
received and it didn’t take long for the table to become Stevenson, and to Candace and Sean Tolton for
empty. Thank you to everyone who supported our
participating in this fun day.
event either by baking or by attending the barbeque or
On Tess’s last day of work for the summer, she
both. A big thank you to Vanguard Credit Union for
organized a crib tournament with participants from Park
supplying the coffee cups once again.
Without fundraising unfortunately we couldn’t exist. and Lilac as well as some community members.
Sixteen players turned out for this event and Darryl
Our wonderful volunteers for this event were:
Candace Tolton, Hannah Tolton, Miranda Cook, Boyd was the lucky winner of the door prize as well as
2nd place for second highest score, with Pete Oberlin
Al Peterniak and Norah Gray.
being the top scorer and receiving 1st prize. Thanks to
On one of the hottest days of summer we decided to Tess for organizing this last event before she finished
have a wiener and marshmallow roast at the Hamiota
up. It was a fun filled morning.
Park. This event was very well attended and brought
On a sad note the Seniors Council is looking for
back many memories of roasting wieners over the fire.
some
new Board members due to the sudden loss of
Many of the seniors had not done so for more than 20
our President, Joan Foxton. We meet the first Friday of
years so it was a fun way to spend the evening. The
every month except for July and August from 9 a.m. to
bugs weren’t too bad except for the flies once the
hotdogs and marshmallows were cooked and there was 10 a.m. and we welcome any new members to our
happy group. Meetings take place in the Senior Council
a lovely breeze in the Lions shelter where we ate.
Office, Suite 30 – 166 Lilac Ave, Park Residence.
We even had some little visitors, namely Dorothy
Ramsey’s grandson and great grandchildren who
We are all thinking of the farmers at this busy time
happened to be camping at the campground while
of year and wish them a successful and safe harvest.
participating in swimming lessons.
Please watch for the farm equipment moving to and
A Fancy Tea was held at Lilac Residence where the from farm sites while you are out and about.
ladies were encouraged to don their fancy hats, gloves
Until next month…...
or fascinators and enjoy an afternoon of tea and dainties
Veronica Menzies, Seniors Resource Coordinator
Wanted:
To rent, or buy property near Hamiota........ 5-10 acres suitable to winter OR board 4 horses.
Phone 204-412-0050 or 204-512-3507. E-mail: davisonanne5@gmail.com
...............Anne Davison
September 2015
September
1-30
Gallery Exhibition - L’il Bits of Brandon & Area
17&23 Adult Beginner Drawing Classs with Mary Lowe
17, 24 Tea at the Old Bank (assorted desserts)
24
Volunteer Appreciation Tea
25
Steve Palmer Concert
27
Decker Country Riders 4-H Club
October
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Kari Penner Bridal Shower
9
Mental Health for Life
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Thanksgiving Day
18
Lions FISH FRY!!
2:00 - 4:00pm
7:30 pm
6:30 pm
2:00 - 4:00pm
12Noon - 1pm
4:30 - 7:00pm
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Heritage Arts Centre
Heritage Arts Centre
Heritage Arts Centre
Heritage Arts Centre
Heritage Arts Centre
Hamiota Ag Office
Heritage Arts Centre
Heritage Arts Centre
With Family & Friends
Hamiota Community Centre
Hamiota and Area Cancer Support Group Meeting
will be at 11am on September 29th at Choy’s restaurant in Shoal Lake.
Guest speaker will be Kristen Tischemski on Melanoma.
Shelley’s Home Daycare spent the
morning at Birch Lodge, both the seniors
and the kids enjoyed playing with
the farm toys!
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Also!! Birch Lodge is looking for a few
BINGO VOLUNTEERS, one Friday a month
from 2pm till 3pm, if anyone is willing to come
and give us a hand, would be much appreciated!
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September 2015
The Hamiota Municipal Office
Hamiota Municipal Building
Box 100
75 Maple Avenue
Hamiota Manitoba
Canada
R0M 0T0
Open Monday to Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM
Open…..12:00PM to 1:00PM......for your convenience.
Council Meetings are held as follows:
1st Wednesday at 7 PM, and 3rd Wednesday at 9 AM.
Phone:764-3050 Fax:764-3055 e-mail: info@hamiota.com
Website: www.hamiota.com
Service Request: 764 3050 ext 100, or service@hamiota.com
Summer Landfill
Hours
Monday:
9am - Noon
Tues to Thurs: 1pm - 8pm
Saturday:
10am - 6pm
Take Used Oil & Antifreeze
to Eco-Centre and E-Waste
to Depot at the Landfill.
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Hamiota Economic Development Corporation.
To submit your announcement, or news item
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Home Page……... www.hamiota.com
Tell all of your out-of-town
friends & relatives
please contact the Economic Development Officer (EDO) at
Box 100 Hamiota MB R0M 0T0 or Tel: 1 204 764 3050 ext 107 or Fax 1 204 764 3055
or
e-mail: leader@hamiota.com by Noon on the 10th of every month