Fun Fest, food banks and fine art
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- Published on Friday, June 30, 2017
By John Drinkwater
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With the local food bank running low on food, Marlies Soltys, owner of Inspire Studio in Minnedosa, has thought of a way to promote her business and benefit those in need.
For two weeks running up to Fun Fest, Soltys is encouraging people to bring in a non perishable food item. Each donation entitles them to pop one of the many balloons hanging in her store. Each balloon contains a prize, such as leather bracelets, bath salts and necklaces. Two balloons contain an Inspire Studio gift certificate. Soltys said, “It is our hope to run out of balloons sooner than later and of course fill the food bank cupboards, so that no one in our area needs to worry where their next meal is coming from.”
Celebrating 50 years!
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On Saturday, June 17, Jim and Bev Gowler celebrated 50 years of ownership of the Spinning Wheel, in Wasagaming. The couple’s family, friends and customers were also on hand for the celebrations. The Gowlers also own a second Wasagaming business, Clear Lake’s Park Theatre.
Kinosota residents asked to help search for woodpecker
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Volunteers from the Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program will be heading out to the Kinosota-Leifur Important Bird Area (IBA) on Sunday, July 9 to look for the globally threatened Red-headed Woodpeckers.
The Kinosota-Leifur IBA is thought to host more than 50 pairs of Red-headed Woodpecker, a globally important concentration of this species. This species prefers open, grazed woodlots, with standing dead trees. It is distinct, with a vivid red head and a large prominent white patch on its lower back. It is thought that declines in its breeding population are due to loss of this very specialized and disappearing habitat. It is also a migrant, unlike the more common and familiar types of woodpeckers, arriving in Manitoba in May and wintering in the southeastern United States.
We will be driving along roads in the area, identifying habitat and counting the number of woodpeckers and other birds of interest in this area.
If you are interested in joining us for this event, please contact Tim Poole, IBA Coordinator for Manitoba at 204-943-9029 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Festival of flavour coming to Neepawa in July
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By Miranda Leybourne
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Jam Fest will be back next month, giving Neepawa and area jam-makers a chance to put their best jar forward and enjoy some entertainment and local culture as well.
From small town, Manitoba to 'Hollywood North'
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- Published on Thursday, June 29, 2017
Submitted photo. David Roncin has come a long way from his home town of McCreary, Manitoba to make it in Vancouver’s competitive film industry aka ‘Hollywood North’.
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Ever since David Roncin was a little kid, he’s had an obsession with film and storytelling. Anyone who knew the former McCreary resident growing up could tell you tales about him picking up a video camera and making movies with his classmates as the stars. Since those formative years, his passion for film has not only increased, but turned into a successful, award winning career. But before all that, Roncin’s first foray into the magic of movies began with just learning how to operate the family’s home video player.
