Rural Roundup - Jan. 16, 2013

Russell Banner

The people of Waywayseecappo First Nation participated in the Idle No More protests, marching down the highway through the reserve.

Protesters carried signs that read "Stephen Harper is a Weenug" and "Native Banook Pow-wer."

Russell Banner

Owners of Wendell Honey made their debut on the CBC hit TV show "Dragon's Den" on Jan. 13.

The group was one of about 200 people that pitched to the producers of the show back in March of last year.

"That was exciting, but hard on the nerves because you're waiting around and thinking that everybody seems to have a better idea than yours," said marketing director Martin Neuhofer. "I could just imagine the spread sheet they had of 'good idea, good presentation, and then crazy guy column.'"

"Maybe I'm just one of the crazy guys they put on there."

Crossroads This Week

Lions International recognized Ken Caldwell of Rossburn with its prestigious Fellowship Award.

The award is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian is consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism.

Caldwell has been a Lion member since 1960 and has given back to his community for more than 50 years as president of the Rossburn Curling Club and Agricultural Society and a town councillor from 1979 to 2002.

Crossroads This Week

The Miniota/Elkhorn C-Hawks have five sets of brothers on the 2012-13 team. The team, which competes in the North Central Hockey League, made it to the league final last year.

As well, the coach and manager of the team are fathers of two sets of the brothers on the team — manager Delmar Sheane, sons Jamie and Travis; coach Randy McKean, sons Sean and Robyn; Cory and Curtis Gardham; Devrin and Dillin Stonehouse; Jordan and Tyler Mitchell.

Roblin Review

A mysterious malfunction at Roblin's curling rink destroyed the ice and left Rec Commission staffer bewildered.

"We don't know what happened but we think it might have been a power outage," rec director Patricia Boguski said.

A check of the rink Dec. 31 revealed everything in order, but two days later staff was shocked by what they found.

"We turned on the lights and the ice was gone," rec staff member Shayna Zahnd said.

Carberry News-Express

Long-time community advocate Gladwyn Scott was awarded with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal.

Scott has dedicated more than 60 years to baseball as a player, builder and volunteer in the region and was inducted into the Canada Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008.

Dauphin Herald

The Dauphin Regional Health Centre welcomed it's first baby of the new year in the early morning of Jan. 2, 2013.

Proud parents Dayna Fendick and Daniel Wagner, of Sifton, gave birth to six-pound 11-1/2 ounce Falyn, who joins big sister Nevaeh.

Keeping with tradition, the Dauphin Ladies Health Auxiliary presented the new arrival with a goodie bag marking the occasion.

Dauphin Herald

Taylor Shankaruk, from the Parkland Gators Swim Club, was honoured for her hard work, perseverance and dedication to the sport of swimming.

Shankaruk, 16, from St. Rose du Lac, was awarded Outstanding Swimmer of the Year from an outlying area by the Swim-Nation Manitoba organization

The award is presented to the swimmer, from outside of Winnipeg, who is 11 years of age or older and has the highest World Performance Chart point total based on two long course performances.

The Gazette

Crime Stats in the Village of Glenboro, particularly in the area of property crimes, have gone down.

Blue Hills Staff Sgt Mike Zens presented the previous year's statistics.

Work still needs to be done in the area of quads and snowmobiles, that have been posing a problem in the village.

Virden Empire-Advance

Former University of Texas-El Paso volleyball standout, Aidan Mooney is now applying her athletic knowledge to four-legged competition.

Mooney, who grew up in Virden, is training thoroughbred horses in El Paso.

"It's kind of funny to go from the athlete being trained to training horses as athletes because a lot of the training schedule and injury treatment is actually pretty similar to humans," Mooney said.

Boissevain Recorder

Sixty years ago, in 1953, the 30-day test on the oil well at Lake Lulu was still underway.

Tests indicated that the well will be an average producer, similar to the Waskada wells.

Drilling on a new well south of Mountainside had commenced and was 3,400 feet below the surface.

Neepawa Banner

When Steven Strelczik began his career in early childhood education he always had one long-term goal in mind — opening his own daycare.

Steve's Early Education Program officially opened in November and is run out of the family home.

"It's a lot of fun an adventure," Strelczik said. "I'm really excited to have a place that people can chose to come to."

Shilo Stag

During the 1970s, Reg Wannamaker was sent to Rogers Pass, B.C., with a detachment of soldiers from CFB Shilo to help keep the TransCanada Highway clear of snow.

Wannamaker used a 105 howitzer to shoot down snow accumulation in the crevasses of the mountains.

"Every time we fired, it was a target round, and it would expose on contact with the snow," Wannamaker said. "We always used the highest charge on a shell that weighed more than 40 pounds in order to achieve this . The target data for the gun was all pre-recorded."

Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition January 15, 2013