REVIEW SOUTHERN MANITOBA Thursday, January 29, 2015 P.O. Box 249, Cartwright, MB R0K 0L0 Volume 117 Number 4 Serving Cartwright and Mather since 1899 90¢ 299 young Manitobans prepare for Manitou Opera House Canada Winter Games in Prince George to celebrate anniversary in Prince George, BC. Brown Sport Manitoba will send a from Miami. The list shows the athletes’ and Higham will lead the of MB women’s vote team of 299 individuals to the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George BC, February 13 - March 1, 2015. The only really familiar name on the list is Jaycee Magwood of Killarney, who is on the female hockey team. Jaycee is a granddaughter of Judy (nee Rattie) and Bob Vanrobaeys. The influence of living near La Riviere ski hill shows in the alpine skiing team, which includes Amanda Creith from Manitou and Nicholas Friesen current place of residence, and also lists hometown. Surprisingly, the Manitoba athletes include young people originally from Italy, Egypt Vietnam, Korea and China. Keenan Brown (Archery, Winnipeg) and Christian Higham (Women’s Hockey, Winnipeg) have been named Team Manitoba’s flag bearer and lantern bearer respectively for the opening ceremonies of the 2015 Canada Winter Games herd into the CN Centre in the evening on Friday February 13, 2015. This year’s Honourary Captain, Kaitlyn Lawes, is a past Canada Games athlete who competed for Manitoba in curling at the 2003 Canada Winter Games. She won back-to-back Canadian junior titles as a skip in 2008 and 2009. Lawes won an Olympic gold medal for Canada as the third on Jennifer Jones’ team in Sochi last year. Clippers hockey - lots of goals This past weekend the Clippers played two home games at the Clipperdome. First up was the Deloraine Royals who are the defending league champions. The home team came out skating hard, really trying to push the pace of the game. Early in the game Sean Haight tipped one into the Deloraine net to give the Clippers the lead. The Royals responded but were soon answered on before the end of the first. In the second Deloraine was able to cash in on their oppurtunities and took the lead 3 - 2 going into the third. Drew Haight scored five minutes into the period, but from that point on the visitors took control of the game and scored three more times before the final buzzer. Final score Royals 6 - Clippers 3. Sunday night the Clippers hosted the Carberry Plainsmen. From the beginning of this game there was lots of golden chances and goals. Only one minute in the score was 1 - 1. The Clippers added two more to the Plainsmen’s one in the remainder of the first period. In the second the Carberry boys tied it up early, but the Clippers answered later as Drew Haight scored his third of the night. Going into the third period it was 5 - 3 Clippers. The Sunday game, how- ever, had much the same feel as Saturday’s in the third period. Where the Clippers were not able to score on their chances, the Plainsmen did. When the dust settled, after an empty-net goal, the final score was Plainsmen 7 - Clippers 5. Next weekend the Clippers travel to Melita to take on the Bisons and then Sunday, Feb. 1 at 1:00 p.m. the Gladstone Lakers are in town. August 2, 2015 will be the hundredth anniversary of Nellie McClung’s Speech to an enthusiastic crowd in the Manitou Opera House on the topic of women’s suffrage – the right to vote. On August 6, 1915, the government of Premier Norris was elected. His government granted women the right to vote in Manitoba in January 2016. These events will be celebrated at the Manitou Opera House this coming summer and autumn, so watch for details! The Manitou Opera House Foundation has been raising funds for the Accessibility Project, an addition which will include accessible washrooms, meeting room and kitchen area, and access to the street level. The Backstage component includes a ramp which will allow easy access for all to the Opera House stage. Construction of the Accessibility Project will begin this spring with completion by year’s end. Al Thorleifson, project manager, thanked the community for their support of the project – over two hundred seventy five donors have donated over $500,000 to the Project so far. The $50,000 from the Enabling Accessibility Fund and the $50,000 from the Town of Manitou bring the total to $600,000. The Foundation will need to fundraise another $150,000 to cover the remaining costs of the project. Mr Thorleifson encouraged anyone who would consider making a donation to do so as soon as possible. The Foundation’s goal is to raise sufficient funds to pay for the project before it is completed. Prairie Spirit School Div. meeting notes MEETING HIGHLIGHTS The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Prairie Spirit School Division was held at the Division Office on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Accounts: A motion to approve the accounts in the amount of $2,529,723.45 was passed. Staffing A motion to receive and file the following staffing as re- There was lots of action in the third period of the Clippers game vs Carberry, but in spite of all the effort, the locals could not hang on to the lead. With just a few league games left, the race to get into the play-offs is on. ported in Appendix A dated January 15, was passed: sign substitute teacher contracts with Ken Byrka and Andrew Pruden for the remaining 20142015 school year; accept the resignation of Cheri McLaren as Librarian at Baldur School; ratify the employment of Angie Van Damme for 6.5 hours per day as Administrative Assistant at Pilot Mound Collegiate; transfer Jessica Fehr from Pilot Mound Collegiate to Manitou Elementary School to June 29, 2015 as educational assistant for 4.95 hours per day plus .5 duty free hours per day. A motion to ratify the employment of Christine Van De Spiege at 60% time as payroll officer at the school division office was passed. Administration Student suspensions were reported. The Public Budget meeting will be held on March 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Division Office. Continued on Page 2
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