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Vol. 129 No. 8 Friday, April 29, 2011
VOTE
May 2 is nd
Election Day
By DARRYL HOLYK
A s Canadian citizens,
we all have the right
to elect the leaders of our
country. Our next oppor-
tunity to do this is Monday,
May 2nd, when Canada’s
41st General Election.
Polls will be open from
8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
If you have received
your Voter Information
Card by mail, you are regis-
tered to vote. Take this card
with you when you head to
the polls Monday. If you
have not received a Voter
Information Card, you can
register to vote when you
arrive at the polls. Be sure
you have with you one
piece of photo identifica-
tion or two pieces of non-
photo identification.
Candidates in the
Dauphin - Swan River –
Marquette Riding include
Wendy Menzies (Liberal),
Cheryl Osborne (New
Democratic Party), Rob-
ert Sopuck (Conservative)
and Kate Storey (Green
Party).
Voter turnout in the
last General Election in
October 2008 was a low
58.8%. Hopefully, this per-
centage will increase with
Monday’s election.
Take a few short min-
utes on Monday and be
part of the selection pro-
cess to elect Canada’s next
group of federal leaders.
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4-H projects on display
By KATHLEEN LEDWITH
M innedosa 4-H held
their Achievement
at the United Church hall
on Tuesday evening. There
was a wide variety of dis-
plays including everything
from Italian cooking to
some quality woodwork.
Approximately 26
youth took part in this
year’s 4-H program. The
program starts in the fall
and runs through to April.
4-H is available to boys
and girls from age 8 to 20.
It is an amazing program
for families to get involved
in.
The doors opened at
6:30 p.m. for viewing with
the formal program start-
ing at 7:30 p.m. The pro-
gram included the singing
of O’Canada; members
also recited the 4-H
pledge. Emily Kingdon
served as the evening’s
emcee. Reilly Barrett spoke
about the number of great
activities the club took part
in throughout the year.
Club leaders Karen Bram-
ley and Katharine Kingdon Photo by Kathleen Ledwith
were very impressed with Brent Cardy (R) is pictured above with his 4-H project leader, his father, Andy (L).
the projects created by
Brent chose Woodworking, Let’s Build for his project this year and had on display some
the members for Achieve-
ment Night. Karen spoke
of his work including a hockey gear stand and table.
about different games the balloons to their feet. than others. In 4-H you get indicated Karen. a new teacher. Tanis was
the club played through- They had to stomp on the to work on some of those Tanis Barrett spoke amazed at the high school
out the year, one game in balloons to try and burst challenges such as pub- on behalf of the Multi Pur- kid’s confidence in public
particular was all the kids them. The learning from lic speaking and meeting pose Club explaining how speaking as she herself was
had to write a challenge the exercise was amazing. deadlines, etc. she grew up in a city and quite shy about speaking
on a balloon, for example Some balloons were hard- “I never knew what knew nothing about 4-H. in public.
shyness, or others may er to break just like some of 4-H was until a few years The first time she heard
find it hard to meet dead- the challenges in our lives ago and would recom- about the program was Continued
lines, they then had to tie are harder to overcome mend it for every child,” when she moved here as on Page 8
On May 2nd vote KATE STOREY
Smart Economy, Strong Communities, True Democracy
Join Kate online at www.katestorey.ca
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