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For the second year in a row, Thompson was not in top spot in Statistics Can-ada’s 2014 Crime Severity Index (CSI) of cities with a population of over 10,000 people released July 22 and its crime severity declined by double digits, though it is still in the top fi ve na-tionally.

Thompson’s overall CSI was 212.2, third-highest in the country behind North Battleford, Sask. (274.53) and Williams Lake, B.C. (235.23).

Nationally, the CSI was 66.7 and decreased by three per cent, the 11th-straight year that the over-all index score has dropped. In Thompson, overall crime severity was down by 15.12 per cent from 2013, with violent crime severity down nine per cent to 221.04 – fourth-highest in the coun-try – from the previous year

and non-violent crime se-verity down 17.27 per cent to 208.55, the third-highest in the country. The national violent crime severity index dropped fi ve per cent from 2013.

The municipal Thomp-son RCMP detachment saw 5,033 violations in 2014, with 1,012 people charged, including 850 adults and 162 youth. There were 4,662 Criminal Code vio-lations resulting in char-ges to 718 adults and 119 youth. Of those, 731 inci-dents were violent crimes, which resulted in charges to 267 adults and 27 youth. There were also 202 drug violations that led to char-ges against 42 adults and fi ve youth.

There were no homicides in Thompson in 2014, the same as the previous year, while the number of sex-ual assaults involving a weapon or bodily harm was one, also the same as 2013.

Level one sexual assaults were down 18.1 per cent, from 35 incidents in 2013 to one last year. Aggravated assaults were unchanged, at six incidents, while assaults with a weapon or causing bodily harm dropped from 119 in 2013 to 100 last year, a 16.94 per cent decrease. Level one assaults were down from 452 to 437, a 4.4 per cent drop. Assaults against a peace offi cer dropped from 19 to 15, nearly a 22 per cent decline. Firearms incidents were down by two-thirds, from three in 2013 to one in 2014. The number of robberies – 20 – was unchanged. Forcible confi nement or kidnapping rose from zero incidents in 2013 to three in 2014. In-cidents of uttering threats went down 22.73 per cent. Property crimes decreased 16.9 per cent, from 1,903 to 1,600 last year. Arson declined over 72 per cent,

from 29 incidents in 2013 to eight in 2014. Weapons violations rose almost 20 per cent, from 19 in 2013 to 23 last year. Criminal Code traffi c violations decreased 19 per cent from 2013.

The City of Thompson said in a July 24 press re-lease that the drop in crime severity was a result of co-ordination with the RCMP, Project Northern Doorway and the development of affordable and supportive housing. “Our approach focuses on long-term, sustainable solutions to address crime and safety,” said Mayor Dennis Fenske. “By focusing our efforts on preventative measures, we create an environment where people feel safe and secure. Now that the Com-munity Safety Offi cer Pro-gram is up and running, we anticipate we will continue to see an improvement in our ranking.”

Coun. Blake Ellis, the

public safety committee chair, said the continued decrease in crime severity was reassuring.

“They clearly indicate that we are on the right track and that our efforts are improving the quality of life for all of our residents,” he said.

RCMP Insp. Will Tewnion said he was pleased with the signifi cant reductions and credited them to com-munity initiatives to ad-dress root causes of crime.

The CSI is calculated by assigning various crimes different weights based on seriousness as measured by each crime’s incarcera-tion rate and the average prison sentence courts mete out for each crime. The weighted offences are then added up and divided by population. The CSI is standardized to a baseline of 100 which is derived from the index values for the year 2006.

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She currently lives in Winnipeg but Rebecca Chartrand, who will repre-sent the Liberal party as its candidate in the Churchill-Keewatinook-Aski riding in the fall’s federal election, makes it clear she isn’t a parachute candidate.

“My family’s from the north,” said Chartrand in an interview with the Thompson Citizen on July 16 during a visit Thomp-son for a number of events, including a meet and greet at Boston Pizza the previ-ous evening. “I’ve lived and worked in different parts of the north. My son’s family, for example, is from York Landing; his grandma lives right here in Thompson. I also have family in The Pas.”

In addition to personal connections, Chartrand also has practical experience north of the 53rd parallel.

“The furthest north that I’ve ever worked is Lac Brochet,” she said. “That was an interesting experi-ence. A bit of a culture shock in some ways when you grow up in the south and then you go north. The price of food, for example, was a real rude awaken-ing.”

That community and others like it in the now-expanded riding – which encompasses the Churchill riding currently represented in Parliament by the NDP’s Niki Ashton as well as the Interlake area - face par-ticular challenges related to

their geography.“If you go into the Island

Lakes area, the issue there is remote isolation,” notes the Liberal candidate. “You can only get there by fl y-in or by winter roads and because of global warming the winter road timeframe is decreasing so there’s a need to invest in infrastruc-ture so that communities from the north have access to urban areas.”

Further south, the big issue is fl ooding.

“Lake St. Martin, for example, is a community that’s been displaced for the last four years and it’s something that, although it’s a provincial issue, the federal government has a fi duciary responsibility to intervene when First Na-tions people are affected by whatever issues or challen-ges they’re dealing with,” Chartrand says.

In the larger communities of the province’s north, the dominant issue is the econ-omy.

“The mining industry isn’t doing as well as it used to so employment in those areas has been decreasing so there’s defi nitely differ-ent issues depending on where you go geographic-ally,” she says. “It’s really important to take a look at what people are doing in different regions to address those issues and to really get behind that and to sup-port those initiatives.”

Though she’s long been involved in political issues, Chartrand first sought elected offi ce during the last municipal election in Winnipeg.

“That was part of my work with Drag the Red,” says Chartrand. “Drag the Red is a grassroots initia-tive in Winnipeg that began after the body of Tina Fon-taine was found in the Red River. At that time we were really upset that there was no political will to support the idea of dragging the Red River to look for missing bodies.”

For Chartrand, the issue hits close to home.

“These are issues I’ve been passionate about my whole life because I have a cousin that went mis-sing when she was 14 and

they’ve never found her,” the candidate says. “I also had a best friend who went missing when I was 16 and we found her body two weeks later. She was badly beaten and found not too far from the river.”

Although she wasn’t elected in Winnipeg, Char-trand savoured the experi-ence and says there are some parallels between that campaign and the one she has embarked on in North-ern Manitoba.

“Once I got in and started running in the civic election and door-knocking it really lit a fi re in me,” she recalls. “I was running in the Point Douglas area where there’s a large population of ab-original people and a very low turnout, which is very similar to the Churchill rid-ing, you know, because in the last election there was only 43 per cent turnout. It’s important people get out and vote and get involved and voice their concerns, that people are heard.”

Chartrand says she be-lieves that voters in Canada have a lot of frustrations with the current federal government and that the Liberal party is the best choice to deliver remedies for those frustrations.

“I think people have lost faith in our government and there’s a need to restore trust in our government and I think the Liberals have the best plan in place to restore democracy,” says Chartrand. “Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal party, is really focused on bringing people together. I’ve had the opportunity to meet him three times now and hear him speak and I really like his mes-sage about unity and about restoring trust in govern-ment, of having a transpar-ent government and having a government that works for the people, the average person, the middle class and those that are want-ing to join it. I think that’s a message that resonates with the average Canadian because when you’re out there talking to people, there’s a lot of disgruntled people who, like I said, have lost faith in govern-ment and democracy.”

Part of the Liberals’ plan to grow the economy is by ensuring people have money to spend.

“If you take a look at the Liberals’ plan, for example, for the Canada child benefi t, it ensures that the middle class receives some tax breaks and a guaranteed income. So for example the typical family, two parents, two children, maybe earn-ing up to $90,000 a year, it will guarantee a monthly income for them through the Canada child benefi t. It also supports families that aren’t making an income as well, so those that are trying to join [the middle class]. Whether you make $10,000 a year or $90,000 a year it’s going to support those families that need it the most. For a child under the age of six, I believe it’s $533 and for children over the age of six to 18, it’s $433 a month, tax-free.”

The challenge for Char-trand between now and October is to get out and connect with voters in the massive riding.

“It’s very costly to fl y into First Nations communities,” she says.

Once in front of a poten-tial voter, however, Char-trand is comfortable.

“In terms of connecting to the people, that’s never been an issue for me,” she says. “I have friends in all parts of the Churchill rid-ing because, as you know, many northerners from First Nations communities have to go to urban areas to attend school because there isn’t a high school so there’s usually a large infl ux of youth from the north from many First Na-tions communities who come to the city and to places like Thompson. A strength that I have is just really being able to rally people together and work together for a common cause. I’ve been involved at the grassroots level since I was a teenager just rallying people together on import-ant issues, whether it’s mis-sing and murdered indigen-ous women or important education issues. I think once people get to know me, hopefully they’ll think I’m an ideal candidate.”

Liberal candidate for Churchill riding familiar with the north

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham

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Peter Frigo lives in the Burntwood South neigh-bourhood, and he has some concerns regarding the use of ATVs and dirt bikes.

Frigo wrote a letter to Thompson city council, and spoke during its July 20 meeting. In the letter written on July 13, the Thompsonite explained his concerns revolving around the vehicles. “With many riders consistently choos-ing to proceed at speeds approaching 60 kilometres an hour, refusing to stop at the stop sign, cursing at residents as they drive by and performing stunts on this public road, I live with the daily fear that some-one in my neighbourhood may one day get seriously injured.”

During the council meet-ing Frigo questioned Mayor Dennis Fenske about what is being done and what can be done to stop the loud and dangerous traffic around his neighbourhood. The resident will be mak-ing a presentation about his concerns during the Aug. 6 public safety com-mittee meeting, but wanted some interim solutions.

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Fenske noted that the RCMP have been notifi ed about the area. Thompson RCMP say they have been getting copious amounts of complaints about the vehicles and are clamping down on reckless driving.

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To the Editor:

“Yesterday’s Showers.” Do we continue to stress over something we cannot change? Yes we do constantly. Let’s move on and grow stronger each day. Why do we continue to battle yesterday’s mistakes realizing that it did not turn out the way we would have liked? This does not mean that our future cannot be better than we ever imagine. Let’s not live in “yesterday’s showers” because we will end up losing what we have in the present. Today, life is like a puzzle and the pieces will fi t so we can have a future of happiness, hope, love and gladness in our hearts.

Ken RossThompson

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Crime trends pointing

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The annual release of Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime statistics and the Crime Severity Index (CSI) through which it measures crime in

the country’s cities with more than 10,000 people isn’t something that Thompson can look forward to, given that the city perennially sits near the top and that isn’t about to change.

Comparing ourselves to others is a somewhat useful ex-ercise, but the other cities on the list aren’t in the exact same circumstances as Thompson, though the ones usual-ly at the top, like North Battleford and Prince Albert, Sask. and Williams Lake, B.C., do share a lot of similarities with the Hub of the North. And, as individual sports competi-tors know, you can’t control what those you are competing against are doing. You can only improve your own per-formance. And by that measure, Thompson can take some measure of satisfaction.

In each of the past two years – 2013 and 2014 – the CSI decreased by over 10 per cent, and violent crime severity is down nine per cent from 2013 to 2014. There were no homicides in either of the last two years. That might not seem like much to crow about for a lot of cities of Thomp-son’s size, but it wasn’t so long ago that there were two or three every year. In most major crime categories, Thomp-son is seeing the number of incidents go down. That’s true for the country as a whole, as well, but the decrease in Thompson is taking place more rapidly, even if there is a higher hill to descend.

There are two sides to every story and while Thompson still has a CSI score in excess of 200 – one of only four communities of a total of more than 300 in the survey with that distinction (about 90 per cent have scores of less than 100) – at least the trend is heading in the right direction.

The truth isn’t always comforting or fl attering but you have to confront it before you can make the necessary changes to improve, whether you’re a city or a person. Over the past few years, the city and other organizations have done that and the results are showing. Crime in Thompson didn’t get to where it is overnight and the problem can’t be erased in a short timeframe, either. And while slow and steady doesn’t necessarily win the race, it can turn the tide in a longer war. Right now, the good guys have the mo-mentum in Thompson and only bad guys could complain about that.

Our civic paradigm: Observations thus farBY MATT M. BOSCARIOLCITY OF THOMPSON

Picking up your life and relocating is never easy. It involves some serious introspection, conversa-tions with loved ones, and long-term planning – this was something that happened to me. Mov-ing to Thompson from southern Ontario was a gargantuan entity in of it-self. Some may ask: why did you do it?

There are several rea-sons for this decision: ranging from my immedi-ate boss’s work philoso-phy and an opportun-ity to be mentored (city manager Gary Ceppetelli is also an urban plan-ner), the job portfolio, the team I work with, the visioning piece and policy documents relating to the city’s growth, the city’s rebranding strategy, and the overall direction of council under Mayor Den-nis Fenske. All of these pieces knit together to make an uprooting tran-sition seamless.

There are, however, many elements that at-

tracted me to your city that are not embedded in bureaucracy and city policies. Thompson is at a tipping point where the economy is diversi-fying rapidly; what was once strictly a mining and industrial city is now a commercial and retail hub with a variety of hous-ing types. The economic output and platform of Thompson can only in-crease, and the opportun-ity to tie in sustainable growth into our city is endless.

Work being done out-side of City Hall ties the community together. City Hall needs this – it legit-imizes and improves the work we do. Historically, during times of economic adversity, residents have relied on social connec-tions. These connec-tions are formed through neighbourly exchanges, or forming community groups to create a voice for a cause. Thompson Unlimited – our economy development arm – is do-ing some fantastic work which I am also focusing

on. As a new, diverse and talented board of direc-tors, we are looking to modernize and reach out to many different organ-izations in order to foster new relationships and embolden our local busi-ness opportunities. The Thompson Lions Seniors Manor board – a group steered by local entre-preneur Nick Di Virgilio and Deputy Mayor Penny Byer - are championing a beautiful new senior’s housing development. The board recognized the importance and the need of diversifying Thomp-son’s housing market, and acted on it.

These examples – and there are many more - are the heart and soul of ur-banism. They are why I came to Thompson. Civic engagement and civic involvement are inter-changeable, but in the simplest terms they mean being connected and car-ing about each other and the betterment of them-selves and community. Thompson is comprised of passionate residents

who are concerned about the growth and well-be-ing of their community and their children’s chil-dren. This is urbanism at its fi nest.

Thompson has a vast history and diverse city elements with which we can build upon together. Health, transportation, the industrial sector, edu-cation, and government industries are building blocks to further divers-ify our productive rec-reational tourism indus-try and small business environment, revitalize our downtown, and wel-come smart development through an emphasis on civic involvement and our planning process. This is why I moved here. I look forward to working with you all!

Matthew Boscariol is the director of planning and development for the City of Thompson. He can be reached at 204-677-7922. You can follow him on twitter @mattb-osco1988 and the City of Thompson’s Twitter ac-count @cityofthompson.


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“Little men” who tried to abduct children and/or give them candy in re-mote northeastern parts of the province. Bullet-like objects approaching planes and shining lights at them. Fireballs. Flying saucers as big as a school. Eight-foot hairy monsters chasing children. Mys-terious noises. Zig-zag-ging lights. An incision appearing on a person’s head overnight. Aliens outside the window.

If these sound to you like possible plots for the The X-Files when it returns to TV, you’re not far-off. They are uniden-tified flying object (UFO) reports from the M-Files, a database of over 2,000 UFO sightings in Mani-toba since 1792 compiled by Chris Rutkowski, who works at the University of Manitoba and has written numerous books on UFO-related topics.

And all of the above were reported in North-ern Manitoba, which, despite accounting for four or five per cent of the province’s population, punches slightly above its weight in UFO encoun-ters, accounting for about six per cent of such inci-dents, based on informa-tion in data tables avail-able through Rutkowski’s Ufology Research blog at http://uforum.blogspot.ca/.

The first known UFO sighting in the province’s history took place not far from where Thompson is now, on the shore of Landing Lake near the Thicket Portage area in

1792, when famed ex-plorer David Thompson and his companion An-drew Davy saw a “meteor of globular form … larger than the Moon” which came towards them and descended until it struck the river ice with “a sound like a mass of jelly” shat-tering into innumerable pieces that quickly dis-appeared.

Thompson itself is in the top five for UFO sight-ings in Manitoba since that time, with 40 such reports, representing two per cent of the total.

The most recent UFO sighting in Thompson came last year, when a witness reported seeing an object with a glow at the back silently flying over the city. On Christ-mas Eve of 2010, Kim-berly Wavey saw three reddish-orange lights in a triangle formation in the sky above Thomp-son, though it was later determined that these were most likely Chinese lanterns.

And while most UFO sightings in Northern Manitoba are of the strange lights/objects in the sky variety, there have been reports of even stranger encounters. One such incident, not included in Rutkowski’s data tables but included in The M-Files: UFOs in Manitoba at www.canadianuforeport.com, tells the story of a woman who apparently saw her daughter being lifted into the sky in 1967 after a rectangular object hov-ered in the sky above the family home.

A year earlier, incidents

in Gods Lake in October and December in the Is-land Lake area told, re-spectively, of flying sau-cers and “little men with rods that gave off beam of light, tried to abduct children” in the earlier incident and “‘little men’ in silver suits said to give ‘candy’ to children.”

Also in Island Lake, in 1981, there was a report of a light-bulb shaped object stopping a motor boat, while in St. Theresa Point in 1986, a witness reported seeing a sau-cer “big as school” with lights dropping from the sky.

In March of 1992, a pi-lot witnessed large burst of light in the south trav-elling north to south, and two days later, the RCMP received a report of chil-dren in Thompson seeing lights and “then an 8-ft hairy monster that chased them;” that same month a witness in Cross Lake saw lights over a house and an image of the Virgin Mary on the door.

Lake St. Martin was a UFO hotpsot for several weeks in 1996, when mysterious objects hov-ered overhead and shone lights on the lake, with one report claiming that two discs had landed in a field and the wit-ness getting a glimpse of the occupants, while yet another witness saw Christmas lights near their neighbour’s house, despite the fact that no Christmas lights had been put up there.

In 1983, in Nelson House, someone reported seeing an alien outside their window.

The M-Files shine light on unusual lights and more in Northern Manitoba

Notable Northern

Manitoba UFO reports1792: Explorers David Thompson and Andrew Davy observe “meteor of globular

form” approach and then strike the river ice near what is now Thicket Portage.

July 17-18, 1947: Media reports from Flin Flon describe an object as large as an

aircraft fl ying east west at an altitude of 5,000 feet and then, the next day, a “platter”

silhouetted against the stormy sky moving from east to west at high speed.

April 13, 1954: Media reports from The Pas describe a fl ying car headlight that fl at-

tened into a glide along the highway.

October 1966: Flying saucers and little men with rods that gave off beams of light

who tried to abduct children reported in Gods Lake.

December 1966: Little men in silver suits gave “candy” to children in the Island

Lake area.

July 26, 1967: An object emitting multicoloured lights hovers over the community of

Moose Lake, according to media reports.

Oct. 23, 1972: A bullet-like object approached an airliner and shone a beam at the

plane near Churchill.

Dec. 16, 1975: A saucer with lights fl ew over witnesses in Cranberry Portage, stop-

ping and hovering before vanishing into thin air.

1976: A domed disc-shaped object was observed fl ying near Thompson.

Oct. 3, 1981: A light-bulb shaped object stopped a motor boat in the Island Lake region.

July 14, 1983: A Nelson House resident reported seeing an alien appear outside

their window.

Dec. 13, 1986: A saucer as big as a school with lights dropping from the sky observed

at St. Theresa Point.

March 6, 1992: Children in Thompson reported seeing lights and then an eight-foot

tall hairy monster that chased them.

March 26, 1992: Lights seen above a house in Cross Lake, followed by a vision of

the Virgin Mary appearing on its door.

Oct. 25, 1996: A bowl-shaped object with windows shone a light on the lake at Lak

e St. Martin.

Feb. 11, 2001: An object with a sphere at the bottom with lights and a sphere turning

is observed at Sherridon.

Feb. 15, 2004: A fast object fl ew over apartments in York Landing.

July 2004: Two round objects seen fl ying about in the sky over Ponton.

2009: An upside-down cone-shaped object seen moving across the sky and rotat-

ing in Thicket Portage.

July 2, 2012: An object that looked like a mirage of a ship found on a photo of island

in Moose Lake.

Feb. 3, 2015: A person reports receiving a y-shaped incision on the top of their head

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This summer the City of Thompson is offering two different types of themed day camps for children. The two are a sports camp as well as an arts and crafts camp. Casey Kip-ling, camp co-ordinator, says that every week it switches back and forth. “For the sports camp we focus more on getting the kids outside, getting them playing sports, playing in the gym, being active. For the arts camp we get them to do more creative things, lots of crafts and artistic

things.”Along with those two

things, the children go to the Norplex Pool every Wednesday, and tour dif-ferent places like the fi re hall and the museum. Day trips are taken to the Ro-tary Splash Pad and dif-ferent parks throughout the city.

The camps run from 9 a.m. until noon, and then 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., and are for children six to 12.

Registration takes place at the TRCC. For a drop-in day it will cost you $36.36, fi ve days equals $163, and following the August long

weekend, the four-day week will be $136.

Darlene Dick, cultural events co-odinator, says the city isn’t making any-thing off these camps, and the money goes back into the general account, so camp counsellors can be paid.

For the themed camps there are two counsellors, as well as Kipling. Kipling noted that the themed camps see fewest children, so there’s more one-on-one time with counsellors and campers and the chil-dren have more hands-on supervised activities.

TRCC hosting summer camps


The Thompson Regional Community Centre is hosting themed day camps until the end

of August. This year there’s a sports camp and an arts and crafts camp. Campers on July

24 played some parachute games in the gymnasium.


Electricity rates will go up 3.95 per cent effect-ive this Saturday after the Public Utilities Board (PUB) approved a rate increase application from Manitoba Hydro July 24.

The new rates take ef-fect Aug. 1 and will mean a monthly increase of about $3.20 for an aver-age residential customer without electric space heat

and $6.11 for the average residential customer with electric space heat.

A bit less than half of the increase – 1.8 per cent – will go towards the Crown corporation’s on-going operational costs, while the other 2.15 per cent will supplement a de-ferral account the PUB pre-viously established to fund the Bipole III project by re-ducing the rate increases that would otherwise be

required when Bipole III goes into service.

Manitoba Hydro has plans to spend about $20 billon over the next dec-ade on the Bipole III project ($4.6 billion), the Keeyask generating station ($6.5 billion), maintenance of existing facilities ($5.9 bil-lion) and energy effi ciency programs ($700 million). To cover the cost of these projects, Hydro forecasts that electricity rates will

need to increase 42 per cent by 2024.

The PUB has directed the Crown corporation to develop a bill afford-ability program to help reduce the impact of this increase on lower-income electricity consumers and wants Manitoba Hydro to increase efforts to help customers reduce their energy consumption.

The opposition said the need for rate increases is a

result of the government’s mismanagement of Mani-toba Hydro.

“This is the fi rst of many rate increases to come be-cause of the NDP’s waste-ful blunders with the Bi-pole III transmission line and other unnecessarily costly projects,” said the Progressive Conservatives’ Ralph Eichler, the oppos-ition critic for Manitoba Hydro. “Manitobans sim-ply can’t afford this con-

tinued mismanagement.”The PCs say the govern-

ment and Manitoba Hydro did not heed the PUB’s rec-ommendation last year to halt the planned $10.7 bil-lion Conawapa generating station project, saying that Hydro spent $31 million on what was described as “future Conawapa genera-tion” after the NDP said it was accepting the recom-mendation to not proceed with the project.

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Skate or dieJustin Goulding, top, and Brayden Dudley, bottom, were

the winners of the 18-and-over and 13- to 17-year-old age

categories at the Straight Trashy skateboard competition

at the Thompson skatepark July 26, with Austin Yurkiw

winning the 12-and-under division.

Huge fan heading to Nova Scotia

for Sidney Crosby Hockey SchoolBY MOLLY GIBSON [email protected]

Brady Krentz will have one of his hockey dreams come true on Aug. 3, when he arrives at the Sidney Crosby Hockey School for a fi ve-day hockey camp with the star.

The 10-year-old, who has been playing hockey since he was fi ve, is one of 120 children from all over Canada taking part in the Cole Habour hockey camp this summer.

Mike and Jenny Krentz, saw a CTV story about the camp and decided to check it out for their son. The players chosen for the camp weren’t chosen because of skill; instead, the chil-dren had to write why they should be picked.

Krentz wrote a small piece explaining how much it would mean to him, as Crosby is his role model. “I would really like to go be-cause I really need to work on my foot speed and I have been a Sidney Crosby fan since I was born. I have loved hockey and sports and I think you could help me very much because come on, you could make someone who doesn’t know

how to play hockey a pro. All I do is play hockey. I have seen you in Winni-peg when you faced the Jets, you won 4-2 and you got your 101st point of the season that game. No mat-ter what my friends say you are always my idol.”

Krentz continued by talk-ing about how his room is full of Penguins stick-ers, and pictures of Crosby, and how he uses Crosby

while playing the video games NHL 14 and 15. He ended the letter by saying he dreams about meeting Crosby one day.

The young Thompson-ite’s love for hockey hap-pened because of his dad, who used to play, and his collection of hockey cards.

Each day the players will have two ice times, as well as a dry land activity, and presentations for the chil-

dren about bettering them-selves off the rink. Krentz said he heard that other NHL players would be there too, which excites him.

The Krentz family is mak-ing a family holiday out of the trip, since they have to cover all the travelling and accommodation costs.

The camp is taking place at Cole Harbour Place, the same rink Crosby started on, from Aug 3-7.


Brady Krentz has been picked to take part in the Sidney Crosby Hockey Schoo this sum-

mer in Cole Habour, Nova Scotia.

No million-dollar jackpot

during hole-in-one competitionBY MOLLY GIBSON [email protected]

This year marked the 10th year the million-dollar hole-in-one has been held in Thompson, and for the 10th straight year, no one won the million dollars.

The semifinal and final action took place July 25 at the Thomp-son Golf Course and although 50 residents qualified for the semi-finals, just over half showed up. The talk of the town this year was eight-year-old Gavin Fayant, the youngest in history to get a hole-in-one and take part in the semifinals.

The finals saw Mike Fayant, Tyler Davis and Dave Portey all try for the cash, teeing off 161 yards from the pin, but Mike Fayant came out on top getting to within 18 feet five-and-a-quar-ter inches of the flag, making him the closest of the top three.

Tom O’Brien of Arctic Radio as well as the Ro-tary Club of Thompson

congratulated all con-testants, and noted that this time next year, they will do it all over again.

This year the funds will be going to the Lions Senior Manor. “It was a good year, we’re very

happy about that. We’re very happy as a Rotary Club to be able to help out the Lions Club.”


Eight-year-old Gavin Fayant hits his fi nal shot during the semifi nals at the mllion-dollar

hole-in-one contest July 25.


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Public No ceThe Local Government District of Mystery Lake

2016 Board of Revision

Pursuant to Sec on 41 of the Municipal Assessment Act, NOTICE is hereby given that the 2016 Assessment Roll for the LGD of Mystery will be available to the public from 9 am to 12:00 noon from August 7th to Sep 09, 2015. The public is also advised that the Board of Revision will sit to hear applica ons for revision on September 09, 2015 at 1:00 pm in the LGD o ce, 20 Seal Road.

A person in whose name property has been assessed, a mortgagee in possession of property under subsec on 114(1) of The Real Property Act, an occupier of premises who is required under the terms of a lease to pay taxes on the property, or the assessor may make applica on for the revision of the assessment roll on any of the following grounds:

a. Liability to taxa onb. Amount of assessed valuec. Classi ca on of property, ord. Refusal by an assessor to amend the

assessment roll under sec on 13(2)An applica on for revision must be:

a. in wri ng;b. set out the roll number and legal

descrip on of the assessable property for which a revision is sought;

c. set out which of the ma ers referred to in subsec on 42(1) are at issue, and the grounds for each of those ma ers; and

d. be led by delivering it or causing it to be delivered to the o ce indicated above or by serving it upon the Secretary, by 4:30 PM on August 24 2015.

Dated at the City of Thompson, this 15 day of July, 2015

Louise HodderLGD of Mystery Lake

STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Is looking for house parents in the Thompson/Winni-

peg/Brandon area for the 2015/2016 School Year

House parent(s) must be willing to accept responsibil-

ity in supporting the student(s) success in high school

and must also encourage the student to participate in

activities that may be benefi cial for the student both

academically and socially.

The prospective houseparent(s) should be culturally

sensitive and be willing to maintain a cooperative

relationship with the student and parents.

All houseparent(s) must complete a Criminal Record

and Child Abuse Registry check, these forms are

available at our offi ce.

23 Nickel Road

Thompson, MB R8N 0Y4

For applications and more information please contact

Janelle Spence-Laliberty PHP Education Counselor,

(204) 677-0398 Mon – Fri 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.

Norman AAA Northstars

require billeting homes for the 2015-2016 season.Should you be interested please contact:

Cassie Bosters204-307-1245 or [email protected]

BILLETHOMESNEEDED


During a farewell party for Josh Cain, morning announcer for CHTM radio, Boys & Girls Club of Thompson executive

director Regina DaSilva-Gibbons, left, and Christa Herkert, right, presented him with an appreciation plaque. Herkert

said that they created this plaque because of everything Cain has done for the Boys & Girls Club of Thompson, and they

wanted to formally thank him.

Boys and Girls club thanks local radio host


Mayor Dennis Fenske has agreed to take part in a new Terry Fox challenge for this year’s run. Greg Moore, mayor of Port Co-quitlam, B.C., Fox’s home-town, is asking all mayors

in all Canadian cities to raise $1 for each resident.

“Terry’s wish, 35 years ago, was to raise $1 from every Canadian to fund important can-cer research. Together, 35 million Canadians can raise $35 million

on the 35th anniversary of Terry’s Marathon of Hope. I can’t think of a more fi tting tribute to our greatest Canadian icon,” explained a letter from Moore to Thompson city council.

The hope is for Fenske

to raise $1 for every resi-dent in Thompson before the Sept. 20 run.

Fenske says he is ac-cepting the challenge, and will be putting a strategy together, to see how the $13,123 can be raised.

Mayor to take part in Terry Fox

challenge with other city leaders


A resolution to approve the waiving of fees for the million-dollar hole-in-one contest ruffl ed a few feathers during counci’s July 20 meeting.

A memo from John Bur-rows, director of recrea-tion, parks and culture, stated that the Rotary Club would be holding their an-nual event and had asked the city to waive the four-

day rental fee of $572 for the use of Centennial Park.

However, the request didn’t follow the city’s policy, as notice wasn’t given to the City of Thompson 90 days prior to the event, and the re-quest wasn’t reviewed at a recreation and community services committee meet-ing, which are require-ments under the policy.

Coun. Dennis Foley

mentioned that this wasn’t the fi rst time this has happened. “I fully support what they’re do-ing, but there should be some communication with them, so we should continue to go through the proper channels via the recreation commit-tee, as opposed to the last minute, and last year this didn’t go through until after the event happened.”

The memo said that

there were clerical issues, so a request could not have been sent 90 days prior.

Burrows said they have been in contact with Tom O’Brien, president of the Thompson Rotary Club to let them know they have to follow the guidelines. “We also put a note on the fi le, so we can tickle them a little closer to the date next year to remind them.”

Fee waiver policy deadlines not being met

4 RENTAL PROPERTIES for sale in Birch River MB. Asking $32500 for all. All rented. Contact 204-236-4837. 26-gcd-31-d

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: $399,000. Fifteen room motel and residence in Swan River, Manitoba. Excellent loca-tion, very good condition and good in-come. Good starter motel or for semi retirement at a low price. Phone 306-783-1777 or email [email protected]. 29-3-nb

OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 500-5000 sq ft available. Cameron/Hoe building 83 Churchill Drive. Contact Joe Aniceto. 204-679-0490 or Neil Cameron 306-477-5668. 20-tfn-nb

BLOCK 3 LOT 14 LIZ LAKE Saturday, Aug 1, 9 am - 1 pm. Gardening tools, tools, planters and small black tables, snow blower, furniture & miscella-neous items.

CHILLAX FOODS (World’s Tastiest Food) Looking for two full time cooks Min 1-2 years’ experience in East Indian food cooking with specialization in curries. Reliable and capable of working with minimum supervision. Competitive wages and benefi ts. Send your resume to [email protected]. 28 -gcd-33

COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY and dry cleaners for sale. Coverall and mat rental business. 5000 sq ft building (new roof 2013) 145 Hayes Rd. Satellite store at Thompson Plaza. Interested parties con-tact: 204-778-8393. 9-tfn-nb

3 BEDROOM BUNGALOW in the Juniper area. Available immediately. $1250 per month plus utilities. No pets. References required. Call and leave a message at 204-677-3851 or email: [email protected]. 30-1-nb

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CHRISTIAN COUNCIL DIRECTORYST. JAMES ANGLICAN

Rev. Jean Arthurson-Ouskan

10 Caribou 677-4652 11 am

ST. JOSEPH UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC

340 Juniper Drive 778-7547

ST. LAWRENCE

ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH

Fr Joseph Subhash and Fr Guna Sekhar

114 Cree R. 677-0160

Sat. 6:30 pm & Sun. 10 am

THOMPSON PENTECOSTAL

Pastor Dan Murphy

Youth Pastor Lawrence Stratton

Children’s Pastor Miranda Murphy

126 Goldeye 677-3435 Service 10:30 am

ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN

249 Thompson Dr. 204-677-2799

Pastor Murat Kuntel, 11 am Service

CHRISTIAN CENTRE FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Ted Goossen

328 Thompson Dr. N. 677-4457

Sun. School 9:45 am • Service 11 am

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

456 Westwood Dr. S.

Ph. 778-8037 Service @ 11 am

LUTHERAN-UNITED CHURCH OF THOMPSON

congregations worship at 52 Caribou

Rd. at 10:30 am Sundays.

Phone 204-677-4495

LIVING WATER CHURCHPastor Archie McKay

Ph: 677-2469

Sunday services @ 7:00pm.

Light of the North Church

32 Nelson Road

GATEWAY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Dave Cook

204-679-9000

Sunday School 10:00

AM Service 11:00, PM Service 7:00

Prayer Meeting- Wednesday 7 PM

APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH

111 GOLDEYE CRESCENT

Service Schedule

Sunday 11:00 am Worship Service

3:00 pm Sunday School

7:00 pm Evening service

Wednesday: 7:00 pm Bible study

followed by prayer time. Contact us at

204-679-2693 or 204-677-5003

302 • BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

EVERYONE WELCOME SUNDAYS

AT 10 AM 83 COPPER RD

For more information, church tours or

home visits call the Missionaries at

204-939-4382 or visit Mormon.org

GARAGE SALES

Arcturus Realty Corporation is

based in Toronto and offers a full

range of property management

services through regional offi ces in

Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary,

and Vancouver. We currently man-

age a portfolio of offi ce, retail, resi-

dential, mixed-use and industrial

properties of approximately 74 mil-

lion square feet.

We’re seeking great people who are

energetic, enthusiastic and results-

oriented with a strong commitment

to going beyond service for our

clients. We offer a great working

environment, growth opportunities

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package. Currently, we’re looking

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BUILDING OPERATOR LEVEL 1(BOPS Level 1)

As the successful candidate, you will

have:

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and

accurately meet deadlines;

• Excellent English verbal and written

communication skills;

• Ability to stand and endure physical

workload for long periods of time;

• Strong organizational and inter-

personal skills with the ability to

work effectively in a team environ-

ment;

• Excellent customer service skills

with ability to partner with clients to

meet client needs;

• Proven organizational skills; able

to cope with changing client needs

and deliver successful results with-

in agreed upon timeframes;

• Self motivated, professional and

fl exible; able to work both in-

dependently and as part of a team.

To join our team, please send your

resume and cover letter by July 31,

2015 at 3:00 PM to:

Keith MacDonald,Property Manager

City Centre Mall

300 Mystery Lake Road

Thompson, MB R8N 0M2

Fax: (204) 677-4611

[email protected]

We thank all candidates for their

interest, but we can only contact

those selected for an interview.

Arcturus Realty Corporation is an

equal opportunity employer.

510 • RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE

502 • APT/TOWN-HOUSE FOR RENT

1 & 2 bedroom apartments available immediately

9 - 35 Ashberry PlaceFor applications

phone 204-677-5758or fax 204-677-5803

509 • REAL ESTATE/BUSINESS FOR SALE

507 • INCOMEPROPERTIES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

TREE SUNS IS LOOKING for a general labourer. You can fax your resume to 204-778-4168 or call Jason at 204-677-4801. 30-1-nbIS PAYROLL YOUR PASSION? Talent-cor is seeking experienced candidates for a Payroll Clerk position with a well-established mid-sized business in Thompson. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience, takes great care of their colleagues, and picks up quickly to automated payroll systems. Experienced candidates only please. Apply via email to [email protected]. Only team players with a great attitude need apply! 30-1-nb

603 • TENDERS

TENDER WILL BE AVAILABLE ONJULY 29, 2015

MANITOBA INFRASTRUCTURE AND

TRANSPORTATIONSeparate sealed tenders will be received by:

Infrastructure and TransportationRegion 511 Nelson RoadThompson MB R8N 0B3(204) 677-6540

on the specifi ed day up to 12:00 noon prevailing local time for the following work:

AUGUST 7, 2015C.O. X05942

Spot Grade Improvements PR 282

The work involves construction of embankment and placing traffi c gravel on PR 282, commencing from 10.3 km south of the Jct. of PR 283 southerly for a distance of 2.0 km in the Rural Municipality of Kelsey.

BID BOND & TENDER FEE ARE WAIVED FOR THIS

PROJECTTender forms may be obtained

at the above address. The lowest or any tender may not

necessarily be accepted.

NOTICE OF TENDER

For other Manitoba government tenders, please

visit www.manitoba.ca

The Manitoba government offers you opportunity, diversity and a rewarding career.

Your search is over.

Facility Manager Regular/Full-Time Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation, Thompson, MB Advertisement Number: 30621 Closing Date: August 10, 2015 Salary Range: $46,769.00 – $60,668.00 per year plus remoteness allowance

Must have satisfactory security check, including a Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry Check.

Qualifications: Must have a Technical Certification with a major trade designation, such as a 5th Class Power Engineer certificate, post secondary certificate/diploma in facility/property management or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Experience in facility management, operations, and maintenance is required. Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook). Experience in the supervision of staff is required. Experience and knowledge with budgets and cash flows is desired.

Please see the website at www.manitoba.ca/govjobs/ for a full listing of all qualifications and conditions of employment.

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered for an underfill.

Duties:Under the direction of the District Property Manager, the Facility Manager is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Provincially owned and leased buildings and grounds, including human resource, budget and capital assets, ensuring that the client departments have a safe, clean, and comfortable area in which to carry out their programs.

Apply to: Advertisement No. 30621 Manitoba Civil Service Commission Human Resources Services 300-305 Broadway Winnipeg, MB, R3C 3J7 Phone: 204-948-1271 Fax: 204-948-2193 Email: [email protected]

WHEN APPLYING TO THIS POSITION, PLEASE INDICATE THE ADVERTISEMENT NUMBER AND POSITION TITLE IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND/OR BODY OF YOUR EMAIL.

Your cover letter, résumé and/or application must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications.

We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Employment Equity is a factor in selection. Applicants are requested to indicate in their covering letter, resumé and/or application if they are from any of the following groups: women, Aboriginal people, visible minorities and persons with a disability..

Find out about other current job opportunities — click on the Jobs button at manitoba.ca.


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University College of the North (UCN) is committed to building a workforce that is representative of the populations we serve. Applications are invited from individuals who have a demonstrated interest and ability to work with Aboriginal learners and mature students. Preference will be given to Aboriginal candidates.

BACHELOR OF ARTS INSTRUCTOR Classification: Sessional Instructor Stipend 3 credit hour course: January 4, 2016 to April 24, 2016 Flin Flon, Manitoba Competition No. 15-070 Closing Date: August 10, 2015Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “UCN Careers”, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

Corayana Enterprises is looking to hire a Property

Manager in Thompson M.B. (full or part time)

The candidate must possess experience in:• Residential property management with a combination

of education, experience and skills. • Handling of payment instruments (cheques/PAD) and

deposits• Accounts Receivable & Arrears Management• Strong customer service orientation• Skilled in organizing and supervising multiple

simultaneous service requests• Computer skills – MS Word, Excel.• Must have clean employment and criminal history.

Only those that possess the required experience need apply by email with your resume.

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Term Position – March 31, 2016

CASE MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR

COLLABORATION, COORDINATION and

COMMUNICATION

KTC has successfully developed a community centered collaborative planning model, working with all stakeholders at the Tribal Council and community level; the incumbent will be responsible to assist the KTC area communities to further refi ne their integrated community health planning activities and develop their own community based models.

The client centered Case Management model is an effective tool to coordinate, deliver and evaluate client service outcomes based on the client’s participation, assessed needs and coordinated service provision. The KTC Case Management Coordinator will work with the KTC area community’s front line services providers to implement and evaluate a successful case management process which refl ects each community’s uniqueness.

To be successful in this role, the Case Management Coordinator should have the following qualifi cations:

• Degree in Nursing, Social Sciences, Social Work or a related discipline plus 5 years minimum work experience or an acceptable combination of post-secondary education and related work experience

• Knowledge and familiarity of First Nations Health and Social issues

• Knowledge and familiarity of the programs and resources available to First Nations citizens and communities

• Knowledge of and or experience in collaborative, integrated program and community planning

• Experience in using Client Centered Case Management as a service delivery tool

• Knowledge and familiarity of the various First Nations in Northern Manitoba

• Knowledge of the culture, traditions, attitudes and socio-economic conditions of the First Nations communities

The successful candidate will be required to provide a recent criminal record and child abuse registry check.

Closing Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Late applications will not be accepted

Please Forward Resumes to the Attention of:

Lisa Beardy, Offi ce Manager

23 Nickel Road, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0Y4

Email: [email protected] Fax: 204-677-0256

We thank all applicants, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

House Manager Immediate Employment Opportunity

Manitoba Family Services, Community Living disABILITY Services Program requires a House Manager to work as part of a team of Direct Service Providers and independently to provide care to an individual with physical and intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. The position is casual with an opportunity for up to 80 hours/bi-weekly, requires on-call availability, and fl exibility to work evenings, weekends and nights as required. Training provided for successful candidate.

Qualifi cations:

• Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills• Demonstrated ability to maintain confi dentiality• Proven ability to work independently and as a team leader to

interact effectively with staff, participants and agency• Excellent organizational skills• Grade 12 and/or suitable combination of knowledge and

experience working with vulnerable persons• Legally entitled to work in Canada• Have valid driver’s licence• Satisfactory Criminal Records check, Child/Adult Abuse Registry

checks

Duties:

• Assist with personal care and daily living activities (including bathing, toileting, dressing, eating/feeding, administering medications)

• Monitor health services for individual including medication, regular appointments, etc.

• Manage physical environment and regular house routines• Provide leadership and support to staff to facilitate the

coordination of daily operation of home• Act as liaison between staff and agency and maintain adequate

records and fi les as required• Prepare staffi ng schedule to ensure coverage including providing

on-call duties as required

Salary: $16.12 - $21.99 per hour

Application Deadline:

Apply to:

Manitoba Family ServicesBarbara Korman, Resource CoordinatorBox 5Room 107-59 Elizabeth DriveThompson, MB R8N 1X4Fax: 204-677-6517Tel:204-677-7280Email: [email protected]

Requires 1 full-time Factory-Certifi ed Small Engine &

Equipment Mechanic to repair, test, and service gas powered small engines and equipment.

You offer

• 3-5 years of experience in repairing and testing small engines (inboard-outboard) of motor boats, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) snowmobiles, and other equipment.

• Must be familiar with Mercury G3, CDS, Polaris digital wrench, Yamaha YDS diagnostics system

• Duties include diagnostic, rigging testing & repair of gas-powered units

• Factory (Mercury, Yamaha, or Polaris) certifi cation required

• Must be willing & able to work on all our product lines• Must have your own tools• Valid driver’s license

We offer

• Wage starts at $30.00-$40.00 per hour depending experience

• Disability, medical & dental benefi ts.

Please apply at: 3 Nelson Road, Thompson, MB, R8N 0B3 or call 204-677-2952 for more info.

Teekinakan Day Care

is currently hiring for a position to start August 25, 2015. This position is for an ECE level II. Other applicants may also be considered.

This position involves directly working with children and families. The successful applicant will be required to do a Child Abuse Check and a Criminal Record Check.

Experience working with children would be an asset.

Please send your resumes, addressed to Anne-Marie Bosters, to P.O. Box 471 Thompson, R8N 1N2 or email to [email protected]

Due to our rapidly growing business Twin Motors Thompson requires the addition of one Customer Service Representative. Automotive experience an asset but not required. Long term career position with one of northern Manitoba’s fastest growing companies. Great wages, benefi ts and a friendly work environment.

Please apply to Nick Jewell, [email protected] or drop a resume off at Twin Motors Thompson 40 Station Road.

Award Winning Quality Inn & Suites

Accepting resumes for our growing team of

Front Desk Attendants,

Housekeeping, and Maintenance

Resumes can be dropped off in person to Donna Wilson at 45 Moak Cres, or emailed to:

[email protected]

The interest of all applicants is appreciated, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.


She didn’t achieve her ambition in the women’s singles tournament, but former Thompsonite Jen-nifer Saunders captured a medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto as part of the women’s team that took the racquetball bronze along with Ecua-dor.

Saunders competed in the team event with Frédérique Lambert of Montreal, making it to the semifi nals where they lost 12-15, 14-15 to Rhonda Rajsich and Kim Russell in doubles and Michelle Key beat Saunders 15-2, 15-6 in singles to advance to the fi nal.

Lambert and Saunders opened the team event against Guatemala, where Saunders beat Maria Rod-rigues 15-11, 12-15, 11-4 in singles after Lambert had lost her singles match. The Canadian duo then won 15-12, 9-15, 11-6 in doubles to advance to the quarterfi nals.

Saunders and Lam-bert beat Véronique Guillemette and Maria José Vargas 15-10, 15-7 in doubles to guarantee at least a bronze medal after Lambert beat Guillemette in a singles match.

“I’ve been waiting for this medal for a long time,” said Saunders in a

Racquetball Canada press release. “It took three Pan Am Games to win one, but winning it at home is in-credible.”

Saunders said the num-ber of games they played over two day in the team event took their toll on the athletes, especially after competing in singles ear-lier in the week.

Saunders was knocked out of the women’s singles tournament by a 9-15, 1-15 loss to Carola Loma of Bolivia July 22 in the round of 16 after beating Mariana Tobon of Vene-zuela on July 21, dropping the opening game 15-17 before evening things up with a 15-8 win and ob-taining the victory 11-6 in the deciding game. Saun-ders opened the tourna-ment with a 15-10, 15-13 win over Caroline Gomez of Colombia on July 19.

Saunders earns Pan Am bronze in

women’s team racquetball event

Jennifer Saunders


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Five-year-old Addison Shepard is seen enjoying the after-

noon at the Juniper wading pool on July 17. Wading pools

are now open for the summer.


Cooling off Thompson style

July 29 2015

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