Oct. 22 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

October 22, 2012 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

            The month of October sure seems to be trying to make up for the dry summer. We have had a few very nice showers in the past week and more are in this week’s forecast. Let’s hope the weatherman has it right. The sunny days have been occupied with window washing and putting up Christmas lights. I’ve even started my Christmas shopping and this fact is almost scary. Does it mean that we will have an early snow storm? Am I like those animals that get an early start and prepare ahead of time?

Choir tour

            The Central Manitoba Youth Choir made a stop in Gretna on Sunday, Oct. 14 as part of their southern Manitoba tour. They preformed 14 numbers which ranged from Babethandaza, an African spiritual, to Blackbird, a Beatles tune. The choir performed 14 concerts in five days in places as far west as Cartwright, north to Portage and south to Gretna with many stops in-between Some days were definitely hectic containing four performances. Nathan Poole, the conductor, came to Winnipeg in 2000 from St. Paul Minnesota. He is currently working with the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, the Spirits Call Choir and the Director of Music in Worship at the Westminster United Church. The accompanist for the tour was none other than Altona’s Loren Hiebert. Loren has made four recordings with violinist Rosemary Siemens. Rosenfeld was very well represented with sopranos Ashton Cornelson and Gabrielle Wolfe.

Speedy recovery

            The community would like to wish Carol Schroeder a speedy recovery from her knee surgery. She checked into Boundary Trails on Monday, Oct 15 and was allowed to go home on Thursday of that week. She was told that this surgery would result with pain but I think the most painful part for her is the fact that her sewing room is in the basement and she won’t be doing those stairs for a while. Knowing her the way I do, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that she somehow slid down those stairs to get to her quilts.

Fall Celebration

            The Rosenfeld School students and staff had a fun day planned for Thursday, Oct. 18 and though the weather was rainy and cold, this did not dampen the children’s enthusiasm. Some of the activities were tweaked to make them suitable for indoors and the kids were busy all day. The Grade 1 - 3 made volcanoes for Science projects while the Grade 4 - 6 made lava lamps. The gym was a hum of activities throughout the day with sports events. In the art segment many kids made puppets while in cooking class they all made puppy chow which is similar to trail mix. They got to enjoy this treat while they watched a slide show of the day’s events which was presented by Principal Jason Pilkington. From all reports they had a very fun day.

Blue booties

            Rosenfeld’s population keeps increasing and there’s nothing more exciting than introducing a new baby. Peter and Martha Martens are happy to announce the arrival of Easton Silas Martens. He was born on Friday, Oct. 18 weighing in at 6 lb 9 oz. His brothers Samuel and Malachi will have him reading in no time. Paternal grandparents are Isaac and Anna Martens of Rosengart and maternal grandparents are John and Tina Voth of Rosenfeld. Congratulations go out to the families from the community.

Rink update

            If the residents of Rosenfeld blink they are sure to miss some of the activity at the rink. The studs for the addition are up and it is taking shape very quickly. This past Saturday the Winter family was there representing three generations; Grandpa Larry Winter, son Sean and grandsons Conner and Matthew along with the other grandpa, Wilf Hiebert. Warren Schroeder also had two sons, Simon and Zachary Simon and Zachary, wielding hammers.  Paul Heppner, son of Jake Heppner has also been on site helping with the project. It’s good to see the next generation step up and put some sweat equity into this project.

Quote

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.  Thomas Jefferson