October 27, 2012 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe
Oh happy Monday, it snowed, then the sun came out and we hit the high temperatures of +9 for goodness sakes. Here I was so excited about the snow I began taking down the fall decorations and was chomping at the bit to bring out the Christmas stuff. Patience, I need to practice patience. Halloween is on Wednesday and by the time this column is printed the outside ornaments will be on the evergreen out front. Some of the pumpkins did get chopped, cooked, mashed and frozen ready for pies and muffins.
Liquor vote
On Wednesday, Oct 24, Ward 5 of the Rural Municipality of Rhineland held a vote concerning seven by-laws dealing with the sale of liquor. Rosenfeld is in Ward 5 and Dave and I sat at the poll. We had 36 ballots to count at the end of the day and that doesn’t sound like much until you times that by the seven by-laws to be marked. Some residents marked only the first one which dealt with liquor sales in a dining room but the majority did choose yes or no on most of the by-laws. The yeses won in each by-law but the one dealing with liquor sales under a spectator activity licence was close with 19 for and 14 opposed. I guess having one ballot containing 7 by-laws is one way of cutting expenditures instead of having 7 days of voting. Now we’ll wait and see what the future brings with these results.
Fall concert
The W. C. Miller Collegiate held their fall concert on Thursday, Oct 25 at the Buhler Hall in Gretna. The evening began with the senior concert band which was followed by the junior band; each played two pieces. Then the choirs took the stage with the junior choir up first. Madison Smith sang a solo piece in the rendition of Deep River. The mass choir did two African pieces which were followed by the concert choir. One of these items required the participation of the audience singing the chorus; she take my money and run to Venezuela This song could have been one of Harry Belafonte’s; it sure was cute and fun. The program continued with the vocal jazz and Gabrielle Wolfe had a solo piece in the song, Jar of Hearts. The jazz bands brought the evening to a close. My favourite by the junior jazz was Fun, Fun, Fun which was a hit by the Beach Boys. And by the senior band was a 1932 rendition of April in Paris a lively swing number.
A huge thank you goes out to Mr. Akufuna Sifuba, the new choral director, Mr. Dwayne Schott, band director and Mr. Loren Hiebert for piano accompaniment.
Best wishes
A long time resident of this area is in the care of the wonderful nurses at the Altona Regional Hospital. Kay Lang who is in her sunset years but still a spunky lady experienced a fall while in hospital and will now have an extended stay. We wish her the very best.
More babies
Stephanie and Trevor Janz are happy to announce the arrival of their first born, Serena Violet. She was born on Thursday, Oct. 18 weighing in at a wee 6 lb 14 oz and measuring 193/4 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Lloyd and Val Giesbrecht of Altona and paternal grandparents are Henry and Elaine Janz of Rosenfeld.
Another baby girl arrived on Monday, Oct. 22. Katelyne Grace weighed in at 8 lb 8 oz and measured 19#/4 inches. She is the daughter of Cornie and Mary Dyck and the sister to brothers, Byron and Tyson. Maternal grandparents are Jacob and Susana Unrau of Reinland and paternal grandparents are Cornie and Elizabeth Dyck of the Reinland area.
Congratulation wishes go out to all the families from the Rosenfeld community.
Hockey tournament
The Altona Arena was full of hockey teams and spectators the past Saturday and Sunday. The Altona Bantams dressed and were on the ice at 11:45 on Sat. Oct 27 to play against rivals from Morden. They played a very fast passing and checking game and won 4 – 0. At 4:30 they were on the ice again taking on Windsor Park. Here again they had a terrific game and won 4 – 1. Thomas Wolfe had to sit out that game due to a game penalty. The next game was Sunday noon against Morden and this one Conner Winter had to sit out also due to a game penalty. The Altona Bantams couldn’t seem to get enough steam and lost that game 5 – 1. This put them in the game for bronze and they were up against Winkler. They came out and scored the first goal but couldn’t seem to get past the Winkler defense after that and lost 4 – 1. The arena was filled with hockey fans young and old there to enjoy the game of hockey. Now you’d think that the NHL would get their situation figured out and get on with the game.
Happy Halloween to everyone. Be safe and enjoy the goodies.
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