Dec. 4, 2014

Good morning to all my readers. It's actually Feb. 15, 2015 today and I'm still trying to catch up with all my newspaper columns. If anyone is interested in reading them in news print just go to The Carillon which is printed in Steinbach, Manitoba.
It's a very blustery morning with blowing snow and nasty north wind so it's a good day to try to catch up.

I would like to welcome Trechelle Bunn to the life of a Carillon correspondent. It's really nice to see a young person take interest in her community and then be willing to share it with the readers of the newspaper.

The flowers outdoors are done for the year; even the hardy mums got frozen the other night when the temperature went down to minus 10. But indoors is another story where the Christmas cactus is in full bloom. The weather outdoors is amazing so far. All we have to do is look to Calgary and we know we'll soon see Old Man Winter with a load of snow.

Another Halloween has come and gone. This year we actually had 15 kids come for treats. there sure is a difference from 10 years ago when we'd get around 60 ringing the doorbell. And we'd know if there would be tricks overnight.

Baby news

Best wishes go out to Frank and Brenda Braun on becoming first time grandparents. Jen and Kristen Epp-Braun were first-time parents to Jonah Alexander on Oct 20. The nurses at the Royal Alexandra Hospital weighed Jonah in at 8 lb. 1 oz. and he measured 54 cm. the family calls Edmonton their home. Maternal grandparents are Frank and Brenda Braun of the Rosenfeld area and paternal grandparents are Richard and Brooke Epp of Stony Plain, AB.

Miller concert

The W. C. Miller concert was held on Oct. 30 at Buhler Hall in Gretna. The audience was entertained for an hour by some very talented young people. I had two favourites for the evening. One was Hallelujah presented by the junior choir and wonderfully accompanied by Victoria Wegner on piano. The other was Bright Morning Stars done by the senior choir in which Madison Smith sang a solo piece. Christina Banman is the choral director and the new band director is Mike Urichuk.
Please note that the Christmas Candlelight service will be held on Dec. 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. at Buhler Hall.

Sports update

The Miller Aces played in a hockey tournament last weekend in Neepawa and won all three games; Miller Aces 5 - Portage Trojans 2, Miller Aces 2 - Neepawa Tigers 1, Miller Aces 10 - Russell's Major Pratt 1. Way to go guys. Sorry to hear that Simon Schroeder was out with an injury. Let's hope he can hit the ice again soon.

The MCI Varsity volleyball team travelled to Portage for a tournament and came through with a huge team effort and won. This makes for happy grandparents when it involves two of the grandkids; Gabby Wolfe attends MCI and Thomas Wolfe plays for the Aces.

Brett Klassen of the Winkler Flyers is continuing to up his stats. Check out his information on the Winkler Flyers home page; it's looking good. His brother Angus plays for the Altona Maroons; he's no slouch either and his stats are listed an that website.

Volunteers

The fall supper committee is grateful to everyone for their continuous support. For the past many years the Rosenfeld Good Neighbour Center has been the venue for an annual fall supper and the generosity of the community is much appreciated. The center serves many purposes - morning coffee shop, family gatherings rentals, church rentals, Rosenfeld School Soup and Pie fundraising, pancake breakfast for the winter carnival and more. The profit from the fall supper goes back to the community center for operation costs and upkeep.

The group organizing the fall supper is looking for new participants for 2015. If you are interested in meeting new people, making new friends and helping to organize, please call Phyllis Friesen at 204-324-6534 or Leona Nickel at 204-324-6223.