Rockin’ Summer 2025

Car enthusiasts showed up rain or shine for the third annual Show N’ Shine honouring Danny Berg. Josiah Warkentin and Mackenzie Loewen have taken the lead in organizing this yearly event, as they were close to Berg, who passed away suddenly in a tragic workplace accident in 2023.  

Manitoba’s 44th Annual Cripple Creek music festival filled the base of the Pembina Hills with the tunes of bluegrass performers both local and national on Sunday, July 27th. The festival is held on Road 27 West, just north of Tinker Creek, and brings in attendees from all throughout North America for its unique sound and location.  

Board secretary treasurer Art Wiebe spent the day organizing performers and meal tickets but stopped to chat about what makes the festival special to him.  

For countless summers, the South Central Regional Library has organized a summer reading club aimed at kids aged 5-13 to great success. However, last year was the first year the library ran a summer reading program specifically for teenagers— Teen Reads. Along with the Bookland Explorers program, which is intended for kids under the age of 13, the summer is far from boring at any branch of the South Central Regional Library. 

The RCU Aquatic Centre hosted their annual Swim Smart event this week, coinciding with National Drowning Prevention Week. With the goal being teaching the community about safe swimming practices, the day was both fun and informative for all ages.  

The villages of Reinland and Rosengart hosted a weekend full of activities and entertainment; even a Low German drama was in the mix, to celebrate 150 years of the community.  

The Manitoba Stampede kicked off last weekend in Morris to a great turnout, with attendees from all throughout Manitoba and North America coming not only for the stampede, but also for the entertainment and activities the stampede boasted.  

Winkler Day Care Centre is celebrating their 50th year of being a part of the community, the same community who came together on Friday, July 18 to celebrate this milestone with the day care.  

The Morden Farmers’ Market is in full swing for its 2025 season. Open Thursdays from 4:00pm – 8:00pm from mid-June to early October, the market is already seeing a bumper crop of a season.  

Organized by vendors, for vendors, the market is held on 8 Street in Morden, between Stephen Street and North Railway Street. One of the organizers, Lorna Epp, shared what makes the market special is the sheer variety of vendors and product: “There’s fresh strawberries, there’s fresh vegetables, there is baking of every kind”.  

Hold onto your hats, the Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition is back. Running July 18 to 20, Morris is once again hosting the only professional rodeo on Manitoba’s leg of the Canadian Tour circuit, and it’s shaping up to be a record-breaking weekend of thrills, community spirit, and cowboy grit.

This past weekend brought the heat—and a whole lot of winning! Congratulations to Dee Brandt of Winkler, the lucky winner of the Morden Home Hardware Rockin’ Summer Weekend Blitz!