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The Stanley Public Works crews have been working relentlessly to repair damaged sites in the RM of Stanley affected by rainfalls that took place earlier in July. 

According to Ike Friesen - Reeve of the RM of Stanley – approximately 150 sites were affected in some way, including damaged drainage culverts, road wash-overs, and washouts.  

Funeral For:  David Dave Derksen 
Funeral Date: August 4, 2024 
David Dave Derksen, 69, of Winkler passed away Wednesday, July 31st at Boundary Trails Health Centre. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, 2 sons, and their families. 
A celebration of life service for David Dave Derksen will be held Sunday, August 4th at 2pm at Winkler Mennonite Church with burial prior to the service at 1pm at Bergfeld Cemetery. 
Viewing will be at Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler Saturday, August 3rd from 1 to 6pm. 
Arrangements by Wiebe Funeral Home, Winkler.  

Funeral For:  David Klassen 
David Klassen, 79 of Edmonton formerly of the R-M of Rhineland, passed away Thursday, July 25th at Edmonton. He is survived by his wife Helen, 2 daughters, and their families. He was predeceased by his parents Peter and Elisabeth Klassen, and siblings. 
Cremation has taken place. 
A memorial service for David Klassen will be held Saturday, August 17th at 2pm at Altona EMMC. Ash Interment will be held September 7th at Tawatinaw Valley Cemetery, Alberta. 
Arrangements by Serenity Funeral Service, Edmonton. 

Round two of the playoffs will begin next week. Winkler Whips infielder Bill Fehr will join Clayton Dreger on the Border Baseball League Report which airs Fridays at 5:15 p.m. on CFAM Radio 950.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were dominant on offense, defense and special teams en route to a 25-0 victory over the B.C. Lions Thursday night. Zach Collaros threw for 295 yards and completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Lucky Whitehead late in the first half. Ontaria Wilson caught seven passes for 112 yards and Brady Oliveira ran the ball 17 times for 100 yards. The Winnipeg defence sacked Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. four times, had one interception and limited the visitors to just four first downs and 102 yards of net offence.

And this is it, the final Summer Shedtacular Long Weekend entry Blitz of the season.

From now until Monday night (August 5th) at midnight, only those entries will have a chance to win a sweet bonus prize pack AND an invitation to the grand finale August 28th at Morden Home Hardware Building Centre where they could win the entire thing… a shed filled with stuff.

A trio of municipalities, known as the PTH 75 Caucus, are welcoming news of further improvements to the major thoroughfare.
    
Nearly 9 kilometers of the southbound lanes between St. Jean and Morris are currently under reconstruction as part of an overall $49 million dollar investment the Province is making into southern Manitoba highways that it says will improve driver and pedestrian safety while also supporting economic growth throughout the region.
    

The intent is still to have a section of Winkler's North Railway Avenue back in circulation in time for Harvest Festival next weekend, despite a hiccup in its reconstruction.

Crews had to go outside of the original scope of the project and redo the road base, forcing a delay in the roads re-opening. 

"We did have to rebuild a good portion of the base," explained Mayor Henry Siemens. "We ran into a very wet spring and that raised the water table, affecting the base in that area and we had to redo it."

With August’s long weekend just around the corner, the community is encouraged to enjoy one of its favourite summer weekends safely by avoiding an on-going problem — drinking and driving. 
 
While the anti-drinking-and-driving message is always a priority, for Inspector Sean Aune of the Morden Police Service, it’s worthy of revisiting again considering a recent police report. 

It was described as a "leap of faith to reality" by Morden Menzies Medical Centre's Executive Director Nicole Walske, when speaking at the Morden Area Foundation (MAF) Learn & Return Donna Lumgair Bursary presentations on Tuesday in Morden's Suncatch Park.