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Big changes are underway for a longtime fixture in the community of Portage la Prairie.

After 31 years in business, Debbie and Dean Dubois of Dino’s Appliance and Mattress Centre are passing the ownership torch on to fellow Central Plains locals Marissa and Brent Gertridge of Austin, MB.

“It’s time to move on,” Dean and Debbie share. “To enjoy retirement with our families, grandchildren, and friends.”

The Grunthal Motocross (GMX) Race Weekend is quickly approaching, an event the team, riders, and fans are all highly anticipating. 

The races start at 8:30am on Sunday, August 25 at the Grunthal Motocross track, with open practice for the riders on Saturday, August 24 from 10 to 3. 

The races will be divided into two rounds – one in the morning and one in the afternoon – with riders from various classes hitting the track. A 1-hour intermission will take place around noon, where spectators can grab a meal from the two food trucks on site. 

Not a day goes by when the Shippelt family isn’t thinking about powersports. Or revving their own dirt bikes. Or providing ATV sales and service to everyone else. For these owners of S5 Powersports in Rocky Mountain House, they’re enthusiasts first and dealers second.

“We used quads back when I was a kid growing up on the farm,” recalls S5 owner Wes Shippelt. “When I got a bit older, I got into dirt biking and have been racing bikes for the last 20 years. It’s our day-to-day, our work as well as our recreation.”

A timing system, a track, and powerful vehicles will be the constituent parts of an event that is sure to thrill this weekend. Altona Municipal Airport will host charity drag races, and this year, perhaps spectators will witness a record-breaking run. 

When Monkey Top Saloon tragically burned down in early January, the Bentley, AB landmark’s owners knew there was only one thing to do: rebuild.

“This is Bentley’s bar,” says co-owner Rosie Lunn. “It’s a place for everybody to meet up, which I think is very important.”

Emphasis on the “is.”

“Most people, when you’re in an accident, or your vehicle is broken down – it’s a first for you. But we deal with this every single day, multiple times a day – so we know how to get you back on the road. Whether that be getting your vehicle to the impound and then to a body shop, getting it home, getting your tire changed, whatever it is – this is what we do, and we’re very good at it. You may not deal with this every day, but we do – and you want to call someone that has experience.”

This is from Steve Franks, who co-owns ATR Logistics with his wife Andrea Allegretto.

In 2014 we had the pleasure of welcoming a visitor to come live at our home for a few weeks.  She didn’t exactly come alone as soon there were 3 little babies on the way.  You may have guessed; it was a robin that made her nest between the back of one of my patio chairs and an artificial tree in the corner.  My husband Harlan and I were surprised that she built her nest so close to the back door that led out onto the deck, but even more excited when we saw the 3 little sky-blue eggs.  We watched as mother robin would spend hours sitting on those eggs and then one morning when checking on th

If there’s a street in Portage la Prairie that Dan Huberdeau hasn’t driven down, either he’ll be headed there eventually or it doesn’t exist.

“I feel like I’ve been down every street and back lane at some point, trying to get a trailer into a backyard or getting an estimate done,” he says. “Yeah, I know my Portage streets pretty well.”

The third-generation owner of Watson’s Roofing & Siding, Huberdeau actually worked a couple years for the previous owner before acquiring the now-65-year-old business. It was, and remains, work he loves and is very much committed to.

Week seven of Name That Tune was a success and Gabe Zerbin walked away with a gift card to Humboldt Sobeys. 

He was the first to text in with the correct song scoring him a $50.00 Humboldt Sobeys gift card and chose to stay safe and walk away. Which was the correct move as the next song was a hard one for him.

Listen to the replay below.

You could be next to play tune in Friday mornings to hear the song of the day.