Show us your summer

The Pride Walk took place on Sunday in Steinbach and there was a huge turnout. There were flags, rainbows, and smiles everywhere.

The event started off with a rally at K.R. Barkman Park, and then the walk took place on the sidewalks of Main Street. 

Prairie Day took place in Gardenton yesterday and they had a lot of information to share about the plants and animals in the area. 

They started the day off with guided walks at the Prairie Shore Trail. There were different tours in the morning for plants, wildflowers, and insects. Then in the afternoon, they had guest speakers set up in Gardenton Park to help spread more knowledge of the really cool species in the prairies. 

Back Porch Jam and Farm to Table Market were back once again yesterday evening in Grunthal. There were beer gardens and awesome live music from Sweet Water Creek Band. 

BackPorch Jam will be back for more fun again next Tuesday. Same place, same time. This time around The Cracked Egg Shell will be performing.  

Next Tuesday will be the last BackPorch Jam of the season, so make sure you come on out! 

The Roughstock Rodeo is taking place in Richer this weekend and they had quite a large crowd yesterday. There were pony rides, bouncy houses, a marketplace, live music, food trucks, a petting zoo and huge tipis.  

The rodeo had a large variety of events, and there were even children as young as three years old competing. 

Farm to Table Market and BackPorch Jam took place in Grunthal yesterday evening. There were beer gardens and incredible live music from Frannie Klein and The Jake Brakes.

Near the end of the concert, The Jake Brakes invited an auctioneer to the stage and they auctioned off a CD of theirs which sold for $50.  

BackPorch Jam will be back for more fun again next Tuesday. Same place, same time. This time around Sweet Water Creek will be performing. 

There are some great looking gardens in southeast Manitoba!  We saw photos of vegetable and flower gardens and some amazing yards in the latest round of Show Us Your Summer.  Katarina Wiebe shared a photo of her standing in her garden standing beside her very very tall tomato plants!  Her photo was randomly chosen to win this week of Show Us Your Summer.

Katarina won $500 worth of mulch from Mulch 2Go and is now making some plans for yardwork!

Pioneer Days took place this weekend at the Mennonite Heritage Village. 

They had various demonstrations set up teaching people different skills, like how to bake bread, mill wheat, make ropes, and much more. 

Tours were held, animals were petted, and food was eaten. They also had a family history station in the Village Centre where you could research your family history. 

The ATV mud run took place in Piney yesterday. There were a lot of people who came out to compete including quite a few kids. 

Racing started around noon and the weather was hot with a nice breeze: a great day to ride an ATV through the cold mud. They also had beer gardens, a canteen, and an ice cream truck to help spectators keep cool. 

It's been a hot summer and in the latest round of Show Us Your Summer, we asked to see photos of how you and your family are keeping cool!  Lots of you are keeping cool with ice cream, playing in the water, fishing and finding some great shady spots to cool off!  Christine Dyck's photo submission of her family enjoying the water at Steep Rock earlier this summer was randomly chosen to win this week!  

Christine won a 10ft parasol umbrella and 2 lawn chairs from Giant Tiger in Steinbach.  

A Touch-a-Truck fundraiser took place in Kleefeld Saturday bringing in around $31,000 to help with 3-year-old Hallie Thiessen’s medical expenses.

She battles a rare medical condition with severe complications.  

Her mom, Cari-Lynn Thiessen, says they planned the Touch-a-Truck fundraiser to help cover medical and nutritional costs for Hallie.