Septic plan debated Camp director 5says sand mound system makes sense Medieval times 10 North Eastman residents enjoy Cook's Creek festival get online it l acdubonnetleader.com SERVING ST. ANDREWS, SELKIRK, INTERLAKE, BEAUSEJOUR, LAC DU BONNET, PINE FALLS & AREAS The Lac du Bonnet Leader lacdubonnetleader.com Friday, July 30, 2010 VOL. 65 NO. 31 SERVING LAC DU BONNET PINAWA WHITEMOUTH GREAT FALLS PINE FALLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS PM 40010074 $1.50 includes PST & GST Put the HEAT on HOLD! Is the Sun fading your room For Personal Service & Free Shop at Home Service Let one of our professional decorators show you how affordable the best can be! NO TRAVEL CHARGES 204 785-1592 1 Week Only We Serve Selkirk, The Interlake and Eastman Areas. Submitted photos "We had to be ready to start burning oil again if things went wrong." -Ron Sellers Top photo: The Q4000 is a $180 million state-ofthe-art oil field vessel deployed in response to the Deepwater Horizon explosion. It is currently in the Gulf o ...

2 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER Friday, July 30, 2010 Continued from front things a bit warmer. I arrived on the Q4000 the day after they put the cap on (the leaking oil well), but we had to be ready to start burning oil again if things went wrong." Sellers arrived in New Orleans July 6, immediately undergoing safety training. "I had to watch videos on (using a) hearing and breathing apparatus. We wear face masks, the kind you would fi nd in your room in case of fi re, off shore," he says. After arriving in New Orleans he was taken by a private transport firm to Houma, Louisiana, a city of just over 32,000. "I'm in a staff house at the moment, a nice one, three edrooms and all. But it's about a 20-minute drive to the ase," he said upon his arrival. But that was before he was sent to work on the Q4000, esigned to operate in more than three kilometres of water. He must live aboard while waiting to be granted hore leave, which is what he was doing when reached y the Leader. Cell phone receptio ...

Friday, July 30, 2010 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER 3 Health care cash going to care home RM will have to come up with $500,000, reeve says By Marc Zienkiewicz A $94,000 reserve fund kept by the RM of Lac du Bonnet will go toward a new care home for the community, council decided July 27. After tabling the matter twice over the past several weeks, Reeve Rick Lussier and several council members said the money would be best used as part of an estimated $500,000 the RM will have to raise if the province is to bring a new personal care home to the community. A meeting took place last week between the North Eastman Health Association (NEHA) and municipal officials, who were informed that if a new care home is approved for Lac du Bonnet, the community itself will be responsible for 10 per cent of the $25-$30 million total project cost. That means the community will have to come up with around $3 million in public donations, NEHA Chief Executive Offi cer Jim Hayes told the Leader last week. "As we ...

4 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER Friday, July 30, 2010 opinion page our editorial Time to get community talking It looks as if Lac du Bonnet's longtime dream of having a new personal care home is about to become a reality. Reeve Rick Lussier said this week that although the project hasn't yet been approved by the province, it's at the stage where Marc Zienkiewicz Lac du Bonnet Leader The The Lac du Bonnet Leader is published by Interlake Publishing - proprietor and publisher: Sun Media Corporation, a Quebecor Company. The Interlake Publishing's offices are located at 486 Main Street, Stonewall, Manitoba, R0C 2Z0. The 670 Park Avenue P.O. Box 910 Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba R0E 1A0 * 204-345-8611 * Fax 204-345-6344 * Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 5:30 pm BONNY BRENNAN, Publisher 204-467-2421 bonny.b rennan@sunmedia.ca the community has been advised to begin fundraising. A good sign. Some may be surprised that the community must fundraise for a new care home. After all, is it not the province's responsib ...

Friday, July 30, 2010 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER 5 Septic plan misunderstood: camp director By Marc Zienkiewicz A proposed septic field system for Camp Cedarwood does not present an environmental hazard as the public seems to believe, according to camp director Brad Plett. Plett appeared at RM of Lac du Bonnet council's regular meeting July 27 to answer questions about the controversial plan, which is being designed by engineering fi rm enivar and has been in the works for more han three years. "The more information we can get out here, the better," Plett told the Leader in a ollow-up meeting at the camp on Wednesay. A fl ood of letters from those in opposition o the plan has been received by the provnce, as part of the public hearing process hat will be carried out before the project eceives approval. Concerns over the plan largely centre round fears that effl uent could make its way rom the septic fi eld system into the nearby inawa Bay, which has suffered from algae looms in recent ye ...

6 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER Friday, July 30, 2010 2010 Canada - Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program Providing Help to Manitoba Crop Producers If you're a crop producer in Manitoba and were unable to seed or you had crop that was destroyed by excess moisture in the spring of 2010, you may be eligible for financial assistance through the 2010 Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program. Eligibility Provided you operated crop land in Manitoba in 2010 and were unable to seed due to excess moisture by June 20, or seeded and 10074gg04 your crop was destroyed by excess moisture by July 8 you could be eligible for compensation. Apply before August 3, 2010 If you are not an AgriInsurance participant in 2010, you must complete an application. If you have 2010 AgriInsurance, you do not need to complete an application as a declaration form will be mailed to you so that you can report your acres that were seeded and subsequently destroyed by excess moisture. Compensation for acres tha ...

Big hail pelts region By Marc Zienkiewicz A tornado watch issued by Environment Canada on Monday was followed by sunny skies and extreme humidity. At 10:14 p.m. Monday, Environment Canada downgraded a tornado watch for the region to a severe thunderstorm watch. A tornado did touch down around 9 p.m. just north of Oakbank but isn't believed to have caused much property damage or any injuries. Th e rain began falling just after Lac du Bonnet's slopitch league had fi nished playing a game, and the downpour came with marble-sized pellets of hail. The rain was the last thing the region's farmers need. Fields were once again soaking wet with drainage ditches flowing fast with the incoming fl ow of rain. At press time, Environment Canada was calling for sunny skies Friday and Saturday, rain for Sunday and more sun for Monday's civic holiday. The temperature should reach a sizzling 28 C, but the nights will be cool with temperatures of as low as 13 C. The normal high for this time of year is 2 ...

8 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER Friday, July 30, 2010 Royal Canadian Legion Branch #164 * Lac du Bonnet Monday - Table Top Curling, 6:30pm Monday - Bingo, Hall, 7:00pm Tuesday - Po Ke No, 2:30pm Wednesday - Pool, 1:00pm Wednesday - Cribbage, 7:00pm Thursday - Darts, 7:00pm Friday - Bridge, 1:00pm Friday - Hard Card Bingo, Lounge, 7:00pm Saturday - Meat Draw, 2:30pm Happy OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY, 10 AM - 10 PM Hour ALL MEMBERS AND GUESTS WELCOME Website: http://legion.lacdubonnet.info WEEKLY ACTIVITIES Every Day L ac du Bonnet Dental Clinic New Patients Welcome! D r. Ron Monczka OPEN: Tuesday-Friday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm 39 Park Ave 345-6864 SHINGLES Cheaper Than Anywhere Than Toronto - Calgary - Southern Manitoba Even Grand Forks or Fargo Yes!! BURRON Put the puck in the net! 25 Yr. Laminates $ 99 16 NOW NOW (Reg. Comp. $23.49) Yes Cdn. Size - Algae resistant - Factory Fresh 3 Tab Factory Fresh 25 Yr. Wty Yes Mill Run B Grade Cheap 3 Tab or Laminates #15 Felt $ 9 99 rl. Accessories for Less 35 Yr ...

O'Leary in the running By Marc Zienkiewicz Michael O'Leary is going up against two other candidates for the RM of Alexander's reeve's chair. The 57-year-old resident of Sunset Bay works for Manitoba Hydro at Great Falls, and is looking forward to the upcoming Oct. 27 municipal election. "I've lived here since 1986 and I've come to know the people quite well," he says. "A lot of the changes I'd like to see are just basic ideas." O'Leary would like to see what he calls more "equal" treatment among RM ratepayers. Right now, he says there's one rule for some and a diff erent rule for others when it comes to how bylaws are enforced. "It's the old issue that the rule of law should apply to everyone equally," he says. He also slammed the RM for its water plant project, which was recently quashed after 10 years of planning. If the plan would have gone ahead, ratepayers would have been forced to shell out thousands of dollars regardless of whether they wanted the water or not. "It was way too e ...

10 THE LAC DU BONNET LEADER Friday, July 30, 2010 Region enjoys medieval festival By Marc Zienkiewicz The 2010 Cook's Creek Medieval Festival pulled in spectators from around the North Eastman region last weekend for a funfi lled day of jousting, feasting, armoured combat, aledrinking and much more. Taking place July 24 at Immaculate Conception Church in Cook's Creek, the day proved an exciting one for the hundreds of people who came through. It was the fourth year for the biannual event, held as a fundraiser for the church. Returning once again were a group of professional jousters from Calgary, this year featuring Will Barton and fi ancée Liz Warry, both hailing from Lancashire, England. Barton took up jousting less than a year ago, and it's become a favourite pastime for him. "It's a lot of fun to work with horses and put on a show," he said. Warry said she first saw him get on a horse eight months ago, and it's a bit surreal to think they're now travelling the country as jousters. ...