The Dauphin Lake Golf Club hosted its annual senior open golf tournament, last Thursday, with 65 golfers teeing off.

The women’s tournament drew 24 participants, with Donna Davidson topped the field with a score of 88, finishing one shot ahead of Gail Tycholiz in the championships flight. Marilyn Schwitzer was third with a 92.

A countback gave Myrna Fox first place in the first flight after she and Carolyn Heschuk tied with a 101. Third place went to Beth Tarrant, who shot a 105.

A countback determined the top three spots in the second flight. Florence Burdeny was awarded first place, with second place going to Pennie Karlson and Gladys Rea in third. They all carded a 115.

Shawn Pangman shot a 74 to win the men’s championship flight by one shot over Wayne Olson, while Brad Carefoot was third after shooting a 76.

Gerry Musey captured the first flight crown with an 82. He finished one ahead of Kent Wieb, while Gary Sweetman was awarded third place on a countback. He finished with an 84.

Doug Cooke’s 90 was good for top spot in the second flight. Mike Zazulak was awarded second place on a countback ahead of Wayne Vanrobaeys after they tied with a 91.

In the third flight, Jim Todoruk shot a 95 to finish in first place, ahead of runner-up John Lesyshyn. Frank Douglas was third with a 99.

As the dogs days of summer continue through the month of August, thoughts of back to school start to come to mind for parents and students alike.

For some that means a return to school sports, as well.

The Dauphin Clippers football team began workouts, Aug. 3, and have continued practicing twice a week.

While the numbers vary from practice to practice, team manager Cam Bennet said they could have as many as 40 players by the time the Rural Manitoba Football League season starts next month.

“The guys seem to be in pretty good shape coming in. Some people have been doing some summer workouts on their own,” he said, adding there is a good mix of rookies and veterans. “I know a lot of the rookies, too, Gerald Lopez has done a great job with the junior program. So there are kids coming in that have played football. They know what 10 yards is. I’m hoping we don’t have to explain the rules to as many as we usually do,” he said. “So it should be a good season.”

The Clippers reached the RMFL championship game last year, falling to the Swan Valley Tigers. Bennet said there are 15 to 20 players back from last year’s squad, though they did lose some key players.

“But I’m hopeful that some of our younger guys are going to step up and become key guys this year,” he added.

Although he doesn’t know what other teams have in terms of players, Bennet is confident that with the numbers they have, the Clippers will be right in the mix for another championship.

“I’m always a believer that when you’ve got a lot of numbers, if you’ve get injuries, you’ve got guys that can go in. We’re really lucky in the sense that we draw from a large area,” he said. “Some of the smaller schools struggle to get 20 kids out. So we’re at an advantage already by having the size and the numbers. So I would expect us to be in the top four, for sure, and hopefully in the final.”

An exhibition game against the Neelin Spartans is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 2. The regular season begins, Sept. 8, against the Tigers in Dauphin in a rematch of last year’s final. Game time is 4:30 p.m.

Dauphin’s Breken Brezden, pictured with Canadian men’s champion Keegan Messing, has had a busy and successful summer.

After competitions in Kitchener and Montreal, Brezden won a silver medal at an event in Mississauga this past weekend, recording a personal best in the process.

She is now preparing for the Sask Skate competition in Regina in October.

The Northwest Métis Council Inc. (NWMC) held its annual regional meeting in Dauphin, Aug. 13. Local executive members from 24 Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) Locals in the region came in to hear about the NWMC’s year in review, projects for the future, and the launching of a new and substantial health care initiative.

“I’m proud at the amount of staff that the NWMC has employed in the region,” said NWMC vice-president Frances Chartrand. “We now have 42 staff members working out of the administration office, 55 summer students placed across the region, 20 staff working our Michif Children’s Place and another 20 staff to be hired in the Swan River Daycare. Our new governance office should be opening soon and we will host 125 staff there.

“Other highlights for our region have been the new builds that are taking place, from the Michif Children’s Place daycare that is up and running, to our new governance office here in the City of Dauphin and the new daycare being built in Swan River. We’ve also purchased a house next door to Métis Child and Family Services that is currently being renovated and will be fully furnished.

It will be used as a medical stay place for people who have to travel in to Dauphin for medical appointments or day surgeries and need overnight accommodations.

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As they have for years, the Road Rebel Rendezvous ended their cruise of classic cars at Asessippi Beach and Campgound.

In the morning of Aug.14th the group of enthusiasts left from Brandon and made their way up to Clear Lake taking the leisurely drive on the winding road through Riding Mountain National Park before stopping in Dauphin for lunch and show and shine with car enthusiasts there.

After lunch they headed west to their final destination at Asessippi campground where they met up with classic car owners from Saskatchewan.

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We are about to have an election, an election to not only provide input into who will represent us, but an election that will help shape the future.

On October 26, residents of Mountain View School Division (MVSD) will choose trustees for the next four years.

They will be responsible to govern education within our division.

Find more details in this week's Review!

It took a one-hole playoff between two former champions to determine the winner of Roblin’s postponed Roblin Moonshine Daze Men’s Open which finally played out Aug. 13 at the Roblin Golf and Country Club.

The tourney was originally slated for July 16 but had to be postponed due to a lack of entries.

More results in this week's Roblin Review!

Just after the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) held its 2022 elections, all MMF Locals across the province have either held an election in their community or are in the process of having one.

Recently, the Roblin MMF Local held its elections and a brand new executive – which hopes to inform Métis citizens about programming and services available to them as well as promote more cultural diversity.

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The president of the Roblin Agriculture Society had a few choice words to describe this year’s fair and rodeo.

And ‘busier’ was one of them.

“It was busier than any of us on the board anticipated,” said an extremely satisfied and still somewhat tired Ellen Arnott in an interview Thursday.

Get more details in this week's Roblin Review! 

OCN’s Smart Farm has had a few successful harvests so far under their belts for the month of August.

Despite not having any produce last year due to COVID-19, the return of the Smart Farm’s produce has been a huge success, leaving nothing to go to waste.

“We’ve been in operation for about six years,” said OCN Smart Farm Operations Manager Stephanie Cook. “Unfortunately the pandemic shut us down, because they were using the hall as a COVID-19 hall and test site for OCN, so we basically just got back up and running.

We have done two harvests now in the community and they were very well received. We had no produce left over at the end, which is really good.

“There were over 50 families that came to get produce at each one of our harvests. There are families that consist of two people or some with six to eight, and as a result, this produce is feeding a lot of people.”