Jeremy Bergen
Vegetables and flowers
An onion plant goes to flower in the front yard of Devon and Donna Jorundson, as they wait to harvest the seed and start the lifecycle again next year. The front bed is just a small part of their larger garden that sustains the majority of the plants in their diet throughout the year.
Rec angling camp
Last week (July 11-14), youth between the ages of 10 to 14 had their first experience with the first ever Rec Angling Day Camp, hosted with a partnership between Swan Valley Sport Fishing Enhancement and the Elbert Chartrand Friendship Centre. The first of the five weeks saw youth cast their rods into Red Deer River, with future weeks taking them to Wellman Lake and the Red Road Compass Land-Based Learning site along the Swan River. Cohen Bulycz stands by the shoreside, waiting for a bite on his line.
Happy Canada Day
Activities in the area included pancake breakfasts in Minitonas and Benito, baseball and slo-pitch, live music, a car show, a picnic-in-the-park at Swan River Legion Park, fireworks and plenty more fun for all.
A New League
Festival du Spikageur was the latest event in the sophomore season of the Munro Smashball League, which features a volleyball-variant backyard game called Spikeball. Pictured here, participants compete by returning the ball bounced onto the ground-level net instead of over a vertical net.
Happy Canada Day
The Swan Valley celebrated Canada Day on Friday (July 1), marking Canada`s 155th anniversary of Confederation.
National Indigenous Day
Swan River celebrated National Indigenous Day on Tuesday (June 21) with dancing, music and more, including a sunrise ceremony at the Elbert Chartrand Friendship Centre and activities for SVSD students throughout the day at the
Veterans Community Hall.
Outdoor showcase
The Swan Valley Cheetahs Gymnastics Club presented an outdoor spring showcase outside of their gym on Thursday (June 23), along with a fundraising barbecue to raise money for roof repairs.
Royal Regionals
The U15 Royals of Swan Valley Youth Baseball kept the Swan River Legion Park busy on Saturday (June 18) and Sunday (June 19) with their regional playoffs, competing against two teams from Dauphin and one team from Ste. Rose.
Kinsmen red lobster
The Swan River Kinsmen Club brought back their ever-popular Lobsterfest after a two-year hiatus, with a sold-out crowd packing the hall of the Swan Valley Historical Museum on Saturday (June 11) enjoying a great surf ‘n’ turf meal, followed by the charity auction and live band.
Batters up!
The baseball field at Minitonas School was busy on Monday evening (June 6) as the children and families of Minitonas Minor Ball kept the bats swinging and the balls flying. Children aged four to nine were welcome, split into two age-appropriate sessions.