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Images may not reflect dealer inventory and/or unit specifications. © 2020 Cub Cadet 2 The Carman-Duff erin Standard Thursday, November 19, 2020 Trees planted in downtown Carman pocket park Benches and tables coming next spring for new site beside Newman Hand Insurance Submitted by Carman/Duffering CIB Grant, owner of local design company Another “pocket park” for Carman Heidi’s Home Design, to incorporate began to take shape just ahead of the a boardwalk and new façade into the snow’s arrival this month. design of the park. That work that will This is the site being developed by be done next spring. the Bryson family on land they own Meanwhile, the CIB group also en- next to Newman Hand Insurance at gaged Jennifer Halbesma, a Carman- the corner of Main Street and Centre based interior and landscape de- Avenue. The newly treed park will be signer, to provide additional vision for public use and have a few tables and guidance for the job. Bryson then and benches added next spring. handed the project over to Trish Mid- “I was initially approached by a dleton who worked with Aubin Nurs- couple of members of Communities eries Ltd. to fi nd the right trees and in Bloom (CIB) who had a really great co-ordinate a late-season planting STANDARD PHOTO BY TRISH MIDDLETON AND DENNIS YOUNG vision for parks and accessing our riv- bee. A few rocks are already in place Jennifer Halbesma, left, and Gail Aubin pause for a photo before the er,” said Rob Bryson. as part of the design and the rest will trees were planted at the pocket park beside Newman Hand Agencies. “I love the idea so we attended one be moved in later on. BELOW, the fi nished park. of their meetings, walked around with “It was great to be a part of a project them and came to understand what to beautify Carman,” said Middleton. they were trying to do. Barb and I had “Jennifer Halbesma provided great planted some Ninebark bushes and vision and guidance through the vines on the south side of the offi ce project and Aubins went above and last year in an attempt to better use beyond to make it work and gave our the space but the CIB plan was much little project special treatment.” more ambitious so we tore out most of The CIB committee’s help will still our plantings and started over.” be needed for the woodland plantings They also secured help from Heidi in the spring, she added. Public Notice Due to changes to the Pandemic Response System Memorial Hall is closed to the public until further notice. All departments are available by phone The best part of this job has been the big thing is the vision. I think that response and interest from the public, the landscape design ideas they have between 10am and 3pm Monday to Friday. said Middleton. and groups like Golden Prairie Arts “It makes it all so worthwhile,” she Council, the library expansion com- Town of Carman 204-745-2443 said. “I can’t say enough about volun- mittee and many others are doing a teer groups that get things like this great job at building the aesthetic and RM of Dufferin 204-745-2301 going. Groups like CIB and Boyne cultural side of our community.” River Watchers are making a big dif- “We need to support them, or as in Recreation 204-745-2684 ference in developing the character this case just do what they tell us to do Economic Development 204-745-2675 of our town. The volunteer work and and don’t get in their way.” private capital is one part of it but the Planning District 204-745-2443 or 204-745-2301 MPI and municipalities partner up for road safety Submitted by MPI play is typically combined with a static Over the next couple of months, (non-electronic) display that includes Manitoba Public Insurance will pro- the text “Your Speed” or similar. vide 25 highly visible speed display “The intent of the speed display boards in 13 communities thanks to a board is to encourage compliance pilot road safety partnership between with the posted speed limit by making the public auto insurer and various motorists aware of their actual speed,” municipalities. said Satvir Jatana, Vice President, Em- The speed display boards are elec- ployee and Community Engagement, tronic signs that use radar to detect Manitoba Public Insurance. the speed of an approaching vehicle “These high visibility signs are in- carmanmanitoba.ca and display the speed on an LED vari- able message display. The speed dis- Continued on page 3 The Carman-Duff erin Standard Thursday, November 19, 2020 3 Business owner worries about mental health, not money By Becca Myskiw for business, she said, and she’s ex- Many small businesses are shutting tremely grateful to work where she down because of COVID-19 for the does. second time this year, and one owner In the 48 hours before she had to said she’s more prepared the second close down this time, she said the re- time around. tail and gift card sales were “absolute- Body by Jess is a skincare business in ly amazing.” Carman and the only one of its kind. Woods said she believes she’s in a Owner Jessica Woods said she’s the better fi nancial situation this time, but only one in Carman who offers body she fears it’ll be a repeat of the past treatments and facials along with and she’ll be closed for more than the lashes, waxing, and brows. determined month. When Woods had to shut down the “Work is my social interaction,” she fi rst time, she had only been open for said. “I try to be safe and don’t go out six weeks. much. So, when that was taken away “When I shut them it wasn’t forced from me, now my social interaction yet,” she said. “I voluntarily shut them with people is completely gone.” because I work so close with my cli- According to the Canadian Mental ents and we didn’t know what COVID Health Association (CMHA), social was and I was scared of it so I decided isolation can reduce ones lifespan in STANDARD PHOTO BY BECCA MYSKIW to shut my doors early.” a way that compares to smoking 15 Jessica Woods opened Body by Jess six weeks before the fi rst COVID Body by Jess was closed until June cigarettes a day. shutdown, and said she’s more prepared the second time around. 8. At the beginning, she said she Woods said she’s worried her men- was fi ne because she thought she’d tal health will deteriorate again and be back to work in two weeks — not now that there’s less sunlight, she’s three months. even more concerned. But she soon realized it would be Last time she closed, Woods said she longer and with the inevitable more also didn’t work or promote her busi- time alone at home, her mental health ness. This time, she’s pushing retail worsened and Woods took a fi nancial and gift cards and she’s staying active hit. online. Since re-opening, though, she said “I’m just trying this time to still work it seems like the community has been and advertise and let people know working extra hard to support local. that I’m still here and I will be here The last fi ve months have been great when I open back up,” she said. > MPI ROAD SAFETY, FROM PG. 2 tended to be used as reinforcements ways which pass through a resi- 20113mc1 to the maximum posted speed signs dential area that require drivers to to encourage compliance when tran- be aware they need to decrease sitioning to a lower posted speed, their speed (IE: 100km/h down to such as school zones and communi- 70km/h). ties located along highways.” Results of the pilot for this road Confi rmed participating commu- safety partnership will be monitored nities are, Brandon, Steinbach, Win- and evaluated to determine success kler, Portage la Prairie, Thompson, and evolution of the program.