East St Paul riverfront! Terrific 1620 SF home on Easy condo living in Lockport. 1128 SF, 2BRs, 2 baths w/ gorgeous 1.8 acres. $469,900 creek view! $226,500 Custom, beautifully maintained 1800 SF home on private 4.46 acres. $429,920 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018 VOLUME 9 EDITION 43 SERVING SELKIRK, LOCKPORT, ST. ANDREWS, ST. CLEMENTS, WEST ST. PAUL, CLANDEBOYE, PETERSFIELD, LIBAU, GARSON, DUNNOTTAR & TYNDALL Haunted forest RECORD PHOTO BY BRETT MITCHELL Pictured from left to right: Sunova Credit Union’s Jared Fewchuk, Heather Carr and Lacey Darvill are gearing up to celebrate Halloween. The Selkirk branch will be fully decorated on Wednesday, Oct. 31 and will be handing out full-size chocolate bars for any trick or treaters who want to wander into their haunted forest that day. news > sports > opinion > community > people > entertainment > events > classifi eds > careers > everything you need to know 2 The Selkirk Record Thursday, October 25, 2018 Biz awards help honour local businesses, entrepreneurs By Lindsey Enns Plenty of smiles, laughs and even a Seventh annual business few tears were shed during the sev- award winners enth annual Selkirk Biz Business A total of 10 awards were handed Awards last Thursday evening. out during last Thursday evening’s A total of 10 awards were handed out seventh annual Selkirk Biz Awards. to local and area entrepreneurs and This year’s winners include: businesses during the annual awards • Business of the Year: Hawthorn evening held at the Selkirk Golf and Estates Country Club. • New Business of the Year: Bella Among this year’s award winners Ragazza Boutique was Hawthorn Estates, which is run by • Beauti-Tone Visual Improve- Robert Belanger and his wife Tammy. ment: Snak Shak The wedding and event venue, locat- • Branding and Marketing: Haw- ed in St. Clements, earned the Busi- thorn Estates ness of the Year as well as the Brand- • Business Philanthropist of the ing and Marketing awards. Robert Year: Rosanna Sternat, Sternat & said deciding to rebuild the venue Associates after their barn burned down in 2015 RECORD PHOTO BY LINDSEY ENNS • Farm Family of the Year: West- was a diffi cult decision, but they had Winners of the seventh annual Selkirk Biz Business Awards were phalia Farms lots of support. grinning from ear-to-ear following the annual awards evening at the • Woman Entrepreneur of the Year: Rosanna Sternat, Sternat & “We thought we were done,” he said. Selkirk Golf and Country Club last Thursday. “If it wasn’t for the support from fam- Associates ily and friends and from the wedding their family. tellectual disabilities but I urge you to • Community Spirit: Selkirk industry as a whole we wouldn’t have “This has affected us. But I think consider the many opportunities that Community Renewal Corporation continued our journey.” where we are today ... it’s just excit- could be available,” said Stan Hal- • Customer Service: Selkirk Tran- The venue, which reopened in ing,” he said. “We love what we do.” besma, the owner of Harry’s Foods in sit March, has already hosted dozens of Selkirk Transit also received the St. Andrews. “Think outside the box, • Inclusive Employment: Harry’s weddings and they are now booking Customer Service Award, Rosanna reevaluate job descriptions or even Foods into 2020. Tammy said she’s grateful Sternat of Sternat and Associates re- create a new position. Give them a for all of the support they’ve received. ceived the Women Entrepreneur of chance to prove to you that they can fordable lingerie and swim wear shop “These people are spending one of the Year Award as well as the Business enhance you customer experience serves “a real need” in the community the most important days of their life Philanthropist of the Year Award, and with the friendliness and enthusiasm and surrounding areas. with us, what an honour,” she said, Harry’s Foods earned the Inclusive they can bring.” “This community is just so great,” holding back tears. Employment Award. Snak Shak was also awarded the Webb said. “I feel like ... my customers Robert, a retired conservation offi - “To my fellow business owners, I say Beauti-Tone Visual are my close friends cer, said they haven’t slept well since this, not every company or business Improvement Award. and I don’t think I the fi re and it’s had a real impact on can accommodate a person with in- The Selkirk restau- would have that expe- rant’s owner, Shaw- rience in the City of na Witko, said she’s “THESE PEOPLE Winnipeg or a bigger dreamed of owning city.” Get a Grip her own business ARE SPENDING This year a total of since she was a little ONE OF THE MOST 33 businesses and TIRE FINANCING girl. IMPORTANT DAYS OF entrepreneurs were on your “That dream came nominated for awards. true 19 years ago,” Wit- THEIR LIFE WITH US, Selkirk Biz said they ASSURANCE WEATHER ko said while receiv- WHAT AN HONOUR.” received a record num- ing the Snak Shak’s ber of 240 nomination READY TIRES award. “I’m incredibly entries this year. *Features the Mountain Snowflakee thankful to all of my Selkirk Biz, the area’s All Weather Tire Rating which wonderful customers Chamber of Com- Pick out your qualifies for MPIC Tire financing who have continued to come and sup- merce, represents more than 200 winter wheels from businesses from St. Andrews, St. Cle- our large selection ... port Snak Shak.” ments, West St. Paul and the City of Make your vehicle look great for Selkirk’s Bella Ragazza Boutique more than just 6 months a year! was also named New Business of the Selkirk. For more information, visit Year. Owner Jeanie Webb says her af- selkirkbiz.ca. [email protected] 38 MAIN ST. 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Failing to stop for a campaign to help fuel changes when bus that has its red lights fl ashing and it comes to drivers illegally passing stop arm extended can carry a $672 school buses. The goal behind the fi ne and two demerit points. “Thing of Us on the Bus” campaign “The whole point in having traf- is to enhance safety for both students fi c stopped is because we don’t want and school bus drivers while address- anyone to get struck by a vehicle,” ing the problem of drivers passing Campbell said. school buses when their red lights Each school day, the LSSD trans- and stop signs are activated. RECORD PHOTO BY BRETT MITCHELL ports more than 2,500 students to and Last year, LSSD bus drivers re- A Lord Selkirk School Division school bus is parked outside of Shoppers from school and their buses run more corded approximately 60 violations Drug Mart to help kick off School Bus Safety Week in Selkirk on Monday. than 5,200 kilometres each day. against school buses and so far this “We cover a huge area here and we school year alone they have captured to follow the rules when it comes to get ready to stop. It is illegal to pass a have one of the best safety records in 40 instances. sharing the road with school buses. school bus from either direction once the province,” Campbell said. “We’re “The key thing for us here is we take “We identify that school buses of- it has stopped and has its lights acti- very proud of the work that we do.” no pleasure in capturing this data,” ten cause confusion,” he said. “We re- vated unless there is a physical bar- The LSSD also launched the SafeS- said Alan Campbell, supervisor of ally want to try to make some of those rier, such as a median, between your top mobile app last year, which is free transportation for the LSSD. “We things clear.” vehicle and the bus. and gives real-time updates on your hope these instances will go down.” Campbell said bus drivers in Mani- Flashing red lights indicate that the bus as it travels to and from school. Campbell said several of these vio- toba are trained to veer to the right bus has stopped and that children are Information is updated every 30 sec- lations are taking place on Highway 9 when they are stopped to prevent either getting on or off. As soon as onds so you can plan to be at the bus between St. Andrews and Selkirk, be- vehicles from passing them on the the bus driver turns on the fl ashing stop before it arrives. Campbell said tween Clandeboye and Selkirk as well shoulder. red lights, drivers coming from both so far this school year around 655 peo- as along Highway 8. According to Manitoba Public In- directions must immediately stop at ple are using the app each day.