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CARMAN, MB | 204-745-2312 | NEWMANHAND.CA | [email protected] The Carman-Dufferin VOLUME 1 THURSDAY, EDITION 17 STANDARD SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 SERVING ELM CREEK, ROSEISLE, HOMEWOOD, GRAYSVILLE, MIAMI, ROLAND, STEPHENFIELD, NOTRE DAME, SPERLING Tying the knot STANDARD PHOTO BY MACKENZIE GAULTIER PHOTOGRAPHY Carman couple Caitlin Huggan and Mason Metcalf exchanged their vows on the Carman Golf Course last Saturday. > everything you need to know in your locally owned and operated community newspaper 50lb Family Pack 34 pounds Lean Ground DARRYL ENNS 204.216.0931 (2lb packs) 8 pounds Steak Most Commonly Farm Fresh Beef Sales (4 x 2lb packs) Purchased Provincially Inspected Meat 8 pounds Roast Product Home Delivery (2 x 4lb packs) 18-21 Days Dry Aged Darryl & Laura Enns All Delivered to your for only $300 All animals grown with No Hormones DWENNSFARMS.COM 2 The Carman-Duff erin Standard Thursday, September 10, 2020 And old tradition made new: meals on the fi eld By Becca Myskiw Barb Lepp delivered her fi rst meal to Now, Lepp and her two daughters- the fi eld 43 years ago. What she does in-law have a schedule for making today looks a lot different. fi eld meals. For lunch, Lepp sends a In 1977, Lepp was taking meals out bag out with her husband (who farms for fi ve men at a time. She, her moth- with their two sons) and they don’t see er-in-law and her sister-in-law would the ladies until supper time. When it’s make meals depending on whose Lepp’s turn, she spares no food group. fi eld the guys were farming on. Oc- “I call it my little travelling road casionally, she’d get last minute notice show,” she said. that they’d switched to one of their She packs up the full spread into fi elds and she had to whip up a meal. cooler bags, wraps the pots in towels, Lepp’s meals have never been “easy” loads up her folding tables, and drives to whip up, either. Her mother-in-law, half an hour to the farm. When she she said, was a good cook and liked to gets there, Lepp sets up the folding bake, so after seeing her hot meals out table and starts setting out the meal. STANDARD PHOTOS SUBMITTED on the fi eld, Lepp continued that. The fi rst meal she brought to the Barb Lepp said after sitting in the combine all day, most of the guys “And it wasn’t just one meal,” she fi eld this year was chicken, potatoes, choose to stand for supper. said. “It was lunch and tea and supper gravy, stuffi ng, salad, dessert, and and coffee.” fresh homemade buns. After Lepp had sent out lunch for “I often ask my sons what they’d like the guys on the fi eld, she’d go inside, me to bring,” she said. “It’s nice to see clean up, and start on what they called what they like that I cook.” afternoon tea — a mid-afternoon Though she usually feeds seven snack. Then, before she had cleaned people, Lepp said she always brings up supper, Lepp was bringing out extra food and plates because no one a late night coffee to the fi eld. These whose helping will go hungry around days, though, her meals come once a her. Meals on the fi eld is the time of day. As Lepp was a teacher, she wasn’t day when the family can all see each always around for harvest. So, as time other, she said. It’s an uplifting part to went on, they decided four meals or what might be an otherwise stressful snacks a day was too much work. day. Lepp fed six men on the fi eld last Saturday. Elm Creek parent driving daughter to Building Permits school during COVID By Becca Myskiw Though the government has since The 2020-2021 school year looks dif- created guidelines for students rid- Thinking of a fall building project? ferent this year and so does the jour- ing the bus this year, Boyachek said Remember to call the Carman-Dufferin ney there. her family decided early on that their With education comes transport. In daughter would not be taking the bus Planning District Offi ce to obtain a permit rural communities, majority of stu- this year. dents take the school bus to get to and A few of the guidelines are: BEFORE you begin. We can advise you from school each day. Buses can be • All passengers are to wear a packed and dirty — with COVID-19 mask on whether you need a permit for your in the mix, some parents are seeking • When possible, there other options for their children’s jour- should be one student per seat (stu- building project. Call 204-745-2443 or ney to school. dents of the same household can sit 204-745-2301 and ask for Kim or send an Heidi Boyachek and her family live together) half an hour out of Elm Creek where • Students must hand sanitize email to [email protected] her six-year-old daughter goes to when boarding and getting off the bus school. Normally, her daughter would • When weather permits, win- get on the bus early each morning and dows and roof vents on the bus should take it back home that evening, sitting be open for increased ventilation with two other children in her seat. • Students should maintain physical distancing when getting off CARMAN the bus Her daughter also has Type 1 Dia- betes, something that went into Boy- Last Market Fri., Sept. 11 achek’s decision, she said. The lack of 4 – 6:30 p.m. social distancing on a school bus also Thanks to our customers concerned her, so this year, Boyachek for their continued support is driving her daughter to and from Home Grown Home Baked school every day. She said as they’re Home Made farmers, her work schedule is fl exible. Contact Joyce 204- 626-3310 carmanmanitoba.ca Continued on page 5 or Edith 204-745-3077 The Carman-Duff erin Standard Thursday, September 10, 2020 3 Stephenfi eld man wins gas for a year from Co-op By Becca Myskiw “I guess I’d best describe it as a pres- Frank Smith from Stephenfi eld won ent,” said Smith. “You kind of work free fuel for a year at Carman’s Co-op with what you have and try to help gas bar last week. people out, so when you see money The win comes from a contest called coming back again, it’s good.” “Win Your Fill For a Year” and it was Smith’s prize is $2,000 in Co-op gift Co-op’s fi rst year doing it. Between cards. He said that’s probably exactly July 13 and Aug. 23, Co-op asked cus- what he would spend on gas in a year, tomers who made a minimum of 30 so winning is a big deal for him and litres purchase at a gas bar to take a his family. Being picked to get free photo of their receipt. Then, they up- gas for a year, however, was not some- loaded the receipt photo to the con- thing Smith said he expected. His wife test website. Customers also had the emailed eight of his gas receipts in, chance to earn extra entries with con- thinking they’d try for the prize, but venience store purchases. Homestead the pair never thought they’d actually STANDARD PHOTO SUBMITTED Consumers Co-op marketing and win it. Smith said he has yet to receive Frank S: Smith from Stephenfi eld said he didn’t expect to win gas for member relations coordinator Shan- the actual prize and he’s unsure what a year. non Vaughan said the business gave form it will come in. All he knows, he out a total of 200 prizes across the said, is that in four to six weeks he’ll Good Day is coming up on Sept. 15. tion. The money will go to TLC Child board thanks to this contest — Smith be getting something in the mail. Five cents from every litre sold at all Care Centre in Carman and Prairie happened to be one of them. Co-op’s next good deed is Fuel Homestead Consumers Co-op Gas Fusion Arts & Entertainment in Por- Bars that day will go to a shared dona- tage la Prairie. Seeding season extended for fall rye and winter wheat By Becca Myskiw on avoiding winter kill with the crops lem is by seeding later, producers will usual crop insurance window The seeding season for fall rye and and seeding earlier stopped that. get lower yields as they would with a • Seeding date is only one fac- winter wheat has been extended this But, 15 years ago, producers who spring crop. tor that affects the crop yield. Accord- year. were core growers of the crops said “It wasn’t a risk of catastrophic fail- ing to MASC, when crops were seed- Manitoba Agricultural Services Cor- farming isn’t by the calendar and ure,” said Gross. “It’s just the later you ed between Aug. 22 to 26, they had a poration (MASC) approved the exten- started pushing the window, seeding seeded the more of a yield penalty yield of 100 per cent. When seeded sion of this year’s seeding window for into the fi rst week of October.