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Tidings of great joy PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE news > sports > opinion > community > people > entertainment > events > classifi eds > careers > everything you need to know 2 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, December 7, 2017 gettinformedNEWS > VIEWS > WINKLER > MORDEN > SURROUNDING AREAS Prairie Vapour collecting gift cards for Donate Love By Lorne Stelmach nate Love because they help some of the people most in need in our com- A local business is not only celebrat- munity. ing its new location this Christmas “There’s needs to be addressed ... “ANYWHERE THAT YOU CAN GET GROCERIES ... ANY season but also giving back to the it’s almost easier to overlook the fact community. there’s needs in small towns like ours GIFT CARD OF ANY VALUE, COME IN HERE AND HANG IT Having been in business for about than in a larger urban centre,” he sug- ON THE TREE.” two years now, Prairie Vapour recent- gested. ly moved into the new strip mall de- “We don’t really think of Morden velopment on the east end of Morden. having homeless people ... you just This month, owner Chris Hildeb- don’t see them,” he added. “There are debrand said. we’re going to take them all down rand is looking to decorate the store’s people without jobs, they’re strug- “Anywhere that you can get grocer- off the tree and we’re going to bring tree with gift cards that will support gling to make ends meet and feed ies here ... any gift card of any value, them over to Donate Love to distrib- local charitable organization Donate their family. We don’t see it.” come in and hang it on the tree. You ute freely to people ... so that strug- Love. As Donate Love has stressed that don’t have to be a customer,” he said. gling families can go shopping for “I wanted to do something to get in- they are most in need of things like “I just want people to come and give fresh groceries.” volved in the holiday season locally,” breakfast cereals as well as fresh freely. Then, at the end of the month, he said. “I fi nally had enough room in items like milk and eggs, gift cards the store where I could do things like for grocery stores like the Co-op and decorate for the holidays.” Giant Tiger seem like the easiest and Hildebrand chose to support Do- most accessible way to help out, Hil- PHOTO BY LORNE STELMACH/VOICE Prairie Vapour owner Chris Hildebrand with the Christmas tree he hopes to fi ll with gift cards for Donate Love this holiday season. On Mottos Framed PGG4"-& Pictures & Clocks! 3PCMJO#MWE&8JOLMFS.#t The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, December 7, 2017 3 Around the rink with St. Nick PHOTOS BY LORNE STELMACH/VOICE There was plenty of picture taking happening as a large crowd packed the ice Sunday at the Access Event Centre in Morden for the annual Skate with Santa. The free community event is a chance for the Morden and District United Way to give back and say thanks to the community for its support of its annual fundraising campaign. Have Health Benefits? They expire at year’s end. Come in now! 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We can inten- ing adversity and taking one’s life to tionally live to be the best we can be the next level. to leave the world a better place.” That’s more than double the num- “I think it’s impossible to not leave a bers that were at the fi tness centre’s legacy if you do those things,” agreed fi rst speaker event last spring, which Woodley, stressing that we can all also featured Newman. strive to excel in whatever fi eld we “We’re really excited about that,” fi nd ourselves in. said organizer Kurtis Fox. “It’s excit- “You can be a legendary baker, a ing to see that people want to see this legendary computer programmer type of thing, working on personal ... whatever you excel at, whatever development professional develop- PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE God’s gifted you with talents to do, if ment. From left: Performance coach Ben Newman with The Muscle Hut’s you locate those talents, locate what “I think really the biggest thing is Evan Kehler and Kurtis Fox and fellow speaker and UFC champion you should be doing with your life, that they fi nd something they can Tyron Woodley in Winkler last week. and you really push it, everybody has take home and take action on,” he the ability to leave a legacy. It’s not added. “It’s easy to sit back and be together, Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix, that they do just athletes, it’s not just speakers or inspired, but we hope they actually and now here we are in Winkler, Man- “Everybody’s coming from differ- entertainers—everybody.” do something with it.” itoba,” said Newman, adding that he ent walks of life, different businesses, Woodley also encourages people to Inspiring others to greatness is a was excited to be back in the city be- so we want to help them understand work at pushing through their com- mission for Newman and Woodley, fore an even larger crowd than before. what it means for them to be a cham- fort zones. who teamed up two years ago as mo- When they step up on stage, he said, pion in their lives. “A lot of times in life we become tivational speakers. their goal is always “connecting with “I think if people are intentional in complacent, we become comfortable “We’ve had the opportunity to the audience, helping them become their thoughts, then it allows them to and that’s how we get stagnant,” he speak in the Dominican Republic the best that they can be in anything be great in their lives,” Newman said. said. Winkler, Morden police boards mull merger By Lorne Stelmach “Our members are used to work- discussions with the Winkler police ment some of those recommenda- ing together,” Siemens added, citing board to move the conversation for- tions, particularly with regard to Local authorities are open to explor- the example of the regional tactical ward. patrol sergeants and creating more ing the idea of merging the police support team. “I think we do a lot of Harries sees this as a chance to platoons ... there’s a number of things services of Winkler and Morden. things really, really well in both Mor- “open the door to more shared ser- there that we can already do,” he said. Amalgamation is the biggest among den and Winkler, and I think quite vices ... it covers the whole range from “I don’t think there’s a single recom- a range of recommendations made by possibly there are some opportuni- shared expertise to a full merger.” mendation in there that ultimately retired Winnipeg police chief Devon ties to do things better without addi- While explor- we won’t want to Clunis in a consulting report for the tional cost if we work together. ing the idea of pursue. [But] some two municipalities. “Exactly where that goes and how an amalgama- of them have some The report only recently landed in quickly it goes there ... it’s probably a tion would be a cost implications.” the hands of the Winkler and Morden little bit too early to tell. We’re really, complex process, One mitigating police boards, but the chairpersons of really excited about the idea of work- Harries suggest- “WE’RE REALLY OPEN factor for Winkler the two authorities say its ideas are ing together.” ed they are eager TO SEEING WHERE THE right now is their being fully explored. “There’s lot of things that come into to look at imple- search for a new “We’re really open to seeing where play,” noted Morden board chair Rich menting other CONVERSATION GOES.” chief to replace the conversation goes,” said Henry Harries, pointing to the political en- recommendations the retiring Rick Siemens, chair of the Winkler board. vironment in both communities and much sooner. Hiebert. “There certainly are opportunities a need to maintain a degree of local “The intention is work fairly quickly “I think most of [the recommen- to work together ..