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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, August 1, 2019 Big Rigs Big Hearts PHOTOS BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE The seventh annual Big Rigs Big Hearts truck rally saw over 100 semis park at the Southland Mall Saturday afternoon and then make their way through the streets of Winkler that evening. The day included a host of other activities, including arm wrestling competitions, fun and games for the kids, and musical entertainment from groups like The Quonset Brothers (above). Proceeds from truck registration fees, memorabilia sales, and donations this year went to Adult and Teen Challenge and an anonymous local family in need. Council turns down plans for 6th St. apartments By Lorne Stelmach for a new nine unit residential development. a hearing before council at its last meeting. The proposal for the multiple family develop- It required a rezoning from residential two family to resi- Morden city council has turned down plans ment on a vacant lot at 212 Sixth Street came to dential multi-family use, and it also needed a few varia- tions such as reducing the front yard from 25 to 15 feet and the side yard from 10 to four feet and reducing the driveway width from 20 to 16 feet. A report to council had suggested the site could be a s(/2-/.%34%2/)$ s/.,94(%&2%3(%34 good candidate for this kind of development, as the area &2%%-%!4 4/00).'3 s./02%3%26!4)6%3 s02/$5#%$,/#!,,9 near Thornhill Street is seen as a transition zone between ).7).+,%2 -" lower and higher density housing such as the develop- ment under construction at Thornhill and Nelson St. Concerns were raised, however, about the density of the proposed development in that area and especially com- ing in such close proximity to neighbouring single family residential properties. In other council matters, the city is looking to add to the community’s list of municipal heritage sites. A public hearing will be held on Monday, Aug. 26 regard- FINALLY, HOME BAKED PIZZA BETTER THAN TAKEOUT! ing the city’s plans to designate the home at 216 Ninth Continued on page 3 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, August 1, 2019 3 Final ball thrown at Valley Bowl Main St. By Ashleigh Viveiros After 45 years, the fi nal ball thun- dered down the lane at Valley Bowling Lanes’ Main St. location on Sunday. “HOPEFULLY PEOPLE The Winkler bowling alley closed its WILL ENJOY THE NEW doors this week in preparation for the move to a new, much larger facility FACILITY AS MUCH AS north of PTH. 14 in fall. THEY DID THIS PLACE.” “It’s bittersweet, it really is. It’s a new chapter in the whole entertain- ment world,” said co-owner Abe Hil- ger keep the general public from the debrand last week. “Hopefully people pins. PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE will enjoy the new facility as much as “It was always a big challenge to Valley Bow owners Abe Hildebrand and Christina Dyck at the lanes last they did this place.” get the general public in and also the week before they closed their doors at the Main St. location for the Generations of area residents have leagues in, because we just didn’t last time. The new Valley Bowl opens north of PTH 14 this fall. bowled at Valley Bowl, which got its have the space. Now we can grow,” start in the mid-70s after a group of Hildebrand said, noting the leagues the new owners (everything from was right.” nearly 100 community stakeholders draw upwards of 300 bowlers every the scoring systems to the balls have Hildebrand is eager to open the spearheaded the facility’s construc- week. “Now when there’s leagues or been purchased by an out-of-town al- doors and let the community in to tion. rentals going on, we’ll have lanes set ley; the new Valley Bowl will be outfi t- check out Valley Bowling Lanes’ new And while the lanes have served the aside ... and even if the lanes are full ted with all new equipment) and get home. community well for years, the lack there will be lots of other things to everything set up in the new space. “There is a ton of buzz in the com- of available space to expand their do.” “We have lots of work cut out for munity, which is really exciting,” he entertainment offerings has been a Things like the 18-hole miniature us right now [to disassemble the old said, adding he can’t wait to offer “a continual frustration for Hildebrand, golf course up on the mezzanine level, lanes],” Hildebrand said. “And with a better experience, a smoother experi- who purchased the business from his which overlooks the lanes and is also new building to set up too, the time ence” for patrons. father-in-law Pete Klassen a decade home to a spacious lounge (one of ago. two in the building, as the main fl oor “I’ve been here for 10 years and the also boasts a lounge and restaurant), question has always been how do we a virtual golf system and other arcade grow?” Hildebrand said. “I’ve tried games, and pool tables. going up, I’ve tried going out on the “In the new space, if you just want to parking lot, but at the end of the day come bowling it’s still cheap enough it just doesn’t work. We needed a new to come out and do a family bowl for complex.” a few hours,” said Hildebrand. “But Space is one thing the new Valley we’re also going to have a lot of other Bowling Lanes certainly won’t be options as far as the mini golf or the lacking—the two-storey facility is arcade or a play structure, food. Lots three times the size of the old loca- of opportunities for entertainment.” tion. The plan is for Valley Bowl to reopen “The footprint of the main fl oor is sometime this fall. 22,000 square feet and then the mez- “Right now October’s still in sight. zanine is just over 9,000 sq. ft. So the That’s what I keep telling people,” mezzanine alone is almost the size said Hildebrand, who adds leagues of our current building,” Hildebrand should start just a few weeks later said. than usual. The site increases the number of The summer closure gives Hildeb- lanes from 12 to 18, meaning special rand time to get all the old equip- events and league nights will no lon- ment out of the Main St. building for > MORDEN COUNCIL, FROM PG. 2 Street as a heritage home. the Pembina Hills Gallery), McCon- The Morden Mansions booklet de- nell House at 577 Stephen St., McElroy scribes the property as “a quaint and House at 645 Thornhill and Stodders well-kept house with an interesting House at 180 Nelson. The Pembina second level window. It was built for Threshermen’s Museum also features Edward Oke, a retired farmer, by his a number of buildings with heritage brother Sam around 1895.” protection including the Morden CPR Other municipal heritage sites in train station, Pomeroy School and the Morden include Maple Leaf School, Reimer and Braun log houses. Morden Dominion Post Offi ce (now 4 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, August 1, 2019 PHOTOS BY LORNE STELMACH/VOICE Guests look over the variety of artwork that was on display for the charity art auction and garden party held Thursday at Morden Nurser- ies in support of Genesis House. Garden party and art auction raises $3K for Genesis House By Lorne Stelmach Fifteen artists from across southern Manitoba added. provided a variety of artwork to be auctioned off “With no storefront to bring a lot of awareness Organizers were pleased with the response to the along with some pieces created by children who to our organization, we were able to talk to people fi rst charity art auction and garden party held in have stayed at the shelter. one on one and answer questions and just be able support of Genesis House. “I’m very happy because it was the fi rst event of to connect with our community where normally The event held last Thursday at Morden Nurser- this kind,” said organizer Kari Kauenhofen. we can’t do that,” Kauenhofen said. “We were very ies was estimated to have brought in about $3,200 Equally important as raising money for the shel- happy to be able to do that with this evening.” for the family shelter. ter was the chance to raise awareness as well, she Graydon running in Borderland as an independent By Lorne Stelmach legations of sexual harassment by two “I’m not saying there isn’t challeng- “Let’s start to understand that rural legislative staffers, though he had de- es because you don’t have the same Manitoba is not to be taken for grant- Cliff Graydon is taking another shot nied the allegations.