March 2017
Volume 19 Issue 10
WINTERFEST 2017
By Sarah Belisle The sun was shining again for another well attended Winterfest collaboratively hosted by the Richer Daycare and Richer Community Club for its 8th consecutive year. Special guests Shrek and Princess Fiona interacted with the kids, along with face painting, coin scramble, candy toss, hills to play on, sleigh rides, music and a big bon fire to gather around. The skating rink ice didn’t hold out to the strong sun but kids were still able to play around on it. There were also free refreshments and hot dogs which you could have barbecued or roast
your own over the fire. Thank you to all the volunteers who put in so much time and effort for this event. Many hours were spent trying to flood the rink for the event and it took extra effort to bring the sleighs in for the rides this year due to so much of the snow melted in previous weeks. The horses worked hard pulling the sleighs through the frozen crusted snow - and everyone was so thankful for the many rides.
The entire event, activities and food were FREE and was made possible thanks to the many donations some including Caisse Financial Group, Weston Bakery, One One Consultants Inc, Maple Leaf Foods as well as the donated bales, sleigh rides and music.
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er. Doors open at 5:30 pm; Earlybirds at 7 pm Followed by Regular Bingo. Check out our Facebook page “SPMF Monday Night Bingo in Richer” & “Like” us. LGA Lic. # 4164.
Richer Fellowship Church at 50 Southeast Drive service is Sundays Richer Community Club Chase the at 10:30 am with Pastor Ben Funk. Ace every Saturday at the Richer Inn. Tickets only $1 and on sale from Everyone is welcome. 5:30 pm until 7:45 pm. Pot grows Wednesday, March 8th: Richer Com- every week until won! munity Club Annual General Meeting, 7:30 p.m., LUD Hall. Everyone Saturday, March 11 and 25: Recycling Collection. 9:30 am - 12 noon. is welcome! 1st stop Burnell’s Foods, 2nd Stop SPMF Monday Night Bingos in Rich- Richer Inn, 3rd stop Tibeauville, 4th stop Timberline, with the 5th stop at the Richer Husky where the recyclers will remain until noon. Recycling can ADVERTISE in the also be dropped off in the recycling shed located in the Richer Husky parking lot at your convenience.
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Monday, March 13 at 1 pm at the LUD hall – Dawson Trail Museum Regular Committee Meeting. Everyone is welcome. Mockingjay Archers Pole Archery Club will be having their AGM on Friday, March 17th at 7 pm at the Richer LUD Hall. Paradise Squares Dance Club has begun their new season at the Paradise Village Rec. Hall. Modern Square Dancing is fun and a great social activity. Dancing is Tuesday evenings from 7 – 9:30 pm. Couples The Mockingjay Archers Pole Archery and singles are welcome. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. For further Club will be having their AGM on Friday, info contact Larry at 204-422-5424. March 17th at 7 pm at the Richer LUD
RICHER ARCHERY AGM
Hall. They will be discussing the shoot-
Saturday, April 1st: Deadline for ing schedule, club fees, and review their submissions for the April issue of the constitution among other things. Pole arEnRicher.
chery runs in the Richer Dawson Trail Park
Every Monday: A.A. Meeting, 7:30- from beginning of May till end of August. 8:30 p.m. at LUD Hall. Open to all. If you are interested in joining or learnMonday, April 10 at 1 pm at the LUD hall - Dawson Trail Museum Regular Committee Meeting. Everyone is welcome. Friday, April 14 you are invited to the annual Walk with the Cross followed by the Way of the Cross in the Richer Dawson Trail Museum. We will meet at the Dawson Trail Park entrance at 10:45 am and depart at 11 am on foot for the museum, reciting the rosary while on the walk. We will then enter the museum for the Way of the Cross. Hot beverage and snacks will be served. Please dress for the weather. Everyone is welcome.
ing more you are welcome to attend the AGM. A membership drive will be held sometime in April. If you have any questions or would like more information you can contact Sarah Belisle at 204-422-6311 or email sdidy-
Going to the Jets! On Saturday, Steve Bellaire was the lucky winner of the pair of Jets tickets to watch them play the San Jose Sharks on March 6. The door prize draw just before the Richer Community Club Chase the Ace draw was courtesy of Labatt and the Richer Inn. Chase the Ace is every Saturday and the pot now exceeds $2,500!
chuk@hotmail.com. You can also check out their Facebook page “Mockingjay Archers” for updates.
Johnny Cash Lyrics... a Message to Richer Fireside Youth Surprisingly, as I held up the 1968 Folsom Prison Blues LP, most of the Youth knew the face of the “Man in Black,” Johnny Cash. Doing real time for crime was the focus of our lesson and that jail could be the end result of making wrong choices like lying to parents. Owl eyed teens learned that the death sentence was the sad end for 93 men condemned to death and executed over the years at Folsom Maximum Security Prison in California, where the smells and sounds of a dank prison, and barks of orders from a warden who treats you as a non-person is their “real world.” Although Cash was never in Folsom as a prisoner, he was in various jails 7 times for misdemeanours and during his time behind bars could identify with the convicts at Folsom, “…the clanging of the cell door behind you, life outside, immediately becomes unreal. You begin to not care that it exists. All you have is your bare animal instincts…locked out of “Society” you’re the object of a widely designed planned program, combining isolation, punishment, training , briefing to make you sorry for your mistakes... “Does it work? No!” Trying to “make” kids sorry for their mistakes doesn’t work either. As leaders we try to teach the Youth how to think ahead, that they can “get it right” and the results of wrong choices like lying,
stealing and vandalism will ultimately lead to failure in life-even jail time. Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10. Johnny Cash gave his life to Jesus Christ because he was sorry for his mistakes, only then was he truly a “free man.” Youth 12-17 yrs. will meet on Friday March 17 at the Richer School Gym from 7 - 9pm. There is no cost but parents must register their Youth. For more info please contact Michelle Driedger at 204-424-5216 or email richerfiresideyouth@ gmail.com.
Crib Club News The Richer Crib Club met for their regular bi-weekly tournaments on February 7 and 21. Winner for the days were as follows… Feb 7 - 1st Dennis Brown, 2nd Dave Haroldson, 3rd Gayle Carriere/ Connor Orr, Booby Prize Melody Olenick, 50/50 Jodi Cayer. Feb 21 - 1st Wally Adair, 2nd Chris Seaman, 3rd Dan Ross, Booby prize Jenn Carriere, 50/50 Claude Caron. The March tournaments are on the 7th and 21st, at the Young at Hearts Hall at 7 pm so come on down and join us for an evening of good cards and great socializing!
From The Pastors Desk
By Ben Funk life. Cheers, the Father of our For the most part consumerism is Lord Jesus loves each us. about looking for new things and Ben Funk is Pastor of the forgetting about the old things. It is Richer Fellowship Church. always about next things. When we look at our faith journey is it always about looking for new things or next things? As a believer however, I need to hold onto old things such as the Jesus story. Life as such, is not about us, life is first about Jesus and then find our life in the story of Jesus. It is not about our experience, but about God’s word living and active in our life. Life is about seeing ourselves in the Biblical story. The joy is; God’s plan includes us. We find our lives in Jesus and His story, His story relates to and with us. As you have read this we would like to invite you to join us each Sunday morning and see how this old story of Jesus fits into our lives at Richer Fellowship Church and how it might fit into your
Library Looking For Volunteers The Ste Anne Library is looking for volunteers to help with Ipad/ Samsung Tablet instruction for Seniors, Storytime, Adult Bookclub, Teen Bookclub and Shelf Reading. If you have a couple of hours of free time weekly or monthly, the help is always welcomed. Please feel free to call 204-422-9958 or email steannelib@steannemb.ca and ask for Shannon or Lise for additional information. The library is free of charge to all Town and R.M. residents of Ste Anne. Please take the time and give yourself a break, come in have a coffee with us and check out our new reading area.