Hillman Dance Studio held its 10th annual year end showcase Sunday afternoon April 30 at the Community Centre.

The audience was treated to 25 numbers in all featuring 50 plus dancers ranging in age from three  year olds to high schoolers as well as a guest appearances by dancers from Giny Hillman’s studio in Churchbridge.

For a look at a few of the numbers, check out the picture page in this week's Review.

March was a very busy month at Roblin’s LEARN Centre including the launch of a beginner computer class and a new babysitting course.

Nine youth took part and all obtained their certificate. T

Find out what else has kept the centre busy in this issue.

The 30,000 or so members of Fusion Credit Union heard plenty of good news about their financial institution at its annual general meeting, April 19.

“We had another fantastic year in 2022 with results ranging from outstanding loan growth numbers and ongoing profitability sharing with our members, to continued community involvement whereby we give of both people and monetary resources,” noted Fusion board chair Richard Dereniwski in his message to the members.

Find out more in this week’s Review.

An event to celebrate and commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous people will be held in the tri-community this week. The event is open to all and will include a sacred fire in the Kinsmen Park, some entertainment and snacks.
“KB Memorial in partnership with MKO MMIWG Liaison Unit is hosting a Celebrate and Commemorate Vigil on May 5, for family and friends to respectfully celebrate and remember the lives of their missing and murdered loved ones around the sacred fire,” said Gloria Ballantyne-Packo. “It will be a candlelight vigil and we will provide the candles and red glow sticks for children.”

The Pas Health Complex Foundation has been busy raising funds again to improve health services for the community. The organization was started back in the late 90s and has been raising and managing donations give to improve medical equipment and services for patients and the healthcare facilities in The Pas.
“The Pas Health Complex Foundation is a registered charity dedicated to the provision of equipment and services that will provide care and comfort for patients in the health facilities in The Pas,” said The Pas Health Complex Foundation Chair Sue Lambert. “It was instituted and incorporated in 1999, when the RHA took over the St. Anthony’s Hospital Board and attached all the assets. The endowment fund, which consists of donations from people in The Pas, was moved to another bank and was retained for use in The Pas only.

A group of Grade 8 students from the ESRSS organized a pizza lunch fundraiser in their school, with the intent of raising money for the Community Cancer Program in the Swan Valley Health Centre. While the sale of 185 pizzas raised a significant amount of money, word of their efforts got around town and businesses and individuals made their own donations towards the cause, more than doubling their initial goal and allowing the students to deliver $2,000 to the Community Cancer Program. ESRSS students Danica TerHorst, Emma Henkelman and Calli Goethe presented the cheque to RN Kristie Poole, RNBN Kelly Burick and RNBN Alyssa Kines.

International circus outfit Cirque Luz Dalia performed two shows Thursday evening (April 27) at the Swan River Community Centre, as part of their Canadian debut tour this spring...

After a month of indoor practices, the Dauphin Clippers baseball team finally got some outdoor workouts in before starting the season later this week.

Clippers coach Don Sheldon said training sessions began in early April, with about 12 players showing up.

Although he would have liked to see more players tryout for the team, Sheldon feels the Clippers will be a committed squad once the season begins.

“I think it will be a good team in terms of commitment level once we get going,” he said, adding there are a lot of returning players from last year’s squad. “And there’s a few new up and comers that I’m excited to see what they can do,” he said.

Sheldon feels the team will be competitive in the Prairie West High School Baseball League and will have a good chance to win their zone and advance to provincials.

Dauphin’s season begins, Wednesday in Brandon against the Neelin Spartans, followed by a doubleheader on Sunday, with game one in Roblin at noon, and the night cap at 4 p.m. in Swan River.

The schedule will see the Clippers play seven games in 14 days, with the first four games on the road, followed by three home dates.

“We’re kind of stuck to just pretty much Monday practices and then playing on Wednesdays and Sundays. We’ve got seven games in 14 days, so it’s going to be a stretch where we’ll be asking a lot from our pitchers,” he said. “But that’s the nature of high school baseball. It’s a quick season. They want everything wrapped up by the start of June.”

Starting with four games on the road will benefit the Clippers, Sheldon said.

“That will actually serve our team pretty well, I think. It will give us a chance to practice on our diamond a little bit before we have to play a game on it,” he said. adding last season the Clippers weren’t able to get on the diamond until their first game of the season. “So this year, hopefully, we’ll have a few practices under our belt and know the field a little bit better so home field advantage will actually feel like home field advantage.”

Dauphin’s first home game is, May 14, against Russell at noon.

The local family history group Family Ties will be hosting its fourth Cemetery Stroll honouring those than came before us, and who lie in Dauphin’s Riverside Cemetery.

On May 28, Family Ties will host a self-guided tour within specific areas of the cemetery that will allow visitors to read and learn about the people that helped shape Dauphin and district.

Sixteen individuals will be spotlighted in the general cemetery blocks and an additional 15 graves of the airmen who met their death while training here in Dauphin during the war years of 1941 to 1945 will make up this year’s Cemetery Stroll.

This is a great opportunity to learn about some of the historical people and their lives while paying your respects to those that you may personally know.

The Cemetery Stroll begins at 1 p.m. on May 28, and concludes at approximately 4 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, an alternate date is set for the following Sunday, June 4.

Members of the Family Ties group will be in attendance.

This is a free event to attend. A registration table will be set up for guests to sign in. A donation jar will be at the registration table for those that wish to make a contribution. Guests are encouraged to wear appropriate footwear, wear, headwear if needed, and bring along water for yourself.

Twenty local groups and organizations looking for volunteers had the chance to take part in a volunteer market at the Dauphin Active Living Centre, Saturday afternoon.

The market included a presentation from Volunteer Manitoba, as well as Martijn van Luijn, economic development manager for the City of Dauphin, and Jerry Joss, who spoke about his own volunteerism.

Deborah Slonowsky, Dauphin and Area Welcoming Communities Coalition co-ordinator with Regional Connections, said there is no limit to the number of volunteers they can use.

“Because we need volunteers sometimes just to work at an event, which will be a two-hour commitment. And sometimes volunteers will want to commit to a longer term like being a language buddy, which might take place over several months, sometimes years. And those flourish sometimes into a friendships that becomes a lifelong thing,” she said, adding they will go with whatever the volunteer is looking for.

Check this week's Herald for more!