EnRicher December 2022

Community Christmas in the Park Countdown!

The Richer Recreation Committee (RRC) is host ing the annual Community Christmas in the Park on Friday, December 16 starting at 5 pm.

Sleigh rides, ice skating, giant bonfire, music and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus who will be es corted in by the Richer Fire Department! Also, volun teers will be BBQing hotdogs and heating up some hot chocolate and coffee.

Courtesy of the RRC our elves will be assisting Santa in handing out treats for the kids (while quan tities last).

Bring out the family (don’t forget some ice skates!) and enjoy this Holiday Season with friends, neigh bours and guests from other communities.

Make sure you shop local as many of our local businesses and services have come through again to help support this amazing community event. Also we could not create events like this and serve our community without the assistance from our local service groups… thanks to the Richer Métis Local, the Richer Fellowship Church, and all out board

Santa will spend a couple of hours in the Richer Dawson Trail Park on December 16.

members and volunteers who come out and com mit their time for your enjoyment.

Crib News

By Claire Logan

Our regular bi-weekly crib tournament was Tuesday, the 8th of November, with a super turnout of 27 players as we welcomed several newcomers! It was a great evening, par ticularly for me because, for the first time ever, I came in first! What a shock! So our winners were me (Claire Logan) in first place, Norm Burnell in second and Dan Ross in third. Chrystal Prymac-Parisian (one of our new players) took the dimes for fourth place and the Booby prize went to Dianne Decosse. Art Bergman won the 50/50.

Then at our next tournament on Tuesday, November 22nd, our turnout was pretty small at only18 players! It was a great evening though and everyone

had a lot of fun! Our winners were, Al Hupe in first place (his first time joining us), Leo Saltel in second and Lucie Richard in third. Art Bergmann took the dimes for fourth place and the Booby prize went to Jim McK erchar. Ray Burnell took the 50/50. Congratulations to all our winners! I’m not mention ing any names but one pair of players only scored 46 points in one of their games, a record low score. Sorry fellas!

Our next tournament will be Tuesday, December 6th at the Young at Hearts hall, at 7 pm. Entry fee is just $5, no partner required and snacks and coffee are always free. Everyone is wel come so come on out and join us for a social evening of crib and good fun!

Museum Display Nearing Completion

Another beautiful exhibit comes together along the Dawson Trail! This is the fruit of a collaboration between the Dawson Trail Mu seum and Dawson Trail Arts and Heritage Tour, with special thanks for the Red River Cart donation by the Richer Community Club, and funding support from the Province of Manitoba, as well as Canadian Heritage.

Discover

Our Past.

Dawson Trail Museum

Celebrating Our Past.

The Dawson Trail Museum committee would like to thank ev eryone who visited the museum this year. We thank you for your continued support.

We wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Museum committee will resume their monthly meeting in February 2023.

MARK YOUR

CALENDAR!

Richer Community Club meeting...

Dec 14, 7:30 pm at the LUD Hall.

Community Christmas in the Park...

Friday, December 16 starting at 5 pm. Ice Skating, sleigh rides, bonfire, music, BBQ hotdogs and hot drinks. Visit from Santa with treats for kids while supplies last.

Breakfast with Santa... Saturday, December 17 from 10 am to 1 pm. Breakfast $5 (kids under 6 are free). Santa will be here!

Dinner and Dance...

Richer Young at Heart Club Dinner and Dance Saturday, December 17 with live music. Cost is $25 per person and dinner is at 6 pm. Music till 11 pm. Call Ron @ 431 275 0874 for tickets.

EnRicher deadline: Friday, December 30 is the deadline for January 2023 submissions for the EnRicher.

Message from Santa…

“This year we are adding bring a tin for the bin idea.”

If you feel you can donate some goods for your local food bank Santa will be happy to collect goods.

DON’T FORGET...

Monday Night Bingos & Saturday Chase the Ace

The Richer Recreation Committee will help Santa out by dropping off the collection to our local food bank in Ste. Anne!

The Pastor’s Desk...

It Was A Plan

By Pastor Ben Funk

December, a month of frenzy and bright lights. There are many homes who present a variety of artistic expressions in the way the homes are decorated. The decorations expressing how the artist interprets the message of the season. The message of Christmas season has within it joy, peace, and family. It is how Christmas is celebrated globally yet the message of Christmas is all but missing. The message of Christmas lauds to us that God is so good! Please let me say it again? God is so good! In reality, we have so much to be thankful for. As the old hymn writer has wrote, “Count your many blessings, see what God has done!” In the Bible we read that, every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes from the Father of lights. All of our everyday gifts: family, friends, modern technology, modern medicine, education, jobs, careers, finances, etc. all of it, truthfully, comes from God. For that reason alone, we are instructed to be thankful, to have a heart of generos ity. Even more so, we are to be eternally grateful. The giving of gifts to one another is an expression of God’s generosity in giving life to us, freeing us from the grip of eternal death. For, out of all God’s wonderful gifts, He gave us His Son, Jesus. Jesus came into the world, to become akin with us to relate to us experientially, what it is like to be human in a challenging world. He was the very image of God in human form, to be humanity’s Redeemer and Deliverer. The incarnate Jesus, conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born through the virgin Mary, was God’s plan of salvation. It was a plan for sinful humanity, it was a plan for every man, woman, and child. It was the perfect plan, the perfect gift. Jesus was the gift that only God could provide. That is why I just want to jump with joy and say, “Thank You, Father for giving us Your Son!” May you enjoy the celebration of Christmas with Jesus as the center-piece in that celebration.

Richer Fellowship Church – you can still catch us “Live” on You Tube each Sunday morning @11am. You are invited to join us in person @10:30am each Sunday morning.

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Protect Our Park from Vandals

The Richer Community Club and the Richer Recreation Com mittee along with many volun teers and the support of our lo cal businesses are always proud to create a venue where we can visit casually and at special events created.

For the most part, we have seen the deep respect of the commu nity for all the hard work we do all year long.

This picture shows the announc er’s booth after it was damaged a few weeks ago.

Incidents, like this recent van dalism, only hurts our commu nity. The costs of repair and the volunteer hours to fix this comes out of what we all have worked

hard to raise. While this is a rare occurrence, it still shows that one small act can be a setback.

Anyone with information can reach out to us through a private message. If those responsible would like to step forward, we can put you to work repairing the damage.

Local Vendors Create Colourful Last Haul Craft Sale

On Decem ber 3, shop pers were able to check out some local crafts and bak ing to satisfy their Holiday shopping urges.

The ice making crew has been hard at work laying down the ice in the park including the skating trails and the rodeo arena. Watch our Facebook page (Richer Community Club) as we keep everyone updated.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Richer Community Club Presents Shop Local… Shop Richer

Burnell’s Food Plus

Always There For You!

Thinking of Stocking Stuffers… Gift Certificates Available –Denominations of $10, $25, $50 and $100

Multiple booking discounts: 6 issues (save 10%) OR 12 issues (save 20%)

Birthdays! Special Days! Garage Sales!

Classified Ads are $5 each up to 25 words, extra words are 20 cents each.

1” x 1 column - $12

2” x 1 column - $19 4” x 1 column - $32 2” x 2 column - $32

Front Banner - $65

1/4 Page - $58

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Full Page - $180

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Dawson Trail Museum

Purchase an annual membership for a family member or friend to the Dawson Trail Museum for only $15 (Adult), $10 (Senior or Student), or only $35 for the family! Great Stocking Stuffer! A membership not only supports the local museum but ensures you are up to date on all events for the season. You may email Yvonne at yfontaine52@gmail. com or phone at 204-422-9369 for more information. museedawsontrail.com

Derica’s Restaurant

Treat Yourself to Dine-In or Take-Out!

Thinking of Stocking Stuffers… Gift Certificates Available – Any Denomination

Richer Inn

Treat Yourself to Dine-In or Take-Out!

Thinking of Stocking Stuffers… Gift Certificates Available – Programmable for Any Amount. Plus browse through our great selection of Cat Sass Merchandise!

Please don’t forget to support all our local businesses… Richer Husky Richer Esso

And grab a few Richer Daycare Wine Raffle tickets!

www.dawsontrailtreasures.ca from local artisans!