PVRA Newsletter August 2018

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AUGUST 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Social Committee ......................................................... 3 PVRA News / Save the Date ....................................... 4 President’s Message .................................................. 5 Singles Potluck July .................................................... 6 Birthdays & Occasions................................................. 7 Mardi Gras 2018 ....................................................8 & 9 Mardi Gras Parade ...................................................... 10 The History of Mardi Gras ............................................ 11 Welcome New Residents .................................... 12 & 13 Words from the Editor ................................................. 15 A.R. Cash .................................................................... 17 Volunteer Drivers / Professional Service Providers ...... 18 Funny Business / Card Scores ................................... 19 Word Search ............................................................... 21 Crossword Puzzle ....................................................... 23 Sudoku ........................................................................ 24 Puzzle Answers ........................................................... 25 Adult Coloring ............................................................. 26 Poems by M.C. Fair .................................................... 27 Richer Roughstock Rodeo .......................................... 29 Joke du Jour ............................................................... 30 Paradise Village Annual Corn Roast ........................... 31 Best Lawyer Story of the Year ..................................... 32 It’s a Dog’s Life ............................................................ 33 PV Christian Fellowship Church ................................. 34 Newsletter Team ........................................................ 35 Calendar ..................................................................... 36

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The next Social Committee Meeting is on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 1:00 pm, at 50 Harmony Lane

Posts are also put on the Paradise Village Ste Anne Facebook Page. All residents welcome.

The social committee would like to announce that a suggestion box has been put up at the Recreation Centre - we want to hear your ideas and suggestions for social functions!

THE PARADISE VILLAGE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS. IF YOU WISH A PRINTED COPY PLEASE ENSURE YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENT.

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PVRA MEMBERSHIPS AND ANY CHANGES TO YOUR INFORMATION CAN BE COMPLETED

BY CONTACTING: Joanne Kehler 32 Sunset Drive 204-422-6248 joken95@mymts.net Thanks so much!

2018-2020 Executive Members President: Ludwik Jarco 1st Vice-President: Barry Davenport 2nd Vice-President: Gord Macpherson Secretary: Edythe Pryor (2017-19) Membership: Joanne Kehler Editorial: Debbie Kokil Kitchen: Linda Fulmore (2017-19) Treasurer: Cheryl Porte Social: Linda Fulmore (2017-19) House: Jack Steinhoff (2017-19)

PVRA Phonebook Additions, Changes & Corrections (PVRA Organized) August 23: Annual Corn Roast September 15: 1st Ever PVRA “Dinner Theatre” October 13: PVRA Thanksgiving Dinner October 27: Octoberfest November 25: Grey Cup Party December 2: PVRA Kids Christmas Party December 8: PVRA Christmas Dinner December 31: PVRA New Year’s Eve Bash with Geoff and the Rockets

Please inform Joanne Kehler, Membership Committee Chair, when you make a change to your phone number or personal information so that records could be updated.

Membership then contacts me, the editor, and I post it into the newsletter. Please transfer it to the lined part of your Phone List when you see one and keep yourselves updated too. Thank you!

If any of you become aware of new neighbours or new residents to our Village could you please contact me either by telephone 204-422-6248 or email joken95@ mymts.net. Thank you!

Joan Kehler, Membership Committee Chair NEW PHONE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE Free to members / Non-members $2.

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President’s Message Well, OK, this isn’t the President as the President is recovering from hip replacement surgery Ludwik has delegated me, 1st Vice, to put pen to paper on his behalf. He is deliberately delaying his therapy because he is enjoying the attention of Nurse Ruth too much.

July seems to have rushed by, just like most months at this time of life, but certainly some fantastic summer weather for us all to enjoy. It all started with ‘Canada Day’ and the park owners providing brunch for all those that had signed up. From all accounts it was an excellent meal that was served, so “well done” to the front office.

The PVRA Social Committee, ably led

by Linda Fulmore, provided some great en-

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tertainment this month in the form of a Johnny Cash tribute show July 12th, and then a Mardi Gras extravaganza July 26th. Linda is fully supported by a great team, and a fantastic mix of talents. It is amazing what can be achieved with a group pulling together and a ton of enthusiasm.

Far too many to name, and those that I missed would have surely hunted me down.

The new weight machine is now installed in the exercise room. A big thank you to Craig Ross, Herb Inch, and George LeMay for making the two trips to Falcon Lake to pick-up the equipment, and again to Craig and Herb for spending a couple of days working on the massive ‘jigsaw’, reassembling it all.

We have sent a $100.00 donation to the Whiteshell Community Club, toward a wheelchair ramp, for their kind gift of the

equipment. Of the budgeted $500.00 we spent just under to $200.00, and the old machine was donated to “Scrap for Haiti” that was operating in La Broquerie, so another good deed done.

This last week of the month has also seen some maintenance to the roads over and above the planned work on Village.

Recycled asphalt has been laid on parts of Nature and Parkview which, when rolled and packed, should really help with reduced dust for those of us with some serious breathing issues. Slowly but surely progress on requested items is being made, so again, a thumbs up to the management and team.

The beginning of July saw the arrival of the proposed rent increases for 2018. I believe it to be $17.00 per unit across the board, giving $4658.00 per month. The downside

Thank you to all the residents that passed on your good wishes and the many cards that I received, and to all those who dropped by for a visit, after my surgery. It was not necessary; however, very humbling to say the least. Your concerns are greatly appreciated.

“THANK YOU ALL” Ludwik Jarco

for some, but not all, was losing their $7.00 discount for daring to use their legislated right and appeal the previous year’s rent increase, or was it because they appealed by helping each other in the task. Anyway the other residents were able to benefit by having an additional $2.00 added to their discount by redistribution of the $7.00 discounts. So for those celebrating the additional $2.00, it is not from the generosity of the owners, but from their punishment of your neighbours. A big thumbs down on that one. [Some individual unit amounts may vary by a dollar] Next month should see your old favourite back here.

Your 1st VP Barry Davenport.

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Singles Potluck July 2018 The weather cooperated beautifully for our July Potluck at Vivian Deurbrouck’s and allowed the 16 of us to stay out on the deck the entire evening. It was a real treat and thanks to Vivian for finding seats and tables for all. As usual there was an abundance of great food, ending with a Happy Birthday cake and song to Steve Davidge who was our lone birthday boy this month.

Our August Singles dinner will be the Annual BBQ at Les Hooper’s, 12 Harmony Lane on Monday, August 6th.

At July’s dinner we all signed up for whatever items Les had on his list for the August BBQ. If you didn’t get to our July Dinner but plan on coming to the BBQ in August, give Les a call in advance at 4228583 and he can let you know whatever other food items are needed. See you there!

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CELEBRATIONS!

August Birthdays 1 Robert Angell 1 Marvin Zubrin 3 Rosemary Angell 3 Raymond Funk 3 Tom Rempel 4 Ilene Goschke 4 Leonard Krahn 4 Dolph Nobiss 5 Silvia Steinhilber 7 Thea Hall 8 Russell Bencharski 8 Frank Guetre 8 Renate Rudolf 10 Hardi Fast 10 Lilly Lowing 11 Barry Davenport 11 Barbara Derksen 11 Gary Morton 14 Craig Marchand 14 Edythe Pryor 15 Tracie Loxton 16 Ed Goschke 17 Garth Christensen

17 Norm Cunningham 17 Bob Hazlehurst 19 Jean Pierre Gingras 19 Karen Guetre 19 Gord Herner 19 Barbara Marchand 21 Barry Knox 23 Frank Leys 23 Carmelle Maynard 24 Anne Weins 24 Norman Wyer 26 Marilyn Davenport 28 Carole Dern 28 Joanne Kehler 28 Darlene Newman 29 Gene Porte 30 Harold Burnell 30 Sue Steinhoff 31 Linda Burfoot 31 Laura Inch 31 Ronald Sauve 31 Kelli Zimmermann

August Milestone Birthdays 4 – Dolphus Nobis 17 – Norm Cunningham 23 – Frank Leys 24 – Norm Wyer August 21 Ron De la Hey & Jan Van Aertselaer

September 1 Julian & Anna DeGrave

August 30 John & Sharon Zappe

Thinking of You On the passing of David Peters Dave was our very own “Dave’s Finishing” and he was a hard worker. He will be missed.

Wayne Johannesson Please contact Doreen Leys 204-422-8273 or Shirlee Christensen 204-422-9501 to let us know about any birthday mistakes, anniversaries, illnesses or loss of a loved one. We apologize if you have been forgotten... it probably was because we were unaware.

Sincerely Doreen and Shirlee

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Mardi Gras 2018

Mardi Gras was a great success with many golf carts, quads, and a bike decorated for the parade and the outfits were awesome!

What a great job they did. A huge Thank you to all that helped put it all together so many to mention and I don’t want to forget anyone so you all know who you are.

“THANK YOU” once again for making another function a huge success.

Paradise Rocks!

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The History of Mardi Gras The origins of Mardi Gras can be traced to medieval Europe, passing through Rome and Venice in the 17th and 18th centuries to the French House of the Bourbons. From here, the traditional revelry of “Boeuf Gras,” or fatted calf, followed France to her colonies.

On March 2, 1699, French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville arrived at a plot of ground 60 miles directly south of New Orleans, and named it ”Pointe du Mardi Gras” when his men realized it was the eve of the festive holiday. Bienville also established “Fort Louis de la Louisiane” (which is now Mobile) in 1702. In 1703, the tiny settlement of Fort Louis de la Mobile celebrated America’s very first Mardi Gras.

In 1704, Mobile established a secret society (Masque de la Mobile), similar to those that form our current Mardi Gras krewes. It lasted until 1709. In 1710, the “Boeuf Gras Society” was formed and paraded from 1711 through 1861. The procession was held with a huge bull’s head pushed along on wheels by 16 men. Later, Rex would parade with an actual bull, draped in white and signaling the coming Lenten meat fast. This occurred on Fat Tuesday.

New Orleans was established in 1718 by Bienville. By the 1730s, Mardi

Gras was celebrated openly in New Orleans, but not with the parades we know today. In the early 1740s, Louisiana’s governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, established elegant society balls, which became the model for the New Orleans Mardi Gras balls of today.

The earliest reference to Mardi Gras “Carnival” appears in a 1781 report to the Spanish colonial governing body. That year, the Perseverance Benevolent & Mutual Aid Association was the first of hundreds of clubs and carnival organizations formed in New Orleans.

By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras.

Dazzling gaslight torches, or “flambeaux” lit the way for the krewe’s members and lent each event an exciting air of romance and festivity. In 1856, six young Mobile natives formed the Mistick Krewe of Comus, invoking John Milton’s hero Comus to represent their organization. Comus brought magic and mystery to New Orleans with dazzling floats (known as tableaux cars) and masked balls. Krewe members remained anonymous.

In 1870, Mardi Gras’ second Krewe, the Twelfth Night Revelers,was formed. This is also the first recorded account of Mardi Gras “throws.”

Newspapers began to an-

nounce Mardi Gras events in advance, and they even printed “Carnival Edition” lithographs of parades’ fantastic float designs (after they rolled, of course - themes and floats were always carefully guarded before the procession). At first, these reproductions were small, and details could not be clearly seen. But beginning in 1886 with Proteus’ parade “Visions of Other Worlds,” these chromolithographs could be produced in full, saturated color, doing justice to the float and costume designs of Carlotta Bonnecase, Charles Briton and B.A. Wikstrom. Each of these designers’ work was brought to life by talented Parisian paper-mache ‘artist Georges Soulie’, who for 40 years was responsible for creating all of Carnival’s floats and processional outfits.

1872 was the year that a group of businessmen invented a King of Carnival, Rex, to preside over the first daytime parade. To honor the visiting Russian Grand Duke Alexis Romanoff, the businessmen introduced Romanoff’s family colors of purple, green and gold as Carnival’s official colors. Purple stands for justice; gold for power; and green for faith. This was also the Mardi Gras season that Carnival’s improbable anthem, “If Ever I Cease to Love,” was cemented, due

in part to the Duke’s fondness for the tune.

The following year, floats began to be constructed entirely in New Orleans instead of France, culminating with Comus’ magnificent “The Missing Links to Darwin’s Origin of Species,” in which exotic paper-mache’ animal costumes served as the basis for Comus to mock both Darwin’s theory and local officials, including Governor Henry Warmoth.

In 1875, Governor Warmoth signed the “Mardi Gras Act,” making Fat Tuesday a legal holiday in Louisiana, which it still is. Like Comus and the Twelfth Night Revelers, most Mardi Gras krewes today developed from private social clubs with restrictive membership policies. Since all of these parade organizations are completely funded by their members, New Orleanians call it the ”Greatest Free Show on Earth!”

“There’s a thing I’ve dreamed of all my life, and I’ll be damned if it don’t look like it’s about to come true to be King of the Zulu’s parade. After that, I’ll be ready to die.” Louis Armstrong “It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.” Mark Twain

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Welcome New Residents to Paradise Village New Residents - Welcome to Paradise Village!

John & Louise DeGueldre 48 Paradise Drive PH: 781-2009 John & Louise moved to Paradise Village from Starbuck, Mb. Their possession date was January 15, 2018, but didn’t really consider themselves moved in until June 30.

Like many new residents that have moved here, they are busy renovating, painting and making their place their own. It’s a great thing that John likes to build and do woodworking, as he is busy doing just that.

Employment: John is a retired tool and die maker.

He was self employed and had his own shop for over 15 years. This has been a family trade for over 4 generations. Louise is also retired and worked as an Admin Supervisor at the Adult Learning Center, Job Works on Pembina Highway. She was there for over 13 years. She also was the book-keeper for John’s business.

Hobbies & Interests: John & Louise took on a retirement project and converted a school bus into a certified RV. I am waiting to see it, as it sounds quite

interesting. John has done cabinet making, remodeling, and wood-working.

Louise tinkers in making chocolate flower bouquets, and belongs to a book club with some former work mates.

They have 2 sons, 1 living in Ste Anne, and 1 living in Oak Bluff. They also have 2 granddaughters, ages 10 and 8.

I asked John & Louise how they heard of Paradise Village, and it was nice to hear that although they did some research on the internet, they also have friends here in Paradise, Larry Menec and Terry & Jan Serediuk.

Welcome to Paradise Village, we hope to see you at our many great events and functions.

Harold & Anita Girard 30 Sunset Drive PH: 345-2951 Please welcome Harold & Anita to Paradise Village.

They moved here on May 1, from Lac Du Bonnet.

They have been busy with renovating and landscaping their home and yard.

Employment: Harold retired after 23 years of working at the Milner

Ridge Correctional Institute. He was the chief guard and then became a dog trainer and handler, specializing in drug sniffing. He has traveled all over Manitoba working with his dog to assist in drug related situations.

Harold and his dogs have won awards for the work they have done. Previously he had worked at Headingly Jail for 10 years.

Anita was with Canada Post for over 30 years.

When they lived in Grosse Ile she ran the post office out of her home. Once they moved to Lac Du Bonnet she then worked part time at the post office.

Hobbies & Interests: Harold enjoys working in his yard and gardening. He also likes going fishing and hunting. He can play guitar and loves music.

Anita likes doing crafts.

For many years she and her friend had made crafts for the Christmas Craft Sale in Lac Du Bonnet.

She also enjoys woodworking and reading.

They have 2 daughters, one living in St Norbert and one in Clandeboye.

They have 3 grandchildren, 2 girls and 1 boy.

They are also snow birds

and enjoy winters in Mexico.

It was nice to hear that Harold and Anita know some people in Paradise already, and have taken in some of the activities held in Paradise Village.

Mike & Carrie Cascagnette 28 Paradise Drive PH: 431-205-2406 / 381-4056 Mike and Carrie have moved from Penetang, Ontario to Paradise Village on June 28, 2018.

Employment: Mike worked for Great Lake Freighters when he met Carrie who was working as a cook. He then worked for EIKI Canada where he was a product manager, specializing in video projectors. He was there for 17 years. Carrie worked for LeGrand Canada, for 22 years. She was in customer care and was also an Audio Visual Tech.

Hobbies & Interests: Mike enjoys riding mountain bikes, he both races and rides for recreation. He also enjoys cross country skiing and wood-working.

Carrie does Primitive rug hooking, and loves cooking and baking. She also

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Mike & Carrie have 2 children, a daughter who lives in the RM of Ste Anne near Richer, where she owns and runs The Harness Adventure Mushing Co. and a son who, like his dad loves cross country skiing and has competed internationally, living in Southern Ontario where he is attending Teachers College.

They also have a Siberian husky name Ula. We welcome you both to Paradise Village, and hope you see you at our many fun filled functions held thorough out the year.

Chris & Carol Coulson 2 Lakeview Drive PH: 422-9086 / 799-2340 Chris and Carol have moved from Winnipeg to Paradise Village on July 1st, 2018. They are familiar with Paradise as Chris’s parents Robert and Dianna had lived here for over 20 years.

Employment: Chris worked for MPI in the Salvage Dept. He was there for 31 years.

Carol was with the Department of National Defence for over 35 years working as an Administrative Assistant.

Hobbies & Interests: Chris is a car guy and a Chrysler enthusiast. He owns a 1970 Dodge Hemi RT Challenger. In fact

when Chris and Carol dated, Chris then owned a 70 Convertible RT Challenger. He enjoys going to car shows and has participated in the Barrett Jackson auctions. He also likes to play pickle ball, table tennis and pool (billiards) and is planning to challenge (George Lemay) to a game or two.

Carol likes to make bead jewelry, baking and cooking. We were fortunate to taste some freshly picked blueberry muffins, which were delicious. Carol is also interested in learning how to quilt, and would like to know if anyone here in the village does quilting and willing to teach. They also both like to go camping and are snowbirds, traveling in their motor home around different parts of the US. They have 2 daughters living in Winnipeg.

We would like to extent a warm welcome to Paradise Village.

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FOOT CARE SERVICES OFFERED INÂ PARADISE VILLAGE! Seine River Services for Seniors

Lynda Seewald, a Certified (Diabetic) Foot Care Nurse is ready to come to your home if you are in need of this service. Offered every 2 months.

For more information please contact the Resource Coordinator, Juliette Rowan @ 204-4245285 to register and become a client.

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Words from the Editor Happy August to everyone! What a beautiful summer it has been so far. Very little mosquitoes, lots of amazing sunshine, and a lot of heat; thank goodness to Willis Carrier, the American inventor of the first large-scale electrical air conditioner in 1902, and of course to the advances in Chemistry during the 19th century.

We are very lucky people and I for one do not take inventions for granted especially those that make our lives more comfortable.

A great job once again goes to the Social Com-

mittee for their organization & success of the Johnny Cash Tribute and the Mardi Gras Event in July. Both events took us back in years either by reminiscing or being like children again dressing up and decorating our modes of travel for a parade. It was a blast and memories were made.

Rent increase once again rolled around into our homes. It was very discouraging to have had our discount removed and another above the guidelines rent increase. I will continue to object to the higher than allowed rent increase

but am dumbfounded as to why we lost our discount.

Management first awarded a discount to us last year due to paying our rent on time (we have been here 5 years now this was our first and last discount). We have not changed the way we pay rent and continue to pay it on time so there must be another reason.

Businesses have a right to make changes in how they do business and I understand that but it should be reasonable and fair to all those involved. Many of us have been treated unreasonably and unfairly due to the removal of

the discount while others have had an increase to their discounts. It appears to be a hidden agenda. It is within our rights to appeal a rent increase and to belong to an association. My Mother and I are very disappointed in how this business decision was made. It appears that Management does not see us as equals in our community of Paradise Village. What are your thoughts?

Enjoy August and see you at the Corn Roast on the 23rd.

Debbie Kokil, Newsletter Editor

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RESIDENTS LIST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS Residents who wish to provide other residents with professional business support. Contact the newsletter email pvra20@yahoo.ca to pass along your information if you want to be on this list. Thank you.

Jo-Ann Lee Provincial Marriage Commissioner 40 Harmony Lane | 204-990-2624 Wayne Pierce Commissioner for Oaths Free to Paradise Residents 204-422-9116

Volunteer Drivers DRIVERS WHO WILL USE EITHER THEIR OWN OR THE RESIDENT’S VEHICLE: Ragnar Erlendson 204-422-5844 Syd Henderson 204-422-6290 Herb Inch 204-422-5849 Doreen Leys 204-422-8273 Leo Langlois 204-422-9496 DRIVERS WHO PREFER TO USE THEIR OWN VEHICLE: Al Wastle 204-422-5275 John Sluis 204-422-4111 (Summer Only) Bob & Hazel Hicks 204-422-5790

Ward 6 Councillor, RM of Ste. Anne Randy Eros 204-371-2959

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FUNNY BUSINESS The king wanted to go fishing, and he asked the royal weather forecaster the forecast for the next few hours/ The palace meteorologist assured him that there was no chance of rain.

So the king and the queen started out for their day of fishing. On the way, he met a man with a fishing pole riding on a donkey, and he asked the man if the fish were biting. The fisherman said, “Your Majesty, you should return to the palace! In just a short time I expect a huge storm.”

The king replied: “I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an educated and experienced professional. Besides, I pay him very high wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him.”

So the king continued on his way. However, in a short time, a torrential rain fell from the sky. The King and Queen were totally soaked. Furious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the meteorologist.

Then he summoned the fisherman and offered him the prestigious position of a royal forecaster. The fisherman said, “Your Majesty, I do not know anything about forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my donkey’s ears drooping, it means with certainty that...it will rain.”

So the king hired the donkey. And thus began the practice of hiring dumb asses to work in influential positions of government. The practice is unbroken to this date.

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August Playing Card Scores

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WORD SEARCH

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Crossword Puzzle

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Sudoku PET SITTING Services

No Overnights At My Home Call Marilyn 204-422-6290

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JULY PUZZLE ANSWERS

Adult Coloring

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Poems by M.C. Fair

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Joke du Jour The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup.

As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer.

The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.

After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door.

She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.

He said, “I’m very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him.

I noticed your ‘What Would Jesus Do’ bumper sticker, the ‘Choose Life’ license plate holder, the ‘Follow Me to SundaySchool’ bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally ... I assumed you had stolen the car.”

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Best Lawyer Story of the Year the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost ‘in a series of small fires’.

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashThis actually took place ion.

The lawyer sued and in Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased WON! Delivering the ruling, a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then in- the judge agreed with the sured them against, among insurance company that the claim was frivolous. other things, Fire.

Within a month, having The judge stated neverthesmoked his entire stock- less, that the lawyer held a pile of these great cigars, policy from the company,

in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable “fire” and was obligated to pay the claim.

Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars that perished in the “fires”.

NOW FOR THE BEST PART...

After the lawyer cashed

the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

This true story won First Place in last year’s Criminal Lawyers Award contest.

ONLY IN AMERICA. NO WONDER THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS THEY’RE NUTS!

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It’s a Dog’s Life In 2015 a Beagle was found alone in the woods in Kentucky.

The Beagle was found by a good samaritan and brought to a shelter. No one wanted to adopt the Beagle who unfortunately was at a kill shelter and put on the euthanasia list.

Days before the Beagle was to be put down, a Beagle rescue group in Canada was contacted by the shelter and decided to take him in….to Canada.

Groups of dog lovers took turns driving the Beagle in

one hour shifts from Kentucky to Toronto.

At a normal run of the mill adoption event a woman who was temporarily working in Toronto saw the Beagle and decided he was for her.

The woman named the Beagle… Guy. That woman was an actress named Meghan Markle.

Meghan Markle ended up marrying Prince Harry.

On his owners’ wed-

ding day, Guy the Beagle attended the wedding reception with the Queen of England.

Guy, the stray beagle from Kentucky now lives at Kensington Palace.

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“PRIORITIES” The Welsh, “vagabond poet” William Henry Davis, in 1911, wrote a rather lighthearted but thought-provoking poem entitled: “Leisure”, which poses the question: “What is life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?...”

A profound and necessary question with many aspects, but one which, I believe boils down to “setting priorities”.

Every day holds so many “possibilities” and we all must make a number of choices: “Today: What is most important? What is good, better or best? What will benefit others and us? What is God’s will for me today?, etc.

God’s word, the Bible, gives us much great advice in all these matters, but the greatest directive, I feel, regarding priorities, is Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:33: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things (The necessities of life in this world) shall be added unto you.” (Verses 25-34) When we put God first, others second, and ourselves last, we find the greatest satisfaction and blessings in everyday living; as well as, an abundant entrance into God’s eternal heavenly bliss.

SPECIAL NOTE: After a brief sabbatical following our Pastor’s tragic loss, The Paradise Village Church will resume services on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 10 am in the Recreation Centre. Of course, everyone is welcome to share in this time of worship, prayer, singing, and sharing. We will also enjoy a time of fellowship (and goodies!) following the service – come and be blessed!

If you or someone you know stands in need of prayer or help please do not hesitate to call Dennis Hall 204-422-9870.

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2016-2018 NEWSLETTER TEAM Editor: Debbie Kokil 5 Parkview Drive R5H 1J6 - 204-422-8714 Advertising: Les Hooper 12 Harmony Lane R5H 0A2 - 204-422-8583 Distribution (Sum): Brian Fulmore 9 Harmony Lane R5H 0A2 - 204-422-9190 Distribution (Win): Frank Leys 7 Nature Drive R5H 1H2 - 204-422-8273 You can contact us via e-mail: pvra20@yahoo.ca and drop off any submissions to 5 Parkview Drive by the 15th of each month for the following issue.

We are always looking for advertisers in our monthly newsletter!

Please contact Les Hooper at 204-422-8583 for prices and quotes

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