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Gun club being unfairly targeted, president says
The president of the Oak Bluff-based Winnipeg Trap and Skeet Club says the country’s long gun registry has had a devastating impact on the club’s membership.
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Woman celebrates 100 years by working out
When Elizabeth Buller shares her age with the people in her exercise class, she’s usually met with wide-eyed disbelief and compliments on how great she looks.
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Girls icing up their hockey skates at younger ages
Two years ago, Andrea and Jason McNichol registered their twin daughters in both figure skating and hockey.
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Westwood Collegiate’s 50th reunion a chance to reconnect
Bud Lindal spent almost half of his life inside the halls of Westwood Collegiate, but he wasn’t serving an extra long detention.
The Crestview resident went from being a Grade 11 student in 1960, Westwood’s first year, to a teaching career that spanned 29 years at the school.
So when Westwood holds its 50th reunion next month, Lindal, 66, is sure to be one of the most in-demand people at the six-day celebration.
“It’s not only classmates, but it’s all of the hundreds of teachers and thousands of students,” he said, of whom he’s looking forward to catching up with.
The reunion will take place Oct. 4 to 9 and will feature a series of events including a golf tournament, a pancake breakfast, an evening at Assiniboia Downs, school tours and a dinner and dance throughout the week.
Reunion co-chair Paul Huntington, who was taught by Lindal, said that re-connecting with old friends and colleagues is just one part of the celebrations.
Huntington said it was important for the reunion committee to give back to the school and its students, including offering mentorship opportunities with former graduates.
“Students can come and hear from grads about what things they’ve done and how they got to where they were and what Westwood meant to them,” said Huntington, who lives in Charleswood.
Huntington, 53, said that school has a long list of accomplished alumni including Doug Wilson, a former Norris Trophy winner and current general manager of the San Jose Sharks in the NHL.
A graduate of the class of 1974, he said the culmination of the festivities will be a social on Oct. 9 at the Victoria Inn and Convention Centre on Wellington Avenue.
“It’s meant to be a just a big fun night, with a basement party feel to it,” said Huntington, who met his future wife at the school.
“There’s no silent auctions or anything because we grew up when the social was the thing so it’s just going to be fun evening.”
Huntington said that the night will also feature the inaugural inductions into the Westwood Wall of Fame, which will recognize contributions former Warriors have made to society.
“The entire intent of the wall of fame was to start the process and the school and alumni will continue it,” Huntington said.
He added that the committee will be reaching out to alumni to attend school events during the week and there might even be a hockey game with current students facing off against former students.
Lindal, who met his wife Marguerite at the school and has been married for 44 years, said he still remembers the first day he walked into the new school and being filled with awe.
And while the reunion celebrations will give former grads a chance to reminisce about all the fun times, the future of the school looks pretty good too, Lindal said.
“It will continue to be a top academic, arts and sports school and I expect it to continue that way for a long time.”
The reunion committee will be holding an in-person registration on Sept. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. at D-Jay’s Restaurant on Portage Avenue.
Westwood Collegiate’s 50th reunion will take place Oct. 4 to 9. For more information and to register, visit www.westwoodreunion2010.ca.PRINT9/09/2010 1:00 AM
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Village smokers encouraged to butt out
Osborne Village stakeholders are hoping that residents and visitors to the popular strip butt out.
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Arctic adventure is only tip of the iceberg for teen
A Sisler High School graduate spent her 18th birthday discovering Canada’s great white north.
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Churchill football program celebrates its history as it turns 50
Art Bryant still remembers how he spent the summer of 1961.
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