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The Berliner Kehler Clan Released

The Berliner Kehler Clan chronicles the lives of Jacob “Berliner” and Elizabeth Kehler and their eleven children, a pioneering Mennonite family in Ebenfeld, near Steinbach, Manitoba.

The Kehlers living in the wider Steinbach region are a truly remarkable clan. Not only are they as numerous as chokecherries in August, but like chokecherries they grow in dense family clusters in close proximity to each other. There the comparison breaks down. Chokecherries are silent, waiting to be picked. The Kehlers are never silent and anything but passive. They are active, spirited and vocal – if not downright gabby. They never stop talking and when they have nothing more to say they go on talking for the sheer pleasure of it. When Kehlers get together the air turns into a whirlwind of words and laughter. As the Kehlers themselves like to say: ‘Never bury a Kehler until you’ve made sure his mouth is dead too.’ Continue reading “The Berliner Kehler Clan Released”

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Family Returns To Site Of 2 Christmas Day Fires

Bennington Department Fights 2 Fires At Same Home

BENNINGTON, Neb. — Bill Janzen Jr. said his family returned to their burned-out Bennington home on Wednesday to see what was left. Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze Tuesday night after they had been at the same home earlier in the day. The first time, crews extinguished a fire around the fireplace, then left when they thought it was under control.

The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of the second fire, which left the house a complete loss.
Janzen was there when the first fire broke out in his mother’s home. Continue reading “Family Returns To Site Of 2 Christmas Day Fires”

Stoesz, Recipient of Lifesaving Society Award

A group of Manitobans including a Carman pizza business owner were honoured for their valiant attempts to save others from drowning.

Carman Valley Leader

A group of Manitobans including a Carman pizza business owner were honoured for their valiant attempts to save others from drowning.

At an event Tuesday night in Winnipeg at Government House, the Lifesaving Society – Manitoba branch will give the Rescue Commendation Award to four individuals.

“It’s tremendous that they’ve put themselves in some form of danger to try to save someone,” said Carl Shier, CEO of the Lifesaving Society.

Continue reading “Stoesz, Recipient of Lifesaving Society Award”

Portagers Getting Fresh Dining Experience

A new restaurant aims to serve up a fine dining experience in a hometown atmosphere. horFrost, Portage la Prairie’s newest fine dining restaurant.

Republished from The Central Plains Herald-Leader

A new restaurant aims to serve up a fine dining experience in a hometown atmosphere. horFrost, Portage la Prairie’s newest fine dining restaurant, opened on Oct. 17. It’s owner and manager, Chris Kehler, is eager to welcome Portagers with a unique menu inspired by international cuisine.

“This is really fine dining without the stuffy service”, he said in a recent interview with The Graphic. Continue reading “Portagers Getting Fresh Dining Experience”

Leah DeRon Smith-Cook

Leah DeRon Cook 58, of McDonough died Friday, September 28, 2007. Leah, born in January 1949, was the daughter of Dewey & Mary Daniel. Graveside service, 11 a.m. Thursday, Sherwood Memorial Park; Horis A. Ward, Tara Chapel.

Leah DeRon Cook, Sherwood Memorial Park, GA

Kehler Donates Artwork Sculpture to Offender Auction

Among the artists featured is Russell Kehler, a Vancouver parolee who has donated a sculpture of an eagle made of a moose antler.

by Correctional Service Canada

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), in partnership with the Buried Heart Foundation, will host the Inside Out charity auction of offender art at the Elliott Louis Gallery on October 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The auction will feature more than 100 pieces of art created and donated by more than 50 offenders serving federal sentences. The artists – inmates from seven institutions in the Pacific Region as well as community parolees – have donated pieces ranging from native carved boxes and hope chests to paintings, stained glass and masks. Continue reading “Kehler Donates Artwork Sculpture to Offender Auction”

Manitoba’s MTS Acquires ISP

MTS Advanced Inc. has bought the dial-up Internet service business of Steinbach-based ISP CCCO Net.

by InternetNews.com

MTS Advanced Inc. has bought the dial-up Internet service business of Steinbach-based ISP CCCO Net.

According to Jeff Rohne, president and chief operating officer of MTS Advanced Inc., CCCO Net’s customers will be able to choose from a larger range of Internet services, at better prices. They’ll have access to services such as international roaming, virtual private networks, and electronic commerce.

“We are delighted that our Internet customers will continue to be served by a Manitoba company,” said CCCO Net president Larry Kehler, who established CCCO Net in Steinbach in 1995 as a division of Computer Consulting Co. CCCO Net plans to concentrate on its Web design business. Continue reading “Manitoba’s MTS Acquires ISP”

A Matter of Debate

Canadian Journalist Murray Hiebert on his way to Prison in Kuala Limpur, September 11, 1999

Murray Hiebert spent 30 days in jail for reporting that the son of a prominent Malaysian judge had been kicked off the high school debate team. In this essay, Hiebert recounts his ordeal.

Washington, DC — I’ve become quite an expert on Malaysian tourist spots over the past two years. That’s because a local judge sentenced me to three months in prison for “scandalizing the court” in a magazine article that I wrote in 1997. While my appeal wound its way through the Malaysian legal maze, I was forced to remain within the borders of peninsular Malaysia. My problems began in early 1997 when I wrote an article in the Far Eastern Economic Review, a news weekly published in Hong Kong by Dow Jones & Co, about a mother who was suing the International School of Kuala Lumpur for $2.4 million. She mounted the suit because fellow students had kicked her 17-year-old son off a debating team for alleged cheating. I used this case as an example to demonstrate that Malaysia had become almost as litigious as the United States.

I paid a heavy price for that piece: on October 11, 1999, I finally got my passport back after completing 27 months under “country arrest” and 30 days in prison. Continue reading “A Matter of Debate”

Canadians Give Money for Flood Aid

Flood relief for victims of southern Manitoba’s Red River disaster continues to pour in from across the country.

The Western Producer

Severe flooding in the Red River Valley near Rosenort, 1997

Flood relief for victims of southern Manitoba’s Red River disaster continues to pour in from across the country.

A group of unemployed fishermen from New Brunswick are going to Manitoba to help with the flood cleanup; a Montreal business is sending a truckload of cleaning products to the flood-ravaged region; a Calgary man who won $150,000 in the lottery is donating a fifth of his winnings to flood relief efforts in the area. Continue reading “Canadians Give Money for Flood Aid”