Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 2, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rice on Sale Here i financial i Hydro Bonds May 21 to june 1996 Call for 70fl Quinn 6131 oth details Brandon your weekly Southwest Manitoba news digest for Home delivery Call 7270527 or 7272451 june briefly de Fehr furniture gets new owner the Brandon Sun the name will change on a North Hill furniture store later this sum what is now de Fehr furniture will become Dufresne furniture and appliances following a Deal announced this a decade old Winnipeg furniture has purchased the Brandon de Fehr store and another location on Ellice Avenue in Dufresne presently has one store in Winnipeg and another in the which closes comes at a Good time for the com it was Good com Pany general manager Mark Dufresne there a very Good company with a very Good reputation and we were ready to expand and they were prepared to Dufresne said the Brandon store is a profitable operation and the size of the Market Here is some thing they Are familiar we find the Brandon Market was very similar to our Kenora he the customer profile is similar in the Way they like to be games office hit by Vandal Brandon police service Are still investigating a Case of vandalism to the 1997 Canada games office on Rosser Avenue overnight Fri the police have a suspect who is Likely to be charged in connection with the charges lodged for stolen seadog Brandon Man has been charged with theft following the recovery of a seadog the water vehicle was stolen May Colin Wade will appear in provincial court july Colin Sun Eye on the target master Corporal Pete Carmichael watches As Mark Orr fires off a few rounds of Blanks from a c 7 service Rifle during an open House at cab Shilo saturday the event gave civilians a Chance to see Canadian and German forces and the equipment they Kenton meatpacking firm thrives by Lynden Behm the Brandon Sun Kenton four years seven farm families decided they wanted an alter native to simply shipping live cattle and hogs to so they started their own meat packing today the Down Home country is doing Well and is providing an alter native Market for the owners As Well As some other livestock producers in the most of the meat is sold to customers within about 75 Kilometres of if the Enterprise continues to the own ers May eventually build a Plant that could ship meat outside of says manager Karen Down Home provides Premium Quality meat that is Cut or processed As requested by individual Wright most people Tell you How Long they want the beef to hang or How Long they want their cuts to she each order is except for the one hog the partners produce the Limousin Breed of the beef is nicely delicious and How they handle whatever Breed is Wright the animals have been treated Well and they Haven been pumped full of which is important to she when you know exactly where the beef is coming you can really guarantee the she the meat Cutter is Ted Wright no relation to who had worked at the Burns Plant in Brandon for 22 years prior to the plants clo meat Cutter Ted Wright works in the Kenton facility left As Karen Wright handles working in a Small operation is very Dif he you get a lot More people coming in and say ing what they think of the he it is Nice to know what the customers Down Home also provides the equivalent of a consulting helping people choose a package that suits their it is a lot More economical for customers to Purchase a Side of beef than it is to buy individual cuts at a super he like the he is optimistic about the future of the it has come a Long Way since i started three years he i think it is going to go a Long another one of the Ron said the operation provides the owner producers with a Small Premium when they sell their live the goal is for Down Home to eventually have its own Brand of meat that would be marketed in Down Home Sells individual meat pack Ages and sides of beef or in addition to Selling it also custom latest Bia improvement in the Basket Maggiacomo Hopes planters will be popular additions by Jeffrey Lewis the Brandon Sun business is sure to be Blooming in downtown Brandon this summer if a new Bia concept proves popular with the downtown Brandon Busi Ness improvement area has ordered 40 hanging Flower baskets for installation above the idea is to add some color at Street general manager Carol Maggiacomo in the past couple of Sev eral merchants have proposed the Maggiacomo said the Bia Board decided that if they were going to do it would be done the Bia received approval from the cites transit advisory com Mittee to within local bylaw brackets eight feet off the the Basic premise is that we will install them so they will All be a consistent height and we will pro vide the Complete package to the Maggiacomo the package including plants and installation will Cost per prices will be discounted for multiple instal Maggiacomo someone might chose to put one on each Side of the door and that we would enc our she As the marketing Agency is researching baskets that will hang from several of the nostalgia lights in the Concrete planters at Street level Are another but the Success of the plan is will be Maggiacomo weve ordered 40 and Well see How it she we can always replenish our Stock if need we Are hoping that we can get that at out right away and then next summer have an idea of How Many we could the baskets will contain a Vari Ety of Plant species depending upon where they will be Colin Corneau Brandon Sun Bia manager Carol Maggiacomo shows off one of the hanging Flower baskets the group is Selling to downtown Mer ifs their latest step in the Revi we have two sides of the Street to ones very sunny so Well have to work that out depend ing on the location of the she adding that merchants will be provided with guidelines for care of the vandalism is of Little concern to the since the Trees were included in the streets Caping pro Gram Over the past few the incidents of damage have been few and far the Lack of apparent damage has Given the Bia Board the Confidence to go ahead with the planter the baskets will also be designed so they May be taken Down at As Maggia Como the Bia Hope to have baskets hanging by july 1 and the plants Well established for the annual communities in Bloom contest in we also want to get into prac Tice for the pageantry of the 1997 Canada she super 8 on the horizon by Jeffrey Lewis the Brandon Sun Brandon can add another 56 rooms to its accommodations list when the construction of a super 8 hotel on the North Hill is completed in the budget priced hotel will offer Basic services at a Basic spokesman John Owens said sat its not a full service its basically a Pool and a meet ing a partner in the venture with two other local Busi the hotel itself has no restaurant or but it conveniently located beside Smitts family restau Owens opened the Tran Canada Smitts location in 1990 and has observed the need for another Highway he and his partners further studied the possibility and determined the location was we had a study performed and analysis done and it indicated there is room especially of that style of on the Tran Canada High he for years now All of Brandon hotels have been booked to Capac Ity whenever a major event is held in the Many times City officials have spoken of the need for More accommodations especially with the Canada games coming next Owens said the number of major events in the City provides a Good basis for financial construction will be completed late july and the Motel should be furnished and open for business in Early great ways to save at summer fair 96 dont miss night pick up your 2fer sticker at we video Brandon and Virden you and a Friend will get in the Gate and ride on the Midway for the Price of one from open to runs plus pay one Price Purchase ticket at the Brandon shoppers mall for ticket allows you in the Gate and ride the Midway from open to Good for either Friday or prices include Mission Price fathers Day special june any father or Grandfather accompanied by their child or grandchild will receive a two for one Gate free june 12 to june Keystone Centre provincial sex info line 204 or 204 7287769 ;