At this year’s Manitoba Summer Games, the Eastman boys won all three of their matches against Parkland, Winnipeg Gold, and Central. None of their opponents managed to score a single goal against Eastman in tournament play.

As summer gets the best of us with weekends at the beach, summer camps, and lazy vacations, we tend to push physical activity to the side. Well, I’ll have you know I’ve been staying on-task, playing outdoor soccer once a week and attending a weekly bootcamp. And of course I take my daily walks with the dogs. I manage to get everything squeezed in during weekday evenings, but I know not all of us have that option.

Île-des-Chênes’ Optimist Park hosted a Blue Jays baseball camp July 20–21. Children aged nine to 16 from all over Manitoba, including one all the way from Thompson, came to meet four alumni Blue Jay players and gain some valuable skills.

Alex Grenier, a volunteer for Seine River Minor Baseball, applied for the camp to be held in Île-des-Chênes in November 2015. Every year, the camp is awarded to a different community in Manitoba. Last year, the Blue Jays camp was held in Brandon, and in previous years the camp has been held at Shaw Park in Winnipeg.

Cheyenne Summer Fest is an annual festival in the town of Ste. Agathe. Held on the third weekend of July, this festival has everything to keep families entertained. This year, the festival took place July 15–16 at Cartier Park, west of town across Highway 75.

The St. Adolphe Community Green Space Committee (SCGSC) has been hard at work creating a new community space at the St. Adolphe School.

Deklin Dieno drove, chipped, and swung his way to Old Drover's Run's junior links graduation this spring with coaches A-Bomb and Danny-boy.