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26 THE BRANDON SUN • ROYAL MANITOBA WINTER FAIR • MARCH 26-31, 2018

» Parents both have fond memories of the fair

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“I had a great time there as a
kid and it makes you proud to see
the kids doing something that
you grew up doing,” Allan said,
adding that fair week in Brandon
serves as an annual family vaca-
tion they all look forward to.
It’s a particular boon to the
kids, he said, adding that unlike
most other fairs, the Royal Man-
itoba Winter Fair is youths only.
“You don’t have the big ranches
with all the expensive cattle
showing up,” he said. “It’s strictly
a junior thing, so they kids are all
on a level playing field.”
The family’s matriarch, Car-
olyn, showed cattle at the Winter
Fair from the age of eight to 18,
during which she said the friend-
ships she made had a lasting im- Carolyn Nykoliation with her grand champion Limousin heifer at the 1984 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. Her father, Ronald Sangster,
pression on her. is holding the heifer, while Parks Auction Service representative Gene Parks (sponsor) stands with his two sons. (Submitted)
“You get to meet kids from all This was the main thing Lane ward to showing off his two cat- he’s had a lot of fun meeting peo-
across the province who have the said he looks forward to at the tle, including his favourite, a ple at the fair.
same interests as we had in show- event. market steer he has named
ing cattle,” she said. Although he also looks for- Wooly Mammoth, he said that » Continued on Page 27

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