PHOENIX, AZ
Retired school bus driver Vern L. Toews enjoys his new life in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, but says there are a few things about living in Steinbach that he misses. On the top of the list for Toews is the ever-present aroma of the downtown feed mill.
“When I think of Steinbach,” said Toews, “and all the good times I had there walking down feed mill-scented Main Street with my late wife Martha, I get misty-eyed.”
Scientists say that of all the senses, scent is the one that is most strongly tied to memory, and for Toews this is certainly true.
“Every time I take out the garbage or hit a skunk on the road, I’m taken back to good ol’ Manitoba,” reminisced Toews. “By the time I left town there was only one feed mill on Main Street, but as a boy there were dozens. The aroma at certai