Looking Back - 1998: Sylvester wins the Rosebowl
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- Published on Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Tuesday, March 29, 1938
If you want to hear motorists 鈥渂low up,鈥� ask them about the condition of Highway No. 4 between Neepawa and the Arden ridge. What with holes and corduroy, it is described as a real 鈥済izzard shaker鈥�. Coming off the good stretch between Gladstone and the ridge, it is the more noticeable. Whether or not the government intends to put this section in good shape this season is not known. What should be done and what is going to be done are two different things.
Art exhibit in Erickson
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- Published on Sunday, April 1, 2018
Photos by John Drinkwater
Last weekend, the Erickson Library was the venue for an art exhibit held by Wasagaming Community Arts. Some of the art included鈥淭he Chase鈥� by Adeline Sellwood (Textile/Fibre) (pictured right), 鈥淭he Gang at Dusk,鈥漺hich was created using oil paint on canvas, by Garett Beatty (pictured bottom left) and 鈥淒isappearing鈥� by Susan Selby (Textile/Fibre).
Out of Helen's kitchen - Isreal
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- Published on Saturday, March 31, 2018
Helen Drysdale
Neepawa Banner & Press
I took a trip one weekend this winter without packing my suitcases. Friends and I travelled to Israel; I did the cooking and they provided the pictures and travelogue. Great way to travel! I am sharing two of the recipes I used for the meal. Try them and enjoy your adventure.
Improvements approved for Water Plant, Public Works shop
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- Published on Saturday, March 31, 2018
Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner
Upgrades to the air handling system at the Water Treatment Plant and Public Works shop have been approved. On Tuesday, Mar. 20, Town Council voted to accept a bid from Neepawa Plumbing and Heating (1979) Ltd., on the replacement of the air handling system at the Water Treatment Plant. The successful bid came in at a cost of $26,497, excluding taxes.
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It鈥檚 not about money, it鈥檚 about the nature of democracy
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- Published on Friday, March 30, 2018
Ken Waddell
President of the 水果视频 Community Newspapers Association
On Dec. 4, Cathy Cox, provincial minister of sport, heritage and recreation, tabled Bill 8, The Government Notices Modernization Act, for first reading in the 水果视频 legislature. At first glance, the bill seems procedural, even innocuous. Its first part proposes that The 水果视频 Gazette, the government鈥檚 official online portal for legal notices, be made available to the public free of charge. It then recommends amendments to 24 statutes relating to the government鈥檚 publication of official notices, removing requirements that such notices to be published in local newspapers and replacing them with the requirement or option of publishing them in The 水果视频 Gazette.
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