Community Foundation celebrates $25,000 commitment
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Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. Beautiful Plains Community Foundation chair Jane Goudie (right) accepted a $25,000 donation from LiberTerre. Trevor Lizotte, Vice President - International and Domestic Sales at HyLife Foods, presented the donation on behalf of LiberTerre and Retail Ready Foods.
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Beautiful Plains Community Foundation
Thanks to a generous donation from LiberTerre, the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation is one step closer to meeting the Thomas Sill Challenge. LiberTerre has committed to donate $5,000 per year over a five year period, for a total donation of $25,000 by 2019. The Thomas Sill Foundation has challenged 水果视频 community foundations by committing to match half of all donations received by foundations until Sept. 24, 2016.
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My Neepawa - The loon
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What鈥檚 鈥淵our Neepawa鈥�? We鈥檙e asking readers to share with us their pictures of past and present Neepawa. To share a picture, please email a high resolution version (1 MB or higher) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or stop by the office at 243 Hamilton Street, in Neepawa. Please include your name as well as a description of the photo.
Photo by Jackie Snider. A couple of years ago, Jackie Snider captured this photo of a loon at Riverbend Park in Neepawa.
Bowhunting competition set for Neepawa
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By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Some of the best bowhunters from across the province are taking aim at Neepawa for the 3D Outdoor Classic. The competition, which is scheduled for Sunday, July 10, has been organized by the Yellowhead Bowhunters Archery Club, in association with the Archers and Bowhunters Association of 水果视频 (ABAM) and Archery Canada.
Looking back - 1966: McDougall chosen to represent Neepawa at UN
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Photo courtesy of Neepawa Press Archives. 50 years ago; Friday, July 1, 1966: Cathy McDougall has been chosen as Neepawa鈥檚 representative on UN Pilgrimage for youth.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, July 3, 1936
Miss Ruby M. Simpson of Regina, director of Public Health Nursing in Saskatchewan, and daughter of John Simpson of Neepawa, was automatically re-elected president of the Canadian Nurses Association at the convention held in Vancouver this week. She was the unanimous choice of all provincial associations.
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Lots of local winners at Rapid City Ag Society Fair
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- Published on Sunday, July 3, 2016
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Rapid City Ag Society, and its many partners, hosted its 136th annual fair on Saturday, June 25. Rapid City Nursery School planned to kick off the day at the fairgrounds by offering a breakfast but when they arrived to discover the overnight wind storm blew down the tents, plans quickly changed. The meal was served at Rapid City Legion and nearly 200 people feasted on the food. Brittney Bootsman won the 50/50 draw worth $129.
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