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Ë®¹ûÊÓƵbodies - The perfect long weekend

By Rita Friesen

It was the perfect long weekend. It was not spent at a lake, or at a resort or a campground. I stayed at home!

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Faithfully yours - Building a responsible society

By Neil Strohschein

The Neepawa Banner

In 1934, the animators at Walt Disney released a Silly Symphony cartoon that chronicled the experience of Hop the Grasshopper and his friend The Ant.

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My perspective - Excitement in the newspaper business

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

It's been an exciting week here at the Banner, we welcomed another paper into our family.  On Thursday, Sept. 2, at 5 p.m., we took ownership of the Neepawa Press, bringing the 119-year-old paper back under local ownership. 

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Right in the centre - Yes, still two papers in Neepawa

By Ken Waddell

The Neepawa Banner

The Neepawa Banner and the Rivers Banner have been in business for a long time. They are owned by myself, my wife Christine and our two sons.

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Ë®¹ûÊÓƵbodies - A moral fable

By Rita Friesen

The Neepawa Banner

My sister recommended that I read the 1928 Pulitzer prize Winner, ‘ The Bridge of San Luis Rey’ by Thornton Wilder.  Our local library was quick and gracious in getting it in for me. This is a moral fable, set in the 1700’s in Peru, examining the lives of five people, all of various ages and at different stages of their lives, that fell to their death when the primitive bridge collapsed.

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