Neepawa youth supports Special Olympics

Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press

North Dakota’s Special Olympics basketball program has a special connection to Neepawa. On Mar. 9-10, Minot State University (MSU) hosted the Special Olympics North Dakota (SOND) Basketball Tournament. This years event in Minot featured over 500 athletes participating in either adult and youth divisions and a grand total of 32 teams involved. One of the teams was the Minot Beavers, who are coached by Shelby Gillies of Neepawa.

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Neepawa introduced to lacrosse

Lacrosse-Camp

Jerrett Smith teaches the basics of lacrosse to a group of youth on Monday, Mar. 19.

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

Local youth recently had the chance to learn about Canada’s national sport. No, not hockey; Canada’s other national sport. A lacrosse skills camp was recently organized by the Town of Neepawa and the Manitoba Lacrosse Association (MLA). The workshops were held on Monday, Mar. 19 and Thursday, Mar. 22 at Hazel M. Kellington (HMK) Elementary School, with the sessions split into Kindergarten to grade four age participants and grade five and older.

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Neepawa Resource Centre demolished

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Photo by Jessica Morton
The Neepawa Resource Centre was torn down on Monday, March 26. The land was sold by the Town of Neepawa to the Budz N Bloom daycare for a possible second location.

Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press

A piece of Neepawa’s history was taken down on Monday, Mar. 26. The land will be made available for Budz N Bloom daycare for $50,000 according to an agreement that was made last year by Neepawa Town Council.

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Looking Back - 1988: Fascination with clocks leads to lifelong hobby

Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press

80 years ago
Tuesday, March 22, 1938
A couple of inches of heavy snow blanketed the country side Monday morning, but as the temperature did not go down but a few degrees below freezing, there was no indication that a March cold spell was in the offing. The sunny days during the previous week caused most of the snow to disappear but now there will be another run of rivulets.

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Rural Council Clips - Mar. 25, 2018

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RM of Oakview, March 13: An inquiry if an attachment could be purchased to put on snowploughs so ridges are not left on driveways was received by the office. Variation orders were granted to: Eddy and Arenda Vanderdeen to establish a non-farm dwelling on part of the northwest quarter-section of 28-13-20; Sean Common to establish a non-farm dwelling on the northeast quarter-section of 13-14-21 with the maximum required site area of 10 acres varied to 18.46 acres.

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