April 13, is a very big day for books in Neepawa

Micah Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press

The Rotary Club of Neepawa will be holding a used book sale this spring as a club fund raiser. Rotary is now accepting donations of used books at several locations around town. Locations of the book collections bins are at Gill & Schmall, Royal Bank, Home Hardware, Coop Grocery Store, and ArtsForward.

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An iron clad trail

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James Aitken Waddell about 1905 on his wedding day with Ann Kennedy Miller. He and their four sons moved to Canada from Scotland in 1912. Throat cancer, caused, in part, by foundry dust took his life a little over 20 years later.

Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press

They say a trait will ”run in  the family” and it seems to be true for young Micah Waddell, a 21 year old aspiring metal worker. Way back, nearly 200 years ago a man named George Waddell was born in 1831 at Larbert, Sterlingshire. He was likely the son of an iron worker as his occupation is listed in a later census as an Iron Furnace Keeper.

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Victoria’s Quilts Canada: The Neepawa Chapter

Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press

The inspiration for the Victoria’s Quilts Canada (VQC) came from a woman named Victoria Ann Morrison who was best friends with Deborah Rogers, the founder of Victoria’s Quilts in the United States. Victoria Ann Morrison was a cancer patient and one of the comments she made about her chemotherapy was that she got cold while laying in the treatment facility waiting for the infusion to be over.

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Out of Helen’s kitchen - Pears

Helen Drysdale
Neepawa Banner & Press

The pear is a versatile orchard fruit that keeps well when refrigerated. It ripens at room temperature and makes a great addition to any meal.

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Homebodies - Looking Ahead

Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press

“It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.” Winston Churchill. It was a week that made me cringe; tasks that needed to be accomplished, things I wanted to get done, and little extras that I had a hankering to do. Each calendar day had a notation, or two. It looked daunting. The inspirational reading for my Monday morning put life into perspective. Really a fancy way of saying – one day at a time!

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