A seniors story - Schmidt family built new life in Canada
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Kurt and Frances Schmidt Family. Back L to R: Ken, Faye, Russell, Donald, Leona, David. Front: Kurt and Frances.
Wayne Hildebrand
Neepawa Banner & Press
Thirty three years ago my job took me to a beautiful village along the Grass River called Waldersee, Manitoba. The village is located about one hour north east of Neepawa. Over time I got to know some of the area farmers with last names like Schmidt, Rossnagel, Single, Schultz, Dilk, Bohn, Mitchler, Oswald, Klassen, Mauthe and Marohn. I always wondered how a cluster of German immigrants homesteaded and established a German named village near the eastern boundary of the Rural Municipality of Glenella. I decided to ask Kurt Schmidt, who was born 92 years ago at his home farm in Waldersee.
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Neepawa left in the cold
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Photo by Micah Waddell. The Neepawa Health Centre was absent from the list of 120 projects getting financial support for maintenance and security upgrades. Nearby communities Minnedosa and Gladstone, however, have received funding from the province.
120 health care facilities receive support, including Minnedosa & Gladstone
by Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Communities across the province are receiving financial support to help maintain and secure their health-care facilities; Neepawa is not one of them. On Monday, Feb. 26, the Manitoba government announced that it had approved more than 120 projects to receive funding totalling nearly $30 million. These specific projects were selected due to the safety and security needs of the facilities.
Neepawa’s own highlander
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In medal testing exams, Violily received great praise from the examiner. She is looking forward to taking further exams in March.
Shona McHarg
Neepawa Banner & Press
Five-year-old Violily Jeffrey began highland dancing only one year ago under the direction of Shona McHarg in Brandon. To date, she has participated in various performances in Western Manitoba, taken part in Scottish Dance Teachers Alliance (SDTA) annual medal testing examinations and competed in competitions.
New cash for Austin community kitchen
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Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Eight community centres across Manitoba, including one in Austin, will split more than $84,000 to purchase and install new commercial-grade kitchen equipment. “With this funding, our government is investing in the future of food innovation, product development and Manitoba’s entrepreneurial spirit,” said Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler. “Community centres are often the launching pad for new food products, giving Manitobans access to the space and equipment needed to grow from a home-based business into something more. This is an important investment in community-led economic development and local value-added processing.”
Federal budget gets it mostly wrong according to critics
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Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The federal government tabled their budget on Tuesday emphasizing they intend to close the gender gap in pay scales and encourage more fathers to take paternity leave. Critics were quick to point out that while these may be laudable goals, the country is in need of many other economic initiatives. The province of Manitoba PC government lead by Premier Brian Pallister held a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Pallister said, “This is a mid-term budget. There is nothing to help with health care. There is some money there to help with addictions but it would also have been a good time to give some tax relief.” Finance Minister Cameron Friesen said, “The economy is growing and federal spending is growing but in face of what is happening in the United States with their tax cuts, the federal government should have provided some tax relief.”
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