Looking Back - 1988: Neepawa Lions take down old bandshell
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- Published on Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Friday, February 25, 1938
Spring is on the way for sure, says two Press subscribers. When Mrs. M. Thomson went into her living room yesterday she found a yellow butterfly fluttering around and she thought it came off a hyacinth bulb which she had just brought from the cellar. Clifford Virtue also reported seeing a red winged blackbird.
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Auto accident in downtown Neepawa
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- Published on Monday, February 26, 2018
Photos by John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner & Press
A three vehicle accident occurred in Neepawa on Monday, Feb. 26. Eyewitnesses noted that it appeared that one person went to hospital. No additional details on the cause have been confirmed at this time. (Click on story for additional pictures.)
World Day of Prayer
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- Published on Sunday, February 25, 2018
Christine Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The World Day of Prayer (W.D.P.) is a worldwide movement of Christian women of many traditions who come together to observe a common day of prayer each year. It is celebrated in over 170 countries on the first Friday in March. The roots of this day can be dated back to the 1800s. Through WDP women around the world are encouraged to become aware of the whole world and no longer live in isolation and to be enriched by faith experiences of Christians of other countries and cultures and to pray for and with them.
What is Neepawa? We’ll find out soon enough
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- Published on Sunday, February 25, 2018
Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The effort to launch Neepawa’s new brand is a step closer to becoming a reality. A task force, consisting of local municipal and business leaders, received a creative brief from Travel Manitoba on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The brief focused on ideas for generating new opportunities in tourism and launching a coordinated branding effort for the area. While the specific details of the Travel Manitoba creative brief will not be released until the final brand strategy is officially unveiled, the early draft of the campaign does appear to place emphasis on targeting cultural explorers attracted to niche tourism.
Local librarian takes literary leap
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- Published on Saturday, February 24, 2018
Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner & Press
Neepawa Public Library’s newest employee is also one of Westman’s newest published authors. Lenora Buffi, who has been working at the local library for just over two months, has published her first novel: a sweeping historical mystery entitled Vista. Born in Steinbach, Man., and raised by two educators, Buffi says a love of the written word was passed on to her, and was a natural part of her childhood.
“My father [called himself] a ‘sesquipedalian’: a lover of big words,” she remembers fondly. “He inspired me to love reading, to love learning, to love books and good literature, to love art and classical music, which is a huge component of this book.”
