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.”
Local artists put on display
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- Published on Saturday, February 24, 2018
Photo By Christine Waddell
Many artists from Neepawa's high school put their art on display at the NACI Art exhibition at ArtsForward, from wonderful paintings to plasterdermy.
Neepawa’s leading laddy
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- Published on Saturday, February 24, 2018
Submitted Photo
Neepawa residents should be proud of Jeremy Walmsley who is currently playing the lead role in the Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC) production of Once. Jeremy plays the guitar and sings his way into the hearts of the audience. Pictured: Walmsley (in centre) with four Neepawa fans, including Ron and Dianne Nordstrom, Amanda Naughton-Gale and Brenda Kryschuk. Once plays at the MTC in Winnipeg until Mar. 10.
Local women nominated for prestigious award
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- Published on Friday, February 23, 2018
John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner & Press
Three women from within our coverage area have been nominated for the 31st Annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Gala, which is being held at the MNP Hall, at the Keystone Centre in Brandon on Mar. 8.
