Neepawa Lions Club

By Micah Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press 

On Oct. 13, the Lions Club of Neepawa asked area residents to step up to the line and support local projects.

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Homebodies - Neither a borrower or lender be…

Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press

It’s this book I’m reading that started this train of thought. Still from ‘Roughing it in the Bush’ by Susanna Moodie, published in 1852, “Those who go a-borrowing, go a-sorrowing.

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NACI compete at cross country provincials

 

By Eoin Devereux 
Neepawa Banner & Press

Manitoba’s very best high school cross country runners recently assembled in Winnipeg for the annual MHSAA Provincial Championship. The competition was held at Kilcona Park on Oct. 11.

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Grower Stories - Bruce Rampton

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Bruce Rampton will tell you that he owes 95% of his success on the farm to his grandfather’s decision to move. “My grandfather came to Canada and started farming elsewhere. Two years later he moved here to good soil,” says Bruce who farms near Dauphin, Manitoba. Bruce is a third-generation farmer with a family history in dairy farming, but a current love of grain farming. “I love the distinct four seasons in grain farming; you start something and you finish something,” he says. Cattle, on the other hand, are the same 365 days a year and don’t like change. For Bruce, farming comes with challenges, but he enjoys them. He explained his philosophy; “When things happen, we adapt and go forward.”

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Hazel M. Kellington School receives grant support

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Left to right: Scott Freeman, vice principal, Hazel M. Kellington School; Cohen Kulbacki, grade five student, Hazel M. Kellington School and Chris Kulbacki, Pioneer Hi-Bred sales representative.

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Neepawa Banner & Press

DuPont Pioneer has donated $750 to Hazel M. Kellington School in Neepawa. The support part of its Full Belly! Full Mind! initiative that supports nutrition and breakfast programs across Canada.

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