Rural Council Clips - July 10, 2017

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The Rivers Banner

LUD of Rapid City, June 12: Minutes from the April 3 meeting were adopted. The service plan, as amended, to provide the following: door-to-door household garbage pick-up, sidewalk repairs, street lighting, beautification, a portion of town foreman wages, dust control, street improvements/snow removal, hiring summer students, drainage, animal control, urban renewal; throughout the entire LUD; a rate of $70 to be levied on all residences/businesses. The LUD recommends to main council to replace a headstone that was damaged by maintenance staff.  Administrator Bonnie Wright will be working out of the Oak River office on Thursdays. Work started on the beach today, black dirt and sand was moved, sod is to arrive on Wednesday. The next meeting is at the call of the chair. 

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C.O.P. Program needs volunteers

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Neepawa Citizens on Patrol Program

Talk around town recently, in coffee groups and social media, is prevalent with the recent increase of obscene graffiti tagging, property damage and break, enter and thefts, especially a rash of bicycle thefts.

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Colour run coming to Carberry Aug. 26

By Miranda Leybourne
The Neepawa Banner

Colour runs, in which participants gleefully throw powdered paint at one another, seem to be the latest trend for eager runners and walkers looking for a fun event to express themselves and exercise at the same time. And now, the Town of Carberry is hosting their very own colour run, called “Paint the Plains”, on Aug. 26.

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North Cypress-Langford taxes shifting more to farmland

By Gloria Mott
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North Cypress-Langford has received their ‘Reassessment Impact’ for 2018, and what it predicts for this municipality has Reeve Adriaansen worried for the farmers. North Cypress-Langford Council met on June 12, with all council in attendance.

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Community looking to restore historic grotto

Grotto

Photo courtesy of the The Grotto Restoration Project Fund Raising Committee
By the Ste. Rose Grotto Committee
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