Neepawa hires new fire chief
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- Published on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
The Town of Neepawa has hired a new fire chief. Yves Guillas has taken over the position from Scott Gibson, effective immediately. Guillas has over 20 years of accumulated experience as the deputy chief and has also previously served as the interim fire chief back in 2005. His earliest work with the Neepawa Fire Department began in the late ‘70s, when his father, Alban Guillas was chief.
Westlake Employment asks for support from Town of Neepawa
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- Published on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
Neepawa Town Council - Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2017
Westlake Employment Skills and Services made a presentation to Town Council, on Tuesday, Apr. 4. Board members and representatives noted that the operational budget for the not-for-profit service from Aug. 2017 to July 2018 will be $68,765. The Province of Manitoba’s education and training program is their main source of funding, making up about 79 per cent of the total budget.
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New fund established to help Neepawa Cemetery
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- Published on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
Neepawa is known for its beautiful cemetery and a newly established charitable fund aims to preserve and enhance that beauty forever. Last year, life-long Neepawa resident Wilma Gill established the Riverside Cemetery fund, a designated fund within Beautiful Plains Community Foundation. Each year, income generated by the fund will be used for upkeep and beautification of the cemetery.
Looking back - 1947: Arden’s oldest resident dies at 94 years of age
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- Published on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
70 years ago: Thursday, April 10, 1947. Arden’s oldest resident laid to rest. Funeral service for the late Morris Edmund Boughton, Postmaster here since 1884, whose death occurred on Thursday, April 1, 1947, at his residence at the age of 94, was held from the Arden United Church on Friday, April 4, at 2:00 pm, conducted by the pastor Rev. A. I. A. Carruthers. Internment was made in Arden cemetery. Mr. Boughton was Arden’s oldest resident, born in Gloucester, England in 1853. In 1874, Boughton arrived in Toronto and came west in 1878. He took up his first homestead and preemption in the Salisbury district, eight miles northwest of what is now the village of Arden.
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Tonn crowned Cowgirl of the Year
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- Published on Saturday, April 8, 2017
Pictured: Hailey Tonn with her parents Brenda and Darren Tonn.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Hailey Tonn marked the end of the college rodeo season with a couple of big wins last weekend. The Plumas-area cowgirl ended the Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (CIRA) season as goat tying leader, was the Canadian College Finals Goat Tying champion and was also named Cowgirl of the Year. The Cowgirl of the Year Award is voted on by all of the association’s membership and recognizes leadership and sportsmanship throughout the season.
