Where are they now? - Manitoba Bantam “BB” hockey champions 1960-61
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This feature by local author and sports historian Rick Sparling attempts to locate and catch up with the teams featured in Sparling’s most recent book, Amateur Hockey in Neepawa: A Scrapbook.
By Rick Sparling
The Neepawa Press
Homer Gill managed the 1956-57 Tom Thumb team and won two Provincial Bantam BB titles with 1957-58 and the 1960-61 teams. Homer's career was mostly teaching. He was responsible for keeping the school hockey program going after the departure of Mr. McAmmond and Ruth Faryon. Homer was involved in the insurance and real estate business. He married Wilma Steppler and had one child. Homer passed away in 2014.
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Looking Back 1947: Franklin rink wins provincial curling title
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(Left to right) Skip Don Montgomery, Reg Freeman, Don Kitson and Keith Sinclair
The Neepawa Press
70 Years Ago - Tuesday, January 9, 1947: Franklin School Rink takes provincial title; wins trip to Saskatoon. Don Montgomery’s Franklin High School Rink won the right to represent Manitoba in the inter-provincial curling competition at Saskatoon.
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New fire truck for Neepawa
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By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
The Neepawa Fire Department has added a new vehicle to its fleet. The 2016 International pumper truck, which was ordered from Fort Garry Fire Trucks of Winnipeg, arrived just before the end of the year.
My Neepawa - Oh deer!
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Submitted Photos
The Neepawa Press
Deer have been recently been spotted on multiple occasions throughout the south end of Neepawa.
Fatal train collision in Arden
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- Published on Monday, January 9, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
An Arden area man is dead after his truck collided with a train. Spruce Plains RCMP said that at just after 8:30 p.m., on Sunday, Jan. 8, officers responded to a report of an accident at the Boughton Street tracks in Arden.
