1946: Town looking at real estate deal to help veterans

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Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. 70 years ago, Thursday, Dec. 12, 1946: The Town of Neepawa completed plans to purchase airport homes.

By Cecil Pittman

Neepawa Press

80 years ago, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1936

There were no decisions of great importance made at the school board meeting Friday night. The offer of the Dominion Postal Department to supply pictures for a night’s entertainment was favourably received and plans were made to have a showing early in the New Year. Two new flags are to be purchased and the matter of buying some new chairs for the collegiate and auditorium will be further considered.

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Where are they now?

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Neepawa Bantam BB Hockey Club: Front row (from left): Bob Allen, Barry Hunter. 

Centre row: Walter Kawka, Ian Stuart, Byron Hamilton, Billy Guinn, Edgar Crabbe, Don Whitmore, Earl Doherty, Len Bolton, Wayne Sparling. 

Back row: Walter Green (manager), Keith Graham, Cecil Bolton, Pat Hutchinson, Henry (Hank) Goodridge, Jim Gillespie, Dick Guinan (coach)

The Clint Bennest Memorial Trophy winners for ‘48-‘49

This week, the Neepawa Press introduces a new feature by local author and sports historian Rick Sparling. “Where are they now” attempts to locate and catch up with the teams featured in Sparling’s most recent book, Amateur Hockey in Neepawa: A Scrapbook.

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A house warming gift for the MLA

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At the Manitoba legislature Christmas open house on Dec. 3, Eileen Clarke, Minister of Indigenous and Municipal Affairs and MLA for Agassiz greeted many guests including Ken Waddell, president of the Neepawa Natives Junior A Hockey team.

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Fall Guide to Home Improvement: Energy savings

Five tips to make an older home more energy efficient

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Photo courtesy of Metro News Service.

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Metro News Service

While new homes are being built to be more energy efficient than ever before, thanks to a growing green building movement and increasingly strict building codes, the age of existing dwellings continues to present challenges. More than 40 percent of the housing stock in the United States was built before 1969 and simply wouldn’t stand up to today’s standards. Yet, much can be done to help homeowners improve their building envelope to reduce energy use and increase efficiency.

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Students showcase talent, support Children’s Hospital

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Photos courtesy of Michelle Young. On Nov. 29, talented NACI students performed in two talent shows. In the afternoon, Amy Spring’s Grade 9 Social Studies class organized an in-school show in support of the Children’s Hospital. In the evening (pictured) the students performed at a show organized by HOPE, the school’s social justice group.

Above: The band called FABU1OUS

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

On Nov. 29, students in Amy Spring’s NACI Grade 9 social studies class treated the school to a showcase of talent, while also raising money for a good cause. This is the second year that Spring has enlisted her students to organize a talent show, called the NACI Talent Show, featuring students from the school. 

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