Helping Hands barbecue draws a crowd
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Photo by Tony Eu. The Helping Hands girls (L-R: Rylee Mann, Cecilie Holm, Claire Tomoniko, Abigail Plett, Richelle Forgue) along with a volunteer and resident of Country Meadows (Paul Molloy).
By Tony Eu
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
With good weather and a great turnout, the second annual Helping Hands fundraising barbecue was a fantastic success. Formerly the 4-H Helping Hands, the Helping Hands group held a barbecue in the Neepawa ShopEasy Foods parking lot on Friday, July 8 to raise money for the Country Meadows Handy-van trips. The core members of the group are Abigail Plett, Cecilie Holm, Claire Tomoniko, Richelle Forgue and Rylee Mann, not all of whom are involved with 4-H, thus the name change.
Big win at Bigger Bingo
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Photo by Alan Gillies.
On Monday, July 11, NACTV's Ivan Traill (centre) presented Bigger Bingo winner Darlene Gillies (right) with a cheque for $4,050. Gillies was attending a conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, July 5, but she and Jacqueline Rose (left) each play the other's TV bingo cards when one has to be out of town. Bigger Bingo airs weekly on NACTV (channel 30/cable 12, MTS TV channel 30, Bell TV channel 592) every Tuesday night at 7:00, but will not be seen on July 19 due to the RCMP Musical Ride appearance in Neepawa.v
All aboard!
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Photo courtesy of Vern May. Kendall Prettie (left) and Samantha Smith stand at Minnedosa’s new vistors’ centre.
By Vern May
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Two community needs came together to create an innovative solution in Minnedosa this summer, and visitors to the community will reap the benefit. Last week, the community opened a visitor information centre in Tanner's Crossing Park, bringing the iconic Canadian Pacific locomotive and caboose back to life in the process.
Lofamia: ‘It’s something I will never forget’
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Submitted Photo. Paula Lofamia standing in front of the Africa Mercy, the hospital ship on which she volunteered as a nurse in an operating room.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
On June 1, Paula Lofamia, of Neepawa, returned from a month-long volunteer trip to Madagascar. She left on April 27 and spent four weeks as an OR nurse with a Christian organization called Mercy Ships.
Neepawa Tigers 1950 little leaguers
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Photo Courtesy of Neepawa Land of Plenty Heritage Book 1883-1983. Neepawa Tigers Little Baseball Club. First little league team organized outside of Winnipeg, 1950. Front Row, left to right: Murray Reid, Mervyn Brown, Mel McGregor, Wayne Murray, Don LeBoutillier, Cecil Pittman. Back Row, left to right: Stan Hudey, Kas Holod, Mervyn Pilkey. Missing: Coaches Jim Scott and Jim Bulloch, Manager Scotty McGregor.
By Rick Sparling
The Neepawa Press
Back in February of 2014, I wrote an article for the Neepawa Press about the 1950 Neepawa Tigers and how they were one of the first little league teams in Canada. Vince Leah had formed a league in Winnipeg and a few Manitoba towns had established teams, Neepawa being one of them. There were teams in Brandon, Dauphin, Roblin, Gilbert Plains and Grandview as well. Interesting, seeing as Wikipedia says little league came into Canada in 1951, but had no record of Manitoba ever having a little league.
