Legion Ladies Auxiliary - Sept 24, 2015
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- Published on Thursday, September 24, 2015
By Lisa Smith
Publicity
The regular monthly meeting of Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary was held Sept. 8 in Rivers Legion upper hall; 19 members attended.
Professor a published author
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- Published on Wednesday, September 23, 2015
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Elwin Kettner was born in Brandon but spent all his childhood on the farm near Bradwardine. Grades 1-8 were taken at Bradwardine School and Grades 9-12 at Rivers; he graduated in 1968. Three years later he graduated from Brandon University (BU) with bachelor degrees in math and economics. He moved to Alberta the summer of 1971 and graduated the next year with his masters in economics, University of Alberta. Following that graduation he was immediately employed in Alberta as an economist in industry and government, positions he held for six years (1972-78). He and wife Elaine then farmed for 10 years and moved back to Manitoba in 1988 after purchasing his Uncle Elbridge Ramsay’s farm 2.5 miles south of Bradwardine. In 1990 they returned to Alberta where Elwin was an assistant economics professor at Canadian University College (returning to Manitoba in the summer to help with his farm).
New logo for Riverdale Municipality
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- Published on Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Pictured: the new logo for Riverdale Municipality
By Jessie Bell
The January 2015 provincially-forced amalgamation of RM of Daly and Town of Rivers created a new entity, Riverdale Municipality. This new municipal corporation has a new logo, which replaces the former seals and appears on all correspondence and municipal-owned vehicles.
Hunters host Open Farm Day
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- Published on Wednesday, September 23, 2015
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
The sixth annual Open Farm Day was held Sunday, Sept. 20; it is organized by Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies (MAAS), in partnership with the provincial government. Manitoba is divided into five regions and this year 37 farms agreed to host public tours; one of the seven farms in Westman is within Rivers Banner’s coverage area.
Successful sale for Rivers Chamber
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- Published on Wednesday, September 23, 2015
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
For the past 37 years, Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce has held a fall fundraiser. It began as a Shopper’s Jamboree the first week in October; 11 years later it became Crafty the Scarecrow’s Harvest of Crafts Show and Sale and finally, seven years ago, the Home and Craft Show. The all-time high was 59 tables in 2011; 44 has been the number for the last four years.
