Rapid City 4-H 60th celebration
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- Published on Friday, July 3, 2015
By Deb Inglis
Rapid City 4-H Beef Club held its 60th anniversary achievement on June 20, in conjunction with the town’s annual fair. Eight 4-H members, three pee wee members and four leaders began the day with the annual parade, in which their float received first-place from Rapid City Chamber of Commerce.
BPSD holds evening to recognize teachers and staff
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- Published on Friday, July 3, 2015
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The Neepawa Banner
The Beautiful Plains School Division and Beautiful Plains Teachers’ Association held their annual recognition evening on June 17. The evening provided a chance to recognize long-serving staff and teachers, as well as to say goodbye to those retiring or leaving the division.
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Riverdale Park entering Manitobaville contest
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- Published on Friday, July 3, 2015
By Jen Brown
Vice-president
With the school year coming to an end, our elementary students were more than excited to partake in a fun event that meant a break from the classrooms, and the weather couldn’t have been better for this “water activity!” On Tuesday, June 23, Riverdale Splash Park Committee organized a video that was filmed as part of an entry for the Manitobaville Video Contest, outside at Rivers Elementary.
Students support Free the Children
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- Published on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Students at Sprucewood Colony and Kaylyn Roe
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The Neepawa Banner
This spring, the 34 students at Sprucewood Colony school decided to make hanging flower pots to help raise money for the charity Free The Children. The students, under the direction of head gardener Garry Wollman, went to the green house and each planted flowers into their own pots to be sold for the fundraiser. Teachers at the school taught the students about the Free The Children Charity and encouraged the children to pick a pillar to support with their fundraising.
Economic action discussed for Neepawa and area
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- Published on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Community reps from across the region participated in the Regional Economic Analysis Process meeting
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Neepawa and area is getting serious about attracting new business and tourism dollars to the region. Officials from several local municipalities gathered on Monday, June. 30, at the Neepawa Public Library for a presentation from the Regional Economic Analysis Process. The REAP project is a provincial enterprise established to help rural communities identify economic development priorities and assist them in pursuing those priorities.
