Lily Festival is no more
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- Published on Wednesday, December 17, 2014
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
By a 13 to 2 vote, the board of the Neepawa and Area Lily Festival passed a resolution to cease operations last Thursday evening. Despite optimism following a community meeting held in early October, board chair Brent Hunter said that the decision was made due to a lack of volunteers willing to sit on the organizing committee.
Shop Hometown winners!
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- Published on Friday, December 12, 2014
With the help of Kinley Thomson Chartered Accountants' Chase Critchlow, Neepawa Banner owner/publisher Ken Waddell and editor Kate Jackman-Atkinson drew the Shop Hometown prize winners today. We are pleased to congratulate grand prize winner Al Farquhar, second prize winner Richard Buchanan and third prize winner Carol Bray!!! The gift certificate winners will be getting calls shortly. Thanks to all the businesses and local shoppers for their support!
Brandon Wheat Kings skate in Gladstone
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- Published on Thursday, December 11, 2014
L to R. Quitin Lisoway, Mark Taraschuk and Braylon Shmyr from the Brandon Wheat Kings. Photo by Eoin Devereux
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Players in the Gladstone Minor Hockey program received some very special instruction on Monday, Dec. 8, as several members of the Brandon Wheat Kings took to the ice with them.
Hundreds see Santa in Rivers
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- Published on Thursday, December 11, 2014
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Temperatures reaching single digits on Saturday, Dec. 6 are credited for filled streets in Rivers during the Santa Claus parade, an annual event sponsored by Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce. More than 20 floats left Rivers Elementary School and passed by the hospital and some senior lodges before reaching the downtown district.
The One That Got Away
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- Published on Thursday, December 11, 2014
Photos by John Drinkwater
Last weekend, a talented cast from Arden performed Eddie McPherson’s The One That Got Away. This dinner theatre production was performed by the Arden Theatre Group and staged at the Arden Community Centre.
