Looking Back - 1998 : Teachers enjoy reunion

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Photo courtesy of the Neepawa Banner & Press archives

Seated left to right are Dorothy (Osborne) McFayden, Edith (Larsen) Dunsmore, Eleanor (Wareham) Stewart, Dorothy (Ellis) Forsythe and Mary (Campbell) McLaughlin.

By Cassandra Wehrhahn

Neepawa Banner & Press

80 years ago,

Tuesday,

July 26, 1938

A shipment of made-in-Winnipeg shoes is going to a firm in Toronto this week for the first time in the history of the west.

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Out of Helen's Kitchen - Thai curry chicken

By Helen Drysdale

Neepawa Banner & Press

Thai food is one of my favourites!  While visiting friends we made a flavorful Thai recipe that was simple and tasty.

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Corrections - July 27

In the July 13 edition of the Banner & Press, in the photo essay ‘Fashionable appearances at Clear Lake’, it was suggested that the Cove Fashion Show took place on Saturday, July 7. The event actually occured on Saturday, June 23, during Wasagaming Moonlight Madness.

As well, in the July 20 edition, the name of Neepawa’s fire chief was misspelt. The correct spelling is Yves Guillas.

Letters - Be a donor

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Neepawa Banner & Press

Only 3.7 per cent of Canadians are blood donors yet 100 percent are potential recipients. What motivates people to be a blood donor?

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Province invests in Agassiz

Half dozen communities receive funding

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

Several community projects across the Agassiz constituency have received some new support from the Manitoba government. On Monday, July 23, the province announced an investment of $101,273 to be divided amongst 10 different projects in six different communities. Projects being funded include:

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