Local volunteer earns international honour
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Darlene Gillies named 2018 UCT Volunteer of the Year
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
To simply say that Darlene Gillies has a long history of volunteerism still feels like a dramatic understatement. For years, her name has been a familiar one penned upon the bottom of the sign-up sheets for a wide array of community functions. It’s because of that consistent commitment to helping others that she has been recently honoured by the Order of United Commercial Travellers (UCT).
Looking back - 1978 : Neepawa wins twin-town golf tournament
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Photo courtesy of the Neepawa Banner & Press Archives
GOLFERS FROM NEEPAWA AND MINNEDOSA teed off against each other in the Twin Town Tourney which finished up Monday evening July 10, 1978. The Neepawa club came out on top, and Neepawa president Harry Connerton accepted the Walter Zeke trophy on behalf of the club.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Tuesday,
July 12, 1938
Evidence submitted on behalf of the Government of Alberta at a recent hearing of the Tariff Board in connection with developments in the Turner Valley oil field is that as a result of these developments petroleum consumers in the Prairie Provinces this year will pay approximately $5,500,000 less for gasoline, distillates, and other light petroleum products than they paid in 1936.
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Neepawa's Victoria Quilts reaches milestone
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On Tuesday, Margaret VanBuskirk picked up a quilt from the Victoria’s Quilts Neepawa office. Soon, Margaret will knock on the front door of a home in the Neepawa area to deliver a handmade quilt to give to the person who lives there. The person has cancer, as does everyone who receives one of the quilts from Victoria’s Quilts.
Out of Helen's Kitchen - Zucchini casseroles
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By Helen Drysdale
Neepawa Banner & Press
Zucchini is the most popular summer squash and our family and friends always know when we have lots as they are on the receiving end of the gardens overwhelming bounty. These two recipes use up surplus zucchini and make wonderful side dishes.
Thumbs up, thumbs down - Thumbs down to compost misuse
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I was at the Neepawa compost site on Sunday, July 8 and saw that some idiot left an electric fireplace, two containers of paint thinner and some lumber there.
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