Run for it!
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- Published on Monday, May 28, 2018
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Over the past six weeks, a group of students from NACI have been taking part in the Run For It program, which combines run training with mental health/wellness education. This is a special kind of running club, for all levels, that focuses not only the physical aspects of running, but all the benefits of exercise on our mood, stress levels, and overall well-being.
Rotary tree planting project greens up Veterans Way
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- Published on Monday, May 28, 2018
Photos by Christine Waddell
Above 1: Members of Neepawa Rotary Club and NACI Peer Helpers Group and the NACI Garden Club get ready to start planting.
Above 2: Another tree is about to be planted.
By Wayne Hildebrand
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Neepawa Rotary Club coordinated a tree planting project to help “green up” Veterans Way walking path on the west side of Neepawa. A total of 25 Neepawa Rotarians and students from Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) combined efforts to plant 20 two metre high trees along the path.
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Looking Back - 1988:Kilburns celebrate diamond anniversary
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- Published on Sunday, May 27, 2018
Neepawa Banner & Press archives
Cliff and Reta Kilburn with attendants Elsie Graham and Allan Kilburn.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Friday,
May 27,1938
A.T. Barber, 80, the only man who knew the value of the contents of the Windsor Castle the royal residence, died recently at Hove, England. Queen Victoria commissioned him 40 years ago to evaluate contents of the castle, which included gold plate, works of art, antiques and china. Mr. Barber, an antiques dealer, who formerly was mayor of Windsor, promised the Queen he would never divulge the findings.
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Neepawa mayor to attend meeting about hospital plan
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- Published on Sunday, May 27, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Mayor Adrian de Groot informed Neepawa Town Council he was meeting with Dr. Brock Wright, head of Shared Health Services for the province on June 1.
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Beautiful Plains Medical Clinic early bird lottery winners
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- Published on Sunday, May 27, 2018
Photo by Ken Waddell
In what turned out to be a house warming bonus, Elaine and Gerald Leforte claimed the early bird prize in the 2018 Beautiful Plains Medical Clinic Lottery. Lefortes are from Swan River but their $10,000 prize will come in nicely as they have moved to a house in Souris. Pictured above in front of the Beautiful Plains Medical Clinic, Elaine and Gerald (right) received their cheque from lottery chair Mary Ellen Clark. The Lottery is still on going and the final deadline to buy tickets is June 2 at 9:00 p.m.
