Right in the centre - Fifty years in the making!
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- Published on Friday, January 1, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In January 1971, my wife Christine and I moved to Neepawa. We bought a little house at 261 Fourth Avenue in Neepawa for $4,000. I set to work in my new job as Assistant Ag-Rep under the watchful eye of my boss, the late Alan Nebbs. My job was to help with the 4-H Club program, tag along after Mr. Nebbs and occasionally offer advice to farmers. There is a rare farmer in the area that is kind enough to say that my advice was helpful.
Right in the centre - ‘O come let us adore Him!
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- Published on Friday, December 25, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Editor’s note: This is a re-run of my 2018 Christmas column. I think more than ever, it applies to our nation today. I long for us as a nation to adopt this concept and I will grieve for our nation until we do.
The familiar strains of this hymn of the Christian church is well known around the world. The words and music have implored millions of listeners to come and adore the Baby Jesus and to follow him. The name Jesus means “saviour”or “rescuer”.
Right in the centre - Please change the channel
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- Published on Friday, December 18, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Editor’s note: After two weeks away from my desk with surgery and a second bout in hospital with complications, I want to thank all the people who prayed for me. Thank you to son, Mike, for writing a column and wife, Christine, for doing the same. I hope and expect to make a full recovery, but won’t likely be back to full strength for some weeks yet. I have never slept so much in my life before. The care I received in three different hospitals was outstanding.
The wife takes a turn - Truth, reality and perspective
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- Published on Friday, December 11, 2020
By Christine Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
There is always more to a story than can be told. Political correctness has created a society that cannot handle “truth”, so many want to create their own truth. In spite of the observation that perspective is reality, perspective is not truth.
We can tell our own journey from our perspective and trust it is not skewed.
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Guest column - Hindsight now sharper than one might like to see
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- Published on Friday, December 4, 2020
By Mike Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
As the daily barrage of information with the COVID-19 pandemic comes across the airwaves, internet and newspapers, it is a challenge to sort through the static. As a guest editorial writer this week, I would like to isolate one of the underlying tones that is, at times, being lost in the babble.
As one looks back through the carnage, largely in the realm of long term care homes, I have a faint hope. I have hope that as a result of the horrific results we have seen, this will shine a spotlight on the need for a more intense focus on elder care in our country.
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