Homebodies - Christmas past...
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- Published on Sunday, December 24, 2017
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
I am steadily moving up this life’s ladder. It is a good climb. The higher I go the more I have to look back on and reflect. The Christmas’ of my past slowly passed before me.
Observation - Dec.23, 2017
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- Published on Saturday, December 23, 2017
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner & Press
Are you ready for Christmas? For many people Christmas it seems the most stressful time of the year. Baking needs to be done, presents are bought and wrapped. The decorations are up inside the house and outside.
My perspective - The most ridiculed
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- Published on Thursday, December 21, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Christmas is upon us, which means that so too is the season of sweets and baking. Last week’s Neepawa Banner & Press had a collection of seasonal recipes and no matter your taste — sweet or savoury, simple or extravagant— there’s a recipe out there. From cookies to truffles, mincemeat to bars and sausage rolls to cakes, everyone has their favourite Christmas treat.
Right in the centre - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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- Published on Thursday, December 21, 2017
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
For many newspapers it has not been a good year financially. I guess that is obvious as recent news came out that over 30 daily papers, including one in Winnipeg, have been shut down. Now, in fairness, those papers were owned by two large companies who decided that having one paper in a town has better chance at success than two so they closed a bunch of papers to make way for what they hope will be a successful single paper.
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Homebodies - One ringy-dingy…
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- Published on Friday, December 15, 2017
Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
Okay, some things are as funny as I remember them. The Carol Burnett Show with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, the Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Catch them on Youtube. Lily Tomlin, starring as Ernestine, the telephone operator-”one ringy dingy (snort), two ringy dingies (snort)!! Is this the person to whom I am speaking?”- triggered a whole series of memories. The party-line! It was a time before farm homes were entertained by television.
