Neepawa ready for MJHL draft
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- Published on Friday, June 3, 2016
Representatives from the MJHL & the 11 member clubs gathered in Neepawa last year for the annual bantam draft.
This year’s event takes place this weekend in Selkirk.
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Months of extensive research and hard work by the scouting staff of the Neepawa Natives is set to culminate at the 2016 Manitoba Junior Hockey League bantam draft. Neepawa comes into this year’s draft, which will take place this weekend in Selkirk, with the first pick in the opening round. General manager Myles Cathcart said the team has been doing a lot of work in preparation for the selection.
Airport Project receives local support
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- Published on Thursday, June 2, 2016
Photo by Ken Waddell. Darryl Gerrard of Enns Bros., the John Deere dealership in Neepawa, operating a JD 8310R tractor and land roller to smooth out a field seeded to soybeans at the Neepawa Airport Farming project.
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Enns Bros., the John Deere dealership in Neepawa, has stepped up again this year to spearhead the Neepawa Airport Farming project. The Town of Neepawa rents the farmland around the airport to the project, which is jointly administered by the Neepawa Curling Club (Yellowhead Development Society-YDSI) and the Yellowhead Centre (arena and hall). The two facilities invest some cash each year for crop inputs and crop insurance and then share the profits on a 50/50 basis.
$1.1 million kick starts Minnedosa medical clinic campaign
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- Published on Thursday, June 2, 2016
By Vern May
Economic Development Officer, Minnedosa
The conversation began as an inquiry about what Minnedosa can do to attract and retain doctors in order to meet the needs of the growing population in our region. What has resulted is the launch of a progressive capital project to upgrade and expand our local clinic with an eye on more aggressive recruitment in the coming years.
Read more: $1.1 million kick starts Minnedosa medical clinic campaign
Neepawa-based track club turned regional team
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- Published on Thursday, June 2, 2016
Submitted photo. From left: Prairie Storm athletes Kiera Senkbeil, Jensyn Baron, Charlot Butler, Ben Perrett, Taine Middelton, Morgan Ramsay, Brooklyn Perrett and Lara Denbow competed at the Boeing Provincial Indoor Track Championships at the University of Manitoba in February.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Neepawa track and field athletes have had a “little secret” since 2012 that has become less secretive in the last couple years. Bryce Koscielny, the Neepawa Area Collegiate (NACI) track coach and a teacher at the school, started a track and field club back in 2012 for a handful of NACI students who wanted more training. Koscielny said that the club started as a quiet, little thing and just “blossomed into what it is today.” Today, it is more of a regional club, having 17 full time members, coming to train in Neepawa from the communities of Brandon, Chater, Rivers, Rapid City, Carberry, McGregor and, of course, Neepawa. “[It’s] the only club in Manitoba outside of the perimeter [of Winnipeg],” Koscielny said.