Out of Helens Kitchen - Chocolate cake and pizza bake
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- Published on Sunday, October 22, 2017
Helen Drysdale
Neepawa Banner & Press
Three years after losing his right leg to cancer at age 18, Terry Fox set out at St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 on his Marathon Of Hope. Unfortunately, Fox was forced to discontinue his run outside Thunder Bay as his cancer was back. Terry Fox was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and his example has raised millions for cancer research with Terry Fox Run events that have continued long after his early death.
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Neepawa Lions Club
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- Published on Saturday, October 21, 2017
By Micah Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
On Oct. 13, the Lions Club of Neepawa asked area residents to step up to the line and support local projects.
Homebodies - Neither a borrower or lender be…
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- Published on Saturday, October 21, 2017
Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
It’s this book I’m reading that started this train of thought. Still from ‘Roughing it in the Bush’ by Susanna Moodie, published in 1852, “Those who go a-borrowing, go a-sorrowing.
NACI compete at cross country provincials
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- Published on Friday, October 20, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Manitoba’s very best high school cross country runners recently assembled in Winnipeg for the annual MHSAA Provincial Championship. The competition was held at Kilcona Park on Oct. 11.
Grower Stories - Bruce Rampton
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- Published on Friday, October 20, 2017
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Bruce Rampton will tell you that he owes 95% of his success on the farm to his grandfather’s decision to move. “My grandfather came to Canada and started farming elsewhere. Two years later he moved here to good soil,” says Bruce who farms near Dauphin, Manitoba. Bruce is a third-generation farmer with a family history in dairy farming, but a current love of grain farming. “I love the distinct four seasons in grain farming; you start something and you finish something,” he says. Cattle, on the other hand, are the same 365 days a year and don’t like change. For Bruce, farming comes with challenges, but he enjoys them. He explained his philosophy; “When things happen, we adapt and go forward.”
