Fall Guide to Home Improvement: Energy savings
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Five tips to make an older home more energy efficient
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While new homes are being built to be more energy efficient than ever before, thanks to a growing green building movement and increasingly strict building codes, the age of existing dwellings continues to present challenges. More than 40 percent of the housing stock in the United States was built before 1969 and simply wouldn’t stand up to today’s standards. Yet, much can be done to help homeowners improve their building envelope to reduce energy use and increase efficiency.
Students showcase talent, support Children’s Hospital
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Photos courtesy of Michelle Young. On Nov. 29, talented NACI students performed in two talent shows. In the afternoon, Amy Spring’s Grade 9 Social Studies class organized an in-school show in support of the Children’s Hospital. In the evening (pictured) the students performed at a show organized by HOPE, the school’s social justice group.
Above: The band called FABU1OUS
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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On Nov. 29, students in Amy Spring’s NACI Grade 9 social studies class treated the school to a showcase of talent, while also raising money for a good cause. This is the second year that Spring has enlisted her students to organize a talent show, called the NACI Talent Show, featuring students from the school.
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Munro Farms Supplies, Shur-Gro support post-secondary education
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- Published on Thursday, December 8, 2016
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Shur-Gro Farm Services and Munro Farm Supplies have embarked on an annual scholarship in Agribusiness program at Assiniboine Community College. The new scholarship is a 5 year, $15,000.00 commitment to the Agribusiness program in support of students. The scholarship will be for returning Agribusiness students, with a focus on those students with leadership qualities, and community involvement.
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Winter storm can't cool Talent for HOPE
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Above: From left: Rebecca Lynn Pedersen, Abigail Plett, Declan Smith, Charlene Vandenbosch, Stephanie Morfitt and Madison Moore helped at the door as well as the raffle table
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Last week, students from NACI’s HOPE group treated the community to a showcase of local talent, all while raising money for a good cause. On Nov. 29, Talent For HOPE featured 15 performances, dessert, as well as information about the activities undertaken by HOPE, the school’s 85 member social justice group.
Fighting diabetes, one cookie at a time
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Above: While some of the volunteers served hot chocolate and cookies, the rest held up signs advertising the fundraiser. Since the group is made of school aged kids and their families, the fundraiser started after school.
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The Pedersen family, with the help of some friends, put on their third annual diabetes fundraiser on Thursday, Nov. 17. One of the Pedersen’s daughters, Josie, has Type 1 diabetes. Out of all the people who are diagnosed with diabetes, only five to 10 per cent of them have Type 1.
