Farm flooding threatens farmers’ income
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Brothers frustrated by inaction
Submitted photo. The road by the Coutts’ field (left side, covered in water) is three feet lower than it should be, allowing water to flow over it and flood their fields.
By Tony Eu
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
For farmers, spring is a busy time. Fields need to be tended to and crops need to be planted; what a farmer manages to accomplish in those couple months dictates what a perfect year will yield. Spring is also a time of hope. Hope that the work put in during those first months isn’t wiped out by pests, that the weather helps instead of hinders.
New program gets kids moving in Eden
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By Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner
Shake, Rattle & Roll, a physical literacy class for parents and toddlers, is happening over the next few weeks at the J. M. Young school in Eden.
The six-week program has been running in the Neepawa area for the last 10 years. It is facilitated by the Beautiful Plains School Division and Assiniboine North Coalition and run by Sheila Bremner.
Years of volunteerism to be celebrated
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Submitted photo. On Nov. 28, a celebration is planned to thank Pat and Ivan Traill for close to three decades of volunteer work done for NACTV.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
After close to three decades behind the camera and behind the scenes at NACTV, Ivan and Pat Traill are retiring. Later this month, the community will have a chance to celebrate their contributions to access television, both in Neepawa and beyond.
Annual auction supports community
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Photos by Diane Ruzycki. The calm before the storm, as Rotary Club volunteers prepare for the sale.
Erickson remembers
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Photos by John Drinkwater. Erickson Collegiate Institute teacher Lenea Goriak presented a Remembrance quilt created by Grade 7 and 8 students to Allan Kingdon, president of Erickson Legion Branch #143.
