Art Wareham: A jack of all trades
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Submitted Photo. This is a photo of Art Wareham from a 1979 document about his trip to Africa.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
People rarely think their own life is interesting. They think they’ve had a regular, dull life that wouldn’t make a good story. The fact is, most people who listen to that person’s story would completely disagree. Everyone has an interesting life to others who are living a different life; an example of that is Art Wareham. He thought there wouldn’t be much to talk about in regards to his life, but found himself remembering more and more neat stories that others would find fascinating.
Looking back - 1986: Landmark destroyed by twister
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Neepawa Press Archives. Thursday Aug. 28, 1986; A violent wind storm flattened the former Airline Drive-in theatre screen.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, August 28, 1936
Someone has advanced the opinion that the letter “e” is a most unfortunate letter in the English alphabet, because it is always out of cash, forever in debt, never out of danger and in hell all the time.
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Interest spikes in volleyball camp
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Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
Young setters and hitters from across the region converged on Neepawa last week for the inaugural Dig It Westman Volleyball Camp. The event was co-ordinated by Amy Spring and Drew Korman and took place from Aug. 22 to 26 at the NACI gymnasium. The camp was split into two groups, middle years (grades 7/8) and junior varsity (grades 9/10) and consisted of a combination of game technique and cardio training each day. Korman said the feedback they’ve received from the camp’s attendees was very positive.
He was humble, honest, wise and real
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Photo courtesy of Hertiage Neepawa Land of Plenty. Jack Huxley in the 1970s working in the Neepawa Press building.
By Press Staff
On Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, Jack Huxley passed away. A prominent member of the community and owner of The Neepawa Press for many years, he will be missed by friends, family and everyone who had the pleasure to know him.
On Aug. 18, Jack’s funeral service was held at the Neepawa United Church, where Rita Friesen delivered these words of remembrance:
#17 in your program but #1 on the most wanted
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