Neepawa Natives excited about schedule, hope to see many fans

By Kira Paterson

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The Neepawa Natives and the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) are getting back into things, with the new season schedule being released and the Natives’ annual general meeting coming up. 

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Home sweet home

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Submitted photos. Nikki at the Sound of Vienna classical concert in Vienna, Austria.

By Nikki Tomoniko

Rotary Exchange Student

I sit at home, look over the fields I’ve grown up playing in and think to myself, “Crazy.”

My name is Nikki Tomoniko and I have spent the last year in Switzerland on a Rotary exchange. I, an unassuming prairie girl, left the safe valleys of our flat province to join the high life in the mountains. I arrived in Switzerland on a hot, August day with primitive German in my back pocket and nodding smiles as survival methods. My year grew and evolved from that day on, into what I can’t describe as anything other than extraordinary. I have made friends, found families, laughed with Rotarians and explored so much of what were once just foreign concepts to me. 

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Elephants and meerkats and squirrels, oh my!

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Submitted photos. Daniel Heschuk on top of Table Mountain near Cape Town, South Aftica.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

Daniel Heschuk, of Neepawa, has recently returned from a unique trip to South Africa. Heschuk, 20, who is going into his third year at the University of Manitoba, spent three months on a wildlife reserve called SA Lombard researching the Cape ground squirrel. 

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Activities planned for 10th anniversary of the Langford Recreational Trails

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Submitted photo. This scenic lookout can be found along the hike at the Langford Recreational Trails.

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Ten years ago, local volunteers developed The Langford Recreational Trails as a place for people to hike, bike and enjoy nature. This series of connecting trails allows people to choose a hike or a bike ride with distances ranging from one kilometre to 10 kilometres. Located 10 kilometres east of Neepawa on Highway 16, and south five kilometres on Road 81 W, it is easily accessible. A map of the trails can be obtained on the website neepawaleisure.com. 

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Bed and breakfast embarks on new path

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Photos by Tony Eu. George and Susan Phillips, inside the dining room of what was once The Garden Path B&B.

By Tony Eu

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

As of Aug. 1, 2016 The Garden Path Bed & Breakfast is officially closed. George and Susan Phillips have owned the building for 11 years and operated as a B&B for 10. 

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