Town honours its past
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
By Jessie Bell
The hamlet of Harding has a remarkable collection of cairns and plaques to remember its ancestors. One of the most interesting is Harding Community Center. The centre was once a church (Methodist and then United), built in 1893 at the north end of the town. Due to larger farms, rural depopulation and declining interest, it became vacant and was closed around 1967-68. Since Harding Agricultural Society needed more accommodation at fair time, the building was moved to the town’s southwest entrance, at the fairgrounds, in 1999. It was set on a cement slab, with crawl space to allow room for a furnace. It became Harding Community Center and has since been refurbished inside and out, insulated for the first time, has new wiring, plumbing, air conditioning and an exterior wheelchair ramp.
Postal disruptions and paper delivery
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
Due to the impending strike/lockout at Canada Post some rural lock box locations could not get their July 8 Neepawa Banner. This amounted to about five per cent of our papers.
We have placed extra copies of the Neepawa Banner at our drop off locations in Neepawa to help compensate.
We have no idea how long the postal disruptions may be so if you missed getting a paper and are comfortable with an internet version in the interim, please email us a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Sylvia Maloney on the run
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
By Jessie Bell
Sylvia sure can run, and while pushing a grocery cart too! That’s Sylvia Maloney of Rivers, who won the grand prize in The Grocery People (TGP) $600,000 Fresh Giveaway contest. The six-week promotion began April 30 at all TGP stores (Bigway Foods and Super A Foods) and included weekly $25 gift cards and a 50-second shopping spree.
Fun times at the Carberry Fair
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
The Carberry Fair, held over the Canada Day weekend, offered lots of fun for the whole family.
Photos by John Drinkwater. Jason Falk pilots his Falk Pharmacy parade entry.
Kenton celebrates Canada Day
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
By Paulette Wiens
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It was another busy July1 in Kenton on a beautiful summer day. The day started off with a delicious pancake breakfast at Kenton Memorial Hall, catered by Kenton United Church. People registered after breakfast for the annual Kenton Lions Club car rally. During a wonderful Harding Agricultural Society deep pit barbecue pork and beef supper with all the trimmings, winners of the poker hands were announced: first, Leith Corney second, Amber Raycroft and third, Ross Jay. Winners of the questionnaire were the Robin Hill family.