A brand new playground for Glenella School
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- Published on Thursday, June 9, 2016
Photo by Kira Paterson. Grade 11 students Britney McFayden (far left) and Hannah Ginter (far right) held the ribbon for the cutters. Between them, from left: Tammy Dafoe, chair of the playground committee; Paul McDonald, principal of Glenella School; Trena Mitchler of Glenella Nursery School; Ginny Collins of BPCF; Richard Funk, for the RM of Glenella-Lansdowne; Debbie Rusk of Blue Imp; and Gordon Wilson, for Turtle River School Division.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
After four years of fundraising and planning, Glenella School has a brand new play structure. They had the official ribbon cutting to unveil the new structure on Tuesday, June 7.
Lemonade stand a huge success
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- Published on Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Grade 1-2 students. Rivers Elementary
The weather might not have co-operated on our original date, but we were lucky to have a nice day on Friday, June 3 to hold our lemonade and cookie sale. The sale was awesome and many students, parents and community members came out to enjoy a cup of lemonade and a cookie.
Major road projects planned for Riding Mountain
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- Published on Wednesday, June 8, 2016
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Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt
The new Progressive Conservative government will work to improve infrastructure in Manitoba this summer, including several major projects in the Riding Mountain constituency.
Kenton News - June 8 ,2016
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- Published on Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Kenton News
By Paulette Wiens
On Friday, June 3 Kenton’s only remaining Second World War veteran Jack Houston celebrated his 93rd birthday at the legion clubroom with family and friends; refreshments were served by the ladies auxiliary.
Canoeing for comrades
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- Published on Wednesday, June 8, 2016
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
On April Fool’s Day Mike Ranta of Atikokan, Ont. began a cross-country trip he expects will take six months to complete. According to posts on mikeranta.ca, he started April 1 at dawn “at the ocean’s edge at Fisherman's Memorial, Steveston, BC. Heading up the Frazer River, Mike is aiming to set a speed record on his 2016 journey… faster and farther than any person in history. This epic journey will be accomplished when Mike [lands] at Dominion Beach, Cape Breton, N.S.”
