New funding for Gladstone arena and curling club

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Submitted photo. From left: Producers and curling club board members Jeff Mowat and Tom Otto; director of Operations for Richardson Pioneer Dundonald Devon Smith; Crop Inputs manager, Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Ryan Hyde; Area Marketing Representative, Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Brad Ginter; Norma Moore Gladstone & District Arena board members Todd Clayton and Koreen Braun; and grain merchant, Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Pamela Price. 

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On Feb. 25, the director of Operations of Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Devon Smith, presented a cheque for $15,000 to the Gladstone Curling Club and the Norma Moore Gladstone & District Arena

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Women of distinction honoured

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Photo by John Drinkwater. YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Gala winners: Standing left: Heather Day of Brandon, Robin Chant of Brandon, Pat Orsak of Binscarth, Deborah Tacan of Brandon, Marcia Hamm-Wiebe of Brandon. Sitting left: Naomi Forman of Brandon, Ayla Hamilton of Russell, Bea Jolly of Brandon, Shawna Philpott of Brandon.

By John Drinkwater

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More than 400 people attended the 29th YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Gala held March 3, at the U.C.T. Pavilion, Keystone Centre. Emma Gray, a Grade 12 student from Erickson Collegiate was a nominee in the Young Women 16-21 category.

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Redevelopment plan in the works

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Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. Last week, crews from WinMar were cleaning up water damage to a building located at 244 Hamilton St., in Neepawa.  On Monday, the property went up for mortgage sale.

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

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With no buyer coming forward at the mortgage auction, Naseer Chaudhry’s plans for the redevelopment of the property at 244 Hamilton St. in Neepawa continue to inch forward. The auction was held on March 7 as part of the foreclosure process. Through his Winnipeg-based finance and insurance company, Centum Above All Financial, Chaudhry is the second mortgage holder on the property.

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New classes as Manitoba Plowing Days return to Carberry

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The Manitoba Plowing Association is bringing its Manitoba Plowing Days back to the Carberry Plains Oct. 1 and 2. Along with the regular horse classes of Junior (competitors 15 years and under), senior sulky, walking plow and modified plow, we are expanding our novice sulky class to encourage new competitors to come and try the sport. 

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Gladstone Kinsmen Club to hold a “Great Chili Cookoff”

By Kira Paterson

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The Gladstone Kinsmen Club is holding a fundraiser for William Morton Collegiate Institute (WMCI) that will give local ‘chefs’ a chance to show off their favourite chili recipes. On March 17 at 5:30 pm in the WMCI gym, the club will host a “Great Chili Cookoff”. 

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