Thumbs up - To keeping it clean
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- Published on Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Submitted by Clay and Linda Hainstock
The Neepawa Press
A thumbs up to the Town of Neepawa employees. They were at our place the next morning at 8 o'clock to remove the tree that had fallen onto Hamilton street in front of our home [following last Wednesday night’s storm].
Homebodies - Adventures in my new home…
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- Published on Sunday, August 7, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
It didn’t take but a heart beat for me to feel at home in this ‘new to me’ house. But, and there is always is a but, there have been a few adventures. The most major one occurred with the washing machine.
Observation Aug. 5
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- Published on Saturday, August 6, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
The busyness and excitement of our yearly rodeo weekend is over and now I can reflect on the two weeks I was away from home. I traveled back and forth to B.C., some by bus, some by plane and also rode with my children by car.
Faithfully yours - Lessons from Dallas and Baton Rouge, Part Two
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- Published on Saturday, August 6, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
In last week’s column, I shared some thoughts on the first of three things that must be present if we are to have a legal system in which everyone is granted equal justice under the law.
Read more: Faithfully yours - Lessons from Dallas and Baton Rouge, Part Two
Right in the centre - War machines of a different sort
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- Published on Friday, August 5, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Watching the world record threshing event on July 31 brought a flood of memories and thoughts to mind. I was only 10 years old or less when the neighbour’s threshing machine was retired. We never owned one and many farmers never did own their own threshing machine. One farmer, or a group of farmers, might have a machine and it would do double duty or more on several farms in a district. Through a small boy’s eyes, these machines were a source of wonder and mystery. They looked huge and for their day, they were big. They were a strange contraption of pulleys, gears, belts and spouts.
Read more: Right in the centre - War machines of a different sort
