Book on Neepawa’s hockey history set to launch
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By Tony Eu
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The book, Amateur Hockey in Neepawa: A Scrapbook, was written by Rick Sparling. It contains 732 pages filled with articles, photographs, stories and anecdotes from 95 years of amateur hockey in Neepawa, starting in 1894 and continuing all the way to 1989.
Yellowhead Centre upgrades on time and on budget
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By Eoin Devereux
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After months of work, the first phase of upgrades to the Yellowhead Centre (YHC) in Neepawa have been completed. The $100,000 worth of improvements to the community owned and operated facility included the installation of new LED lighting, a de-humidifier, low-E ceiling, the painting of the arena seating and readjustment of the heating system. Yellowhead Centre director of operations Anne Kuharski said that it’s great to see how quickly this work was able to progress.
Looking back - 1956: Vienna Academy of Music top graduate has local ties
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Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman Archives. Car accidents also happened in the “good old days.”
By Cecil Pittman
Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Friday, August 14, 1936
Brandon is the next place to experiment with a salt soil stabilized road. An order for the local salt company was filled this week for several tons of salt for the work. The company has received inquiries from other centres regarding the experiment in Neepawa and if the roads stand up in Neepawa over the winter, salt roads will without doubt then become quite popular.
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Community mailbox program almost here
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Photo by Kira Paterson. One of the two new community mailboxes scheduled to be ready by August 15. Pictured is the one located beside the McLaughlin GM dealership, on the road leading to the Westcreek development.
By Kira Paterson
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Neepawa Town Council: Tuesday, August 2
The topic of community mailboxes, which had been discussed in previous meetings, was brought up again to give an update on the progress of the project. Introducing the new community boxes is meant to reduce congestion at the central post office in Neepawa and help meet the demand for new boxes.
