Looking back - 1996: Roof repairs cost more than expected
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- Published on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. In the 1950s, Mountain Avenue, looking north from the intersection of Hamilton St. and Mountain Ave.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, February 4, 1936
The Neepawa school board has estimated that it will require $17,000 to finance education in town for 1936.
70 years ago Thursday, February 7, 1946
It was announced the first of the week that Sgt. Gilbert Renwick, formally of Wellwood, had been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. This was the third honor to be bestowed on upon the Renwick family for exemplary service during the war. Born at Wellwood, Gilbert is the son of Mrs. E.C. Snowball, of Brandon, and had two brothers and a step-brother serving overseas. He enlisted with the Cameron’s early in the war and participated in the Dieppe raid and was taken prisoner. He married Ivy Swanson of Neepawa.
60 years ago Thursday, February 2, 1956
It may provide a lot of fun for the kids, but the seven inches of snow that blanketed Neepawa over the weekend are just one more headache for motorists who were forced to stay put over the weekend due to blocked roads. According to an official report received by the Press, 7.4 inches of snow fell in the town commencing Friday, which brought the overall total for this winter to 67.7 inches from October to January. It is believed this is a record for the town, or at least more than has fallen in several years.
50 years ago Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Reports have been received at the Neepawa Press this week concerning another influx of travelling salesmen covering the district. This time, they are apparently pedaling farm building deals and at least one district farmer got stuck. He was told by the salesman that if he bought a barn, it would qualify for the $500 Federal Home Building Incentive Grant. The grant is, of course, good only for homes, and on investigation the farmer in question found that his barn qualified for no such grant.
40 years ago Thursday, February 5, 1976
Linda Foley carried the provincial flag to lead the 64 participating curlers out onto the ice surface at the opening ceremony at the Manitoba Lassie Provincial Championships. The ceremony, followed by a social get-together at the Yellowhead Hall, kicks off a week of action that has brought the top 16 women’s rinks in the province to Neepawa to compete for the right to represent Manitoba in the Canadian Lady’s Curling Championships that will be held later in Winnipeg.
30 years ago Thursday, February 6, 1986
A total of 40 families southwest of Gladstone will lose their rural postal delivery effective March 25. According to the Zone Postmaster, the move is an economic one. “That rural route hasn’t met our criteria for several years now,” said Ron Jasper. He explained the criterion is one person per travel mile on the route in question. “That rural route has been dropping quite substantially over the past few years.”
20 years ago Monday, February 6, 1996
Repairing the roof on Neepawa’s Yellowhead Community Complex turned out to be a more expensive venture than planned. Yellowhead Community Complex fundraising committee chairman Brad Walker said the roof was budgeted at $125,000 but ended up costing twice that. “We were planning to leave the existing roof and install a new one over that,” said Walker. “But after we got up there, we found the old roof was too damaged.”
The $250,000 cost included tearing off the old roof, and the installation of a vapor barrier and liner panels along with the new roof.
10 years ago Monday, February 6, 2006
Many Neepawa and area residents have been wondering about the status of a new personal care home that has been on the books for six years, and how they are going to support it. There are still a few hurdles to overcome before the new home becomes a reality. Since 2000, the fundraising committee has been making a effort to raise the 10 per cent community portion required to have it in place prior to construction commencement. The other 90 per cent is financed by the provincial government. With the facility estimated to cost $18 million, we are looking at a community share of $1.8 million. This amount must be in place prior to the tendering of the contract. The date for that tendering is May 31, 2006.
Ed note: The project ended up costing $28 million.
