Local trustee recognized for 20 years of service
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Photo courtesy of Manitoba School Boards Association. MSBA President Ken Cameron (left) presenting the award for 20 years as a school board trustee to Ray Kulbacki (right).
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Manitoba School Boards Association honoured a local long-time school board trustee at their annual convention in Winnipeg last month. On March 18, Ray Kulbacki received recognition for 20 years of service as a trustee for Beautiful Plains School Division (BPSD).
Search underway for Open Farm Day hosts
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The Neepawa Banner
Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies (MAAS) wants your farm or agriculture site to be part of the seventh annual Open Farm Day.
Brandon will be Young at Heart
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By Sheila Runions
Publicity
Brandon Rotary Club and James B. Chrisp United Commercial Travelers (UCT) have partnered to host the 34th annual 55 Plus senior provincial games in their city. The competition will be held throughout Brandon for three days in mid-June. These organizations have selected Young at Heart as the theme of their games. Because both service organizations have blue as their primary “corporate” colour, that will be the colour promoted throughout the June 14-16 competition. The title sponsor is Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MLL) so plenty of recognition will also be given this crown corporation.
Local nurse set to depart for second volunteer trip
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Submitted photo. Paula Lofamia (right) in Honduras in February of last year. She leaves for her next mission trip on April 27.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A nurse who has lived in Neepawa for the past five years is using her skills to help those less fortunate. Paula Lofamia, originally from the Philippines, is leaving for Africa at the end of the month to volunteer as an operating room (OR) nurse on a Mercy Ship. Mercy Ships is a global organization that has hospitals on ships that dock at developing countries to provide free health care services to anyone who needs it. The ship Lofamia will be aboard, the Africa Mercy, is docked at Madagascar right now and will be there until June.
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Is modern agriculture threatening traditional First Nations herbs and berries?
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By Larry Powell
Planet in Peril
They call it “The Standing Medicine People Project.”
Researchers from three reserves in south-central Manitoba, Long Plain, Swan Lake and Rolling River, have teamed up with the charity, “Food Matters Manitoba,” (FMM) to conduct the project.
Read more: Is modern agriculture threatening traditional First Nations herbs and berries?
