Giving children their first taste of cooking
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- Published on Thursday, October 13, 2016
By Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner
A program called Kids in the Kitchen is cultivating culinary passion in children, with the help of the Town of Neepawa. The program is debuting later this fall, with two separate sessions for different age groups of children.
PD Day program promotes physical literacy for children
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- Published on Thursday, October 13, 2016
By Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner
The Town of Neepawa is partnering with Sport Manitoba to teach children all about physical literacy during the PD Day Program at Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) and the Hazel M. Kellington (HMK).
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National recognition for Neepawa business woman
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- Published on Thursday, October 13, 2016
Photos by Tony Eu. Representatives from the Neepawa RBC branch gave Michelle Gerrard a bouquet of flowers to celebrate her being chosen as a finalist for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards. Left to right: Shelby Howard (RBC financial advisor), Kerri MacPherson (RBC branch manager), Michelle Gerrard (owner of Neepawa Home Hardware Building Centre) and Scott Dyke (RBC financial planner).
By Tony Eu
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Michelle Gerrard of Neepawa is receiving national attention for her business acumen. As of Oct. 4, Gerrard, the owner of Neepawa’s Home Hardware, is a finalist in the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneurship Awards. Presented by Women of Influence, the awards are designed to celebrate the achievements of some of the most successful female Canadian entrepreneurs. The award program has been running for 24 years, acknowledging over 135 Canadian women.
Fire devastates Gladstone business
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- Published on Thursday, October 13, 2016
Photos by Penny Rogers.
A charter member of the discipline club
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- Published on Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. Hamilton St. east in the 1950s.
By Rick Sparling
Neepawa Press
This is part three in a three part series about the places we loved growing up in Neepawa. It’s not just from my generation, but also from those younger and older.
One other activity we had was rabbit hunting. There was many a bush on the outskirts of town and these bushes were generally full of rabbits.
There was a bounty on them and you could get 10 cents a rabbit from Mr. Ryerson, who had a mink ranch located where Bob Birnie's house now sits, across from the #1 hole at the Neepawa Golf & Country Club. Most of the kids owned a .22 rifle and would go out hunting a couple of times a week. Barry Deveson, a member of The Junior Rifle Club, formed a group of hunters called “The Scared Rabbit gang.” I’m sure these creatures shuddered when ‘the gang’ was on the way. Some of the members were Ed Fearns, Bob Birnie, Dennis Foley and Ron Kleven, all brandishing .22 caliber rifles.
