Right in the centre - Those problem people

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Easter is a wonderful time of year. Spring is coming soon. Gardens will be planted, crops seeded, cattle will soon be out on the pasture. Summer awaits us all. Easter is when we are reminded that God made us all, the world and everything in it. Easter is when we are reminded that God sent Jesus as our Saviour.

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Right in the centre - New parties need to read history

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Canadians history is well seeded with new political parties. Most haven’t gained enough traction to even be in most peoples’ memory banks. Occasionally, a new party emerges and gains enough support to actually elect some members.

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Right in the Centre - Bored?

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Every parent has heard their kids state, “I’m bored!”


In my parents’ home and in ours, young people quickly learned to not say those two words. There was always another job awaiting idle hands and minds.

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Right in the centre - Waddell family history

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

This column is a departure from the usual but hopefully readers will find it of interest. In 1987, after the death of my father, John Miller Waddell, and having lost my mother in 1986, I inherited a typical family treasure, a shoe box of pictures. For several agonizing nights I poured over the pictures. What I had to start with is about 100 years of family history. With the help of friends who worked in the local archives office, I have also been able to trace the family back to 1831 in Scotland with a fair amount of assurance of accuracy. 

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Right in the Centre -It's become personal!

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

The care of our elderly has a long history at Neepawa and I will endeavour to try to accurately outline the events over the past 50 or so years.

First though, let it be said that there are many, many very dedicated hard working people in the health care field who work far harder than many of us can or want to in order to bring daily, competent care to our elderly. That is a marvellous and wonderful thing that we all need to be thankful for.

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