Right in the Centre - Bored?
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- Published on Friday, March 24, 2023
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.
Right in the centre - Waddell family history
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- Published on Friday, March 17, 2023
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.
Right in the Centre -It's become personal!
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- Published on Friday, March 10, 2023
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.
Right in the centre - Keystone Party trying to feed hunger for change
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- Published on Friday, March 3, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Manitoba is about to experience a fifth political party. Only three parties, the Progressive Conservatives, the NDP and the Liberals have seats in the Manitoba legislature. The Green Party doesn’t have a seat and as far as I can remember, it never has. There are a number of other parties that can, at best be called fringe parties but party number five, the Keystone Party, may be a force to be reckoned with starting this year.
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Right in the Centre - Trudeau's missed opportunity for unity
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- Published on Friday, February 24, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Like a lot of people, I read a lot of stories, especially news stories. I am always surprised and annoyed by the holes in the stories, the big gaping holes that just don’t make sense. Last year, as the Freedom Convoy was pulling into Ottawa after many days on the road, it was big news. Everybody knew it was happening, nobody was caught off guard or shocked. Well, except our Prime Minister and the Ottawa police service.
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