Rivers Legion news - Mar. 17
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- Published on Sunday, March 18, 2018
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By Warren Smallwood
The regular quarterly meeting of Rivers Legion was held with nine members present. All business conducted at the previous executive meetings was explained and discussed. Three new members, Darren Howarth, Jen Howarth and Deb Webster were sworn in and welcomed.
Sweet aroma will waft over McCreary festival
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- Published on Sunday, March 18, 2018
Micah Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Maple syrup is a staple Canadian food, or so we say eh? On Apr. 13 and 14, the McCreary Maple Syrup Festival will take place at the community centre and the golf course. Both locations will have live bands performing.
April 13, is a very big day for books in Neepawa
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- Published on Sunday, March 18, 2018
Micah Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Rotary Club of Neepawa will be holding a used book sale this spring as a club fund raiser. Rotary is now accepting donations of used books at several locations around town. Locations of the book collections bins are at Gill & Schmall, Royal Bank, Home Hardware, Coop Grocery Store, and ArtsForward.
An iron clad trail
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- Published on Saturday, March 17, 2018
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James Aitken Waddell about 1905 on his wedding day with Ann Kennedy Miller. He and their four sons moved to Canada from Scotland in 1912. Throat cancer, caused, in part, by foundry dust took his life a little over 20 years later.
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
They say a trait will ”run in the family” and it seems to be true for young Micah Waddell, a 21 year old aspiring metal worker. Way back, nearly 200 years ago a man named George Waddell was born in 1831 at Larbert, Sterlingshire. He was likely the son of an iron worker as his occupation is listed in a later census as an Iron Furnace Keeper.
Victoria’s Quilts Canada: The Neepawa Chapter
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- Published on Saturday, March 17, 2018
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
The inspiration for the Victoria’s Quilts Canada (VQC) came from a woman named Victoria Ann Morrison who was best friends with Deborah Rogers, the founder of Victoria’s Quilts in the United States. Victoria Ann Morrison was a cancer patient and one of the comments she made about her chemotherapy was that she got cold while laying in the treatment facility waiting for the infusion to be over.
