Snowmobile accident claims a life
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- Published on Wednesday, March 14, 2018
By Sheila Runions
Rivers Banner
An accident some nine miles southeast of Rivers claimed the life of Marty Ramsey of Oak River. Police officers, fire department members and fellow snowmobilers met on Sunday, Mar. 11 at 5:00 p.m. at the scene of the very unhappy event.
Less interest in second round
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- Published on Wednesday, March 14, 2018
By Sheila Runions
Rivers Banner
Last November, Riverdale Municipality held an informational meeting to hear from ratepayers their questions and concerns regarding a new police services bylaw council proposed. More than 75 people attended that public hearing, so council set 117 chairs in Rivers Legion Hall for a follow-up meeting on Feb. 27; only 16 people plus council and WCG-TV/newspaper reporters attended.
Looking Back - 1988: Evans Lanes “pins over average” tournament
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- Published on Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Tuesday, March 8, 1938
The local Pee Wee hockey team travelled to Gladstone on Saturday to put on an exhibition game at the carnival held there that night. The boys had a glorious outing and came home victorious winning 4-2. Raymond Baroni was the scoring star on the local squad, being responsible for three counters, while Lloyd Whiteman made the fourth click.
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Science students saving soup
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- Published on Monday, March 12, 2018
By Quinn Hrabok
Submitted
We are the Grade 12 IDS (Interdisciplinary Studies in Science) class at Rivers Collegiate and we are planning to organize a food drive. Our goal during this project is to collect a boat load of food for Riverdale Harvest. The Grade 10 outdoor ed class will also be assisting us in the collection of non-perishable food items.
Homebodies - We do make a difference
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- Published on Saturday, March 10, 2018
Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
A conversation with a good friend started a deeper introspection of one of the theories I embrace. You know the old illustration used to remind us that none of us are indispensable; place your hand in a body of water, remove, and see that all is the same even without your presence? I don’t agree. The moment my/your hand touches the water there is an irreversible change in the liquid. Hence, no matter how brief our presence is in any given situation, we have generated a change.
