Lily Nook hopes to get gardeners ‘hooked on lilies’
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- Published on Thursday, July 28, 2016
Photo by Kira Paterson. After explaining the hybridizing process, Nigel Strohman took the groups to his seedling garden to show them his own hybrids and give the gardeners an idea of what they might get out of breeding their flowers.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Last Thursday, Friday and Sunday gave amateur green thumbs a chance to grow lilies like a professional. Nigel Strohman, of the Lily Nook in Neepawa, held a free lily hybridizing course on each of those three days during the Lily Nook’s annual Lily Daze.
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‘Around here, it’s all about the animals’
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- Published on Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Photo by Kira Paterson. Don Winthrop with his baby goats.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
When it comes to good stories, Don Winthrop has an abundance to share that will warm anyone’s heart. Winthrop runs a small animal farm that he takes to community events as a children’s attraction and he sees new reactions every time.
My Neepawa - Grackle
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- Published on Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Photo by Larry Powell. A common grackle on a lawn in Neepawa.
Looking back - 1976: “The Golden Jet” visits Big Valley Ranch
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- Published on Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Photo courtesy of Larry Evans. 40 years ago; Thursday, July 22, 1976: Bobby Hull, Winnipeg Jets captain, attended the official ceremonies for Big Valley Guest Ranch.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, July 24, 1936
Keith Ralph, who was the only one of a group of Neepawa young people who wrote the civil service examinations here recently to pass them, received a telegram this week to report for duty in Ottawa next Monday. He will be employed in the department engaged in census recording.
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RCMP Musical Ride comes to Neepawa
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- Published on Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Photos by John Drinkwater. Supported by the Neepawa Rotary Club, the RCMP Musical Ride visited Neepawa on Tuesday, July 19. Thirty-two riders and horses put on a thrilling performance despite high temperatures and humidity. Just under $12,000 was raised at the gate with over 1,500 attending.
Left: Filipino dancers provided pre-ride entertainment. Right: Leyton Bennet, piper with the Winnipeg based Lord Selkirk Robert Fraser Memorial Pipes & Drums, entertaining Musical Ride spectators.
RCMP Musical Ride in motion.
