New youth curling program underway
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- Published on Thursday, November 12, 2015
Submitted photo. A new six week session for young curlers was met with much enthusiasm. Twenty-two youth have signed up for the program.
Article submitted by Christine and Hans Pedersen
The Neepawa Banner
Parents and volunteer members of the Neepawa Curling Club advertised a six week session for youth, aged eight to 16, who were interested in learning to curl or interested in enhancing their curling skills.
Library archives are growing
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- Published on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
By Sherri Dziver
Librarian
Last year Prairie Crocus Regional Library was the recipient of a grant from Rivers & Area Community Foundation to begin an archival materials project. The goal of this project is to organize and preserve the history of Rivers and our community. To this end, a room in the library (upstairs) has been reserved as the place where our history will be preserved, organized and available for the public to view.
Legion news - Branch No. 75: Nov 11, 2015
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- Published on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
By Warren Smallwood
Publicity
The Nov. 9 meeting of Rivers Legion was called to order by Comrade Darryl Childerhose at 1930 hours; 12 members were present. Much of the meeting was taken up with a final review of the Remembrance Day services. Besides the main service on Nov. 11, a number of members will be involved in three services on Nov. 10. The Rivers Collegiate service is at 10:30 a.m., Riverdale Personal Care Home at 1 p.m. and the final one is at Rivers Elementary School at 2:20 p.m.
Cops Corner - Nov. 10, 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
By Bruce Klassen
River Police Chief
Rivers Police Service had 57 calls in October; eight of them were in the Criminal Code category. There were two thefts under $5,000 (24 to date in 2015), three properties damaged (13), one fraud (22) and two various other crimes such as breaches, public mischief, harassing phone calls, etc. (19). In total to date there have been 88 Criminal Code cases in 2015 which include four sexual offences, four assaults, one other violent crime (extortion, threats, etc.) and one break and enter.
Helping newcomers on the path towards citizenship
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- Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2015
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Because of the influx in immigrant workers in Neepawa, Neepawa and Area Settlement Services (NAISS) has been very busy lately. Don Walmsley, coordinator at NAISS, estimated that about one quarter of Neepawa’s population is new immigrants.
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