Where are they now? 1956-57 & 57-58 cheerleaders
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- Published on Tuesday, January 31, 2017
By Rick Sparling
The Neepawa Press
Edna Sinclair attended Teacher's School after graduating from NACI and taught school for two years before taking on a secretarial job with Simplot in Brandon. She worked at Simplot for 33 years. She married Rod Klecknor in 1969 and both of them retired in 1999. They moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta in 2005, where they currently reside. Edna has two step-childen, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Looking back - 1967: Tom-Boy Store is open for business
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- Published on Tuesday, January 31, 2017
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
70 years ago. Thursday, Feb.6, 1947: A delegation composed of W.A. Howden, D.M.D. Geroge Rey and C. T. Pedlar presented petitions containing 130 signatures asking the council to submit a money bylaw to the ratepayers of the town to cover the cost of construction of a modern, up-to-date, 50 bed hospital on present hospital grounds.
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Helping kids to hit the ice
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- Published on Tuesday, January 31, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
A national program has arrived in Neepawa that’s looking to get more kids playing hockey. On Saturday, Jan. 28 at the Yellowhead Hall, 29 children (16 boys - 13 girls) between the ages of 6 to 10 years old were fitted with a full set of hockey equipment as part of the Canadian Tire First Shift program.
NACI Tigers defeat Souris Sabres
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- Published on Monday, January 30, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
A pair of wins have helped the NACI Tigers hockey team climb back into the top tier of the Westman High School Hockey League standings. The Tigers first claimed a solid 3-1 win in Brandon on Thursday, Jan. 26 against the Crocus Plains Plainsmen. They followed that up the next night at home with an impressive 6-1 decision over the Souris/Reston Sabres.
