Town honours its past
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
By Jessie Bell
The hamlet of Harding has a remarkable collection of cairns and plaques to remember its ancestors. One of the most interesting is Harding Community Center. The centre was once a church (Methodist and then United), built in 1893 at the north end of the town. Due to larger farms, rural depopulation and declining interest, it became vacant and was closed around 1967-68. Since Harding Agricultural Society needed more accommodation at fair time, the building was moved to the town’s southwest entrance, at the fairgrounds, in 1999. It was set on a cement slab, with crawl space to allow room for a furnace. It became Harding Community Center and has since been refurbished inside and out, insulated for the first time, has new wiring, plumbing, air conditioning and an exterior wheelchair ramp.
Postal disruptions and paper delivery
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
Due to the impending strike/lockout at Canada Post some rural lock box locations could not get their July 8 Neepawa Banner. This amounted to about five per cent of our papers.
We have placed extra copies of the Neepawa Banner at our drop off locations in Neepawa to help compensate.
We have no idea how long the postal disruptions may be so if you missed getting a paper and are comfortable with an internet version in the interim, please email us a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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River Comets top Cubs, tie Cardinals
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
By Justin Froese
On June 23, Ryan Shaw took the hill in a game against Canadian Tire Cardinals. After the teams exchanged early runs, the pitchers took over and deadlocked in a 3-3 final score. Shaw went seven strong innings, striking out six Cardinal batters. Darren Whelpton had an RBI double for the Comets at the plate.
Rivers Police: Mid-year statistics
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
By Bruce Klassen
Chief
Rivers Police Service had 44 calls for service in June, giving us a six-month total of 423 files so far in 2016 or an average of 70 cases each month, meaning June was relatively quiet.
