Royal reception for Rivers residents
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- Published on Saturday, April 30, 2016
By Sheila Runions
Banner staff
In mid-February Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon announced her plan to host a birthday party on April 21, the day Queen Elizabeth turned 90. The Queen’s representative in Manitoba invited people born in 1926 to contact her office to express their interest in attending the afternoon party at Government House. Filmon was prepared to invite the first 60 people (and one guest) who responded but her office was so overwhelmed with applications that a morning tea party was held as well. Each party had 150 people and even then, people were turned away because the House could seat no more. Among the guests who attended the afternoon affair were Rivers’ own Georgina Bollman and Bertha Shelvey, who moved to Brandon after living in Rivers for 22 years (1989-2011).
McCreary goes Mediterranean
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- Published on Friday, April 29, 2016
Submitted photo. The McCreary Travel Club, consisting of eight students, two teachers and five adults, took a 10 day tour of Greece and Italy, including a stop at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, where this picutre was taken.
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The McCreary Travel Club
Nearly two years ago, a group of students, parents and school staff gathered together in McCreary School to discussed potential destinations for their second community trip. The choice that was made proved to exceed the expectations of all of those who went on the trip. An excited group of 15, including students, educators and adults, signed up for a trip of a lifetime to various destinations in Italy and Greece.
‘Something I’ll remember for the rest of my life’
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- Published on Friday, April 29, 2016
Photo by Eoin Devereux. Sarah McCauley and Dan Nicksy stopped in Neepawa as part of their walk across Canada.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Earlier this week, Neepawa was a quick rest stop for a fascinating journey of self discovery and the search for what it is to be Canadian. Sarah McCauley of Toronto, along with her traveling companion Dan Nicksy, arrived in town as they continued their cross-Canada walk.
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Baseball/fast-pitch seasons begin for NACI Tigers
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- Published on Friday, April 29, 2016
Photos by Eoin Devereux. Left: The NACI Tigers baseball team (in black) playing the William Morton Warriors (in green). Right: The Neepawa Tigers fast-pitch team (in black) also played William Morton (in green) on Tuesday, April 26.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Neepawa Tigers varsity baseball and fast-pitch teams have each started the Zone Seven regular seasons with victories on Tuesday, Apr. 26, though they earned those W’s in very different ways. The girls team cruised to a comfortable 16-5 win over the William Morton (Gladstone) Warriors, while the boy’s side had to sweat out a dramatic 12-11 come from behind victory over the Warriors.
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