Local trustee recognized for 20 years of service
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Photo courtesy of Manitoba School Boards Association. MSBA President Ken Cameron (left) presenting the award for 20 years as a school board trustee to Ray Kulbacki (right).
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Manitoba School Boards Association honoured a local long-time school board trustee at their annual convention in Winnipeg last month. On March 18, Ray Kulbacki received recognition for 20 years of service as a trustee for Beautiful Plains School Division (BPSD).
Local nurse set to depart for second volunteer trip
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Submitted photo. Paula Lofamia (right) in Honduras in February of last year. She leaves for her next mission trip on April 27.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A nurse who has lived in Neepawa for the past five years is using her skills to help those less fortunate. Paula Lofamia, originally from the Philippines, is leaving for Africa at the end of the month to volunteer as an operating room (OR) nurse on a Mercy Ship. Mercy Ships is a global organization that has hospitals on ships that dock at developing countries to provide free health care services to anyone who needs it. The ship Lofamia will be aboard, the Africa Mercy, is docked at Madagascar right now and will be there until June.
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Riding Mountain constituency candidates questioned, give comments
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By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
A provincial election is set for Manitoba on Tuesday, April 19 and on Tuesday, April 5, Rapid City’s chamber of commerce hosted a candidate’s evening. The Green Party accepted Mark Olenick’s registration on March 25 so considering he had only 10 days to prepare vs. three months the Liberal and PC candidates have had, he provided excellent answers. The atmosphere was positive, due in part to the NDP candidate of Winnipeg being unable to attend. Approximately 65 people attended the two hour debate.
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Corn for profit in western Manitoba
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Photo by John Dietz. Roland Unger’s corn fields in Arden, last June.
Submitted by John Dietz
The Neepawa Banner
MacGregor, Arden, Cypress River, Boissevain, small towns in western Manitoba, have something else in common. This year, a local farmer at each location was one of the top 10 in the 45th annual Manitoba Corn Growers Association (MCGA) yield competition.
