Flippin' good meal
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
By Jessie Bell
St. James’ Anglican Church’s annual pancake and sausage supper was held Tuesday, Feb. 9. It was enjoyed by a large attendance of people, including little ones and a two-week old baby girl, new daughter of Chris and Sarah Belcher (nee Frank).
Volunteer vies for votes to make donation
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
Submitted photo. Janice Meadows will be volunteering at this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. She hopes to be the lucky volunteer chosen to make a $10,000 donation to charity.
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Janice Meadows quite literally grew up golfing.
“My parents, Allen and Elaine Campbell, owned Riverview Golf Course east of Brandon back in the 1960s/early ‘70s, so I grew up with golf right out the back door. Our whole family — Mom, Dad, my brothers and I, and even my grandma — were involved either looking after the clubhouse, mowing grass or raking sand greens. Almost 50 years later, I am still involved in the sport.
Right in the centre - Matching the market
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The fate of newspapers is a much discussed topic these days. Strangely enough, it’s debated mostly in newspapers, which is ironic on two fronts. Why is the topic in the papers so often if, as many say, newspapers are sliding away? Second, why do newspapers concentrate so much on their own demise?
Logan Enns wins boxing debut
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
Photo courtesy of Bruce Bumstead/Brandon Sun. Logan Enns (in blue), of Boxe Neepawa, ended up the victor in a closely contested boxing match in Brandon on Feb. 13.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The bright lights and big crowds of a major boxing card did not intimidate Logan Enns of Boxe Neepawa. The 15-year-old recently competed in his first amateur boxing match, at the Brandon Boxing Club’s winter fight card dubbed ‘Love…is in the Air’. Logan would leave the ring on Saturday, Feb. 13, with a split decision victory over a Brandon boxer.
