My perspective: From small beginnings
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By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Banner
For much of the last year, in the Neepawa Press, we have been publishing a series of stories called “Where are they now?”. The stories are by Rick Sparling, a local sports historian who has published two books about Neepawa’s hockey history: The History of Public School Hockey in Neepawa and Amateur Hockey in Neepawa— A Scrapbook. For those outside the Press’ circulation area, or who haven’t read the articles on www.myWestman.ca, Sparling catches up with the players whose teams were featured in his books to find out what they went on to do with their lives.
Right in the Centre: The connection between truth and consequences
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By Ken Waddell
The Banner
Political and economic commentators in the United States are saying that the U.S. economy is not growing, and will not grow, at the rates it used to grow in the 1950s. They say that the former growth rate was in the four to five per cent range and now it’s just below two per cent range. They say population growth and economic growth are linked. That seems believable. If a community or a country doesn’t have enough people, jobs can’t all be filled, opportunities can’t all be met, resources can’t be developed. When that happens, communities and countries start looking at ways to bring in more people. In times past, governments offered baby bonus cheques. In Canada, that became child allowance and now I guess it’s called child tax credits. In early Quebec, the King of France and the Quebec colony leaders strongly encouraged immigration of women so the men could become husbands and fathers, then the villages could grow in size.
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Four ‘R’s: Reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmetic and Rotary
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Ron Nordstrom with some of the Grade 5 and Grade 6 students at Joya Verde School. Nordstrom spent 28 days at the Guatemalan school as part of a Rotary Vocational Training Team, helping improve the skills of the school’s teachers. (submitted photo)
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
He may have been over 5,000 km from home, but Ron Nordstrom found a little piece of Canada nestled in a Guatemalan valley. For 28 days, Nordstrom, a retired teacher from Neepawa, had a once in a lifetime experience working with students and teachers at Joya Verde School, located in a Guatemalan village.
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Neepawa’s budget details unveiled
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- Published on Thursday, April 27, 2017
On Tuesday, Apr. 18, the Town of Neepawa’s 2017 financial plan were made public. (photo by Eoin Devereux)
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press
The Town of Neepawa has decided to go on a major spending spree with its new budget. Fortunately, local ratepayers, for the most part, won’t be the ones asked to pay that bill. On Tuesday, Apr. 18, the Town Council unveiled details for its 2017 financial plan, which has allocated $8,402,475.69 towards the general operating fund and $12,755,978.51 to the utility operating fund.