Royalty in Westman
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- Published on Saturday, March 12, 2016
By Courtney Newton
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Loosely based on The Princess and the Pea fairy tale, Strathclair Drama Club’s upcoming production of Once Upon a Mattress is sure to tickle your funny bone and entertain both the young and young at heart! This year’s cast of 36 is one of the smaller ones in recent memory, but they are making up for their size in talent and enthusiasm. Andrea Playter of Minnedosa has taken on the role of Queen Aggravian, an overbearing and controlling woman in search of a suitable bride for her son, Prince Dauntless. Her husband King Sextimus, played by Cardale’s Terry Radcliffe, is a man of few words, but if you watch closely you will understand what he is trying to get across. Their simple-minded son Prince Dauntless, played by Josh Butler of Minnedosa, desperately wants to get married; the queen has decreed no one in the kingdom may marry until her son does.
New funding for Gladstone arena and curling club
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- Published on Friday, March 11, 2016
Submitted photo. From left: Producers and curling club board members Jeff Mowat and Tom Otto; director of Operations for Richardson Pioneer Dundonald Devon Smith; Crop Inputs manager, Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Ryan Hyde; Area Marketing Representative, Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Brad Ginter; Norma Moore Gladstone & District Arena board members Todd Clayton and Koreen Braun; and grain merchant, Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Pamela Price.
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The Neepawa Banner
On Feb. 25, the director of Operations of Richardson Pioneer Dundonald, Devon Smith, presented a cheque for $15,000 to the Gladstone Curling Club and the Norma Moore Gladstone & District Arena
Women of distinction honoured
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Photo by John Drinkwater. YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Gala winners: Standing left: Heather Day of Brandon, Robin Chant of Brandon, Pat Orsak of Binscarth, Deborah Tacan of Brandon, Marcia Hamm-Wiebe of Brandon. Sitting left: Naomi Forman of Brandon, Ayla Hamilton of Russell, Bea Jolly of Brandon, Shawna Philpott of Brandon.
By John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
More than 400 people attended the 29th YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Gala held March 3, at the U.C.T. Pavilion, Keystone Centre. Emma Gray, a Grade 12 student from Erickson Collegiate was a nominee in the Young Women 16-21 category.
Redevelopment plan in the works
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Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. Last week, crews from WinMar were cleaning up water damage to a building located at 244 Hamilton St., in Neepawa. On Monday, the property went up for mortgage sale.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
With no buyer coming forward at the mortgage auction, Naseer Chaudhry’s plans for the redevelopment of the property at 244 Hamilton St. in Neepawa continue to inch forward. The auction was held on March 7 as part of the foreclosure process. Through his Winnipeg-based finance and insurance company, Centum Above All Financial, Chaudhry is the second mortgage holder on the property.
New classes as Manitoba Plowing Days return to Carberry
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The Neepawa Banner
The Manitoba Plowing Association is bringing its Manitoba Plowing Days back to the Carberry Plains Oct. 1 and 2. Along with the regular horse classes of Junior (competitors 15 years and under), senior sulky, walking plow and modified plow, we are expanding our novice sulky class to encourage new competitors to come and try the sport.
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