Rural Council Clips - Feb. 10, 2016

Council Clips

RM of Oakview - Jan. 12: Costs for the primary care facility in Minnedosa were discussed as well as financing and funding; a per capita levy was discussed. The building committee reported on repairs that are required for the Ward 2 machine shop. Cellphone boosters for Rapid City were discussed. Councillor Gavin Reynolds updated Council on repairs required for Rapid City rink.

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Libraries are more than just reference books and newspapers

Submitted Article

The Neepawa Press

Are you a one-book-at-a-time reader? Or do you like to have more than one book on the go – maybe one for each room in the house?  No matter how we read, it’s important to remember our good fortune to have access to almost any type of reading material that we desire.

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Hound of the Baskervilles delights Neepawa audience

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Photo courtesy Manitoba Theatre Centre.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC) made a stop in Neepawa on Feb. 4 as part of their regional tour. The performance was included in the Kaleidoscope concert series this season. The traveling acting troupe put on a production of Hound of the Baskervilles, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that was adapted to a comedy play. 

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Looking back - 1966: Cattle roamed the streets pursued by would-be cowboys

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Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman Archives. 80 years ago, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1936: Roxy Theatre manager Claire Falils announced that he would be leaving the theatre.  

By Cecil Pittman

The Neepawa Press

80 years ago Tuesday, February 11, 1936

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New home needed for Riverdale Harvest

By Sharlette Paddock

 

Submitted Article

 

It looks like we are going to be busy! For many years RM of Daly allowed us the privilege of using their basement as the storage and dispensing site for Riverdale Harvest.

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