Elton Collegiate student award winners

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Tiffany Barsness: Wesley and Harriet Pentland Memorial Award.

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Seniors recess for summer

By Myrtle Wooldridge
Secretary

Nineteen members of Rivers 50+ Club met on June 18 for the last meeting before summer break; our next meeting is Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. President Ken Young welcomed members and the meeting opened with the singing of O Canada.

Correspondence from Rivers Collegiate requested sponsoring an award; we agreed to donate $100 to an undergraduate with criteria being the same as in previous years.

 

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Canada’s largest conservation agreement signed

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner

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Hundreds of years ago, buffalo grazed the area known as Big Grass Marsh. Now, with the signing of Canada’s largest conservation agreement, the land will remain in its natural state for now and into the future. 

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Rate supporters attend meeting

By Sheila Runions

Banner Staff

Two weeks ago Rivers Banner reported 45 people attended a municipal hearing regarding the proposed water rate increases. The newspaper encouraged more citizens to attend the Public Utilities Board (PUB) meeting on June 15, also held to discuss the rate proposal; 57 people showed up. 

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Cardale Church celebrates centennial

By Sheila Runions

Banner Staff

According to Footprints & Chalk Dust, the history book of the 1981 Cardale Reunion Committee, it was in 1915 that pioneers of Cardale Methodist Church agreed to build a permanent place for worship. They had previously been meeting in Cardale (founded in the late 1880s) hall but by November 1915 their beautiful brick structure was built and ready for  use. When Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian congregations agreed to amalgamate in June 1925, United Church of Canada was born.

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