Teenager committed to sport of rodeo

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Photo by Darrell Nesbitt

By Darrell Nesbitt

Crossroads This Week

Looking for a little more action than a small town fair provided, and seeing how much fun fellow Neepawa Area Collegiate students were having prompted an Arden teenager to become a high school rodeo athlete. The quest to be as good as a competitor that circumstances allowed, Holly Madsen’s goals in the horsemanship world all began when she got her first pony as a four-year-old child.

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Steady progress on additional school facilities in Neepawa

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

The Beautiful Plains School Division remains hopeful that it’s moving closer to the goal of building a new middle school in Neepawa. Beautiful Plains recently completed a revised capital plan and sent that information to the Public Schools Finance Board, which is in charge of providing funding support to school divisions across Manitoba.

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Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op posts record year in 2014

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

Last year was a good year for the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op, which held its AGM on April 16. In what was the organization’s 86th year in business, the Co-op reached an all-time record, posting sales totalling $71.3 million and local savings, the profits generated before patronage payments from Federated Co-operatives Limited, of $1.1 million. General manager Brian Hedley noted that strong results were seen across divisions.

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Preparations underway for Neepawa Fair

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

The fun and thrills of carnival games, cotton candy and midway rides return to the region later this month, as the Chamber of Commerce is bringing back the Neepawa Fair.  

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Roe heading to national competition

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By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

This coming August, Grade 8 NACI student Kaylyn Roe will be headed to Toronto for the Miss Teenage Canada pageant.  Roe secured her ticket to the competition by placing second in the Miss Teenage Canada Regional Competition on April 19 in Winnipeg.

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