Homebodies - A reminder of the world
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- Published on Sunday, July 10, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
Summer is off to a great start. Spent a week in Winnipeg with my sister from Australia and her grandson, a fine young man of 16. Side trips out to Steinbach Mennonite Museum, the Pembina Hills and Lower Fort Gary. (Special event there- I presided at the wedding of my oldest niece and her beloved, am now an accredited marriage commissioner, just in case I have too much free time!) Once again toured the Museum of Human Rights, the Forks and bookstores. All in all, it was a well rounded holiday.
Observation July 8, 2016
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- Published on Saturday, July 9, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
School is out! It is strange not to hear the children playing on the school’s playground. The parking lot at the high school is empty. Graduations have taken place.
Faithfully yours - It takes a little sanctified blindness
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- Published on Saturday, July 9, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
In the mid 19th century, philosophers like John Stuart Mill introduced the world to the concept of a just society. A just society, they argued, was a society of which three things are true.
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My Perspective - Consumer power 2.0
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
There’s a farmer in New Jersey who posts videos to YouTube. A hay producer, his videos usually include reviews and demos of equipment and clips of him farming or fixing things. His channel, onelonelyfarmer, has over 57,000 subscribers and over 34 million views.
Right in the centre - Decisions, decisions
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- Published on Thursday, July 7, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
This quiet summer morning it’s difficult to write a column as an old saying is hanging over our heads. The saying goes something like this, “We can handle adversity, it’s uncertainty that drives us crazy.”
