Rural Council Clips - July 10, 2017
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- Published on Monday, July 10, 2017
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The Rivers Banner
LUD of Rapid City, June 12: Minutes from the April 3 meeting were adopted. The service plan, as amended, to provide the following: door-to-door household garbage pick-up, sidewalk repairs, street lighting, beautification, a portion of town foreman wages, dust control, street improvements/snow removal, hiring summer students, drainage, animal control, urban renewal; throughout the entire LUD; a rate of $70 to be levied on all residences/businesses. The LUD recommends to main council to replace a headstone that was damaged by maintenance staff. Administrator Bonnie Wright will be working out of the Oak River office on Thursdays. Work started on the beach today, black dirt and sand was moved, sod is to arrive on Wednesday. The next meeting is at the call of the chair.
C.O.P. Program needs volunteers
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- Published on Monday, July 10, 2017
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Neepawa Citizens on Patrol Program
Talk around town recently, in coffee groups and social media, is prevalent with the recent increase of obscene graffiti tagging, property damage and break, enter and thefts, especially a rash of bicycle thefts.
Colour run coming to Carberry Aug. 26
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- Published on Monday, July 10, 2017
By Miranda Leybourne
The Neepawa Banner
Colour runs, in which participants gleefully throw powdered paint at one another, seem to be the latest trend for eager runners and walkers looking for a fun event to express themselves and exercise at the same time. And now, the Town of Carberry is hosting their very own colour run, called “Paint the Plains”, on Aug. 26.
Community looking to restore historic grotto
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- Published on Sunday, July 9, 2017
Photo courtesy of the The Grotto Restoration Project Fund Raising Committee
By the Ste. Rose Grotto Committee
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Waste management to heat up at Evergreen Environmental
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- Published on Saturday, July 8, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
A $350,000 grant for the Southwestern Manitoba Zero Waste System Pilot Project at the Evergreen Environmental Technologies site has been approved.
Jon Lewis, chairman of the South-west Regional Development Corporation says the grant comes from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Green Municipal Fund. If proven successful, this process will set the stage for possibly establishing a new Manitoba standard for waste management and waste-to-energy initiatives for the province.
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