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Mary Murray, World War II survivor and Canadian resident of approximately 50 years, stands with a batch of quilts she made for veterans and returned soldiers. Some of the quilts also come with pillowcases, which the soldiers are allowed to take with them if they are on duty.

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

At 80-years-old, Mary Murray is an active Neepawa resident. Not believing in standing still, Murray fills her days with various activities such as tending to

her garden, jigsaw puzzles, making a couple purses after breakfast, or quilting.

However, her quilting has a story behind it that some may not know.

“I was a child of the Second World War. I was born in the middle, and

our home [in England] was bombed. We were under the kitchen table, with our blankets around us, when our whole house caved in on us. And we had to wait for the soldiers to come and dig us out,” said Murray. “I can remember– I was only three

and a half– being carried down the street by a soldier and his uniform was very itchy... rough. I was in my nighty because it was three o’clock in the morning, and he carried me down to Mrs. Mitchel’s house. It was the only house left standing in

the whole road. There were no windows in it, but at least it was still standing. All the children were taken there and put to bed for the rest of the night.”

Murray doesn’t know how long her family waited to be dug out, but distinctly

recalls the dust from the aftermath of the house collapsing. “I can remember that all in your mouth, because it’s bricks and mortar, it’s not wood like it is here,” Murray explained.

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COVID-19 cases confirmed in Neepawa Cases found at NACI and HMK schools

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member of the schools, community or media.

It was only a matter of time before it off icially arrived in Neepawa, as Prairie Mountain Health has confirmed a pair of positive COVID-19 cases. The first official case identified was announced at Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI). The individual, who tested positive, was in the school on Monday, Oct. 19, Wednesday, Oct. 21 and Thursday, Oct. 22.

In a letter distributed to parents on Thursday, Oct. 29, Prairie Mountain Health indicated that the exposure was assessed to be low risk and was believed not to have been acquired within the school.

The second official case of COVID-19 was at Hazel M. Kellington School in Neepawa.

Prairie Mountain Health advised school officials, staff and parents of this in a letter that was released on Sunday, Nov. 1. Within that letter, it was noted that the case was in a Grade 4 class on Oct. 15, 16, 19, 22, 26 and 27.

Neither NACI nor HMK schools are permitted to release the names or any identifying information of the confirmed cases to any

Schools disinfected After the positive case at NACI was confirmed, Beautiful Plains School Division superintendent Jason Young told the Banner & Press on Friday, Oct. 30, that the division had moved quickly to clean the school.

“Once the positive case was confirmed within the school, a deep clean occurred and all spaces were once again disinfected. It should be noted that all high touch areas in our schools are disinfected twice per day already. Since the positive case attended NACI, the space has been disinfected 11 times. We kept additional staff in place to ensure every possible contact location was disinfected once again,” stressed Young.

A few days later, after the second case in Neepawa was confirmed, the Banner & Press once again reached out to Young and the School Division for details on what was happening within the building to minimize the risk. Young said that all high activity areas inside the school are consistently disinfected and that multiple additional cleaning happened immediately

after the positive case was confirmed.

“The schools in Beautiful Plains School Division continue to have regular cleaning and sanitizing as well as all high touch areas disinfected a minimum of twice daily. When a case is identified in any school, the areas that the positive case had access to, are given a cleaning and are disinfected once again,” explained Young.

As for contact tracing, Young stated that it has been conducted through public health and that, as of Monday, the process was ongoing. Anyone who has been identified as a potential close contact has received both an email from public health, circulated by the school, and a follow up phone call from the school administration.

Over the past few months, there have been some rumour and hearsay thrown about publicly regarding COVID cases in and/or within close proximity to Neepawa. No individuals or businesses, however, would officially confirm any positive cases in the community. These cases within the schools are the first formally verified COVID cases in Neepawa.

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Students show their respects

For the pas t three years, Neepawa citizen and Legion member Rober t Ferguson has been putting crosses with poppies out at ve t e r a n s ’ g r ave s i n River side C eme ter y for Remembrance Day. This year, he had about 150 more crosses, so he decided to get the local students involved.

Neepawa’s Grade 6-ers helped place the crosses last week, enough for each and every veteran buried here.

Ferguson also placed cros ses at veteran’s graves in Arden, Birnie, Riding Mountain and Kelwood in addition to Neepawa. Teachers in at tendance at the cross placement were Ms. Selewich, Mrs. Dudenhoffer and Mrs. Freeman.

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Neepawa service scaled down, Legion still open

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Though it may be a bit different this year, Neepawa’s Remembrance Day service is moving forward.

Due to COVID-19, the command centre is recommending all Legions downsize the celebrations this year to make them smaller and thus safer for all involved. Brent Hunter, president of the Neepawa Legion, noted that the

Yellowhead Hall will not be used this Nov. 11. Instead, the proceedings will be held outdoors at the town’s cenotaph– where the day was commemorated prior to use of the local hall.

Legion members will have three wreaths pre-placed, with one reserved for placement during the ceremony.

Keep it simple and safe Any who may be within the service area are asked

to wear masks, socially distance, avoid groups larger than five persons and adhere to any other pertinent COVID-19 protocols. The ceremony will begin with a march from the Legion to the Cenotaph at approximately 10:45 a.m. so the service may commence at the cenotaph for 11:00 a.m.

“A s [ Remembr a nce Day] got closer, we decided to do something to remember, but to keep it simple and safe,” said Legion

president BrentHunter. “If you’re unable to attend, we hope you will watch the Ottawa services on TV.” A prayer will be given by the Legion’s Padre, and the last post, moment of silence and a reverie are also expected to move forward as part of the proceedings.

However, due to health and safety concerns in relation to COVID-19, the Neepawa Legion will not be open for a soup and sandwich after the ceremony

2020 Parade of Lights now cancelled

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

The 2020 edition of the Neepawa Parade of Lights has been cancelled. This was made official by the Neepawa Chamber of Commerce on the morning of Monday, Nov. 2, when members of the Chamber were notif ied via email, and a statement put out on the Chamber’s social media. The parade was originally set to move forward, providing conditions within the community and the Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) region safely allowed for it. The parade application was also pending approval from the Town of Neepawa. On Nov. 2, the

entirety of Manitoba officially entered a Code Orange COVID-19 status.

Winnipeg is the exception, being in Code Red. “I sent an email to the Prairie Mountain Health inspector asking what [the current code] means for us, because it’s an outdoor event. The parade is considered a public gathering and under Code Orange we can’t have any more than f ive people,” said Bohn.

Bohn added, “[ T he Chamber of Commerce] also asked about potentially doing a ‘reverse parade’, in which the parade f loats line up and those wanting to see it drive by in their vehicles instead, but under Code Orange they advised

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against it. So we have the impression that they do not want gatherings in any capacity [at this time].”

Safety of the community Bohn noted that the information sent to the Chamber of Commerce stated that the Code Orange status is planned by the province for a period of two weeks at this time.

However, without know-

ing what the code would be once that period is over, the parade simply isn’t feasible.

“It’s really about the safety of the community, and we need to think of the community as a whole,” said Bohn. “For everyone’s safety, it’s better that we don’t move forward with the parade [this year].”

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this year. With the reduced number of wreaths being laid this year, the organizations (such as Cadets) the wreaths have been placed for will be named.

Open for business The Neepawa Legion would also like to make it known to the public that the building is open for regular operations this

year under reduced hours.

At present, the building is open from Wednesday to Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday meat draws have continued, as well as 50/50s, Jam Sessions on Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the operation of four VLTs.

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Mon. Nov. 9 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 ...............Inspire Studio Exhibit 10:15 ....Community Announcements 10:20 ..Hort. Assoc. - Plant Problems 11:20 .... Chat- Sorenson & Kryschuk 11:50 ......................Vintage Vehicles 12:00 .....National Parks of the World 12:55 ....Community Announcements 1:00 .Jamboree: Campbell & Friends 2:00 .Theatre - The Inspector General 3:45 ......Community Announcements 4:00 ....Story-Time - Christian Stories 4:45 .....................Stick Curling Clinic 5:00 ............Minnedosa Peony Show 5:25 .Chat- Remembrance Day 2020 5:55 ......Community Announcements 6:00 ............Neepawa News & Views 6:30 .RMNP Creepy Hollow Hauntings 6:35 .................WtBI?-Prairie Quinoa 7:00 .The Beverly Hillbillies - S01E16 7:30 ............................ Racing Renos 8:00 .. Prolong your Canadian Legion 9:00 ................Farmer’s Market 2017 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat Tues. Nov. 10 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 .........................Canada Geese 10:10 ... Coffee Chat- Salvation Army 10:40 ...Art Show @ Erickson Library 11:00 .... Cartoon Time - Bugs Bunny 11:55 ...................................... Jungle 12:15 ....Community Announcements 12:20 .. Korean Dreams Photo Exhib.

12:25 .....Val’s Adventures - Ag Expo 1:00 .. Prolong your Canadian Legion 2:00 ..........Neepawa - Centre of It All 2:45 ............Neepawa Natives Game 5:00 ......... Aboriginal Church Service 7:00 ............Story Behind the Stories 7:30 ........................Val’s Adventures 8:30 ..........................Today’s Church 9:00 .MB Hort. Assoc. - Wilbert Ronald 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat Wed. Nov. 11 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 ..BP Hort. Soc.: Pat’s Paradise 10:35 ............................. Spirit Sands 11:00 ....Rem. Day in Neepawa 2019 12:05 ..........Story Behind the Stories 12:35 ...Manitoba Clydesdale Classic 1:00 .. Prolong your Canadian Legion 2:00 ................Church Service - TBA 3:15 ...... Chat- Sorenson & Kryschuk 3:45 .Country Blend - Arden Manitoba 5:00 .RMNP Creepy Hollow Hauntings 5:05 .....................Stick Curling Clinic 5:20 .Chat- Remembrance Day 2020 5:50 ......Community Announcements 6:00 .Hoof N Hollar: Parade and Craft 6:30 ..................................Herb Dock 7:00 ..............NAC TV BINGO - LIVE 8:00 .............................Town Council 9:00 ...............Western- The Avenger 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat Thurs. Nov. 12 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 ..........Neepawa Natives Game 12:20 .........................Canada Geese NACTV programming is done by volunteers and substitutions are sometimes necessary.

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12:25 .Getting Started in Beekeeping 1:30 .............. Sherlock Holmes - #27 2:00 ......... Aboriginal Church Service 4:00 .Chat- Remembrance Day 2020 4:30 ...........Home Routes Arden, MB 6:00 ............Neepawa News & Views 6:30 .Korean Dreams Photo Exhibition 6:35 ...........A Walk Through the Past 7:00 ............Story Behind the Stories 7:30 ........................Val’s Adventures 8:30 .............................Town Council 9:30 ..... Coffee Chat- Salvation Army 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat Fri. Nov. 13 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 ...................Stick Curling Clinic 10:20 .. What’s the Big Idea?-Awards 11:00 ................. Bill Taylor at Rotary 12:00 ...........................Town Council 1:00 ............Story Behind the Stories 1:30 .Neepawa & Southwest Manitoba 2:00 .Classic Theatre - Rachel, Rachel 3:45 ......Community Announcements 4:00 .Kid’s Story-Time - Fairy Tales #1 4:30 ...... Chat- Sorenson & Kryschuk 5:00 ... Friday Frontier-Desert Justice 6:00 ...................................Born Free 6:30 ................Coast to Coast Sports 7:00 .......... NAC TV Reads the News 8:15 ............................ Boats & Bikes 8:45 .RMNP Creepy Hollow Hauntings 8:50 ......Community Announcements 9:00 .Major Production - South Pacific 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat Sat. Nov. 14 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 ........ NAC TV Reads the News 11:20 ... Coffee Chat- Salvation Army 11:50 ....Community Announcements 12:10 ........Martese Pirate Adventure Cruise 1:00 ..............Cartoon Time - Popeye 2:05 ...........................Canada Geese 2:10 .Korean Dreams Photo Exhibition 2:15 .Chat- Remembrance Day 2020 2:45 ........Neepawa Airport Fire 1992 3:00 .......... NAC TV Reads the News 4:15 .The Beverly Hillbillies - S01E17 4:45 ..Salv. Army Grand Re-Opening 5:00 ......Community Announcements 5:30 ..............................Town council 6:30 ..................................Herb Dock 7:00 ............Story Behind the Stories 7:30 ......Community Announcements 7:45 ............Neepawa Natives Game 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat Sun. Nov. 15 10:00 ............ Good Morning Canada 10:03 ..........United-Anglican Ministry 11:15 . ... Calvary Church, Minnedosa 12:00 .. St. Dominic’s Church Service 1:00 ................Church Service - TBA 2:15 ......Community Announcements 2:25 ........ Canadian Rythym Masters 4:30 .......Val’s Adventures: Winnipeg 5:30 .Selkirk Band (60th Anniversary) 6:00 ............Neepawa News & Views 6:30 .Neepawa & Southwest Manitoba 7:00 ................Church Service - TBA 8:15 .............. Sherlock Holmes - #28 8:45 ......Community Announcements 9:00 .............................. England Trip 10:00 .........Start of Schedule Repeat

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Silence, serenity and security

by Chad Carpenter

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Just think…a little more…please!

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here are a number of people calling for a more complete shutdown of the Manitoba economy in an attempt to slow the C-19 pandemic. I have yet to hear from anyone who is calling for a shutdown who will actually lose their paycheque due to the shutdown. I have heard from big city newspaper columnists, but they will still get paid. I have heard from University professors, but they will still get paid. I have heard from union leaders but they will still get paid. All the workers at CBC will get paid. They will get paid as the federal government pumps $2.5 million a day into CBC. A few teachers are pressing for a shutdown but they will get paid.

Most teachers want to stay on the job and are very upset at the prospect of not being able to teach their students.

The restaurant owners, bar owners, hair dressers, barbers or gym owners, they don’t want to shut down for two reasons. One is they may not be able to financially survive and as business owners, they may have a better handle on reality.

They know shutdowns are not feasible and they probably don’t work.

If there were a shutdown, the usual victims would be small business owners, people who don’t qualify for EI and who would not be able to pay their mortgages or rent without being open.

Then there’s the industries that can’t shut down. There are the hospitals and care homes. There is the trucking industry, as without trucks, we would have food shortages in a week and, horror of horrors, a toilet paper shortage even faster.

The food processing industry can’t shut down. Neither can garbage collection, water and sewage plants.

Shutdowns simply aren’t the answer.

This week, 200 doctors called on the government for more resources. If we don’t keep the economy healthy, neepawa

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Ken Waddell there will be no money to keep our vulnerable people healthy.

The answer? It became painfully obvious last week. The answer is faster, better C-19 testing. But who should be tested? Obviously not the general population, as they are only getting 9 per cent positives in the general population among symptomatic people. That means 91 per cent of the symptomatic people don’t have the virus. When they tested an entire care home in Winnipeg, and long overdue at that, 70 per cent were reported to test positive. Testing among the most vulnerable, showed us where the bulk of the positive cases are hiding, and that is among the vulnerable, not among the general population.

Strangely enough, few of the 70 per cent of the care home tested people were showing symptoms.

What the CBC and the big city columnists could be ferreting out are real solutions. Rapid testing of all vulnerable people and testing people with symptoms. They could be promoting prescribing Vitamin D for all vulnerable people. It makes sense. Vitamin D is needed to protect people against all infections, including C-19. Old people don’t get Vitamin D very much, as they aren’t out in the sun, they don’t drink much milk and who enjoys taking a cod liver oil capsule? We might get some reports on what else works to prevent or treat C-19.

I spoke earlier about pre-determined narratives. Many media

people don’t think a whole bunch.

They get into a rut and tend to stay there. They would rather write accusingly about Brian Pallister spending weekends at his second home near Portage. They would rather write endlessly about care home C-19 deaths all the while having ignored influenza deaths for years. Also, when have you ever seen someone in the media talk about nutrition, vitamins, exercise, sunlight and the value of social activities and visiting in care homes?

Get what I mean? That would take work and research. It’s easier to attend boring news conferences about tests, cases and deaths than really inform themselves and the public about solutions.

And, because the media only has basically a one track mind, and that is to criticize the government, the government is always on the defensive and fearfully feeds the media what they want to hear, grinding, boring data and, dare I say, bulls—t?

To media, to academics, to unions and any other shutdown advocates, I say, just think… a little more… please! We could all use your help.

We have too many repeaters and too few reporters. Let’s change that.

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he silence and serenity of my back yard struck me forcibly. The waning full moon was bright enough to cast shadows, catching the movement of the dogs as they circled their space one last time before a night’s rest.

The shadow of t he rest- HOMEBODIES ing apple tree patterned the lawn. Silence, serenity and Rita Friesen security. This is my world.

My home and yard are my sanctuary. My safe place.

How is it that I am so blessed? One of the answers to my question is because of the willingness and tenacity of the freedom fighters of ages past. In just a few days, we will set aside a few moments to ref lect on the sacrifices made by children, women and men in what we call the Great Wars. For those of us following a liturgical calendar, we have just recognized All Saints Day. There are countless saints– past, present and future– so we have set aside one day to honour all. And so it is with Remembrance Day. There are so many heroes who have given their life, a portion of their life, and the life of generations that never got to inhabit this earth. One day, two minutes, silence and gratitude.

Again, how is it that I am so blessed? The silence of my night is lightly disturbed by the rumble of traffic a mile away, not a threatening noise, not a foreboding sound. There are no sounds of warfare, no f lashes of gunfire or rocket’s blast. There is no moaning of the dying, or the cries of agony from the wounded and afraid and hungry. From the darkness that wraps gentle arms around me, calling to my deep, into the safety and shelter of my home.

Again, how is it that I am so blessed? My home, with four stout walls, warm and safe, not a refugee tent that is overcrowded, unsettled and unsettling. I have more than enough to eat, not having known real hunger now for more than 50 years– something one does not forget– while those in my world suffer hunger and thirst. Here in Canada and all around our world. My home, filled with love and laughter, not anger and hate. Why me and mine, and not all?

In just a few days, we will mark Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day. It will be different than any other I have marked. Still– there will be no gun fire or riots, no refugee camps or concentration camps– in my world.

Still, I will take time to honour all those who serve and have served. Grateful. Humble. Encouraged and challenged. On that day, I will think of my last maternal uncle, turning 101 on Nov. 11, a veteran who served with courage and honour. Now comfortable in a care facility, loved by family, never forgotten.

And again, how is it that I am so blessed? It is by the sacrifices and service of men, women and children, in ages past, and still today. It is by the service and sacrifices of those who fill positions in public service, an often thankless task. In my two moments of silence, a silence that once seemed too long, I will give thanks.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In memory of our soldiers

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n five days, at precisely 11 a.m. local time, people across Canada will pause to remember those who gave their lives serving God and country in times of war and in helping to keep the peace since the great wars ended.

Thanks to COVID-19, many of this year’s public events have been canceled.

But we must not allow this day to slip by without taking some time to honour those in whose memories this day has been set aside.

I was born one year after the Korean War began.

My first exposure to the horrors of war came from TIME Magazine feature articles (complete with some very graphic images) on the conflict in Vietnam.

I vividly recall those images to this day.

While Vietnam topped the news headlines in those years, my Grade 11 and 12 Social Studies classes focused on Canada’s involvement in t he t wo World Wars. We watched severa l Nat iona l Fi lm Board documentaries that spoke of the dedication and heroism of Canadians who

FAITHFULLY YOURS Neil Strohschein fought in the European theatre. Even though they were in black and white, many of the images those films contained were very disturbing. They would be even more disturbing years later when I saw their colourized versions.

To their credit, my high school teachers did not ask us to debate the motives for or the merits of the wars we studied. We stuck with the facts—the events that led up to each war; the details of the conf lict; the various battles that were fought; the outcome and the way in which each war changed the political, economic and social make-up of our world. We were left to draw our own conclusions as to whether or not the wars were just.

I have always tried to keep an open mind and lis-

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hen we get older, many memories become more vivid. I read a small post somewhere that really touched me and was exactly what I would like us to remember on Remembrance Day.

It told us how we remember those who gave their life for the freedom of others. I will always remember how the Canadian soldiers fought and freed that little country by the sea where I grew up.

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ten to all sides when people discuss (or argue over) the motives and merits of any war. I will gladly listen to all sides of a debate. I may even offer my own opinion if I am asked to do so.

But there is one thing I will not do. I refuse to engage in any of these discussions on Remembrance Day. Nov. 11 is a day to honour those who gave their lives on the battle fields of the world. Let’s not profane it by questioning their dedication to God and country.

Instead, let us honour the infantry divisions who fought in the trenches; the sailors who patrolled the seas; the merchant mar iners who car r ied supplies and service personnel from our shores to where they were needed most; and the crews of where they gave their life.

However, we do need to think of all those who came back hurting physically, mentally and emotionally.

Some will be suffering the rest of their life, including their families.

There is so much hurt in this world, but we have a God whose love endures forever.

Let us not forget those

the aircraft that gathered intelligence and prepared the way for ground forces to attack the enemy.

L et us pray for t he families of those whose son or daughter, father or mother, brother or sister, neighbour or friend was killed in action. Theirs is a grief that may never fully heal. They deserve our sympathy and our prayers.

Finally, let us pray that those who lead today’s governments will learn from the past and will choose the way of a negotiated peace instead of using violence and war to impose their ideals and practices on others. Lawlessness of any kind should never be tolerated. Nor should people and nations be denied the right to defend themselves when attacked.

But we owe it to our soldiers to do all we can, in our communities, country and our world to preserve the peace and protect the human rights that they gave their lives to provide.

Honouring them on Remembrance Day is a good way to begin.

who gave their life, but let us also remember in our prayers the ones that have fought, came back and are still hurting.

David reminds us in Psalm 46:1 that “God is our refuge and strength, an everlasting help in trouble.”

May this be our prayer this week as we commemorate Remembrance Day.

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Let’s be sensible

In light of current political and global events, it’s good to see Mr. McCurdy’s and Mr. Paramor’s keen interest in Canada’s fiscal health. Canada’s habitual federal debt is disturbing because it encourages steady encroachment by the nanny state. Mr. McCurdy endorsing “out-of-thin-air” wealth creation—still a bad idea—is one example. Paramor’s defence of deficit spending is another.

Canada’s debt clock is at $919 billion (growing by $940 million a day). That’s $24,000 per capita. Lenders are not benevolent genies doling out free cash, they are puppet masters who will pull the strings.

It’s a testament to the depth we’ve fallen down the socialist rabbit hole, that many Canadians actually equate gross debt with “prosperity.”

Paramor maligns right-wing efforts to limit deficit spending, but it is not either/or. It is possible for politicians to prudently manage the public purse, while somberly respecting low-income workers who scrape the bottom of the barrel each month. As for conception to end-of-life conscience issues, Paramor can read about the abortion law enacted in New York State in January 2019. In a democracy, government has no right to force people to uphold specific ideologies, but that is what the Liberals did with their summer jobs attestation—and what the Chinese Communist Party is doing now.

On to the COVID math. Paramor likes farming, so here’s an example: A farmer has 40 calves, but sadly, five die; 5/40 = 12.5 per cent. Another farmer has 100 calves, of which five also die; 5/100 = 5 per cent. It is appropriate to account for herd size—the smaller herd experienced the greater loss (yes, Mr. McCurdy, fractions indicate “rate”).

Of course, all deaths are grievous. In 2018, North America saw nearly 700,000 die of cancer. Imagine the panic if the media blasted us with daily cancer stats; the WHO cites 9.6 million global cancer deaths in 2018. And in 2018, Stats Canada also tells us over 205,000 people ages 65 and over died. For comparison, about 8,500 of Canada’s COVID deaths are in that age range. Puts things in perspective, doesn’t it? The public needs detailed, statistical, medical context, not a daily tally rattled off like a morbid cuckoo clock.

One final, urgent word. Let’s fight back against socialist dogma. I am responsible for my own health risks. Period. I place no burden on my neighbour to make sure I don’t get sick. I, and I alone, must ensure I wash my hands and avoid germs when I go out, and I will not blame anyone but myself if I get sick. It is not reasonable or logical to try to force every person to be responsible for every other person’s health. In fact, it creates a toxic, divisive and dangerous atmosphere—a predictable result of this fear-mongering. Instead, let’s be sensible and responsible, stop the finger pointing and take ownership of our own lives.

Sure, we’d all like to have a magic fairy fix everything, guaranteeing we never get sick and nothing bad ever happens to us, but fairytales are for children.

The socialist, egregious restrictions placed on us right now are an offence to the good people of Canada and an offence to friendly, common-sense communities everywhere. They must end.

Lenora Buffi Neepawa, MB

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Helen Drysdale out of helen’s kitchen

Hired help

In the early settlement period of farming, the farmers relied heavily on their families to work together on the farms. As farms became more established and the size of farms increased, hired help became an important part of running a farm. In the early 1900s, about 38 per cent of the labour force worked on farms. Canada did not have enough people to supply the need for all the labour needed, so they recruited farm labourers and domestic servants from other countries. Many of the hired men learned to farm as they worked, had room and board, thus, saving money to buy their own farms. In the 1920s, a hired man was paid around $20 to $25 a month. By the 1930s, most worked for much less and many worked for $5 a month sponsored by a Federal “government program” that paid the farmer $7.50 and the hired man $5. For that wage, one had to feed and water the stock, clean barns and possibly milk cows, all before breakfast. (On some farms, milking cows was women’s work.) After breakfast, the horses were harnessed and readied for work in the fields. The work one did during the day and the number of hours spent working depended on the time of year. In the seeding and harvest season, most farmers worked as many hours per day as could be crowded in to daylight hours.

No labour laws back then.

In the early 1900s, domestic service (hired women) made up about 40 per cent of women’s employment in Canada. In 1911, 84 per cent of domestics in Winnipeg were born outside of Canada. Many of the women immigrating to Manitoba came from the British Isles, as British women were wanted by the middle and upper class in Winnipeg for their help. In 1921, needing hired girls for the farms, the Manitoba government sent recruiters to entice young women to come and work by paying for their passage. The CN and CPR also recruited women from European countries such as Sweden, Poland and Hungary to work on farms. They had to pay their fares back. The government was especially happy to see the young women immigrate to Canada, as they were quickly scooped up and married to the young farmers from the surrounding area. Those girls went from the frying pan into the fire.

When my grandmother and her family came from France in 1912, she, being 13 at the time, was left in Saint Boniface to work as a hired girl, while the rest of the family continued on to northern Saskatchewan. This was the case for many 13 to 17-year-olds.

The additional money earned by the new immigrants’ daughters went to the family to help pay for the many items needed to set up new homes. Those girls must have been very lonesome and homesick for their families. Some of the new immigrants were treated kindly, but unfortunately, many were overworked and exploited.

Housekeeping and cooking was very labour intensive in those years and extra help was needed to clean, shop, prepare meals, serve guests and care for the children. The city girls had it easy compared to their country cousins’ work load. They had little time to themselves. By the time they milked the cows, separated the milk and washed the separator, made breakfast and did the dishes, it was time to prepare for dinner. Of course, everything was from scratch. Clean up and dishes, start on supper prep and voila, it’s time to milk the cows again, then cook the supper. Bread making, laundry, ironing, hauling in water, gardening, child care, etc. needed to fit into the day as well.

The hired girls’ pay ran about $10 to $15 per month and through the 1930s, many were on the same government program that the hired men were on, which paid them $5 a month. The heavy farm work load often saw rural girls move on to town homes where the pay was better and the work restricted to the house.

While having tea with the lady of the house, perhaps the hired girl would have served this era’s popular cake.

Spud and spice cake 3/4 cup shortening 1 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup cold, well mashed potatoes 3 eggs 2 cups flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. allspice 1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. soda 1 cup buttermilk 3/4 cup raisins Icing: 1/4 cup butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 3 Tbsp. milk 2 cups icing sugar

Cream shortening and sugar together. Stir in the potatoes. Beat in the eggs. Mix in the spices, salt and soda to the flour. Add the buttermilk alternately with the flour in two additions. Have flour as the last addition. Beat well and pour into a 9x13 inch greased pan. Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes clean. Cool cake in the pan.

Icing: Melt the butter in a pot, then stir in the brown sugar and milk and cook over low heat for two minutes, boiling gently. Cool to lukewarm and add the icing sugar.

Beat until smooth. Spread over cake.

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ver the past month, things have really gone sideways on us here in Manitoba with regard to the COVID-19 numbers, especially in Winnipeg. When the city shifted into a restricted (Orange) level on Sept. 28, and should have seen the case numbers skewer downward, or at least hold steady. But that’s not what has happened. They have trended upward, at an alarming pace and now Winnipeg finds itself in code red.

So now here we are, sitting at the cusp of a provincial curfew. Being potentially treated like some type of petulant teen, because some people, either due to ignorance or arrogance, are missing the message. If you don’t want a curfew, wear a mask, keep your distance and wash your hands. But, apparently those three things are too hard for some, so here we are, about to be sent to our rooms without any supper.

Dumb and dangerous A part of me is very frustrated and just wants to place the blame upon Winnipeggers, because the fact is, we’re all dealing with these new restrictions because of what’s going on in River City. Over a seven day average (Oct. 27 to Nov. 2), Winnipeg comprised 67.4 per cent of all new COVID cases in the province. It would be so easy to lay some blanket blame on Winnipeg, but that’s not the reality of the situation.

The fact is, there is a large contingent of people in Winnipeg that are “following the fundamentals”, but there is still a good five to seven per cent of the entire population who are just complete mouth-breathing morons.

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Eoin Devereux miss out on them...unless you work in retail or at a convenience store. If that’s the case, you likely see them every day, coming in to buy smokes and scratchers.

I estimate that within Neepawa, we likely have between 240 to 322 morons, an amount small enough to not be all that disruptive.

In Winnipeg, however, those numbers equal out to between 38,000 to 53,000; a number significant enough to do some real damage.

Now please don’t think that I am targeting or insinuating that those who don’t have so called proper education, are the morons in question. Some of the smartest, most educated people you know are likely morons. We all have our moronic moments.

Now, if only we had people who went to school for most of their lives, then worked in this field and had first hand knowledge of the situation so we could get factual information, advice and leadership, allowing us to make informed decisions to help us all survive this situation...oh wait!?!

Not listening to these people, that’s moronic.

There are still people who just don’t seem to get that we live in a society, and that means, sometimes you pull together and sacrifice for the common good. But there is a bit of an unwillingness to suffer a little now (wearing masks, no gathering, etc.) to avoid a much greater suffering later (overwhelmed hospitals and a lockdown).

Folks, that mindset is not only unwise…It’s downright moronic.

And another thing...

As of late, every time I watch Manitoba’s chief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, during a COVID-19 briefing, I’m just waiting for the moment when he finally snaps. Just look at that small bulging vein along the side of his head every time he has to repeat the phrase “follow the fundamentals”. This is a man who is ready to lose his ever lovin’ mind on all of us…and we probably deserve it.

One of these days, he’s simply going to grab the microphone at one of these pressers, stare right down the middle of the camera lens and say, in an almost frighteningly calm, but psychotic tone. ‘Look you #&%!@?$ morons! I’ve tried explaining the science to you, I’ve tried reasoning with you. I’ve treated you like R ATIONA L HUMAN BEINGS!...But you still don’t get it! Now quit making the self ish and stupid choices! Stay home while sick, socially distance and wear a friggin mask!”

Or perhaps I am merely projecting here.

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Service for Seniors Some pre-Halloween fun at the looking to spread ’ ‘Carberry Westoba Penitentiary Christmas cheer

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner & Press

You’ll often hear of workplaces or family gatherings doing a secret Santa gift exchange, but how often do you hear of one taking place in a whole community? Debra Steen, resource coordinator for Service for Seniors in Carberry, is hoping to bring cheer to seniors in Carberry and North Cypress-Langford this Christmas by organizing a secret Santa event in the community.

This is the first time Ser vice for Seniors in Carberr y has planned something like this. “With COVID, [seniors] are so isolated. I just thought this was a way that I could safely brighten people’s days,” Steen explained.

How it works is Steen has a list of seniors, each will be given a number, which will go on a tag. Tags will be hung on the Christmas tree in the Old Town Hall, at 122 Main St. in Carberry, where people will be able to pick a tag. They can then go shopping for the anonymous senior and drop off the unwrapped gift with the tag at either Service for Seniors or the Community Development Office and organizers will deliver the gift. Tags will be available starting Monday, Nov. 9 and gift delivery will take place on Dec. 17.

“Gifts will be wrapped and isolated for four days prior to delivery,” Steen noted.

Currently, Steen has a list of seniors she works with through Service for Seniors that will be going on the tree. They are also taking suggestions and requests, hoping to grow the list. Seniors who would like to be treated, or someone who knows a senior that they’d like to surprise can call Steen at 204-834-6613 with the name and address of the potential recipient.

While the tag numbers mean that the giver won’t know who their receiver is, if they know of someone they’d like to shop for specifically, they can talk to Steen to arrange that instead. The receiver

won’t know who their secret Santa is unless the Santa decides to tell them.

Alternatively, there is a drop box at Falk Pharmacy where people can donate items to add to gifts if they don’t want to give one themselves. “We haven’t suggested a dollar amount for what people should spend, which is why we have the drop box,” Steen noted, explaining that if someone can only spend a small amount on a gift, extra donated items can be added to that gift to make it a little more.

Steen noted that she’s hoping to get 100 recipients on the list, with enough secret Santas to have a gift for everyone. “I don’t know if that’s too many, but we’ll see as time goes on. I think that people will really get behind it, especially as it gets closer to Christmas.”

Anyone with further questions can contact Steen at Service for Seniors at 204-834-6613 or Community Development Coordinator Tricia Zander at 204-834-6616.

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Staff members of the Westoba Credit Union in Carberry participated in a little pre-Halloween fun on Friday, Oct. 30, with the “Carberry Westoba Penitentiary”. From left: Marie Bodnarchuk, Karen Altenburg, Shari Hill, Deanna Paluck, Karla McCorquodale, Laura Aycard. Missing from picture: Tanya Sinclair

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2000: World War II veterans visit Hazel M. Kellington

110 years ago, Friday, November 4, 1910 W i n n i p e g s t ud e nt s created a disturbance at the Empress theatre (Bijou) Monday night and the police had to fire their revolvers to drive them away.

100 years ago, Tuesday, November 2, 1920 Stonewall exhibition buildings were burned last Thursday.

Ottawa civil servants were grieved because they had to work on All-Saints Day. Canadians are strong on protest but very submissive to prejudices. Notice how much fuss is being made over the C.N.R. orders against employees participating in politics; also the howl about increased freight rates. But nothing will be done in the way of redress. Meighen agents are appealing to all manner of prejudices amongst the people, and they will suffer oppression rather than suppress their prejudices.

Bootlegging in Neepawa got a severe jolt yesterday.

The purveyor was fined $400 and costs, or six months in jail and a licensed auto liveryman was fined $200 and costs, or three months in jail. It was a clear case.

A farm laborer of 1919, who got away with several transactions came back this year and got a consignment through the express office in the name of a Langford farmer. Provincial Constable Fred McClain spotted him and laid the plans by which he was caught with the goods by the town constable.

The conf iscated liquor was delivered to Neepawa hospital. Constable Ellerton took the purveyor to Portage la Prairie. The other culprit paid his fine.

90 years ago, Tuesday, November 7, 1930 Frank Pacey, who was a resident at Glendale, left for England this week where he will take over the management of his father’s farm. Mrs. Pacey returned to the old country a year ago.

80 years ago, Tuesday, November 5, 1940 Fr e s h e v id e nc e o f

French hostility to the Nazi conquerors in France is reported.

It seems that two debased and ruthless creatures like Hitler and Mussolini can stir up trouble anywhere, and any time they like throughout Europe. All the small nations seem to have the jitters so bad that instead of banding together to crush the brutes, they are compelled to stand aside and take the chance of having their heads cut off one by one. When Britain finally wins it would be interesting to know just what these nations will expect in the re-adjustment.

Indications of increasing military activity in Rumania, nearest base for any Nazi attack upon Italian-invaded Greece stirred fears in Bulgaria of complications which might involve their country in the war.

70 years ago, Thursday, November 2, 1950 Mathew Wilcox, pioneer of t he Neepawa a nd Franklin district since 1891, celebrated his 90th birthday on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the home of his daughters, Mrs. J. Johnson of Melba.

60 years ago, Tuesday, November 1, 1960 The Neepawa local of the Manitoba Farmers’ Union was presented with a plaque at a meeting Friday night, signifying that it had reached the charmed circle of eight locals in the province which have memberships of between 200 and 300.

50 years ago, Thursday, November 5, 1970 A bu l ldozer beg a n stripping topsoil at the south side of East View Lodge on Monday of this week in preparation for commencement of construction of a new five storey extension valued at $500,000. The new addition will accommodate

50 more beds with 26 of them on the top two floors for heavy care residents.

General Contractor is B. F. Klassen Construction Ltd. of Winnipeg and the architectural firm of Pratt, Lindgren, Snider, Tomcei & Associate. Financing was arranged by the Manitoba Hou s i n g a nd Ur ba n Renewal Cor poration.

An off icial sod-turning ceremony will be held soon by the board of directors of the lodge.

40 years ago, Thursday, November 6, 1980 In obser vance of R e m e m b r a n c e D a y, Manitoba public schools will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, and only essential services will be allowed to operate, Labor and Manpower Minister Ken MacMaster has announced.

He said any business or service given permission to stay open is required, under the Remembrance Day Act, to observe the 11 a.m. silence period.

30 years ago, Tuesday, November 6, 1990 Rura l Development minister Jack Penner and Ste. Rose MLA Glen Cummings were in Neepawa on Monday to finalize an agreement by which the province will provide $450,000 for upgrading two Neepawa sewer lines and the water treatment plant.

20 years ago, Monday, November 6, 2000 The Eden senior baseball team that was a dominant force for half a decade in the 1950s will be inducted into the Manitoba Hall of Fame on June 9…

According to the Hall of Fame, Eden’s baseball team took root early in the 1940s, when a group of young farm boys were taught the fundamentals of the game by school-teacher W. J. McLaughlin.

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World War II veterans Peter Cottingham (left) and Al Crosson spoke to students at Hazel M. Kellington School in 2000. The two Neepawa residents related some of their wartime memories and emotions to the students.

The Eden team came to be successful and feared on the sports day circuit of the 1940s.

The club’s best days– and resulting Hall of Fame induction– came during a six-year period running from 1950-55.

That season, Eden– boasting Hall of Fame pitcher Mel McGorman

and his brothers, Gordon and Claire, Roy Kilburn, Merv Chorneyko, Russ Iv e y, G or d on L a n g , Harry Smithson, George Wilk inson, Harold McFayden, Doug Birch and John and Bill Jackson– won the inaugural championship of Neepawa and District League.

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‘Tremendous support’ for HOPE group food drive

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press Every year, the HOPE social justice group of Neepawa Area Collegiate does a Halloween food drive called Scare Away Hunger.

This year, the response from the community was remarkably more than in past years.

“It was a huge success!” expressed Michelle Young, teacher advisor for HOPE. In total, 3,712 lbs of food was donated, as well as a $50 cash donation. “This is up by 60 per cent from last year, so the food drive received tremendous support by our community!”

Young added.

While the HOPE group normally goes “trick-ortreating” for food donations on Halloween, they had to change it up this year. To ensure physical distancing,

the group went out between Oct. 26 and 28 to drop off bags to fill at Neepawa residents’ front doors. Then, on Halloween, they came back to the homes and picked up filled bags.

The food drive donations are collected for Neepawa’s food bank at the Neepawa Community Ministries Centre (NCMC), the local chapter of the Salvation Army. “We were blown away (almost literally on Saturday) with the amazing response from our community,” said Amanda Naughton-Gale, community ministries director for NCMC. “This will help stock the shelves of the food bank for the rest of the year and then some. In such unprecedented times, having our stocks replenished will help us help more individuals and families in the community.”

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On Oct. 31, the NACI HOPE group collected donations for their annual Scare Away Hunger food drive. While they normally go “trick-or-treating” for donations, this year, they dropped off bags at homes a few days ahead of time and came back on Halloween to pick them up filled.

Pictured above: Cordelia (left) and Declan Smith, with their little brother Dmitri (in the van), were among the HOPE members collecting donations on Halloween.

Left: A snapshot of the huge amount of donations from Neepawa residents. This year’s total was 60 per cent higher than in previous years.

Solution found for mystery object Banner Staff Neepawa Banner & Press

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Above: Gordon Levandoski found this item about 45 years ago and has been attempting to identify it ever since.

Right: Tom Otto suggested that the above item is a piece from a hand-cranked wooden washing machine, similar to the one pictured.

Back in September, a photo of a mystery object was submitted to the Banner & Press in an effort to identify exactly what it was used for. While there were several good guesses made, no one was able to confirm exactly what we were looking at...until now.

On Monday, Oct. 26, Tom Otto came to the Banner & Press office with some video footage from Prairie Farm Report. In the video, it shows that the item is part of a spinning mechanism for a handcranked wooden washing machine.

We t hank Mr. Otto for helping us solve the mystery and also thank everyone who offered suggestions on the mystery item.

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Neepawa Farm and Leisure Lotto hands out its 50/50 prize

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press Thanks to the Neepawa Farm and Leisure Lotto, Joyce Mott, of Brandon, has a little extra cash to invest into her portfolio. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Mott, who won the Lottery’s 50/50 prize, received a cheque of $57,555. The grand prize of $100,000 was won by Ashton Porrok and Dennis Tiller, of Neepawa. In total, there were 17 draws, including five prizes of $1,000 each and 10 of $500 each.

As well as early bird and 50/50 prizes.

Mott said that this was the first time she has participated in the annual lottery, which is the major fundraiser for the Medical Committee. She noted to the Banner & Press that she was completely surprised that she won one of the major prizes.

“I started receiving messages from friends and family [after the prize draw announcement], congratu-

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Mary Ellen Clark (right) presents the Neepawa Farm and Leisure Lotto 50/50 winnings to Joyce Mott, of Brandon.

lating me on my win, and at first, I couldn’t believe it,” stated Mott. “I do have some plans for this money.

I’ll be putting a good portion of it into my retirement

portfolio. I’m retired right now, but it’s still a good idea to save up when you can. I’ll be spending a little of it on a new car, however. I think I’m due for a new vehicle,

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but I’ll still put a bit of it away.”

A big year for ticket sales Mary Ellen Clark, the lot-

tery chair for the Neepawa and District Medical Committee, said the ongoing support for the annual fundraiser has been fantastic, especially this year,

considering the uncertainty we have all dealt with.

“The 50/50 prize is the largest we have ever seen before. 2017 was the previous record setting mark, at $51,755, but this year’s numbers not only exceeded that total, but it just blew it away. The same with the overall ticket sales. It’s been our best year. We were worried [in the spring], when we had to postpone [the lottery]. When COVID hit like it did, no one knew if they had money. We thought that if we broke even this year, we’d be happy. We went ahead and ended up selling the most tickets ever. Everyone really just supported us in a big way, and we’re thankful for that support.”

The presentation of the $100,000 was made on Wednesday, Nov. 4, shortly after the Banner & Press publication deadline. Pictures and additional information will appear in the Nov. 13 edition of the Banner & Press.

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With renovations complete, employees of the Neepawa Stride Credit Union were able to move back in to the offices and front desks on Friday. They completed their move that day from their temporary location, inside the old Co-op building, so the renovated office could be open again on Monday, Nov. 1.

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Portage 3-1 Neepawa

First Period 15:22 PTG P. Johnson (4) ASST: T. VanDeynze (3), D. Winsor (2) PP Second Period 00:36 PTG T. Dodgson (1) ASST: R. Hofer (5), R. Raeside (4) 07:34 NPA C. Sawchuk UNASSISTED SH Third Period 19:38 PTG C. Dekoninck (2) UNASSISTED EN Scoring 1 2 3 Total PP PTG 1 1 1 3 1/5 NPA 0 1 0 1 0/1 Goaltenders NPA - T. Phinney 32/34 saves PTG - C. Fines 27/28 saves Attendance: 215 at Yellowhead Centre

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Porada 156; Muriel Porada 203; C arole Le Bou t illier 178; Pauline Hailstone 199, 180; Vivian Oswald 225; Len Pr i tchard 181, 171; Janice Absteiter 157; Phyllis Mauthe 174; L aw renc e Smi t h 171, 151. Oc t ober B ow ler s o f the Month: Muriel Porada & Lawrence Smith.

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Wayway 5-2 Swan Valley Virden 5-3 Winkler Steinbach 6-1 Selkirk Dauphin 0-0* OCN *Postponed Wpg Blues 0-0* Wpg Freeze *Postponed

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Wayway 5-4 Swan Valley Virden 3-2 Winkler Steinbach 5-2 Selkirk Dauphin 0-0* OCN *Postponed

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Lack of scoring leads to losses against Portage Terriers

By Eoin Devereux

MJHL Scoreboard

Portage 5-1 Neepawa

First Period 06:32 PTG C. Dekoninck (1) ASST: R. Henry (2) 07:43 PTG R. Henry (1) ASST: J. Piler (1), T. VanDeynze (2) SH 11:36 PTG P. Johnson (3) ASST: R. Botterill (1) PP 15:16 NPA J. Lapointe (2) ASST: B. Krauter (5), C. Gudnason (1) Second Period 17:41 PTG K. Calder (4) ASST: P. Johnson (2), L. Calder (3) 18:31 PTG T. VanDeynze (1) UNASSISTED Third Period No Scoring Scoring 1 2 3 Total PP NPA 1 0 0 1 0/4 PTG 3 2 0 3 1/4 Goaltenders PTG - C. Johnson 24/25 saves NPA - D. Green 29/34 saves Attendance 404 at Stride Place

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Sports Neepawa’s offence goes ice cold Neepawa’s of fensive output against the Portage Terriers over the Halloween weekend was downright scary and not in a good way. The Junior “A” Club was only able to muster a pair of goals in total over the course of two games, falling by the score of 5-1 in Portage la Prairie on Friday, Oct. 30 and 3-1 the next night in Neepawa. Jaeger Lapointe scored the only goal for Neepawa in the first game of the weekend, while Carter Sawchuk tallied the lone marker at home.

Neepawa head coach and general manager Ken Pearson said that while the players put in a solid effort, they simply couldn’t turn their opportunities into goals. He noted that it was just a case of bad luck this as opposed to being any type of long-term and concerning trend.

“We had a few scoring chances that we just couldn’t turn into goals.

But that was really, in my estimation, a one off. We’ve been good this season in executing on offence, but we just were not as sharp out there as we’d been the previous weekend against Portage,” stated Pearson.

This past weekend’s games also saw the addi-

Minor Hockey Saturday, Oct. 31 U9 Natives 16 - 7 Minnedosa Sunday, Nov. 1 U13 Male 5 - 4 Brandon Upcoming Games Saturday, Nov. 7 U9 Natives vs. Straithclair (9:00 am at Yellowhead) U11 Female vs. Brandon (10:30 am at Yellowhead) U13 Female vs. Brandon (1:45 pm at Yellowhead) U9 Farmers vs. Virden (3:30 pm at Yellowhead)

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All home games start at 7:30 p.m.

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Neepawa’s Jaeger Lapointe (#23) was one of only two players who lit the lamp over the weekend against the Portage Terriers. He tallied the only goal in Neepawa’s 5-1 loss in Portage la Prairie on Friday, Oct. 30.

tion of several new players to the lineup, as WHLers Zak Smith ( Red Deer Rebels), Dallon Wilton (Kelowna Rockets) and Calder Anderson (Moose Jaw Warriors), joined the lineup. That trio combined to comprise the second line forwards, with Briley Wood, Rylan Gudnason and Cam Hibbert remaining on the top-line. Pearson said, for the time being, he wanted to keep the preexisting lines in place, as to not disrupt any chemistry that has developed on the ice.

After dropping two consecutive games to the Portage Terriers, Neepawa’s

regular season record has now fallen to 2-4-2 on the year.

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Neepawa’s Carter Sawchuk (#16) and Portage’s Rhys Raeside (#20) tussled in the second period of their game on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Yellowhead Centre.

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Hockey on hold Spruce Plains RCMP report for Winnipeg Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 Neepawa Banner & Press

The shift to code red in Winnipeg, due to COVID-19 ,has created some issues for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) season.

On Monday, Nov. 2, Hockey Manitoba announced that it would be suspending all programming within the city limits, effective immediately. The decision follows closely on the heels of last week’s announcement from the province that Winnipeg was moving to critical status owing to an increase of COVID-19 cases.

An immediate impact of the decision sees games featuring the Winnipeg Blues, Winnipeg Freeze and Selkirk Steelers postponed. The Blues, Freeze and Steelers all reside within the Winnipeg health zone, which now prohibits them from travelling to play or practice.

The Blues and Freeze had weekend home-and-home series scheduled with the Waywayseecappo Wolverines and Neepawa Junior “A” Hockey Club, respectively. Both these series have been postponed and reschedule dates have yet to be announced.

OCN player contracts COVID-19 At least one player with the OCN Blizzard has tested positive for COVID-19. The league acknowledged the news on its website on Tuesday, Nov. 3, but provided no other specific details. The post said, “This week’s scheduled games involving the OCN Blizzard have been postponed due to a public health concern. The Manitoba Junior Hockey League is following our return to play guidelines while working closely with public health officials and following their direction.”

The OCN case forced the cancellation of the Blizard game versus the Dauphin Kings, which had been set for Tuesday, Nov. 3.

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During the week of Oct. 26 – Nov. 1, Spruce Plains RCMP dealt with 52 police activities.

Oct. 26 – RCMP conducted a COVID compliance check all person(s) were abiding by the quarantine regulations. Police received a report of a vehicle being taken without consent of the owner. Patrols were made for the vehicle, but it was not located. Police responded to a motor vehicle collision in the RM of Minto-Odanah, where a vehicle struck a cow that was on the road. The driver was not injured; the cows (if any) are unknown.

Oct. 27 – RCMP received a report of assault, the matter is still under investigation. Police responded to a report of threats being uttered at a business in Minnedosa.

Upon investigation, it was determined that the threats did not meet the threshold for a charge. Police received a 911 call to a residence in Minnedosa, police attended and discovered that the resident phoned to find out what the fee for an ambulance was. Police responded to a commercial alarm at a business in the RM of Rosedale, which was determined to be a false alarm.

Oct. 28 – RCMP located and stopped an impaired driver in the Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone after receiving a property damage complaint. The driver was arrested and charged after it was determined their blood alcohol content was over the legal limit. Police responded to an animal call in the Municipality of GlenellaLansdowne where pigs had escaped and were on the road. Police also responded to a report of an unwanted person at a business, an assault and false alarm in Neepawa.

Oct. 29 – RCMP received a suspicious persons report in Neepawa, the matter is still under investigation. Police responded to a report of a hitchhiker in the RM of Minto-Odanah.

Police also received a complaint in Neepawa of a vehicle being taken without

consent of the owner, which was resolved.

Oct. 30 – RCMP responded to a report of a break and enter at a business in Rapid City, where it was discovered that the persons in the building were authorized contractors who were doing building renovations. Police also received an erratic driving complaint in the RM of Oakview, a report of a suspected impaired driver in the RM of Rosedale and responded to a commercial alarm at a Minnedosa business, which was determined to be a false alarm.

Oct. 31 – RCMP stopped a motorist in the town of Gladstone, where the driver was found to be breaching a court ordered condition, as well as committing numerous Highway Traffic Act offences. Police responded to a structure fire in the RM of North Cypress-Langford, a report of mischief in Gladstone and conducted a COVID compliance check in the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne, where all person(s) were abiding by the quarantine regulations.

Nov. 1 – RCMP responded to a theft of snowmobile and trailer in Rapid City, which is still under investigation. Police received a report of gunshots being fired and a suspicious persons report in Neepawa.

RCMP conducted 15 traffic enforcement actions during this reporting period.

one of these calls, hang up.

Please call your local RCMP Detachment, or the agency in which they claim to be from, to determine if it’s legitimate.

If you have any information about these crimes or any other crimes, please contact your local RCMP Office or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Neepawa and Minnedosa RCMP detachments advise they will be limiting front counter services at the detachments until further notice.

We request that you contact each detachment at 204-476-7340 (Neepawa) or 204-867-2916 (Minnedosa) to inquire about criminal record checks or to file a report. Leave a message if needed and it will be checked the following business day.

Do not leave a message if you require immeidiate police assistance. You must dial 204-476-7338 (Neepawa), 204-867-2751 (Minnedosa) or 911 to have a police officer respond to you promptly.

Public Service Announcement The Spruce Plains RCMP would like to remind the public to be aware of phone scams. There have been a number of different scam calls taking place over the last several months. These calls will often come from a local number. The caller will often threaten legal action or being arrested if you don’t comply and turn over your information (ie: Social Insurance number, credit card number, name, etc.)

Do not under any circumstance give any information until you can confirm who you are talking to. Canada Revenue Agency, Service Canada, or banks will not call you requesting such information. If you receive

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times playing catch up. Joey Deerborn, with the general are battling two major misconceptions: the use of growth farm lobby group Keystone Agricultural Producers, said, hormones and the application of manure. She explains “There is not a broad understanding of what it means to that the use of growth hormones isn’t allowed in Canada, These days, farmers and their lobby groups have to farm.” He explained that they work to educate not just meaning that any Canadian pork sold is free of added worry about more than just the weather and international urban Canadian, but also the media. “People need to hormones. The second misconception relates to the apcommodity prices. As Canadians become more discon- understand where their food comes from, it doesn’t just plication of manure onto fields. She said that while some nected from the farm, education is becoming increasingly come from the store,” he said. When it comes to educa- people believe manure is sprayed onto fields, with little important. tion, “Farmers have a really excellent story to tell,” said concern for neighbouring residents or the environment, The 2016 Census of Agriculture found that in 2015, Deerborn. the practices of either injecting or directly incorporating 280,315 people were employed in agricultural operations

By Kira Paterson the manure into soil prevents run off. across Canada, which is less than 1 per cent of the country’s Neepawa Banner & Misconceptions Continued on Page 13 Press population. While some urban Canadians still know people Deerborn said the biggest misconception they face is With Manitoba being who actively farm or have jobs that are dependant on the that farmers have endless access to capital.

“Farmers have the third largest beef produagricultural sector, Canadians overall have lost their first a lot of capital at risk,” he noted, explaining that one bad cing province in Canada, hand knowledge of farming. “More and more, there’s a year can have a huge impact on not the farmer thejust andin cattle industry this disconnect,” said Carson Callum, the general manager of their family, but also the community province they support.

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PHOTO BY KIRA PATERSON They’ve been inseparable we’ll get our reserve and spring melt could replenish animals since birth. back,” groundwater Teichroeb said. levels, giving to give in a stock feeder is going against its own them water and be With the lack of moisture him optimism about the able to search– suggesting that re- was we’re getting [access to] a special reload them later.

2019 feed growing forecast. designation and during the growing need to shorten up the we Crown land back.” season travel Another significant chal- So that is very impactful on time,” After a public consulta- provide a new, fairer process last year, forage and he added. the industry,” Teichroeb ex- without a doubt, “It will, tion in the spring of 2018 of allocating agricultural grains were in short feed lenge that Teichroeb said plained. negatively about supply leases and permits. modernizing by winter, when pasture has arisen recently is a go back “We need to really impact our industry.”

“So we do know to government and change in transportation Agricultural Crowns the grazing is no longer for Lands make an (ACL) Program, the acquisi- sure that it is going to be tion. “The [feed] costs op- regulations. Previously, that a concerted effort Positive potential some type we change that. It is were farmers were significant from last Despite the challenges tion of agricultural Crown Teichroeb of an auction,” year... transport theirallowed to simply unacceptable, and PATERSON explained about lands had been put on that go along with the PHOTO BY SONYAThat was certainly livestock a lot of hold the very the new busifor research lease allocation a duration of 48 hours, while impactful for many ranchis out there... supports that ness of living things, there in the the government was process. “What farm, near Arden. but the time has now we’re still the are always new process ers across Manitoba– at the Paterson been current projects and and amendingof assessing working on is the this friendly cow across Canada, for that and reduced. “We rely heavily cattle practice of bringing opportunities that the ACL and regulations policies at pasture, including out there. matcan imare And on the currently, Program. cows eastern that the ter,” Teichroeb said, feed for winter, noting now we have market and we have a 99.9 per cent prove the industry. “I’m just the CrownOn Nov. 8, 2018 govern this new act. will So we been told that success that the large amount Lands Amend- are super excited about the are busy preparing in the midst of that. new ment Act was While cattle producers snow the province saw of we will need to comply with cattle rate, meaning those year, and the opportunities I announced. think are alive. And so now, Agriculture Minister According the winter means thatover 36 hours of trucking and we’re to that the Govern- Eichler’s lie ahead,” Teichroeb going against our own the then have to unload goal is ment of Manitoba, said. “One those research– the the first auction thisto have our government significant thing that was new legislation will fall. protect for us this year Community Pastures, using More “beef” on page B7

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In memory of a Arden craft sale not quite the same WWI veteran Submitted Neepawa Banner & Press

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The Arden craft sale wasn’t home to the usual hustle and bustle on Saturday, Oct. 31. As can be seen above, the attendance was thinner compared to the packed environment that could be experienced in previous years. Due to COVID-19, this was perhaps both a relief and sad at the same time. Nevertheless, those who showed up were able to enjoy a variety of vendors’ goods.

Above: These fungi from East of Eden Gourmet Mushrooms was looking to go to a good home to provide fresh-grown mushrooms for home-cooked meals.

Top right: Tanis Turner had a selection of fudges up for sale, including “cookie monster”, orange creamsicle, cotton candy and much more.

Bottom right: Does bumble berry jam tickle your fancy? Or perhaps another flavour? A wide array of jams made by Janet and Don Osborne were avilable at the sale that day.

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The following is a poem submitted to the Banner & Press by Melanie Burnett, written by her mother, Donna Winters (nee Lintick). The poem is entitled “I have a book”. It was written on Nov. 11 in 1999 for her father, Leslie Smith Lintick, 425032, 45th and 31st B.N. Canadians.

He was wounded on three different occassions and sent back to the trenches after the first two, and the hospital in England for over a year after the third. It almost cost him his life, and at one point his family were told he had died. Of five sons in the family, four were also sent overseas.

I have a book so dear to me In which my father’s hand Lists his battles fought in Belgium And France in World War 1.

The notes are brief, the writing poor Beside the contents’ lists, The chapters numbered and the page He writes __ “in this” __ “in this”.

“Through the Battle of Ypres then on” And “in on this show” __ Lens.

“Machine gun bullet in the neck On May the 3rd” __ he pens.

In time for “Struggle for Hell Wood”, From hospital he’s sent; The Battles of Flanders then begin With “Breaking the Salient”.

Hill Seventy __ “a hot spot” And in its capture’s fight His brother Bob is wounded In the smoking rocket’s light.

Over the top of Vimy Ridge On April 9th at dawn __ As “Men of Canada” fought the fight The war would hang upon.

The “Slaughterhouse of Lens”; The “Agony of Armentieres” __ He writes “the last time in for me” And death is very near.

September and the year was Nineteen hundred seventeen, “Where men were men, a friend a friend” And Hell is what they’d seen.

And so on this Remembrance Day I shed a silent tear For all the men who lost their lives Their hopes and dreams __ and fear.

Their sacrifice we honour Their lost youth ever grieved.

The poppies and the prayers for peace Our tribute __ we believe.

But my Dad came back wounded In his body and his mind.

His innocence forever lost His spirit left behind.

He fought a lifelong battle To recover and forget The sights __ the sounds of dying friends, The enemies he met.

For him the trumpet doesn’t sound The bagpipes don’t lament But as a veteran’s child I mourn A life not fully spent.

A life that hung in limbo In a kind and gentle soul __ That fought a battle all the years Escaping war’s hell hole.

He wouldn’t talk about it He wouldn’t shed a tear But he never raised a gun again To shoot another deer.

His memories left unspoken No glory for his name, This book alone records for me His courage and his fame.

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Students transitioning from junior high to high school in the 1950s and ‘60s often had to endure the traditional “Freshie Day” initiations.

Back in the 1950s and in the 1960s, the leap from Junior High School to High School was celebrated by “Freshie Day.” All of the Grade 8 graduates were the freshies and each one was “owned” by an initiator. The initiator had just graduated out of Grade 9, so had experienced the freshie ordeal only a year earlier.

The day began early in the morning, getting the freshies dressed in their funny costumes for the long trek to school, a parade whereby they marched up Mountain Avenue with many spectators looking on. After cleaning up over their supper hour, they returned to the school gymnasium for “torture hour”, followed by the freshie dance.

New teachers were considered freshies as well and took their punishment both during the morning antics and at Torture Hour.

When I went through the experience, I think most freshies had fun and it was the way we were accepted into NACI. All freshies must bring a rag, toothbrush, a ruler and at least three yards of toilet paper. Boys wore a hair net, sunglasses, a diaper, lip-

stick, long stockings, low cut blouses and a binder twine braid. Girls wore slick hair forward, balloon attached to head, burlap sack over knees, hockey socks, shoulder pads, a twofoot tail and boy’s shorts.

Here are a few excerpts from Echoes from the Halls of NACI– the School’s year books: After the parade, pranks, such as cleaning the sidewalk with a toothbrush, worshipping the seniors and staff, crazy penny transactions, were among the commonest. I still wonder what the student surveyor’s measurements were for; first the width of the sidewalk in peanut shells, second the number of inches in the block between Mill and Hamilton.

A lthough some of the antics seemed childish, I think it would be fun to re-live those lucky happy high-school days. (Miss Penstock)

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After a day of parading around in outlandish dress, singing and bowing to fire hydrants and student council members, I’m sure when the freshies went to the school to take their school oath, they thought the worst of their day was over, but the worst was yet to come... Torture Hour.

Always two judges would enter and the jury, consisting of the student council, would follow.

The French teacher was accused of being unpatriotic and had to sing O’ Canada in French. Another student was accused of being a pool shark, found guilty and had to spend one minute shooting a basketball around the gym with a yard-stick. Another student, who was accused of being a model airplane fan, had to demonstrate a T33 Jet in full flight, including sound effects.

Six of the students were accused of being too neat and they were assigned clean-up duties the morning after the dance. There were many funny charges laid and only two of the freshies were found innocent.

Closing note... It is hoped that the freshies and students alike enjoyed the day’s activities and that the freshies feel they are now truly members of the NACI. In the next article, I am going to share a few more excerpts from the yearbooks and let you decide whether this was fun and an effective way to welcome the students into a new school. Or was it just mean?

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24 Hour Giving Challenge now 168 hours Annual community foundation campaign gets extended to full week

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press The Endow Manitoba’s annual Giving Challenge is back next week. Normally a 24-hour challenge, this year, it’s been extended to run seven days, from Monday, Nov. 9 to Sunday, Nov. 15.

The Giving Challenge is a campaign that increases the dollar amount a person donates to their community foundation’s unrestricted funds by 40 per cent. For every $5 donated, the Winnipeg Foundation and the Manitoba Government will each add $1, turning it into $7. The money matched will go up to $2,000 per foundation from each of the matching organizations.

This program covers all community foundations recognized by Endow Manitoba, including a number of foundations in our area. The Beautiful Plains Community Foundation (BPCF), which covers the Neepawa area and surrounding municipalities, Big Grass Community Foundation (BGCF), which covers the Westlake-Gladstone area communities, and Carberry and Area Community Foundation (CACF), which includes Carberry and the North and South Cypress areas, will all be benefitting from the giving challenge.

“CACF has participated in the Giving Challenge since 2015 and every year, Carberry and area citizens, as well as former residents of the area, continue to amaze us with their generosity,” expressed Brianna Renwick, CACF executive director.

“Each year, we have seen an increase in the overall total raised by this challenge. It warms our hearts to see donors give year after year and fills us with gratitude as new donor names are added to the list.”

Community foundations all have different designated funds for the various projects in their areas, however only donations to a foundation’s non-designated fund will be stretched with the Giving Challenge. “Past donations during this annual event have increased the granting capacity for Big Grass to respond to the needs of the communities, and the original donation amounts are held in trust forever in order to keep on giving in the future,” noted Robin Richardson, BGCF chair.

In all community foundations, general donations never get spent. These dollars are invested and the interest earned from the donations is what is doled out in grants every year, so every gift benefits the foundation in perpetuity.

“Gifts made between Nov. 9 and 15 will help grow the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation’s capacity to support a wide range of charitable projects in the name of the BPCF community for generations to come,” said Brenda Kryschuk, executive director for BPCF. Each foundation is accepting cheques, which can be made out to the respective foundation specifically. For mailing in, BPCF cheques can be sent to Box 486, Neepawa, MB, R0J 1H0; BGCF is Box 497, Gladstone, MB, R0J 0T0; and CACF donations can go to Box 807, Carberry, MB, R0K 0H0. In Carberry, Falk Pharmacy, Meyers Meats and Spud City Food Mart are all accepting donations on behalf of the Community Foundation and will be open from Nov. 9 to 14.

Donations can also be made online to any of the community foundations by going to endowmanitoba.ca and choosing the foundation to which you wish to donate.

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This next part of renovation planning can be the most fun and exciting. Developing a “Wish List� involves listing the specific features you would like to include in your project and deciding on the importance of each item.

This stage of planning is all about exploring design and product ideas and learning as much as you can about what is available. Get out and see what others have done, what new products are available and what type of “lookâ€? is right for your family and home. Here are some ideas: •Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) renovators do amazing work, and the best of the best in home design is found in CHBA’s national awards program. Check out our photo galleries of the winners of in CHBA’s National Awards for Housing Excellence, and be prepared to be inspired! •The internet is of course a fabulous source of home renovation ideas. Search “home renovation ideasâ€? and start looking. Visit home improvement retailers’ websites for specific product ideas. Try going to specific product manufacturers websites. Save the things you like or print them out.

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•Look for design and home improvement magazines at your local newsstand, library or online.

Collect pictures of homes, rooms and products that appeal to you. •Visit new home builders’ show homes to see the latest in design, construction and finishing of homes. •Visit kitchen, bathroom and other retail showrooms. Talk with salespeople and pick up manufacturers’ literature on the types and brands of products you like.

Keep the information you collect in a file, box or computer folder for later reference. This material will be very useful in discussions with renovators and will give them a good idea of what you like and want.

A successful renovation depends on good design.

Whether you are remodelling the entire house, turning your basement into living space or updating your kitchen, the quality of the design will determine how satisfied you will be with the finished job.

Experienced renovators will work with you to explore designs that fit your home, lifestyle and budget. The information you have developed through your own planning process will pay off at this point in the process. Renovators will also advise you on the level of design detail and

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Obituary Flora Tina Smith Flora Tina Smith (Buffi), beloved wife of Valdine Smith, went to be with her Saviour on Monday, October 26, 2020 at the age of 98 years, 7 months and 2 days.

Flora was born at home on the family farm in Waldersee on March 24, 1922 to Jacob and Katherine Buffi. She was baptized as a Child of God on April 17, 1922. Her baptismal verse was Mark 10:14. She was confirmed into the Lutheran Church on March 21, 1937, her bible verse was John 11:25-26.

Flora and Val were married on December 26, 1941. They farmed and raised their family at West Tupper until 1983, when Flora and Val built a new home in Plumas and they left their sons Donnie and Mervyn to take over the family farm. Donnie and Sheila still live on that farmyard in the house Flora and Val built in 1970 and Rick and Doreen currently live in the house they built in Plumas.

In 1994, Flora moved from the house in town to the Village View Lodge and lived there for many years, enjoying time spent with friends. Life in the Lodge became even better when Sherri started to cook the noon meals. We would like to thank the wonderful Home Care Workers who helped take care of mom so she was able to remain in the Lodge for a few more years.

Eventually, mom decided it was time to move into Country Meadows in Neepawa and had called it home for the last four and a half years. Thank you to Flora’s Special Nurses who treated her like family and took the absolute best care of her. She loved you all dearly.

Flora loved spending time with her family and friends.

Her favourite thing to do was cook and feed her family delicious home cooked meals and treats. Flora made the best fried chicken, perogies, crunchy meat, cinnamon buns, sugar cookies and mocha cakes (everyone was always asking for that recipe). She also loved teaching her grandchildren how to bake. If she wasn't in the kitchen you could find her tending to her flowers, gardening or chasing after her grandchildren.

Mom also taught Sunday School and belonged to the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League with many other wonderful ladies with whom she had so much fun.

Flora was predeceased by her parents Jacob and Katherine Buffi, her husband Val, whom she has been waiting to reunite with for 37 years, her siblings Jack (Millie), Minnie (Bill), Elsie (John), Reinhold (Edna), Ed (Elva), and (Ed Oswald).

She is survived by her children Eileen (Don) Porosky, Rick (Doreen) Smith, Judy (Don) Lafreniere, Marj (Randy) Single, Don (Sheila) Smith, Mervyn (Brenda) Smith, her grandchildren Val (Rob), Trevor (Sally), Sherri (Todd), Kevin (Lisa), Conrad (Kristy), James (Sarah), Grant (Trent), Mark (Kristina), Kristen (Justin), Kara, Raechelle (Mike), Greg (Kristin), Brandon (Andrea) and her beloved nineteen great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings Herb Buffi and Erna Oswald, numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Flora will be lovingly remembered by family and friends.

Her infectious smile and laugh will be greatly missed. We were often told that she would brighten up any room she was in.

Her earthly remains will be laid to rest beside her husband at the Plumas Cemetery, where through her baptismal grace, she will await the joy of the resurrection at the coming of our Lord.

Funeral Service was held on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at the Plumas Community Centre in Plumas, with Pastor James Vosper officiating.

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Obituary Allan Ross Potter Passed away at Country Meadows Personal Care Home, Neepawa on Friday, October 30, 2020 at the age of 77 years. He is survived by his wife Shirley; daughter Nicole and family; brother Robert and sisters Leanne and Phyllis.

Cremation has taken place and Al’s cremains will be interred at sea by the Navy.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 193 Sherbrook St, Wpg, MB R3C 2B7.

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Herbert Francis Trent It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, grandfather and great grandfather Herbert Francis Trent at the age of 91, on Oct 27, 2020.

Born in Brandon to Herbert and Jean Trent. Dad was raised in Brandon with his two sisters, Joyce and Helen. He also met his wife Shirley Anne Hockin in Brandon and they had many good friends. They lived there until 1961.

Dad was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway in Brandon when he was 16 years old as a Wiper in the shops, was promoted to a Fireman and then he moved to Kenora for work with his family, where he was promoted to Locomotive Engineer and subsequently retired after 41 years of service. He was president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Engineers in Kenora and he chaired the Western Canada Conference. Herb was a Mason from 1967 to present.

Dad, along with neighbourhood friends, was active in running Central Rink, where he ended up coaching his son’s hockey teams. Dad liked fishing Bare Point and Heenan Point in his early years and later Oliver and the Elbow. When he retired, he golfed and curled with his friends. Walking was one of his passions.

Lovingly remembered by his children, Herb (Val), Terry (Lise), Kelly (Ken), Tannis (George), Danny (Pat) and their families, also his sisters Joyce (Bill) Mealy and Helen Simpson and sister-in-law Elsie Hockin.

You will be remembered and we will miss you.

The family would like to thank Pinecrest Home, Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Dr. Wehner, Dr. Wiebe and Dr. Olson for their compassionate care, along with special thanks to Marg. Tella.

Cremation will take place and a Celebration of Life will take place at a later date.

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Obituary Patricia Louise McDonald Patricia Louise McDonald, born November 21st 1954, passed away suddenly at her home in Ste. Anne Saturday, October 17th, 2020.

Pat was born the oldest daughter in a family of five. She was predeceased by her father Stewart and her mother Ruth McDonald.

She is survived by her brother Ryan McDonald and family and her sisters Kim McDonald, Lori Rogger, Michele Duthie and families.

Pat grew up at the family home near Brookdale and attended schools in Brookdale, Neepawa and Brandon. Activities like music, 4-H, delivering Meals on Wheels were just some of the ways in which she occupied her free time. Pat shortened her studies at Brandon University to head to Winnipeg to enter the business world. After working in an office for a food company, she took the next step and had a successful career in banking. Here she remained until her retirement.

During these years, she was active with, among other things, Air Cadets, traveling, outings with friends, Tai Chi, scuba diving and gardening.

Pat - your kind, outgoing and cheerful personality will be missed by all.

Donations will be sent to the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Air Cadets out of Winnipeg.

Due to covid, day of service is by invitation. The service will be streamed online for later viewing.

Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day Unseen, unheard, but always near So loved, so missed, so very dear.

Alice Howatt Alice Howatt was born March 28th, 1937 in Alexander, MB at her grandmother’s cottage, to Esther Hensley and Harold Watt. Alice grew up close to her three brothers Frank, Ferg and Jack and her sister Sylvia. Alice attended the school in Alexander and St. Mary's Academy in Winnipeg.

She became a teacher at 18 years old and taught at Grandview School, Fort Garry School in Winnipeg, Ochre River School, Hamilton School, Makinak School, Ste. Rose School and McCreary School until she retired in 1992.

Alice married Gordon Howatt November 14th, 1958 and had five children; Marilyn, Alan, Brenda, Lyle and Marjorie.

The couple moved around, with Gordon making a living working in the oil field in Alberta from 1959 to 1963. They farmed at Ochre River from 1964 to 2012 and then moved to Dauphin to enjoy condo living. Gordon passed away in 2015 and Alice has been a resident of Dr. Gendreau Person Care Home since early 2020.

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Alice enjoyed her teaching career, animals, shopping from a catalogue, flowers, quilting, scrapbooking and Genealogy, making pies, and of course, reading and volunteering with many different clubs in the community.

Alice is survived by her four siblings and five children, along with seventeen grandchildren, twenty-seven great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.

A Private family Graveside Service & interment will be held for Alice on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 2:00 pm from the Turtle River Cemetery in Ochre River with Rev. Joe Ball officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.

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Should friends so desire, donations in memory of Alice may be made to the Children's Rehabiliation Foundation in Winnipeg, MB .

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Eastman, which includes the communities of Steinbach, Lac du Bonnet, Anola, Birds Hill Park area and Falcon Lake, experienced an average of 2,025 collisions yearly, based on collision statistics collected from 2015 to 2019.

The province’s top five vehicle-deer collision regions are: 1) Eastman: 2,025 yearly 2) Westman: 1,980 yearly 3) Interlake: 1,530 yearly 4) Central Plains: 840 yearly 5) Parkland: 790 yearly In rural Manitoba, Riding Mountain National Park has a high visibility message sign, warning drivers of the potential danger of collision with wildlife and encouraging safe speeds, particularly between dusk and dawn.

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“It’s important that drivers are aware when they’re entering an area where deer frequent and pay close attention to their surroundings. The boards are up during what is typically the highest collision period.”

On average, more than 450 people are injured in wildliferelated collisions yearly. Over the last 10 years, nine people in Manitoba have been killed in crashes caused by an animal on a road. Overall, Manitobans are involved in 13,100 vehicle-wildlife collisions yearly, according to Manitoba Public Insurance data.

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By Kira Paterson

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Stacy Andrews and her mom, Lorna Hislop (pictured), hung a poppy blanket around the memorial monument at Minnedosa on Nov. 1. Hislop dreamed of creating the poppy blanket to pay tribute to all of the past and present veterans of the Canadian armed forces. On social media, Andrews said she hopes this inspires everyone to take the time to remember and to keep the history alive.

While COVID-19 precautions must be adhered to in schools to keep families safe, it is also important for students to learn about and remember those who died in wars to keep us all safe.

Many schools normally do an assembly the day before Remembrance Day, with songs, poems and guest speakers, dedicated to remembering everyone who sacrificed themselves for our freedom. This year, because of COVID-19 restrictions, assemblies won’t be happening, but remembrance won’t be cancelled.

At Hazel M. Kellington (HMK) elementary school in Neepawa, vice principal Scott Freeman has been busy putting together a Zoom service that teachers will tune in to from each classroom so all the students can be present, without

being in the same room.

“At HMK, we have had a longstanding tradition of school Remembrance Day services. We at HMK find it a very important tradition to continue,” Freeman expressed. “We will be making some videos that feature some thoughts and artwork of our HMK students. As for speakers from Canadian Armed Forces, they are preparing virtual presentations catered to each school’s need upon request.”

Traditionally, the HMK choir sings a few songs at the ceremony as well, however, public health officials recommend against group singing this year.

“As no choir or singing can take place, [music teacher] Angie [Weisgerber] is working on a song that will be done in sign language,” Freeman added.

Neepawa Middle School will not be forgetting to

remember either. Principal Val Parayeski noted that they will also be having a virtual ceremony. “We will have all classes log in so the entire school will be at the ceremony at the same time,” Parayeski explained.

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Mary Murray, World War II survivor and Canadian resident of approximately 50 years, stands with a batch of quilts she made for veterans and returned soldiers. Some of the quilts also come with pillowcases, which the soldiers are allowed to take with them if they are on duty.

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press At 80-years-old, Mary Murray is an active Neepawa resident. Not believing in standing still, Murray fills her days with various activities such as tending to

her garden, jigsaw puzzles, making a couple purses after breakfast, or quilting.

However, her quilting has a story behind it that some may not know.

“I was a child of the Second World War. I was born in the middle, and

our home [in England] was bombed. We were under the kitchen table, with our blankets around us, when our whole house caved in on us. And we had to wait for the soldiers to come and dig us out,” said Murray. “I can remember– I was only three

and a half– being carried down the street by a soldier and his uniform was very itchy... rough. I was in my nighty because it was three o’clock in the morning, and he carried me down to Mrs. Mitchel’s house. It was the only house left standing in

the whole road. There were no windows in it, but at least it was still standing. All the children were taken there and put to bed for the rest of the night.”

Murray doesn’t know how long her family waited to be dug out, but distinctly

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recalls the dust from the aftermath of the house collapsing. “I can remember that all in your mouth, because it’s bricks and mortar, it’s not wood like it is here,” Murray explained.

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Getting started Murray explained that she started quilting around November of 2009, giving away her very first quilt in August of 2010, following the return of soldiers to

“Lest we forget”

PHOTOS BY CASPER WEHRHAHN AND SUBMITTED

Left: Mary Murray relives her memories from past years– looking upon photos of previous quilt presentations, people she’s met at special events and trips she’s been invited on. One such trip took her to Europe in 2015, visiting Vimy and Passchendaele.

Right: This photo, kept securely in the album with all the rest, captures Murray’s very first quilt presentation. The quilt was presented to Casey Craine (pictured) and was an emotional event. Both Murray and Craine shed some tears.

Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Shilo from Afghanistan.

The recipient of this first quilt was Casey Crane.

“He had been injured in Afghanistan, and I think there were about 13 in that block that were hurt when an [IED] exploded over there,” Murray relayed. “Two were killed and the other 13 were all injured and were brought home. Then, over the next few months, I gave them more quilts. Since then, as I’ve heard of [soldiers] getting injured, I’ve given a quilt to each of them.”

Murray estimates that, as of Aug. 14 this year, she has given approximately 31 quilts to the Princess Patricia’s at Shilo, 60 lap quilts to area veterans’, two quilts to the Neepawa Legion as raffle prizes, which helped pay for the cannon refurbishing; and one large memorial/freedom quilt each to the first, second and third battalions. Though Murray may not be able to make individual quilts for everyone, the freedom quilts are a gift to all. The

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avid quilter also keeps a book filled with names and photos of all of the people she’s given them to.

“One young man in Hamilton, [Christopher], had a back injury and was a quadripalegic. So he’s in a wheelchair, but he had about six operations and they got him back the use of his arms. So he can wheel himself around– he couldn’t do anything at one point– and now he’s home again in Hamilton. The town and the Veteran’s Organization got him a van. He can wheel himself out to the van and it lifts him up in the wheelchair into the van and then it moves forward, locks himself in, and he can drive his van.

So it’s given him some mobility,” Mary recalled with an audible smile. “He’s lost the use of his legs, and he’s only a young man– It’s just amazing… So I got one of the soldiers from Shilo, who was with him when he got injured, Brian Adams, and gave him a quilt. Then, when I found out he was going to Ottawa for a spell, I got “In memory of those who lost their lives, so that we might be free”

Brian to take Christopher a quilt. When he got to Ottawa, he got permission to go into Hamilton with this quilt and present it to him for me, and then he sent me the picture. It was wonderful that I could give [Christopher] his quilt.”

Murray’s quilting established a long-term relationship with the Shilo base and, since 2010, has returned to CFB Shilo every year for numerous events. Murray has been invited to attend everything from the yearly Christmas dinner, changes of command, to the renaming of buildings.

“I can take a guest, so I usually take my neighbour along the street because she was a veteran. She was in the air force many, many years ago. She’s 87 now,” said Murray. “When they had the special presentation for Afghanistan– they had a special wall that’s now in Ottawa– I took a bunch of other ladies from in town here, about 14, [and] went over to see the memorial.”

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Murray added, “Every night the sirens would go off. Every single night. And of course as soon as you heard the sirens, because it always woke you up– it was always in the middle of the night– you had to grab your pillow and a blanket off your bed and run downstairs. We had no shelters or anything, [so we hid] under the kitchen table, because it was an oak table. Mum would pack us in with our pillows and blankets. It was four of us.”

The date of the bombing that collapsed Murray’s house is remembered perfectly– Feb. 23, 1944. At this time, the Nazis were trying to claim what Murray says is now part of the London airport. “I think it was called Wesley Fields– We called it Hatton Aerodrum. And that’s where the spitfires took off from to protect London, because that was the very first runway. Then it later became Peace Row.” In addition to these events, despite her father being unable to sign up due to severe asthma, Murray’s uncles and second cousin were in the military. Her brother also signed up when he was 18 and, now retired, still has a son in the military.

“So it’s kind of been with us, and when I heard of all these young people coming home hurt, I thought it would be nice to show my appreciation for what they did for us,” Murray enthused.

“They gave me my freedom, and, without our military I wouldn’t have my freedom. I prize it very very highly and, to me, [quilting] is my way of saying thank you.”

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year], our Queen’s representative in Canada– Clarkeson– came to help commemorate the building.

You get to meet quite a few people there, not just the soldiers.”

Expansion into masks Although the extenuating circumstances caused by COVID-19 have resulted in a cut-back on visits, Murray still maintains communication with the Shilo base, ensuring they always have a quilt on hand. Under these same circumstances, Murray’s sewing activities have expanded to making masks as well. After speaking with her daughter, the head of infectious diseases at St. Paul’s in Vancouver, Murray was all set for production.

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I’ll send you some stuff,’ and she sent me the 100 filter. I sew it inside each mask so it can’t go anywhere,” said Murray. “It’s two layers of cotton inside and out, and they have a chin insert so it fits under the chin properly, and they have a wire for the nose to make them fit. They fit real tight and they go in and out as you breathe, they move with you.”

Murray has been coordinating with Shilo’s commanding officer’s secretary, Karen Olmstead, to arrange mask pickups. These masks are then distributed to the soldiers to help keep them safe.

Writer’s note: It is also worth noting that Murray has also given a significant amount of quilts to other individuals and causes, such as frontline workers, Budz ‘n Bloom and kids at the hospital in trauma. Masks have been made for frontline workers as well.

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Museum project highlights area veterans Submitted Neepawa Banner & Press Neepawa’s Beautiful Plains Museum has been hard at work preparing a project that aims to honour area World War I and World War II veterans. The project was originally set for release this year, but the Museum was unfortunately unable to open for the 2020 season due to COVID-19 conditions.

At this time, the Museum is making plans for a reveal for a possible 2021 re-open. The following are just a few of the stories captured within: Pte. Nelson Buchanan Nelson “Nels” Russel Buchanan (#1000116) was born on Aug. 4, 1890 to Andrew & Letitia Buchanan at Stoney Creek, Manitoba, just west of Neepawa. He received his education at Stony Creek & Oak Leaf Schools.

Nels enlisted in the army in WWI on Nov. 22, 1915 and served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the 226th Battalion. He was sent overseas to Europe and fought in the battles of Vimy, Ypres and Somme.

He received his discharge from the 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion on June 12, 1919.

Nels also served in WWII. He was in the Home Guard at Red Rock and Nanaimo, British Columbia.

He and his wife, Mary Alice Buchanan, were married on Nov. 28, 1910 in Rosedale Municipality.

Nels passed away on Dec. 7, 1969 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is buried in Riverside Cemetery at Neepawa (Lot 9, Block 3, Range 7).

WWI attestation papers available at LAC military - # B 1231-S040.

AW2 Anna Honour Anna Mar y Honour (#W308910) was born on Aug. 8, 1914 to John and “Remembering Our Fallen Heroes”

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Pictured: Pte. Nelson Russel Buchanan, AW2 Anna Mary Honour, L/CPL Cecil Menzie Francis, Wilbur Henry Dixon Drayson (Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment) and Pte. Lindsay Leroy Francis.

Mary ( Johnson) Honour at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. The family came to Kelwood, Manitoba from England in 1928.

Mary enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division on Nov. 2, 1942 and served until 1945. She was stationed at Gander, Newfoundland, Dauphin and Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was the first Kelwood girl to join the W.A.A.F. Mary passed away on Feb. 16, 2000 and is buried in Kelwood Cemetery.

L/CPL Cecil Francis Cecil Francis (#H103288) was born on Aug. 1, 1913 to Harry & Elizabeth (Close) Francis in Swan Lake, Manitoba. He was the twin brother to Lindsay.

The family moved to Norgate, Manitoba on Jan. 1, 1926 where they continued farming.

Cecil enlisted in the Second World War and trained at Fort Osborne, Shilo and Portage. He then went overseas with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. In December, 1943, he served for some time in North Africa before proceeding to Italy. He was discharged in December, 1945.

Cecil married Sarah Yates on May 20, 1972 and for health reasons, they

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moved to Neepawa from McCreary in the summer of 1979.

He received the following decorations: 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France-Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Medal and clasp; and the 1939-45 war medal.

Cecil passed away on May 15, 2003 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery at Neepawa (Lot 9, Block 10, Range 23).

Wilbur Drayson Wilbur Henry Dixon Drayson (#H100187) was born on Mar. 3, 1917 to Ernest and Mary (Atkinson) Drayson on the W ½ 2513-16, Mentmore. Wilbur received his education at Osprey and Neepawa Schools.

In March, 1942, he enlisted and served with the 8th Light Anti-Aircraft, 4th Division. He was sent overseas and landed in England in August of 1942, the very last day of the ill-fated raid

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farming on the home place.

Wilbur passed away on Oct. 16, 1997 and was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Neepawa (Lot 8, Block 3, Range 27).

Pte. Lindsay Francis Lindsay Leroy Francis (#H103294) was born on August 1, 1913 to Harry & Elizabeth (Close) Francis at Swan Lake, Manitoba. The family moved to Norgate, Manitoba in 1926, where they continued to farm.

Lindsay enlisted in the Second World War on Nov. 13, 1942 at the Fort Osborne Barracks at Winnipeg. He trained at Shilo and Portage and was then sent overseas to England.

He was hospitalized in England before he went to Italy with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

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Germans had mined the bridge before leaving the region. Lindsay was killed when one of the mines exploded. His twin brother, Cecil, also a member of the same regiment, was only a short distance from the area.

He heard the explosion but was not aware his brother had been killed until later.

Lindsay was killed in action on Aug. 6, 1944 and is commemorated at the Florence War Cemetery, Italy (Grave: VI. A. 7).

Lindsay received the following decorations: 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the 1939-45 War Medal with clasp.

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on Dieppe. Wilbur’s division was supposed to be part of the back-up troops for Dieppe, but when the tragedy occurred, they remained in England until D-Day ( June 6, 1944). He was with his outfit throughout the tedious trek through France, by way of Caen, Falaise and Belgium. His division was used in the assault of Antwerpen and the task was to dislodge the Germans from the Schel de at the mouth of the harbour, which they did after a long bitter struggle.

On November 26 the Allied convoy arrived and from there it was the trek into Holland and then across the Rhine River, when the war was virtually over. Wilbur returned to Canada aboard the Queen Elizabeth I in February, 1946.

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Part of an extensive wartime collection in the area has been shared with the Banner & Press. Simply a few books alone hold an innumerable amount of stories and photos of times past and those lost while in service. The collector noted that this passion for history came from their history teacher, and former bomber pilot, Harry A. Morton in the 1960s.

“He was awesome. In those years, we had British History instead of Canadian History, and he made it interesting,” said the collector. “I’m not sure where [my] military history interest came in, but I got really into military history and then Canadian military history.”

The collection, while primarily remaining personal for the time being, is also gradually being donated to facilities such as the Shilo and Air museums. Written below are just a few of the stories that can be gleaned from the documents: Photographic editor Flight Lieutenant R. W. K. Purser, universally known as “Robin”, was able to find time from his duties as Senior Medical Officer, which occupied him at least 25 minutes every day, to become a photographer in chief for our Journal. He took some four hundred photographs, including nearly all those which appear in this book, and he followed various personnel about the station like

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a dog, until they stood still in bunches for him to photograph them. We think that it will be agreed a better man could not have been chosen, and if anyone is dissatisfied with their portrait, the rest of us can be assured that it was their own fault.

–No. 35 E.F.T.S. Neepawa Parachute section “Bee” Rigley is a familiar figure to all flying personnel, as he spends his life wandering in an apparently aimless manner around the hanger.

In actual fact, he pokes with an inquiring mind into the wellbeing of every parachute he can see, occasionally whipping one away, to the consternation of its owner, to dump it on the assistant C. F. I.’s desk and gripe about its deplorable condition.

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Postal services The prompt and efficient delivery of the mail is a tremendously important factor in the maintenance of morale, and in the hand of Mrs. “Dot” McCoy, this has been achieved. With infinite patience, she has pushed through small openings in a cage a vast volume of good news and bad, which have gladdened or saddened thousands of pupils and civilians who have passed through the schools. As a winner of wagers, she is good. As a cooker of spaghetti, well– she makes it like a true Winnipegian.

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Page B4– Top left: The Wartime Souvenir of Carberry was published in 1942 by the Carberry News-Express, in the interest of of the visiting airmen and the surrounding district. As can be seen on the cover, it was sold for 50 cents. Top right: These smiling folks were pictured in front of the War Service Club on the corner of Main and Third, in Carberry. The building was headquarters for all forms of community activity in which Carberry townsfolk and R.A.F. personnel united. Those pictured are, starting from back left: Sgt. G. W. A. Lewis, London, Hon.-Sec; F/Sgt. A. W. Cartwright, Sheerness, Hon.-Sec; F/O H. F. Bath, Somerset, Chairman; Mrs. Hazel Lewis, London; Mrs. Vera Nunn, Liversedge, New Leeds; and Mrs. Margaret Grandison, Dundee. They were the Executive Committee of the Living-Out Airmen’s Club. Middle Right: Pictured in his off-time, this unnamed soldier was busy doing something the army doesn’t teach you how to do... feed a baby! Bottom: A group of veterans, which includes the following Carberry vets: Owen Stanger, Thos. Lee, W. D. McMillan, W. N. Balfour, G. Johnson, F. Clark, Wm. Gilmore, W. D. Ewer, Alex. Jamie, J. Whitelaw, Eric Court, A. Sharp and H. G. Ullathorne. Also among them are veterans from Glenboro, who were unnamed.

Page B5– These photos are from the “No. 35 E.F.T.S. Neepawa” book, dated 1944. The book contains a history of the No. 35 E.F.T.S., R.A.F. of Neepawa. Pictured centre is Flight Lieutenant R. W. K. “Robin” Purser. At the time the E.F.T.S. book came out, he had taken over 400 photos. Most of these photos were shown in the book. Top left: C.F.I., S/Ldr. Laing shakes hands with Cpl. Dawson, of the service police at the Airmen’s Banquet held on Christmas Day. Top right: You can’t do much on an empty stomach. Pictured here are the Officer’s Mess staff for Neepawa’s E.F.T.S. Back row: Janette Smithson, Lillian Collins, Barbara “Babs” or “Barbita” Grant, Tessie Drevesky and Eva Battershell. Front row: Beulah Spackman, Chief “Art” Peabody, Helen Rodenbour and Flossie Crawford. Bottom left: Pictured is Mr. J. W. Humphrey, manager of the E.F.T.S. Neepawa. Bottom right: Miss Elvie Hemmingson and her panel wagon. Hemmingson was responsible for running errands and communication to and from the Neepawa air base.

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By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

Part of an extensive wartime collection in the area has been shared with the Banner & Press. Simply a few books alone hold an innumerable amount of stories and photos of times past and those lost while in service. The collector noted that this passion for history came from their history teacher, and former bomber pilot, Harry A. Morton in the 1960s.

“He was awesome. In those years, we had British History instead of Canadian History, and he made it interesting,” said the collector. “I’m not sure where [my] military history interest came in, but I got really into military history and then Canadian military history.”

The collection, while primarily remaining personal for the time being, is also gradually being donated to facilities such as the Shilo and Air museums. Written below are just a few of the stories that can be gleaned from the documents: Photographic editor Flight Lieutenant R. W. K. Purser, universally known as “Robin”, was able to find time from his duties as Senior Medical Officer, which occupied him at least 25 minutes every day, to become a photographer in chief for our Journal. He took some four hundred photographs, including nearly all those which appear in this book, and he followed various personnel about the station like

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a dog, until they stood still in bunches for him to photograph them. We think that it will be agreed a better man could not have been chosen, and if anyone is dissatisfied with their portrait, the rest of us can be assured that it was their own fault.

–No. 35 E.F.T.S. Neepawa Parachute section “Bee” Rigley is a familiar figure to all flying personnel, as he spends his life wandering in an apparently aimless manner around the hanger.

In actual fact, he pokes with an inquiring mind into the wellbeing of every parachute he can see, occasionally whipping one away, to the consternation of its owner, to dump it on the assistant C. F. I.’s desk and gripe about its deplorable condition.

–No. 35 E.F.T.S. Neepawa

Postal services The prompt and efficient delivery of the mail is a tremendously important factor in the maintenance of morale, and in the hand of Mrs. “Dot” McCoy, this has been achieved. With infinite patience, she has pushed through small openings in a cage a vast volume of good news and bad, which have gladdened or saddened thousands of pupils and civilians who have passed through the schools. As a winner of wagers, she is good. As a cooker of spaghetti, well– she makes it like a true Winnipegian.

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Page B4– Top left: The Wartime Souvenir of Carberry was published in 1942 by the Carberry News-Express, in the interest of of the visiting airmen and the surrounding district. As can be seen on the cover, it was sold for 50 cents. Top right: These smiling folks were pictured in front of the War Service Club on the corner of Main and Third, in Carberry. The building was headquarters for all forms of community activity in which Carberry townsfolk and R.A.F. personnel united. Those pictured are, starting from back left: Sgt. G. W. A. Lewis, London, Hon.-Sec; F/Sgt. A. W. Cartwright, Sheerness, Hon.-Sec; F/O H. F. Bath, Somerset, Chairman; Mrs. Hazel Lewis, London; Mrs. Vera Nunn, Liversedge, New Leeds; and Mrs. Margaret Grandison, Dundee. They were the Executive Committee of the Living-Out Airmen’s Club. Middle Right: Pictured in his off-time, this unnamed soldier was busy doing something the army doesn’t teach you how to do... feed a baby! Bottom: A group of veterans, which includes the following Carberry vets: Owen Stanger, Thos. Lee, W. D. McMillan, W. N. Balfour, G. Johnson, F. Clark, Wm. Gilmore, W. D. Ewer, Alex. Jamie, J. Whitelaw, Eric Court, A. Sharp and H. G. Ullathorne. Also among them are veterans from Glenboro, who were unnamed.

Page B5– These photos are from the “No. 35 E.F.T.S. Neepawa” book, dated 1944. The book contains a history of the No. 35 E.F.T.S., R.A.F. of Neepawa. Pictured centre is Flight Lieutenant R. W. K. “Robin” Purser. At the time the E.F.T.S. book came out, he had taken over 400 photos. Most of these photos were shown in the book. Top left: C.F.I., S/Ldr. Laing shakes hands with Cpl. Dawson, of the service police at the Airmen’s Banquet held on Christmas Day. Top right: You can’t do much on an empty stomach. Pictured here are the Officer’s Mess staff for Neepawa’s E.F.T.S. Back row: Janette Smithson, Lillian Collins, Barbara “Babs” or “Barbita” Grant, Tessie Drevesky and Eva Battershell. Front row: Beulah Spackman, Chief “Art” Peabody, Helen Rodenbour and Flossie Crawford. Bottom left: Pictured is Mr. J. W. Humphrey, manager of the E.F.T.S. Neepawa. Bottom right: Miss Elvie Hemmingson and her panel wagon. Hemmingson was responsible for running errands and communication to and from the Neepawa air base.

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Submitted Neepawa Banner & Press The following entry is a recollection written by Lance Bombadier John T homas Huband (#H100656), and is included in the Beautiful Plains Museum’s War Project: I was 18 1/2 years old when in April 1942 I joined up with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in Winnipeg and took my basic training at the Fort Garry Barracks; I was there for three months.

When we were to leave there, the word came that the Winnipeg Rifle Regiment was full and so we were transferred to an antitank regiment and were sent to Petawawa, Ontario by train. This occurred about Aug. 1, 1942.

I took my advanced training here and while here I developed scarlet fever. I was in the isolation hospital for 29 days and under quarantine.

My illness was discovered while our unit was on a 12-mile route march. I had developed a high fever and had red blotches on my body. The medical officer took a look at me and sent me to hospital.

Our advanced training consisted of shooting at moving targets with a two pounder anti-tank gun and a four-man crew. Sometimes, I would load the gun and at other times, I would do the firing. We stayed in Petawawa until the 12th of December, 1942, and then we went by train to Halifax and boarded the “Queen Elizabeth I” and sailed for England.

I received one stripe, which classed me as a Lance Bombardier, before leaving Canada. When we got to England, everyone got knocked down one rank and so I lost my one stripe and was classed as a gunner. I regained it back before going to Italy. We landed at Grenock, Scot-

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Pictured is Lance Bombadier John Thomas (Jack) Huband. Huband was born at Brookdale on Oct. 2, 1923 and passed away on Dec. 7, 2001 while surrounded by his family.

land on Dec. 17, 1942 and then went to Edinburgh, Scotland and took the train to Surrey, England to an army camp. From here we took training on larger guns which fired a six-pound projectile. For training, we used to go on “Schemes”, like war games, up around Oxford, England, where there were lots of church spires. These expeditions would last for three weeks at a time. We moved to a new camp which was called Whitley, near a town called Godleming. Here we did a large amount of guard duty, mainly around water towers so the German spies could not poison the water.

While in England, I took an equipment repair course at Brighton. This gave me the status of a tradesman with extra pay. This course got me a job in Italy working on postal work. Because several AWOLs, I was put in their place and was headed toward Italy in November of 1943. We left by troop ship from England and went

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to Algiers in North Africa. It took us 14 days to get from Liverpool, England to Algiers. We stayed in Algiers for three weeks, living in tents, and performed guard duty around the camp to keep the Arabs from stealing our equipment. Algiers was extremely hot.

We set sail in another troop ship down the Mediterranean to Naples, Italy, and then by truck to Luchera, Italy, where we spent Christmas in 1943. For Christmas we had canned chicken. After Christmas, we took our guns and equipment up as far as a place called Fosagesia, North of Rome, and saw some action in the early spring of 1944.

About 20 of my unit was sent south to Avelleno, where the headquarters of the Canadian army was, and we were to form a new unit called the “First Postal Tracing Section”.

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Italy until the war in Italy ended and then took our equipment by boat from Leghorn, Italy and traveled to Marseille, France via the Mediterranean Sea and then by truck convoy to an area called Ghent, Belgium.

This journey took about two weeks. We set up a Postal Station (tracing section) in the village of Laut (lot), Belgium, about 12 miles from Brussels.

We sorted the mail for the Canadian troops who were still fighting in Germany and Holland. We stayed at Laut, Belgium until the war was over in Europe on May 6, 1945. Our unit was then disbanded and we worked as occupational troops until January 1946. This was mainly guard duty to make sure the civilians were taken care of.

In January 1946, I was sent to Nymegan, Holland, where I sailed for Liverpool, England and from there on, another boat to Halifax, Canada. This was Feb. 13, 1946. The train took me back to Winnipeg to the Fort Osborne Barracks, where I was discharged from the army. We were given our medals at the Osborne Barracks. Mine included Volunteer Service Medal, Defense of Britain Star, Italy Star, France Germany Star, 1939-1945 Medal, Victory Medal. In April of 1948, I rejoined the army in Winnipeg and was sent to Shilo, Manitoba with the Anti-Tank Artillery.

In 1949, this regiment became airborne and I took parachute jump training at Rivers, Manitoba and at Shilo, where there was jump tower. I did 11 jumps.

I stayed in the army there until May of 1951. Because of sickness at home, I had to leave the army. I had hoped to carry on for longer, but it was not to be.

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Banner Staff Neepawa Banner & Press This Remembrance Day issue is published in honour of the region’s remaining veterans: Eleanor Scott (army, O.B.E.), Shirley Anderson (army), Kelly Bell (R.C.N.), Dudley Lee (R.C.A.F.), Alfred Newton (R.C.A.F.), Merv Dagg, Ab Kingdon (Korean vet.), Al. Potter (sub), James Lobban, Veda Jackson Sigurd Bjarnason (12 MB Dragoons), Jim Clark (Korean War), Ted Clark (army), W. R. Crooks, M. A. Davidson (12 MB Dragoons), Thomas Delgaty (R.C.A.F.), Margaret Dunphy, Fred Eshpeter (R.C.A.F.), John William Fleury, Robert Frederick Fleury, B. W. Grant (army), Mark Gunderson, D. B. Hopkins (army), Leonard Luker (R.C.A.F.), Robert Maksymiak (Service Corps), David Mansell (R.C.A.F.), Waine M. Mansell (Air Force), Gordon McManus, Raymond Newstead, Thomas Ritchie (Navy), James Turner (R.C.A.F.), Raymond Vezeau, Mike Jawa (WW2), C. J. Richard, G.W. Gunnarson, Leo Lelonde, J.R. Marshall, L. Lee, L. Foster, A. Kingdon, V. Bachewich, M. Cooley, Albert Kingdon, August Sobry, Kenneth Habing, David Mutch, Elgin Beyette, Ronald Egginton, Roger Whittington, Blair Gilmore, John Anderson, Troy Anderson, Wayne Bates, Hank Beck, Gilbert Bell, Fokko Buurma, Bob Dane, Sharon Dane, Dennis Davies, Wayne Delong, James R. Drysdale, Christopher Flood, Johnathan Furber, Arthur Gauthier, Peter George, Frank Hambrook, Tricia Harpe, Garth Haubrick, Ward Jackson, David Jenkins, Douglas Jones, Matthew Keddy, Gregory Lyon, Paul Marchand, Tammy Murray, Michele Peters, Jason Power, Ward Reid, Brian Robertson, Darrin Snyder, Tony Veysey, Al Watkins and Fred Wingrove.

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Remembrance Day service details Banner Staff Neepawa Banner & Press Due to COVID-19, Legions in the Banner & Press coverage area are moving forward with services. However, they have been adjusted in order to ensure that all involved are safe. The details for these services have been printed here, in full, so that any wishing to participate may plan accordingly.

Please note that these details are current as of Nov. 2. Readers are advised to watch for potential updates from the Legions leading up to Nov. 11.

Neepawa services The Yellowhead Hall will not be used for Remembrance Day services this year.

Instead, a smaller service is to take place at the town’s Cenotaph on Nov. 11. The march will begin at approximately 10:45 a.m., with services commencing at 11:00 a.m. Wreaths will be pre-placed for the ceremony, with one reserved for placement during the proceedings. Any who may be within the service area are asked to wear masks, socially distance, avoid groups larger than five and adhere to

any other COVID-19 protocols that may be pertinent.

The Neepawa Legion will not be having a luncheon this year.

Erickson services The Erickson Legion will be conducting their services on Nov. 11 at 10:45 a.m. The proceedings will take place outdoors in front of the Cenotaph adjacent to the Erickson Legion Hall on 1st St. southwest. Drive-in type parking on this street will be allowed and social distancing protocols will be in effect. Three wreaths will be placed prior to the ceremony.

Those wanting to place a wreath personally can do so after the ceremony concludes. The Erickson Legion will also conduct a Service of Remembrance at the Clanwilliam Cenotaph at 1:00 p.m. that same day. Both locations will be a shortened service. There will be no lunch after the services this year.

Minnedosa services Due to COVID-19, Minnedosa Legion (General Hugh Dyer, Branch No. 138) will not be holding the usual service at the community hall. Instead, the Legion will pay

to not host a lunch after the service this year.

tribute by laying a wreath for all veterans at the Cenotaph on Nov. 11 at 11:00 a.m.

Kelwood services Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 50 will be hosting an outdoor service at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 11. The service is to be 10 minutes outdoors at the Cenotaph.

Gladstone services A full, private service for those such as executive members of the Legion will take place at 10:45 a.m. on Nov. 11. One wreath will be laid at the Cenotaph for all veterans, followed by a prayer, salute, a moment of silence and march. At this time, members of the general public are asked to not participate.

However, all are welcome from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to come to the Cenotaph to lay their poppies and enjoy a musical tribute. The Gladstone Legion is not doing a tag day this year, but poppies will be available at local businesses and at the club room.

Carberry services Legion Branch No. 145, Carberry and District, will conduct a scaled down Remembrance Day service. The service is to be held outdoors at the Cenotaph on Main Street in Carberry, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Most wreaths will be pre-set prior to the ceremony.

Last Post and two minutes of silence will be at 11:00 a.m.

The Carberry Legion will not be open for a luncheon this year due to COVID-19 protocols and concerns.

Plumas services The Plumas branch of the Royal Canadian Legion will be having a regular Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph at 11:00 a.m. on Nov. 11. All are welcome to participate in the ceremony at this time.

However, all COVID-19 regulations, such as social distancing, are to be followed. Due to the pandemic, the Plumas branch has opted

McCreary services The McCreary Legion will be holding a service at the Cenotaph on Nov. 11, 10:45 a.m. All in attendance must abide by the COVID-19 regulations set out by the province.

Echoes of war on the Beautiful Plains Continued from Pages B4 and B5

and was killed at Vimy Ridge, Apr. 9, 1917.

The airport and Carberry The coming of the Air Port to Carberry has put our town on the map of Canada in larger letters than ever before. It is unfortunate that a world conflict should be the indirect cause of such improvement and progress as Carberry has witnessed the last two years, but no one can deny that certain permanent improvements about the town are directly attributable to the coming of the Air Port. To list only a few– the hard surfacing on Main Street, the improvement of highways in the vicinity, the erection of new buildings and the renovation and repair of many others.

The war, we hope, will not be of long duration, but the changes it has brought to Carberry are in no sense transitory.

–Wartime Souvenir of Carberry, 1942

Lawrence Buchanan Lawrence Buchanan, son of John Buchanan, formerly of Neepawa, enlisted in the Neepawa Company of the 226th Battallion in the spring of 1916. He was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendale. He was a messenger and it is told of him that he delivered his last message after his neck had been broken.

Mr. J. W. Humphrey M r. Humphrey was responsible for initiating the pioneer work at Moncton which resulted in the formation of the Moncton Flying Club Ltd. and subsequently undertook expansion and movement to No. 35 at Neepawa. While we may respect him as a businessman for the superb organization ability he has shown, to the average member of the staff, he is

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These are just a few of the many faces photographed in the Beautiful Plains War Echoes book lent to the Banner & Press by an anonymous collector in the area for the purpose of this special section. Pictured left to right: John Luftus Lord, Pte. William McMartin, Lawrence Buchanan and William Smith.

worthy of far more respect as a man and a close friend.

It can be said of him that no matter how trying and pressing his affairs became, he has been always ready to stop and chat in the friendliest possible manner with anyone who greeted him.

Those of us who work with him are able to appreciate fully how fortunate the school has been in having its head so tolerant and able a manager as “J. W.”

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ing station. It is supposed that they were buried by a shell. He enlisted at the age of 17 years in the Neepawa Company of the 226th Battalion; was transferred to the 14th Reserve in England, and was afterwards sent to France with the 78th Battalion.

John Lord John Luftus Lord, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lord, was born in Dublin, Ire-

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land, and came to Canada at the age of 12 years. He enlisted in the Neepawa Company of the 226th Battalion at the age of 18 years and was killed in the Battle of Lens.

Pte. McMartin Pte. William McMartin enlisted Mar. 20, 1916 in the 107th Winnipeg Battalion. He was transferred to the 16th Canadian Scottish Battalion, November, 1916

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William Smith William Smith enlisted with the 226th Battalion; was transferred on the 17th of March, 1917, to the 43rd Highlanders. He died of wounds received in France in 1917. His home was in Scotland, where his mother still resides. “Billy” was 29 at the time of death. He had been in Neepawa district for several years and was a general favourite.

-Beautiful Plains War Echoes

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A memorial for years to come

Minnedosa Legion’s banner project now features 108 veterans

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press It’s a project of longevity.

Last year, the Minnedosa Legion (Branch No. 138) unveiled a collection of 25 double-sided banners to feature a total of 50 Minnedosa and area veterans, meant to last for years to come. The banners are complete with a photo of the veteran, dates and the services each individual was active in– from World War I to Afghanistan. Each banner is hung in June, with assistance from the town staff, and taken down after Nov. 11. The project was originally proposed in 2018, with families and friends of veterans offering financial support to cover the $15,000 cost, ensuring it could move forward. As of Oct. 8, the Minnedosa Legion now has enough banners to feature 108 veterans, an increase of 29 additional banners.

Growth expected “With advertising or articles printed about us, I imagine [the project] will still be growing, even after this,” said John Mendrikis, head of the project committee and second vice president of the Minnedosa Legion. “The response has been fantastic. It’s the community and families involved with the veterans that have come forward [that made it] the success that it is.”

Mendrikis noted that some who have been in contact with the committee

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Above: Two of the Minnedosa Legion’s 54 veteran memorial banners hang outside the town’s Legion building, on display for the 2020 year. Those visible in the photo are Brigadier General Hugh Marshall Dyer, commander of the 5th Battalion, 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1914-1918; and Fred Bayes, army, World War II, 19401942. Right: A snapshot of the original 25 banners, as they were on display at the unveiling in 2019.

extend far past the boundaries of Manitoba.

“Some of the families that are involved with sponsoring the veterans are as far away as Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto,” Mendrikis explained. “So some families aren’t present here but they want the veterans that lived here to be

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recognized– it’s been really far reaching.”

This year in particular, Mendrikis and the committee are happy the project was able to come to fruition in 2019. Due to COVID-19, the Minnedosa Legion won’t be able to hold its ceremonies as usual.

“The formalities of Re-

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membrance Day are going to be rather subdued,” Mendrikis relayed. “So [the banners] kind of highlight the lead-up to Remembrance Day. That view, while it’s not necessarily new now, adds to the Remembrance Day celebration we’re going to have.”

Mendrikis added, “Plus,

“Lest we forget.”

by putting them up at a certain time, it creates a greater impact and hopefully more and more travellers will start coming around in June to view them.”

Mendrikis, the committee and the Legion hope that, as people in other communities see what they are doing, that those com-

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The Neepawa Banner & Press thanks its advertisers and the community for making sections, like this Remembrance Day feature, possible.

Above all, thank you to the region’s veterans for their service. As well, to those who work to keep the memories alive, so those who have passed are never forgotten.

munities will pursue something similar. This would allow for more communities to have a near year-round display in recognition of their veterans.

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