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he Neepawa Banner & Press and the Neepawa area both have a lot of history to celebrate. This 125th Anniversary edition is a 12 page section and it is a truly special section. We feature a full reproduction of the very first Neepawa Press from May 28, 1896. And no, we can’t honour any of the prices advertised for 1896, including the $1 per year subscription fee.

This special section is one of a series we plan to publish through the coming months. We have invited businesses to celebrate their history with our readers and three businesses and the Town of Neepawa are involved in this section.

We hope many more will want to join with us and tell their story in our regular editions of the Neepawa Banner & Press throughout the year. The Town of Neepawa was incorporated in 1883 and is the oldest organization in the area, The Neepawa Banner & Press is the oldest business, having started in 1896, as noted above. Guinn Bros. Memorials was started in 1908 and the Neepawa Gladstone Co-op dates back to 1929.

People, businesses, organizations and buildings have been through the great development rush of the late 1890s and early 1900s, the First Word War, the 1918 flu, the Roaring ‘20s, The Dirty Thirties, the Second World War, the Korean Conflict, SARS and now COVID-19.

We are survivors, we are achievers, we are visionaries and I think we all plan to be here as long as the Good Lord allows us to live and thrive.

Every business has a history, some longer than others, and it’s important to tell our stories. Many of our old timer residents are gone and can’t tell their story to the thousands of people in our readership area that don’t know your history. In succeeding weeks, as part of our regular weekly paper, we offer any businesses an opportunity to tell their story. Many businesses have been in business 10, 20, 40 or more years and that’s good news in itself.

Maybe the building you are in has historic significance.

We are fortunate to have so many historical buildings in the Neepawa area and that story needs to be told as well.

We set up special 125th anniversary rates for this issue and for coming issues to make it easier to tell your story.

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Above: A drawing of the original Neepawa Press building on Hamilton Street (current location of the east portion of Home Hardware). Below: The current Banner & Press building, which is nearly identical to how it looked when it was constructed in 1932.

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By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press The community of Neepawa really came through to help support a good cause that was in danger of being cancelled. The annual spring food drive, organized by Neepawa Area Collegiate’s (NACI) social justice group, known as HOPE, managed to go ahead, despite new restrictions put on school activities.

On May 9, when it was announced that Winnipeg and Brandon schools were moving to remote learning, they also announced that extra-curricular activities

had to be put on hold in all schools. This applied to NACI’s HOPE group, who had been planning to do their food drive from May 13 to 18 for the Neepawa Communit y Ministries Centre (NCMC) food bank.

Instead of cancelling the drive, members of the community stepped up to take on the task. The Neepawa Rotary Club and Touchwood Park got on board to help distribute bags to fill with food donations on May 13, while 18 NACI staff members and the Rotary Club went around to pick up the full bags on May 18.

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Above: NACI staff and a couple of family members, who helped complete the HOPE food drive. Below: Members of the Rotary Club of Neepawa, who helped collect donations from the food drive on May 18.

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New Neepawa market to feature Manitoba makers

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press A new event is coming to the Town of Neepawa.

Organized by Neepawa Tourism, a “maker’s market” formally known as The Riverbend Market will be making its debut in July. The outdoor market will be set up at Riverbend Park on July 23 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on July 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The market will showcase the work of a variety of Manitoba makers and artists, and allow consumers to connect with them and their products.

“We wanted to showcase artisans that create anything homegrown or homemade– to promote those artists and small businesses,” said Kelsey Wilson, board member for Neepawa Tourism who is coordinating the event.

“For example, we have Grey Ridge Coffee coming and we have someone who has bison meat.”

Some of the other vendors people can anticipate at the market include Steph Boyko, who makes polymer clay and resin accessories; Olive & Co., who make scrunchies; Maddy’s Moms Cookies, Gaea Claywork and Crafted Bath, which makes bath and body products, and more. Details and vendor info are being posted on The Riverbend Market’s social media as the days leading up to the event go by, so people can be acquainted with the vendors and their products early.

A total of 30 vendors are being accepted this year, with Neepawa Tourism hoping to expand further in the future, making the Riverbend Market an annual occasion. Already, those 30 spots are full.

However, vendors can still apply.

“We’re still accepting applications for a waiting list, in the case of there being cancellations,” Wilson

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A wide variety of Manitoba makers can be expected at The Riverbend Market. Pictured here are just a couple examples of what will be found there when it kicks off on July 23.

Above: Looks delicious! However, you wouldn’t want to take a bite of these delectible looking items. These are not a tasty snack, but a creatively crafted “bath bomb”, made by Crafted Bath.

Top right: Robert Duterte Garcia, who is slated to be a vendor at The Riverbend Market, poses with one of his paintings.

Bottom right: A close-up of one of Garcia’s paintings. One can see, even via photo, that Garcia has captured even the shiny ripple of the water’s surface with his paints.

explained. “Anyone wishing to apply can contact us on Facebook or through email at merch@neepawatourism.ca.”

Those wishing to attend the market will be able to purchase a ticket at the entrance, with kids 12 and under able to enter for free. The funds raised from these entry fees will be donated to the Town of Neepawa for swimming pool upgrades. Vendors will also pay a vendor fee, which will help cover the costs of the event and contribute to future Neepawa Tourism projects.

for vendor set-up and consumer conduct: •All vendors will be placed six feet apart throughout the grounds.

•Exit and entry points will be monitored.

•Traffic flow signs will be implemented to ensure single-direction flow.

•Product handling and touching should be minimized– vendors should set up their booths with this in mind. Ensure there is room to walk and browse and a separate area to pay, if possible.

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S a n it i z a t ion st at ions w i l l also be provided upon entry and exit, and throughout the market.

•Vendors and consumers are asked to not attend if sick. Signage will be posted reminding customers to wash their hands, social distance, etc.

•Vendor areas must be kept clean and disinfected frequently. It is recommended

Safety precautions Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, any public health guidelines applicable at the time of the event will be enforced.

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Hailey Dennis and Emily May, Brookdale students, have just recently completed a week long virtual trip to the Canada Wide Science Fair. Dennis and May were part of a team representing Western Manitoba.

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press The Canada Wide Science Fair has concluded.

With results f inalized, team Westman’s Emily Robb, of Vincent Massey high school, has been confirmed as a recipient of a silver medal (senior category) and scholarships.

Two local contenders participating in the science fair were Hailey Dennis and Emily May, both of Brookdale. These two are the first students since 2012 from that area to participate and, though they did not get a medal placement, found the event valuable and exciting.

“It was a very interesting experience for us– it was probably the biggest thing that’s ever happened to us and we learned how far we

could take our project,” said Dennis.

May added, “We both agreed that this is the best week we’ve had in a long time. There were a lot of very neat presentations and we both got to go on a tour of Ottawa, virtually, so we saw lots of places, like the bunker just outside of Ottawa.”

The Brookdale students also got information on universities located at Ottawa, what goes on inside them, and met plenty of kids, ambassadors and judges from all over the nation. The pair agreed that the event being virtual this year was potentially a boon.

“We could meet people that might not have necessarily been able to attend if it had been a normal year,” Dennis explained.

Sharing some behindthe-scenes details, Dennis and May told the Banner & Press just how they came to decide on pursuing the project that brought them to the nationals. As it turns out, instead of testing the Brix levels in produce with a refractometer and comparing them, the pair were originally going to test the benefits and disadvantages to caffeine.

“We decided that that was something we’d be interested in, but not some-

thing we could do a project on and maybe have as much fun with it,” said May. Dennis added, “ We both grow gardens in the summer, so we were interested to see what kinds of produce is around us and to see if there is any difference between it. If we continue this experiment, we would like to try testing our produce grown in our gardens versus store bought produce.”

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n the background to the preoccupation with COVID-19, life is going on. Crops are being seeded, cattle go to market, packing plants thankfully keep producing meat. The food trucks run and people are busy as beavers building and fixing stuff.

Even further in the background, the wheels of government keep slowly rolling and that is true with changes to the department of education. Our papers have received a lot feedback about the province’s plan to do away with school boards, replace them with parent councils and introduce a host of reforms to the education system.

It’s interesting, as it is with most legislation, that the majority of people directly and indirectly involved with education say that there needs to be change. On that there is agreement.

But how the change comes about is not agreed upon. Many believe that educational outcomes need to improve in some areas of learning, with some schools and with some students. That is very true. It’s also true that in some areas of learning, some schools and some are students doing very well. It would appear that change isn’t needed in every case, but rather best practises be adopted.

There is a general agreement that property taxes aren’t the best way to fund education, either. The system is unfair, out-dated and has always been a matter of contention. The fact that a people-based service is based on land taxes seems silly. Land based services, such as sewer, water, roads, etc. seem better based on land taxes, but education and health care, it would seem, might be better funded out of general revenue. It would seem that sales taxes or income taxes should fund people oriented services, such as health and education.

The biggest point of contention is the elimination of school boards and the creation of a province-wide authority neepawa

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Right in the Centre Ken Waddell to fund schools. It’s true that a small percentage of education funding is generated locally and so the actual clout of local school boards doesn’t seem to be as significant as it once was decades ago. It’s also true that some school divisions have trouble filling school board positions come election time.

However, the local input, local control and local caring could easily become lost if school boards are gone.

We all know how badly regional control of health care went. After a number of boundary and name changes over 20 plus years, health care is now basically run by a central bureaucracy.

Forced consolidation of municipalities is still being fought over and it has had mixed reviews.

To think that one large central authority can run all our schools across a wide range of geography, amongst huge differences in culture and economic well-being is a bit of pipe dream.

The government says parent councils will save the day and they might. I am skeptical. If school boards have trouble getting people to run for paid office, how much more trouble will it be to get parents to sit on a council for little or no compensation?

Hopefully, the government will look to the better run local school divisions for how to be efficient and effective.

There are the statistics out there for all to see. It’s called the FRAME Report and can be found online here: edu.gov. mb.ca/k12/finance/frame_report/.

It explains how much divisions spend and where. The contents are pretty stark when you look at cost per student and admin costs from one division to another. Hopefully, the government will interview lots of people and find out how and why some students, some divisions and some administrators do so much better than others. There are lessons to be learned, so hopefully, it will all work out well.

And, similar to RHAs and municipalities, some communities could lose some services. To use a time-worn example, when the local curling rink can’t get enough teams to pay the operating costs, the curling rink closes down.

Some communities simply don’t have enough students to sustain a school and that is a sad and tough problem to be faced. In an argument against school closures, some small schools get the best efficiency and education results, so it will all take a close examination to find the best path forward.

I know we won’t be going back to the one-room school house, but let’s not forget how good an education some people got in the one-room schools.

Just ask my wife, who speaks proudly of her first eight years at a little school named Scarth. She received a great education there and it has stood her in a good position.

Bigger isn’t always better, smaller isn’t always better. Better is better and we need to be flexible enough to enable better to happen.

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t is difficult to say the last time I so struggled to formulate my thoughts and emotions. I am surprised that one of Ken’s staff has not contacted me, reminding me of a deadline…

Those of you who know me know that I do not gladly embrace change, I am a planter of trees and a tree hugger.

When I walk through what was my familiar cemetery, just up the road from my home, my heart aches. I miss the majestic old evergreens, twisted and bent as they were. I miss the carefully sculpted trees that lined the roadways.

Saying that, I want to also make it clear that I appreciate the notices that changes were/are coming. I appreciate that none of the work was ever done under the cover of darkness!

I appreciate the history of our community, the foresight of the founders to trek to the mountains and bring back trees to be planted as decoration, as delineation and protection for generations yet unborn. They planned and executed their work well.

Times change. Yes, they do. I am trying to believe that the new format of the cemetery will be aesthetically pleasing, comforting and peace-filled for all who come with a purpose, or to simply wander. Truthfully, I think of the ancient cemeteries I have been privileged to explore. The lines were not straight, in some areas the grass was not mowed, the headstones tilting and crypts in ruins. The atmosphere was still and awesome, the intent of the final resting place of those long forgotten still intact. I know we, as a country, are not old, barely more than 150 years old; in comparison to European and Asian countries, mere children. Also saying that, I don’t believe that we wish to see our cemetery neglected and decrepit.

Part of my high school responsibilities was to memorize poetry, a task I embraced, and has for decades, enriched my life. The lines of “Erosion” by E.J Pratt echo as I linger in the cemetery.

“It took the sea a thousand years, A thousand years to trace The granite features of this cliff, In crag and scarp and base.

It took the sea an hour one night, An hour of storm to place The sculpture of these granite seams Upon a woman’s face.”

It took the tree a hundred years, A hundred years to grow… It took the powers a single week, A single week to destroy…

My heart is heavy. The hurt goes deeper than the loss of these trees; it is for the miles of shelterbelts that have been removed to allow for larger farming equipment– we are three generations from the drought of the ‘30s, the reason many of the trees were planted– it is for the old growth forest being harvested on the West Coast, it is for the ravaging of our earth.

I shall wait, and watch, and trust. The trusting comes hard. I admit. And I shall go to the ditches and dig an evergreen and plant it– a single act, not a rebellious act, but an act filled with hope.

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A basis for trust

MAY 28, 2021

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n last week’s column, I noted that there are times when we express our faith in God by trusting those who have knowledge, wisdom or experience that we lack to advise us, guide us and sometimes issue directives that will protect us and others from harm.

By trusting them and obeying their directives (as we are asked to do during the COVID-19 pandemic), we are stating our belief that, as St. Paul writes in Romans 13; “They are God’s servants for our good.” In other words, we believe that God is guiding them (whether they acknowledge his existence or not) to do what is best for all of us.

The above statements raise an important question. Should we blindly trust anyone who claims to be more knowledgeable, more experienced or have more authority than we do? Not necessarily. Trust, as we all know, is not something that others can demand of us. If people want our trust, they must earn our trust. That is especially true when we face

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Neil Strohschein crisis times, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Trust is earned in three ways. First, by speaking the truth– not “your” truth– “the” truth.

Answers given should always fit the type of question being asked. If people ask us for facts, we should give facts. If they seek our opinions, we can give them. But don’t mix the two. If people ask for facts, don’t give them opinions or an educated guess that may or may not be true. In crisis times, especially when people’s lives and livelihoods are at stake, questions need to be answered as clearly, factually and honestly as possible.

Second, trust is earned by following the same rules we set for others. One of the first life lessons I learned was that I should never

Observation

By Addy Oberlin

W

ould you believe it that I missed to write anything about Victoria weekend?

The month of May just seems to be f lying by and in another week, it is June.

I look at some of my bills and the due date is June.

The weather has been very unpredictable. I even read that it was 28° C. in Winnipeg, while Churchill got a pile of snow. We got

ask others to do what I was unwilling to do myself. During his time on earth, Jesus had harsh words for those who violated this principle.

He accused them of laying burdens on others that they would not lift a finger to carry. His words contain sound advice for all who hold positions of leadership.

Lead by example. Follow the rules you make for others. Show us that they work for you and we will gladly follow them.

Third, trust is earned by faithfully completing every task assigned to you, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem to be. A single car, I am told, has about 30,000 parts (counting even the smallest screws). It also requires about 4,800 welds to hold its various parts together.

If even one of those small here where I live two days of rain and the farmers are very thankful. Nature seems to come to spring fullness. The grass is lush and green and the trees are filled with leaves. My girls put my little piece of garden in, but last night I had to take all the pots off the deck because of the threat of frost.

God is good. He has it

screws is missing, the structural integrity of the car could be compromised, sometimes with disastrous consequences.

Just as there are no insignificant parts in a car, so there are no insignificant tasks in our world. Every task you and I are asked to do is a task given to us by God and he expects us to do the best job we can with the resources we have at our disposal. God blesses and honours those who always do their best, whether they are out in the public eye or working quietly behind the scenes.

Faithfulness in small things qualifies people for positions of higher authority and greater responsibility.

Jesus said that, “Those who are faithful in little things will be faithful in much.”

(Luke 16:10) Trust is earned by speaking the truth, taking our own advice, being faithful and striving for excellence in everything we do. We should expect nothing less– not from ourselves and certainly not from those who lead us.

all lined up for us so that our needs will be met. Sunshine in time, rain in time.

We just have to humble ourselves and give Him the glory because God is in control and we have nothing to worry about. Yes, “His grace is sufficient for you” 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Thumbs up, thumbs down A big thumbs up to Boyd Elder for the lawn care and compassion during this most difficult time.

Joyce Bailey Neepawa, MB A big thumbs up to the Town of Neepawa public works crew and Wahoski Mechanical for the quick action of looking after the sewer back up problem on Bourke Street on Sunday evening May 24. You both did a fantastic job in about a three hour time frame. The result was a grease build up blockage Terry Smith Neepawa, MB

A thumbs up to Devin from the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op, who delivering my groceries and found me on the floor, as I had fallen and could not get up. He called for help, put my groceries away and stayed with me until help arrived. God bless.

Lore Sauerborn Neepawa, MB A thumbs down to the resident living in Evergreen Apartment at north end of Mountain avenue for the dirty mess of cigarette butts from your balcony area.

This is not a pretty sight when passing by on side walk.

Terry Smith Neepawa, MB

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Letters

Diary of a vaccine

Monday: I am worried that if I get the vaccine my arm will literally fall off. But then I remember the difference between literally and figuratively and know that it can only figuratively fall off. No sore arm after the shot!

Tuesday: Googled that the New World Order (NWO) is using the vaccine for population control. Starting to worry that I may “self de-populate”. Made it to midnight so I should be alright.

Wednesday: Heard from a guy who heard from someone that I may not be able to get pregnant because of the vaccine. This is a concern for me because of people like George Clooney and Richard Gere who had kids later in life. After second thought, I decide to wait for a little while longer.

Thursday: Forget about the role of the messenger RNA. It is the DNA that is being altered according to somebody at the farm dealership in town. I do admit that today my “senses are starting to tingle” much similar to Peter Parker when he got bit by the spider.

Should I be looking for some colored tights? Day is almost over and I am still only walking.

Friday: Nobody told me what was in this vaccine before I took it. I darn well know what’s in my hot dog before I eat it! I mean, it took years for somebody to come up with sliced bread.

Saturday: Today, I have this strange feeling that somebody or something is tracking me — maybe even a foreign country. Could I really have a tracking device from the vaccine inside of me, similar to what Jason Bourne had? But... who would want to know when I threw hay out to the cattle?

Sunday: Made it through the week. Still alive! Day of rest. If somebody is offended by this letter just remember that humour is the “second” best medicine.

Jim Krzyzaniak Neepawa, MB

Conservative logic?

First, let me admit that I do not like Conservative policies. My lack of respect started under John Diefenbaker about 1957. After WWII, the Liberal governments from 1946 – 1956 set up the Veteran’s Land Act to help returned soldiers to re-enter society and the civilian work force. They were helped to buy small farms, which we know now was excellent therapy for shell-shock and battle fatigue, now called PTSD. Since the mainstay of small farms at the time was milk cows, poultry and pigs, these products were supported by floor prices. Ten cows, 30 hogs and 200 chickens would make comfortable living.

But Diefenbaker decided we were too generous to our veterans so he cancelled the floor price system, cutting the price of cream, eggs, pork and poultry to less than half. Tens of thousands of small farmers, including the veterans, were driven off their farms. As they entered the work force, unemployment rose to nearly 13 per cent.

I graduated from school to try for a job in that market which may explain my feelings.

However, much as I hated Diefenbaker, I could at least understand why he took this action. I disagreed, but I understood. The reasoning of the modern Conservative is much more difficult to follow.

Some examples.

A few months ago, Erin O’Toole rose in the Commons to demand that Trudeau disclose the exact date and quantity of COVID vaccine Canada would receive.

An excellent question. But he asked it eight weeks before the first vaccine was tested for use on humans. Not so intelligent.

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Helen Drysdale out of helen’s kitchen

On to the Bay

There was much political wrangling and lack of funds when the railway to the north began. Construction on the rail line went in stages and under various names of several railway companies. Under the name of Great Northern Railway Company, the line reached Dauphin in 1896 and Winnipegosis in 1897. Due to the many lakes preventing a straight railway north to The Pas, the line went across the border at Saskatchewan then headed northeast and reached The Pas in 1908. By then, both Liberals and Conservatives in Ottawa decided to make a firm commitment on building the rail line. In 1910, the Hudson Bay Rail line began in earnest. By the beginning of WWI in 1914, 537 kilometres (334 miles) to Kettle Rapids (located at present day Gillam) were laid. Work was halted for the war and several years after. In 1926, pressure from the west urged the government to resume building and the push was on to complete the rail line.

As the railway made its way to Hudson Bay, it entailed conquering many physical obstacles. Many miles of muskeg and shifting permafrost had to be crossed. Then there were the outcrops of Canadian Shield that needed to be blasted away, as well as streams and rivers to cross. In the swamp land, numerous large ditches were dug to carry off excess water. In building up the embankments across swampy ground, special ditchers were used. These machines sucked up the earth through pipes on either side of the track, depositing it in front of the machine, where it was tamped down. In 1927, the track-laying crew consisted of 3,000 men. The complete absence of any gravel (ballast) on the route of the railway made building difficult, as all gravel had to be brought in on rail cars. Men filled their wheel barrows with gravel from the box cars at the end of the rails to dump gravel along the newly forming rail bed. The bed was then tamped down. Then came the tracklayer, a rail car equipped with hoists and cranes. On one side, a belt carried ties from the freight cars and on the other side, a belt carried the steel rails. The engineers soon learned to lay the rail line over the muskeg in the winter when the ground was frozen.

When the ground thawed, the gravel was laid bit by bit under the rail line. In winter when the lakes and ground were frozen, material for building was brought in for the following summer’s work. The line crossed several rivers and streams. On the smaller water flows, wooden trestles were built. The rivers bridges were built of steel with cement foundations.

The bridge over Nelson River at Kettle Rapids is 3,000 feet (914 metres) long.

This work was completed in the days of no safety or labour laws for the working men.

In the early 1900s, the population of Manitoba had grown quickly, with many new immigrants looking for work. The companies did not have to go far for workers. They held all the power and how they abused it! The men were promised 20 to 30 cents an hour and all the meat, bread and vegetables they could eat. The company failed to tell them that room and board was one dollar a day and that transportation cost to get you up north was yours to pay as well. All the meat you could eat turned out to be salt pork, beans and biscuits three times a day. The men lived in crowded camps, working in the extreme cold in winter and heat and insects in the summer. Many men were sent home with severe infections of their eyes from all the vicious black flies, bulldog flies and mosquito bites.

Many encountered bears as they worked, including polar bears. As safety for the men was not important, many were killed or maimed as they worked. In one place of track, there are 50 men buried in a one mile stretch. When many of the men left to go home, they found out that they owed the company money for their keep. No pay to return home with after toiling in the roughest of terrain. To be continued.

I am sure the men would have enjoyed a salad on occasions. This recipe is a great one for fresh spring asparagus.

Lemony asparagus salad 1 bunch asparagus, washed and cut into Lemon dressing: 2-3 inch pieces 1/4 cup lemon juice 3 cups washed baby greens 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup thinly sliced radishes 1 Tbsp. liquid honey 1/2 cup sliced red onion 1 clove of garlic, minced 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 tsp. each of salt and pepper 1/4 cup chopped parsley or cilantro Garnish: 1/2 cup feta cheese Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and drop the asparagus into the boiling water and cook for 1-2 minutes.

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Spruce Plains RCMP report

By Cpl. Jacob Stanton Spruce Plains RCMP

During the week of May 17 to May 23, Spruce Plains RCMP dealt with 57 police activities.

May 17: RCMP conducted a Covid compliance check at a residence in Minnedosa.

All person(s) were found complying with quarantine regulations. Police received several calls about a suspicious person and vehicle in the RM of Rosedale and Neepawa area.

Police located the subject of complaint and discovered they had an outstanding warrant.

The person was arrested and released with a future court date.

May 18: RCMP responded to a report of an assault in Minnedosa; the matter is still under investigation. Police received a report of stolen farm equipment in the RM of North Cypress-Langford. After investigation it was determined that the equipment was not stolen, but rather a misunderstanding of ownership. Police received a report of an erratic driver in the RM of Rosedale. Police located and stopped the suspect vehicle and arrested the driver for operating a vehicle while impaired. The vehicle was towed and the driver was released to a sober friend with a future court date.

May 19: RCMP were dispatched to a commercial alarm in Neepawa. Police cleared the building and found no signs of disturbance. Police received a report of a suspicious person in the RM of Minto-Odanah. A Member patrolled the area but did not locate any vehicles or persons.

May 20: RCMP received a report of an impaired driver in the Municipality of Westlake-Gladstone. The complainant stated he took the keys away from the driver, was driving the impaired person home and did not want police involvement. Police responded to a residential alarm in the RM of Rosedale that was determined to have been set off

accidentally by a member of the household.

May 21: RCMP conducted a Covid compliance check at a residence in Kelwood.

All person(s) were found complying with quarantine regulations. Police conducted various traffic enforcement, engaging with several motorists.

May 22: RCMP received a report of licence plate theft off a vehicle in Neepawa.

There was insufficient evidence to proceed further. Police responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle in the RM of NorthCypress Langford. Attempts were made to contact the owner but were unsuccessful.

Arrangements were made to tow the vehicle in the morning.

May 23: RCMP responded to a complaint in Rapid City, where a person was reported to be disobeying current public health orders.

Police attended the residence and gave the home owner a warning for breaching the order. Police were dispatched to a cabin fire in Minnedosa. There were no injuries however the cabin was a total loss. The cause of the fire was not considered suspicious.

RCMP conducted 22 traffic enforcement actions during this reporting period.

Public service announcement 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 on-going 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 204-8672916 (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.

Day Four (continued) The Hebrew word barah means to create something that has not existed before. The Bible uses it in no other way.

The Hebrew word asah, on the other hand, is translated in many different ways. The list is long, but the two words that are used in connection with the sun, moon and stars are to make, or to appoint. Those words mean the same thing.

For example: In 1 Kings 13:33, Jeroboam made (appointed) the lowest of the people priests of the high places. Pharaoh made Joseph ruler over all Egypt (Gen. 41:43). And in Acts 2:36, we are told that God made Jesus both Lord and Christ. He did not create Jesus. He made - appointed - Him to be both Lord and Christ. To leave out part of the sentence is to lose the meaning entirely.

So God made these lights rulers of the day and the night. He “set” them in the sky – made them visible on the earth – by removing the protective blanket of cloud. The lightening of the atmosphere continued, until finally the clouds were no longer in the way. And there were the lights, ready to do the job they had been appointed to do.

To be continued.

Looking Back

MAY 28, 2021

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1961: Caldwells celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press

110 years ago, Friday, May 26, 1911 Harold Leach, a former resident here, has passed his first year examinations in the civil engineers course at Toronto university, being among the few who took honors.

100 years ago, Friday, May 27, 1921 Billboards are not the best of town scenery, but when they hide rubbish and debris on vacant property they are welcomed. That new structure adjoining Townsend’s office is an improvement.

90 years ago, Tuesday, May 26, 1931 Canada’s death rate from typhoid fever has declined one-third in the past 10 years.

Fire of unknown origin started in the shavings of the boiler room of the FuseeMcFeetors sash and door factory on Saturday night and about $500 damage was done before the flames were extinguished by the quick action of the fire brigade. Had not Hillier Scott, the night watchman, been on duty to send the alarm, it is probable that the whole mill would have been demolished.

The Morrish Studio “Take a picture week” is on. All this week. Prizes each day for the best picture and a prize for the picture of the week.

Thirty-five years ago on Thursday of this week, the first issue of the Neepawa press appeared, and it is interesting to look back through the fyles and note the activities of those days of cheaper wheat and lower wages, but more contentment among the people.

80 years ago, Friday, May 30, 1941 Many German prisoners captured in Crete appeared to have been drugged, said a wounded British officer on his arrival at Cairo. British authorities are analysing the white tablets found on some of them.

Birnie: Pte. Howard Buchanan of the P.P.C.L.I., Winnipeg, is visiting at the home of his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John Buchanan.

The only good Germans in this world are dead ones.

Buy Victory Bonds and help to kill them off completely.

70 years ago, Thursday, May 24, 1951 Reg i na (CP ) – M iss Mar ion Scr ibner is Saskatchewan’sonlywoman school superintendent and thinks possibly she is the only one in Canada.

Bi r n ie: E lect r icia ns are busy wiring homes in anticipation of the hydro com i ng t h rough t h i s summer.

60 years ago, Friday, May 26, 1961 Two district girls were members of the 1961 class of nurses from St. Boniface Hospital for whom formal graduating exercises were held Friday, May 19. They were Lorna Goodwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Goodwin of Neepawa and a former student at Ne e paw a C ol le g i at e, and Eleanor Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Robinson of Eden and a graduate of Eden High School. A member of the 61-B class, Eleanor will complete her formal training in July.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Caldwell, popular residents of Wellwood for the past half century, were the recipients of gifts from family and friends, and a large number of congratulatory messages when they observed their golden wedding anniversary on Monday.

Joseph Henry (Harry) Caldwell and Miss Helen Amelia (Nellie) Caithness were married at Carberry May 24, 1911, the Rev. Dr. W. G. Bayne officiating.

They have made their home in Wellwood since that time.

50 years ago, Thursday, May 27, 1971 The five-storey extension to East View Lodge is ready for the painters this week, and should be finished and ready for occupancy in early June.

Douglas Murray McLaren, son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. McLaren, of Neepawa, received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at the annual Spring Convocation of the University of Manitoba May 21. He received his

early education in Neepawa schools.

40 years ago, Thursday, May 28, 1981 Construction of the main stem supporting Neepawa’s elevated water storage tank began this week.

Maud Merriman, of Neepawa, celebrated her 95th birthday May 12 with family and close friends.

Note: A plaque was specially made for her by her son, Gordon, of Thunder Bay, that contained 95 silver dollars. Mrs. Merriman was born in 1886 on Stroke-on-Trent, Stafforshire, England and came to Canada in 1911. She married Albert Cooper Merriman, who predeceased her in 1959. Mrs. Merriman was also noted as having one daughter, Florence Havelock, in Neepawa.

30 years ago, Monday, May 27, 1991 This past Sunday was scheduled to be the first day of Sunday Shopping in Neepawa for Safeway and Tomboy Stores.

It was difficult to find enthusiasm for the idea in town. Staff, while not wanting to be quoted, gave the distinct impression that they were not in favor of the idea. The decision to open Sundays came from the headquarters of Canada Safeway. Williams, of Williams Tomboy, said “We’d be very pleased to be closed every Sunday.”

He felt that the opening was necessary to compete with Safeway. “I don’t think there is enough people who do want it,” added Williams.

As The Banner goes to print this weekend, it takes another step forward. This week marks the first time The Banner will go into Minnedosa on a regular, every week basis. Since starting less than two years ago, this paper has grown to a weekly circulation of 9,200 papers.

It was in response to requests from readers and advertisers that the expansion to Minnedosa took place.

The Banner covers 31 towns and villages, the largest ones being Neepawa, Minnedosa, Carberry and Gladstone.

20 years ago, May 28, Monday, 2001 A Carberry man was

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This Wellwood couple, Joseph Caldwell (left) and Helen Caldwell (right), celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1961.

taken to hospital Monday after his truck loaded with potatoes rolled.

RCMP said the man was driving north on Highway 5, about eight kilometres from Carberry, when a

tire on his truck blew.

His tandem trailer was loaded with seed potatoes.

When the truck rolled, the spuds spilled into the cab, trapping the driver.

T he C a rb er r y f i r e

department used the Jaws of Life to remove the driver, who was taken to hospital for minor injuries, treated and released.

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New rink in Kelwood showing progress

PHOTO BY JOHN DRINKWATER

RM of Rosedale reeve Michael Porrok (left) and councilor Earl Burton provided an update on the progress of the new Kelwood skating rink.

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press The construction of the new Kelwood Rink is coming along. Getting this new facility in the community has been a work in progress for almost four years, after the roof collapsed on the former

rink in 2017.

Rural Municipality of Rosedale reeve Michael Porrok and councilor Earl Burton gave the Banner & Press and NACTV a tour of the building on Monday, May 17, providing an update on where things are at. The structure itself is all up now,

including the interior walls dividing the space into rooms.

The facility will have four dressing rooms, two of which will also have showers. There is also a canteen/kitchen. The space will all be heated by infloor heating. The contractor for the build is JC Lavich, based out of Neepawa.

Porrok stated that all the work so far has been funded by a combination of insurance payout from the former rink, grants from the government and grants from organizations, including Farm Credit Canada, Richardson-Pioneer, Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op and the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation.

Porrok and Burton said that they’re hoping to have part of the building ready to use for the coming season. Because the building is located next to Kelwood’s campground, they are focusing on getting the shower rooms done as soon as possible, so that campers can use the facility. “Showers will service not only the rink, the campground as well will [have] an entrance in and out,” Porrok said, explaining that there is access directly to the shower

rooms from the outside.

As for when the rink itself will be complete and ready to use, Burton and Porrok estimate that it’ll be a couple years. “We likely won’t see any ice surface for a bit of time, because of funding,” Burton expressed. In the meantime, however, they are glad that there is the possibility of the building being used for other purposes.

“We’ll be able to use it 12 months of the year, because of

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Caleb Moore, of Brandon, trying out newly installed zip line equipment at Minnedosa Beach playground on May 14.

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‘A huge learning experience’ Continued from Page A3 One of May’s family members had the testing tool they needed, so, with resources readily available, the two had gotten to work.

“We didn’t actually know at the time what Brix levels or refractometers were, so it was a huge learning experience for us,” May expressed.

Students give advice When the Banner & Press asked the pair what advice they had for other students who may want to pursue the science fair, they emphasized that it may take a lot of work, but to never give up.

“The work pays off,” said May. Expanding on this, Dennis stated, “Even if you don’t win, don’t be afraid to look into the projects that other kids did. Get inspiration and know what they did and learn and make

conversation. Because that’s what science is really about– it’s not about winning or the awards for me, it’s the experience and a path of life. It gets you out there and you’re putting yourself into these experiences that might not happen otherwise if you didn’t.”

This was Dennis and May’s first year being eligible for the science fair, the pair considering it a preparation year. Both have a strong desire to go back and do it again.

“We know that if we did it once, we can do it again,” said May. “I think with the virtual science fair, it was kind of a bang to end the year off for us, and now we kind of know what to expect in the future for a live-person one.”

The pair extend their thanks to their families, friends and school for playing a big part in encouraging them and giving them the feedback they needed to take their project to the next level.

the campground access and the ice surface, of course. And other functions could happen here, because there is a cooking area and a waiting area for bad weather or whatever,” Burton said. “We have a local fair, the ag society puts on a fair here, so we could probably use it for that and for auction sales.”

Porrok added, “Definitely more activities in the summertime we’re hoping it will draw.”

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Street/sidewalk upgrades moving forward in Neepawa

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

A pair of significant street related renewal projects will soon be moving forward in Neepawa. Town Council recently approved the hiring of West-Can Seal Coating Inc. to micro-surface 20,000 square metres of road. The areas of road they will be working on will be Brown Avenue, between Hospital Street and Adelaide Crescent, and Hamilton Street, from Walker Avenue to the bridge near Broadway Avenue.

Micro surfacing is a “surface treatment” for roads.

It is laid over the top of the existing surface to seal and protect it. It consists of a water-based mix of stones

and bitumen which is spread over the existing surface by a special machine.

The cost of the road upgrades will be $209,200 plus applicable taxes. A timeline for that work to start has not yet been announced.

Along with the planned micro-surfacing, the renewal of 243 metres of sidewalk pavement has also been announced. This has been an ongoing upgrade effort from the town over the past few years. For this year’s work, J.C. Lavich Construction has received approval on its tender of $29,055, plus applicable taxes. The improvements will be made throughout the community. A timeline for that work to start has not yet been announced.

4-H report

By Sveinna Bjarnarson Neepawa 4-H BEEF CLUB

The Neepawa and Area 4-H Beef Club held their last virtual business May 17.

We had Megan Baron from Carberry join us on our screen for a judging workshop. Megan is a past 4-H member that has been on judging teams for Agribition and large shows in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and, of course, in Manitoba. Megan really simplified it down for us.

Pick the animal or item and decide which one you like the best, and then tell us why, but make sure you have the right terminology!

We started off with a class of two Charolais steers, then four bred Hereford heifers, then we had four hogs to judge. Not only did we have to type in the ‘chat’ screen our placings, but we all had to give oral reasons during the workshop. We even had to judge four ice-cream dishes; how could anyone go wrong with that! We cannot wait to have Megan join us in person for another judging workshop.

Our club is gett ing ready to do another virtual achievement and sale this year. Our members will be doing the videography this year at their yards due

to the Code Red restrictions. Keep your eye out on our website, www.neepawaarea4h.com and check us out on Facebook, Neepawa & Area 4-H Beef Club. Our videos and photos will be up around June 20 and placings will be announced around July 5. Our sale will be held July 7 starting at 6:30, the website for the sale is www. gladstoneauctionmart.com If you are needing more information about the virtual show and sale, reach out to one of the 4-H families.

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By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

Gordon Coutts, fire chief of the Plumas Fire Department for the last 20 years, has officially stepped down from the position. Coutts, who has a combined 27 years of total service on the job, will remain with the fire department in an advisory/supervisor role.

Matt Dayholos has been announced as the new chief.

Coutts decided now was the time for someone new to step into the role because of the future purchasing of new and advanced f iref ighting technology.

He said it’s best for the person who will be using that equipment for the next 20 years to be the lead for the department moving forward.

In a phone interview with the Banner & Press, Coutts noted that his predecessor Lloyd Hall served as a mentor for him when he first took on the role. He added that Hall taught him a very valuable lesson early on in his tenure on not taking any [guff ] from anyone on the job.

As a thank you for his two decades of work in the fire department’s top job, Coutts was presented with a certificate of appreciation on Wednesday, May 19 at a ceremony at Stride Hall in Gladstone.

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Myles Brister: From Tiger to Cougar

MAY 28, 2021

New turf installed on portion of Neepawa Golf Course

Submitted ACC Media Release

By Eoin Devereux

Myles Brister has become the first player from Neepawa to commit to the 2021 Assiniboine Community College (ACC) Cougar Men’s Soccer roster. Brister is a 5’9” fullback that played every minute of every game for the Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) Tigers before soccer was cancelled due to COVID restrictions.

“Myles was an asset to the Tigers squad throughout his high school career,” said former coach Chase Critchlow.

“His competitive drive, pace and tackling ensured that the opposition would have a difficult time breaking through on goal. He will be a difficult player to replace and will be an excellent addition to the ACC squad.”

Brister noted that he is eager to have an impact when the ACC Cougars are able to take to the field once again.

“I bring competitiveness, aggressiveness and a willingness to do anything to win games,” said Brister. “I like soccer because it can be a fast paced, complex game but it can sometimes slow down and be played simply. I was attracted to the Cougars because of the new coach, size of school and I’ve heard good things from past players.”

Aside from soccer, Brister

Local golfers are noticing some major improvements on Hole #4 at the Neepawa Golf & Country Club (NGCC). Groundskeeping staff at the Club, along with several volunteers, recently completed re-turf ing a large section of land near the green.

NGCC superintendent Mark Kerkowich said the sod arrived on Tuesday, May. 18 at around noon, and they were able to have it all installed by 4:30 pm.

He said everyone couldn’t be any happier with just how the work ended up.

“It’s all turned out really well. [The work] had to be done due to the flood damage from last year. We oversewed a lot of areas last year and we’re starting to see the results there. But, for this portion of the course, it’s a pretty high traffic area and we would have struggled to have the seed to grow, so we went the sod route,” said Kerkowich. “It’s fantastic to have that looked after.

I couldn’t be happier with the result. Seeing it go from dirt to sod is quite the feeling. Even the volunteers were pretty excited about it, never mind the crew.”

Kerkowich gave a big thanks to the 12 to 15 volunteers who committed

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Neepawa’s Myles Brister signs his commitment papers to Assiniboine Communtiy College and the ACC Cougars soccer program.

enjoys hanging out with his friends and fishing in the great outdoors. He maintained honour roll status throughout his time at NACI and will be taking the college’s Business Administration program in the fall.

Brister is interested in the finance and economics side of business and hopes to pursue a career in that area.

About ACC Assiniboine Community College offers more than 40 diploma and certificate programs across a variety of disciplines. The college consists of more than 3,600 full-time and 6,000 parttime students, with campuses in Brandon, Dauphin and Winnipeg.

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The newly placed turf along Hole #4 at the Neepawa Golf & Country Club. (NGCC)

their time to assist with the installation. He stated those extra hands made sure everything was done as quickly as possible.

Other work that was recently looked after at the Golf Course included building up along the tee box at Hole #3 and some patches along Hole #8.

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Community profile: Jerra Green

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Jerra Green, of Carberry, started forest fire fighter training at Paint Lake earlier this month.

By Gladwyn Scott Neepawa Banner & Press Jerra Green, a 2012 Carberry Collegiate graduate and female athlete of the year, has a new position this summer as a forest fire fighter. She arrived May 2 in Thompson to do some training around Paint Lake.

“Although we may not parachute into danger areas, we do jump from helicopters to get close to the fires,” said Jerra. “There are four women among the 27 trainees and you need to be in good physical condition.

There are no fires here, but Sandilands and Whiteshell have plenty right now. We

will be sent out to ‘battle’ soon.”

Always an adventurous young woman, Ms. Green spent time in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, caring for wild animals and holidaying. She also worked as an educational assistant at CC, RJ Waugh and Brookdale School, plus worked for a time at McCain’s. “This is something I’ve always wanted to do,” stated a jovial Jerra in a telephone interview from Thompson.

She will return to her dual role as a fitness instructor for the ACC Police Studies program and a member of the Rivers Police Services on Aug. 28.

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Jerra Green has been training to be a forest fire fighter, which can involve jumping from helicopters to get close to fires.

Here and there

By Gladwyn Scott Neepawa Banner & Press

• Fire forced more than a dozen homes south of Carberry to evacuate Tuesday morning, May 18. North Cypress-Langford reeve, Bob Adriaansen, said 18 homes and 34 people were evacuated because of heavy smoke and safety risk.

Several dozen firefighters from Carberry, Wawanesa, Austin, Glenboro, CFB Shilo and others, plus a dozen trucks met at the local fire hall prior to leaving at 11:00 to battle the blaze that had burned 1,500 hectares of land. Highway #5 was closed for a time south of Carberry.

• Raelyn (McIntosh) Voulgaris was back in the area after Angela and Richard Manns’s home was destroyed by fire. Some folks will remember Raelyn as a Carberry Collegiate student and she was the leader of a group known as Super Troopers. Their goal was to help military wives by cutting grass, shovelling snow, running errands and babysitting while the ladies went shopping, had hair appointments, etc.

The Super Troopers were very energetic and were nominated for the premier’s Volunteer of the Year celebrations at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. They were chosen as winners in their category and several of the girls were sponsored to attend the banquet. It was a huge occasion and they received a 2009 rural achievement plaque, which librarian Jodi Cupples stated is still on display at CC. After graduation, Raelyn achieved her Bachelor of Education, majoring in special education, at the University of Manitoba and is teaching at RB Russell School in Winnipeg. Although most Winnipeg students are currently learning online, Raelyn has Grades 9 and 10 special ed. students in four subjects.

She is married to Nathan Voulgaris, a culinary chef, and they live in Niverville with children, Ava (5) and Scarlet (3). They also host Gavin Renwick (16), a Neepawa Natives draftee, who attended Tuxedo

Shaftesbury High School and the Rink Academy from September to May 12.

Another Carberry hockey goalie, Carson Bjarnason, also lived in Niverville and attended the same school.

• Carberry schools (K-12) continued remote learning until at least May 26 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In mid-May, Red River (Morris) and Garden Valley (Winkler) School Divisions decided to go to remote learning.

This Winkler area is the same group that did not believe in Safe Grad until a couple of graduates lost their lives in auto accidents on Grad night.

• Paving on Stickle Avenue and Jardine Street by Maple Leaf Construction on the west side of Carberry will occur this summer.

• Killarney-Turtle Mountain RM is asking folks to limit lawn watering so they can still enjoy Lake Killarney this summer. In Morden, watering gardens is rationed due to a shortage of water from Lake Minnewasta.

• Brad Gushue (St. John’s, NL) and Kerri Einarson (Camp Morton, MB) represented Canada in the 20 country World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland May 17 to 23. The teams were divided into two pools of 10 and following a nine game round robin, the top three countries in each pool advanced to the playoffs.

The Gushue-Einarson team, finishing the 10 team round robin with a 7-2 record, edged Switzerland 7-6 in the quarter final playoffs.

Scotland beat them 7-4 in the semi-finals. Sweden

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Raelyn Voulgaris, Gavin Renwick, Raelyn’s husband Nathan and children, Ava and Scarlet.

beat them 7-4 in the bronze medal game and Scotland captured the gold medals 9-7 over Norway. Although Canada did not finish in the medals, they qualified Canada for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

• Killarney schools (K-12) have moved to remote learning until May 31.

• The American border has been closed to non-essential traffic until June 21.

• There was a huge turnout at Cartwright regarding the 18,000 head HyLife barn application in the RM of Cartwright-Roblin. The hearing lasted well past 11:00 pm, with the majority of the speakers appearing to be opposed to the proposed barn.

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In Memory

Obituary BRIAN GRACE

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Brian Grace, May 14, 2021, at the Brandon Regional Health Centre, with his wife Susan by his side.

Brian was born in Sheffield, England on March 29, 1938, son of Lewis and Ethel Grace.

Pre-deceased by his parents, brother Paul (Carol), sonin-law Maurice (Helen) and great grandson Wyatt, (mom Tricia), he leaves to mourn, wife of 24 years, Susan, brother Roy (Audrey), children Helen (Peter), Lorraine (Paul), Alison (Gary), Wendy (Danny), Clare (Dave), Dawn (Fred), Darron (Alexandria) and Dianne (Danton), along with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The day after he graduated high school at the age of 14, Brian began his working life as a farm mechanic. He was conscripted for two years of National Service in the British Army. As a young man, he developed and pursued his love for motorcycle racing until his first marriage and moved on to coach racing. In 1976, Brian moved his family to Canada in search of a better life, all the while missing his beloved Yorkshire, until the day he died.

The first two years of his new life were spent in Austin, Manitoba, moving on to Neepawa in 1978. During his seven years in Neepawa, his experience and expertise in large farm equipment allowed the good fortune of a few businesses to have him in their employ and he also tried his hand at owning and operating a Honda dealership in Plumas. Years later, while attending Ag Days in Brandon, farmers would bump into him and reminisce of equipment once repaired by him and still in service! Brian took great pride in those accomplishments and memories.

Brian finally put down some deeper roots in Brandon.

He spent a few more years working as a mechanic.

He then took over the running of Kokonas Restaurant Limousines from Albert Kokonas, later purchasing it and renaming the business to Brandon Luxury Limousines.

He and his wife Susan continued running the business until they sold it and relocated to Carberry in 1999, where he took up working as a mechanic once again. In Carberry, he became a constant and appreciated fixture at two of the local Hutterite colonies, fixing equipment and schooling the boys in the trade. Finally, it was time for Brian to retire from being The GRACEous Mechanic and moved back to Brandon in 2019.

He spent his retirement listening to his beloved brass band music! It was in his blood, developed at a very young age. Brian played the euphonium with the Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band in England. He felt a great sense of community when the band would gather to play hymns at the coal mine entrances if miners were in jeopardy. Years later, he listened to and conducted favourite pieces from his chair or bed right up to two days before his passing.

Brian’s other great love was FOOD! He could whip up a meal in no time! There was no saying no to him and there was no leaving hungry! With his love for food came the joy of grocery shopping, his favourite hobby, along side being an avid vegetable gardener.

Brian was also blessed with a great sense of humour outwitted by no one! He loved telling stories and jokes in the hopes of a response, any response!

Brian’s wish was to not have a service or a viewing of any type. Cremation has taken place and Ronald Moffit Memorial Services of Portage la Prairie are entrusted with all arrangements.

As family and friends desire, donations may be made in Brian’s memory to the charity of their choosing. To leave condolences for Brian’s family, please visit our website at www.ronaldmoffitmemorialservices.com.

Victor Barilla

Peacefully, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Victor Barilla passed away at Brandon Regional Health Centre.

Victor Barilla was born to Michael and Stella on December 16, 1942.

He was the loving husband of Angelinda, he leaves to cherish his memory by daughter Danielle and family, brother Don (Julie). He will also be missed by numerous family and friends.

He was predeceased by his sisters Anne and Jane.

He was very intelligent and knowledgeable. He enjoyed politics, in fact, in his adolescence, he had aspirations of a career in law. However, when presented with the opportunity to carry on the family legacy, decided to manage the family farms.

After retirement from his farm in 1995, he took on a position for the DeKoning farms and worked as a cattleman for 10 years.

He had a penchant for adventure, including riding his Harley with Angelinda, exploring various locations in Manitoba, testing culinary treats and displaying his pool playing expertise. In his youth, he enjoyed curling and played as a skip and later in life developed a passion in gardening and lawn care. When family was over, he was always sure to enthusiastically meet the needs of all with a sweet tooth.

Cremation has taken place. Due to restrictions on gatherings a private service was held on May 3, 2021.

Lorna Mary McClelland (Nee Pegoski) Lorna Mary McClelland, fondly known as Boosha, passed away at Country Meadows Care Home at the age of 81 on May 17th, 2021.

The one and only Boosha was born in Neepawa on March 8th, 1940 to Polish immigrants Mary and Joseph.

She spent most of her years in the town she loved. A beautiful bride, Lorna married Dave McClelland November 6th, 1961 and together they raised two daughters before they went their separate ways.

Mom will be lovingly remembered by daughters Patty (Todd) Goranson and Judy (Tim) Gompf.

Lorna enjoyed needle point, crocheting and gardening.

She took great pride in her award winning yard. Mom enjoyed fishing and always seemed to catch more fish than anyone else. She was an active member of St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church throughout most her life. All who loved her will remember her kind smile and infectious laugh.

Lorna leaves to cherish her memory brother, Joey (Judi) nieces, Janice, Joanne, Sandra, Lorrie, Kelly, nephews, Leonard, Randy, Terry, David and Stephen.

More than anything mom loved being a Boosha to her grandchildren. Boosha will be cherished in the hearts of Brittany, Kylie, Cady, Tyson and Dylan.

Lorna is predeceased by parents Mary and Joseph, nephew Danny, brothers Julian, Daniel, Roman and Anthony, sisters Ida and Victoria. The Polish sisters are reunited!

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a small family funeral will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2021. A celebration of Boosha’s life for family and friends will be held at a later date when restrictions are lifted.

Boosha, we love you and you are in our hearts forever.

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Obituary Judy (Cairns) Roe Judy (Cairns) Roe was born on June 22, 1937 in Flin Flon, Manitoba. She was the only daughter and one of five children born to Elmor and Asta Cairns. Judy took her schooling in MacGregor and Westburn Schools and then went on to teach school for one year on permit at Smalley School, north of Amaranth, in 1955. In the fall of 1956, Judy took a Junior Stenographer course at Angus Commercial School in Winnipeg and began her secretarial career at Sun Life Mortgage Office in Winnipeg in January of 1957. Judy worked at the Sun Life Mortgage Office for four years until she left to get married to Ron Roe of Arden, MB on October 22, 1960. Judy then started working at the Neepawa Salt Plant in 1961 and remained there until the birth of her first son, Darren, in March 1965.

Her second son, Blake, was born in May of 1967. While the boys were young, Judy did part time work around Neepawa. In 1971, Judy was employed by the Beautiful Plains School Division where she did secretarial work for the School Division Office, Hazel M Kellington School and finally finishing off her 25 year career in the School Division at Neepawa Collegiate School. After retiring from Beautiful Plains School Division in 1996, Judy went on to help her sons in the office of the Neepawa Shop Easy, where she remained working until 2004. Judy passed away peacefully on May 13, 2021, surrounded by the comfort of her family at the Neepawa Hospital. Judy was predeceased by her Mom and Dad (Elmor and Asta Cairns), her husband Ron in 2014, her brother Peter in 2008, her brother Gus in 2015, her brother Barry in 2020.

She is survived by her brother Raymond in Florida, her inlaws Carol Cairns (Gus), Shirley Cairns (Barry), Harvey and Irene Smith, Ella Jarvis and Lilian Roe, her son Darren (Kathie) and granddaughters Dariane, Kaylyn and Brooklyn, her son Blake (Kelly) and grandsons Jeremy and Parker. Donations can be made in Judy's name to the Neepawa and Area Palliative Care.

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Help Wanted Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne

Jarvis Trucking Ltd,

The Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne invites applications for the position of a full time Grader Operator/Labourer.

The successful applicant should possess the following qualifications: - Ability to efficiently and effectively operate a grader - Ability to maintain municipal roadways and snow clearing - be in possession of a valid Class 5 Manitoba Driver’s License, Class 1 license would be considered an asset.

- have mechanical aptitude - Ability to work in a team environment - be able to perform physical duties as assigned.

This is a permanent fulltime position to start immediately.

The Municipality offers a comprehensive pension and benefit plan.

Interested applicants may submit a resume with references and salary expectations by 12:00 Noon, Friday, June 4th, 2021 Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne PO Box 10 Glenella, MB R0J 0V0 Fax: 204-352-4100 Email: rmofglen@inetlink.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Manitoba Housing is compiling a list of suppliers interested in providing Caretaker Services to the location(s) listed below, 1 Contract to be awarded. Site Visit must be attended to be considered eligible and receive Request for Quote.

CONTRACT 1 – 12 Units Plumas – Village View Lodge (12 Units) Housing must be made aware of interest by June 4, 2021.

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Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is hiring

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at our HOME & FARM CENTRE in NEEPAWA, MB. Who we are: Co-op does business differently. As a co-operative, we believe in working together to serve Western Canadians, delivering profits back to our communities and investing in sustainable growth. To learn more about who we are and how you can help bring our brand to life, visit us at www.neepawagladstoneco-op.crs We are looking for: Duties to include, but not limited to, customer service, processing customer transactions, stocking, merchandising, product knowledge and general housekeeping duties. Will be required to assist part time in the Yard as needed.

Qualifications: • Excellent customer service skills • Highly motivated and ability to multi-task • Strong interpersonal and communication skills • Class 5 driver’s license • Ability to operate a Forklift (training will be available) • Must be available to work a variety of shifts including days and Saturdays • Will require some heavy lifting and manual labour.

• Previous lumber/hardware experience would be an asset but not required Closing Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 At Co-op, we embrace diversity and inclusion, and we are working to create a workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We support and provide an environment that allows all to bring their whole selves to work.

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FOODS Meat Cutters/Production Personnel HyLife is a global leader in food processing. Our mission is to be the best food company in the world. To achieve this, we need talented people to join our HyLife team as the company continues to grow.

HyLife is committed to our employees and we have an exciting new career opportunity in the beautiful town of Neepawa, MB for you to explore!

As a Meat Cutter/Production Personnel you will be a critical member of our team in the creation of our world class product. Our positions range from working on our production floor to shipping the final packaged product, with everything in between!

Responsibilities and duties include but are not limited to: • Slaughter and eviscerate hogs for further processing • Harvest and package edible offal • Process pork carcasses into primal cuts • Butcher and package pork primal cuts into value added specifications for local, national and international premium markets • Carry out other tasks related to processing of meat for shipping to customers or storage • Sanitation People who will succeed as members of our team will: • Enjoy working in a fast paced, stable long-term work environment • Appreciate working in a culturally diverse workplace. We employ people from all over the world!

• Treat people with dignity and respect • Open to working in colder/warmer environments • Physically Fit • Experience as an industrial butcher or trimmer is an asset

Current starting wage is $15.45/hour plus $1.00/hour perfect attendance bonus!

Wage scale extends to $23.05 per hour In addition to HyLife’s benefits, vacation time and competitive salary our company also offers a $500 dollar employee referral bonus program!

HyLife is here to support you on building an exciting career with our team!

If you have the qualifications and the passion to meet this challenge then we would like to explore your potential.

Please apply online at http://hylife.com/current-opportunities/ or email to jobs@hylife.com or mail to PO Box 10,000, 623 Main St E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0.

We want it to be YOU! Come join our HyLife team.

We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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is a clinic of General Practitioners that is maintaining a busy practice. We are looking for a committed individual to join our clinic staff to fill a position of

Phone and Front Desk Receptionist.

The individual who fills this position will join our current full-time, professional and experienced staff to ensure the clinic operates effectively.

Main duties will include: • Answering the phone • Triaging and booking appointments • Greeting and registering patients courteously • Escorting patients to examination rooms • Preparing examination rooms for appointments • Liaising between patients and physicians Requirements: • Medical office administration experience or training • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both in-person and on the phone • Ability to handle a fast-paced work environment with multiple, sometimes conflicting demands • Grade 12 education or equivalent • Ability to respect and promote confidentiality • Strong English skills combined with the ability to speak in Filipino is preferred.

This is posted as a full-time weekday position. Hours vary between 0800 and 1730 hours.

Start date and wages negotiable.

References required Please submit resume to Beautiful Plains Community Medical Clinic, Box 70, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 Or email Shockin@pmh-mb.ca by June 4th, 2021.

We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

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We offer competitive wages, comprehensive benefits plan, Safety training and a safe work environment.

Requirements are: minimum class 5 driver’s license, positive work attitude, able to work well with others or alone, safety oriented, work extensive summer hours including some weekends, work away from home.

If you are interested in joining a well-established and growing company with room for advancement, please visit us at 1200 Lorne Ave. E. in Portage La Prairie, MB to fill out an application, apply online at www. efmoon.ca, or email a resume to toddt@efmoon.ca

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Letter: A synonym for stupidity?

Continued from Page A5 Meanwhile, in the USA, the most powerful Conservative leader on earth recommended that people drink bleach to protect themselves. Hundreds did and were hospitalized as a result.

Trump also assured people that masks and social distancing were some kind of left-wing plot. He also turned down the opportunity to lock in an order for 200 million extra doses of vaccine. A change to a more liberal government and in 125 days, over half of Americans have been vaccinated.

Social restrictions are being lifted.

But the longed for “herd immunity” of 75 per cent vaccinated is being delayed by the reluctance of Trump faithful to accept the vaccine. The reasons range from “Covid is a hoax,” to “They are implanting a computer chip in my brain for communist takeover,” to my personal favourite,

“The liberals are trying to get us to take a chemical castration shot so Republicans won’t be able to reproduce.” Seriously! 70 per cent of Conservative faithful in the US are refusing to be vaccinated.

Closer to home, our favourite editor has said several times that he does not want to be vaccinated. I have to ask, Ken, did your mother give you a choice of being vaccinated for Smallpox, Diphtheria or Polio? Would you rather have taken your chances on those diseases? My mother saw many friends die from those things, so I didn’t get a choice and I’m glad.

Our Manitoba nurses have not had a working contract for four years. Pallister refers to them as “heroes” for the care they give us. But he refuses to negotiate a contract so they know where they stand for job security. While our

doctors cancel surgeries because we don’t have nurses to provide care, Pallister refuses to graduate more nurses and insists on “redeploying” them to get more work from fewer people. Our ICUs are full and we don’t have nurses to open more, so we will redeploy them. Whatever in Hell that means? Four years ago, 300 nurses moved to North Dakota in a group because of Pallister’s policies.

Teachers. Pallister wanted them to cross a closed international border to a known COVID “hot spot” to be vaccinated, at their own expense.

Less than two weeks later, he lowered the limit so anyone over 12 years old is eligible for vaccination here at home.

Is there any common sense to that?

Hydro workers. He won’t let the

company negotiate a contract. He is attempting to pass a law prohibiting arbitration. And he refuses to let us, the owners of Hydro, get information on the state of our company’s finances. When he paid $2 million for a report on Hydro, he did not allow the author, former Sask. Premier Brad Wall, to mention billions of dollars in Hydro sales to Saskatchewan. He wouldn’t let Hydro bid on Fibre optics service in the North, but now he is giving Hydro’s fibre optic network to Bell MTS for free. He is trying to make Hydro look bad so he can give OUR asset to his Capitalist friends.

Pallister’s hatred of working class people is pathological and palpable.

He has no problem with a capitalist organization controlling thousands of franchised restaurants world wide. He has no problem with three

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He has no problem with one family controlling 80 per cent of the baking business in Canada. But let a few workers unite to negotiate fair working conditions or fair wages and Pallister figures it’s a crime against humanity.

Is it my imagination or has the word Conservative become a synonym for stupidity?

Leonard Paramor Arden, MB Editor’s note: I didn’t want to take the vaccine, but I did. I took it so as to protect others. If it was only for me, I would not have taken the vaccine as the chances of actually gettng C-19 are small and very few get really sick from it. But I get it, many have died too. To compare Small Pox, Polio and C-19 isn’t really valid, but that’s just my opinion. KW

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Spring food drive a success Continued from Page A1 “We were very happy that we did not have to cancel the Spring Food Drive after the latest health restrictions did not permit HOPE students to participate in the food drive,” stated Michelle Young, NACI teacher and HOPE group teacher liaison. “It was really nice to see the NACI staff and the Neepawa Rotarians step in and work with Amanda [Naughton-Gale] at Neepawa Community Ministries to come up with a Plan B to ensure the food drive could happen!”

The Rotary Club has a history of helping out the HOPE group with their food drives, so club president Wayne Jacobsen said they were eager to be able to assist with this year’s effort.

“We’re happy to work with the school in any capacity,” Jacobsen stated. “[It was] a great combined effort for a great cause and we’re happy that we could help with it.”

NCMC community ministries director Amanda Naughton-Gale stated that the food drive was a great success. The total amount

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of food collected this year was 3,173 pounds, plus about $280 in donations.

“That is huge, for us,” Naughton-Gale expressed.

In terms of weight, the collection this year ended up being about 100 pounds less than last year, but with the extra money donated this year, Naughton-Gale said that brings the total value of donations up to much higher than last year. She expressed thanks to all the groups involved, including the NCMC board of direc-

tors, who came in after the drive to sort through all the food over two days. She also wanted to thank the community for their continued support of this annual effort.

She noted that the drive helped put the food bank in a very good place, but they are always happy to accept more donations to continue filling the shelves.

“We’re well stocked for the summer months,” said Naughton-Gale. “But the need is always there, as this pandemic drags on.”

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Banner 125 & Press Y Friday, May 28, 2021 • Neepawa, Manitoba • B Section

neepawa

Celebrating

ears

Celebrating our history together

By Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner & Press

T

he Neepawa Banner & Press and the Neepawa area both have a lot of history to celebrate. This 125th Anniversary edition is a 12 page section and it is a truly special section. We feature a full reproduction of the very first Neepawa Press from May 28, 1896. And no, we can’t honour any of the prices advertised for 1896, including the $1 per year subscription fee.

This special section is one of a series we plan to publish through the coming months. We have invited businesses to celebrate their history with our readers and three businesses and the Town of Neepawa are involved in this section.

We hope many more will want to join with us and tell their story in our regular editions of the Neepawa Banner & Press throughout the year. The Town of Neepawa was incorporated in 1883 and is the oldest organization in the area, The Neepawa Banner & Press is the oldest business, having started in 1896, as noted above. Guinn Bros. Memorials was started in 1908 and the Neepawa Gladstone Co-op dates back to 1929.

People, businesses, organizations and buildings have been through the great development rush of the late 1890s and early 1900s, the First Word War, the 1918 flu, the Roaring ‘20s, The Dirty Thirties, the Second World War, the Korean Conflict, SARS and now COVID-19.

We are survivors, we are achievers, we are visionaries and I think we all plan to be here as long as the Good Lord allows us to live and thrive.

Every business has a history, some longer than others, and it’s important to tell our stories. Many of our old timer residents are gone and can’t tell their story to the thousands of people in our readership area that don’t know your history. In succeeding weeks, as part of our regular weekly paper, we offer any businesses an opportunity to tell their story. Many businesses have been in business 10, 20, 40 or more years and that’s good news in itself.

Maybe the building you are in has historic significance.

We are fortunate to have so many historical buildings in the Neepawa area and that story needs to be told as well.

We set up special 125th anniversary rates for this issue and for coming issues to make it easier to tell your story.

Special 125th anniversary advertising rates Full page: $825 (regular $1,038.78) Half page: $525 (regular $598.75) 1/4 page: $325 (regular $364.87) Double business card: $125 (regular $153.17) Please call me at the Banner & Press office at 204476-3401 or email me at kwaddell@neepawabanner.com

Serving the

Land of Plenty

for 125 years.

PHOTOS FROM NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS ARCHIVES

Above: A drawing of the original Neepawa Press building on Hamilton Street (current location of the east portion of Home Hardware). Below: The current Banner & Press building, which is nearly identical to how it looked when it was constructed in 1932.

B6 NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS MAY 28, 2021

Serving the Land of Plenty for 125 years

By Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner & Press The Neepawa Banner & Press is the oldest continuing business in Neepawa today. It was founded in May 1896 as The Neepawa Press. The founder, J.A. Dunlop, ran the paper until 1930 and left the business to his son, Blake, who published The Press until September 1946. Another son, Wilfred Dunlop, also was associated with the paper during the 1940s.

S. James Dempsey took over in 1946 and he was succeeded by W.H. Vopni on July 1, 1948. Editors during the next 20 years included Vic O’Neill, of Edmonton, William Portman, of Portage la Prairie, A.F. “Dick” McKenzie, of Neepawa, Jennifer Sladek, of Gladstone, George Smellie, of Russell and Bill Peters, of Binscarth.

On Nov. 1, 1968, The Press was purchased by Jack Huxley and John Oslund, who had been co-managers of the business since 1955.

The Press was bought in the mid 1980s by Jack Gibson and Ewan Pow, who then sold it to Glacier Corporation out of Vancouver. That meant that after 114 years of local ownership, The Neepawa Press was managed by an out-of-province company.

In 2015, the Neepawa Press was purchased by The Neepawa Banner and its publishers, Ken and Christine Waddell, which brought the oldest business in Neepawa back into local ownership.

While The Neepawa Press is the oldest continuing business in Neepawa today, it was not the first newspaper published here.

The first newspaper, edited and managed by a Mr. Brongeest, was started in 1885 and was known as the Neepawa Canadian.

Mr. Brongeest later severed connections with The Canadian and started his own newspaper, The Neepawa Star. Both papers were later amalgamated in The Neepawa Register. The Neepawa Press thrived and absorbed the Register in the late 1920s. There were apparently several other short-lived papers, one of which was The Neepawa Herald, another The Neepawa News.

Although The Neepawa Banner & Press is published in the same building on Mountain Avenue constructed in 1932 by J.A. Dunlop, methods of printing have changed greatly since 1896, when metal type was gathered by hand, locked into steel forms and the paper printed on hand

and foot-powered presses.

A Monoline ty pesetting machine (the first in Manitoba) was installed in 1902 and continued to serve until a Model 19 Linotype machine took its place in 1917. During the years The Press was owned by W.H. Vopni, most of the equipment was replaced with

new typesetting machines and a new automatic flatbed rotary newspaper press was installed.

In 1974, the new owners converted the printing process to the offset method, utilizing computer photo typesetters and a graphic camera to produce the newspaper. Actual print-

ing of the paper was done at a central press owned

by The Brandon Sun for many years and then at the Dauphin Herald. The Banner printed at the Brandon Sun for a period of time, but now The Banner & Press is printed by Struth Publishing in Killarney.

Today’s paper is set up on

a computer and the files are sent to the printing plant over the internet.

The Banner & Press publishes weekly with a Friday date, but is out on the streets on Thursday afternoon. The circulation is currently 9,500 copies each week across Neepawa and surrounding region.

THE TOWN HAS BEEN A PROUD PARTNER OF THE NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS FOR 125 YEARS! A walk through our history…

· Graham Family, first settlers of Neepawa in 1877 · John Hamilton & John Davidson arrived in 1880 · First School built in 1881 · Town was incorporated in 1883 · Population in 1883: 308 residents · First Mayor of Neepawa: John Hamilton, 1884 · We had 2 banks, 3 hotels and 3 physicians in 1896 · First Hospital, for 20 patients built in 1904 · We are located in Treaty 2 Territory

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALOT OF CHANGES TOGETHER! Neepawa today...

· Population at last census: 4609 and growing · 21 full time staff throughout Admin, Public Works, Parks and Water & Wastewater

Recent expansions/buildings of note...

· HyLife Foods expansion · Housing Development at the CN Property · Water source switched to Assiniboine Delta Aquifer · Lagoons switched to a new single cell system · Creation of the HyLife Back Forty Multi-Use Trail Park · Neepawa Fire Hall · Neepawa Middle School & Day Care · Touchwood Park Day Service Facility · New RCMP Detachment to begin in 2021. ....And so much more to come!

NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS MAY 28, 2021 B7

a look back into the past

Congratulations

Neepawa Banner & Press on your 125 th anniversary!

TOP PHOTOS COURTESY OF BEAUTIFUL PLAINS ARCHIVE RIGHT PHOTO FROM BANNER & PRESS ARCHIVES

Above: The interior of the Neepawa Press, pictured in the late 1930s. From left to right are Ross Robinson, Blake Dunlop, George Farrell and Burley Wyatt. This photo was taken inside their new (at that time) building, which is where the Banner & Press is located now.

Right: A graphic of a model 19 Linotype, which was used by the Press from 1917. This large piece of equipment can also be seen in the background on the right hand side of the photo above.

Top right: People named in this photo, taken around 1912, are Ross Robinson (lower left) and Alexander Dunlop, Neepawa Press founder (right). Alexander Dunlop was the publisher of the paper from its founding until 1930. Alexander Blake Dunlop took over as publisher after him, remaining in that position until 1946.

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Guinn Bros. Marble and Granite Works, Neepawa tradition Second oldest company in Neepawa started in 1905

Guinn Bros. has been around forever, almost. Since 1905, people have become accustomed to the sight of their premises but seldom think about what goes on there, what changes have taken place over the years, and how far their influence has extended. Guinn Bros. has placed thousands of grave markers and monuments across the prairies.

Started when the Town of Neepawa was very young

by William Henry Guinn and his brother Ed, the brothers learned their trade in Walkerton, ON. There are two stories as to why they chose to stay in Neepawa. The most reasonable is because it was the centre of two railroads and offered adequate transportation for their products. The other story says that the boys were undecided between Neepawa and Regina and a flip of the coin determined the decision. Whatever the reason, the company has served for 116 years.

At first the Guinn Marble and Granite Works was run by William and his brother Ed. Around 1925 William bought out his brother's share and a prominent business man in town, John Simpson, went into partnership for a few years, later selling his interest to William. Simpson went into the furniture business, and then became a funeral director. Until June 1984 the marble works was run exclusively by the Guinn family.

Photo: Outside view of Neepawa Marble & Granite Work, taken around 1912

Years ago, all the work was done by hand. The names and designs on the stone were carved with a chisel and mallet. It was a painstaking job that demanded time, patience and extreme care. As a result, the company employed as many as 30 men at one time. Later they used chisels that fit into an air gun in place of the mallet. Later the work was done by an air compressor and sandblasting, but now much of the engraving is computer designed and computer driven.

In the early days, the name and patterns were drawn on a stencil which is called a Scotch Stencil, that sticks directly to the stone. If you want the letters to stand out, the background is cut out of the stencil. If you want the background to stand out then the letters are cut out of the stencil. The stone was blasted with carborundum sand, which cuts away the stone but does not affect the stencil.

Photo: How it looked from 1945 to late 1980s The stones came already finished and shaped, although for special orders the Guinn's would shape the stone by hand and also polish it. The black stones came from South Africa and some red stones from Sweden and Finland. Later, the stones came from quarries in Canada and the United States. Stones were usually ordered by specific shapes and sizes, by the truckload.

Many people will remember the Guinn Bros. plant which was located where Giant Tiger is today. Some may remember the old wooden tri-pod type crane that stood at the south end of the building not realizing

that it has stood the heat and cold and faithfully did its job for 80 years.

Photo: Jim and Bill Guinn, April 12, 1984 The original Guinn Bros. plant is now gone having been sold out of the family in 1984. The new owner Lee Myrah retained the company name and moved the operation one block north of the original site in 1991.

In 2016, Guinn Bros. was bought by Ward Szucki thus keeping a venerable Neepawa company under local ownership

Photo: Guinn Bros. building as it appears in 2021 at the corner of Mountain Ave. & Boundary St. Neepawa, MB

GUINN BROS. MEMORIALS

260 Mountain Ave Neepawa, MB 204-476-2903

ESTABLISHED 1905 Story sources: Heritage Neepawa Land of Plenty 1883-1983 & The Beautiful Plains Story.

B12 NEEPAWA BANNER & PRESS MAY 28, 2021

Over 90 years of service at Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op The story of the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op is one that Army after the current Co-op grocery store, located on the begins with hardship and local effort. In 1929, sale prices highway beside the gas station, was established in March, for products were collapsing, wheat was unable to be sold 2014. As well, a new administration office in September, and costs to purchase were increasing. To combat this, a 2013 and an Agro centre in July, 2019. group of Eden men at a Pool Elevator meeting in March GLADSTONE AND AMALGAMATION discussed ideas of what A similar could be done to allow them story unfolded to keep farming. There, the in Gladstone– idea of the Neepawa Co-op a meeting of was born.

16 farmers The idea was further taking place discussed at the Neepawa in that Pool county courthouse in a Elevator on meeting attended by 50 Feb. 28, 1946. people. The primary idea The decision presented for the Co-op was to form a cothe handling of petroleum operative was distribution and other farm unanimous, necessities– the premise and the being that, as a co-operative, Gladstone the group would have better store would bargaining power with officially be suppliers. By the end of July, In Neepawa’s first twenty-five years only two presidents and two Managers have held recorded as 1929, the first official board of office. Above left is pictured Goodwin H Kilburn, president from organization of the “in operation” directors for the Neepawa Co- co-op in 1929 until August 1944. Right: Alex. D. Kennedy, a charter member, has been on Apr. 26 op was formed and Harry S. president since August 1944. Centre: F. C. Wilcox, who started with the co-op in April that year. In Coulter was appointed as the 1930 as assistant to the first manager, H. S Coulter, and became manager in 1985.

1947, Sven branch’s first general manager. To establish the business, Sorenson was appointed manager on Feb. 27, 1947 and a structure known then as the Dempsey building, located the group decided the following year to purchase the across from the post office, was purchased for $400 and former P. Williams’ garage.

On Feb 6, 1957 the Gladstone Co-op purchased a building at the wartime airport at Carberry for $900 to use as a store. Later, on Nov. 2 in 1960, additional land south of the co-op elevator was purchased for a new bulk plant.

The plant was then moved to that site in 1962 and storage sheds for bagged fertilizer built along the CPR tracks that fall.

Come the ‘60s, there was a shift for both stores– amalgamation being a hot topic. The benefits of amalgamation were being considered by both parties, including the ability to cut delivery costs and improve the efficiency It was a plucky lot of determind directors, members and employees who built the first store of of their bulk purchases. The two Neepawa Consumers Co-op in the mid 1930’s parties met on Mar. 17, 1969 at became the first Neepawa Consumer Co-op Ltd store. the Gladstone Co-op’s annual general meeting and their The business went through its hardships, but ultimately memberships voted in favour of the merger. Thus, the was able to persevere and expand its operations and Gladstone facility became a part of the Neepawa Co-op, services over the coming years. This brought a number of creating Neepawa-Gladstone Co-operative Limited. building changes, including the establishment of the large Further difficulties were faced by the business as a Neepawa Co-op Grocery store in 1974. That store then whole, such as the loss of the Gladstone Co-op Agro became the home of the Neepawa branch of the Salvation Centre via fire on Oct. 10, in 1990. However, that building

was soon replaced by a larger facility and both branches continued their development. In 1996, the Neepawa hardware, lumber and agro departments moved to new facilities on Hwy. 5 North and the downtown shopping centre went through major changes in 1997. A new chemical/fertilizer depot just west of Gladstone allowed for greater efficiency serving the surrounding area and, later, two new gas bar/C-stores were opened– Gladstone’s in 2001 and Neepawa in 2004. Then, in the fall of 2006, a four bay car and pet wash was then added onto the Neepawa facility. Both outlets were noted in historical documents as successful.

A new, automatic car was was built in May, 2018 and Chalet flooring and Window Covers was purchased in July, 2019. The Co-op works in partnership with the Tempo’s in McCreary and Silver Ridge, The Barn Convenience Store in Kelwood and has a fuel key lock in Langruth. For the first 70 years, the Co-op grew to having sales of $20 million. Over the next 20 years, through many business acquisitions and partnerships, the Co-op has grown to almost $90 million in sales.

Nowadays, the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op still provides services that are a staple to Neepawa, Gladstone and the surrounding areas.

1929 to 2021 - the progress continues for Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op

Co-op Food Store - Neepawa, MB

Co-op Convenience Store - Gladstone, MB

Co-op Ag Centre - Neepawa, MB

Story sources: By United Effort, People & Progress and Co-op Working Together in W3