Observation - March 9, 2018
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- Published on Sunday, March 11, 2018
Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner & Press
It is March. What happened to February? It seemed to just have flown by. We can now say Spring is just around the corner. The days are staying light longer and some of us are hoping they can start the spring cleaning. When I grew up spring cleaning was done every spring. The winter carpet was taken out, the curtains were washed, the walls would get a scrubbing and all the cupboards were emptied, cleaned, sorted and repacked. That was then ….
Faithfully Yours - Always a hidden price tag
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- Published on Sunday, March 11, 2018
Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner & Press
There’s an old saying that’s a favourite with investment counsellors and financial managers. “If a deal looks too good to be true,” the saying reads, “it probably is.”That’s another way of saying that in this life, there is no such thing as a shortcut to financial security. There’s no pot of gold at the end of a rainbow; no investment that, in return for a $1,000 deposit will guarantee you $10,000 a month for life; no combination of numbers that will get you consecutive lottery wins.
Neepawa beat Gladstone in stunning fashion
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- Published on Saturday, March 10, 2018
While Matt Kohlman put in a 46 save effort for Gladstone, he and the Lakers still fell 9-6 to Kyle McDonald & the Neepawa Farmers on Friday, Mar. 9. McDonald had three points (2G - 1A) on the night.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
A disastrous series of events, some self inflicted, ended up costing the Gladstone Lakers the third game of their Tiger Hills Hockey League eastern division series against the Neepawa Farmers. Gladstone surrendered seven goals in the last 20 minutes of action at the Yellowhead Arena on Friday, Mar. 9, to lose 9-6.
Homebodies - We do make a difference
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- Published on Saturday, March 10, 2018
Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
A conversation with a good friend started a deeper introspection of one of the theories I embrace. You know the old illustration used to remind us that none of us are indispensable; place your hand in a body of water, remove, and see that all is the same even without your presence? I don’t agree. The moment my/your hand touches the water there is an irreversible change in the liquid. Hence, no matter how brief our presence is in any given situation, we have generated a change.
