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Friday at the Portage la Prairie Regional Library there was somethin' happenin', believe it when I tell you local kids were rappin'. Youth co-ordinator La Denna Stanley was teaching Rappin' Poets to kids who could write great rhymes but just didn't know it.

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Staff photo by Rob Swystun -- Kyle MacNair, a pharmacist with Regional Health Authority --- Central Manitoba Inc., fills syringes with the H1N1 flu vaccination at Portage Alliance Church Saturday. The syringes are filled with the vaccine prior to shots being given to help the process run smoother.

A woman who said she fell asleep crashed her vehicle at the Portage la Prairie spillway on the Assiniboine River just southwest of the city Saturday.

On Wednesday in the Central Plains, first responders were called to the scene of two major vehicular collisions — one fatal and the other that very easily could have been.

Angela Brown/Central Plains Herald-Leader...Steven Parks, a new volunteer, left, signs up for some duties, as 2010 Power Smart Manitoba Winter Games volunteer committee member Linda Van Renselaar assists on Nov. 13 at the Manitoba Winter Games volunteer recruitment event at Tavern United at Canad Inns Portage la Prairie.

ST. CLAUDE — A new history book, entitled "The Past at a Glance" is poised to make its debut in time for this year's Christmas season.

The pool at the Southport Recreation Centre will be drained of its duties next year, Southport officials have announced.

Posted By Const. Shawn Smith, Portage RCMP This week was again an interesting one for us. On Nov. 14, while RCMP members were patrolling on Eighth Street N.W. in Portage la Prairie at the railway tracks, they observed an intoxicated female stumbling and crying on the sidewalk.

Angela Brown/Central Plains Herald-Leader... Some burning stubble lights up a field near Bagot on Nov. 12, just west of Portage la Prairie. Comments on this Article. You are currently not logged in.

Angela Brown/Central Plains Herald-Leader...Catherine Aller-Brooke, from Portage la Prairie, visits this beautifully decorated home of Lucy and Ferdi Van Dongen and finds milk and cookies to her surprise.

Editor's note: Over the past several weeks, the Central Plains Herald-Leader has hosted a festival of cultures that are represented in this region. This week's stop is Pakistan.

The result of one of the Central Plains Capitals' two weekend games against the Kenora Thistles is still up in the air, having been suspended after two periods of play on Nov. 14.

The Gladstone Lakers Senior A hockey club is off to a solid start for the 2009-10 season, having posted a record of 3-1 so far, good for third place in the Tiger Hills Hockey League.

Eric MacKenzie/Central Plains Herald-Leader...From left, Ecole Arthur Meighen School s Cody Reeves and Brydyn MacIntyre joust at the net with Oakville School s Brady Moxham during the Portage la Prairie School Division middle years volleyball semifinal at EAMS. The Panthers scored an upset victory in three sets to reach Thursday s final.

The Central Plains Capitals Midget AAA girls were on the road last weekend for a three-game series against the Norman Wild, sweeping the series with three decisive wins.

The weather has been so doggone nice this fall that folks are still doing a lot of garden talk. By the way "doggone" is in some dictionaries. It means astonishingly amazing, utterly confounded or mixed up.

If you happen to be passing the corner of 17th Street S.W. and Saskatchewan Avenue in the west end, or attending a gathering at Crescent Heights Chapel nearby, or dining at Jimmy's Submarine across the way, you may have noticed IT. So many times, I have been asked what IT is — so here is what I have, or have not, found out ...

Angela Brown/Central Plains Herald-Leader...A few alpacas look on as some fall stubble burns in a field near Bagot on Nov. 12, just west of Portage la Prairie.