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It was reported that there were 478 usages of the service in January, including two casino trips. An additional two casino trips were planned for February, as well as a shopping trip on Mar. 1. Sisley also thanked Kathy Jasienczyk for her years of service on the Handy-Van board and welcomed Liwayway Cabrera, who has taken over Kathy’s board position as secretary for Handy-Van. Sisley concluded her report by acknowledging a pair of recent events. First, she thanked Heather Todoruk, Scott & Candice Newton, as well as all the local volunteers for their efforts during the Provincial Curling Championships at the Yellowhead Arena. As well, she commended the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation and its’ Dancing with the Stars fundraiser, held on Saturday, Feb. 18. • Councillor Jason Nadeau summarized recent meeting for Westlake Employment Skills & Services and the Western Manitoba Regional Library Board. He noted that the Neepawa Public Library’s participation on the board saves them $140,000, though it was not elaborated upon how and where those savings were tabulated.

This month, The Roxy Theatre in Neepawa will be bringing in a little piece of Filipino cinema. On Mar. 17 and 18, the theatre will be showing Partners in Crime, a recently released Philippine action-adventure comedy film starring Vice Ganda and Ivana Alawi. It was one of the official entries for 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival and became the top-grossing film of the festival.

“We were trying to think outside the box to find new releases that might be of interest to the Neepawa community,” said Kate Jackman-Atkinson, chair of the Neepawa Theatre Centre Inc, the not-for-profit that owns and operates the Roxy Theatre. With a large number of Filipinos in the Neepawaarea, the board wanted to see if there was interest in a movie aimed at this audience.

The film revolves around two former sweethearts, who are now competing media personalities and reunite as sworn enemies. The two are sent to interview the richest man in the Philippines, who survived 99 assassination attempts. When he is found dead, the two enemies find themselves caught up in the crime and forced to work together.

The Roxy shows movies every week, except December and June, and if attendance is strong, they will look at bringing in more Filipino movies.

Showtime for Partners in Crime will be 7:30 p.m. on both Friday, Mar. 17 and Saturday, Mar. 18 and it carries a PG rating. The movie is open to all and will be screened with English subtitles.

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