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LOCAL - old convent .Redekop story: St. Adolphe - Nuns grave yard area between the (left) St. Aloplphe Parish Church cemetery and behind the convent .(right) the nuns have a special area all their own, see all low grave markers. : The old St. Adolphe convent, 1906, is to be torn down in spring. Local people have written a book, The Old Convent Tells Its Story, sharing memories of students, nuns, staff, from when it was a school and training nuns as well as other students, until it became a nursing home in the late 1960s. . Little girls started boarding at the school as young as 5.CONTACT Lina Le Gal, . Dec. 3 2014 / KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS