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Vol. 131 No. 3 Friday, March 29, 2013




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Preparing for the Spring melt

Winter Fair returns

Photo by Kate Sjoberg

By KATE SJOBERG

ocal offi cials are preparing for potential flooding in and around Minnedosa. Public Works superintendant Kevin Marcino is investing this year in about 100 ft of portable aquadams which are filled with water at the site required. He says this will be important this year. Im not sure there will be much coming down the river, but overland will be more of a problem. He says the permanent dikes west of the Main Street bridge, close to M & M Autobody and by the golf course should serve this years needs. What will need more attention is over land fl ooding and flow coming out of some of the small drains on #16A on the south (past the courthouse) and north (up the hill) ends of town. Marcino says the aquadams are mobile and easier to handle than sandbags, especially on inclines. Th ey can be filled at the source of flooding, or if need be with water trucks. He says the Town has also been talking with the Province about providing an additional trailer with more aquadams which can be used for training on use of the dams, and storage. Owned by the Province, the trailer and associated dams would be used at the Provinces discretion, and moved if deemed to be more necessary at another location. Th e Province released an updated fl ood forecast on March 26th, but Marcino says its still too early to say what the flooding situation in town is going to look like. What is going to change it for us is a lot of heat over a period of time, or rain, which would speed up the melt and could result in flash flooding in town.

Photo by Kate Sjoberg

Allan and Corinne Betteridge from Minnedosa competed in the Heavy Draft at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair Tuesday. Their horses are Luke (7 years) and Chucky (8 years), and measure over 18 hands. Corinne and Allan competed in 11 fairs last year. They earned third in this event, and are also competing in the four and eight horse hitches. Watch for full fair results of local competitors next week.

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