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We acknowledge the
financial support of the
Government of Canada
through the
Canada Periodical Fund
of the Department of
Canadian Heritage.

Volume 133 Issue 06

Council
Budgets
$2.2 Million
for 2015
Projects

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Friday, April 24, 2015

www.minnedosatribune.com

90 cents plus tax

Farm Equipment Lost in Blaze

By DARRYL HOLYK

innedosa Town
Council is earmarking $1,345,000 for capital project expenditures
this year. The majority of
the funds ($1,059,955.27)
to cover this expenditure will come from reserves with the remaining
$285,044.73 coming from
the general fund. An additional $850,000 has been
budgeted for utility (water
and sewer) capital projects. To cover this expense,
$619,776.78 will come from
the utility fund and the remaining $230,223.22 coming from reserves.
$130,000 is being budgeted for repaving and
the installation of curb
and gutter for Main Street
south of the Fountain. Other road projects being considered for 2015 include
work to 6th Street S.W., repairs to 4th Street S.W. and
a rebuild of 5th Street S.W.
Work will continue on
the completion of the new
Public Works Shop in the
Industrial Park. $273,500
has been budgeted for this
year and the initial move to
the new shop from the old
location on Armitage Avenue is planned for 2015.
$100,000 has been set
aside for any emergency
repairs which may come
forward at the current arena this year.

Continued
on Page 2

Photos by Darryl Holyk

By ASHLEY HANKS

The burned shells of farm equipment are all that remains

following a shed fire west of Minnedosa Sunday afternoon.

ax McNabbs property, west of Minnedosa, will

never be the same after a fire destroyed his equipment shed on the afternoon of Sunday, April 19th. The
Minnedosa Fire Department spent over six hours fighting the flames which threatened to takeover other parts
of the farm due to high winds.
The shed, only 10 years old, was 104 feet long by 50
feet wide. Contained within the shed were tools, John
Deere tractors, combines, a baler, a 780 LT2 cutter, a one
ton dually truck, grain trucks and a spray coupe.
The fi re started at the north end of the shed and is
believed to have been caused by a block heater malfunction in one of the tractors. The blaze caused over $300,000
worth of damage, but luckily there were no injuries human or animal. Cattle and calves are housed in close
proximity to the equipment shed.
Max is grateful that no one was hurt in conjunction
to the fire and everything that was lost can be replaced.