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Ice Cold Shower for TCS Principals
Photos by Jennifer Paige
By DARRYL HOLYK
T
he Richardson Pioneer
Century Field was of-
fcially opened last Friday,
September 12th. Te new
baseball diamond, located
north of the former rodeo
grounds on the MREC site,
was developed as a re-
sult of a generous grant of
$100,000 through the Rich-
ardson Pioneer Century
Gifts program established
to celebrate the companys
100th anniversary in 2013.
Trough the program, three
communities (one each in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta) beneftted
for a total investment of
$300,000. Te successful
candidate in Manitoba was
Minnedosa Minor Base-
ball.
Approximately 75 peo-
ple attended the opening
celebration which included
a BBQ and exhibition game
between Minnedosa and
Neepawa Pee Wee base-
ball teams. Not only did the
Minnedosa Pee Wee team
have the honour of playing
the very frst game on Rich-
ardson Pioneer Century
Field but they also walked
away with the felds f rst
winning game, defeating
Neepawa 10-6.
T e ribbon cutting
ceremony included Rich-
ardson Pioneer represen-
tatives Bruce Curle, Gerald
Bryson and Neil Miller as
well as Minnedosa Minor
Baseball representatives
Terry McLenehan, Colleen
Lewis, Krista Dillabough
and Val Dornn. Follow-
ing greetings from Minor
Baseball, Richardson Pio-
neer, Town of Minnedosa,
Minnedosa Chamber of
Commerce and the MREC
committee, local Rich-
ardson Pioneer Manager,
Bruce Curle, cut the large
red ribbon to of cially
open the feld for play. Te
f rst ball was pitched by
MREC committee mem-
ber Bob Graham to kick of
play on the new feld.
Plans are now under-
way for the development
of a second Minor Base-
ball diamond just north of
Century Field.
(L-R) Val Dornn, Neil Miller, Colleen Lewis, Bruce Curle, Gerald Bryson,
Terry McLenehan and Krista Dillabough.
Richardson Pioneer Century Field Now Open
Photo by Darryl Holyk
TCS Principal James Sheppard (R) and Vice Principal Matt Rapsky (L) took on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge last week. See story on Page 2