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Province Extends A Parade of Thanks

State of Emergency
By NANCY MILLER

D r. Brent Roussin, Chief Provincial Public Health

Officer for the Province of Manitoba announced
on April 20th, that the province-wide State of Emer-
gency, under The Emergency Measures Act, will be
extended for an additional 30 days. He has stated that
public health orders will remain in effect until May
1st. Also, anyone travelling into Manitoba, even if its
from another province, is reminded to self-isolate for
14 days. Dr. Roussin stated that, “extending this pub-
lic health order will continue to protect the health of
all people across Manitoba.”
As of Wednesday, April 22nd, there were 257 CO-
VID-19 positive cases within Manitoba, 96 of those
were active cases and 154 were recovered cases. Sev-
en of those active cases are reported to be in hospi-
tal, along with three of those being listed in Intensive
Care. Unfortunately, on Monday, another COVID-19 Photo by Nancy Miller
related death, a woman in her 80s, had been reported
in Manitoba. As of Wednesday, the death toll for the By NANCY MILLER
province sat at six.
The breakdown of confirmed positive or prob-
able positive cases by Manitoba health regions shows W hat would we do
without our frontline
workers? The people we
13 cases in Prairie Mountain, 18 cases in Interlake-
Eastern, 28 cases in Southern, three cases in North- call “essential workers”, the
ern and 195 cases in Winnipeg. ones that get up, sacrifice
The total number of Canada-wide COVID-19 themselves and their loved
cases, as of Wednesday, was more than 38,900 with ones, and go to work every
more than 1,870 deaths. Worldwide, there are over day so people can remain
2.6 million cases and more than 180,700 reported fed, stocked, healthy, in-
deaths. formed, and safe. They are
The Government of Canada is providing $100 our true heroes.
million to national, regional, and local non-profit, On Wednesday, April
charitable organizations across Canada to aid in the 15th at 12:30 p.m. our
purchase, transportation, and distribution of food emergency personnel,
and other basic necessities. The funds will also aid which included RCMP, lo-
in hiring temporary help to fill in due to volunteer cal firefighters, and para- Photo by Darryl Holyk
shortages, and implement safety measures, such as medics, all came together
the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE) to show appreciation to cery stores, hospital, per- house, RCMP. “Hopefully the community as a show
to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among volunteers our frontline workers. In sonal care home and other this will come to an end of support for our essential
and clients. parade form, emergency essential businesses. soon and we can go back to services and workers. “On
The Manitoba government has also renewed its personnel and vehicles “The Minnedosa/ our normal lives, whatever behalf of our firefighters,
request for medical gloves and masks for our front- turned on their flashing Neepawa detachment that looks like for you.” thank you for your efforts
line workers, communities, and residents. lights and sirens and drove would like to say thank you Minnedosa Fire Chief, in serving our communi-
From the mouth of our Prime Minister, Justin up our Main Street from to all those who put their Dean Jordan stated he ty,” said Jordan.
Trudeau, “To every worker and business, in every their starting point at the health on the line for all of felt honoured to join the
province and territory, we have your back and we Fire Hall, circling our gro- us,” stated Sgt. Mark More- RCMP and EMS in touring
will get through this together.” He also stated how
proud he is that Canadians appear to be taking se-
riously the importance of staying home and keeping The Minnedosa Tribune office remains open 9 a.m to 12 Noon
their distance from others, it is absolute necessary in
slowing the spread of COVID-19. “This is not the time Monday to Friday. However, our office is closed most afternoons.
to loosen the reins, it is crucial everyone continue We encourage you to conduct business with us by phone, mail, email or
maintaining physical distancing and stay home as
much as possible.” by using the drop slot in our front door. Thank you for your co-operation!
2 Friday, April 24, 2020 The Minnedosa Tribune

Town Council Passes Financial Plan

By DARRYL HOLYK year’s financial plan was was called, Councillor T. province to remain closed to self contained units. re-appointed the Town’s
determined before the Dowsett did not vote in fa- at this time. The beach and Council passed a reso- Weed Inspector. This ap-

M innedosa
Council held its
April 14th meeting and
Town
Public Hearing for the
2020 Financial Plan. May-
or Skatch presided with all
councillors in attendance.
During the Finan-
cial Plan Public Hearing,
resident, Robert Marks,
phoned in with some
questions and clarifica-
tions regarding this year’s
budget. One of the area’s
questioned was the new
arena project being on the
books again for this year.
Mayor Skatch responded
by explaining that this
pandemic outbreak and
was made with intentions
that all planned projects
would continue as intend-
ed. “Council is going to
have to make some tough
decisions moving forward.
A lot of things may change
as a result of this pandem-
ic,” stated the Mayor.
Following the public
hearing, second and third
reading were given to the
2020 Financial Plan. Coun-
cillor Blais moved the mo-
tion to accept the budget
and it was seconded by
Councillor T. Dowsett.
However, when the vote
vour of the budget stating
that he could not support it
with the new arena project
included. “We should be
looking at repairing the old
arena this year,” said Tom.
“I think we should put the
arena to bed.” The 2020
Financial Plan was passed
and approved.
A great deal of discus-
sion was held regarding
public facilities and public
spaces during the current
COVID-19 pandemic. The
golf course and camp-
ground both fall under pro-
vincial public health and
have been ordered by the
Town owned playgrounds
and parks remain open
and Council encourage
users to practice proper
protocols such as personal
sanitization and social dis-
tancing when attending
these spaces. The Recre-
ation and Culture com-
mittee suggested some
policy changes for the 2020
campground season; that
daily campground res-
ervations be opened on
May 1st instead of April
15th, that the campground
not be open until June 1st
(subject to change) and
that bookings be restricted
lution that Town owned
facilities such as the arena,
golf and curling complex,
rifle range at the old ar-
moury, community con-
ference centre, municipal
office and municipal/pub-
lic works shop remain also
closed to the public at this
time. The Town Office and
Public Works Shop remain
accessible to the public by
telephone or internet.
In Remembrance
Kevin Marcino was
pointment is for the 2020
year.
Council discussed
some concerns regarding
some issues with the new
pavement on Main Street
and directed administra-
tion to contact the Depart-
ment of Highways to have
these concerns addressed
while the pavement is still
on warranty for a one-yar
period.

Heritage Co-op Acquires Local

Aerial Spraying Business
SUBMITTED Lorne Zacharias. bers since we acquired Westman Aerial Spraying
Heritage Co-op mem- the ag input business in owner Jon Bagley. “Thanks

H eritage Co-op an-

nounced this week
that it has acquired West-
man Aerial Spraying Ltd.,
offering yet another valu-
able service to its farm cus-
tomers.  has had a close working re-
  “We pride ourselves
on providing first-class
service to our local agri-
cultural community, and
we are pleased to offer this
new service,” said Heritage
Co-op General Manager
bers are already famil-
iar with Westman Aerial
Spraying Ltd. The co-op
purchased a crop input
business from Westman
Aerial Spraying in 2015 and
lationship with the com-
pany ever since. Acquiring
the aerial application side
of the business was the
next logical step.
“We are pleased with
the support from our mem-
2015,” said Zacharias. “We
are privileged to continue
working with Jon Bagley
and the team at Westman
Aerial Spraying, and we
look forward to a smooth
transition.”
During this transition
period Jon will continue
to manage the aerial ap-
plication business.  All of
the previous staff, pilots
and aircraft will remain the
same during the transition
so that there is no impact
to our customers.
“Since Westman Aerial
to local farmers we were
able to grow far past my
original vision.  We were
happy to sell the retail
outlet to Heritage in 2015
and are just as enthusiastic
about having them bring
all the services of the origi-
nal company back under
one roof.  This transition
will ensure that our cus-
tomers continue to get the
great services they have
come to depend upon long Photo by Nancy Miller
into the future.”
With this acquisition, By NANCY MILLER
Heritage Co-op is the first

Spraying started over 30
years ago it has been my
goal to provide top notch
aerial application services
to my customers,” said
co-op within the Co-op-
erative Retailing System
(CRS) to offer aerial spray-
ing services to its farm cus-
tomers.
O
ur Minnedosa Royal Canadian Mounted Police de-
tachment lowered its flag to half mast on Sunday,
April 19th, to honour the ultimate sacrifice made by Cst.
Heidi Stevenson who was tragically killed after being dis-
patched to a active shooter situation in and around Por-
tapique, Nova Scotia, on April 18th. 22 deaths have been
reported in what is being called, Canada’s largest mass
shooting in modern day.
Our sympathies go out to those that were involved in
this horrific and mindless tragedy. Our thoughts are with
you, Nova Scotia.

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The Minnedosa Tribune Friday, April 24, 2020 3

Local Companies Team Up To Make Masks

By NANCY MILLER cation had the Computer week, Canadian Photonic
Numerical Control (CNC) Lab, received over 2,000

M innedosa’s Cana-
dian Photonics Lab,
owned and operated by
Mark Wahoski, saw an op-
portunity to help health-
care workers amidst this
pandemic, COVID-19.
Teaming up with Clint
Stahl, manager of Odanah
Colony Fabrication (OC-
FAB), the two local com-
panies have built and as-
sembled 500 face shields,
which have been distribut-
ed, not only locally, but in
and around Brandon, and
sent to several Winnipeg
hospitals and the Interlake
Eastern Regional Health
Authority. Mark com-
mented, “We are able to
offer so much more work-
ing together than working
separately.”
Odanah Colony Fabri-
3-D printers and extra staff
required to do the final as-
sembly and clean up, along
with the means of taking
orders. Canadian Photon-
ics Lab had the CNC laser
cutter, wide body printer,
polycarbonate stock mate-
rial and several 3-D print-
ers needed to make this
project work. To manu-
facture just one of these
Face Shields takes over
one hour, so along with
the help of the OCFAB and
three of Canadian Photon-
ics staff volunteering their
time, they are continuing
with the running of their
CNC printers and CNC la-
ser cutting material , with
hopes they will deliver
more of these shields for
those who need them.
Mark stated, “This past
FFP2 face masks (not face
shields) from their of-
fice overseas, to distrib-
ute for within and around
our community.”FFP2 is a
mask with a level of filter
efficiency of 92 to 94 per
cent and are suitable to
wear out in public.
Canadian Photonic
Labs designs and manu-
factures industrial imag-
ing systems and analytical
control software. Almost
all of the lab products are
exported through our glob- Photos submitted
al dealer network. Notable
Canadian customers in- Local companies,
clude Standard Aero Win- Canadian Photonics
nipeg, GE Aviation Win-
Lab and Odanah
nipeg, National Research
Council, Mondelez, and
Colony Fabrication
the Canadian Minister of have teamed up to
Defense. produce face shields
(at right) for
Manitoba health

Trivia Week Two

authorities as part
of the effort to battle
COVID-19.

By Minnedosa services to seniors ley Views history book the opening of the
Minnedosa and District Co-operative Mu-
Here are the answers to the last seum was “a long time dream of Mr. and
week’s trivia questions: Mrs. Ed Brown”.

1. According to the Bethany and Dis-
trict history book it is “believed that the
first Bethany School was built in 1893 on
section 2-16-17”.
2. The Legion Auxiliary was formed
on February 15th, 1939.
3. The Minnedosa 4-H Beef Club was
first formed in 1936.
4. In 1930 a one sheet curling rink was
built in Bethany, an open air skating rink
followed not long after.
5. According to the Minnedosa Val-
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Now for this week’s questions:
1. What does Minnedosa mean in the
Dakota language?
2. What year was our dam completed?
3. What lake in Manitoba is the 11th
largest lake in the world and the 10th larg-
est freshwater lake?
4. On what Highway do we find a cute
town monument called “Happy Rock”?
5. Who was the first Metis settler in
the area of Minnedosa?
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OAKVIEW
PUBLIC NOTICE
REGARDING THE 2020 FINANCIAL PLAN
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Subsection 162 (2) of The Municipal Act
that the Council of the R. M. of Oakview intends to present its financial plan for the fiscal year
2020 at a public hearing in the R. M of Oakview council chambers at 10 Cochrane Street in Oak
River on Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Council will hear any person who
wishes to make a representation, ask questions, or register an objection to the financial plan, as
provided.
Copies of the proposed financial plan will be available for review commencing on the
28th day of April 2020 and may be examined by any person by making arrangements to pick-up
a copy using social distancing requirements during regular office hours of the Municipal office
at Oak River or Rapid City; request a copy to be sent electronically. All interested parties are
encouraged to contact the office regarding the public hearing.
The R.M. of Oakview is committed to following the guidelines set out by Provincial
Government regarding social distancing as well as the requirements of the Municipal Act.
Anyone interested in attending the hearing is requested to please RSVP to cao@rmofoakview.
ca or call 204-566-2146 so steps can be taken to make necessary accommodations to take part
in the hearing.
If you do not wish to attend but have questions, please feel free to call the municipal
office at 204-566-2146 or email so the questions can be addressed.
Marci Quane, C.A.O.
R. M. of Oakview
Email: cao@rmofoakview.ca
Phone: 204-566-2146
R. M. of Oakview
Box 179
Oak River, MB
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April 15th, 2020
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Viewpoint
4 Friday, April 24, 2020
Around
Town...
By Darryl Holyk
Look after yourself…
We have all been asked to practice social distancing
and for the most part, the majority of people are listen-
ing and doing their part. However, sadly, there are always
some who ignore such public health and safety orders
and continue to gather or be in close contact with others.
We may not be able to change what others do but we can
protect ourselves in those situations. If you come in con-
tact with someone not practicing proper social distanc-
ing you can try to remind them or remove yourself from
the uncomfortable situation. Also, if attending a public
space or see a group of individuals gathered closely to-
gether on the street and it makes you uncomfortable, try
to stay clear of that area or check back at a later time. It
may not be ideal but it is better than risking your health
and safety.
Ask the proper people…
Now, more than ever, questions or complaints about
business operations, products or services that are or are
not provided in the community are popping up all over
facebook. Rather than asking the facebook “experts” what
time a certain place opens or if they have a certain item
or provide a certain service, please contact that business
or service entity directly to ensure you get the correct in-
formation you are looking for. While many places are cur-
rently working with reduced hours or may be closed to
the public, most have messages posted on their door or
window with contact information such as a phone num-
ber or email. You could also get that information from
an online search, Canada 411, their website or facebook
page or the good old-fashioned phone book!
Tribune Founder
William Gibbens
Born - 1854 at London, England
Died - February 20, 1932
at Cornwall, Ontario
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Time For MPs To Take A Pay Cut
By AAron Wudrick,
canadian Taxpayers Federation
A s we struggle to contain COVID-19, virtually every-
one is paying the price while the economy faces an
unprecedented storm. Many Members of Parliament are
sharing in that sacrifice by donating their automatic pay
raise to charity. The rest need to not only follow that ex-
ample, but go one step further by taking a pay cut.
Nearly six million Canadians have already applied
for either employment insurance or the temporary in-
come replacement. The Trudeau government — with
the consent of all the opposition parties — has already
passed legislation authorizing more than $180 billion to
help families and businesses cope during this unpreced-
ented emergency.
With no clear sense of when we might be able to re-
turn to even semi-normal life, it’s difficult to accurately
predict just how big the tab for emergency measures
will get. And given that there are potentially thousands
of lives at stake, it’s understandable that concrete deficit
calculations will have to wait.
But as taboo as it might be to observe, there is still no
ignoring the elephant in the room: this crisis is very, very
expensive. That’s why it’s important for our MPs to get
ahead of the inevitable fiscal challenges ahead and vote
to cut their own paycheques. For both practical and sym-
bolic reasons, Canadians need to know that the people in
charge are willing to make sacrifices themselves, before
asking the rest of us to endure even more pain.
Consider the enormity of the task. The Parliamentary
Budget Officer projects next year’s federal deficit will be
$184 billion, seven times larger than it was predicted to
be just two months ago, and that analysis assumes that
there will be no additional spending measures forthcom-
ing.
Eventually, all of the measures will have to be paid
Manitoba RCMP COVID-19 Enforcement Stats
SuBMiTTEd orders in place under The
  Public Health Act.
B etween April 14th and
April 20th, the Mani-
toba RCMP received 101
Enforcement was not
required for most of the
calls as they either did not
calls related to COVID-19. fall under the purview of
The majority of the calls the RCMP or were resolved
were reports of ten or more through education and/
people gathering at a loca- or guidance given by re-
tion and not respecting the sponding officers.
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for and that will require many painful choices. It won’t
happen overnight, but over time, the public sector will
be forced to endure salary cuts, reduced staffing levels
or both. Pet spending projects and nice-to-have pro-
grams will take a backseat to core government services.
Prospective tax measures designed to recoup govern-
ment revenues that have been decimated by the dormant
economy will have to be balanced against the risk of
trampling on the recovery.
Many Canadians who have seen their paycheques
shrink through no fault of their own fairly wonder why
MPs should be immune from this predicament. Many
MPs already understand this, which is why nearly half of
them have voluntarily agreed to donate their annual pay
increase this year. They know full well that taking a pay
hike during this crisis looks bad, especially when they
are already earning $178,900, which is triple the average
Canadian household income of $59,800.
While it’s good to see MPs donating those pay raises
to charity, they need to go further. Most Canadians aren’t
merely forgoing raises. Most Canadians are struggling
with sharp drops in their income and savings and mil-
lions are out of work. MPs need to take a pay cut.
The sooner they lead by example to show both the
bureaucracy and taxpayers that our leaders are willing to
share in the pain of this sobering new reality, the better
placed they will be to make the case for necessary reduc-
tions elsewhere.
Around the world, many politicians seem to under-
stand this. Hong Kong’s leader is taking a 10 per cent
pay cut. New Zealand’s prime minister cut her own pay,
along with her entire cabinet and top bureaucrats, by 20
per cent for the next six months. In Japan and India, pol-
iticians are cutting their salaries by 20 and 30 per cent,
respectively, for at least the next year.
Canadian politicians would do well to follow suit.
In six instances, offi- reminded NOT to call 911
cers attended the location for COVID-19 related is-
of the complaint and is-
sued a verbal warning.
The RCMP would like
sues. Reports of non-com-
pliance can be made to
the Manitoba Government
to thank all Manitobans for Inquiry line at 1-866-626-
their continued support 4862.
and cooperation.
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outside of Winnipeg are
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Sandy Lake News

By DIANE BACHEWICH
B elated Happy Birth-
goes out to all of the front
line and essential work-
ers who are helping us
along with his twin sister
Olga Rudneski of Brandon.
Happy Birthday wishes are
was a resident at the PCH.
Our condolences are
Ye O l d
extended to Terraus and

day greetings go out
to Helen Derhak on her
96th birthday, which she
observed on March 28th
at the Sandy Lake Personal
Care Home (PCH). Due to
the restricted regulations
of no visitors to the home,
Diane, John and Joan vis-
ited their mom by the
window and sang Happy
through this difficult time.
Congratulations are
extended to Mark and Su-
san Usick on becoming
grandparents for the third
time. A baby girl was born
to daughter Ashley and
Kevin Folk of Winnipeg.
Also Mary Usick is thrilled
to spoil another great
granddaughter.
extended to both of them.
It’s nice to see Darlene
Porter home from her hos-
pital stay and doing well
after surgery. She is enjoy-
ing all her family, who are
here staying at the Ponder-
osa Place.
Sympathy goes out to
Nick Jawa and family on
the passing of Karen who
Trib
Gail Kowaluk and family
on the passing of Gail’s fa-
ther Tony Kryshewski, also
here at the PCH.
Word has been re-
ceived that Gary Millen-
chuk has passed away at
the age of 66. He was the
son of the late Paul and La-
vinia Millenchuk of Winni- 1890 – Over 160 people have signed the temperance
peg. pledge in Minnedosa at the temperance revival meet-

Birthday with a cake for
her, which made her day a
special one.
Hope everyone had a
Letters to
Belated sincere sym- ings.
pathy is extended to Bill
Slashinsky and family on 1900 – The workshop by the Town Hall, owned by Mr.
the passing of wife Helen. McKay, has been moved so as to face Water Street. It

safe and blessed Easter. At
this time stay safe by stay-
ing home. A huge thanks
the Editor
Walter Huculak cel- will be converted into a dwelling.
ebrated his 96th birthday
on March 27th at the PCH,
1920 – Many of the roads in and around the town
were dry enough on Sunday for motor cars to make

When Less is More

their appearance.
Dear Sir,

1950 – Three separate Manitoba Government

By KIM BURGESS
Satori Counselling
emotions activated by the
experience. What may be
traumatic for one person,
T oday, Monday the 20th of April I celebrated my 88th
birthday. I have family scattered all over Western
Canada!
Telephone construction gangs have been active in
Minnedosa working to hook up the new telephone ex-
Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, my wife Doreen change.
and I were unable to visit them or they with us. However,

T ake a moment to re-

flect upon how your To
Do list looks today in com-
parison to just a few weeks
ago, a month ago or to this
same time a year ago. One
of the ways we process
events in our life is through
lenses of before and after.
After graduation, before
kids, before marriage, af-
ter retirement. When large
numbers of people go
through an event together
it becomes a collective and
historic point of reference.
Before the flood, after the
fire, before the pandemic,
after the pandemic.
When events involve
an overwhelming amount
of stress, they may be dif-
ficult to process and can
accumulate over a lifetime.
An experience would be
considered psychologi-
cally traumatic if the stress
felt exceeds the individu-
al’s ability to process the
may not be for another.
During this time there
may be days when the
body sends subtle requests
to simplify tasks as it needs
more energy to regulate
sensory overload. Mind-
fully revising the priorities
on our To Do lists will al-
low our brains and bodies
room to process emotions.
Fewer tasks done well may
serve you better in the long
term. Processing trauma
as we are experiencing
it lessens the intensity of
psychological trauma be-
ing stored in the body.
Give yourself permission
to keep it simple. By doing
so you may be doing more
for your mental health
than you realize.
There are a variety of
Provincial, public and pri-
vate professional mental
health services that can be
accessed to support your
mental well-being.
that did not prevent them from putting on a celebration
that absolutely astounded my wife and I.
At 6:30 p.m., the Minnedosa Fire Brigade led a pa-
rade of friends, family and neighbours. I even had a horse
and buggy ride, thanks to my granddaughter from Ash-
ville, MB.
Mr. Editor, the purpose of this letter is to convey to
you and the people of Minnedosa what a wonderful town
and district we have and that Doreen and I are so grateful
we live here!
It’s said that adversity brings out the good in people
and that I certainly known to be true.
Yours truly,
Ray Kingdon,
Minnedosa
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1960 – R.M. of Odanah ratepayers, by motion, ask
council to continue the agreement with the Town of
Minnedosa for use of the firetruck. They said it may not
get to the scene of a fire in time to save a building on
fire, but may save other buildings from being destroyed.
1970 – Two storms in five days brought to mind a
fact that is largely taken for granted – the Town’s Public
Works Department. “When you went to work Thursday
or Monday, the chances are that the plows had been
down your street at least once and by noon, driving
conditions in town were reasonably good,” reports Tri-
bune Editor, Pat Murray.
1980 – Bethany Motors announces that Larry Spraggs,
formerly a licenced mechanic with Parkwood Auto in
Erickson, has joined in partnership with his father, Jim
Spraggs.
1990 – The Grades Four and Five classes at TCS put
on a superb performance of the fast-paced musical,
“Clowns”, last Thursday. Held in the MCI gymnasium,
the performance included an afternoon dress rehearsal
for the K to Grade Eight followed by an evening perfor-
mance in front of an audience of 300 to 350.
2000 – A petition including 91 signatures was pre-
sented to Town Council in opposition of a plan to con-
struct a skateboard park in Kinsmen/Hornsby Park in
the Northeast corner of town. While many are in favour
of such a park in Minnedosa, they do not feel it should
be located in a residential area and some of the con-
cerns stated include noise, garbage and lack of wash-
room facilities.

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A Fun Tie Dye Project To Try Fire In The Night

SUBMITTED

R ob and Tanis Boyd’s

children had loads of
fun this past week, tie dy-
ing their little hearts out.
This past Christ-
mas, Brooklyn, Ashley
and Hudson received a
tie dye kit and because
of the recent school clo-
sures, the three have
been doing different ac-
tivities to stay busy while
at home.
If you and your fam-
ily would like to try this
fun activity, here are
Photo by Nancy Miller
some simple instructions
on how to create cloth
art: Photos submitted By NANCY MILLER
Using a cotton T-
shirt, garment or other
cloth item, fold and twist R apid City Emergency
Services were paged
out along with the Rivers
it and tie it in various
places with clean rubber Fire Department at 8:09
bands. p.m. on Sunday, April 19th.
Prepare kit dye or A tractor/bale fire was re-
purchased liquid dye in ported, northeast of Rapid
bowls or spray bottles. City.
Wet the shirt with Upon arrival, a trac-
water and spray or dip tor was fully engulfed in
different areas of the flames along with an area
shirt with the different containing approximately
colours. 200 round bales. Minne-
Let dry, remove elas- dosa Fire Department was
tics, wash in cold water dispatched around 8:30
and let air dry. p.m. to assist with its water
Photo submitted
Viola! The twists and tanker.
folded areas of the shirt By 1:00 a.m., a team of the area. The clearance of against the weather condi-
reveal a cool coloured four members were left at the fire was made at noon tions to keep the fire under
pattern and you are left the site for the night with on Monday, April 20th. control and for all the hard
with a shirt that’s as fun equipment to keep a watch Ryan English, Captain work, as always.
as it is fashionable! over the area due to high of Rapid City Emergency There were no injuries
wind conditions and the Services, is grateful to all or structural damage as a
proximity of structures to members who fought hard result of the fire.

Helping To Brighten The Days For PCH Residents

By NANCY MILLER

T he residents of the Minnedosa Personal Care Home

Photos submitted
Above, Anna and Nolan Amyotte display some
of the Easter artwork they created for local
PCH residents, such as their grandfather,
Barry Kingdon, pictured at right.
got a heartfelt gift this past Easter.
Anna Amyotte (age seven) and Nolan Amyotte (age
five), knew they were not going to be able to see their
grandfather and resident, Barry Kingdon, over the Easter
holiday and they wanted to do something special for him
because of that fact. The children decided they were go-
ing to do some colouring and crafting for him so the art
could be hung up in his room. Anna and Nolan quickly
realized that none of the other residents will be able to
have visitors as well so, with the help of their grandmoth-
er, Judy Kingdon, they coloured 50 colouring pages for
every resident in the care home.
Nancy Kingdon, health care aid and the children’s
mother, took the colourings to work on Good Friday and
with the help of some other health care aides, they are
now hanging in each room. The residents loved the kind
gesture which brought them a simple reminder that they
are loved every day.
Excellent job, Anna and Nolan!