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Leanne Rowat for Riding MountainListening and working with our
communitiesRepairing provincial roads and bridges neglected by the
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Vol. 129 No. 27 Friday, September 9, 2011
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90 cents + taxMinnedosa, Manitoba Canada R0J 1E0
By AMANDA BOYD
o better prepare itsel against uture fooding due tohigh river
levels, the own o Minnedosa has set orthto construct a permanent
diking system that will run thelength o the riverbank, rom M&M
Autobody to the GolCourse.
Work has already been done on the riverbank nearM&M
Autobody, the Provincial Building and own yard.Tis dike will be a
permanent structure the own plans toimprove upon. own crews have
diked behind the mobilehome subdivision along the river, and the
only thing thatremains is or it to be grassed over. Plans are also
in the
works to permanently dike the river bank downriver romthe
Heritage Village where it has the potential to impacthomes. Work
will be completed by the own and com-munity contractors.
A nal tally o this years expenses has not been cal-culated yet
and some o the work was done outside o thebudget because it was an
emergency situation. For theown O ce alone, damage ranging rom the
loss and re-covery o documents to having to place weeping tile
anddealing with sewer backup is estimated anywhere up
to$160,000.
In the uture, work will depend on how much theown decides it can
aord to do at any one time, althoughown CAO Ken Jenkins assures
that there will be a certainamount o work done each year. Rather
than being reac-tive, wed like to consider ourselves to be a little
more pro-active. It could be 10, 15 years beore we see this kind
oevent again; but theres no guarantee. I it happens againin the
next couple o years we want to be more prepared.
Te spring o 2011 was one o the wettest Minnedo-sa residents have
witnessed in years. High water tables,paired with excessive
rainalls and a rapid snowmeltactored together to create a stressul
ew months orbusinesses and homeowners. It had a serious nega-tive
impact, Jenkins agreed. Its upsetting and costlyto homeowners and
businesses. Jenkins is condentthat the permanent dikes will
denitely help preventriver fooding, but says theres not much we can
doabout rainall. Living in a valley, there is always the riskthat
fooding could come rom any and all directions.Teres no doubt its a
very beautiul setting, but it doespresent its challenges.
Permanent dike to
prevent fooding Class is back in session
Photo by Amanda Boyd
By AMANDA BOYD
Students in the RollingRiver School Division were excited or the
rstday o school on Wednes-day. Elementary and highschools
throughout theDivision were buzzing
with activity as childrenand teens acquaintedthemselves with
their newclassrooms and teachers.
Tere have been sev-
eral sta changes in theDivision this year, includ-ing some
reassignmentsthroughout the highschools due to decliningenrolment.
Rivers Colle-giate will be searching ora new principal;
currentlythe school has an interimprincipal, Murray Mac-Millan,
until the end oDecember. In Minnedo-sa, new sta includesChristine
Waddell, whois teaching Band in MCI/CS. Also new to CS areJoann
Freeman (teacher),
Aaron Cibula (EA), Lind-say Konsorada (teacher),Hilton Martinez
(mainte-nance), Sarah Read (busdriver), and Marci Nylen-Nemetchek
(reception-ist). Joining the team atMCI is Joanne Bradley(teacher).
Donna Alex-ander is also returning toteach at MCI or
anotherterm.
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Students in Mrs. TurnersStudents in Mrs. TurnersGrade 3/4 class
get settledGrade 3/4 class get settledduring their frst day oduring
their frst day oclasses Wednesday morning.classes Wednesday
morning.
