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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.

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Volume 133 Issue 28

Friday, September 25, 2015

www.minnedosatribune.com

90 cents plus tax

Fall Blankets The Valley

Life Membership
For Longtime
Golf Supporter

Photo by Matt Sacharko

Another busy summer is behind us and the first day of fall officially arrived on Wednesday,
September 23rd. With the arrival of autumn comes the brilliant hues of yellow, orange and
brown and Mother Nature blankets the Minnedosa Valley in preparation for winter.

Photo by Darryl Holyk

By DARRYL HOLYK

ilma McLaughlin is the newest Life Member

of the Minnedosa Golf and Country Club.
She has been an active member of the local golf
club since the 1970s. In addition to spending a
great deal of time out on the greens enjoying a
round of golf, Wilma has also dedicated a great
deal of her time to the business and fundraising of
the local golf club. She has served as a past executive board member, lent a helping hand whenever
she was available and has been an active and vocal fundraiser and ambassador for the Minnedosa
Golf Course.
Wilma continues to enjoy a good round of golf
from time to time and assists with the clubs calendar draw the first Tuesday of every month.

STARS Transports Accident Patient

By DARRYL HOLYK

TARS Air Ambulance was in the area Sunday night

to transport an individual who had been involved
in a car accident to Winnipeg for medical treatment.
The single vehicle rollover took place south of
Erickson with one occupant sustaining serious injuries. The STARS crew in Winnipeg was dispatched at
7:33 p.m. with the helicopter airborne by 7:40 p.m.
Minnedosa Fire Department was called on to secure
the area for STARS arrival. The helicopter touched

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down in Minnedosa at 8:36 p.m. and transported the

injured patient to Winnipeg. At presstime Wednesday,
there was no further update available on the patients
condition.
STARS had also been called upon last Thursday,
September 17th to transport a patient who had sustained injuries from a fall here in Minnedosa. The helicopter was airborne but called off part way into its flight.
So far in 2015, there have been 393 emergency
flights for STARS in Manitoba, 12 of those were between September 14th and 20th.

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