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Volume 132 Issue 10 Friday, June 20, 2014 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax
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AS THE MINNEDOSA TRIBUNE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED
ON TUESDAY, JULY 1ST FOR CANADA DAY,
WE WILL HAVE AN EARLY DEADLINE OF
MONDAY, JUNE 30TH AT 12 NOON FOR THE JULY 4TH
EDITION. HAPPY CANADA DAY!
A
By JENNIFER PAIGE
S
oon communities across the country and around
the world will show their pride in the history,
culture and achievements of Canada. Since 1868,
July 1st has been marked as a day of celebration
where many festivities are held across the country
and Minnedosa is no diferent.
We are planning a bunch of activities for the
day down at the Minnedosa Beach. Many of them
are similar to the things that we have done in the
past but we do have a few new activities as well,
said Jolene Young, chair of the Canada Day com-
mittee.
On the agenda for this years celebrations in-
clude a pancake breakfast, live music, kids boun-
cy castles, childrens crafts, face painters, balloon
twisters, wiener roasts and much more.
Something new this year, we will have Mark
Willis Photography set-up in the pavilion from 4:00-
5:30 p.m. for a photo booth. And Dana from Flufys
Fitness will be holding a sand castle building con-
test, continued Young.
Te Minnedosa Valley Cruizers Car Club will
also be at the event with a classic car show.
Later in the afternoon we will be holding a
bunch of diferent water balloon and water relays
that should be a lot of fun as well as a beach volley-
ball tournament, which will be a just-for-fun co-ed
event.
Persons interested in participating in the vol-
leyball tournament are asked to register in advance
so that the games can be scheduled. All of the other
events can be registered for the day of.
Traditionally, we will be lighting freworks in
the evening as well. Tis part of the day is handled by
our volunteer frefghters and paid for through dona-
tions and grant money from the Town and Federal
government.
Te Recreation Commission has a few summer
staf that will be helping with the event and thanks to
the Minnedosa Hospital stafYoung has flled most
of the necessary volunteer positions.
It is going to be a great day with events for the
whole family. Being on the Minnedosa Beach is a
great spot and there have been quite a few changes
made to the pavilion concession this year that will
really add to the event, added Young.
Celebrating Canada
Plans for Canada Day
By JENNIFER PAIGE
F
our members of
Minnedosas volunteer
fre fghting department
recently completed train-
ing that will better equip
them in the feld.
Adam Kowal, Jason
Cooper, Dean Jordan and
Jon Kowal are now certi-
fed level one fre fghters
after completing the 200-
hour course and grueling
examination.
It took us about three
months to complete. We
took the training in Rivers
with Richard Brown who
is a certifed OFC fre in-
structor. We are all happy
to have completed this,
it is a lot of stress of the
shoulders now that weve
passed the exams, com-
mented Dean Jordan.
Te level one fre
fghter program is de-
signed to provide the skills
necessary to efectively
perform the functions of a
fre fghter.
Te course enables
students to apply gen-
eral operating guidelines,
rules and regulations in
any situations, efectively
use fre department com-
munications, perform fre
ground operations neces-
sary to ensure life safety,
fre control and property
conservation. As well as
perform the activities of
prevention, preparedness
and maintenance to ef-
fectively reduce the loss
of life and property due to
fre.
Continued
on Page 9
Level One Training Completed
Photo by Jennifer Paige
Minnedosa Volunteer Firefghters Adam Kowal, Jason Cooper, Jon Kowal and Dean Jordan
recently successfully completed their Level One training.