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Volume 132 Issue 17 Friday, July 4, 2014 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax
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A slow-moving, low-pressure weather
system that moved into the Province early
Friday morning has caused severe overland
fooding which is wreaking havoc all around
Southern Manitoba. Heavy down pours
and fash fooding has overwhelmed ditches,
storm sewers, retention ponds and streets
causing relentless heartaches, power outages
and downed trees. A number of streets,
roads and highways have also been
covered over with water. Pictured above,
a Jeep left the road after hitting a water logged
portion of a gravel road and at left, a truck
splashes through water covering a portion of
PR#270. Tirty-four communities in
Manitoba and another 53 communities in
Saskatchewan have declared a local state of
emergency, including Brandon, Strathclair,
Cornwallis,Daly,Deloraine, Elkhorn,
Hartney,Miniota, Oak Lake,Pipestone,
Roblin, Virden, Wallace and Winchester.
More on Page 9
Photos by Jennifer Paige
By JENNIFER PAIGE
M
innedosa Golf Course and Country Club un-
fortunately took the brunt of Minnedosas
damage during the recent regional flood.
Golf course conditions are obviously not good.
We have been experiencing internal and external
flooding. Flood waters from the river, run-off and
the culverts are too full, said Deb Pritchard, resi-
dent golf pro at the Minnedosa Golf Course.
As of press time on Wednesday, the courses
top nine remained open to walking traffic only with
the remainder of the course, including the driving
range, closed to all traffic.
At this point, all of the progress we have made
in the past two months since the spring melt has
been lost. In the spring we reached the water lev-
els we had during the 2011 flood and at this point
we may surpass them if the water continues to rise,
commented Dan Bailey, Minnedosa Golf Course
grounds keeper.
Golf course staff have been tending to the sight,
checking water levels every six hours. Bailey notes
that they are combatting water from different an-
gleshigh river levels as well as high run off levels.
Continued on Page 8
Golf Course
Struggling to
Stay Af oat
Water Everywhere!
Photo by Jennifer Paige