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Town Sets Sights on Capital Projects
By JENNIFER PAIGE
T
he recently released
Minnedosa Town bud-
get has outlined numerous
projects slated to take place
over the coming year. Te
Town of Minnedosa has
allocated $1,112,698.00 to-
wards capital expenditures
for 2014.
On the books for this
year are replacement trees,
the upkeep of the Ishii
Gardens, of ce archive
storage, sidewalk repair,
road gravel, dust control,
as well as upgrades to the
Minnedosa Community
Conference Centre, in-
cluding the instalment of
new countertops and out-
door lighting.
Tere will also be a few
public service vehicles re-
placed, including $20,000
for a new water works
truck, $20,000.00 for a 225
Massey tractor replace-
ment and $382,000.00 for a
new fre truck.
Purchasing a replace-
ment fre truck is required
for insurance purposes.
Once a truck has been in
commission for a certain
By JENNIFER PAIGE
L
ong-time Minnedosa
producer, Bob McNabb
was recently named as an
inductee to the Manitoba
Agriculture Hall of Fame
during the organizations
annual general meeting in
Brandon on April 10th.
McNabb owns and
operates a 1,000 acre farm
just outside Minnedosa
and is known for being on
the cutting edge of innova-
tion for decades. Trough-
out his years in the indus-
try he has made numerous
contributions to the ad-
vancement of agriculture
in Manitoba.
More than 35 years
ago, McNabb was one of
the provinces frst produc-
ers to adopt zero-tillage
farming. In recent years, he
moved from zero tillage to
rotation of grasses for cus-
tom grazing to determine
what nutrients would con-
tribute to the soil.
Over his numerous
years in the agriculture
profession, McNabb has
been recognized with oth-
er awards including recog-
nition for his work in soil
conservation with the LB
Tomson Conservation
Award as well as the Little
Saskatchewan River Con-
servation District Farm of
the Year Award.
T e 2014 Manitoba
Agriculture Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony will
take place on July 17th at
the William Glesby Center
in Portage la Prairie.
Watch for a feature on
McNabb in a future edition
of Te Tribune.
McNabb to
be Inducted
into Hall
of Fame
DUE TO IMMEDIATE UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
THE MINNEDOSA TRIBUNE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED NEXT WEEK.
UNFORTUNATLEY THERE WILL BE NO NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, APRIL 25th.
WE HOPE TO RESUME BUSINESS MONDAY, APRIL 28th.
I AM EXTREMELY SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS HAS CAUSED.
Darryl A. Holyk, Publisher, Te Minnedosa Tribune
Some of the Towns Capital Projects for 2014
will afect such areas as the Columbarium at
the Cemetery, Fire Hall, Conference Centre,
Arena and the new Public Works Shop.
period of time, as an insur-
ance requirement, it has
to be replaced, explained
Kevin Marcino from
Minnedosas Public Works
department.
Council has indicated
$20,000 for the creation of
a new columbarium in the
cemetery.
With one side of the
current columbarium sold
and the other side begin-
ning to sell, the town is
investing in expanding the
area.
Streets listed in the
capital expenditures are
looking to be paved as well
the town tries to co-ordi-
nate the water works nec-
essary in similar areas.
We try to target the
waterworks to take place
near the fall so that resi-
dents dont have to deal
with their property torn
up all summer and then
the land is given the winter
and spring to settle before
we begin any type of pav-
ing, explained Marcino.
Te work listed to be
carried out on 1st Street
NW and 1st Street SW are
actually carried over from
last year but there were
delays in acquiring con-
tractors to complete that
work.
Council has dedicated
approximately, $50,000.00
for each of the fore men-
tioned streets.
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