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Volume 137 Issue 1 Friday, March 15, 2019 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

INSIDE Searching For Literary Treasure

this week

Basketball
Champs
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STARS a
Valuable
Service in The Minnedosa Rotary Club continues to be an important entity in our community. For over 75 years, the local chapter
Photo by Karen Mitchell

Manitoba of this worldwide organization has given back to numerous entities, many right here in our own community.

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One of the club’s most successful fundraisers, its annual Book Sale, kicked off this week at the 50+ Centre.
As in years past, eager readers browsed the stacks of donated books in search of their own literary treasure to take home
and enjoy. If you have not yet had a chance to drop in for some book shopping, the Minnedosa Rotary Club’s Book
Sale continues today and will wrap up tomorrow (Saturday, March 16th).

Arena Score Clock Project Receives $20,000 Boost From Province

By DARRYL HOLYK Association which has that Minnedosa Minor operating costs, such as Centre in Rivers.. nity Support Small Grant
been approved to receive Hockey through Skate the a score clock will be cov- “As a resident of a program is intended to

O n Tuesday, March
12th, Riding Moun-
tain MLA, Greg Nesbitt,
$20,000 to assist with the
purchase of a new digital
score clock.
announced funding for Upon hearing the
enhancements to two rec- announcement, Tanis
reation facilities within Barrett of the local Mi-
his constituency under nor Arena Association
the Community Support commented how pleased
Small Grant program. they are to receive grant
One of the successful funding for the digital dis-
funding applicants is the play board project. “This
Minnedosa Minor Arena is an important project
Lake has been support-
ing for two years already,”
said Tanis. “The Commu-
nity Support Small Grant
funds bring the fundrais-
ing for this $60,000 proj-
ect very close to comple-
tion. As we contemplate
moving into a new arena
in the next couple of
years, it is exciting to
know that some of the
ered already as this item
will move into the MREC
arena.”
The second applicant
to receive funding in the
Riding Mountain constit-
uency will be the Rivers
Curling Club which will
also see a grant of $20,000
to assist with the purchase
of a new sound system for
the Riverdale Community
rural community, I know
how important the local
arenas are to the lives of
support community-
driven projects that have
benefit to the public. The
our youth, adults and se- program is available to
niors,” said MLA Nesbitt. non-profit and commu-
“I’m pleased to be able to nity-led organizations for
announce these grants on funding up to a maximum
behalf of the Minister of of $20,000. Successful ap-
Municipal Relations, the plicants are required to
Honourable Jeff Whar- provide a minimum ten
ton.” percent matching fund-
Manitoba’s Commu- ing for their project.