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Volume 137 Issue 21 Friday, August 2, 2019 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

INSIDE Numbers Up For 137th Fair

this week By KAREN MITCHELL

O n the weekend of July

20th and 21st, the
137th Minnedosa Ag So-
ciety Fair and Exhibition
was held at the local Fair-
grounds.
Several events were
held including; Light
horse, Miniatures, Heavy
Night of horse, Horticulture, Bak-
ing and Preserves, Home
Nostalgia Crafts, Quilt competition,
Handicrafts, Fine arts and

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at PCH photography, Junior Bak-
ing, Junior Handicrafts and
Junior Horticulture.
“This year we saw an
increase in numbers of
entries for the light horse,
heavy horse and miniature
horse divisions,” stated Ag
Society President, Clarke
Swain.
Photo by Darryl Holyk
Continued
Minnedosa’s Delgaty Clydesdale’s were one of five, six-horse hitches in Sunday’s Heavy Horse Show.
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NDP
Candidate
Let The Party Begin - RFM 2019!
for MLA T he Rockin’ the Fields followed by performances

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volunteer crew has
been hard at work pre-
paring for their 16th an-
nual festival. The three-day
event kicks off today, Fri-
day, August 2nd with Lee
Aaron taking to the FP Ge-
If your label reads netics Main Stage tonight
by Collective Soul and Sam
Roberts Band.
On the final evening
of this year’s festival, rock
fans will cheer and rock-
out to Streetheart, Sass Jor-
dan and 54-40 to the main
stage. This year’s show is

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at 6:00 p.m. She will be
followed by Harlequin and
It’s time to renew Platnum Blonde with April
Wine set to take to the
your subscription! main stage at 10:30 p.m.
The Battle of the Bands
204-867-3816 Photo by Karen Mitchell
winner will open the main
RFM volunteers prepare the gate to the main parking lot last week. stage show Saturday night
set to close with fan favou-
rite, Tom Cochrane and
Red Rider hitting the main
stage Sunday night at 10:30
p.m.
RFM has earned the
title of “Canada’s Premier
Rock Music Festival”.

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