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Volume 137 Issue 52
An Early
Spring
Break I
By DARRYL HOLYK
S taff and students in
Rolling River School
Division had a bit of an
early taste to their upcom-
ing spring break this past
week.
RRSD Administration
made the decision to close
all schools and bus routes
in the Division not once,
but twice this week. The
first shut down came on
Tuesday, March 3rd fol-
lowing icy road conditions,
in some areas, which were
created Monday night and
early Tuesday morning.
Then, following Wednes-
day afternoon and eve-
nings dump of snow, roads
were again deemed unsafe
by school division officials
who closed all schools and
bus routes again yesterday,
Thursday, March 5th.
These decisions, made
to ensure the safety of stu-
dents and staff travelling
from rural areas, were en-
joyed by most students
excited for a stay-home
day. However, some work-
ing parents and caregiv-
ers were left scrambling to
find last-minute child care
for the day as they still had
to go to work.
Actual Spring Break
for RRSD will be the week
of March 29th.
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A Warm Place For Pets
By KAREN MITCHELL
n the event Minnedosa
experiences a commu-
nity-wide emergency or
disaster, our pets will defi-
nitely be looked after.
Handling the pet and
livestock portion of the
Minnedosa/Minto/Oda-
nah Emergency Social
Services plan are sisters,
Karen Bramley and Ingrid
Currah. Karen is the lead
with Ingrid being second
in command. After work-
ing on the plan for a num-
ber of years, the pair found
that there was a deficiency
in what would happen to
pets when people have to
evacuate to an emergency
response reception cen-
tre. Most places that could
be used for such an event
would not be one that al-
lows pets.
This issue got the sis-
ters brainstorming ideas
that could be utilized to
address this issue. Ingrid
felt that she wanted to do Photo submitted
something to benefit the
community emergency Sisters Karen Bramley and Ingrid Currah with a trailer they will use as a warm
plan, and decided to pur- place for pets in the event of a distaster or major emergency.
chase a 12-foot-long utility
trailer. This mobile emer- The trailer can be hooked trailer would not be easily supplies, etc. which will nels. If anyone has a plas-
gency response trailer up to a generator and used accessible. make the trailer multifac- tic or metal kennel which
could be brought to any in any location. There is While Ingrid’s trailer is eted and a huge asset to measures approximately
location required. The already a similar emer- mostly for her own person- the local emergency com- three feet square, that they
unit could be used for pet gency response trailer that al use, she has graciously mittee. are willing to part with
owners to utilize if they are the Emergency Coordina- offered to donate it in the The trailer will be fur- or donate temporarily in
waiting in adverse weather tors does have access to, event of a local emergency. nished with a table and needed, please reach out
and are in need of a place however it is located in St. If the trailer is not need- chairs and portable ken- to Karen at the Minnedosa
for their pets to warm up. Pierre-Jolys, three hours ed specifically for pets/ nels. Karen would like to Vet Clinic by calling 204-
The trailer has been away and if roads are animals, it can be used in reach out to the commu- 867-3917.
retrofitted with 30amp ser- blocked in a major win- other factors such as food nity, as the committee is
vice, lighting and shelving. ter storm emergency, this prep or storage, hauling in need of additional ken-
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