Vol. 130 No. 50 Friday, February 22, 2013

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By KATE SJOBERG

A local group of nine is entering into negotiations to develop 64 acres of land in the southwest corner of

Minnedosa. Th e group is made up of Clint Moff at (Clint Moff at and Sons), Ken Kane (Ken Kane Aerial Spray), lawyer Norman Sims, Bruce and Chad Burton (Burton Enterprises Ltd.), Elvin Birch (Birch Construction Ltd.), Andrew Lakin (owner of Scenic Ridge Estates Optom-etrist), Glen Newton (engineer, GD Newton and Associ-ates, Brandon), and Stuart Lewis. Th e group, which will be called Stewart Hills Estates Corporation, off ered the only formal expression of in-terest in the development, and the Town is entering di-rectly into negotiating a development agreement with the group, skipping the previously planned next step of issuing a tender.

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Photo by Kate Sjoberg

(L-R) Councillor Harvey Wedgewood, CAO Ken Jenkins, Stewart Hills rep Stuart Lewis, Mayor Ray Orr and Clint Moff at (Stewart Hills).

Town negotiating development

agreement with Stewart Hills Estates

Photo by Kate Sjoberg

By KATE SJOBERG

The seventh annual Skate Th e Lake brought great weather and amazing

ice conditions. Th is year, organizers, play-ers and spectators couldn’t have asked for better weather. Th ere were a total of 34 teams signed up in various divisions. Again this year, the men’s champi-onship team was Burgess Quality Dudes. Th e ladies’ championship team was Team Smith. Th e bantam championship team is the Jr. Babas Boys. Th e peewee champi-onship team was the Oilers. Th is year there were six sheets of ice

on Minnedosa Lake that the teams played on. Some of the keys to success is that mi-nor hockey didn’t schedule any games for the weekend; the work shifts from the Minnedosa minor hockey families and also the support from the Town getting the ice ready for the weekend. All of the money raised the fi rst year of Skate the Lake was donated to the Minnedosa Community Child Care Co-op. Ever since then proceeds have been going to MREC. Th e amount raised from this year’s event will be announced in the weeks to come.

34 teams Skate the Lake

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