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Vol. 131 No. 24 Friday, August 23, 2013




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Mavericks earn eighth league title

Mavericks dominate 4-0. Wednesday night, Anhe Minnedosa Maver- drew Richards was a major icks have once again asset to the team, pitching won the season champion- a complete-game shutship for the eighth year in a out, with fi ve hits and two row, defeating the Pumus walks and five strikeouts. Pirates in the champion- Richards also managed to ship final Wednesday night. dominate the plate, scorTh e Mavericks took ing a two-run homer, two the game 7-0, defending doubles, a walk, four RBIs their title, setting a new re- and two runs. Th e Plumus Pirates cord for most consecutive championships won and seemed to struggle at the continuing their dominant mound, with Kain Kramer hold on the Santa Clara taking the loss. Kramer pitched three innings that Baseball League. included four runs, three The finals began on Friday, August 16th strikeouts. Mitch Hutton, of where the Mavericks won the Mavericks, reached the game one of the series base four times by walks. Kevin Sandstrom and 5-3. Game two saw the By JENNIFER PAIGE

Devin Foord received a mention going two-forthree with a walk and two runs. Mike Tarleton also drove in two runs. Th e Mavericks once again dominated the league as well as the finals, winning the best-of-five series in three straight games. John Lawrence of the Mavericks was awarded MVP of the Santa Clara League and John Hutton received recognition as the Top Pitcher in the league. Th e Mavs were excited with the win, claiming their eighth consecutive league championship and looking to continue the trend next season.

Photo by Jennifer Paige

Injured worker transfered to HSC by STARS

At left, STARS pilot Greg Chorney and RCMP Cst. Christine Dupuis await the arrival of a seriously injured patient who required air ambulance transportation to Winnipegs Health Sciences Centre.
By JENNIFER PAIGE Rapid City in the Cadurcis District to assist with a 40-year-old male who had fallen a significant distance and sustained serious injuries. STARS was later diverted to Minnedosa as ground crews were able to respond quickly and transport the patient to Minnedosa hospital. Hospital staff mentioned that if STARS had not been auto-launched for the transfer, it would have taken ground ambulance another three hours before the patient would have received the medical attention required. Greg Chorney was the pilot of the STARS air ambulance on this call and explains that the majority of calls he sees are for inter-facility transfers, We have the ability to get patients from here to Winnipeg in 45 minutes, and in certain situations every minute can count.

Photo by Jennifer Paige

TARS air ambulance touched down briefly at Minnedosa Hospital on the afternoon of Friday, August 16th to assist with a patient transfer to Winnipeg. Th e RCMP has no details on the incident and reports establish that offi cers were solely brought in to assist with traffic and the helicopter landing. STARS was originally dispatched as a scene call to a farm north of

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