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Vol. 128 No. 51 Friday, March 4, 2011 Minnedosa, Manitoba Canada R0J 1E0 90 cents + tax

Special Olympics
seeking volunteers
Sopuck opens office
By KATHLEEN LEDWITH

S pecial Olympics Manitoba continues to look for

volunteers to assist with their valuable program.
Trudy Adamson has dedicated her time to Special
Olympics for close to thirty years. In the fall of 1985,
Trudy decided she wanted to volunteer some time to
help others in some way. Her first choice was working
with people with special needs.
“I just love working with these kids, especially if
you are having an off day at work, just spending time
and meeting the kids, having an evening of fun with
them, I come back feeling great,” said Trudy. “The ful-
fillment I get from this is unbelievable.”
Trudy currently volunteers as a coach for
Minnedosa’s Special Olympics team, The Centurions,
a fulfilling task she has enjoyed for a number of years.
“We are always looking for volunteers,” said Trudy.
“We currently have fifteen athletes and one volunteer.”
Any Special Olympics volunteer can assist with
coaching the different sports offered through the Spe-
cial Olympics program or move forward to being a
coach.
The Centurions sport of choice is bowling and last
year, the Minnedosa team made it to the Manitoba
Provincial Games. From there, some of the local ath-
letes qualified to go ahead to the Nationals in Toronto.
The local team bowls every second Wednesday of
the month. Drivers are always needed to transport the
athletes to various games and tournaments.
If you wish to find out more about becoming a
Special Olympics volunteer contact Trudy or visit
www.specialolympics.mb.ca Volunteer application
Photo by Amanda Boyd
packages are available on the webpage or by calling
(204) 925-5625. Progressive Conservative MP for Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, Robert Sopuck (R) is joined
by his wife Caroline (L)as they turn the key to Robert’s new constituency office in Onanole.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE By AMANDA BOYD stituency office in Onanole Minnedosa MLA Leanne us federally,” Rowat said.
MINNEDOSA TRIBUNE last Friday, February 25th. Rowat. “On behalf of the “Bob and I go back to ‘88.
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R obert Sopuck, Pro-
gressive Conservative
MP for Dauphin-Swan
Present at the celebra-
tion were several residents
of the riding, students
Minnedosa constituency
and on behalf of the cau-
cus within the Manitoba
I have the utmost respect
for him and it’s very excit-
ing to be able to work with
Phone (204) 867-3816 or send payment to River-Marquette, was the from Onanole Elementary Legislature, we’re very Bob. Hopefully we have
Box 930, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0 guest of honour at an open School and community excited about having Bob many great things to look
FOR ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS VISIT house and ribbon cutting dignitaries from around Sopuck as part of the Man- forward to in the future.”
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