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The Keller farm southwest of Osage looks like it was
plunked down in the middle of a lake, as seen from the sky in
this aerial photo taken Monday. RM of Fillmore councillor Russ
Leguee went up in Brian Goranson's plane, along with Doug Beach,
to view the devastation. Floyd and Pearl Keller, along with their
son Frank who lives in the same yard, were among the hardest
hit by the flooding. Although the Kellers did build a dike around
their yard, water was able to seep in and ruin a bin full of
canola. The water drained down from the Moose Mountain Creek
area, a tributary of the Souris River, and has concentrated in
the low-lying areas of Osage, Fillmore, Handsworth, Glenavon
and Corrine. However, the flooding is worst west of Osage, as
it has accumulated in a low pocket of land that has no drainage. |
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