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MIKE.DEAL@FREEPRESS.MB.CA 110324 - Thursday, March 24, 2011 - Wallace Morin who also drives the school bus, on the outside of the ring-dike at his farmstead. SHOAL LAKES: No matter what happens with the weather or the snowmelt, Manitoba flood forecasters say there will be record flooding at the Shoal Lakes northwest of Winnipeg, which are already at record levels have no outlet. Over the past decade, West, North and East Shoal Lake have merged to form one body of water, flooding out cattle farmers, closing highways and separating schoolchildren from their schools. see Bartley Kives story MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS