Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press imported Pearl Brandy wednesday october 10, 1973 i available in 12 and 25 rezoning May be needed for track Yanof sky says by Frances Bidewell free press Urban reporter a possibility that rezoning might be required for construction of the proposed South Dale harness racing track was raised tuesday during a hear ing of an Appeal against St. Boniface Community commit tee s approval of the track. The Community committee approved a conditional use and zoning variation last sep tember to permit construction of the million Racetrack on a 125-acre site North East of Lagimodiere Boulevard Andt h e trans Canada Highway. Protesting residents appealed the decision to civic Environ ment committee the final civic authority tin such matters. Environment committee Chin an councillor d. A. Abe Yanof sky Independent citizens election committee West. Kildonan told the hear ing he whether some thing of the magnitude of a Racetrack should have been processed As a conditional use with final Appeal to Environ ment committee. The site is zoned for Light Industry coun. Yanofsky said it might have been better had the application been dealt with As a rezoning which must be approved by City Council. Committee adjourned the hearing until oct. 29 and asked for a report from the City solicitor s department on the question raised by coun. Yanofsky As Well As administrative reports on traffic ser vices costs to the City and planning and environmental matters the application for a conditional use and zoning variation was by lad co ment company on behalf of the developers South Dale raceway corporation Ltd. About 55 residents appeared at the Appeal hearing. Eleven of 14 people who spoke during the hearing objected to the location of the Racetrack and urged environment committee to reverse the decision of St. Boniface Community commit be. They objected to the noise air and Park ing problems they claim will result from the Racetrack and stables. Two residents said they were opposed to gambling in a residential area and said they would move rather than raise their children near a Racetrack. Davjd Brownson of 58 Peterboro Bay said people in the immediate area of the race track location Are almost unanimously opposed to its construction. A p e t i t i o n bearing about signatures of Windsor Park area residents opposed to the Racetrack was presented to the committee. W. J. Budel chairman of the St. Boniface resident advisory group told the hearing that other uses permitted on the site under the present zoning would be As objectionable As a Racetrack. resident adviser George Marion who is chair Man of the Community com Mittee s subcommittee on prop erty and planning told the hearing his subcommittee Hac voted five to two against approval of the lad co application. Lad co spokesman a s. Ellis said the development is pro posed for a site at the Junction of two major highways both designed to carry heavy traffic loads arid the parking spaces planned will be More than adequate for the race track he s a i d the provincial clean environment commission will dictate standards of noise and air pollution. The Federal department o agriculture has approved a. Racing season running from oct. 24 to March 31 arid the developers Are awaiting Previn Cial government approval he said. Portage 1786-2437 930 Nairn i 1311 i 460 Pembina 667-15951 586-8049 1453-4124 weather report morning bulletin for the Prairie provinces a band of Cloud will Cloud and Shower activity presently covering Eastern Manitoba will Edge East War today resulting in sunny skies for most areas tomorrow. Temperatures will be in the 50s during the Day. Under Clear skies overnight lows will be near 30. Figures on the map indicate expected High Tern. Pera Tures today spread through Central and Northern Alberta today and thursday. It will keep afternoon temperatures near 50 and overnight lows be tween 30 and 35 degrees. Clear skies in Southern areas will result in Day time temperatures near 55 and overnight lows near 30. Gloria Thorsteinson a re search assistant at the Manitoba museum of Man and nature stands among pieces of Early French Canadian furniture. An exhibition of furniture from the period 1700 to 1820 opened tues Day at the museum. Gee hits parking proposal a suggestion at a civic i n an c e committee meeting tuesday that operation of a proposed City owned parking garage be turned Over to Pri vate interests Drew an angry response from councillor c. John gee. Temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yester Day Low temperatures for the 12-hour period which ended Al g . Today and precipitation for the 24 hour period which ended at 6 . Loday forecast v a r Winnipeg Bissell Interlake and red River regions mostly Cloudy Loday Clearing this eve Ning North wind at .15 to 20 . Mainly Clear to night and thursday. Low tonight near 30 High thursday near 55. The United in a series q. Dues labor support the United Way a. In september 1972, the Winnipeg and Dis Ricl labor Council one of the United Way s two founders re examined the need for the United Way at the request of the United Way. It concluded that the annual Appeal has succeeded in All its objectives it endorses voluntary giving by payroll deduction and respect fully recommends thai All labor Council members exam Ine the Community s needs and their own personal Circum stances. Generally in recommends United Way support of 15 minutes pay a week. It. Also recommends that All affiliated unions encourage their membership to support the United Way. Q. Are Good givers a. Those who give do exceptionally Well. At the moment 53 per cent of the working Force of people support he United Way. Unfortunately it in t always possible to canvass All wage earners Many Are missed. The average gift is the per capita gift is the second High Cost for United appeals in Canada Toronto it the parking garage is eing built by the City and Huld be operated by the City o provide Low Cost parking for he Public in the Down own he advised his fellow committee members. Private y owned parking Lols Don t do Iny favors for the City arid i Lon t care if we drive All of hem out of coun. Gee Independent Citi Zens election committee St. Boniface made remarks discussion by cps limit be on. Operation of the pro closed 650-Stali parking garage o be built in conjunction with he City s 1974 Centennial project a new main Library build big at Donald Street and Gramm Avenue. City Council approved the project last week and directed Hance committee to make leasing arrangements for the stalls. During the discussion a number of committee members mentioned the possibility of Laving a private company Han dle the operation of the Park ing garage prompting Couch. Lee s Stroug opposition Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Brandon Thompson the Pas winning Thunder Bay Kenora Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax Chicago Miami los Angeles Minneapolis now York Phoenix Roma Paris London Berlin 1 Brussels i Madrid Moscow Stockholm Tokyo Max. 55 so m 52 s8 51 59 m 72 70 w 51 i m 7.1 7.1 70 77 72 Side 55 .1. Is 75 59 50 72 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Moan 54 51 m Normal 57 highest on record 82 in Ini lowest on record 12 in 1933 .15 34 the matter was settled when committee passed a motion b coun. Bill Norrie ice it Rouge instructing civic finance commissioner g. E Evans to prepare a report 01 the economic advantages t the cily of running the opera Tion itself or leasing out the operation. R in the meantime committe chairman coun. Dick Wanklin ice is to be up meetings with Large by Iii esses in the. Area of the pro posed building to discuss Leas ing blocks stalls to them and the companies possible in Terest in the Capila costs of the project i return for blocks of stalls. Manitoba opera receives Grant the Manitoba opera association has received a Grant e from the Canada com cil the group is one of 16 organizations which were award a total of the com cil recently. Carmel s autonomy will stay clinic men by Wally Dennison free press staff writer mount Carmel clinic will re am its autonomy and ind Epen ence regardless that the bulk f a is million expansion and development program will be lanced by the Manitoba gov rement a Public meeting was old tuesday night. The enlarged clinic intends o function and become known s human care Centre Ather than the stereotyped Community clinic or health and Ocial development these were the Points emphasized to about 250 people in in auditorium of r. B. Russell school 364 Dufferin venue by Einar Arnason the Linic s Board chairman and or. Dirk Blouw chief of the Louic s medical Slaff. Or. Arnason assured the audience the clinic which has operated Al 120 Selkirk Avenue 5ast since 1929, will continue As an Independent non profit incorporated organization go earned by. An unpaid Volu Larj Hoard of moreover makeup of the Board would change to include More patients Slaff and area residents he promised. In an interview after the meeting or. Blouw said a clinic planning committee is look ing at three Sites recommended by the number 10 architectural group and then will offer a Choice to the clinic s Board. Hopefully announcement o f the new site will be made this month he said. During the meeting or. Blouw referred to or. Arnason s remarks on Independence and autonomy and of served if mount Carmel be comes the stereotype of a government clinic then our dream will become a night or. Arnason said 10 per cent of fhe million program will be financed by the clinic and the e remaining 90 per cent by the provincial government the clinic s 10 per cent input to Ward capital casts for building and equipment would remain the clinic s asset forever he noted. Officials absence v. Disturbs Board some Board members of count Carmel clinic Are disgruntled because Manitoba and City of Winnipeg governmental officials apparently ignored heir invitations to a Public meeting tuesday night. Neither of the two govern mental Levels was officially re presented at the meeting Al ended by about in i. B. Russell vocational school 364 Dufferin Avenire. The irate Board members Are particularly smarting be cause they wanted the officials available for questions by Citi Zens on the clinic s future role. The Manitoba government has decided to finance 90 per cent of a million expansion and redevelopment program by the clinic which has been operating at 120 Selkirk Avenue East since 1929. Invitations were sent three weeks ago to mayor Steve Juba councillors representing areas served Pri Marily by mount Carnie clinic to premiered Schreyer. Urban affairs minister Sau Miller chairman of the Provin Cial Cabinet s health education and social policy committee or. Ted Tulchinsky associate Deputy health minister for Manitoba and Secretary of cab inet s health education and so Cial policy committee am health and social development minister Rene Toi Ipin. A clinic Board member said mayor Juba s office had indicated the City would be re presented but that the mayor himself could t attend. Tuesday the mayor s office said City councillors were too Busy to attend according to he Board member. The Board member said pre Mier Schreyer had written tha he province would be represented. However the Premier s office failed to return a Tele h o n e Call tuesday which sought confirmation of such representation the Board member said. Neither or. Toupin nor or Miller replied to the written invitations the Board member lid. A week ago or. Toupin s of see Stateh the health minister land t yet decided whether1 i and would hav o consult his Cabinet m. Leagues the Board continued. Tuesday or. Ton pin s office said the minister w o u 1 d n t attend the. Boar member said. The offices of or. Topi and.mr-. Tulchinsky had Bee telephoned every Day last wee the Board member complained. Mount Carmel clinic Hopes i reduce health care costs by caching out to the Community Ith preventive programs or. Mason said. In this connection or. Blouw Aid the clinic As a human Are Centre plans to intensify s wholistic learn approach 0 the patient. Emphasis will on prevention that is Reading off medical emotional Ocial or economic crises be Ore they occur la rough a variety of health social Legal and family services. Because deprived people end to let things go until rises occur the human care enl re would reach out to the Community with Home visits by Iii ses and health workers lie Aid. X it s easy to Delouse a child Vith scabies or. Blouw sex 1 a i n e d but you re really missing the boat if the child s merely returned to the same surroundings without clinic personnel getting into the Jikomes and doing something about the conditions which produced the disease. In the past general Pratl toners did a great Deal of so Cial work and nutrition coun Selling and most did t know hat much about he observed. Certainly tranquillisers Aren t the answer but a direct approach to underlying trouble through professional social workers Legal Aid housing committees Escelera can do or. Blouw said. He suggested medical Stu dents be trained in family practice in clinic settings. A different Breed of doctors and nurses would be required o properly carry out their jobs n future or. Blouw said. A doctor will have to look himself As a learn member rather than As a medical Iii prior to other health care personnel he said. Human care Centre or. Blouw emphasized should be 1 a i 1 o r e d to the Populus it serves and be flexible enough to change course whenever warranted. In the social Struc Tures of society or changes in delivery of health services will require of the entire team to give maximum Benefit to the or. Arnason thanked the United Way of Winnipeg for past assistance but said the clinic would have to count on continued funding from the an Nual Appeal because some of mount Carmel s services Are outside the Legal scope of governmental Aid. Executive director Anno Einar Arnason the clinic Board chairman said it a unfortunate no Gover Rhenia representatives were on Han to answer questions from the Public. Asked her reaction to the government s narrated of executive director Anne Boss Jynes replied ecology lecture u n i v e r s h y College will present the first of a lecture series on ecology at tonight in University col 240, University of Manitoba. The work and traced the Organiza Tion s history. She paid tribute to Sarah Bell a clinic founder and or. Jack Kossove a Long time Board member who Heads the clinic s denial department. Both were on stage with mrs. Or. Arnason and or. Blouw. Gallery head retires after 20 years or. Ferdinand Eckhau do announced tuesday that he is re tiring As director of the Winnipeg Art gallery. Or. Eckhardt said he will re main As gallery director until a new director is and if the new director so desires will remain after that in an and now 71, or. Eckhardt will visor capacity celebrate 20 years As gallery perhaps i can even help director on oct. 24. J a gallery should have a new Man after 20 or. Eckhardt said at the press con Ference announcing his retire ment. It is an unusually Long time for a person to head a gallery he added. At the conference was John a. Macaulay past president of the gallery now honorary president and chairman of the eight person search committee looking for a new director. He s done a lot for the Winnipeg Art sail or. Macaulay. He s clone a lot for Art in collection period this week your fret pram Carrier will collecting from Hii this week for delivery of the free for two ending saturday oct. 13. More than at the after retirement he said he would not be bound so much by gallery administration and would have a Freer hand searching out new acquisitions. But he and his wife the Hus Sian born composer c. Eck Hardt will remain in Winnipeg. Though they might escape the said or. Eck Hardt they will make this City their base of operations. Or. Macaulay said the Gal Lory Board will Start Advertis ing for a new director nov. 1, in Canada the United slates and Europe. Ii is a fairly thin Field or. Macaulay indicated. He said or. Eckhardt has submitted a list of eight names from Canada United states Germany and Switzerland and will be consulted before an appoint ment is made. What is wanted is person with an advanced degree in Art history with experience in a major gallery or museum operation and with a Strong feeling for Art education and c u h u r a 1 advancement in a Large Community. A person preferably Between 35 and 50 years old is desired. We re going to exhaust All the sources of ability to do the said or. Macaulay. Or. Eckhardt called Winnipeg s Art gallery the finest museum building i comparing it favourably with the newest american Art museums. He said it presents very desirable location for a prospective gallery director. Or. Eckhardt came to Winnipeg from the Kun this Moriches museum in Vienna in 1953 to take Over the City s Art gallery when it occupied Only a Corner of the third floor in the former Winnipeg auditorium now the provincial Library building. From thai and a budget of about a year he was of the gallery Asil grew into the present Mil lion building with an annual budget Over and a staff of 45. He paid tribute tuesday to the gallery s Board of directors for bringing in the gallery in these Days of galloping inflation at Only Over the originally estimated Cost of million. Officially opened in 1971, the gallery building now is practically paid off or. Eckhardt said and the last Bills have come in. Attention must now be devoted to building up an acquisition fund to buy new works of Art for the gallery s collection he said. Everything that is Man made that works visually is a potential work of Art in or. Eckhardt s View from paint Winnipeg s Art gallery is the most isolated on the continent 450 Miles from Minneapolis and Miles from Toronto or. Ferdinand Eckhardt and it is important to build a comprehensive collection for Manitoban who cannot go to these places or. Eckhardt said. He wants to concentrate on acquiring Art of historic importance Art from the past and not just contemporary work. There s still much to do to build up the Art consciousness in Winnipeg and Many things thai should be shown he said he wants to bring the work of Oiler countries Here and bring Canadian Art work to other parts of the world. Ivan Eyre a major Mani Toba artist has exhibition in Frankfurt Germany for six weeks and has sold four paintings in Only the first two weeks or. Eckhardt said. Responding to the charge that the Art gallery with 57 per cent of the building paid by private funds is the Domain of a private Rich Winnipeg clique or. Eckhardt said a Community is blessed to have a few interested people like it is they when fell deeply enough about Art to fund the gallery and not the Ordinary citizen he indicated. But he said he would like to see a broader base of support for the gallery. When the new gallery was being built we d take a Dollar from anyone who wanted to give it to said or. Macaulay. We Wartt this gallery to be owned by the citizens of Winnipeg and but or. Macaulay indicated he definitely did not want it run by government. I have my own View on that but i won l. Nay anything about it ;