Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Constituency reckless boat handling s a worry mud in All boats. Rut As far As Belt nip favors fall by election if Souris Killarney new democrats have any say in the matter a by election in the provincial constituency will be held in the fall. Bob Smith Souris Killar Ney nip constituency association president said wednes Day we d prefer to get summer out of the Way partly out of respect for Earl the death of or. Mckel Lar progressive conserva Tive la for the constituency for 18 years created the need for a by election. Premiered Schreyer of Manitoba earlier indicated his decision on a by election could be influenced by the wishes of the nip constituency organization. But he said he preferred to hold the by election before the next session of the legislature Early in 1977. M r. Schreyer met last weekend with Howard Nixon a Margaret District Farmer who is expected to seek the nip nomination. Or. Smith said no firm Date had been set for a nomination meeting. We Are not Rushing this but i would expect a nomination meeting sometime in the Middle of next he added. He said he and other members of the constituency executive Hope to discuss the matter further with or. Seh Meyeron saturday in Brandon. The by election had been seen As a Chance for Sterling Lyon recently elected progressive conservative Leader to seek a seat in the Legisla Ture. But. Chances now seem slim that or. Lyon will seek the seat. So far the Souris Killarney conservative constituency association has issued no invitation to the Leader to run and it is known several local conservatives would like to seek the nomination. Gerald Brown conserva Tive constituency association president said wednesday no decision has been made and it is possible Well just wait until it is time to Call a nominating meeting to see who is going to he emphasized that no decision on inviting or. Lyon to seek the nomination will be made until the next meet ing of the constituency association. No Date has been set. By Debbie Lyon free press stall writer impaired and careless boat operators Are a concern but they re not a major problem on Manitoba lakes and Rivers according to a number of police officers contacted wednesday. During the Long weekend Holiday Ontario provincial police in Kenora charged three boat operators As a re sult of two separate incidents on Shoal Lake. One person was charged with operating a boat while impaired. Two men were charged with dangerous operation of a vessel follow ing a night time collision on the Lake in which a 12-year old boy drowned. Police Al lege no lights were in use on either boat. Constable Dennis Leney of the Kenora Opp detachment in a Telephone interview estimated More than half of the adult boating fatalities he has experienced As a Diyco for the past 10 years involved alcohol. Ramp officers in Manitoba agreed careless and impaired boat operators Are a concern but stressed the problems Are no greater than those encountered with care less or impaired car Drivers. Spokesmen agreed with const. Leney that improperly equipped boats Are also a problem and that policing of boating activities is difficult. Some officers noted Law enforcement was Only one Way to alter careless boating habits education was the other and in Northern communities perhaps the most successful. The ramp does t keep separate statistics on How Many people Are charged with impaired or careless operation of boats or Are fined for failing to carry proper equipment. Spokesmen for the Winnipeg police Harbor patrol and ramp detachments in Lynn Lake Norway House Thompson and Dauphin say no charges have been Laid so far this year. I t does t happen too often its been a year or two since we had to Lay impaired Rene Adams Winnipeg Harbor master said of boating activities on Waterways within the City. On the equipment Side boat operators have greatly improved equipment standards in the past few years he said. As with the ramp the Winnipeg police generally first Issue a warning about missing or faulty equipment. If the problem is a flagrant one or if it persists then a charge will be Laid. Corporal Dave Van Alstyne of the ramp s d division Headquarters said officers Combine spot checks of boats with responses to specific complaints in order to catch negligent operators. He admitted enforcement is a hit and miss operation once a boat reaches a Large body of water such As Lake Winnipeg. The majority of complaints come from populated areas such As beaches where peo ple May feel recreational boat owners Are operating in a dangerous manner. Major boating violations involve Lack of equipment particularly life jackets or per Sonal flotation devices which by Law must be in All boats he said. In Northern communities the boat takes on More importance As a major Means of transportation Between isolated settlements and for fishing. Spokesmen in the Lynn Lake and Norway House detachments said education is a key to improving negligent boat habits because natives follow tradition and fail for example to equip boats with life jackets or lights. They admitted alcohol and boating Are mixed in the North about four or five charges of impaired opera Tion Are Laid annually in nor Way no doubt there s a fair amount of staff sergeant Peter Redman of the Lynn Lake detachment said. But As far As being drunk and tearing around in a boat this in t a prob in the North drownings Are accepted As a Hazard of the lifestyle and the nature of work done in the area. In the South some recreational boat operators Don t seem to realize a boat can be More dangerous than a car if improperly operated corp. Van Alstyne commented. It s my personal opinion people Don t consider a boat As seriously As they do an he said. A boat is just As potentially dangerous if operated improperly and improperly equip de. That danger is compounded when boat operators must contend with the water follow ing an Winnipeg free press Citon thursday May 27, 1976 mall registration number recreation Centre May close May 31 j about children use the East Elmwood Community club but the recreational Centre will close May 31 unless parental interest picks up club president Edward Neubauer said wednesday. Last week s annual elections meeting was attended by Only 23 people although the club distributed notices door to door prior to the event said or. Neubauer. The disheartened six person executive has decided to re sign and the Centre will be closed if a similarly unenthusiastic response greets a specially called meeting May 31, he said. The onus is on the people in the or. Neu Bauer said in a Telephone interview. The children Are enjoying the Centre but what about the parents is the Centre just a babysitting ser if Community members Don t come out he said hell lock the doors and turn the keys Over to the City Parks and recreation depart the club building at 927 Beach Avenue is owned by the Parks department but sports equipment is Pur chased the Community from Money collected for a t i v i t i e s registration fees. Many activities including an annual carnival and evening events for adults As Well As children Are organized by the Centre s executive and Volun Teer committee members. We charge the least registration fees for our kids. The Centre is solvent. We can buy anything for our said or. Neu Bauer whose own children Are just outside East Elm Wood s boundaries and attend another Community Centre. We have one of the Best centres on that East Side of the red River if we can get the people problems with apathetic and Lack of Volun Teers Aren t confined to the East Elmwood club an official with the City Parks and recreation department said wednesday. The residents need Volun Teer help and Community in Terest to run the Community Centre properly he said. If the East Elmwood Centre closes its doors and the Parks department has yet to be formally notified of that decision he said the department s summer play ground program will still be held. The department provides a playground supervisor week Days from 9 . To 6p.m. And additional wading Pool supervision from 8 to 8 . On weekends. Activities like Bingo sports Days and carnival initiated by the Centre s executive and committees would probably be dropped the official said. Or. Neubauer who cannot succeed himself under the Centre s Constitution has served two years As pres ident after serving As vice president and heading sports and carnival committees. Most of the executive have rotated offices because no one else will come Forward to serve he said. People just like the old plow horses to keep on he said. Irta pay lure attracts attorneys a generation map what Thuc photo prove. To get True picture of the Titu Tion Mcmond photo in lower right hand Corner of this Page. Judge says school teacher dispute should go to arbitration not to court Manitoba mining policy outlined by Green developing mining through More government involve ment rather than granting financial concessions to the private sector is the Only Way that makes sense mines minister Sidney Green said wednesday. Speaking to Canadian and United states analysts at a dinner sponsored by the Winnipeg society of financial analysts he said Manitoba has looked at what the min ing Industry is doing likes what it is doing and Hopes to do the same at the same time he said the province wants to encourage private investment to assure investors of a reasonable return. He told the analysts at the International inn he did t know anything about the mining Industry before he was Given the portfolio in 1969, but is now Manitoba s financial analyst in mining. He defended the govern ment s right to implement its program saying the people have Given us a mandate to carry out our policy by elect ing the the province has a three faceted program that in eludes exploration More stringent regulation and a different tax system. He said the government has an obligation to Lake an Active role in mining exploration which it feels it can do it More efficiently than the private sector. The Public has to Lake a and invest their order to make Chance Money in More stringent rules were needed to prevent land from being used for speculation. In a interview or. Green said government involvement does t inhibit private mining activity or investment. Statistics show the trend Money invested in Manitoba mining before and after the new democrats were elected has been steady he said. By Scott Edmonds free press court reporter a Long standing dispute Over working conditions be tween Transcona Springfield teachers and the school Divi Sion should be settled by a Selkirk Mills vote employees a t Manitoba rolling Mills in Selkirk man., will vote saturday on whether to accept the terms of a new contract or go on strike. Bill Hendry president of local 5442, United steel workers of America said wednesday the Union executive and company had come to an understanding during a neg Outing session tues Day and results of the talks would be presented to the 650 members. He declined to give details of the proposed contract. Employees at the steel Plant a division of Dominion Bridge co. Ltd., had earlier voted 88 per cent in favor of striking if a new agreement was t signed by the end of the month. The last contract expired tuesday. North Dakota bargains no Surprise to Turnbull consumer services minister Ian Turnbull of Mani Toba was hardly surprised at a free press report wednesday of thousands of Manitoban flocking to North Dakota for shopping sprees. It seems or. Turnbull himself is among those who for Many years have been making the 220-mile trip to get in on the lower prices in Fargo. The subject arose in the provincial legislature wednesday on a question from Bob Wilson or. Wilson asked the consumer services minister whether he had gotten any letters of complaint from Manitoban about the Price differential Between goods Here and South of the Border. Or Turnbull said he could t recall seeing any such letters. But he admitted making frequent trips to the . To take advantage of lower prices. Or. Wilson also asked tourism minister Rene Tou pin what he planned to do about the apparent reversal in the trend of tourism and the loss of Revenue to Mani Toba. Or. Toupin said Manitoba expects More . Tourists than Ever this year. Board of arbitration rather than the courts a judge ruled wednesday. In his written judgment or. Justice a. C. Hamilton of the Manitoba court of Queen s Bench referred to a clause in the agreement be tween the Transcona Spring Field school division and the teachers association which makes provision for binding arbitration. Any unsettled dispute concerning the collective agree ment its Content meaning application or will go to a three member arbitration Board if either the Board or association makes a written request the clause in the contract says. Or. Justice Hamilton ruled in favor of arbitration Al though he said it May be argued that some of the items do not relate to items specified in the collective agreement. The teachers have raised 20 Points Many dealing with services and activities under taken outside of regular school hours such As the supervision of lunch athletic and cultural activities. The teachers have always claimed services provided outside of regular school hours Are provided on a vol u n t a r y basis while the school Board has claimed teachers had an implied duty to provide these services. In february about 400 teachers went on a work to Rule Campaign in order to Back up contract demands and since they quit providing these services the school Hoard claimed the teachers were in a Clear violation of their contract and were Tak ing part in an illegal strike. Although the teachers had asked for a 15.9 per cent in crease in salaries this year they said More important issues were the working and learning conditions in the division which they say com pare poorly to other Divi Sions. Negotiators for both the teachers and the Board met March 25, but a Tor about 15 minutes the teachers representatives walked out of the meeting proposing that both parties take any outstanding grievances to binding arbitration. The Board in effect rejected the proposal saying that arbitration would Only be acceptable if both parties had the right to Appeal any award to the courts. Board chairman John Vanags announced March 25 that since the teachers had walked out the courts would be asked for a ruling. April 29, the Day lawyers for both sides presented their arguments to or. Justice Hamilton the teachers called off their work to Rule Campaign. In his written decision the judge said that the Board of arbitration May decide the agreement Between the Divi Sion and the teachers does not cover a particular ques Tion and court action or negotiation May be appropriate. On the other hand a Board of arbitration might decide it had jurisdiction to decide All the or. Justice Hamilton said. It is not for the court at this stage to direct a Board of arbitration As to the extent of its jurisdiction or the interpretation it should give to the collective agreement he ruled. The Alberta government has lured several senior Crown attorneys from Mani t o b a with considerably higher pay attorney general Howard Pawley said wednes Day. Replying in the legislature to Harry Graham or. Pawley said the Alberta government s decision last year to exempt government lawyers from the anti inflation guidelines had resulted in quite a significant difference in salary Scales. Outside the Bouse or. Graham was asked if he would favor raisins the pay scale for Crown attorneys in Manitoba. You have to be concerned about that aspect of it an Active bidding War be t w e c n two jurisdictions does t Lead to a Good Situa Tion. There Are already abnormal delays in bringing cases to he said. In a separate interview or. Pawley said he did t see How a new democratic party government could breach the anti inflation guidelines for one professional group. He s a i d As Many As five senior Crown attorneys from Manitoba had been attracted to the higher paying jobs being offered by the Alberta government. Premiered Schreyer of Manitoba has complained to Premier Peter Lougheed of Alberta about the situation. Or. Lougheed said he would look into it or. Pawley said. Figures on the difference in pay for Crown attorneys Between Manitoba and Alberta were net available wednesday but or. Pawley said it was quite significant. It s very very difficult for other provinces to com Pete with that he said. Pay Scales in other provinces compare with Manitoba she said. In recent months eight or nine of the 34 Crown counsels dealing with criminal cases have left Manitoba govern ment service to go to jobs with other governments or to return to private practice. The Manitoba government believes it will be Able to fill the vacancies but with Crown attorneys with less than the five to 10 years experience of those who have left the attorney general said. In the legislature he told or. Graham he did t think work would have to be Farmed out to lawyers in Pri vate practice in the near future. Man charged in stabbing Glen Lesley Bale 49, of Renwer man., was charged with attempted murder wednesday i n connection with a number of Stab wounds inflicted on his wife Grace Elenore Bale also of Renwer. Spivak fails in bid to get flyer report the subject of flyer Indus tries limited was raised in the Manitoba legislature again wednesday with Sid Ney Spivak Heights once More pressing the government to make pub Lic a report on the company by provincial auditor w. K. Ziprick. But premiered Schreyer indicated it was unlikely the government would release the report which was highly critical of flyer s accounting procedures and which recommended the government hire management consultants to look at the operations of the bus manufacturing company. Responding to questions by or. Spivak the Premier repeated that or. Ziprick s suggestion had been consid ered by the Board of flyer and had been rejected. Furthermore he said it was t As if or. Ziprick had come up with some novel Sugges Tion. He said the government had already had manage ment experts look at the company s operations. The firm of Stevenson Kellogg limited did a study in july 1974. Flyer industries limited which has about million in Loans from the Manitoba development corporation lost More than million in 1974. Or. Ziprick told a legis 1 a t i v e committee tuesday the 1975 financial statement for the company would t be available until late june be cause of accounting prob lems. A baby California Bighorn sheep born last week at at tin Boine Park zoo Wai out for a stroll with in when free press photographer Dave Johnson caught the unusual alignment be tween Mother baby and pole. Brandon store strike averted a strike by Canada Safe Way workers in Brandon man., was averted wednes Day night a men Union and company negotiators agreed on terms for a new contract. Charles m c c 0 r m. I c k spokesman for local 832, re Tail store employees Union said the 100 employees who were threatening to strike Midnight wednesday will re main on the Job. He refused to give details of the agree ment pending ils review by the anti inflation Board. Food clerks meat cutters and other Brandon employees were seeking parity with Winnipeg Safeway workers ;