Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 03, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Barbara Cansino sick transit you can kid yourself for Only so Long that you re going to read War and peace on an air plane or a Beach and the time eventually comes when novels Are no longer on the vacation packing list. What s left news papers movies sleep conversation and other people s packing lists. This can be risky. On a recent overnight flight from Toronto to London there was nothing to do Between meals the movie was a Young Ordi nary looking Man who said he was training to be a mountie was in the next seat Reading a newspaper. May i read your newspaper when you re she asked. Sure. While you re waiting help yourself to my magazines. I have a whole what a Nice person. The bag was full of pornography. Personalities remember the ascetic Potter Jason Krpan infant terrible on the North Winnipeg party scene in the Early seventies his finest hour was at a party for the contemporary dancers. Local legend recalls How he grabbed the Host and threw him Over the bar then conducted his step into the Circle Mystic incantation before 200 enthralled disgusted guests. He spoke in tongues Romany berated the guests stripped off some clothes and persuaded a guest cum bouncer to step outside in the 30 below As a test to their collective manhood. The two men shivered out there for awhile until Krpan was hustled into a Van and spirited into the night. The party was a tremendous social Success there was a round of confused applause the servants were appalled the dancers were offended the Host was crestfallen and the agent prov Catrice who brought Krpan along was banished to Toronto for the rest of the social season. This Story has a Happy ending. Jason Krpan is now a movie Star. He is the subject of a Csc to film created by former Winnipeg Ger Gail Singer. The film is called season of plenty. It shows the life of Krpan who now lives a simple but rewarding he lives on the shores of Lake Memphra Magog near Georg Eville que. He gets All his food from his vegetable Garden and fishes the Lake makes his own utensils and serves deep Fried Day lilies and sauteed morels. He is also a Potter and musician plays instruments he has made out of Wood animals skin and Bones. The film will be shown on Canadian reflections at 2 . Saturday sometime in june. Passing through John Hirsch founding artistic director of Manitoba theatre Centre and former director of Csc to drama in Toronto was passing through town this week. What for i m putting together a big de Sullivan he said. In other words he s producing the big july 1 birthday show on parliament Hill. He came to Winni Peg to talk to native Singer Tom Jackson. He s also going to los Angeles in March or april to direct Shakespeare s the tempest at the Mark taper forum. And he has a Little Memoir coming up in new Canadian writing to be published by Doubleday in the fall. It talks about my Early history and the theatre Centre s Early history. It s a kind of Memoir or rather fragments from a Memoir which i Hope someday i will really the Book will contain pieces by 40 canadians including George Woodcock and poet Susan Musgrave. John Hirsch s pet Peeve these Days As far As i see it our government does t know the vaguest thing of what our country s about. My feeling is stronger and stronger that somehow it will be the death of us this misperception if there is such a word. I Don t think that this constant focus on the French English thing is of any help. I think that the country is larger in spirit. And i do think that spirit exists out Here but it does t exist in Ottawa. The focus and Energy there somehow is mistaken i just feel that the country is really incredibly varied and Rich and it s a mistake on the part of the present government to take this very Complex and marvellous country and reduce it to one Issue this country s not French it s not English it s Canad an but read my piece in the Book. It tells you variations last saturday an item called jeans suggested there Are Many variations on a once classic theme. Richard e. Todd president of Monarch Wear ltd., supports this theory he writes there is a concept in jeans that is outselling All others. The Jean is a men s Jean designed and Cut to fit gals we Call it Chic by . It s a known fact that a Large percentage of men s jeans have been bought by girls for Many years. Some Jean shops report that girls buy 50-70% of men s jeans. The problem for girls in the past has been when they get men s jeans to fit in the seat they Are Miles Kilometres too big in the Waist. The . Design is just for girls not unisex and it fits girls Well most of our competitors Are attempting to copy this design but most have fallen Short when it comes to the proper fit for coming up Here s another Chance to be part of a live television audience. It that s jazz is the name of a syndicated television jazz series to be produced this month by Jimmy King. The series traces the evolution of jazz Over the past 75 years. Shows 3 and 4. Featuring the 16-piece Golden boy brass with vocalists Karen Mark linger and Yvette Shaw will be performed before a live audience at 7 . Wednesday. Free tickets Are Avail Able at the Cynd reception desk Assini Boivie Park is one of the most popular after dinner Winnipeg spots. There s so much to do there Cycle eat throw Frisbee Fly kites play Cricket look at the animals look at the reptiles walk the dog watch the people and starting on monday watch the people dancing. The Royal country dance Socky will present dark pkg in the Park scottish style Square dancing from 7 . To 9 . Every monday in Jane on the East picnic grounds. The movement own. Boob. Def yes read the Rutch Box from the Post rest Wrast if your wife can t Cook to a or care it a Mofied Over bar Nedker pot or. Keep her Fer a and eat at our place. Of his. Frera tree pee cafe rfcs Wake Winnipeg free press saturday june 3, 1978 City news 2nd class mail rennet action 0286 americans prepare to resume Cross country trek discovering Canada s North the hard Way by Ron Campbell the Call of the has lured two Young american adventurers Back into Canada where this weekend they plan to resume their mile Cross country trek from Vancouver to Tadoussac que. Sex Iowa state anthropology major Dave Halsey 21, of Washington d.c., began the trip May 4, 1977, and Peter Souchuk 24, of Chicago joined him in August at Clearwater b. C. They backpacked and can oed until Winter freeze up then began snowshoeing dec. 2. At la Loche in West Ern Saskatchewan they bought a dog sled and four dogs. Their object was to live As the old time northerners did sleeping outdoors in temperatures As Low As cel Sius eating Pemmican and Bannock wearing Moosehide moccasins and mitts. At the end of it All Halsey will write a Book on their adventures illustrated with Souchuk s photos. Making about 100 Miles a week would have been a Good Souchuk says with a week or More Between towns they made Berens River april 16. Since Spring breakup made the Snow too Slushy for further travel they flew Down to Winnipeg then went their separate ways. Souchuk spent his hiatus on the West coast and in the Interior of British Columbia retracing and re photograph ing the fall and Winter route. Halsey went into business meetings on the . East Dave Halsey left and Peter Souchuk outfit their photo by Paul Deleske Canoe for the remainder of their trek. Coast spreading the gospel and trying to raise a couple of publishing houses and a couple of film compan ies Are interested in their adventure he said. Wednesday they met in Winnipeg again. Thursday and Friday they were out fitting their 18-foot, 85-Pound aluminium Canoe. This weekend they Hope to get somebody to take their Canoe up to Berens River for them. They la spend a couple of Days there while they get new moccasins made then set out up the River their 200 pounds of equipment protected from rapids Spray by a pack cloth Spray cover also donated by Grumman. There Are three holes in the Spray cover in front and one in Back for Halsey and Souchuk and one in the Middle for their Coy ote dog i and a six foot Mas pole on which they la mount a Square sail. On the gunwales there Are also attachments to which Souchuk can screw his underwater camera for Pic Tures As they re paddling up the River. By a series of water routes they plan on going Toi Lake St. Joseph ont., up the Albany River to James Bay around the Southern end of the Bay into Quebec up the Rupert River to Lake mis Tassini Down the Mistassini River to Lac St. Jean and Down the Saguenay River to Tadoussac near the Mouth of the St. Lawrence. On nov. 1 and 2, sey wants to hold a big Festi Val in Tadoussac to celebrate the completion of their Jour Ney and everyone is invited especially those who helped them. Halsey expects the whole trip to Cost around plus the Cost of re shooting certain photos and writing the Book. I in All he expects it will take five years since he began planning the adventure in january 1976, to the time he expects to finish the Book. I plan to make a career out of he said. There Are several other trips i have he wants to organize win. Ter expeditions farther and farther into the Canadian North and Cap it off in 15 or so years with an expedition into the Antarctic. Health sciences Centre talks stalled Union predicts monday walkout by Scott Edmonds a spokesman for 100 health sciences Centre workers said Friday there appears to be Little possibility of avoiding a monday morning walkout Over stalled contract talks. Our people Are ready to John Peterson business agent Lor the International Union of operating Engi neers local 837, said Fri Day. His Union represents operating engineers maintenance workers and occupational therapy technicians at the Hospital. Talks failed thursday to produce any change in the stalemate Peterson said. He said there were no fur ther talks scheduled Al though the possibility remained that a government conciliation officer might arrange a last minute session civic employees ratify pact providing 6% wage increase a spokesman for a Union representing Winnipeg civic employees said Friday a new one year contract has been ratified by Mem Bers. De Bla Kraan president of the Canadian Union of Public employees local 500, said a fair majority of the membership had approved the agreement which provides for about a six per cent across the Board wage increase. Blackman said other benefits obtained in the contract include minor increases in vacation leave for workers with one year of seniority improvements in the grievance procedure and adoption leave. He said any woman with six months of service is now entitled to up to eight weeks of leave if she adopts a child. Blackman said the Union had tried to talk the City into extending the Benefit to its men employees As Well but failed. The Union has been in negotiations for seven months and Blackman said it was a Tough year to get City negotiators to agree to anything. This was the last year under anti inflation legislation for the City employees and Blackman said they will be looking next year to make up some of the Money they have lost during three years of controls. He said the base labor rate in Winnipeg which is is Well behind the rates else where in Canada. The top hourly rate in the new contract is for the technologist classification. Winnipeg s base labor rate ranked 31 in a Survey of 34 of the largest centres in Canada Blackman said. We know we re not going to achieve it All in one but he said the City has been told informally what to expect in future negotiations. Blackman said Union research showed clearly who suffered the most during three years under the Federal anti inflation Board. Wage increases across Canada averaged about seven per cent prices increased about nine per cent and profits increased about 15 per cent Blackman said. This wage settlement till has to be approved by the Federal review Agency. The contract extends retroactively from Jan. L to dec. Winnipeg transit workers Are to vote thursday on a proposed new contract. Hunger strike into 1 oth Day a hunger strike by 13 members of Winni Peg s chilean Community went into its 10th Day today. Organizers said it will continue until the chilean government reveals the Fate of missing persons. The strike pan of a nationwide Effort is being held to support 290 hunger strik ers i Chile. About 30 people began the strike in the Augustine United Church May 24 bet a number dropped out and some were ordered to get medical attention. The Canadian red Cross is or hand at the Darcye to keep watch Over the strikers. The strikers Are serv Rong on Snowe Efeard Tea and Small pieces of Cleoo Otoe every Faer hers am Friday. Osxar Tager strikes Fere Sfer Ted text tag past is Quebec Vancouver Saskatoon Edmonton Regma Ottawa and Brandon. In recent months chileans across Canada have developed a Nur Aber of programs to assist the resistance movement m their native country. Support groups to farther the work of the people s front in Chile have been founded which organizers said Are providing Concrete support to the armed struggle Garast the Pinochet regime. Instead of constant reminders about How suffering there is in the Cor away it is were important to develop support for actual to chilean government com spokesmen said. Afeefi off Laws Caroe to Canada after tire they pert Ware Swa before the monday strike deadline is reached. Peterson said he fears the Hospital is intent on forcing the workers into a strike just to apply pressure on the provincial government for More funding. The government has placed a general 2.9 per cent ceiling on Hospi Ai spending increases. Peterson said earlier this week workers Are frustrated at the Lack of meaningful Progress made during months of contract talks and particularly with the failure of the Hospital to come up with a new offer since the dispute went into Concilia Tion May 1. The Hospital has insisted on offering workers Only a one year contract instead of the two year agreement they have requested and wage offers Are far below de mands the Union claimed in accusing Hospital negotiators of bad Faith. The Union is asking for Par Ity with workers at the University of Manitoba and 80 per cent of construction Industry wages for another part of its membership. In some cases that would mean wage increases of from to an hour. Workers walked out Mon Day for an entire shift when they Learned the Hospital still had not changed its pre conciliation contract offer. The Hospital employees have also been hit by two anti inflation Board Roll backs which trimmed in creases agreed upon in 1976 and 1977. The Union wants the Hospi Tal to even up salaries in the second year of a two year contract the first year would still be under controls since the previous contract expired before april a two week strike by the workers Early in 1976 led to the removal of some elderly patients from the Hospital bet that strike took place in the Winter. Hospital spokesmen have Lareey refused comment ;