Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 07, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday june anytime 2698463 by Robert Janowiez q. Can i have some won Utica on the eco system of the Carberry desert a. Found Midway Between Winnipeg and the Saskatchewan Border the rugged Carberry Sand Hills Aspen Woods and scattered dark Spruce Trees contrast sharply with adjacent open croplands. Roadside cuts expose deep deposits of Salmon coloured Sand and the surrounding Hills where not forested Are covered with grasses and Large Mats of bearberry and creeping Juniper. The present Spruce Prairie Flora of the Sand Hills is a surviving Trace of the ice age. The Hills themselves Are part of an ice age deltaic Deposit of up to 200 feet of Sand formed in Post glacial times when the Assiniboine River flowed into glacial Lake Agassiz. Following natural drainage and reduction in size of this Large cold Lake the Sands of the Delta exposed to Strong winds were leaped up in Active dunes Over an area of several Hundred Square Miles. Today in Many grassed and forested Hills May be seen shapes of former dunes. The Bald head Hills or spirit dunes Are the largest in the area and have Long been known As Manitoba s desert. Within an area of about 15 Square Miles several Large dunes Are almost completely de void of vegetation. Any vegetation growing must with stand the abrasive effects of wind blown Sand the possibilities of being buried or of having their roots uncovered extreme temperatures and other harsh conditions. Once established grasses and Trees greatly reduce the effect of wind and thus keep the Sand in place but it is a fragile system easily upset by fire drought trampling and motorized intrusion. Loss of thin vegetation would help wind erosion and the loss of the meagre soil layer would set Sand Hills succession Back hundreds of years and eliminate most wildlife species. Wildlife is varied in the area and includes White tailed Deer rabbits grouse Deer coyotes foxes mice boreal and Black capped chickadees Lark spar rows Rose breasted grosbeaks and includes water lillies Cactus orchids Aspen and Oak White Spruce Black Spruce Willow Longspur Crocus Clover and Grama grasses. For More information the publication desk department of renewable re sources and transportation services Box 22, 1495 St. James Street Winnipeg r3h ow9, has a Booklet on the area. Q. What is the history of the Manitoba sausage company How Many people does it employ a. Manitoba sausage mfg. Co. Ltd. Was founded in August 1912, by Charles Vogt or. Our tradition Brand products Are based on a reputation for Quality and service which we have maintained since the company was says a company note. Manitoba sausage manufactures Over 40 different types of specially meats and 20 cuts of beef and pork. Charles Vogt or. Became the president of Manitoba sausage in 1943, and under his leadership the company enjoyed a period of expansion within Manitoba during the postwar years. The popularity of tradition Brand products increased beyond the capacity of the original Plant located at 691 Dufferin Avenue in 1974. In october 1976, several employees and shareholders of Manitoba sausage formed a new company Homestead packers co. Ltd. And purchased Manitoba sausage. Glenn Wilde the grandson of Charles Vogt sr., was elected president of both companies. Plans arc underway right now to build a new Plant federally approved designed to expand the capacity of the original Plant. When construction is completed the company plans to Market tradition Brand products on a nation wide basis. Including sales men front office staff and management etc., Manitoba sausage employees 112 people. Q. Have there been any cases of Parrot fever reported in Winnipeg recently a. A Case involving a human was reported in the week ending april 29, 1978, says a spokesman for the preventive medical services Branch of the provincial government. Parrot fever or Psittacosis can affect Birds of the Parrot family including canaries and Many of our household Bird pets. Due to a virus the disease can reach humans and produce a feverish illness and often symptoms of pneumonia. There is a Remote possibility of fatality in humans but none has died of Psittacosis in Manitoba. Psittacosis is pretty rare these Days says the spokesman. Birds Are bred in Ontario and Are treated with a seed containing an Antibiotic before they reach the Market. But the disease can sometimes reoccur in these Birds and an be present in Birds imported from another country. The spokesman says his department is investigating the deaths of six Birds one of which after postmortem examination was proved to have Psittacosis. Q. How can i polish aluminium a. A spokesman for a Winnipeg refinishing shop says they usually use very Fine steel Wool. He suggests you try and get triple-0 steel Wool. Also rub Only in one direction. The spokesman says that while there Are polishes for stainless steel he in t aware of any for aluminium. Further to. Lucy Maude Montgomery. A Reader writes in with the following list of books by Lucy Maude Montgomery Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Kilheny of the Orchard the Story girl chronicles of Avonlea the Golden Road Anne of the Island the watchman Anne s House of dreams Rainbow Valley further chronicles of Avonlea Rilla of Ingleside Emily of new Moon Emily climbs the Blue Castle Emily s quest magic for Marigold a tangled web Pat of Silver Bush mistress Pat Anne of Windy poplars Anne of Ingleside Jane of lantern Hill the Road to yesterday 1974, my can tto free press anytime with your questions. Just dial the letters a-n-y-t-1-m-e. Call the free press mild civic restructuring new zoning Appeal body planned by John Sullivan a new body to hear zoning appeals highlights an other Wise mild restructuring for Winnipeg City government scheduled for consideration by executive policy commit tee thursday. The new body is designed to further relieve an Over worked environment com Mittee whose members also sit on the current designated zoning hearing committee. Instead the replacement committee will have a rotating membership of six coun from each Community committee appointed by Council for three month terms. Absorb ing the zoning hearing com Mittee s duties the new panel will hear All appeals against zoning variances and conditional use decisions by communities. The revamping proposals approved by civic Board of commissioners after a series of secret joint meetings with policy committee form a final tailored version of plans approved in principle by committee april 20. The structural blueprint retains a Basic political Structure of four standing committees and a Cabinet like policy body set up by Council on an interim basis last november. The system of four administrative divisions each headed by a commissioner and five autonomous commissions continues with Only slight alteration. Under the plan Environ ment committee s duties would also be pared by hand ing Over control of health and welfare to a renamed Parks and recreation committee. Now headed by councillor Pearl Mcgonigal Independent citizens election com to firm dims spotlight on hot and bothered councillors by John Sullivan Winnipeg City councillors have apparently won their Battle against to blindness in the Council chamber and it won t Cost tax payers a cent. The hot Glare of Cable television lights at Council s twice monthly meetings have left a number of councillors fuming in recent months especially those who Wear glasses. The headaches and smarting eyes finally drove coun. Don Gerrie Independent Riverview to threaten either sunglasses or a Complete ban on the cameras. Others suggested additional permanent lighting in the chamber to remove the need for special television spotlights. But in a report this week Council s civic properties division says such drastic Mea sures should be unnecessary. The report says Videon Cable to has now purchased a More sensitive camera Lens which should produce an acceptable picture at lower Light Levels. The firm also intends to buy a new camera which does t require extra lights. All of which Means Council won t have to. Decide whether the taxpayer should foot the Bill for extra permanent lighting in the Cham Ber estimated at officials say the Issue can be safely shelved at least until the fall. New recreation and social ser vices committee would also take Over libraries from works and operations com Mittee. Although this arrangement would require environment commissioner David Hen Derson and works commissioner Nick Diakiw to attend meetings of two separate committees the plan ignores a recent Call by chief com missioner d. I. Macdonald for a fourth front line administrator to match the num Ber of committees. Macdonald predicted in april that Diakiw especially would be harried and har ass Edby the split duties and said it was unrealistic to impose the added Burden. The new Structure also effectively rebuffs mayor Robert Steen s appeals for a new political committee to take Over duties of the Winnipeg police commission. Jury reverses Eaton robbery conviction John David Eaton who got a new trial on a Robery charge after claiming a confession used against him at his first trial resulted from a police beating was found not guilty tuesday. A jury of eight men and four women gave the verdict on the charge of robbing the f. W. Woolworth co. Ltd. Store in St. Boniface of about in december 1975. The Manitoba court of Queen s Bench jury also acquitted Eaton of attempted robbery of the Paris House Massage parlor 300 Ken Nedy Street on dec. The Manitoba court of a peal in March ordered a new trial. In a three to two Deci Sion the Appeal court ruled Eaton s statement to police admitting the Woolworth robbery should not have been admitted As evidence at the first trial in february 1977. Or. Justice j. E. Wilson heard More than a Day of testimony in the jury s absence last week before ruling not to admit the statement that chief Justice a. A Dewar had admitted at the 1977 trial. The Appeal court said Eaton was injured while in police custody with no proper explanations of the in juries Given. Eaton 37, has been a Crim Inal for 20 years and is now life sentence for kidnapping. He escaped from jail but was recaptured in april 1976, and sentenced to a 12-year jail Tern for a Bank robbery. The Manitoba police com Mission is investigating Eaton s allegations that five Winnipeg police detectives beat him. At his trial that began a week ago monday the woman he lived with for More than a week after his 1976 escape testified that Eaton had asked her to go to the police commission and Lay charges against a cer Tain Anna Rehn testified that after she refused Eaton that request but signed two state ments he prepared to Supply him with an Alibi for the Woolworth robbery he ended their relationship that had continued by correspondence and her visiting him at Stony Mountain. She testified he d bragged to her about the Woolworth and Paris House incidents but admitted to defence counsel Paul Walsh that she d never told police about it until after Eaton terminated their relationship in a gust 1977. No eyewitnesses were Able to positively identify Eaton As involved in either Holdup. 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