Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 14, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free 31 South Dale residents concerned about traffic by Nancy fit tvs vital Community com Mittee monday night decided to schedule a Public meeting Between South Dale Resi dents and City traffic after Dis Cussion failed to satisfy residents concern about expected traffic increases on Lakewood Extension of Lakewood Boulevard to route 165 is expected to be completed by the end of the Lakewood Boule Vard now ends at Beaver Hill City traffic operations Engineer Mel Hirt old residents streets and traffic planners predict traffic flow on Lakewood Boule Vard will increase by possibly five to six per once the Extension is com but he refused to endorse any of the residents requests for Stop signs and other traffic St Boniface vital Hift suggested it would be Foolhardy to say were going to install any Type of traffic control wont be Nec streets and traffic division will keep a close watch on the volume of traffic once the Extension he Mirt said he didst think bypass traffic would use Lakewood be cause there would be no advantage in Drivers travel time in using this but several South Dale residents in at Tendance wanted Hift to make specific recommendations to control and slow Down were very familiar with the Candy dressing of five to six per councillor George Provost Langevin 1 think the residents Are interested in Mirt said he was 100 per cent behind installing sidewalks on the East Side of Lakewood sidewalks on the East Side of Lakewood begin at the trans Canada Highway and end at Willow Lake Hift said in an interview a fou Way Stop would be erected at Lakewood and Beaver Hill if traffic increased to sufficient the City will be Moni Toring traffic in the area very carefully once the facilities Community committee chairman lome Leech Seine Valley said a Public meeting will be held at Bruns collegiate within two depending on the availability of the he asked Hift to come Back with some specific More than South Dale residents have signed a petition against the Extension of Lakewood members of the South Dale action a committee formed earlier this have appeared before the Community City Council and the civic works and operation committee in at tempts to achieve safety measures to Deal with the expected traffic the people of South Dale dont want it the action group member Bea Keith said in an but Hirt said in an interview the Exten Sion is a fait the City has already awarded the construction con family courses offered education and support for a group of parents in the Jame Assiniboia area associated with family services of has announced several family oriented courses Are to be offered in the Community this the courses will include mom and Tot sponsored by the Owca sustaining the family in the age of with Dale Berg assertiveness with Gladys terming systematic train ing for effective with Stella Beauregard and couples with Lorraine further information on these courses is available from Claudette 8893501 Lesley 772 9131 Maxine 8374757 or Lynne East Kildonan Transcona undeveloped land study to be reviewed by Patricia old the East Kildonan Transcona Community commit tee decided at a meeting last week to review an undeveloped land study conducted by the Community Parks and recreation department on an itemized basis As the first phase of open space disposal in the the study contains a list of 50 undeveloped land dedication lots in the East Kildonan Transcona Community designated As suitable Park the report recommends Selling 13 of these councillor Harold Piercy Henderson said Council lors should investigate the lots under review in their areas and report to the committee for discussion on the he also recommended the committee receive input from residents in the area affected by the several of the lots recommended for Sale Are Small pockets of land not Large enough for Park others have become dumping grounds for construction material and say the study advises development of these Sites May be slow because of the current restraint Sale of expendable land will Speed development of required Park the report Jim Ragsdill Springfield Heights said the Grea test problem of unused random Sites occurs within Small in the older developed land acquired Only when it becomes available and it is usually in Small in Large Community sizable parcels of land can be obtained for Park development and proper he Park planning cited disk manager of Community Parks and recreation for the cited the development of the Transcona District As an example of Park plan in the first stage of development there we rent any Parks designated for the he they we rent considered in the second stage about 20 years there were a few almost As a form of with the larger we can get Good chunks of land that we can plan a list of 90 developed Park Sites was also submit Ted to the Piercy said some of the developed lots have no use because children in the area have grown complaints about these unused developments have been he As juveniles use the Park at school meetings next week the following meetings of City Community committees and school division boards Are scheduled in Winnipeg next week 18 environment East committee Winnipeg City 1 East Community commit East Kildonan 735 Henderson 6 seven Oaks school school Board 375 Jefferson 19 finance East committee Winnipeg City Community Community 2000 Portage 5 Winnipeg school school Board 1577 Wall 8 Boniface school school Board of 50 Monterey 20 Winnipeg City Council Winni Peg City 21 executive policy East committee Winnipeg City vital school school Board 255 Annes 7 30 taking advantage of Good shoppers flocked to the Albert Street area on the week end to get in on bargains in food by Wayne Glowacky conversational French classes Start 25 Boniface College has announced fall sessions of its conversational French classes will be conducted 25 to 30 at the 200 cathedrals a the which cover 40 hours of instruct will be held from to or to on mondays and wednes Days or tuesdays and thursdays at Boniface or on tuesdays and thursdays at Leucole further information about the classes May be obtained from the College at Community Chancellor school opens by Candace Holmstrom the opening of the recently constructed Chancellor elementary school was announced monday night at a meeting of the fort Garry school assistant superintendent Virginia an Drews supplied a report on elementary population changes in fort Garry Dur ing the past Andrews noted there has been a marked increase in superintendent said plans have already been slated for a Junior High school in the Richmon West area within the next two to three Gibbons and lad co Homes will be making an application to the Assiniboine Par fort Garry fort Garry Community committee for subdivision in Thiessen said he was hopeful the Aeppli cation will be accepted so plans for the prospective school will receive a go ahead from the finance trustee Felicite Warner voiced an interest in having the school division set up a newsletter which would be sent to trustees said it would serve to keep parents trustees also decided to take the Book Mao Tseung off the open shelves in after studying a review made by a group of parents and trustees agreed to children using the Book under the guidance of a recreation Roundup this report on recreational activities in the Winni Peg area is a regular feature of the Community news prepared by the staff of the City Parks and recreation it includes items from recreation departments in the six Winnipeg Community which Are cleared through the Public relations office of the Parks and recreation depart seniors on the move the City Parks and recreation department has announced the program seniors on the move will again be televised on a weekly basis on Channel starting next the program will be seen wednesdays from 10 to on East of the red River Only and fridays from 6 to on both Cablevision and Videon East and West of the red designed for the involvement and participation of senior citizens through the the weekly program will include information and announce ments of coming events and special activities opportunities for seniors to display or demonstrate their skills in music or hobbies and opportunities for senior citizens to talk about the activities of their persons interested in participating in the program or with events to announce Are asked to Contact Bob superintendent of special and adaptive pro at Extension fitness trails several specially designed fitness trails Are Avail Able for the free use by All Winni Eggers for walk running or jogging and officials of the City Parks and recreation department have extended an invitation to residents to enjoy the major fitness trails Are located at Woodhaven located at Portage Avenue and Woodhaven in the Jame Assiniboia Centennial Park on Milvor Avenue and Partick located in Kinsmen Park off Plessis in the East Kildonan Transcona pharmacy fitness located in Whittier Park at Rue Joseph and Rue Messager vital Park on River Road and Shonto beaded Germain located at Fernleaf drive and Germain Street in the vital Pembina Trail located at Bannock Avenue and Charleswood Road Oak Enwald located at Oak Enwald Avenue and Lyon Street and so onto be completed Caron located at Barker Boule Vard and Cass Street in the Assiniboine Par fort Garry skating instruction a variety of ice skating instructional programs will again be offered by the various Community Parks and recreation branches in the City Parks and recreation the programs will include figure Basic skating skills for girls and Power hockey goalie adult skating instruction and preschoolers Learnt skate registration dates have been established at the Bertram from 10 to and at the Maginot from to this Satur 16 at the Roland Michener from 1 to 4 23 at the River East from 7 to 9 25 and at the from 7 to 9 registration will take place in october at the Sargent Keewatin and exhibition with the dates and times to be announced further details on the skating programs arc available at East the East Kildonan Transcona Community Parks and recreation Branch will sponsor an excursion on the River Rouge from 2 to 4 at a Cost of per entertainment will be provided on Board from 1 to a Light lunch and refreshments will be served during the the Branch will also provide bus transportation to and from the Dock near the Louise with various pickup Points to be provided imn the com special registration Days for the program Are being held today thursday and Friday from to at the Community recreation offices at 545 Watt Street or 401 Pandora Avenue registration will be limited to the first 225 further information is available from Brian Freeman at Community recreation news for this column should be forwarded through the Community Parks and rec Retina managers the six City districts to the office of Roa Public relations offi cer Tor the City Parks and recreation events should be reported to the Community manag ers Well in Advance for inclusion in this weekly j school inspection program enters final phase by Sherryl Friesen phase two of a three part pro Gram involving the inspection of life safety preventative maintenance and Energy management in the 13 schools in the Assiniboine South school Divi Sion is nearing school trustees were informed monday night at a regular meet ing of the John Balan of Metani Tec an Energy conservation Consul Tant presented a report out lining the completed work on the first phase of the the firm was contracted by the Divi Sion in May to conduct the pro Gram Over a five month the first phase included the inspection and report on conditions of hot water electrical circuits and equip Gas lines and connections and safety equipment in actor dance with the requirements of the Manitoba fire no real hazardous conditions were found in the Balan some emergency Light and electrical repairs were necessary and have been Gen All fire safety equipment is in Good Balan said the Only exception was at Tuxedo Park where Hydro wires were rubbing against an Assis Tant superintendent Howard Holtman said the problem was to be relieved by Winnipeg Hydro this Balan said a life safety report has been provided to each each of the schools was handled with the same safety and maintenance require ments for All the report provides each school with a record of its individual problem areas and will assist in the continuous inspection and updating of standards of All safety equipment on a month to month preventative the second phase of the will include another report on the maintenance of mechanical sys tems in the including an equipment list and the maintenance this report is to be Avail Able within the next two while me canites will continue with the final phase on Energy analysis and final recommendations to the Jim also of Decani Tec said schools Are among the highest Energy by collecting and analysing Energy uses of the build ventilation systems and the human the firm Hopes to be Able to recommend a num Ber of operational procedures which might save approximately 15 per cent on Energy Bills for each in other the Board approved a proposal for submission to education minister Keith Cosens to acquire funds from available provincial Grants to As Sist the special needs of hearing impaired students in the Divi two alternate proposals in clude salaries for either a half time certified teacher specially trained to work with the hearing impaired students or a halftime classroom teacher with some special education or experience in working with the Hearin Gim the Cost was estimated at about or respectively for the the Board approved an expenditure from its 1979 operating budget for the Purchase of Alco hol and drug education program services for schools in the Divi the Cost of the same ser vices last year was about comments about the program Are favourable from schools using the especially from the students said superintendent Stephen he said an evaluation of services received last year showed All schools wish to continue participation in the ;