Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 26, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Barbara Cansino amour proper or. Ronald Gibson free press music critic had a mild heart at tack two sundays ago is in the intensive care unit at Misericordia Hospital. Monday afternoon while waiting to be transferred to a regular room or. Gibson wasted no time phoned in to re port with two Little they concern of course my Jour proper. They were going to put a pacemaker in last thursday and in order to make an incision they had to shave my Chest you see. There was a Little orderly who was doing the Job. And the nurse said to him have you done he said yes. I took three off the left and two off the so there you fret not. If it were done when tis done then there Well it were done quickly then or. Gibson continued when i got this pacemaker in i was surrounded by wires and a Blunt Friend of mine looked at me and said you remind me of the six Dollar Man and i said to him surely you mean the six million Dollar Man he said no i mean the six Dollar Man so that took me Down a Peg i la Tell fret not. A Good bargain is hard to find these Days clams 3 late Friday night when decent Folk had already let out the cat blown out the Candle and retired for the duration Winnipeg lawyer shipping magnate Leo Cholakis his wife Lassie of Choc Olate shop Fame photographer Dalum Dipasq nor and Ellie were revelling Over Caesar salad snails rack of Lamb pork tender loin and baked Alaska in the Mani my dab. In the Wake of Clam chowder last week s Survey of the Clam count per bowl in Winnipeg dining rooms Leo enquired of Gerry Perl net the maitre d do i get a bowl of clams or do i just ask for Clam As it turned out Leo did not have Clam chowder in spite of the fact that the Manitoba club did Well in the Survey at least 20 per but Leo being Leo he still thought of his stick at Home friends who Don t get out much and with these friends in mind he told Perinot it would be a Good idea to drop off a bowl on the Way a Good idea agreed Perinot. Well with Neighbours like that. Prior to the Home delivery Ges Ture Perinot tested the product on Leo and friends. He brought out a bowl and a tasting took place. We decided it was said fran interviewed sunday. And so late late Friday night when All decent Folk were Abed the front Doorbell rang. The result there were 32 clams or pieces thereof in the bowl seven Carrot pieces and four potato pieces. The soup was Greeny beige in color and on a scale of one to 10, rates a Good 8.5. Fran was right. The soup bowl was wrapped in 15" x 16" of Saran wrap Gener but the bowl was not a chowder bowl. It was an onion soup oven proof bowl bean pot in two shades of Brown. The Crest on the Bottom a Maple Leaf made in . Perinot explained monday that indeed the bowl was not a Bona fide Clam chowder bowl but a bowl usually used for onion soup. The Only reason i gave him that bowl was so the soup would stay hot. We have a Little bit smaller bowl than that for the Clam Chow he also said that last Friday there were 10 people from the Winnipeg inn which got a u count in the Survey having lunch at the Manitoba club. I Felt a Little badly for them you did they order Clam chowder you bet they did. Meanwhile the weekend Clam counts Are pouring in. M. B. Reports four per bowl at Rae Jerry a while e. B. Reported nine per bowl in the same place p. S. Reports lots and in Small pieces at by s Steak loft d. M. Reports in the dining room of the atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Nuclear research Centre at pin Awa. Wall to Wall clams. I stopped counting at 22. Beautiful Crunchy just he can skate too that s not All about Leo. Around the beginning of August it was noted Here that Paul Cholakis of Broadway florists brother of Leo and former Winnipeg Blue bomber Star passed the half Century Mark . He turned 50. Rita Chevrier Trudel Madame Jean j. Who writes that she has read the free press for 56 years whose father the late Horace Chevrier advertised Chevrier s the Blue store in the free press whose Grandfather the late Sena Tor Nae Chevrier founded the store in 1872, also writes that she knows about the Cholaki ses As i read your article on Paul Cholakis 50th birthday i noticed an omission in it. Paul and his younger lawyer brother Leo were also noted for their great ability As Speed skaters in the Norwood Community Speed skating club. Perhaps you Are too Young to recall Frank stack Gordon Aud Ley Betty Mitchell Moe Waitt and my daughter Louise Trudel who in 1947 at Sudbury won two Gold medals and was the Canadian Speed skating Champion of 10-year old girls. My husband the late or. . Trudel made 2 scrapbooks record ing the Speed skating events which i loaned to Eric which incidentally he has not yet re turned. I Trust you will not be offended at this Mise on Pointer the not mentioning the Speed skating Clio Lakis. Their brother Christopher also was an excellent not at All. And i Hope you get your scrapbook Back. Coming up Leon Edel who won the pulitzer prize for his definitive five volume biography of Henry James and who is considered to be the fore most biographer living today will speak at . October 4 in room 214, tier building University of Manitoba. The topic the two libraries of Henry James. Admission is free. Professor and critic Northrop Frye will deliver the second Sidney Warhaft Memoria lecture at 8 ., october 26, in the great Hall University College University of Manitoba. The topic courtiers without courts some comments on Renaissance Edna Tion. Admission is free. .6m approved for cancer facility 5 the Manitoba division of the Cana Dian cancer society and the Manitoba cancer treatment and research foundation have agreed to put up a total million toward a Mil lion expansion and renovation of the foundation s facility at Winnipeg s health sciences Centre site. The provincial government which last Spring announced its participation will put up million. Construction is expected to Start in the Spring on the facility expansion which the foundation has been advocating for 10 years. It is expected to be completed by mid-1980. In agreements signed monday in health minister l. R. Bud Sher Man s two cancer organizations agreed to contribute each. The foundation s contribution is earmarked for expansion of the research facility w. L. Milne foun Dation chairman said. Peter Taylor president of the provincial division of the cancer society said its contribution was made pos sible by the contributions of concerned citizens during the society s april Public Appeal and by other sup port through the year. Sherman hailed the signing As an important medical event for the peo ple of Manitoba and indeed All of Canada. Or. Lionel israels executive director of the foundation predicted in an interview that with the expansion the foundation would be Able to at tract double the present re search funding from National Agen cies. Winnipeg free press tuesday september 26, 1978 news 2nd class mail registration number 0286 Mimo it leaves you breathless Park ride transit facilities proposed by Steve Pona two regional Park and ride transit facilities to be established next year have been recommended for the East and West ends of the City. The recommendation was made to the civic administration by Winni Peg s streets and transportation Divi Sion transit planner j. P. Kohut said monday. He said the facilities intended to be the first of their kind in Winni Peg would Cost up to each and would be constructed on City owned properties at Portage Avenue and Sturgeon Road and at Henderson Highway and Douglas Avenue. Kohut described a Park and ride installation As essentially a parking lot with electrical outlets lighting some Type of heated shelter and maybe landscaping benches and planters to make it pleasant for peo ple while waiting for a a rudimentary Park and ride ser vice has been in operation at Garden City shopping Centre since january but transit officials said it does not involve the investment of City funds or personnel. The two proposed facilities would be serviced by downtown express buses during Peak morning and afternoon transit periods and would each accommodate about 100 vehicles initially More if demand War rants Kohut said. Cost estimates Are still being pre pared but typical Park and ride installations average to a stall compared to a parking stall in downtown Winnipeg Kohut said. If approved by the civic administration the recommendation will be forwarded to Council s standing committees for consideration in the 1979 capital spending estimates Early next year. The division is not recommending a user fee since that would require a policy decision by Council but is preparing a list of fee options for councillors to pick and chose among Kohut said. Neil Brdelay manager of Garden City shopping Centre said that 130 people Are registered to use their free service which he termed a definite and More Are expected with the Onset of colder weather. The shopping Centre has set aside space for 300 vehicles and promises a free car boosting service in win Ter. An ambitious advertising Campaign is planned for mid october to let people know we re still Here and to attract out of town scially those with trucks or other Large vehicles who do not want to drive downtown Brdelay said. Transit spokesman Leo Johnson said the City did not approach Garden City and will not approach other shopping centres to undertake Simi Lair programs but will co operate if asked. The Only other Park and ride ser vice in operation got under Way ear Lier this summer ferrying people to and from Winnipeg Blue bomber Home games at Winnipeg stadium for 50 cents a ticket. In addition the number of express buses servicing the games was increased to 11 from six in 1977. The total number of people using stadium buses is hovering some what under 10 per cent of total game attendance this year about the same As in previous years and considerably fewer than the Park and ride service was hoped to at tract Johnson said. I think we expected something but the projections based on seats did not take into account the protracted construction strike which has limited attendance to about Johnson said. The 6.30 . Weekday game starts compared to the usual 8 . Kick off probably helped dissuade Many people from using transit Dur ing the supper hour Johnson added. 78 snowmobile race to feature be mans Start the International 500 snowmobile race the Bone jarring four Day Winter race from Winnipeg to Saint Paul Minn., will this year feature a running la mans Start More pow Erful snowmobiles and a Field limited to 225 machines. Ivan Weiss director of the 14th annual Cross country Long distance race said the Start this year will have the Drivers lined up beside their machines and at a starter s signal jump on their machines Start the engines and head South. Weiss said the free for All Start will give an added Edge to the Competition and should make for an exciting race Start for spectators. The race will begin Jan. 22, in the natural amphitheatre of the Winnipeg area flood Basin. A maximum of 50 horsepower will he allowed this year in Stock 340 cd engines up from the 45 he maximum allowed last year. Machines up to two years old will be allowed and repairs and maintenance will be allowed for 30 minutes on each of the four Days of the race. Weiss said with a maxium of 225 machines allowed this year competitors should get their applications in Early. Last year there were 240 machines entered and the All time High of 385 Drivers entered in 1976. In Winnipeg registration forms Are available from the convention and visitors Bureau. The finish line this year will be on White Bear Lake North of Saint Paul Minn. With overnight stops at thief River Falls Bemidji and Alexandria. Cash and trophy awards this year will total with a first place purse. The race is part of the annual Saint Paul Winter Carni Val. Imperial s floodplain subdivision stalled a City Developer s plans for a sub division in the red River floodplain Are temporarily halted while a concept plan setting Down the City s Gen eral approach to such developments is worked out. Imperial developments Ltd. Was told monday by civic environment committee its development plan will have to wait for the City and the lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee to work out a concept plan for the area. Should the policy reflect the wishes of the Developer in the Case of the 40 acres considered monday for residential development the Way could be open for additional developments on the floodplain cast of main Street North from the Bergen Cut off Road to the perimeter Highway. The area in t protected by primary dikes. The committee requested the concept plan not expected to require a formal Public hearing be prepared by March 1979. City planners Are also considering a subdivision and zoning application for the former Odeon Morton theatre property North of Imperial s propos Al but in the same floodplain. Imperial spokesmen told the com Mittee the firm would use fill to prevent a flood threat but City environmental planning director r. P. Darke urged the committee to follow an extremely cautious path. Stating there is a Lack of information on the effects of fill and on the River level itself Drake said in this area the Bank did slip one night even though everyone said it had been alright for the past 70 years. Provincial flood risk mapping of the floodplain is now in its Early stages and could eventually add to City policy. Councillor Mike o Shaughnessy Independent citizens election com Mitten Kildonan Park charged that the committee would be giving the Community committee a slap in the face if it went along with the advice of the City planners and decided not to proceed with the Developer s application. He said the Community committee had recommended Imperial s subdivision and zoning request unanimously. O Shaughnessy said the City has approved other subdivisions on much less he argued against taking the time for preparation of a concept plan saying there would be 500 property owners affected requiring a Public hearing and further delay. During the 1950 flood he maintained flood water on the entire floodplain in question reached a maximum depth of Only one foot. Air Canada buys trivets for Small parcel service by John Mcmanus air Canada has bought three Boe ing 727-22qc jetliners from United airlines and increased its Winnipeg maintenance hangar staff by 20 per manent employees to handle its new co Uriar Small parcel service. Airline spokesman Verne prior said the one trivet will be delivered by the end of the month and the other two in january. Prior said line maintenance on the three airliners which Cost air Canada million will be done at the Winnipeg hangar. The staff increase will bring the maintenance staff total to 111. The 727 is now the first Choice of most world airlines. There arc now More than in service on Pas Senger and cargo on the world s 460 airlines. The jets added to the air Canada Fleet Are known As a Short version of the b-727 which can carry abour 160 passengers or a full cargo Load. They Are designated pc for Quick change from passenger to cargo con figuration. Air Canada s Cour Lair jets will be completely converted to cargo. This will entail stripping the seat ing and rear lavatory As Well As the Galley from the jets and flooring will be replaced with a cargo decking that is equipped with rollers to handle cargo containers or pallets. As the instrument layout in the cockpit was designed for United changes will be made to meet air Canada flight specifications. Air Canada now has a Fleet of about 100 jets ranging for a dc-9 to a b-747. The airline said there will be no reduction in staff at any other air Canada location because of the in creased work at Winnipeg. The Cour air service was started by air Canada to pick up a share of the air courier services operated by a number of private companies which in the past three years has be come a Multi million Dollar business in Canada. The Uncertain mail service in can Ada has allowed air courier services to become a valuable part of the operations of Banks and other companies which have to have Guaran teed delivery of documents and necessities such As Small parts for machines. Lub of Rome co founder v urges gobal govt. Action o Avert world s big bang Bucu Only through completely new political approaches will Man kind find solutions to global prob lems Alexander King chairman of the International federation of institutes of advanced studies said monday. These new approaches May not or. Alexander King either we act quickly or it will be global annihilation with a whisper or a bang. Be represented by any current political ideologies he added. King a co founder of the club of Rome a world wide non profit organization of scholars scientists and executives devoted to the study of world problems spoke to 130 people in Winnipeg at a lecture sponsored by the Institute of Public administration of Canada. Current democratic govern ments Are tending to fall into a rhythm of crisis management staggering from one emergency to another monetary social bal Ance of payments unemployment inflation and the rest then Back to the monetary flurry. At each crisis remedial measures Are applied which Seldom reach to the roots of the he said. This said King is the inherent difficulty with the democratic sys tem. No government and no opposition can afford to look at anything but immediate issues when faced with the Prospect of elections every four or five years. King presented a series of solutions to the current shortfall of governments calling for a global approach to world economic population political and social prob lems. However Steps should be taken to ensure that decision making is As near As possible to the he added. There is a need for Public information in the deepest King said. Decisions should be made As near As possible to those that suffer the he said governments require new mechanisms to determine solutions to Long term problems and a humanization of administrations to bring about a deepening of pub Lic understanding. Many Long term world problems influence every human being but Are the responsibility of no he said. The feeling that governments Are too big Remote soul less and faceless has founded a movement toward local autonomy he said. The creation of government bodies of a dynamic and Mobile character May be the solution in contrast to the Static Structure of the Day. The classic economic system in t working As Well As it used King said in an interview. We badly need to know More about How our system during a question period after his speech he was asked to Esti mate How Long Man has to live on Earth. It depends All the options Are still he answered. The question is whether we will disappear with a bang or a Mere he said. King predicted Mankind has 10 years to begin the process of government change and "50 years of difficult transition to go through As world wide economic Energy and population crises come to a head. He issued three alternatives for the future the big or the annihilation of All men the honest solution to prob lems through a multitude of Wise or doing nothing about it with the poor inheriting the world and living in misery ;