Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Most child sex abuse cases involve strangers 8y Tom Goldstein incest and sexual abuse of Dren Are realities Winni Eggers Mist fae8i in Fenbers of the cites child abuse committee said thurs More than 100 such eases have teen confirmed in the City Over the past alien Cameron and Elaine Gelman said following a panel discussion sponsored by the Central area fort five of those cases involved persons close to the victim necessarily blood relatives while another approximately 70 involved isolated incidents with they the cases involved children ing in age from one to with the average age for girls being 11 and boys those cases Are not a True indication of the frequency of the sexual abuse of supervisor of the child abuse unit of the childrens Aid of the child abuse committee lists of representatives of childrens the health sciences the Winnipeg police and the although reports of sexual abuse of children come from a variety of sources including neighbors and family there is a tendency among even knowledgeable persons to remain Cameron and Gelman offered a number of reasons Why dents of sexual abuse go which involves sexual relations Between blood is a Strong social taboo which family members might be reluctant to a Gelman told the meeting that mothers play a if somewhat passive in father daughter the most common of such rela she said a Mother might simply deny that such a relationship is taking on the other if she accepts that her husband and daughter Are having an she still May do nothing about Gelman the childrens Aid supervisor said both parents in a family where incest occurs Likely suffered from deprived Mother perhaps a victim of sexual abuse when she was a she added the parents Are Likely having problems with their own sexual Gelman also said daughter incest is an evolving pro Cess which begins when the oldest girl is close to she said similar relationships May involve younger adding the oldest who has since recognized the unacceptability of such might expose following the Ca Meron suggested apathy As another Factor in the infrequency of sexual abuse tie said neighbors who Are aware of if left might simply choose not to become Cameron Slid doctors May fail to report incidents of sexual abuse for a number of they May fear jeopardizing their relationships with the family if they go to the authorities or they May refuse to believe that one of their patients is involved in such a he financial costs were another son Why doctors Are reluctant to report such Cameron having to go to court Means a doctor has to close his Cameron this could for one if he had to do that three times a it would be financially discs Cameron although Manitoba Law requires persons aware or suspicious of Inci dents of child abuse to report there is no compulsion to do Cameron unlike the legislation in a number of american the provincial Law carries no penalty for failing to its a Law without Meron incidents of incest and sexual abuse of children Are being reported More frequently than he noting the influence of the women movement and the emergence of childrens rights in Winnipeg childrens Hospital has established a child abuse consisting of the names of those who have been abused or who Are Likely to be judging from previous admissions for ailments such As Cameron the provincial department of health and social development has also established a Central and the Manitoba College of physicians and surgeons has published a bulletin to inform doctors How to port incidents of child Cameron and Gelman agreed that the bulk of the work done in connection with incest and the sexual abuse of children has been of a management considerably More must be done in the Field of he More psychiatrists and More term psychiatric care Are Cameron adding to germans comment that the treat ment and prevention of incest valves the entire family conviction of incest carries a prison term which not Only fractures the family but hampers remedying the both agreed that increased re sources in the Field of prevention Are not readily the main thing right now is to sensitize people that the problem Gelman Winnipeg free press november 1978 it City news 2nd class mail registration number 0286 it leaves you breathless Alice Krueger system just goes on Manitoba watchdog on Provin Cial government Ziprick is beginning to sound a Little like a broken record in his comments regarding school Divi Sion every year for the past Ziprick has devoted a Section in his annual report to express his dissatisfaction with a system that is resulting in unnecessary expense for Manitoba its a system which Ziprick says could easily be yet it even under a supposedly Cost conscious no matter How Many times the auditor repeats his the system just goes school boards Are forced to pay eve increasing interest charges and the taxpayer foots the Bill this year an estimated wasted because of the present sys tem of not a vast amount of Money in terms of the total provincial but nonetheless its an extra Hal million dollars that could have stayed in Manitoban or that could have gone into programs instead of enhancing the Banks profit Pic school divisions throughout Manitoba Are financed by Way of the Public schools finance which channels Money to them from two sources from progressive pay ments by the provincial govern ment and from instalment pay ments by the this Means school divisions dont necessarily have the Money when they need it to meet their payroll and other and so they Are forced to obtain funds for working capital by Way of Bank Loans and although the provinces regulations were amended effective to accelerate remittances to school Ziprick says the situation is still in essence it was just it didst really resolve the prob the auditor said in an inter Bank Loans for working capital amounted to million As of and the interest expenses for the schools fiscal year on that Date amounted to Mil it is says i that such a substantial financing charge should be the Cash flow in accordance with the present regulation improperly increases the Cost of Educa Tion in order to improve the financing expenditure amounts of the province and the municipal Cor he said in his 197s Nual the provinces delay in Cash flow to cover its share of the school costs to March amounted to approximately million million to March it is estimated that the present method of financing results in an annual loss to the taxpayers of up to the report it is not suggested that the Banks charges Are the Banks Are in the business of lending they must charge to cover their operating costs and to realize a reasonable the loss to the taxpayers arises from an inefficient Money manage ment system As prescribed by the provinces Ziprick says the Cash flow to schools should be arranged in such a manner so there is no need for them to finance working capital by Way of Bank he has already spoken to finance minister Don Craik about changing the system and says the minister is review ing it for appropriate it be a very big prob Lem for the province to Send the Money along As it is the auditor it May mean the provincial government would have to go to the Money markets a Little earlier in the year for its capital borrowing says that still better than the present system because the province can always get better rates than what the school divisions now get from the As for the municipal there is the ludicrous situation now where some municipalities at some Point have Large Cash surpluses which they invest at rates consider ably lower than what its costing the school boards to Ziprick is aware that a further acceleration of payments by municipalities on a firm formula basis could result in difficulty for some municipalities where tax collections Are that would put them in a position of borrowing instead of the local school As Long As the regulation want those municipalities could pay As they collect their reve he of none of this would matter much if it we rent for cur rent High interest who cared 15 or 20 years when interest rates were three or four per cent but when its 10 or u per u takes on a completely different Ziprick neighbourhood agreement of 1911 upheld by court a River Heights beautician has been denied use of her House for a Salon because of a 1911 pact known As the Enderton agreement de signed to preserve the neighbourhoods in a judgment made Public thurs Justice James Wilson upheld the which covers part of River including the Academy Road and Waterloo Street residence of Ralph and Flora Buss and their Beverly the agreement prohibits construction of any building other than a sunday school or the matter was taken to court by residents of Waterloo and Ash judge Wilson said Buss admitted he bought the House so Bobby could open a shop the judge said the family knew of the Enderton agreement and should have gone to the Manitoba municipal Board to seek an Bobby argued the restriction didst apply to her because operating the Salon was a Home occupation and a part of her Crof life judge court Dorfi Suciu he cited was a Pennsylvania ruling the extract photo by Paul Deleslin Santa at Eaton Portage Avenue store sees a wealth of Beard while Rama looks a bit Shasta left to right Careen takes a tug at old Claus gets a hug and Patrick you cant please godhead for design withheld transit corridor concept approved grinding Aron of Teeth have nothing in Cojo the Hara Ojay love and happiness associated with a family by Rick Blanchard civic executive policy committee thursday approved in principle a Southwest transit corridor concept currently estimated to Cost More than but reserved a decision to carry the project past the idea stage and spend about million for property and engineering approved is the concept of using new diesel buses on a two Lane Transi Tway to be built Over a five year period next to Canadian National rail Way tracks from Bishop drive at the University of Manitoba to cars East with Graham Avenue As the systems downtown also in the concept Are operating complementary land use strategies and an Environ mental Impact Council must decide Early next year whether to approve million for land and in design both earmarked in the cites 1979 budget car wants a Council commitment one Way or the other in order for it to renovate its passenger maintenance in the path of the transit policy committee chairman Bill Nome Tuxedo urged approval principle to give the City something to go to the province with for funding from senior Cou Tome Leech assured the trans Jetway would accept buses crossing the route 165 Bridge from said the City has delayed Long enough and could have had the system built 10 years ago for studies by the de since 1975 estimated the bus Way would save an average of to minutes in travel time and Cost about million to a fresh presentation to committee by Tike consultants thursday showed inflation taking the current total Cost to Between million and Mil the studies were funded by provincial and Winnipeg govern ments and Cost City streets and transportation director Harry bums called the bus Way bargain basement rapid Tran sit while chief Nick Jim Ernst stressed the City should protect its options by securing land for the future Ernst that policy committee would be ignoring three quarters of the City if it didst at the same time review four or five other corridor studies sitting on the Jim Ragsdill Field pointed out that land for the proposed Kildonan corridor and Silver Avenue Extension is nearly assembled and should have in the Kildonan corridor was estimated to Cost million while the Silver Avenue Extension would have then Cost Abe Yanofsky Ferson said concept approval should wait until budget he warned against approving programs when the City is already Over its Selim posed borrowing limit for next i dont like to support something if were not going to go ahead with it in he Yanofsky said the City faces sever Al such As its storm sewer Relief and must review its priorities before assigning funds to the Southwest new ambulance vehicles sought by Ingeborg Boyens in its continuing 1979 budget re the Winnipeg ambulance com Mission agreed thursday to ask the City for to Purchase 12 new the civic commission overrode cautions by some of its members that it should adhere to the cites general restraint program for next the 12 new vehicles would in clude four ambulances that were deferred from last years four ambulances that Are regularly required each one station a a supervisors and a j think we have to accept that the finance committees first question will be Why the replacement of these said councillor Bill Mcgarva pc Osargent City councillors Are bound to ask How the service is operating so effectively without having received any new ambulances in he said i dont think the City is going to buy agreed commission member Les urging the ambulance service to consider restricting the request to four new who is also the Deputy City said there is a Good argument for the Purchase of five but 12 May not receive civic ambulance service John said the ambulances Are wearing out rapidly due to High use and an ambulances life is Only about four years or said the Purchase of new Model ambulances will also Cut Down on future costs because worn out cabs and chastises on the new design can be replaced for about a said but last year we didst get any thing and we still have a said commission chairman Jim Ragsdill again supported an improved insisting All 12 vehicles would be the City will just have to Cut lesser priority items from its capital budget to allocate funds to the ambulance service for the said rags Dill this is an ambulance service we Are talking about we Are not Pussy footing around with Flowers and the commission also recommended the civic finance committee immediately place an offer to Purchase a 1977 Model ambulance for about from a local Harrington urged commission members to recommend the Deal As potential savings were As High As also in its capital budget the commission decided to Transfer the Osborne Street ambulance ser vice station to a no vacant fire station at Dorchester Avenue and Wilton in a station will be established at the 8 fire Hall at 640 Kimberly with the approval of the fire on an interim the preliminary 1979 budget Esti mates presented earlier this month by ambulance personnel called for total expenditures of about Mil lion or million More than the ambulance services projected deficit for 1978 is attempt to invalidate contract defended Waw said the report and return Are the Winnipeg ambulance commis Sions attempts to determine the Validity of the 1978 contract Between employees and the commission were definitely not the commis Sions chairman said the commissions recent move to break the contract cannot be consid ered a waste of said councillor Jim Ragsdill Inow Springfield we would have been chastised to no end if we had not gone ahead with the we owed it to the said the other commission embarrassed by recent charges of said they did not feel the labor Board application had been necessary As the com Mission had agreed to go along with the 1978 agreement provisions in any a 1 decision by the Manitoba labor Board ruled the contract be tween the commission and its u employees binding despite the com missions argument that it want the employer before some City councillors have said the decision will Cost the City a Small Fortune in future councillors Are concerned that other City employees will want the same benefits ambulance workers now including a dental plan and insurance Premium package paid entirely by ambulance employees presently do not have a pension ;