Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june 3 two drop out of mayoralty for Norrie Eggers will have an even dozen candidates from which to choose when they go to the polls june 20 to elect a new after two of the original hopefuls dropped out of the race businessmen Allan Stern and Percy Brown withdrew before the 2 deadline to support Deputy mayor Bill Norrie in his bid for the cites top elected left on the ballot Are City councillors Joe Alf Don Gerrie and Phil Rizzuto a councillors Ray Brunka and Harry Lazarenko musician William Gridzak unemployed Ken free press bookkeeper Alex Mitchell accountant William Haryluk former liquor com Mission chairman Frank Syms and Joe founder of the democratic Reform Stern said he will seek election in the Crescent Heights Ward should incumbent councillor Gary Filmon win a seat in the provincial legislature in a Yetto be announced Stern added he would go after a Council seat in another Ward in the 1980 general election if Filmon was Defeated provincially and sought reelection my the 46yearold truck dealer said he regarded serving on Council As an apprenticeship for the mayors Stern and Brown were the Only mayoralty although a prime contender for the urged other fringe candidates to quit the saying they would Only enhance Norries election Zuken labor election committee Norquay told a news conference yesterday the real contest is Between the Deputy mayor and Skowron another dismissed those comments As an indication of a Man running Skowron was standing in the Back ground when Zuken made his speech on the City Hall Zuken criticized the 14member inde pendent citizens election the dominant Council caucus of which Norrie is a for refusing to take firm stands on conflict interest and Freedom information whee Lathon raises funds for Van City police Michael Krywy Onizuka escorts the 35 participants in a whee Lathon held yesterday afternoon to raise Money for a wheelchair Van for the Tamarit Centre for handicapped the who travelled a mile Long route along River were sponsored through pledges collected by Volunteer students who work at the event was part of the centres Celebration of the International year of the half the funds for the Van have already been raised and a giant disco Hon is planned for this Road repair Row shifts to main Street works department causes More wrinkles than it fixes a second front has been opened in the Battle Between the cites works and operations department and merchants who claim they Are taking a financial thumping due to Road department officials yesterday met with a group of West Kildonan businessmen who were irate Over the Way in which they were informed about a reconstruction and resurfacing project taking place right outside their doors on main the project involves a stretch of main with the East Side to be completely rebuilt and the West Side to be work is interim Hydro Cable irks residents by Rick Blanchard several North Kildonan homeowners Are upset with a temporary electrical Cable running along the ground in their townhouse the which stretches from a Manitoba Hydro transformer across a sidewalk and front poses a pos sible Hazard to children playing near homeowners the Cable was installed last Friday after six homeowners of the Molson Street townhouses experienced electrical brownouts when an underground line shorted out at its evidently caused by shifting its a makeshift a any kid could open it very easily and be said Bob of 1312b the cites chief electrical Arnold said yesterday there is no electrical Hazard from the secure end connections Irving the homeowners further is a problem getting someone to restore the underground service and secure a Hydro spokesman said the Utility repair the line because of a contract with the engineered Homes the contract requires Hydro to Supply Power Only to its trans former and not to the Homes them selves a feature commonly found with rental Murray Molson said residents were shocked when Hydro refused to get involved after six units were Cut Back to half although engineered Homes had a expected to be done by the end of a Broadway business Man said yesterday he has begun Legal action to delay Road work the move came two Days after the City and local merchants reached an agreement aimed at reducing the economic Impact on area John owner of pirates wharf seafood 578 said he will seek an injunction to Stop work until All area residents agree How the project should main Street merchants in the area Between Mcadam and Perth avenues Dave face press said they were Given four Days notice before construction began May the notice was received May the Friday before the Long said Ralph owner of the Miami Delicatessen on 1595 Garland and other East Side Mer chants said they were not upset the work was being what in after is the underhanded Way the City does he theres always a Lack of communication when we Are at Pat Porpiglia of Torino tile 1587 one of the primary concerns of the merchants was that parking on main Street has been temporarily cutting off customer the City does not guarantee that your customers can Park in Lowell manager of the works departments streets and traffic he he would consult with the contractor construction in an Effort to Speed up the he said he would try to have a solution for the businessmen at a meeting next Campbell conceded the merchants should have been consulted about the project a Long time he said the City had Learned a adding it would not happen he said merchants affected by the final two phases of the three stage project would be consulted Well prior to merchants hit by the first stage of the project indicated they would suffer greatly because of the Lack of prior Garland said his sales have declined 90 per cent during the past two in a letter to area councillor Mike Oshaughnessy Independent citizens election Porpiglia said his business had dropped 85 per cent because of the Oshaughnessy was invited to Days meeting but did not the two issues were buc passed to the province to gather he he promised real open govern ment and stricter and better con Alicto interest legislation if elected the Veteran politician also admonished his councillors who attended the federation of Canadian municipalities conference in Quebec City but left before it he said the delinquent councillors should make a Public apology and return their expense Money to the bylaw ignores whats in a name by Mike Hoffman while City Council considers tighten ing the bylaw dealing with Massage Parlours in Light of a recent court decision exempting sensitivity aware Ness studios from its opera tors declare themselves not in the least they the City came Down on Mas Sage so we became sensitivity awareness said one when they come Down on sensitivity awareness Well become some thing the operator of four local sensitivity awareness who insisted on remaining said the bylaw is prohibitively passed two years the bylaw was not enforced until a lengthy court Bat mounted against it by Massage parlor failed last licensing depends on compliance with the terms of the of the 18 establishments listed in the yellow pages under Only one is licensed by the said an opera one or two others Are awaiting word on their the harshest stipulation contained in the bylaw is an11 closing the operators interviewed another major clause says masseuses must be clothed from neck to the masseuses themselves must obtain a City licence before a licenced parlor can hire an applicant for a Massage licence must Supply a Char Acter reference from lawyer Hersh who Success fully defended Robert Canada of the unlicensed Eves sensitivity aware Ness studio against charges of bylaw said the differences Between Massage Parlours and his clients opera Tion Are More than merely involving a kneading of joints and is an almost therapeutic he sensitivity awareness is just its a kind of theres nothing therapeutic about and the people who do it dont pretend Canada said he refuses to comment on the Case because the free press refuses to accept his its hard to Tell a kid he cant go to Camp Todd Remple right and Kevin Mathewson play near Cable residents say poses a contractor restore Power late Friday by Means of the surface Zebrun said yesterday residents were still trying to get someone to own up to responsibility for the weve been getting the runaround like Ive never seen Zebrun nobody fixing Central mortgage and housing corporation which arranged Low Cost Sale of the Homes through a Federal the Hydro and engineered Homes All want nothing to do with Zebrun Dennis Mccormack of engineered Homes said yesterday the firm was checking its if were responsible we will rectify it Mccormack adding a decision would be made by this but Zebrun maintains residents have been told they must pay installation of a permanent because they own the he said that the underground Cable servicing the Homes had not been in stalled correctly and was Only one of Many faults in the townhouse com quoted a estimate for the Zebrun said he have the re pairs done himself even if he had the the Cable runs across City property id have to get a its owners of the 28 electric Call heated units in the townhouse development still question whether Hydro can refuse to Supply Power to Homes which have been purchased individually As single Down to three degrees it was going Down to three degrees last Many of us have but Hydro refused to get Zebrun what would happen in Winter Hydro would provide emergency Power in said Hydro spokesman Lawrence customer advisory we purposely leave people without Harman under a contract with Supply and maintenance of lines Between the transformer and townhouses is the responsibility of the customer engineered telling a child he cant go to Camp is hard for social workers at the childrens Aid but often they have no it usually comes Down to the familiar question of theres just never enough to take care of All the kids who want to go to Camp but cant afford that May be spokesmen for several social service agencies in the City said yesterday that with the free press Sunshine Many of the kids there now forced to turn away May get a Chance at a camping Holiday after the spokesmen said their which now provide As Many sponsor ships for Camp spots As they can have either already or will soon run out of but with the Sunshine fewer disappointed children Are cer the Sunshine fund has already raised enough in donations to Send More than 35 children to Camp this Many of those Wholl Benefit Are on the childrens Aid society list either wards of the society or those whose families Are monitored on a regular the bulk of the families Are on a limited social worker Nancy Hunter said the families Are All in need of financial she they would like to see their children getting involved in a summer but they have no Means of doing Hunter estimated about 150 Chil Dren were placed in Camp spots last but Many More still need donations can be sent to the free press Sunshine 300 Carlton r3c or dropped off at the free press classified receipts will be issued and names of donors published Winnipeg free press Sunshine fund the free press and the Manitoba camping association Are cooperating in the fundraising donations will be used to Send kids to the 44 member amps in the All Are nonprofit and operated by Volun a screening committee set up by the association will ensure that applicants pay As much of the Cost As names of those who receive a subsidy will remain parents who like to sign up their children can write the Manitoba Camp ing 1483 Pembina High r3t the association also has a special Sunshine fund Telephone line at donations 9n300 Roslyn 41946 473 Montrose Lac do 4011745 youth soccer Paul total to i ;