Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ill i Winnipeg free june 1979 3 Leadin blood Levels show drop at schools lord Nelson readings decrease in 3year Span by Debbie Sproat recent tests show children at Wes ton and lord Nelson schools have much lower Leadin blood Levels than children tested at the same schools three years Manitoba labor min ister Ken Macmaster said Macmaster said the increased use of unleaded gasoline in cars and efforts by Canadian Bronze to improve its emission controls May have some thing to do with the improved Churchill nip la Jay who has been pushing the Issue in the legis suggested a reduction in the operations of North West smelting Ken free press and refining May have had some less children affected the tests results showed that be tween 1976 and 1979 the number of children with Leadin blood Over the accepted danger level of Milli Grams per 100 Grams of whole blood dropped from 74 to three at Weston located in Art Industrial area of at lord Nelson located in a nonindustrial the number of children with Lead Levels Over the acceptable limit dropped from 37 in 1976 to one in Macmaster said the tests show the average Lead level in the blood of children at Weston school was milligrams per 100 Grams of whole blood in compared to an average of in at lord Nelson school the average Leadin blood level of the children tested had dropped to from of the four children with Levels considered Macmaster said three have Leadin blood Levels be tween and and one has a level slightly Over a nurse from the department of labor has been assigned to visit the families of All four children with Lead i blood Levels above the parents of children whose Leadin blood Levels Are below the danger limit were Noti fied by letters delivered to the paediatrician Fischel Coodin has been appointed by the province to handle queries from parents whose children have Levels Over he said in an interview that symptoms of Lead poisoning dont show up until at a child would be hospitalized for agonizing intravenous Lea removal for a five to 11day at Levels lower than he children should merely be removed from the source of the poisoning and its All a matter of style close counts in and to get closer the proper style is delivery is As Mim Waterfield shows in the women singles Mike Hnytka right squints As he looks Down the shoe during mens both were competing in the seniors olympics at Charleswood collegiate track Winnipeg finance committee will decide in 30 Days whether to Call for an inquiry to determine Why policewoman Susan Irvine was permitted to attend Law school while collecting full All four councillors present at yester Days finance committee meeting said they wanted to see if favouritism had been at play in the selection of but they added an inquiry be initiated until the Constable had a Chance to Appeal last weeks court of Queens Bench Gerald solicitor for said yesterday his client had not Yei decided on an last Justice Benja min Hewak ruled invalid a contract signed by police chief Norm Stewart and Irvine that would have permit Ted the plainclothes Constable to attend Law school while collecting full Hewak also quashed an earlier order of the Manitoba police commission which reinstated Irvine to the Force after she had been fired last november for refusing to quit school and resume Active Harold Piercy told committee members that the City had a responsibility to examine whether favouritism had been at play in the selection of its a Public duty of ours to enquire into these matters so that this Cloud of suspicion Doest said Piercy the City should commission an inde pendent such As a retired to examine Why Irvine was informed about the Job and finally he the position had never been Adver said it must be determined when and Why the police department decided it needed an inhouse when the City already had 13 solicitors on an inquiry should examine Why City solicitors haunt been shown the contract Between Stewart and in and it must be established what the costs to the taxpayers Are for the numerous court proceedings and commission said the Council Piercy said another police officer had asked for similar provisions to attend school while retaining his he was denied his request on the grounds that All employees would have to be offered the same finance committee chairman Abe Yanofsky said he shared pierces i person Naly feel we should explore it further outside the Legal said Asphalt Plant called a nuisance Windsor Park residents Are forced to put up with heavy constant noise and blowing Sand from an Asphalt and Cement Plant which is operating illegally in their provincial judges court was told former Winnipeg City councillor Evelyn Reese testified that the Compa Borger industries of 751 Lagimodiere Hud operated its Asphalt Plant since last july in contravention of zoning she said the Plant is a nuisance to homeowners on about five streets in the immediate who served on Council from 1974 to Heads a group of area Resi dents which has opposed the Plant and has repeatedly tried to halt its opera the testimony came during a private prosecution of Borger industries and which have pleaded Noi guilty to he illegal manufacture of Asphalt and Reese old judge Ian Ubienski that the land was zoned for Light Industrial by an amendment to the Boniface town planning scheme of such zoning allows the storage of Sand and other Industrial but makes Asphalt production she last july residents presented a Peti Tion opposing the Plant to their local Community and even had their councillor raise the Issue in coun but the Plant continued operating without interference from the cites environment committee decided in August that no further action was necessary regarding the the area who had formed a group to press their decided that Legal action was the Only Reese a previous attempt at prosecuting the two companies was thwarted last March when provincial judge Ken Neth Peters quashed charges which he said were not precise enough to allow for an adequate the cur rent charges were Laid by Peter Tkachuk of 41 Bibeau the trial is expected to continue salary review on Agenda again civic finance committee voted yesterday to consider having consultants review All City senior managers a the committee decided to have the Board of commissioners report on a study of the cites salary in the the committee re commended Council establish a policy to review the salaries of about 70 senior City employees when they with a View to re circling or downgrade the City clerks department will Likely be the first the committee authorized the Board of commissioners to meet with clerks department employees to discuss rollbacks in several the cites executive policy commit tee agreed in May to reclassify Down Ward six senior positions in the City clerks to bring salaries in line with similar jobs in other Western Canadian Alf Skowron subsequently pro tested that the were the body will cleanse itself without the prime danger of excessive Lead he is brain too much Lead May first show itself As hyperactivity and reduced learning ability in a pleased with results Macmaster said he was very pleased with the adding later that officials in his department have suggested the schools be tested against in a year or in the he the department is going to expand its Lead monitoring program to other Indus Cowan said credit for the improve ment in the childrens Leadin blood Levels should go the the nip govern ment which recognized the problem and took action in it proves we were in fact doing Cowan it does Dis prove the governments allegations that the nip government want doing Weston is located one Block from Canadian Bronze which was ordered to close its foundry last month because of excessive quantities of Lead in the lord Nelson is close to heavy traffic and a Large number of Gas stations on Mcphillips Street but has no major industries close a total of 600 children at the two schools were judge lifts ban on Broadway reconstruction Irvine inquiry decision stalled by Ron Campbell a three Darold ban on reconstruction of a Section of Broadway was lifted but work wont Start until at least an Appeal against Justice John Hunts decision to lift the temporary injunction will be heard in provincial Appeal court Friday in View of the City lawyer Marvin Samphire the City will voluntarily delay the project until Mon it is the third time the controversial rebuilding has been originally scheduled to Start june it was put off to june 11 after protests by affected businessmen and now wont Start until at least june depending on the outcome of the City officials have indicated the Road bed could be rebuilt before Winter even if work starts As late As july but sidewalk improvements Likely could not be last restaurateur John Ducharme filed a statement of claim with judge Hunt of court of Queens Bench against the objecting to the work on Broadway Between Osborne and Sherbrook claims insufficient notice the City had not Given the required 10 Days notice of the Start of As required under the City of Winnipeg and had not met the acts require ments of Access and the claim that he sought and obtained from judge Hunt a temporary injunction halting the scheduled to Start last judge Hunt said he had granted the temporary ban Only to hear further in refusing to continue the injunction until trial of the the judge said the person seeking the injunction could be held liable for damages if the trial found the injunction was unjustly a a number of questions were left unanswered by Ducharms Side in evidence presented monday at the in Junction judge Hunt the judge ruled that determination of the need for prior As required by the is a matter for he did the affected business men were entitled to More notice at least out of a matter of Courtesy he noted it was not until May 26 that a newspaper and was placed and not until May 30 that affected businesses received although the project had been discussed since Jan but in a key judge Hunt ruled that the temporary diversion of traffic for rebuilding of the Street does not constitute a closing under Sec Tion 495 of the stipulations of the act As to prior provision of adequate Access and compensation Are contingent on such a Street being rebuilding the Street wont comple Tely prohibit judge Hunt vehicular traffic will continue on the Side streets and pedestrian traffic will also Broadway being the continuation of the Tran Canada Highway through to Start rebuilding As soon As possible is highly he Ducharme is Only one of those affected by the he adding there is substantial evidence others in the area wish to have the crumbling old roadbed the sidewalks and lighting the overhead Utility wires replaced by underground cables and sidewalk Trees he made Clear the subject of the Case is Only the proposed rebuilding of the Avenue Between Osborne and Sher and should not affect the planned resurfacing Between main and Kennedy and Sherbrook and Dave Bon Civ Winnipeg tree press unfair because the staff didst belong to a Shile finance committe councillors were divided yesterday on How far the City should go to review they conceded that now is a Good time to begin even a superficial the cites chief medical health offi and treasurer Are All retiring within the next few by reviewing positions after they Are the City would avoid cutting anyone said committee chair Man Abe Las on the run three members of the Manitoba legislature discarded Busi Ness suits for jogging togs yesterday for a practice leading to full participation in this weekends Manitoba the Trio from left fitness minister Bob la Warren and finance minister Donald ran from the legislative building to Park and Back ;