Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 14, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june students toil makes Garden out of junk Yard by Andy Blicq most people find Worms when they dig their but four students employed in a Winnipeg Cor Earea project generally turn up scrap that because their Garden plot at the Corner of Aikens Street and Suther land Avenue is right across an Alley from the Canadian Pacific railway what was a junk Yard for discarded train parts has been turned into a plot where Cor Earea children go to learn about gardening from the students working under a Young Canada works seventy five of the 11footsquare Garden plots Are used by children who pay each for the plot and sixty other children use free plots under a summer enrichment program and another 80 plots Are set aside for kindergarten getting better every year the program is administered by the Urban agriculture facility operated by the Winnipeg school Gerald a resource teacher at Aberdeen school and the supervisor of the gardening said an addition Al 200 children from 12 schools grow gardens at the three Earold program gets a Little better every Bitney said were trying to encourage kids to get interested in Trudy a 19yearold University of Winnipeg student employed under the Federal can Ada works said a lot of kids taking part Are really problem she the children Are generally quite enthusiastic about the project although they tend to work better in smaller the children Hoe rows and Plant to get actual gardening expert she although the four University students said they would like to be paid More they receive minimum wage for an while schoolchildren look firefighters extinguish a Blaze which broke out at yesterday in the remains of the seven Day food store at Grosvenor Avenue and Stafford it was the fourth fire at the same fire hits store site again a fire department spokesman said a Blaze blamed on children playing with matches caused damage in cause of yesterdays fire is under by Cecil Rosner Borger industries and lad co should be fined a maximum for illegally operating a Concrete products Plant even though this would rep resent a drop in the bucket for the multimillion Dollar lawyer Brian Corrin said Corrin asked provincial judge Ian Ubienski to convict the firms of Ile Gally producing Asphalt and Concrete at their Lagimodiere Boulevard Plant and impose the heaviest penalty allowed under the City of Winnipeg he said Many homeowners in the area complained about noise and fumes from the judge Ubienski reserved judgment on the Case until june who is representing a wind Sor Park accused the companies of circumventing City zoning when they built their Asphalt Plant last he said the nature of their operation contravenes planning regulations for the which is zoned for Light Industrial bit Ross representing argued that the company does not produce Asphalt or Concrete at its he said Asphalt was a Petroleum product which can Only be produced at while Concrete is a product of a Portland Cement mixture which the company does not bituminous hot mix what the company does produce is a bituminous hot mix product used in paving Nugent he said the Boniface town planning scheme of 1957 does not disallow the production of this substance in a Light Industrial court was told that lad co is a 97per Cen owned subsidiary of one of the provinces largest Henry a director of both testified that the hot mix product produced by his firm is often colloquially called Asphalt or but in the company purchases the Asphalt from a refinery and mixes it with Stone to produce the Borger said his firm approached City planning chief Roy Darke in 1977 and was told that the Plant could operate legally on he also said the provincial clean environment commission had Given the company a Good Bill of the firm moved its mixing Plant in 1978 from a location in Birds Hill so that it could be closer to contracts in the South part of the Borger Cost of the move to the company was judge Ubienski said he understand Why Borgers firm had never set up a meeting with area Resi to discuss their concerns and allay their fears about the As one of the provinces largest contract ing it should have had this eight hour Day they said the Job is its a Nice summer Job because youre outside All Owen a 23yearold University of Manitoba student under the children come to the plot twice a week for about an hour to tend their Busy tending gardens in Between the four University students Busy themselves by tending the gardens on about a Halfacre site owned by the school programs including arts and recreation and Field trips Are also provided for the As ten of the plots Are used by area senior citizens while six of the plots Are designated for experimental culmination of the gardening pro Gram comes at the end of the summer when a gardening exhibit is held if each of the dozen schools Bitney local news Council okays subdivision for floodplain Fine urged for illegal Plant concern for the litle the judge Nugent asked the court to discount testimony of witnesses who complained about pollution and dust from the arguing that it was exaggerated and possibly politically agitation commonplace Ever since the agitation of residents to Stop almost anything that int a single family Home from coming into their neighbourhood has become Nugent court was told that residents of the area had been trying for a year to halt the plants they have approached their sent petitions to civic committees and made numerous but the City refused to prosecute the residents testified that blowing Sand from the Plant often deposits dirt and grit on their windows and House and fumes and doors Are quite notice Able in the by Ingeborg Boyens City Council voted yesterday to per Mit the development of 42 acres of River property in West despite warnings that the new subdivision would be prone to councillors agreed 195 with a recommendation from environment commit tee with proper such As raising the level of the land with the Imperial developments site would stay High and City administrators had earlier warned councillors that the located South of Park Manor Boulevard and East of main would end up under water during flood residents of the development might not receive damage assistance under the provincial flood damage reduction staff As raising the level of the land might cause the disruption of roads and utile province May step in after the committees provincial government services minister Harry Enns said the province was seriously considering taking Over the authority for issuing building permits in flood threatened areas of the environment committee chairman Jim Ernst told councillors that the now zoned flood Plain and single was not flooded by the red River during the Spring environment committee has taken a lot of abuse on one would think that the entire property would be flooded every said Ernst Independent citizens election committee Grants Aerial photographs show that Only a Small portion of property that is to support a 108unit apartment building would be subject to flooding once every 160 said the if the water Ever goes Over the 160 year flood it will go Over the primary Dike the water would be eight feet deep at Portage and said lets Deal with this with a Little bit of he urging councillors to approve the committees saw plans Mike Oshaughnessy ice Kildonan Park said the subdivision plans had been before various civic committees for about 200 old Kildonan homeowners would Benefit from the because the Developer promised to in stall a storm sewer that might relieve their basement flooding said Abe Yanofsky ice Jeffer son also agreed that residents on the other Side of main Street stood to gain by the Riverside Alf Skowron said it want Good enough to approve the subdivision just because other Resi dents have a their basement flooding is a result of the Type of poor planning the City is proposing he Joe Zuken said the proposed subdivision was nothing More than development for developments although some councillors want to reap taxes from the developed proper the decision to approve the subdivision will come Back to haunt Zuken lec Norquay i think Council would be a horrible mistake if we approved this subdivision this is very Irres Ponsi John Angus ice University also cautioned councillors to adhere to the advice of the cites expensive experts to slow the j but Bill Mcgarva gent Park tried to sum up councils sentiment when he protested some people Are just and it Doest matter where it Arena funding decision expected the City May know today or Tomor Row if the new Federal progressive conservative government will help finance the expansion of the Winnipeg Deputy mayor Bill Norrie said yesterday he had been in touch with both Federal and provincial government officials tuesday and expected an announcement from Ottawa by the end of the Norrie added that Steve Federal minister for fitness and Amateur told him the matter would be discussed by Cabinet this Norrie said he hoped Ottawa would give a definite answer regarding its participation in the even if it involved no specific Dollar figure at this All i want from them at this stage is to say were he Norrie said a Quick decision is vital because work is ready to begin to add about seats to the Arena As part of a million bar Bones it would Only make sense to do the extra work at the same he the City has proposed three options for an enhanced ranging in Cost from million to million to be shared equally by the prov Ince and the the former Federal Liberal govern ment offered to Grant up to million from lot Ocanada funds to expand the provided the City and province matched the prime minister Joe while campaigning for the May 22 said he was opposed to the use of lot Ocanada funds for such but indicated his government might provide the Money from a different the provincial mean is awaiting a response from Ottawa before making any financial admirable restraint by candidates praised yesterdays City Council meeting sur prised everyone by wrapping up within three with five members of Council running for councillors conceded they had expected a lengthy full of posturing by All hopeful but Don Smith didst have to use the Gas helmet he had brought along to stifle the stench in Case All of them got the speedy meeting even prompted Jim Ernst to compliment All contestants for their admirable restraint in avoiding impassioned councillors Bill Joe City Hall notebook Don Alf and Phil Rizzuto Are contesting the june 20 mayoral impertinence criticized Landfill probe gets nod from 50 Kwh to 70 Kwh on the stretch just North of the vital would affect local residents and merchants and promote the matter will be raised at the next works and operations committee meet june Westbury criticized the civic works and operations committee yesterday for having the impertinence to suggest increasing Osborne Street Speed limits without talking to local Westbury told councillors that any attempt to raise limits Council approved a 000 investigation by City staff into 36 retired Landfill Sites to see which Are producing explosive Levels of meth Ane the if present and under can Migrate to adjacent included in a new policy Are a moratorium on the Sale of Cit owned land within feet of the old land controls on construction surround ing the and mandatory protective devices in underground service lines going in near methane producing vital plan approved the South vital District plan that has been in the making for four years received final approval by City Council councillors reluctantly gave third Reading to the after considering bucking the order of the municipal the municipal body of appointed officials amended the cites original plan last calling for a minimum lot size of two acres instead of five along marys Road South of the prime i have to speak against said Al Ducharme its an impossible situation that Council has to answer to an appointed said lome Leech ice Seine Val who fought the plan during its urged councillors to put the thing to demolition bylaw urged City Council yesterday unanimously agreed to ask the province for enabling Powers to bring in an anti demolition while the City can refuse to Grant building it Hast the Power to deny applicants a demolition the controls would affect applications to tear Down any Type of review policy adopted Council adopted a policy to review salaries of senior management person Nel in the civic administration upon their but did not order hiring of outside consultants at this time for an across Leboard ;