Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july James we wuss Frisbee on a Summers afternoon a crowd of children vie for the free Frisbee Given away yesterday at the Sinclair Park Community the Centre also provided Pony and carnival games for the neighbourhood children to help while away a Summers there doing it again Fol Lorama fund plea rejected there probably wont be special buses or much advertising for Folk Lorama this representatives of the Community Folk arts Council of Winni Peg said and City councillors Are largely to blame because they turned Down a request for a said Folk arts Council spokesmen after a meet ing of the civic finance the Fol Lorama officials had Little Success convincing councillors that the City had a responsibility to provide More than just moral support for the annual multicultural councillors maintained that the City has enough trouble maintaining Ordi nary no one is knocking Fol Lorama we think its but weve been cutting City said committee chairman Abe Aidin Folk arts Council act ing told committee Council lors that the festival organizers needed at least if special transit Servi Ces were to be provided to the 37 Pavil ions and if the event was to be adequately since the City is the major Benefi Ciary of the festival that consistently attracts about out province the City should be willing to help out there has been a frustrating Lack of support from the said the Folk arts councils goal is to make Winnipeg synonymous wit hits annual ethnic much As Calgary is with the and Edmonton with Klondike said Alan Wade Dame said Fol Lorama representatives had earlier assured the City they would become financial stable and need More civic the City provided the Folk arts coun cil with a Startup Grant in an additional was directed earlier this year to the Winnipeg convention and visitors Bureau to be used to advertise next months Fol Lorama the cites philosophy is to support cultural organizations Only until they become said Yanofsky the Folk arts Council saw a Revenue surplus of last year in its 000 each Pavilion enjoys an average profit of if we were in the would you help us out asked amputee Hopes tragic Accident will help Young Ken free press by Tom Goldstein last Normand Rochette walked out of a main Street hotel and headed his head filled with booze and about 12 hours at Rochette was found unconscious with much of his body Frozen near Higgins Avenue and Stanley the temperature Over night had plunged below on one Day before his 32nd the drywall subcontractor had both his legs Cut off below the Knees and both arms Cut off at the elbows in a single i let them do it one limb at a he said in his Ward at the Manitoba rehabilitation the Centre has been his Home since shortly after the with the exception of a three week when he moved into a downtown people really treat you wrong he explaining his return to morale improving Rochette admitted he had been bit frustrated and resentful about his but added his morale has been its really hard to accept yourself As an amputee i accept myself for what i equipped with prosthetic arms and legs and aided by Hospital staff who have really been Good to Rochette has begun the Road Back toward the Independent lifestyle he before i left Lor the 1 didst want to do but since i came i do everything he reaching for a ill do it he refusing the offer of a Light and striking a match he also feeds and dresses and can put on his still unfinished artificial legs with minimal i can kick Over your he adding he can climb stairs without any Rochette is Uncertain How Long he will remain in he he can come and go As he he has been placed on the waiting list of a nursing Home a move which he loathes to it would be just like he adding he has spent about four years behind bars for offences he refused to wants to learn Trade he is looking Forward to learning a to help achieve the Freedom he yearns and he has been invited to his Youn Gest Sisters wedding in september in a Small Community near i dont know if ill Rochette giving embarrassment and a Lack of resources for his but of More immediate concern is to get his Story i wanted to let it out Long but i was embarrassed about he sex you gotta face you gotta face the fifth eldest of 24 Rochette said he had been on drugs for about half his life until that january i didst care i did it for the i used to get a lot of he said he wanted the especially the Young to know about the potential dangers of combining Al Cohol and if i haunt been doing any of that stuff that id still be with two legs and two he if it can happen to it can happen to Rochette said he would like to quit drinking but he said he got really drunk last week end at a nearby in Gonna go out this Friday but not so firing tied to conflict of loyalties August chairman of the Folk Lorama committee said the cites tax dollars were being spent to support the Winnipeg symphony and the Royal Winnipeg but Fol Lorama is the Only event that Many new immigrants Are interested said Don Gerrie said the Council should be approaching local businesses or the province instead of the City for contributions towards the i guess it seems easier to come to the said Gerrie councillors Ric Nordman Charles and Frank Johnson Morial spoke in favor of supporting the Grant to the Folk arts Fol Lorama is scheduled for August 12 to by Hope Kamin Winnipeg symphony orchestra office manager Fern Fredette was fired week by general manager Tony Damato because of what was termed her conflict of loyalties involving Maestro Piero Gamba and so Man so president Jack Thiessen said who held the position for 12 was told Friday by Damato she was being there was a conflict Between Damato and Fredette Over the number of hours she would work for him Thiessen she was doing a lot of work for in addition to her Normal work with the Thiessen said it was included in the contract Between the so and the symph Nicum Europe foun for which the symphony played a Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall in new York last that Gamba would have use of Fredette services for six including three months out of while she was on so Fredette is listed As executive assistant and coordinator in the sym Pho Nicum euro Paes program for the March 3 founding director Gamba is president and founding director of the 15yearold symphony cum Shes been Here a Long time and so has he her heart lies with the Man theres a vast difference Between what an artist wants and what a manager Damato is currently in the Thiessen said there were specific incidents of Fredette compliance with Gamba wishes at Damatos i know of one letter she wrote for Gamba requesting a meeting of the programming committee and Damato didst know anything about the exis tence of he was present at it the meeting but he didst know of its it rubbed him the wrong Thiessen said Gamba was informed if not consulted about Fredette dismissal and said of course it will affect him in some Gamba left last week to appear As a guest conductor in new its not True Fredette said yesterday its not True that she spent More of her time working for Gamba than for the organization in Treyve got to find some reason for the she Ive worked after hours so that no one will say that i have Given too much time to the Maestro during office she working for him Gamba was Only a my function was As office earlier so assistant manager Gwen Davidner said of Fredette firing this happens quite often with secretaries Are hired and fired All the she want just another Secretary Shes been Here a Long Davidner Davidner said it was a Happy Fredette said i dont know How anyone could say it was she said she will seek Legal advice to protect Normand Rochette Hopes his Story can make Young people More aware of the dangers of misusing alcohol and civic finance committee has decided move discussion is needed before even Intima Steps Are taken to merge Winni pegs ambulance service with the fire without yesterday the committee handed Over task Force recommendations for a partial Amalga mation of the two emergency services to an and hoc committee for a report by joint use of ambulance Dis Patch and maintenance facilities with the fire department have been recommended As a Means of cutting costs and improving if it would be the first step towards eventual full amalgamation of the two according to Jim chairman of the civic ambulance but there Are indications an Amalga mation of sorts is already under Ragsdill Heights said firefighters Are now being trained to give fir staid to Acci Dent victims in Charleswood and Tran where they can reach the scene faster than ambulance firefighters across the City will be trained to the level of emergency medical technician in order to answer any Accident Call which they May reach firefighters would administer Aid until ambulance person Nel but meshing the two services More completely is Likely to take place very if at in order to avoid mistakes other cities have experienced in Ragsdill although recommending partial the task Force also said that service improvements could More economically be obtained through an fallout councillors Abe Don Gerrie and Ric Nordman the and hoc committee could decide even partial amalgamation As recommended by the task Force goes too or that it Doest go far Yanofsky Banks and other financial institutions should be Given the Chance to collect parking fines in the same manner As Utility John Angus told civic finance committee police and court offices have a tremendous backlog because of unpaid and its because paying by mail or at police offices int convenient the councillor unpaid fines Cost the City about in Revenue during said Angus Independent citizens election commit of the tickets issued in were followed by expiry eventually leading to about sum he Abe Yanofsky said it was a Good idea and promised the committee would look into improving the mechanics of collecting Sunshine fund climbs to More than 150 kids will spend a week at Camp this summer because of the free press Sunshine the fund has passed the Mark and has already sponsored or subsidized a number of kids for a Camp vacation they might otherwise not have been Able to but while some kids have already had their Camp others Are still waiting for confirmation on their the free press and the Manitoba camping association Are cooperating in the fundraising drive to Send kids to the 44 nonprofit operated by which comprise the Asso the association has set up a three member screening committee to ensure applicants pay As much As Possi ble towards the Cost while keeping the names of those who receive a subsidy Sunshine fun Jed Send a kid to Camp donations can be sent to the free press Sunshine 300 Carlton r3c 3c1 or dropped off at the free press classified receipts will be issued and names of donors parents who like to Register their children for Camp Are asked to write the Manitoba camping 1483 Pembina r3t 2c9 or Call them on their special Sun Shine line at 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