Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december natural Gas Price Rise wont be immediate to would probably take two months before any increase in the wellhead Price of flaw Al Gas was passed Fri to Winnipeg greater Winnipeg Gas spokes Man Ian Sutherland said yesterday that if the Federal government approves an increase for the pipeline company would still have to apply for a new rate from the National Energy and greater Winnipeg in would have to apply to the Manitoba Public utilities Board before a new rate was established for in a speech to the Ontario federation portrait of Queen ready for Arena by Pamela Fayerman the adage Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder was never applicable in the Case of the portrait of the Queen which once Hung on the South Wall of Winnipeg Winni Eggers were harshly critical of the saying it portrayed her majesty in an unflattering the portrait finally was dismantled and put into storage in since the Arena has been with out a portrait of the but Bud Jobin said yesterday that a new portrait is ready to go the new rendition unveiled in a Brief ceremony prior to the Winnipeg jets game Friday against the Edmon ton psychic consulted Jobin has been working on finding a replacement for the portrait for almost two at one Point he called for the services of a psychic to Tell him where the artist might be who had offered a year ago to paint a new portrait for when his frustrations became he was deluged with Telephone Calls from local artists who said they would Jobin considered the but finally decided hed take a safer route and commissioned the Media com advertising company to do the the artist behind the new portrait is the same one who did the old but As Media coms manager Peter Armstrong puts Gil the a never really had much to work with when he did the old 200 hours spent on portrait the head on the picture he used to paint from was the size of a 17cent this who spent almost 200 hours on the new was supplied with a More re cent while Cost was always a Factor Jobin managed to rally the financial support of former lieutenant governor Jack jets president Michael go Buty and Winnipeg enterprises Cor each of them As Well As Jobin contributed for the new portrait which Media com produced for of labor nop Leader de said an Energy pricing Agre Eilstein worked but Between Alberta and Ottawa will bring a seven per cent hike in the wellhead Price for natural Gas on 1 and a further 20 per cent increase at the end of next tie i said the Price increases would be announced in finance minister John Crosbie budget the agreement is said to include a major pricing discount of 20 per cent for All Mew users of natural Bly beginning whether and to what extent this saving would to passed aft to greater Winnipeg Gas costet fief would be up to the provincial Public utilities which sets rates for the land the average residential customer in Winnipeg cubic feet a year and pays per thousand cubic about a Sutherland said the company was not aware of the pricing agreement and though a Price increase is riot too much can be done in preparing a rate schedule for submission to the Public utilities Board until the new prices Are actually Kotom a seven per cent increase in natural Gas prices sounds he since that is within the Range of the last couple of increases the utilities Board has an increase in the Price the Gas company has to pay As a result of increased wellhead costs could Likely be passed on to customers quicker than usual because it would be a simple Pas through increase which would not reflect on the company rate of return or artist Gil Burch checks photograph against his new portrait of the Queen done for the its Experiment facing delays project the Manitoba Telephone systems version of a wired is running behind schedule because of equipment production the Home computer information and alarm service was expected to be operational in about 100 heading Ley Homes by the end of project manager Dennis Mccaffery said because of the prob Jim free press lems facing inter Iscom systems the company supplying most of the equipment and computer program the project Likely wont be operational until later in the we Haven established a new completion Mccaffery said in a Telephone interview although Mccaffery didst specify the nature of the he said manufacturing problems should be expected any time a company attempts to build a computer system for the first workers have completed the installation of cables and drops in the houses selected for the experimental computer system Mccaffery its is spending million building the electronic Highway to the area make a Joyful sound Manitoba Bud Jobin right leads in a round of joining in with Jobin and others yesterday was salvation Christmas carols to help kick off the 1979 salvation army army Public relations officer major Leonard Millar the Christmas Kettle the objective this year is kettles will be appearing throughout the if your costs go up its a million charge that passed on to the Sutherland the wellhead Price of natural Gas is pegged at 85 per cent of the wellhead Price of if Price increase agreement has been reached Between Ottawa and Al the Alberta government would inform the Tran Canada pipelines transmission company of the new producers charges and that company would apply to the National Energy Board for new once the neb sets the rate and Date of greater Winnipeg Gas would be informed and could apply for rate changes to the Public utilities which would hold Public hear Ings on the matter before reaching a thus it would probably be at least two months after the pricing agree ment is announced that Manitoba Gas customers would feel the Suth Erland local news Engineer predicts Rise and 20 other companies will cover their own expenses of installing com Puter information burglar and fire systems and other other services that could be Avail Able through the system include re Mote Gas and Hydro meter electronic electronic Library services and banking in on red River by Rick Blanchard an International forum on red River flooding held yesterday in Winnipeg was told that during the next 20 to 30 years residents of the Valley face greater floods than this Robert assistant to the army corps of said that based on historical the red River Valley is moving into a wet period and there int much that can be done to avoid a flood of catastrophic he suggested measures be implemented to minimize damage in certain Calton said the key to understanding red River flooding is changes in sur face Levels of devils Lake in North the Lake is strategically located in the red River drainage Basin and has no Lake Levels tied to Runoff changes in the lakes Elevation re Spond to changes in Runoff Varia which then can be related to the red Calton he said he has concluded the red River is continuing in roughly the same Cycle As devils meaning another 1826level flood is a growing records show River Levels in 1826 at Emerson were five feet higher than Levels in 1950 and he said the increase in the frequency of major floods during recent years is the result of a gradual change in Cli Matic not manmade Struc Tures such As drainage above Normal precipitation and a delay in the Spring thaw appear to be occurring and Are most evident in the devils Lake he in the Lake Elevation reached its highest Elevation in 80 he although he has been studying red River flood problems for 25 Calton could not suggest any major undertakings to reverse the flood storage Reservoir rejected a storage Reservoir on the red River Large enough to handle flooding would inundate several Small transportation lines and possibly As much land As it would Calton he also said Channel enlargement to Correct the problem is not economically feasible because it would involve expropriation of thousands of acres of reconstruction of every Bridge across the River and disposal of mountains of excavated it would have taken reservoirs of acres each to reduce the 1979 flood to Safe Levels by the time it reached he levees and Small scale ring dikes to protect communities and farmsteads in the floodplain offer the Only economic ally feasible social accept ability and minimum environmental disruption for structural flood protect Tion he the sponsored by the Manitoba environmental largely opposed Gallons assertion that works of Man do not significantly affect flood Lloyd Jones of the fish and wildlife service said increased Drain ing of which serve As natural reservoirs during Spring is contributing significantly to Al though he say How Jones produced data from studies by several agencies which show drainage is adding to the flood the red River flood Peak at grand Forks last Spring would have been a foot higher had drainage plans for Minnesota wet lands not been he Hans Foerstel of environment can Adas Inland Waters directorate said to Stop further flood damage and ease pressure on the Public purse for priority should be Given to halting new development in the until this Folly is corrected no amount of Advance flood warning or insurance will he airman offering discounts air Canada announced yesterday a major ticket Sale on Domestic and foreign flights taken Between 14 and 29 to fill seats that would otherwise go the airline said in a statement that effective it is offering ticket discounts of up to 63 per cent on flights within under the new a ticket to Van Couver from Winnipeg taken on the 30 Days reservation at the new rate is compared to full the new discounts show a less dramatic saving when compared with existing 30day reservation flights Winnipeg Van Couver for unlike existing the new tickets Are not restricted to midweek Winnipeg to Toronto will be As compared to the regular Economy re turn fair of a Winnipeg London flight will show the most dramatic saving under the new with a transatlantic fare dropping to from air Canada noted the new fares Are subject to government Arena safety report expected next week Chicago engineering consultant Al Gouwens will mail his final report to Winnipeg next week on the safety of the Winnipeg Arenas new Gouwens Arena engineering specialists and was retained by the City after University of Manitoba Engineer ing professor Glen Morris questioned the safety of the Gouwens inspected the balconies 22 after cracks had been discovered in the Concrete where the new decks Are anchored to the Arena the which seat a total of were closed for 19 Days and reopened to hockey fans at a press conference mayor Bill Norrie said Gouwens final report on the safety of the balconies was expected in about two then on superintendent of building inspections Fred Nicholson said it was expected at the end of the a building inspections division spokesman said Gouwens has informed Nicholson his report will be completed monday and will be in the mail late tuesday or Early wednes Nicholson will review the report wednesday and thursday and on Fri Day there will probably be a Public the spokesman ;