Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december d economic slump forecast for Rural areas prof predicts construction Boom will grind to a halt by Manfred Jager a University of Winnipeg professor has predicted serious Stagna Tion in the development of wide areas of Rural Manitoba during the next two Anthony Kuz says the hard times be noticed particularly in dozens of towns and villages which now Are Middle of a mild construction Kuz came to his conclusions after several years study of the facilities and of 11 ranging from Winnipeg Beach with 500 Resi dents to Brandon with almost his research included what services were extended to residents and the Way they rated their own he discovered that for some which Are not fully Resi Board beaters do their bit a where a Black Belt is sponsored for every Inch of Board he is one of the methods a group of parents of children with Cleft lip and palate will employ next thursday to raise funds for its the concerned parents in Cleft lip palate Are using the karate Demon stration As Well As a bake Sale and at the University of Manitoba dental College to raise occurring in one in every 800 the condition is marked by a vertical split in the lip or palate which forms to the exposing the inner Muscles and leaving a Hole in the roof of the thirty to 35 children Are born in Manitoba with the plastic surgery is followed by dental therapy to pull Bones together move speech therapy May also be while the plastic surgery is covered by the dentistry is a currently before the Man Ftp a government asks for a prov inc wide registry of affected children so they can have Access to the followup coverage of the dental ser vices and coordination of the Neces sary speech the group plans to use the funds it raises to buy equipment such As special Cleft palate feeding As they plan to compile a comprehensive Cleft lip and palate handbook for Par dents become alienated from their communities in direct relationship with the rate of Community in an interview the Geo Graphy professor said the current Semi Boom conditions prevailing in Many Manitoba towns Are a direct result of the advancing age of the people living in the Rural areas sur rounding As people move into the towns from the they need Homes or nursing Homes and that where All this construction activity is coming depopulation a problem the problem is that nobody is re placing these As the country Side loses part of its population to the Small sooner or later the people moving from their farms will pass the result of this will be a depopulation of towns with nobody re placing the people who have passed away unless some Way can be found by which you could attract people from larger centres such As Winnipeg to move out into the Countryside and i dont foresee current according to the u of w spell particular trouble for communities with less than residents with Little or no possibility of sustaining enough economic activity to keep themselves going if there is a major drop in centres with populations of or More should have enough sustained growth to maintain their own economic Kuz transition period were going through a transition period in Urban centres throughout Rural a lot of these places Are retirement this can Only proceed for so eventually you wind up with these Urban centres Emp the professional literature always states that the larger the Rural Urban the greater the the greater the satisfaction level of its people Are Happy with growth because it affords their Community a larger which in turn spells better facilities and ser employment from the literature in geography we have known for a number of years that there is a direct relationship be tween the size of a Community and the happiness of its somehow this no longer holds Kuz said with almost scored top Marks for Infra facilities and services in Rural yet rated 70th among the 77 communities studied when the level of alienation Felt by residents was Mea University of professor Anthony Kuz claims several Manitoba towns Are facing a period of economic extrapolating from the Kuz said he would expect to discover that the group that would be the most highly dissatisfied in this City would be the people who live in Tuxedo and River Heights and other High socioeconomic they Are the people with the highest level of personal achievement and the highest level of expectations from their what it Means is that the Quality of life is not made up of its made up of family Job the level of pressure and stress they Are subjected to and so the people in Tuxedo have More of these stresses than the Man in the City Core they have More More they May have More family they would evaluate their position As being relatively a happier despite All the things they have around it follows that they would be unhappy regardless of where they looking into Winnipeg who published a Book about the cites first Century a few years said he sees no danger of Winnipeg not grow although i can see the growth rate slowing Down during the next few Between 1971 and our growth rate dropped to of one per cent a year from about per cent meaning it would take 125 years for the City to double its instead of finding that people want to stay in growing Kuz Dis covered in countless interviews that they Are dissatisfied and want to leave to bigger theoretically at said the pro it follows that even Winnipeg Gers would much rather live in larger centres such As Vancouver or Christmas Seal drive lagging the Manitoba lung association is concerned that it has achieved Only about half of its target for the 1979 Christmas Seal the association had taken in by the end of association executive director Ron Birt attributed the drop to a change in Campaign this the associations initial Appeal was to a method which will be followed up in late december by an addressed the Lack of an initial personal Appeal has been cited As the reason Why contributions have dropped weather City Calendar Wendy school of physical University of will give a seminar on fitness performance in Canadian National study at 3 7 in room 131 of the Basic medical sciences 730 William Winnipeg will hold a Winter eve Celebration begin Ning at 20 behind the Centennial a torchlight Parade and Public skating will be Chester professor emeritus of the English department at the u of will present a music appreciation program entitled the pleasures of music a lecture will be held from 2 to 12 in the lecture Jack Pollock of Pollock will give a Public lecture on the work of artist Norval Morrisseau at 11 in the Centennial Library 251 Donald Pollock is coauthor of the Book the Art of Norval the wednesday morning Musicale will present its Christ Mas program at 12 in holy Trinity anglican All saints anglican Church choir will be heard under the direction of Donald no David performance artist from will discuss and show examples of his work at 8 7 in Arthur Street 54 Arthur admission is he will also perform a current work at 8 8 at the deaths classified death blowing Snow Winnipeg area forecast weather advisory issued for Central and Southern mainly Snow beginning near Chance of freezing rain or rain this Snow accumulations near 3 winds Southwest 25 shifting to Strong Northwest periods of Snow and blowing Snow High today Low tonight blowing Snow will mean visibility reduced frequently to near sunny periods with Drifting Snow brisk Northwest High Friday Strong winds and falling temperatures will produce Modera Tely High wind chill extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny with moderating temperatures saturday and Northern Manitoba Windy and cold Snow and not quite so cold saturday and Northwestern Ontario Windy and colder Friday and Satur mainly sunny with moderating temperatures temperatures Canada and world National Victoria Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Thompson Kenora Brandon Dauphin Thunder 9av 12 8 8 5 8 2 3 6 2 3 j 4 s 1 3 my Winnipeg temperature companions mean 5 88 last 90 16 1 11 7 highest on retort 89 in 1939 Lowett on record in 1873 precipitation total Tor i to 5 Normal Anna of Lions widow of Otto Harold of 705 Strathcona husband of Katherine die of 121 Fraser husband of Gloria of 70 Garry formerly of Sas of 624 Balmoral Valerie of 820 Ash wife of Joseph of 100 Macdonald Joseph of 231 Goulet suite formerly of husband of Alice la of 253 Magnus Julia of 644 Victor wife of Charles John of Olive b of Salt Spring for Merly of Brandon and Winni widow of Donald of 336 Arnold husband of Clara of husband of Esther of 247 Ash wife of John Raymond Ferdin of formerly of Rose of 200 Aksum suite Hus band of Etta Nicole of 14 Briita suite infant daughter of Donald and Gloria William of 2205 Gallagher widower of Martha of 112 pipeline suite Hus band of Annie of Birds wife of Luke Stel Harry of 165 Dogwood suite of 549 Arlington of husband of Pauline of 209 Walnut husband of Margaret Cecil of husband of Mearl of Kel wife of Harold the news Manitoba 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