Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fate deceit Ibex Cori Davidson Brenda Descuteaux and Cathy with son Are service hens wives concerned about rents worry servicemen by Pamela Fayerman rents on housing units at Cana Dian forces base Winnipeg have recently increased from seven to 18 per cent while the latest salary increase for servicemen was to per this worries servicemen and their wives Here who say they Are finding it difficult to make ends while cab Winnipeg rents Are among the lowest in the wives of servicemen say some of the Homes on the base Are so poorly Insu lated they Are paying Between and per month for heating Bills in the High heating Bills Cathy wife of a said she considers their rent reason Able at per but she said their heating Bills average in Winter months and one Bill went As High As Phyllis the wife of another said that even with the thermostat set at 75 degrees in her four two Storey there Are cold drafts coming through the windows and the bedrooms Are like we walk around upstairs in Bare feet since the floors Are so she complaints about insulation prob lems during a free press Survey of 12 households at the base were from ten ants of Homes leased to the govern ment by metropolitan properties a Winnipeg real estate Deve forty per cent of the 988 base Homes Are leased from metropolitan which built the Homes from 1954 to 1956 for the Craf under an agreement that the government lease them for 40 change according to base accommodation officer Homes leased from metropolitan properties Are but below today High he said they Are occupied primarily by servicemen in the lower ranks the remainder of the owned by the department of National Are occupied by senior Matt metropolitan maintenance worker on the said the Walls in the houses were insulated with r7 fibreglass theres no room for any More in the Walls or they be he it would be easy to insulate to put r20 in the attics and then there would be a but dont believe anyone who tells you there paying for if they its be cause they didst pay their Bills for a few if there cold they should turn the heat Diespecker said houses on both the Why Tewald and Kenaston bases were built in the but the depart ment is encouraging gradual modernization of government owned Homes by insulating and basements As Well As replacing win refrigerators and Gas stoves with current Stephen vice president of metropolitan said com plaints about insulation have never been made known to the Basic problems there Are some very Basic prob lems with houses designed according to 1958 he in very much in favor of insula but weve never heard of any if people bring it i guess we could talk about it improved rents in Winnipeg Range from per month for a two bedroom to House to for a two Storey rents Are based on Canada mortgage and housing corporation Diespecker said the average per month increases 1 were made to allow for us to catch up on the 1978 shelter the Chc last appraised the houses in Basing the appraisals on commercial rents in the local while servicemen based in Winni Peg Are not As hard pressed As those in where rents recently went up by As much As 40 per defence minister Allan Mckinnon has said he favors the same rents across the in 57 servicemen applied to leave the forces because of the rent hikes and some Are on Ron director of Winnipeg social said Are no servicemen Here getting income As but he did receive one inquiry last week when the situation in Calgary was a report being prepared in Ottawa is expected to recommend changes to the entire Mckinnons press Secretary Don Lory said the report has been delayed and will come out in about a week and a he said there Are Many inconsistencies in the housing system which have caused unhappiness among servicemen across the Winnipeg rents could even be who knows Lory said in an interview from adding he didst want to hypothesize on the situation until the report comes Juba Hopes to save orchestra denies hell abandon so Juba begins unveiling plan by Richard Garlick former mayor Steve Juba began unveiling his plan to save the Winnipeg symphony orchestra yesterday after denying a published report he would abandon the fundraising project aimed at erasing the sos i have no intention whatsoever of leaving the Job i have undertaken As a Juba told a news Confer ence at the Centennial concert he also described As an outright lie an article which appeared 4 in the Winnipeg Tribune claiming that the so had paid him to raise funds and that he was on his Way to Florida after raising Only he said he had complained about the Arti Arena balconies strengthening not approved Cle to Tribune publisher Bill Wheatley and was awaiting Wheatley response before deciding whether to proceed with Legal action against the Jubas plan Calls for the establish ment of a symphony orchestra association of Manitoba to encourage t greater Community membership in the association would Cost and Juba said hell sell memberships across in the he is hoping to attract members by next Spring in what he Calls phase one of his in phase membership would grow to he said he hoped membership forms would be ready in a the so is Ken free press looking for a Printer to do the Job for but if they cant find Well take the lowest Juba didst explain what benefits association members would say ing that he would announce details at a later Date when the Campaign needs some new life injected into asked How Long it would take to put the symphony Back on its he said give me a Juba said he is not depending on the from membership fees to get the so out of financial but he feels the show of Public support will encourage corporations and govern ment funding agencies to Start loosen ing there was no comment yesterday from building inspections superintendent Fred Nicholson office on whether he approves of new strengthening work being done to the balconies of the Winnipeg Winnipeg enterprises which operates the Aren stadium decided wednesday to Start the work on the balconies without Nicholson a we just dont want to discuss it at this said Carole Nichol sons chairman of the enterprises could not be reached yesterday for the decision to do the strengthening was made Early last month after a Well publicized engineering dispute about the safety enterprises member Eldon Ross ice Deer Lodge said yesterday the corporation decided this week to go ahead with the work so As to Cut financial losses from not having the balconies filled for hockey the balconies seat but because of doubts about their safety they were closed for 19 Days before being reopened 10 to the corporation Hopes to Complete the strengthening work by next Friday and get Nicholson approval in time to fill the decks for the sellout game next saturday Between Winnipeg jets and Montreal Nicholson is still await ing the final report from Chicago Arena engineering consultant Al Gouwens on the Arena safety enterprises is not pleased that Gouwens final report is about months Brown said yesterday Gouwens promised Nicholson the report would be in his hands approximately by next were hoping for wednes she news bus fare i ahead if City Doest tap new funding the cites director of streets and transportation warned yesterday that Winnipeg transit fares for adults could Rise to by 1985 unless other sources of Revenue Are Harry bums told a special civic works and operations committee meeting on transportation that the fare should stay at 40 cents at least until Burns said Council raise fares again until it is ready to charge adults 50 the last increase came in May of this rather than increase Burns the City should promote greater use of transit and find alternate Means of Revenue to pay for the user fees Are expected to pay million of transits operating but the shortfall is not a deficit its a Cost of providing ser said Harry president of the amalgamated transit local the cites 568 buses will carry an estimated million riders this 62 per cent of whom have no alternative Means of Jarvis City transportation planning Engineer he said 67 per cent of the transit budget will go toward wages and Bene fits with the rest being spent on material and whose Union represents suggested a number of Way of improving one rec Mirien Dation urged a traffic Warden by Stern under which personnel would ticket illegally parked cars around bus he said there Are Many complaints from riders about buses stopping too far from the and its because of cars parked in the bus Stop this is a major problem for Cohen and a Fine is not sufficient he urged the City to hit them with a or shelter vandals Cost City vandalism of Winnipeg transit bus shelters is costing taxpayers about 000 each year its a very serious Charles transits transportation superintendent said smashed window damaged plastic roofs and other vandalism totals to the figure does not include the approximately 15 shelters which Are damaged annually in motor vehicle Acci the shelters Cost about Twenty to 24 broken panes of Glass on a weekend Are not la forme told a special civic works and operations committee meeting on the panes Cost to Tough Glass ineffective transit buys the most difficult to break Glass on the he but that still Doest he indicated the Well windowed Shel ters Are the lesser of two they provide patrons with a sense of Security knowing they can be seen easily from the but at the same time Are easy targets for with 305 shelters spread out among the bus stops throughout Winni constant surveillance is he known trouble do receive special the mostly frequently Shel ters Are located near High one was recently removed from near a Boniface school because of continuous damage to the he transits 50 heated shelters have their own special problems As they sometimes become hangouts or centres of antisocial behaviour which deters bus users from waiting committee instructed the administration to come with a plan for High Quality shelters which Are not Only less prone to but also differ ent to the shacks now in Cost to end split Day set at million it would Cost More than million to eliminate split shifts for Winnipeg transit system bus civic works and operations committee was told this would add 20 per cent to the systems operating said transit system schedules superintendent Robert and the Drivers would spend a lot of time not Ferguson told a special meeting on transportation that 439 of the citys641 bus Drivers work split Harry president and business agent for local 1505 amalgamated transit which represents transit said the Union has previously approached councillors about split but to no he said that though Hes had 20 years service with he still could not get straight shift work on it takes about 23 years before you can get a straight shift on he suggested a Union management schedules committee to work out sched As in welder John Lee works with a welding Torch on a beam which will stretch across the front Row of the Arena upper writing skills need polishing by Laurie Streich provincial government testing of Manitoba students writing skills has revealed that at least 50 per cent need the summary report of the writing assessment released yes recommended increased and consistent emphasis on writing skills and that students be required to do More and varied the report found students writing performance was acceptable on the average and that the majority of Stu dents in elementary and secondary grades can write effectively at the level expected for their the program was conducted last May As part of the department of educations ongoing program of assessment in major subject students were scored on word usage and mechanics and judged on a five Point scale by interpretation panels of educators and school Twenty per cent of the students tested were found to have a High level of writing proficiency 50 per cent of the students in four grades wrote at an effective level for their particular but needed some help and the remaining 30 per cent exhibited less than 13 per cent of the students in All four grades showed a considerable number of the report students in All Grade Levels tested were found weak in while performance in Basic Structure including was considered to be above expectation for students in each Grade few key aspects of writing were systematically weak on average for Stu dents at each Grade the report recommended d consideration of the findings for curriculum development d emphasis on a wide Range of writing writing expression and writing practice in other areas of curriculum o workshops for teachers to plan followup action d students do More pointed writing exercises aimed at specific purposes and audiences d special attention be Given to diag Nosis and instruction of students who Are not functional ;