Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 7, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1980 Council tells negotiators angered Over the provinces refusal to allot the City More Council lors fast night urged theft official Dele gation to get Tough i future Neotia its me to Taire the gloves John Angus to said to towing mayor Bill Nomes report of mondays lengthy meeting Between top civic politicians and provincial Cabinet the meeting yielded an announcement that the province would increase is Grant to the Winnipeg am balance service by about to about leaving the City to subsidize the balance of the operations projected deficit for this Council responded last night by instructing the official delegation to go Back to the province and request 5050 costs dring of the ambulance the which included the Deputy mayor and the four standing committee als6 came away from mondays meeting with the Assurance that the province would not provide special funding for the Purchase of new transit buses or a proposed two Way radio system for the such costs would have to come out of the annual Block Grant million for Noffie Premier Sterling Lyon indicated consideration would be Given to cos sharing certain capital Angus and other councillors accused the official delegation of being soft in its bargaining with the senior govern Are we really doing Public relations or Public pressure work of Are we merely going through the motions asked Joe Zuckett no negotiation goes the prov Ince simply says this is it Zuken noting Lyon and Urban affairs minister Gerry Mercier promised a few weeks ago that nothing would be added to the Block Grant announced in Early Norrie said the City was free to ask for whatever it wanted and agreed it was legally entitled to request shares of certain provincial but the government has the final we aggressive in making ouf needs known to the provincial gov but the fact is they dont agree with the mayor councillors offered a number of suggestions to pressure the province to provide extra Alan Wade Dame said 1980 property tax Bills should carry a disclaimer noting any increase in the Levy was the pro Vinces the City have to take the rap for the provinces failure to provide adequate funding or additional sources of Wade those Bills could contain a asking property owners if they would prefer higher taxes of More provincial Aid for the Cyril keeper Al Ducharme ice Ejlert Lawn suggested the City consider buy ing its transit buses from a company other than provincially owned flyer and official delegation member lome Leech ice Seine Valley feed a More drastic we have an ultimatum can threaten to he local news Argyle students hit closing plan about 85 students from Argyle Many of them angry and Emo confronted Winnipeg school division trustees yesterday about the proposed dosing of their school build last about 30 students and parents attended a similar meeting at the special alternative program the parents echoed Many of the con Cerns expressed by their children ear Lier in the Day about the affect on the special program offered by the school if it is moved to classrooms within an other reassures parents but trustee Les Slingsby reassured parents the Board has never considered changing the problems arose when trustees at tempted to assemble Parent representation for a school facilities planning committee which with representation from All parties will study and report on what should be done with the Only three of the parents at the meeting actually lived in the school division when 60 per cent of the Popula Tion dwell within its those who live outside Send their children to the school to take the pro but pay taxes to another Divi Parent representatives it was decided one Parent from out Side the division would join three Indi vision parents As representatives on the at the afternoon meeting with Stu dents and staff in the school at 30 Argyle some students expressed James free press Winnipeg school trustee Les Slingsby standing explains the proposal to close Argyle school to concerned concern that the proposed move to an empty Wing of Aberdeen school would destroy the program concept and the closeness of the Small despite reassurances by trustees that the Only link with Aberdeen main building was an emergency Stu dents said in interviews after the meet ing they feared their sharing of the gym and workshops with Aberdeen students and argyles openness compared with Aberdeen rigidity would create jealousy with fights erupting Between Stu dents As a the meeting was the second to follow the naming on 15 of Argyle and three other schools with High overhead and Low enrolment for possible Consoli Dation or closing in Well be on their student Randy Batson Well be using their their they might not want to share Argyle a Small but id rather have less facilities than less another student staff while they expressed concern about the size and condition of facilities at stressed that the people not the building make the pro but some teachers wondered whether the division would be willing to pump or into the old school for science and Art the old building at Aberdeen was built about teacher Brian Mckinnon is it economically feasible to go from one old building to another ill go anywhere with the Art teacher Lorraine Wright As suming we get at least As much As we have Wright said she thought some of the family like atmosphere would be lost because Aber Deen is a three Storey building com pared to one floor at we wont be As free to go from class to class As we arson one the divisions planning and building committee had proposed the move be cause Argyle lacks both a gymnasium and science facilities and class rooms must be shared by different the space in Aberdeen Wing has 16 instead of the nine class rooms now shared by the 138 mixing questioned at the evening one Parent questioned said mixing Argyle Stu dents with others at another school would not work like mixing Pri Mary classes with primary school principal Jim who had discussed argyles shortcomings with trustees and other Argyle teachers was partially responsible for preliminary selection of i think the move would be beneficial to the he said in an inter this school has no is its built for elementary kids and there Are two teachers in each classroom doing different some of the students Here Are just afraid of change whether or not its Good for the school in a Shack at the evening Beaque said 40 per cent of our attending population go to school in a a stack Wall on the school i dont think there is another place that would be allowed to operate like stressing efficient use of facilities throughout the chairman of the planning and building assured students no Deci Sion had been made on the matter and that these meetings were being held to discover Dave free press review of City police gets final approval an Independent review of the operations of the Winnipeg police depart ment is expected to begin by mid March As Council gave final approval last night to the tendering for the study has already begun and will close applicants will be asked How quickly they can finish the Broa based study and at what Council has already allocated for the major recommendations will hopefully be ready by the end of Quebec Resolution City Council last night officially re solved to ask the people of Quebec to vote to stay in confederation in the upcoming referendum City Hall notebook Reservoir gets Okay construction of a new Wilkes Avenue Reservoir will Likely begin in late april after Council approved the million project last a 30milliongallon facility will be built on the site of the existing North the present 40mil lion gallon South cell will continue in work is scheduled for completion by the end of the court asked to change Trust fund award terms the University of Manitoba has asked court of Queens Bench to vary the terms of a Trust fund which would permit the University to use the Trust Money to award scholarships to male the Money was left to the University in 1976 by former student Vernon rho of Nova he made two similar bequests to Harvard University and Acadia Only graduate English literature students Are eligible for Rhodenizer the Trust states they must be University Secretary Robert Rae Burn said the University is most anxious to use the scholarship but it cannot do the administration of the Trust in accordance with its present terms would contravene the policy of the Raeburn said More than half the students enrolled in courses eligible for the scholarship since 1968 were the University has not awarded scholarships from the fund and the Money is collecting he the University motion is scheduled for a court hearing Raeburn said yesterday if the motion is not the Trust fund will not be he said it would be Al Lowed to lapse and the Money returned to Rhodenizer prorated pet fees do owners who registered their pets with the City last year will be eligible for a prorated fee in under the fee schedule adopted by Council last such owners will pay for a sterile dog and for All regular fees Are and new group approved creation of a civic emergency response organization was approved yesterday by City the organization will include an emergency control an emergency planning and operations committee and an operations staff for Manning an emergency operations health plan gets Okay experimental occupational health program for psychologically or physically troubled City along with a budget allotment to set it were approved yesterday by City an occupational health officer and occupational health nurse will be hired on a two year contract basis to help set up the steam Plant to stay approval for continued operation for Winnipeg Hydro Amy Street steam heating Plant for five More years was Given yesterday by City operation of the Plant will be Contin gent on provincial waiver of a clean environment commission limit on particulate emissions from the to be met by firefighters work to free a girl pinned beneath the 10ton train engine that hit her last girl Lucky to be alive after being hit by train fined total of 50 new standards passed a Winnipeg lawyer who pleaded guilty to three charges under the in come tax act was ordered to pay fines totalling yesterday or spend 30 Days in Ron Carbert failed to remit in income tax deducted from yes Between May and june of failing to remit income tax carries a minimum Fine of for each of Crown counsel Bob Mcmechan said a former Crown received two verbal warnings from reve nue Canada in a warrant for his arrest was issued after he failed to appear in court speaking on his own said yesterday he was in court in Boniface at the time and forgot to judge Ian Ubienski said since the offence occurred during a three month it appeared to be a continuing court was told All the Money was eventually paid to Revenue proposed new standards for height limitations on buildings around the provincial legislature in the area bounded by Roslyn Carlton Colony Street and Mary Avenue were approved yesterday by City the proposed zoning text changes would impose height limits of from 34 to 76 metres on buildings in the a Public meeting of the City Centre fort Rouge Community committee has yet to consider the new plan before it receives final a 17yearold girl was in critical condition Early today after being struck by a in freight train and dragged 75 Yards beneath the 10ton the identified As Sharon Marr of Vincent was rushed to Victoria Hospital for emergency surgery and was listed in critical police said she was suffering from multiple fractures and internal fire and ambulance Rescue Crews worked feverishly beneath the train for 30 minutes to free the who was pinned by the undercarriage at 10 a crowd of bystanders watched quietly from both sides of the tracks West of Pembina Highway at Winder Mere Avenue As police kept traffic Clear for an ambulance which was standing a fire department Rescue Crew spokesman said any jacks it had have lifted the they squeezed her out Between the Brake Springs and the he Shes Damn Lucky to be he said it appeared some of her clothing was a Man who claimed to be a in employee telephoned the free press last night to inquire about the girls condition said the engine was rolled infants death leads to charge a 28yearoldman has been charged with assault causing bodily harm Fol lowing the death of an 18monthold baby girl who died in Hospital Richard William Rice was remanded one week in provincial judges court yesterday and was released on his own police say Michelle Dawn Fenwick was admitted to Hospital 1 with numerous bruises and died shortly cause of death has not been Forward slightly to free her which was caught under one of the if you know what i know its a Miracle the girl he theres no room for a person to go under that a who asked not to be said he was sitting in his car at the crossing when he saw the girl attempt to Cross the tracks from East to he said he realized the girl had been struck by the train when it ground to a halt about 250 feet North of the intersect they knew they hit a in spokesman who interviewed the train Crew said they were approach ing the crossing and sounding the engine whistle when the girl was the spokesman said the girl was but crying As workers at tempted to free As far As we she appeared to see the i would think saws wry fortunate to be ;