Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 13, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1980 3 draft report on school act approved by Arlene Ftp Zlinkoff and Joe Rubin after 90 minutes of debate members of the legislative committee on privileges and elections narrowly approved the passage of a draft report on Public hearings held for the pro posed Public schools act and Educa Tion administration the Bills were introduced during the 1979 legislative but were with drawn for additional study after Public their final form will not be known until they Are introduced in the coming beginning next thurs six Days of Public hearings were held in october and the five Page report from those listing More than 60 delegates and summarizing their was presented to the com Mittee for although the report made no recon representatives of the Manitoba association of school trustees and the Manitoba teachers so organizations which appeared at the Public hearings said they Are confident education minister Keith Cosens will heed some of their at a Home and school workshop held last night to discuss the Mast Norman har vey said he had High Hopes there will be Many but i have no idea what they will teachers society general Secretary Bob who also attended the said there Are indications one of the changes will involve the special needs Section of the proposed Public schools during the hear Ings there was repeated criticism of a clause in the Bill requiring school boards to provide special education programs for the handicapped As far As is possible and to had local news plan to cover sidewalks to go to City an estimated million plan to enclose in Glass the sidewalks on both Sid of downtown Ponape Avenue will be presented next monday to Environ ment Richard owner of Richard Brooker Fine 339 Portage a got the idea last year and it has been fermenting for some since most of the merchants in the nine blocks Between fort Street and memorial Boulevard like the he decided to see what the cites politicians architect Mel past presi Dent of the downtown Winnipeg Asso a group of downtown business and professional has drawn conceptual pictures of the glassed in Brooker said the enclosed sidewalks would make life More palatable downtown and would help retailers along the prime commercial strip com Pete with suburban shopping the Glass would extend to the curb and would Rise about 20 feet above the he an alternative to the proposed skywalk the glassed in Side walk would have a modest heating and air conditioning in Winter people would still have their Coats and in the Block Zyblock enclosures would receive residual air conditioning from the pedestrians would go outside through doors in the Glass when they wanted to Cross an intersection or Board a Brooker adding that some details such As How to accommodate bus stops Haven been completely the according to an architects rough would be per Block on each Side of the he Brooker envisions the provincial and Federal governments each Contri buting one third of the and tax assessments for merchants would Rise to help defray the cites Brooker said he didst want to create a controversy about the idea before City councillors even have a Chance to hear about it next i dont want to get the politicians upset before Treyve had a Chance to assess suicide attempt linked to time spent in lockup by Brian gory after his clients second suicide at tempt in three a City lawyer said he will try to prevent the mans return to the Public safety building Donald of no fixed is under treatment at the health sciences Centre for injuries suffered when he tried to hang himself with a Sheet monday Midnight in his fourth floor that attempt came Only a week after he was returned to the lockup after trying a similar attempt the first he was treated for Given psychiatric counselling and sent Back to the Public safety Reid is being held for trial March 17 on a charge of shoplifting a pair of Blue jeans last summer and failing to appear on a specified court he was arrested his Randy said yesterday Reid had refused a bail hearing because he Doest believe he will be released on his own recognizance and he Doest know anyone who will guarantee As late As last Mcnicol Reid was and responded he was satisfied with the downtown lockup and didst want to be moved to Hea Dingley correctional he also again refused a bail both Edmonton and police have outstanding theft related charges against Mcnicol and those charges will be sent Here for dispose Reg the provincial supervisor of the also expressed concern yesterday for reids although Reid was placed in a Well patrolled he that did not prevent his suicide when guards found a Sheet was Strung around the upper bars and Reid was breathing his pulse was Reid is the first person to try to take his own life since the province took Over control of the lockup from the City in the fall of forester he described Reid As very serious and with a slight Mcnicol said he will ask provincial court Friday to order Reid be Given another 30day psychiatric then he May request a hearing on reids fitness to stand been stated that the qualifying phrase would permit school boards to avoid their responsibility to the Handi in debating the hearings new democratic party members maintained the report failed to reflect the negative reaction of Many Ron Mcbryde the Pas and Bud Boyce Winnipeg Centre said the hearings had been a soft belly a where government Las listened to the but did not participate in the the tactic was charged nothing much has been done to make the Public aware of the government the new democrats said the draft report failed to reflect the Public displeasure or the governments intentions and Mcbryde moved that the report include a paragraph stating that the committee was aware of the majority dissatisfaction and recommending that the minister make sub Stantial and significant Cosens said after the sub Stantial is a matter of personal inter after the conservative majority Defeated Mcbrides they changed their own motion by recommending that when Jeff Ida Omalley struts his stuff yesterday at the University of Winnipeg on his Way to the first annual male Beauty he scored nine of 10 possible drafting the revised the education minister would give consideration to the various matters which had been brought to the attention of the Cosens said treatment of special needs and other matters would have to await the introduction of the Legisla but his department would carefully examine the presentations where would make the appropriate he refused to take the nip criticism stating Noth ing had been done during their eight years in Power to bring the school system up to Beauty contest for men Only the hip grinding Winner wore Only a red Garter Black Black a Black Vest and a red Bow but the scanty attire and crowd pleasing antics were enough to gain nine of a possible 10 Points from the al female judging panel and give Jeff Ida Omalley the University of Winnipeg first annual male Beauty contest who posed on a table in front of a crowd of women while television and still cameras whirred and clicked around was among seven beauties who strutted their stuff in front of a boisterous crowd of students yesterday who jammed a lunchroom to watch the male and female spectators agreed the contest was Good female spectators said they didst think the men were being if they thought they were being sex Why did they go into it in the first place asked an 18yearold Sci ence i would like to have seen a Little More one girl Competition for u of m they say All the Good looking Guys Are at the University of said following a Brief appearance on the makeshift contestants some to varying in women clothing were each asked two questions by master of ceremonies Kevin Omalley reacted sheepishly to his in i want to get some clothes he earlier said he was entering the contests for kicks and demonstrating one thing men Are not sex of Omalley will tick ets to a basketball game and food coupons As what were the female judges looking for i dont think you could write one the we always look for the commented Gail student entertainment coordinator said the men would be judged for their imagine intelligence and sex of parking ticket link to licence urged by pamela1 Fayerman the City is considering looking into a system which would prevent motorists with outstanding parking tickets from renewing their licences or vehicle Reg civic finance committee May exam Ine the matter following a recommendation yesterday by the Winnipeg police a similar which would have to be implemented is already operating in finance committee chairman Abe Yanofsky said the concept could be adopted by City Council a minimum of three months from now should a feasibility study be my personal first reaction is that it sounds worthwhile enough to but it wont be up to the City alone since amendments will have to be made to the Highway traffic Yanofsky Independent citizens election com the legislation now states that per sons convicted of traffic offences who do not pay the Fine and costs within the allowed time shall be notified by the registrar and the registrar shall thereupon suspend the licence of the person convicted or disqualify him contractor jailed 3 years for fraud a private contractor who duped two Winni Eggers and one heading Ley fam ily into paying him for Concrete laying work he didst do was sent to Penitentiary for three years yester provincial court was told Michael William promised to dig basements and Lay he extracted half the fee from the people sent two Young men to Start a then left the even the two men we rent Sabaroff was arrested in Edmonton and returned to Winnipeg on two charges of false pretences and one of police also found he owed in restitution for similar Capers from the past and had paid Only of that noting Kaba offs fraud record goes Back to judge Graeme Garson put Little Faith in the defendants claim that his Good Edmonton Job would now make restitution he ordered one year in jail on each it looks like those people Are out Crown counsel Paul stunt lamented outside you cant sue a Guy who in the trustees to study briefs on French by Laurie Streich parents pressing for French Immer Sion in the school division got partial commit ment for the program from the school Board last the Board voted unanimously to refer two briefs and three petitions presented by the parents groups to the education committee for further a preliminary timetable and sequence of events will be tabled in two about 75 people attended the meeting and a spokesman for one parents group said she Felt positive about the boards she pro Mise to Monitor the Progress in the next few weeks to ensure they i expected they approve it like Pat spokesman for kindergarten and Grade 1 they committed themselves Only As much As they had there Only guaranteeing a closer look Orloff said there was no ques Tion the Board would implement the program by they have Treyve been Peti she said the Board would face a court hearing if they refused to implement the under the Public schools 28 students per Grade compels the Board to offer the two petitions have the Legal she a third petition for a Grade 2 class has Only 19 but has verbal commitment from an additional 15 Par of the school Loca Tion and whether busing is the briefs and petitions resulted from a meeting two weeks at tended by about 150 parents and Divi Sion residents and several although there has been some lobby for a program for More than two no real action was taken until last november when pamphlets were circulated and a request for a Survey to determine interest was the Board turned Down that request and earlier requests for surveys saying there was Little Community interest in a French immersion program in the i a further request in january for Board permission to circulate information about the Community meeting to elementary school principals was also Board policy does not allow any material not related directly to the school to be sent Home with the division currently buses French immersion students out of the Divi Sion paying about in nonresident fees for 58 trustee Gordon Mckinnon said the program would pay for itself because of additional Grants from the provincial a Cost study done two years ago recommended the establish ment and a Survey which was voted he the Board decided the Community want he there want much lobbying from parents at the the provincial government Grants to Start a French immersion pro Gram and an extra per Stu per Pupil Grants would also in crease because the divison Doest receive Money for students attending school outside the the groups have also requested a school in the West end of James be used because the majority of people surveyed live in that transportation would also be required to keep the program open to ail from obtaining a the proposed system would mean that there would be no need for court Yanofsky said a cos Benefit report will have to be undertaken and if it proves within Well take it to a justifiable Cost for implementing the new system could be As much As since it could be City police commission chairman Lorne Leech ice Valley said he has been advised by chief provincial judge Harold Gyles that traffic offences Are taking up too much time in the and the Ontario system should be the commission approved the motion after a Short discussion of the possible problems the City May face trying to implement the scheme by a computer Hookup Between the City and the provinces motor vehicle commission member Arthur John Ston estimated the City might be losing As much As a year due to unpaid traffic but George Par provincial said the figure is flt quite that summons a week in we were losing As much As in outstanding but it has since improved because of increased in we issued parking tickets and since notices have been sent for people who dont comply with we Are issuing summons a in a letter to the City police traffic superintendent Harry Forgie said said 1 feel this system would be effective if the motor vehicle Branch is wholly responsible for the notification of suspension and collection of if the police have to be involved in the would require too much time for this actual no police ;