Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba August Locell violations Arnold Schwartz of a g Auto parts sits beside his jacked up Van holding summonses issued to four wheel drive police harassment four wheel drive vehicles target of Auto parts dealer says by Kevin Prokosh Riding High in their jacked up four wheel drive vehicles Are being Cut Down to size by a police according to Winnipeg Auto parts Arnold president of a g Auto said police harassment of owners of four wheel drive vehicles Are costing him and other store owners hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost he said police have parked in front of his notre Dame Avenue shop for up to three slowing considerably the Sale of parts to Jack up suspension and super size he said owners of High Riding vehicles Are being ticketed with increasing frequency this More tickets but traffic Harry Forgie said there has been no More tickets Are being handed out because there Are More vehicles on the Road with altered Mast of the tickets being issued Are for vehicles in violation of Section of the Highway traffic it states no person shall alter a motor vehicle so As to raise or lower the suspension system of the motor vehicle higher or lower than the height of the motor vehicle at the time of its Man fac going to Stop it in concerned with enforcing the said if we see a vehicle that is cranked up in the air the police Are going to Stop if you took the Highway traffic act As it reads you be Able to change a tire on your car at any Schwarz Forgie said jacked up vehicles lose much of their steering our main concern is we Are not concerned with Selling cars or parts for he if we have a vehicle which is going from one Lane to another at Over 32 we dont want it on the Road because not Only can it kill the occupants of the vehicle but it can kill someone he Schwarz said the products he Sells Are approved by the department of transport and Many of his suspension kits Are better and Stringer than Whit the manufacturers Schwarz said the height of a vehicle Doest effect its handling whats he said vehicles with altered suspensions or oversized tires Are responsible for few the reason for said is because we Are on top of we get them to take the Springs off or we get them off the what bothers Schwarz almost As much As the financial loss he said he is loosing sales of to a month is the manner in which the police Are ticketing these he said hours and hours of police time Are being spent watching for four wheel drive in a letter to the Deputy registrar of the motor vehicle Schwarz said police Are going As far As to stake out and watch for vehicles being moved and then trying to Issue suspensions and most Auto parts shops contacted yesterday Are feeling the effects towers reluctance to buy suspension kits and oversized Gordon for owner of the drag Mart Speed shop on notre Dame estimated he is losing a he said he has been told by four wheel Drivers that there is an area of town that seems to have a couple of overzealous enforcing Law but because one particular police officer gets overzealous you can t say Hes harassing and picking on us be cause it is a a which we Are paying him to said he said he would like to get to the Root of the problem and have the Law Schwarz and other Auto part dealers will circulate a petition to give to highways minister Don Orchard requesting changes to the Highway traffic Pawley get pay boost the provincial Cabinet has put the final Seal of approval on salary in members of his Cabinet and opposition Leader Howard under the Cabinet the pre lowest paid in Canada gets a boost in addition to the Las pay increase approved during the legislative session which Beard ended this the total increase will boost his pay to from Canadas highest paid Premier is Rene roue Becho total the order also provides Cabinet ministers holding responsibility for depart ments and Pawley a increase in addition to their higher Las it will boost their total pay package to the Only minister without de Mcguhy Wilt receive Las and Cabinet pay totalling the increases Are retroactive for this the raises were recommended by Justice Gordon Hall of the Manitoba court of Appeal earlier this he found the Manitoba Premier was the lowest paid in Canada and members of his Cabinet and the opposition Leader Thor Serend lowest paid across the coun while recent legislation boosted Las pay by a the salary Levels of the Premier and Cabinet ministers Are Cabinet by Cecil Rosner a lawyer representing the architect of the Fairlane Meadows townhouse which was gutted by fire May 20 has labelled As nonsensical and convoluted testimony which shows the Structure violated provincial building code Alan counsel for architect John made the comments while Cross examining provincial building standards officer Dennis Bea Cham at a Public inquiry into the fire he challenged a report Bea Cham prepared which showed the 32 unit townhouse violated building code regulations in a wide variety of Cate interpretations hit Macinnes took Issue with a number of definitions and judgments used by Beacham in his saying they didst coincide with common sense or Ordinary dictionary he suggested Many of the interpretations used we rent in accordance with other plan examiners a professional Engineer who has been with the labor depart ment for five defended his conclusions that the plans fell Short of required he said if he had examined the plans before the building was erected he would have required changes to be made and the Structure would have looked quite different in its final materials questioned the inquiry has been told the building used a number of materials which we rent adequately Insu lation used in the attic had erratic resistance to flames and was not on a the Beacham agreed that t rebuilding sought the Manitoba food and commercial Union is asking the Manitoba court of Queens Bench to declare that a arbitration Board decision entitles a Safeway employee to Wear a in a notice of motion filed 832 of the Union is asking the court to declare that Don Chapman May Wear his Beard on Day or night last an arbitration Board or dered Safeway to delete from its rec ords a written reprimand Given Chap Man following his refusal to shave off his ruling opposed the ruling was opposed by a later arbitration Board decision which said Safeway was justified in asking shelf Stocker Dennis last to shave his j when the Union appealed the last the court of Queens Bench dismissed the saying the Board acted without Bias and within its Juris diction in making the no beards Deci lawyer Roger Hansell has said he expects will probably have to comply with the last court both Chapman and last work at the Safeway store on Lanark Street and Corydon the unions motion is expected to be heard next code was subject to different interpretations and it May be possible for there to be differing views on the propriety of aspects of the construct did you not think it might have been prudent to determine whether some of your interpretations were broadly held Mac lilies Beacham re plied that he had been asked by the fire commissioners office to prepare a re port on the which he carried out without consulting anyone construction plans for the which is owned by metropolitan prop erties and managed by Castlewood were approved by the City of Winnipeg in the building was gutted in 20 when fire rapidly consumed wooden balconies and the exterior of the Struc each upper Storey unit in the town House has just one exit leading to a Balcony which also serves a second there Are two staircases leading from each Balcony to the the design of the building was criticized by fire chief Jack who said there Are not enough exits for the upper Macinnes said it was nonsensical for Beacham to consider the Balcony railing As the buildings exterior and he said it was convoluted to Call the Balcony a Public As Bea Cham Nestor lawyer for the City of also disputed Bea Chams allegations and said the City has the authority to allow substitute materials in buildings As Long As the intent of the building code is the inquiry was told that Winnipeg follows the Manitoba building but reserves for itself the ultimate author Ity in deciding How structures can be built in the proof required Beacham replied that the building code sets out absolute minimum Stan Dards and an architect would have to provide substantial proof and documentation to convince a plans examiner that he could substitute another Materi Al for something required in the Regula Bodnarchuk said it was All right for Loose fill insulation to be since the code makes mention of but Bea in the category of approved Alse disputed Beachamp claim that the carpet covering the Balcony was deficient in that in want approved by the Canadian standards he said the building code nowhere requires such lawyer Orest Lewood argued that an individuals interpretation is a Large Factor in determining whether aspects of construction plans comply with the build ing even Beacham and his imme if feed interpretation of the floor space in the he the inquiry was expected to continue today with further Cross examination of child diabetics at special Camp by Manfred Jager fifty three Winnipeg youngsters will spend 10 Days this month in a summer Camp which May affect them for the rest of their lives the age seven to Are victims of juvenile Onset Pat executive director of the Winnipeg Branch of the Canadian diabetes said her organi in cooperation with the Young mens hebrew has operated the childrens Camp education pro Gram for 22 years the Nymha Camp is located on Towne Uland in Lake of the just East of camping officials Are in outdoor activities Ballet in the Park a Large audience watches members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet perform in Assiniboine Park last night during the opening of this Aea Aone Ballet in the performances Are dated for today and tomorrow at and sunday at there Are three things which have to he away after a youngster the a teau Ace elude the skills to administer number of dietary measures and exer Cise the Point in the Camp program is to reinforce these skills and teach a num Ber of other things As including How to Deal with an insulin How to approach peer group differences Between diabetics and urine tests and injection site we want kids to for what to do if they get the flu and cant keep their food or when their blood sugar is suddenly up and they go into a condition known As Keio Acido Wallace said this years runs from aug 1424 will be the first such program involving a number of student nurses from Winnipeg Hospi hired to Leach diabetic manage ment to the Tafare Are diagnosed diabetics to hundreds of them Cut m children Lua nosed Wallace says to Maui Manv ;