Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 20, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg fret press monday. April 20.1981 Little rainfall expected by Glen Mackenzie Manitoba Farmers will have to wait another week for enough rain to do them any Good says Mike Shewel. A supervising forecaster with Environ ment Canada. Clouds that dump rain on Manitoba form in the Colorado and Utah areas Shewel said yesterday but nothing will apparently hit Manitoba from that source this week. He said 1.6 centimetres of Snow fell saturday in Winnipeg. The equivalent is 0.4 Millimetres of rain. Dauphin received two centimetres of Snow and Gimli three centimetres Shewel said. He said the dust storms that have plagued Saskatchewan and Southwest Ern Manitoba during the past two weeks Aren t Over As winds of up to 50 Are expected to hit Southwest Manitoba today. Eight injured at least eight people were injured in Saskatchewan last thursday in two Multi vehicle accidents caused by dust storms along Highway 11, about 100 Kilometres Northwest of Regina. Visibility was Cut to almost nothing by dust storms stirred up by winds which reached 100 fifteen vehicles including a Semi trailer truck were involved in one of the two Chain reaction collisions at Craik. Six people were injured in the mishap. Thirty minutes later two people were injured in an eight car crash about 20 Kilometres Down the Road. Ramp spokesmen in Brandon and Dauphin said yesterday that no dust related accidents have been reported in their areas. The dust in the air is dangerous for people with such respiratory ail ments As chronic bronchitis and asthma. It can get into air passages and cause breathing difficulties. Temperatures this week Are expected to reach to during the Day and dip to to at night the Normal High for this time of year is the Normal Low Shewel said. Forest fires meanwhile the Forest fire season has started Early in Manitoba this year. Bill Shipley supervisor of Forest Protection said 21 fires had been reported by saturday largely in Eastern Mani Toba compared with none by the same Date in or 1978. In 1977, when Spring came Early 213 fires had been reported by this time he said. Shipley said fires were reported in Manitoba in 1980. There were More than in 1977, the record year he said. A spokesman for the Winnipeg fire depart rent said yesterday about 25 grass fires were reported in Winnipeg during the weekend. Most were in the Charleswood and St. James Assiniboia areas and none caused great damage he said. Trapper sees life in a tent As sensible Way Veteran trapper Ragner Jonsson 81, at his tent Home near a Remote Northern Manitoba Lake. By Bob Lowery Umipeg free press Lynn Lake easter dinner for trapper Ragner Jonsson 81, was like any other Day Whitefish Tea and his own special Brand of Bannock. His dinner guests included four 110 Pound huskies and a four month old female Pup named Susu. It s been 43 years since Jonsson took to the far reaches of Manitoba s North country. During most of this time he s moved from Camp to Camp on Nuel tin Lake which extends across the North Ern Manitoba Border into the Northwest territories. Last fall he set up Camp on a Remote Lake North of Here which is accessible Only by plane Power Toboggan and dog team. The five foot six Inch swedish born Veteran still lives in a tent about six feet in diameter and just High enough for him to stand in. Last fall Jonsson was offered the use of a nearby winterized Cabin. He accepted the offer for a few weeks but As soon As the Snow began to Fly he returned to his tent. It s the Only sensible Way to live up Here. It takes a helluva lot less Wood to keep it he said. The Independent minded trapper was also offered a Load of Wood which he refused. I can look after myself and besides i need the work to keep me a fresh Snow this week the Lake by Jonsson s tent is still in the grip of Winter with plenty of fresh Snow and sub Zero tempera Tures. As a gesture of hospitality he invited several visitors to join him in his tent for a talk which lasted More than two hours. The furnishings consist of a Small Iron Wood stove and an assortment of sleeping bags which act As chairs and Beds. Lighting comes from a kerosene lamp consisting of a Wick Holder set on a tin can. The Wick Burns without a Glass Shade to protect it. Jonsson spends Many hours each night Reading without the distraction of television or radio. His sight has been dimmed by cataracts but he says it has improved Over the last month. A conservation officer had brought him a magnifying Glass but Jonsson returned it saying he no longer needed it. Jonsson s Reading material consists mainly of used magazines which he keeps filed away with other precious documents Between the support poles of the tent and the outer covering. Too much War talk he says he reads and he thinks continuously. From his Vantage Point he feels there is too much emphasis on the threat of War. It seems to me people Are too worried about the rus sians going to War. I feel they Are too dependent on North american Grain and Trade to risk anything like thai. They be also got China to worry Jonsson says world attention should be focused on trying to resolve Star vation pestilence and on the Canadian scene he says the Constitution is very important but it s hard to understand what the arguments Are All he feels inflation is the toughest problem facing most people in this country. Times Are changing but it s in a bad Jonsson said he feels he s out of reach of most of the effects of inflation. Up Here you can Start out with 25 cents in your pocket in the fall and still have it there in the he said. Jonsson s greatest worry is the plight of the Caribou herds which he says Are dwindling year after year. As far Back As 1941, i can remember or Caribou being slaughtered around Trad ing posts. It was something terrible. So much of the time people just wanted the hides and the meat was fed to the dogs. It s just As bad As clubbing Seal pups to death. The Only trouble is people Don t get so worked up about it Jonsson was unable to do much trap Ping this last Winter but he kept a fish net in the Lake to get enough food for his dogs and himself. It s a Battle to live up Here but i would t Trade it for anywhere else in the world. You work hard but the great things you have no but Jonsson is looking ahead to next year. He s building a new dogsled and is busily cutting out a new pair of Cross country skis from Black Spruce logs. U of m administrative studies zoology department Heads named Roland grandpre has been appointed Dean of administrative studies at the University of Manitoba. Grandpre has specialized in business administration marketing Small Busi Ness management and consulting methods. Currently associate Dean for continuing education at the Owen graduate school of management at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee he replaces j. D. Mundie whose five year term expires june 30. Grandpre was executive director of the Manitoba Institute of management in Winnipeg from 1967 to 1977. In another appointment the u of m named or. John Henry gee a specialist in the ecology of fishes As head of the zoology department for a five year term starting aug. 1. Gee joined the u of m in 1966 As a Post doctoral fellow. In 1973 and 1974 he was a visiting scientist at the smithsonian tropical research Institute in Panama. The sounds of being there weather City Calendar a two Day workshop designed for persons who teach adults in informal voluntary settings will be held saturday and sunday at the training Centre in Gimli. For further information Contact Marjorie Hay of the University of Manitoba s continuing education division 508 University Centre. St. John s Cathedral will present an easter festival of lessons and carols on the resurrection of our lord at . Sunday at the Cathedral Anderson Avenue East. More than 80 people attending the Winnipeg Bible College and theological Seminary will be honoured at graduation 81. Ceremonies will begin at 3 . Sunday at Calvary Temple 440 Hargrave Street. The Public is invited. Music system deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast sunny. Winds increasing to southerly 50 Kwh this afternoon. Today near 15. Low tonight near 2. Mainly Cloudy and Wanner tuesday with a High near 20. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba occasional Cloudy periods wednesday otherwise mainly sunny through the period. Temperatures above Normal. Normal High 12. Low -1 Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness wednesday and thursday. Chance of a Shower wednesday. Mainly sunny Friday. Temperatures above Normal. Normal High 8. Low to. Northwestern Ontario Cloudy wednesday. Mainly sunny thursday and Friday. Temperatures above Normal. Normal High 10. Low temperatures Canada and the world National Victoria. Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton. Reolena. Winnipeg. Kenora. Brandon. Daunt in. Thunder Bay Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax International Chicago. Minneapolis. New York. Boston. Amsterdam. Athens Berlin Helsinki. Lisbon. 17 ii 16 18 12 i 0 19 7 20 6 7 10 16 17 11 i 16 25 11 5 17 Clear. 29 21 Miami fair 27 n Bermuda air a u Nassau fair 27 19 Kingston partly Cloudy. 32 23 Barbados partly Cloudy. 30 23 Havana partly Cloudy 27 20 Winnipeg temperature companions Max. Man. Mean april 19. 15.2 -5.8 4.7 last year. 29.9 7.5 18.7 Normal. 10.4 -1.1 4.4 highest on record 29.9 in 1980 lowest on record -12.2 in 1874 Max. Man. Mean april 19. 4.7 -6.4 -0.9 last year. 20.5 1.9 11.2 Normal. 11.1 -1.7 highest on record 27.2 in 1952 lowest on record -14.4 in 1928 total for april 1 to april 19 16.3 Millimetres. Normal 13.9 my. Armit Frances of 30 Cabot Crescent. Behr Margaret. 73. Wife of Edward Behr. Boyle Stephanie Kay 2, of 521 Annalyne Avenue daughter of Reid and Shirley Boyle. Curle Helga a. Of 395 Martin Avenue West wife of Charles Curie. Den Adel Josol 67, of 753 Consol Avenue husband of Cornelia Den Adel. Geiger Martin 60, of 18 Westdale place husband of Anna Geiger. Gobeil Arthur 76, of 7 Vin cent Massey Boulevard Hus band of Augustine Gobeil. Gough Richard 86, of Beausejour. Husband of Chrls sle Gough. Helgason Gudny Ingibjorg 72. Of Arnes wife of Joe Hel Gason. Hykawy Peter Steve 86, of Teulon formerly of Arborg. Husband of Dora Hykawy. 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