Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press thursday june 25, 1981 Ltd business booming ramp say Slick marketing new clientele help push sales up an estimated 600% by Brian Cole Slicker marketing better Quality and a fresh clientele have helped boost sales of Ltd by As much As 600 per cent in the last year ramp Cpl. Peter Murphy said in an interview yesterday. The dramatic upturn is part of a general increase in drug use including cocaine and marijuana and has alarmed the ramp who Are still trying to penetrate the drug Hierarchy in Manitoba. Although Manitoba ramp were responsible for removing about million Worth of drugs including Ltd cocaine and marijuana the figure Only represents about 10 per cent of the total drug Trade. Despite the obvious risks of Deal ing in illegal drugs Murphy said there were hundreds of free Lance operators working the Manitoba Market and earning As much As a year. Murphy said the Rise in drug sales can be illustrated by the increase in Ltd seizures. Last year ramp seized about hits of Ltd with a Street value of about each. This year the department has seized More than hits of the drug. There has been an equally meteoric Rise in cocaine use he said. In one incident alone last year Dau Phin ramp seized 223 Grams of cocaine Worth about a Gram. A year ago that would have been unheard Murphy said. Large quantities although the police know most of the Ltd is manufactured in califor Nia and the cocaine is generally imported from South America they Are still unsure How dealers can get such Large quantities into the country. Ltd was relatively popular in the 1960s, but fell on hard times during the 1970s after it developed a bad reputation among Young people the chief users of the mood altering drugs. Ltd s recent Rise in popularity can be attributed to the fact that today s dealers Are using new sales techniques to sell a higher Quality drug to youth graduates from institutions to Federal prison by Kevin Prokosh a teenager who virtually grew up living ii institutions of the provincial probation system graduated to the fed eral Penitentiary yesterday when he was sentenced to 30 months for his part in a series of House break ins last March. Provincial. Judge Howard Collerman was told Benjamin Bonham 17, was the product of a chaotic and deprived childhood which was followed by years in government institutions. Bonham pleaded guilty to 11 charges of break enter and theft and two counts of possessing goods obtained by crime. All the break ins took place during a two week period last March and netted the youth and two male accomplices More than much of his present situation is the result of his unfortunate background his unfortunate upbringing the fact that he s been institutionalized for said Jurige Collerman. He s been passed from person to person Agency to Agency from social worker to social but the judge added that did t give him the right to break into people s Bonham has a history of related offences beginning at the age of nine the court was told. As a child Bonham developed feelings of rejection and abandonment As he was passed Between his Mother and father. He was neglected and abused sometimes being chained to veranda railings and placed in tubs of cold water said defence lawyer Marty Minuk. In 1977, a doctor from forensic services stated this is a 12-year-old distrustful angry boy with feelings of mild hostility directed toward adult figures and fathers in Partick since 1976, the youth has spent Only 10 months in a setting that was t some Type of institution said Minuk. Bonham since his first Contact with the police has spent time in the Knowles school for boys the Agassiz Centre for youth the Manitoba youth Centre and a Kalay a residence for people with alcohol and drug problems. 25% of beefs against ramp termed valid a number of youths who have yet to Experiment with it said Murphy. In an ironic twist the dealers Are packaging drugs in packages Bear ing drawings of Disney characters like Mickey mouse or goofy Murphy said. You can t get much straighten than he said. The new packaging idea is de signed to Appeal to children As Young As 11, Murphy said. It s almost he said. The drug is also of better Quality so you Don t get As Many Freak Many of the people buying the drug today weren t in the Market the last time the drug was popular. There Are an awfully lot of fresh people out Murphy said. Looking for a truck look at this 1981 Ford ton 6 Cyl. Automatic Power steering Power brakes . Mirrors . Battery bumper blk. Her. . Shocks fit rear cig output Heater. Stock Parkside Ford 2000 main trades Welcome 339-2001 about 25 per cent of the 175 complaints lodged against the ramp in Mani Toba during 1980 were legitimate according to the department s annual report. The department received about 50 complaints of offi cers using excessive Force but Only two resulted in criminal charges of assault the report stated. About a dozen other charges of excessive Force were substantiated to some extent but were not serious enough to warrant criminal proceedings s. Sgt. Fred Ross said yesterday. The remainder of the com plaints include charges of inadequate police service and dissatisfaction with policy matters. The figures represent a de crease of about one per cent in the number of legitimate complaints. While the department is pleased with the decrease it in t anything to get excited about Ross said. He noted the level of com plaints and legitimate com plaints have remained relatively stable during the last few years. Ross said the number of complaints is relatively Low considering the nature of police work and the number of people that Are dealt with during the year. Correction ads for Southwood Chev. Olds that appeared in our newspaper june 18 and 24. Under the used car listing the thunderbird should Nail 1978 thunderbird we regret any inconvenience this May have caused. 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Steinman auctioneer appraiser member International society of appraisers National association of auctioneers phone 942-2297 total liquidation Selkirk nursing Home 133 Manchester ave., Selkirk Manitoba on sat., june 27 10 am. Having received instructions from or. Ken Kurbes executive director of the red River nursing Homes Ltd. We will sell by Public unreserved auction the following assets. Beds chairs tables time clock Book shelves 3m compact copier desks typing stand filing cabinets adding machine. . System Steno chairs night stands mirrors pictures bedding Linen Olivetti typewriter Small office Safe ., key Organ pots pans mixer Frost free fridge toasters deep freeze 250 Gal. Oil Lank water conditioners projector a screen. Hobart dishwasher stainless steel tables Gas stove Grill Kitchen cabinets curl piano air conditioner stereo was comat comm. Washers. Load Star dryer Rou Lemaster Dryar. Terms Cash lunch at nominal charge Ken Knight auctions in charge of this Sale Winnipeg office 783-0063 member Manitoba auctioneers Assoc. Executive director Canadian auctioneers Assoc. An you spot the Money Ere what is Money anyway r thide has existed throughout time. Some forms of payment have proved wildly impractical others wonderfully simple. Imagine this you walk into a supermarket and fill your Basket then you incl the manager and offer to pay for your groceries with a Wall hanging you be Woven yourself. If we did t have Money that kind of transaction would be common place. And very unwieldy. Yet the barter system was our earliest method of exchanging goods. People traded goods for goods they wanted. My wheat for your fur. My pig for your axe. As society became More com plex the barter system became ridiculously cumbersome. And it was inevitable that some one would invent Money. A form of Exchange in its simplest terms Money is an entitlement to goods and sen ices it is a piece of information which indicates to the person to whom it s handed that you Are entitled to a certain amount of the goods and sen ices he or she provides. These Days purchasing Power can be represented not Only by a Dollar but also by a Cheque drawn on your Bank account a credit card a Cable or even a computer Bleep. Throughout history and through out the world Money has taken weird and wonderful forms Jade Tea. Beads coconuts even whales Teeth were All regarded As valid units of currency. In the Early Days of Canada Wampum furs and playing cards were important Media of Exchange. Hut the most widely used Money was Grain cattle metals and shells particularly Bright ornamental sea shells called cowries which were used As a form of Money for thousands of years. Marco Polo discovered them in China and they be even turned up in North american Indian settlements. How Cash Canoe into being. The inventive chinese made coins As Early As everything in this picture represented Money at some Lime or another. 500 to 800 b. C. Out of Copper discs and stamped them to show their value. Cash a term which endures today was the name Given by British residents in the Kast to native coins of Small value and particularly to the Copper coinage of China. Of All the available metals Gold was among the scarcest. It was easy to Hammer into coins so it became the most accepted and desirable form of Money. Hut it was not without its prob lems old coins were impractical Tor Small purchases such As a loaf of bread and Gold in Quantity was Loo heavy to carry around conveniently so the Goldsmiths came to the Rescue. They began to store Gold and Issue receipts for it. Receipts became paper Money. Hie astute Goldsmiths soon realized that people rarely asked for their actual Gold. Most business took place via the Gold receipts. This was the genesis of paper Money. And it was Only a matter of Lime before some enterprising Gold Smiths started issuing receipts in excess of the Gold they actually on hand. From banknotes to cheques to credit cards. Again with banknotes the modern successor to Gold Large transactions were cumbersome so Banks offered Deposit accounts with chequing privileges. Accept cheques from other people on the Assumption that they have Money in the Bank to Back each cd Cuci it was a logical step from cheques to consumer credit cards. And the development of credit cards created yet another form of purchasing Power without visible Cash. Putting Money to work. Vlf we think of Money As nothing but a medium of Exchange we Overlook its most dynamic aspect. When Money has been saved it can be loaned or rented in this Way it can be put to work creatively to keep the Economy lowing. And when Money goes to work it helps us All. For instance How Many canadians would be unable to own their own Home if it weren t for savings that go into mortgage Loans i Low Many businesses would never open their doors 1 Low Many jobs would never be created How Many people would go without automobiles or refrigerators if they could t get credit human nature being what it is. We probably All think we re entitled to More Money than we have or than we earn. But next time you go shopping you can at least be thank Lii that you Don t have to pay Lor your purchases with Coco nuts seashells or a handful of whales Teeth. No. 2 in a series of advertisements to help you understand banking better. Canada s chartered Banks. Bank of Montreal Hie Bank of now Scotia Toronto Dominion Bank National Bank of Canada Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce me Koyal Bank of Canada the mercantile Bank of Canada Bank of British Columbia Canadian commercial Bank Northland Bank Continental Bank of Canada ;