Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Heinz study rankles paediatricians Winnipeg free press tuesday june 30, 1981 3 by Maureen Brosnahan a study sponsored by k. J. Heinz company of Canada which disputes that bottle fed infants Are More Likely to become obese than those who Are breast fed sparked a rhubarb at the Canadian paediatric society annual meeting Here yesterday. The study conducted by David Yeung. A nutritionist with Heinz found there was no relationship be tween the number of obese babies who Are bottle fed compared to those breast fed. Heinz is a major Man fac charities violations increase the number of organizations con ducting fund raising events without being endorsed by the City has in creased greatly in recent months says a spokesman for the charities endorse ment Bureau. Bureau spokesman Olga Boychuk said in an interview All of the organizations discovered to be operating with out a permit were eventually found to be valid charitable groups. She said in most cases the organizations were Sim ply ignorant of the need to apply for and receive end oration from the Bureau. In recent years said Boychuk there has been Only one Case of an individual illegally soliciting funds while claiming to represent a charitable organization. In that Case the individual was eventually apprehended and charged by police she said. Boychuk said the Bureau anticipating the traditional fall Rush of fund raising schemes has embarked on an information Campaign hoping to keep people on the right Side of the City s Charity bylaw. The provincial charities endorse ment act provides penalties of up to in fines and 10 Days in jail for an individual or up to in fines for groups for those who violate the act. Criminal code charges such As fraud provide even stiffer penalties in terms of fines or jail terms. Under the civic charities endorse ment bylaw passed i april 1973, to make it harder for unscrupulous solicitation All parties wishing to raise funds for charitable purposes in the City must apply to the Bureau. Under the bylaw the charitable organization must present a Board of Gover nors responsible to the City. It must also seek to raise funds for a Charity not already adequately served. The organization must agree to make its records available to the City upon request. Every group must also file within 90 Days of its Campaign a state ment showing the total amount of Money collected and expenses incurred. Boychuk said All charities which receive endorsement also receive a per Mit number which can be used to Check on the Validity of the Charity. In 1980, according to a Bureau spokes Man 469 permits were issued by the Bureau covering operations including door to door solicitation mail appeals tag Days and car washes. Bookmaker fined on 2 charges a Winnipeg shoe Salesman was fined yesterday for running an illegal bookmaking operation. Anthony Jack Evanuik 36, of pipe Crescent pleaded guilty to one count each of recording bets and being engaged in the business of betting. He was fined on each charge by Provin Cial court judge Kenneth Peters. Evanuik s arrest in december touched off an investigation by the Manitoba attorney general s depart ment after cards found in his pockets by police were found to contain the abbreviated names and phone numbers of 90 people including provincial court judges Charles Rubin and Arnold con nor and or. Justice Benjamin Hewak of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench. Attorney general Gerry Mercier said after the investigation he planned no further action As there was no evidence the three judges had placed bets. Mercier also said in january that the three judges have expressly denied making judge Peters was told yesterday that on dec. 19, Winnipeg police placed a wiretap on Evanuik s Home Telephone and Between that Date and Jan. 30 recorded him taking 492 bets Worth a total of on dec. 28, they spot checked Evanuik s car As he was driving near the Corner of Munroe Avenue and Lon Don Street. Inside the car they found a hollowed out Book containing lists of recorded bets As Well As a further list on his person Crown counsel Greg Lawlor said. There were 88 bets Worth More than listed court was told. Evanuik s lawyer Chrys Iwanchuk argued that his client s was not a Large bookmaking Lawlor said the betting records seized from Evanuik indicated that he made a total profit of about on his bet taking operation. Turer of baby formula in Canada. Based on information gathered from 400 mothers in Montreal and Toronto Between 1977 and 1979, the study found no proof that bottle feeding promotes obesity nor that fat babies remain fat later in life. The babies were studied from the time of birth until the age of 18 months. The Heinz study contradicts others including one completed in Montreal last year which found that bottle fed babies Are More Likely to be fat than Gerry free press those who Are breast fed. At least two paediatricians at the meeting questioned the findings. Or. Victor Chernick chief of the medical staff at Winnipeg s children s Hospital said the study conducted by Yeung was a solid one but it did t go far enough to allow Yeung to generalize on Chil Dren older than 18 months. Chernick said the study took no account of what happens to children beyond that age or whether or not they remain fat. He also said there was no history of the babies parents studied and no Check to see if there were genetic reasons which would contribute to in Fant obesity. He also said no account was taken of How physically Active the children were. Or. Richard Stanwick an assistant professor of paediatrics at the University of Manitoba criticized the limited number of babies studied. He needs babies to reach conclusive re sults Stanwick said. "1 would not even waste my time looking at it the Arthur Wilkinson forced to flee his apartment sunday returned yesterday to View the damage. Uninsured tenants of Devon court May need welfare to meet expenses welfare May be the Only Way to meet expenses for some Devon court Resi dents forced to flee their apartments during a two alarm fire sunday night. Teresa Walsh director of emergency services for the Manitoba red Cross said yesterday Many have Only the clothes backs and May need welfare Money for expenses. A lot of the people i be talked to Don t have she said. The City of Winnipeg s social ser vices department yesterday morning took responsibility for 25 former ten ants put up in downtown hotels by the red Cross following the Blaze which forced the evacuation of about 75 Resi dents. There Are Only about 10 older people in the group needing hotel accommodation. The others Are younger including a couple with a boy Walsh said. The red Cross paid for their accommodation sunday night and breakfast yesterday morning and also gave them some clothes. But they can t get Back into their apartments for their own clothes and after wearing what they have for a couple of Days they will be needing a change Walsh said. The red Cross had Many offers of accommodation yesterday for the Dis placed tenants but no offers of cloth ing she said adding the Agency can always use clothes particularly if the 50 tenants who found private accommodation with friends and relatives need some. Meanwhile both the City fire depart ment and Block manager Ken Jacob said last night no cause of the fire under investigation by the provincial fire commissioner s office had been disclosed yet. He said nobody is living in the 63-unit, 70-year-old building now. The two alarm fire fought by 85 firefighters was contained to the fifth floor pent House and roof of the apartment build ing at 376 Broadway. No one suffered serious injury in the Blaze which broke out in the ceiling area of the fifth floor. Some tenants were slow to leave the building because of frequent false alarms in the past. Unique service pits offenders against victims by Murray Mcneill when police officers nabbed a Young thief last year for breaking into David Blake s car the Veteran la wanted revenge. It was the third time his car had been broken into and i Felt they should throw the Book at Blake said in a recent interview. But a few weeks later Blake found himself recommending the 21-year-old culprit for probation. Blake s abrupt change in attitude was brought about by a face to face meeting with the offender. The meeting had been arranged by mediation services a program established about two years ago by the mennonite Central committee to develop alternative forms of sentencing for criminal offences. After talking to the Man Blake Dis covered the thief was t the hard bitten criminal the la had imagined. He seemed like a Normal Young fellow who just got into the wrong Blake said. Having kids of my own i had a Little softening feeling i he added. I could t see any Point in put Ting him Murray Barkman director of Media Tion services formerly known As victim offender mediation services said Blake s reaction was similar to that of Many victims who have taken part in the program. Meeting the offender learning some thing about his background and his reasons for committing the crime it All helps humanize the Barkman said. Discussing the crime often leads to the subject of restitution and the two sides Are encouraged to come up with a settlement that can be recommended to the courts. What s important is that the victim has some input in the process the victim feels that Justice has been Barkman added. By dealing directly with the victim and perhaps doing work for him the offender also comes away with the feeling Justice has been done Barkman said. I find a lot of accused people can t understand Why they should pay a Fine. They say Why should i pay the govern ment for having Hurt this person. What s the he conceded however that victim offender mediation does t always work. Sometimes the two can t agree on a suitable form of restitution or one party May not even be willing to meet the other. Assault Case in a recent assault Case a defence lawyer suggested his client be ordered to perform chores for the Man he assaulted rather than be sent to jail. The judge said it sounded reasonable but the victim made it Clear he wanted nothing to do with the accused. Mediation was ruled out and the judge imposed a heavy Fine rather than a jail term. Although the program has been slow in winning acceptance with Crown attorneys and defence lawyers Only about 50 cases have been referred to mediation services since its Ince Crown attorney Wayne Moshkowsky predicts that As it establishes credibility i m sure it will be come More Moshkowsky said the program can be useful in dealing with Many first time offenders who have committed minor offences. The Crown attorney noted the Type of cases particularly suitable for refer ral to mediation services Are those where the victim and the offender have to Deal with each other on a continual basis after the Case is settled in he cited As an example a Case where a Homeowner had been accused of assaulting his neighbor. Getting the two sides together to discuss what prompted the assault and what could be done to resolve their dispute could help pre vent a recurrence he said. Winnipeg defence lawyer r a. Pol Lack agreed that alternative sentencing programs have a role to play in the judicial system. Pollack a member of the mediation services advisory Board said although the program was established As an alternative to jail it was never in tended to be a sort of Universal alternative like rather it was designed to provide unique solutions to problems Between certain kinds of victims and offend he said. Reconciliation it s not just first time offenders who Are most Likely to Benefit he added. He noted one Case he referred to mediation services involved a juvenile who had a history of committing Nui Sance offences and had been Transfer red to adult court for having gone on a Battery stealing spree. Although he seemed like an unworthy candidate for leniency the judge saw reconciliation with the victims in itself As a harsh punishment Pollack said. Barkman arranged for the youth and several of his victims to get together and discuss the subject of restitution. They came up with a plan and in really worked. It was a really Good the defence counsel added. One solution resulting from a victim offender mediation session involved a father of six who used two worthless cheques to buy Worth of household items. Some form of restitution was required and although the household items had All been recovered following the Man s arrest they weren t of any use to the store because they had been used. The Man did t have the Finan Cial Means to make immediate restitution so the two sides worked out a plan whereby he kept the merchandise but agreed to make monthly payments of to the store until the goods Are fully paid for. The Man said in an interview some people May think he got off easy. But with a Large family to support on a meagre income every time i go to make a payment i feel like the Man said. But it s a reminder every time i have to pay that i screwed deadlines met on health orders two food establishments served with mandatory food orders last week have complied with the terms of the orders according to the City s health depart ment. The grand Garden restaurant 224 King Street served june 18 with a six Point order complied by the june 25 deadline. The restaurant had been fac ing a threat of closure by the health department. A department spokesman said the restaurant had complied with All the conditions on the order. The Farmer s Market 894 main Street served june 24, had been Given 48 hours to cease the Sale of unpasteurized Dairy products on its premises. The Market complied with the order within the deadline. Order excluding Public from hearing quashed court rules judge acted beyond jurisdiction in barring press spectators from proceedings by Steve Pona an order excluding part of the Public from a courtroom during testimony at a preliminary hearing was quashed yesterday in Manitoba court of Queen s Bench. Or. Justice Louis Denise ruled that in making the exclusion order Provin Cial judge Charles Rubin failed to properly exercise his discretion and thereby acted in excess of his Juristic judge Rubin ordered the press and part of the Public out of the courtroom during testimony at a preliminary hearing into Gross indecency charges against a Winnipeg police Constable on june 18. However two police officers and a member of the police department s internal investigation unit were Al Lowed to remain. Judge Denise ruled the judge did not have sufficient grounds on which to make the order. Crown counsel George Dangerfield agreed it should be quashed. A motion challenging the order was brought by the free press. Free Lance reporter Brian gory was barred by the order made under Section 442 of the criminal code of Canada. It is the third time in the last 20 months the free press has successfully challenged an order excluding its re porters from a courtroom or a ban on the publication of evidence. Last week court of Queen s Bench Justice James Wilson overturned an order prohibiting publication of Testi Mony at an extradition hearing. In 1979, Manitoba court of Appeal upheld the right of the free press to cover the trial of a Massage parlor owner charged with keeping a common Bawdy House. In judge Rubin s hearing Constable James Norman Hanson 35, former president of the Winnipeg police association was committed at the hearing to stand trial on two counts of Gross indecency. Crown counsel Greg Lawlor said in an interview after the one Day hearing that he had requested the exclusion order because a boy who was to testify was reluctant to appear before a crowd. If the youth had refused to testify it would have jeopardized the proper administration of Justice he said. Section of the code says any proceedings against an accused shall be held in open court but if a judge feels it is in the interest of Public morals the maintenance of order or the proper administration of he May exclude All or any member of the Public for All or part of the proceed Ings. A motion by lawyer Knox Foster representing the newspaper company said the Section does not give a judge at a preliminary hearing jurisdiction to exclude the Public because of a wit Ness s reluctance to testify. Paul Teskey who appeared for the accused argued the matter should be sent Back for a rehearing in Public to erase any doubts about the Validity of the previous proceedings. Judge Denise noted the defence had consented to the order and added the fact the evidence was taken in camera does not invalidate the hearing. Judge Denise ordered that no civil proceedings shall be taken against judge Rubin As a result of the exclusion order ;