Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 11, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Playing in the Park Joyce who moved Here recently from tosses a sunny weather that is letting Many Winni Eggers enjoy the Frisbee in Assiniboine Park yesterday As she enjoys the the temperature is expected to hit garage in historic City District proposed a Public hearing will be held 18 to consider a request for a zoning variance in the historic Winnipeg District to accommodate a new police service garage and parking area on Princess the which has not been met favourably by the City Centre fort Rouge planning Calls for the re modelling of the old Winnipeg Hydro building for use As a garage and offices for several police departments currently housed in the overcrowded pub Lic safety Ron Houghton of the civic properties department said the which will be presented to the City Centre fort Rouge Community also Calls for the establishment of a Short term parking lot for police vehicles awaiting the lot will be established to the North of the Hydro a historically designated police vehicles Are currently serviced in the basement of the Public safety buildings parking the new parking lot would not hold damaged or impounded vehicles but will contain up to 32 police Houghton Saidi approximately 000 has been committed to the project by Council already in last years Capi Tal he he went on to say if the variance receives Council will be asked for further funds to accommodate design according to Donald plan Ner for the Community the variance could set a dangerous Prece Dent for the he said yesterday private entrepreneurs could argue for a variance to permit a service station in the area if the request is dangerous precedent he also said it was his opinion a lot full of police automobiles in the historic District would be totally incompatible with the intent of the cites zoning bylaw which was drafted to preserve the historic flavor of the Pentland said his report to the Community committee will recommend against the said the proposal for the garage parking area has been shown to the historical building View committee and several changes to the design have been made to accommodate its he said the Only demolition which will be necessary will be cutting a Hole in the North Wall of the building to allow for a Large door into the service he said there had been discussion with the committee concerning the preservation of the facade of the building and also concerning the aesthetic implications of a lot housing up to 32 police he went on to say the building is currently being used As a garage by the cites signals Mosquito research feeling Pinch Lack of financial Aid slowing fight against University official says Only a fraction of the million allotted for the provinces current emergency encephalitis spraying pro Gram is spent each year on Mosquito control Reinhart Brust of the University of Manitoba faculty of agriculture said the province sit Back and Hope sleeping sickness wont reappear in Manitoba in future a different strategy has to be adopted if we Are going to change said the the province has initiated three costly emergency Aerial spraying pro Grams in the past six years to curb Manitoba High and sometimes lethal Mosquito Brust said the government has been supportive of Mosquito control re search at the but has failed to Back up work with As far As funding research we Haven had much he Brust said provincial Grants ear marked for the entomology department would cover Only on third of a technicians although the Manitoba department of agriculture awarded to the faculty last Only to made it to the insect control depart said id like to see research go at a faster the u of m has conducted some tests for several private laboratories using a bacterial agent called the University has also worked with a fungus found naturally in Manitoba which affects mosquitoes still in the larva a fungus spore formed in the adult insect kills female mosquitoes several Days after a blood ducks killed by botulism at Oak Hammock on weekend by Ron Campbell a weekend outbreak of Avian botulism at Oak Hammock Marsh killed ducks by late yesterday afternoon and up to could be lost in Manitoba marshes before the disease says a provincial wildlife Ted education and information specialist with the wildlife Branch of the Manitoba department of natural said the cleanup of infected Birds began although mostly ducks Are some diseased american avocets and sandpipers have also been found on Muir at least a dozen people Are involved in the cleanup of the wild life management one of the worlds Best known watching and waterfowl Hunting located shout 48 Kilometres North of it is the second consecutive summer that Clostridium botulinum Type c has broken out at the last year it killed Birds there and at Oak like Muir and this year certainly As Many As last year will Hie disease has not yet broken out at but that As Well As Delta Marsh South of Lake big grass Marsh North of Giswold Marsh and Whitewater Lake South of Brandon Are being monitored by wildlife ducks unlimited and Canadian wildlife service offi these Are High risk susceptible to outbreaks of Avian botulism during dry Muir said the worst outbreak in cent Manitoba history occurred in the Early when Birds were lost in the Whitewater Lake Type c botulism cannot infect in it is contracted by feeding on dead invertebrates in which bacteria have produced the Birds become paralysed we pick up infected Birds As quickly As we can to minimize the spread of the if a dead Bird is left other Birds will eat the maggots on the car Cass and become the whole thing sort of Muir said Type c botulism affects the Central system of the preventing them from walking and moving nor Mally and causing Lack of Courdina in the the disease was first called Limber neck because the head causing an infected Bird on the water to die relatively quickly by in the later the Bird becomes completely cannot swim or and the great majority of infected Birds at Oak Hammock must be killed and covered with Lime in a burial but about 200 have been treated in the Bird Hospital the wildlife service has set up along one of the creeks in the about 400 ducks were treated at a similar Hospital last the first institution of its kind in there was a 70 Jer cent recovery Muir said recovery time is typically three to five Days after which the Birds Fly with no Way to prevent them reentering the to Tuum treatment consists of pulling any leeches from the ducks nostrils to allow Normal a syringe of pure water and rest in a shaded area with uninfected water run Ning through and feedings of Muir there is an Antitoxin for the but it is impossible to administer to hundreds of thousands of he said that As a preventive Mea wildlife officials Are drawing Down the water level in the South cell of the Marsh to prevent ducks from feeding in the the dry weather this Al though not As severe As last has created Ideal conditions for the disease and some ducks will be lost in All Manitoba Marsh Muir with the Onset of Rainy weather in the botulism will Muir said it will Likely be gone by the time the hundreds of thousands of geese and ducks arrive at the Oak Hammock staging area on their annual southward migration in late september adj Early since the pests must have two feed Ings to transmit the fungus would limit the spread of said the fungus be Cul tured at this Brust said neither natural Means of control would combat an encephalitis since both affect larvae and not adult the City of Winnipeg entomologist Roy Ellis said the City is doing As much As it can to prevent future outbreaks of about on tenth of the cites total Mosquito control budget of is applied to Ellis the City regular uses helicopters and ground Crews to apply chemical insecticides to Breeding Sites within Winnipeg and 24 Kilometres of the City limits in an attempt to kill Mosquito Experiment with fish Ellis said the City has also experimented with hormones and fish in its efforts to find ways to curb mosque the great Hope for Many entomologists is or Bacillus which would selectively kill mosquitoes and Black flies naturally without any Impact on other insects or the agent is not yet available on the commercial Market in Al though it was registered for use in the United states on june two labs and one Canadian research Laboratory Are working on formulations of the same bacterial Robert technical manager of Bochem products in said registration with Canadian authorities could take As Long As one Good response the product has had a very Good response in the said rats fed with the agent die of malnutrition before they die of bit said Roy manager of the chemical and agricultural predicts division of Abbott lab in its a very clean Lidstone said there Are concerns that the bacterial agent might be difficult to Market because most jurisdictions feel they Are getting More value for their Money with generalise be cause bit is effective Only on Mosquito and Black Fly it would be use less in combating other bylaw court s issues warrant for Al Golden by Kevin Prokosh a warrant was issued for the arrest of Winnipeg businessman at Golden yesterday after he failed to appear in bylaw court to answer to three charges of breaching City zoning that was today said Golden when by the free press of his missed court Are you kidding 1 had no idea there was a hearing Golden said he was aware there were charges but that he didst know the court Date because he was never served a he said the summons was served at his Home and forwarded to his to Contact Crown i dont see How they can Issue a warrant for a bylaw infraction without me Ever seeing the Golden i have never been the warrant issued by judge Jane Maurer Means a mayoralty candidate in the last municipal elec could be arrested when police locate him or if he turns himself Golden said he will Contact the Crown counsel today to Clear up the Misander the charges Stem from Golden use of the Transcona recreation Centre on Dugald Road for a june 20 a Public dance on june 21 and a july 12 Swap the land is zoned Only for Park and recreation the uses for that land Are very said Corrine Crown counsel for bylaw any commercial use is prohibited in that As there Are three similar charges against Transcona recreation for allowing the premises to be employed for a use other than what is permitted under the Golden is a director of the Golden purchased the former Transcona country club in 1980 for out bidding the cites offer of a conviction of breaching the bylaw carries with it a maximum Fine of per charge for an individual and for each charge against a Golden failure to appear follows a warning from Deegan two weeks ago that the Crown will crack Down on the steadily rising number of people who Are ignoring summonses to appear in bylaw since she 30 per cent of those on the bylaw court docket every monday have failed to Deegan said if the disregard for the court continued there would be More War rants issued and some offenders charged with failing to comply with a court 29 names on docket there were 29 names on the court five including failed to show one of past James Frank found out the hard Way you cant ignore bylaw since the 20yearold Man appear in court voluntarily he was escorted yesterday into court by two City police he was picked up Early saturday morning by police and kept in custody until his court twice Davy failed to appear in court to face a charge of distributing the Man was arrested March 16 for distributing cards advertising gentle mens pleasure escort Davy didst show up for his first court appearance March 30 and was arrested a Day later on the strength of a warrant issued by a he was taken to the Winnipeg re Mand but was released on his own recognizance of after promis ing to show up april 6 for his next court again he failed to show up and he was arrested saturday at his he spent the weekend in forfeited for breaking his Bond and was fined and costs after he pleaded guilty to the City okays protested Nursery a Winnipeg woman who has operated an unlicensed Day Nursery out of her Home for two years has finally been Given permission by the City to do so despite protests from her the civic variance and conditional use committee told Gloria Moscovitch yesterday she could continue to run her overriding complaints from other Cordova Street residents that the children were noisy and Ruth a neighbor who has lived on the Street for 30 said she and her had nothing but unhappiness and aggravation from the she said a real estate agent told them the Nursery proximity has decreased their House loves children i love children had my own and i realize its impossible for them to keep Pollock John another Cordova Resi said his has been broken and he has had to remove toys from his Moscovitch said the Chil ranging in age from 15 months to five Are always supervised and have been taught to respect she said she had never received any complaints until last june when the Assiniboine Par fort Garry Community committee granted her application to operate a Nursery for up to 10 children and her neighbors stepped Forward to Appeal the Moscovitch suggested the noise the neighbors Are complaining about May be coming from the adjacent Brock Corydon she added she has adopted the necessary department of environmental planning modifications for her both Moscovitch and Harper presented petitions from Street residents supporting their respective five signatures were duplicated on both the variance and conditional use committee was at a loss to explain Why Moscovitch had been allowed to oper ate her Nursery for two years without a some suggested the woman was asked to obtain the licence after a complaint was others said it was prompted by an a Block Parent who has three children of her told the committee she was unaware she required a licence to operate a Day school plan killed lawsuit threatened a Winnipeg woman has cancelled plans to Start a private school next month and May sue Winnipeg school division for Nancy who operates the learning tree Nursery in sir Sam Steele said yesterday she spent about on advertising for Legal and consulting fees and other expenses connected with her plans to Start a private kindergarten to Grade 6 school at sir Sam Pyck Saij in an interview she the Money after the Board approved space for her in she said she never signed lease for the hut believes space was pro the Board later decided to let an adult education program from the University of Manitoba also have space at sir Sam Dyck sai4 discussions Are still going on Between her lawyer and the Divi Sions lawyer about the Dave executive assistant to the division has said the division has been for nine years to provide space to the adult education the Board passed a motion last week offering Dyck two or three rooms at Kent Road school As Well As three at sir Sam but she said she int interested in the private school would have been but would have included some religious she said she also said greater stress would be placed on modesty and dress than in Public although adding that she didst intend that Stu dents would have to Wear Dyck said she hoped to attract Iso students to the school at a month Lor kindergarten and a month or grades 1 to the 4aytcare student fee is a she ;