Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba A perfect 10 watched by a crowd estimated at As Well As a Happy Chuk signed a contract with the jets yesterday dirring Winnipeg jets general manager John Dale Hawer a ceremony at Portage and main Hiway towing close to contract at 2 rival firms try to put brakes on Low bidders drive toward Council of despite objections from two rival towing Winnipeg City executive policy committee yesterday voted to recommend Hiway and metro towing services for the police towing contract for the coming submitted the lowest schedule of towing fees of the three firms to submit had been re commended for the contract by both the chief of police and the finance representatives of the two other firms appeared before the executive policy committee at tempting unsuccessfully to re verse the recommendation before it goes to Council for final Nick supervisor of Auto res Cue which highest schedule of proposed towing argued the contract should not be awarded solely on the basis of he argued that his which he said has the largest Fleet of trucks in was More than capable of handling the police Roscoe despite his company contractual obligation to it was prepared to commit 11 trucks exclusively to the City police towing he noted the contract stipulated Only four trucks must be available for police Roscoe also defended his proposed rates calling them he said increases in fuel and interest rates the past year made it impossible to charge anything less than the and fees his company suggested for Manitoba teenager recovers from sleeping sickness disease Manitoba confirmed Case of Western Equine encephalitis was re ported but the a Isnow fully recovered and May not yet know he had the Deputy health minister George John son said three or four other who have symptoms which might been Are under close observe health minister Bud Sher Man reported the confirmed Case yes the 15th Day of the provinces declared health it has prompted a spraying pro Gram with the pesticide Bay on against the virus carrying it took a month of exhaustive blood tests and Laboratory work to make it possible to give the final Sherman the boy developed the disease in Hes believed to have been bitten by a Mosquito Early in because the disease has a five to 15day incubation the last Case of human Equine encephalitis in Mani Toba was in 1977 when five cases were none of them Sherman refused to identify the teen who he said is from a Rural area just outside As his doctor had just been informed yesterday of the Laboratory findings not yet have told his the health minister and his said treatment of the disease is Impre Cise and is dictated by the such As stiff neck and some which can also be symptoms of other we dont have a cure we dont have a cure for in Cephalic Sherman the of cases in horses has risen by seven to 74 confirmed cases with 14 he the province is continuing its spraying operation and officials expected spraying in the Southern por Tion of the Winkle Morden area would be completed last weather per plans Are to Spray Brandon this morning and Virden later in the Winnipeg has ordered another be spent on additional supplies of the controversial pesticide Bay gone which May be sprayed later this the made by environment commissioner David was explained to the executive policy Mittee Henderson said he authorized the expenditure because City supplies Are Down to such an extent that two additional nights of Mosquito should it be would exhaust the cites Henderson said the City has been out its ground fogging pro Gram some 15 to 20 Kilometres out Side its boundaries due to the health emergency situation declared by Sher the province will be asked to reimburse the City for those extra he an additional has been set aside to provide for temporary labor which May be employed if the residential fogging program is restarted this he towing cars without and with Hiway proposed fees of and for towing without arid with Roscoe questioned the finance committees recommendation of saying the Hiway tender was com posed of the lowest rates and a hand Ful of promises about what it will do if awarded the police he was referring to Hiway written commitment to open a third storage lot on water Avenue less than half a Kilometre from Portage Avenue and main Street if it is awarded the con Hiway has also committed it self to driving motorists to their once towed if no bus service is available and if the request is made at a reasonable Hiway has also promised there will be no charge to motorists who arrive in time to catch Tow trucks hooking up their car if dollies have not been placed under the lawyer Ronald who appeared on behalf of 55757 Manitoba the company which succeeded United towing present Holder of the after United was placed in receivership earlier this said the report from police chief Ken Johnston contained in he noted the report applauded his client for doing a satisfactory Job at but later concluded it should not be awarded the new contract because it does not have proper the report seems to be saying they Are not capable of doing certain but then later says doing them finance committee chairman Abe Yanofsky reminded the committee that if the company awarded the towing contract did not live up to the contracts the police chief could Termi Nate the agreement within 24 hours and award it to another methane Gas leaks found in 5 buildings methane Gas is seeping through the floors of five occupied commercial buildings located near former Winni Peg Landfill according to a City Landfill environmental Section the received without sign by the civic executive policy com Mittee said the quantities of methane detected in the buildings were significant but pose no works and operations commissioner Bill Finnbogason would not identify the five which Are located near the inactive Boni face i and cordite Finnbogason said the occupants know of the situation and have been requested to Seal floor cracks where Gas is the report said the explosive Gas has been detected in 15 of 24 inactive land fill lower level exceeded Gas concentrations in virtually All 15 areas were found to be in excess of the lower explosive level five per cent by volume of methane in Finnbogason said concern is raised when the Gas concentration reaches 20 per cent of the lower explosive level or one per cent methane in former Sites which registered High Levels of the Gas included the Boni Bonner Elm cad Boro Road Mcphillips Street and Charleswood Road South and the River Shaftsbury Boulevard and lot 61 the City has also detected migration of methane from at least four inactive Finnbogason said two of these Sites the Kimberly and Margaret Park landfills will be fitted with containment membranes and surrounding Homes Are being monitored for Gas no need for concern there is no need for concern by the people in these areas now that we have a program of he the City is also monitoring eight commercial Industrial buildings where Gas readings have been at floor level Point although the report noted that significant readings Are still obtained at floor level in five of these Finnbogason said concentrations Are not High enough to be of a building would be evacuated if the concentration of Gas in the air metres off the ground reached one per no such level has been detected in any of the the commissioner said the City is trying to determine whether the meth Ane in these buildings is coming from organic material used for backfill or has migrated from adjacent the Landfill testing report also noted that a probe located outside the incan Arena rink on Kimberly Avenue has yielded High four under slab probes have been installed to deter mine the extent of the Gas accumulation under the building since Trace readings have already been no measurable Gas readings have been detected at the Northeast Brady Summit Road Active land fill site although readings above the lower explosive level have been obtained in probes in the no groundwater contamination has been seen in samples from Wells around these although some Lea chates tested exhibited Low concentrations of testing of the Boniface school Board located on a Landfill is being done the report average air readings remain Well within acceptable but Point source generally below 20 p6r cent of the lower explosive have been obtained at floor the report adding that the building is due to be vacated by Basic of for Street project executive policy committee yester Day gave its Blessing to a reconstruction project for King Edward Street from Pacific Avenue North to Inkster the which will include million for work on the proposed King Edward Street underpass at the up rail Carberry subdivision and cars Oak Point still needs coun cil widened to 4 lanes tentatively scheduled to begin in the reconstruction would see King Edward widened to a four Lane divided Street for some 64 metres under Federal such projects May be cos shared and the City plans to apply to the Canadian transport com Mission for according to the Ottawa Maxi mum share for the work could reach million and the railways Maxi mum portion could reach Leav ing the City with a million if Council approves the it will be sent to the province for concur rence and then submitted to the Cana Dian transport High interest rates total car Dealership after 48 years by Maria Bohuslawsky after 48 years in Loewen Chevrolet Oldsmobile in Steinbach has declared owner Herman Loewen said it was High interest taking away customers while increasing the Cost of doing business which caused the firm to fold this from january to we participated in general motors program of reducing interest rates on vehicle Loans to per interest rates then were 18 to 19 per up till april we were coming along real Loewen but it got Tough when the subsidy dropped he said that because sales were quite Good Early in the the company stocked then sales slowed due to High interest interest rates Are now in the 20 to 25 per cent Jfe the service department you Jdant compensate for the drop m ear sales because it too was slowing Down Dye to new cars improved i know Many people will disagree with me Bijj Gars Are better of lode these Days we used to replace spark plugs every new every you need More people to keep up the same and wet of Oiher m dealerships we the Wui Flieg area say Peg car sales Are saving their businesses from the of a wrest cutting Back Stock am working Long hours have also said Joe president of Eastern sales Ltd in Selling new cars is a losing propose he you cant make a profit gelling new Ive stayed in business because in like a mixed Ive got used daily parts and vices we do All these departments pay for the new car used car sales Are up 20 per cent Over last he said each car is rebuilt because theres a Market for Day and night i work Day and added who been in business 35 years and employs to John president of Landau Lincoln Mercury sales biggest Mercury Dealership in Only thing that keeps us going is sales of used he said used ear tales ire up w0 per cent Over year and there Selong three used cars Tor every new Prian president of Colony Mercury Liloia Gates u Stein said the average Yogg Sells for while the average new Eaf Sells for a Cut Consumers Realise about 23 per cent merest in is less on he Sag there Selling Seg for every Jetfone Sam Jar to year but wet sett were of feel theres shortage of cars because Kajjy fan lies pre Fer to keep several cars and hand old ones Down to their teenage this is an affluent there Are Many three and even fou car its easy for someone with a Good used car to sell it he dealers roust recondition a ear to meet provincial safety this costs about according to because a private seller is not Obj ged to do he May sell his ear cheaper than a dealer could afford the situation will improve when the government finally decides the make it illegal to sell cars privately without a safety he most dealers also reported Treyve Cut Back Stock because they cant afford the interest on Stock must be paid for immediately so dealers take loan running into thousands and even millions i at Lincoln Mercury business has dropped k per gent from said he said there paying about month on a f2miuioji to tet what makes it so Friesen carries about 300 s8fs my def which he pays to Hie average wholesale Price for a car is about he with less Slack Choice is Kliewer Sai ers will have to get used orders Tauga dealers can t afford to to nerf was mtg t j Stock a Large dont Consumers Are used to this car sales Are up ill per and Art ;