Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Motorist plows through Foo deep water in the 1400 Block of Wolseley Avenue yesterday after a thunderstorm drenched the City with centimetres of rain and Hail in a 90mlnute Manitoba Liberal Leader Doug us clan right and neighbor Harry Osmond Clear Wolseley Avenue Drain grate after proceeds from up shares to be held for Victor Sifton proceeds from the Sale 334 class a voting shares of up publications Ltd to Thomson newspapers last year Are to be held in Trust for the youngest of John William Sifton four court of Queens Bench judge in a written Justice John who last year empowered the trustees of the John Sifton estate to sell the class a ruled proceeds about Are to for Victor the Worth each in the Thomson takeover of up Publica represented per cent of the voting Stock of the former newspaper which included the Winnipeg press the Globe w4 judge Hunt said the proceeds should be accumulated and in vested by the trustees of the estate until Victor at the time of a turns at which Foxe the Money shoul4 be tume4 Over to i thin Derstore lashes District wheat in Adolphe area heavily damaged by wind and Hail by Ron Campbell traffic and storm sewers were backed Cable to and Power went off and Trees were felled by Winnipeg most intense thunderstorm of the year yesterday during the late afternoon Rush although the storm caused mainly inconvenience to it wiped out up to 100 per cent of crops in the Adolphe area South of the said Raymond Reeve of the Rural municipality of Lagasse said flax and uns watched wheat in the District were heavily damaged by the wind and Hail that came with the some of the Fields were right Down Flat following the he in the town of the leaves Are pretty Well All stripped by the wind and some Asphalt shingles and some siding had come off Homes and by 9 a Good six inches of hailstones were still lying on the Lagasse he said the Farmers have crop insure which covers Hail but there is a Large the hailstorm did Little crop damage North of the Andrew of the provincial agriculture said the Hail affected a wide strip near the Junction of the perimeter Highway and Highway a spokesman for Mcewen Garden supplies in that area said the Hail was pretty Small and lasted Only 15 whipped by winds gusting to 85 or rain poured Down in blinding sheets in the accompanied by Hail up to two centimetres in a Winnipeg weather office spokes Man said a thunderstorm was expected but not one of such it broke right Over the before any warning could be the storm lasted about iy2 beginning around and dumped my of water on the City before moving off toward the South while some City streets were flood particularly at the main arteries remained open and Winnipeg police said there were no major traffic the Winnipeg fire department said a House at 329 Bannerman was struck by lightning at damage to the roof and upper level of the House was about no one was when a Manitoba Hydro Power line went Down on Pembina Highway near Killarney it Cut Power to Winnipeg Videon Cable television custom ers on the West Side of the red interrupting to service for Cable customers in fort Garry and fort Jack Videon Vic president and general said his company used a standby Power unit to restore television service an hour and a Quarter after the outage and Manitoba Hydro had full Power Back the system at Manitoba Hydro spokesman Don Comstock said the storm caused two major Power both of which were corrected within two near the route 90 Bridge across the Assiniboine two Power poles carrying a line went Down about causing area customers to be without Power from 29 minutes to an hour and Comstock in the fort Whyte which looked like a Tornado hit a tree across a similar High voltage causing an 87minute outage for Indus trial customers in the the storm destroyed Nicholas Buraks russian Olive which he had planted in his front Yard 25 years when he arrived Home at 664 bore Bank Street around yester he found the tree lying across the sidewalk and it was split right Down to the i assume it was hit by he last evening he Cut it he said he would give it to his neighbor for fire i put it in sorry to see it Burak thundershowers were predicted for this afternoon and another mine proposed for Shoal Lake by Joe Rubin a second mining development has been proposed for Shoal the source of the cites water civic works and operations commit tee was told yesterday of a feasibility study being conducted by consolidated professor mines into the possibility of reopening a Gold mine on Cameron Island in Shoal the consolidated proposal is the fourth which could affect Shoal lakes two Indian bands have proposed cot Tage developments on the and the Ontario government recently granted eco explorations of Winnipeg a certificate of approval to mine molybdenum at High a proposed memorandum of which has yet to be signed by the two provincial Calls for Ontario to inform Manitoba of any new mining developments in the Shoal Lake according to a letter sent to the Manitoba government from the Ontario environment consolidated tends to mine 500 tons a Day and Barge the Ore to a suitable location on the Mainland where a Mill would be strutted for concentrates would be shipped to other Mills for final recovery of the the company says it will be Able to decide on the mines viability by the end of the if the Ontario government Grants an application of mine operation would begin next the Ontario government letter noted that an Opportunity would be Given for a Public review of the proposal when the plans Are works and operations committee chairman John Angus has asked mayor Bill Norrie to request More information on the Gold mining More the City wants to know How close the Mill will be to the Lake and what the Public review will Angus also asked Norrie to inform environment minister Gary Filmon that the provinces memorandum of understanding does not excuse the on Atrio government from any liability if the Lake were to become contaminant the City will also ask Filmon to request a review of the Ontario govern ments 1977 Lake of the Woods land use plan in an Effort to develop a Long Range land use control plan for the Shoal Lake drainage Filmon has asked his Ontario coun Repart for an agreement on guidelines for future development which May affect the cites water it is my intention to pursue this and enter into discussion with the Honor Able Keith Norton regarding a general development plan to protect the City of Winnipeg water Filmon told stubs altered in welfare fraud a Manitoba Public insurance corporation employee who defrauded the provincial welfare department of received a two year suspended sentence yesterday and was ordered to pay Back the full Verla Mae a clerical supervisor for defrauded the government by reporting Only half her earnings Over a six year while Kotowski actually earned tween july and june she told welfare officials her earnings were Only judge Robert Trudel was Kotowski doctored old pay stubs entering new pay period showing a lower income than she actually re the altered pay stubs were disco Vered during an internal investigation by the welfare department and the matter was then turned Over to court was Kotowski told police it was hard to support her four children even with the social assistance and income from her and on several occasions she even had to borrow Back my Chil Drens allowance to make ends defence counsel Glowacki said there was no evidence before the court to indicate Kotowski used the Money for extravagant it was a situation she fell she has none of the luxuries one would expect would follow from something like he added that Kotowski is capable of paying restitution within one because she has inherited the proceeds from the Sale of her fathers Hawryluk fails to appear in bylaw court by Kevin pro cosh for the second consecutive week a candidate for mayor during the last civic election has failed to appear in bylaw court to answer charges against yesterday William the perennial mayoralty was a no show but even in his absence he was convicted in bylaw court of failing to comply with a pity during an sex Parte hearing judge Jane Maurer found Hawryluk fined him and ordered him to pay another for witness the charges were Laid after Hawry Luk ignored an order from the City requesting he Tike out a permit for his electrical sip to front of a main Street building and also repair Crown attorney for bylaw Cor Rine opted for the sex Parte hearing when Hawryluk disregarded the court the Crown went ahead without set a new court again notified the accused of his Day in court and prosecuted him in his As a result of the growing number of no shows in bylaw court recently Al most one in three do not obey their summons the Crown has decided to Stop using sex Parte hearings and in Stead Issue warrants for the arrest of people who fail to another no show last week Al Golden was a no show in bylaw court and a warrant was issued for his who finished second to mayor Bill Norrie last faces three charges of breaching City zoning bylaws by hold ing commercial events at the Transcona recreation before the warrant was executed Golden notified the judge he bad mixed up the dates of two court cases he is involved to judge Maurer accepted Bis explanation and the War rant was he did appear in court and with his lawyer made a motion to have the charges against him quashed on the basis the information listing the charges does not state any offence has been these three information disclose no offence known to or for that said Charles Chap Golden an accused is entitled to know what if Hes the charges Stem from Golden use of the former Transcona country club located on Dugald Road for a june 20 a Public dance on june 21 and a july 12 Golden said after his court appear Ance he has not broken any Law and fully expects to walk out of court Victo but even if these charges Are quashed the Crown can relay the charges using different said judge Maurer reserved her decision in the Case two weeks until Hawryluk ;