Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba September wild Rice Harvest an old but times change by Ritchie Gage Winnipeg free press of Elfi we Treshell Lake about 90 scattered canoes move slicing alleyways through the Light Green wild Rice the natives paddle hard in shallow water As Rice pickers id the Stern Knock the Nee Black kernels into the Bottom of the Canoe with the ritual is As old As the history of the Indian people in but the titties have instead of being harvested for the Rise Means bags of As much As a Christina sitting with her Wayne family near a tune time fire after a mornings Harvest knows All about the new 1 can pick six bags a Day while its she said at a the wild Rice Wilt bring her and her about a Day from buyers who come in by boat and pay in Cash on the to a it could earn the couple As much As the reason is that wild once solely the food of is now bought by gourmets for Between and a Pound after Christina is from the Interlake Shes a member of one of the nine bands which jointly held 22 leases in the White Shell in a cooperative with nine Eastern the Mano Mineka broke up in july and the some of the Best among the 200 Avail Able in the northeastern part of the reverted to the but while the controversy Over the White Shell leases is a concern to band Christina Doest know much about the she simply wants to the first time 1 picked i just got a bit of but now i could pick five or six bags with Sherman leading the she our mistake a Story 20 said wrongly that conversion of a Home to 200 amps from 100 amps added Between to to the Cost of switching to electric Furnace in the to figure represents Basic Furnace installation Cost and includes the 200 amp upgrading where that is weather to get to the wild pickers have to manoeuvre their canoes Over shallow water and through alleyways of Rice then comes the and the Cash As much As a Fox fund Centre set for province Manitoba will receive million from the Terry Fox fund during the next five years to set up a training Centre for Young Canadian cancer researchers in the recently approved by the National cancer Institute in is one of four Terry Fox training Centre Grants awarded in two others were Given in Ontario and one in British the local part of the million raised through the efforts of the cancer victim who died in will be handled by Lyonel director of the Manitoba cancer israels said yesterday the Money will be used to encourage promising Young Canadian medical researchers and Doc tors to enter the race to find a cure for this will equip them to become Independent investigators in their own he he said the Manitoba foundation will receive a year for the program and the Centre will Likely accept Between seven and nine researchers a the Money will go primarily to cover their salaries and the research facilities used will be those of the foundation and the University of this is a Canadian a Broad Endeavor to train Young he this is not a program that is attempting to take people from other he we Are most interested in Young israels said the final goal is to attract Young people who will end up in academic or research positions in Canad an universities and research he said there has been a serious decrease in the number of Young medical students pursuing research during the last 20 with More going into private its a family and while the Sincla ifs rest beside the Shofe Side their Bertha and Pearl arrive to bag their Allan of fair Ford Reserve in the is More concerned about the lease Controvert its a terrible situation with the Indian people fighting Over these he but the Interlake bands feel that they Are at a disadvantage with the leases which they were Given and that not the leases should be redistributed to make it or Well continue to have As Anderson int pleased about the recent failure of native owned which marketed the Rice to All those huge Canadian Corpora tons get government and outright he this corporation got no the government wait to jump on it just because it was Rice buyers on the shores of White Shell lakes and those with Large freighter boats Are gathering up the gourmet crop and doling out the Dol at Lone Island in big White Shell Jim a Shoreline buyer for Gibb wild Rice company of looks at the huge piles of bulging Plas tic Rice a Day said the pickers were Mak ing Between and a Day As Long As they kept at we took about tons out of Here yesterday and the weather was he they left Early and stay at it next to his Dock was another make shift pier where the natives could take their Hundred Pound bag and get paid a Pound in Cash by another Gibb but buyers get a commission of 10 cents a Pound and Are in Competition for by the time the season ends in late Gibb will have paid out about in Cash to on the third Dock is Laurie an Independent Manitoba she says Shes paying the same As the other if we Start out bidding each other by a Nickel it gets she but the Price can change and we will match the Price has gone As High at a Pound and As Low As 63 depending on the Supply of Rice and the number of pickers in the while the province is now looking into ways of improving the native people feel the Rice is their property to manage in their own some want it to be better managed so it will bring in More Money for every others want it to remain the traditional casual labor of precipitation h Hillh l Low cold front Winnipeg area forecast variable cloudiness today with a High near southerly winds gusting to 40 an hour this mostly Cloudy with the Chance of a thundershowers late this evening and Low tonight near Cloudy tomorrow morn then mostly sunny with brisk Northwest cooler with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny saturday and temperatures near Normal readings of 22 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny throughout with tempera Tures near Normal readings of 17 and Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny throughout with temperatures near Normal readings of 20 and temperatures Canada and the world deaths classified death National 22 u 20 13 23 5 21 6 25 14 10 is 12 16 8 20 9 22 13 Thunder 19 9 26 20 26 19 25 18 20 12 International 24 19 19 8 new 25 18 23 18 19 11 33 22 18 7 16 11 25 15 21 13 29 14 14 10 24 is 29 17 13 7 Tel 30 21 resort spots los Clear 24 18 Las Clear 39 28 Clouds 39 34 fair 31 22 Clear 32 24 Cloudy 32 27 Cloudy 27 22 32 24 fair 32 22 Cloudy 30 24 Cloudy 29 23 Winnie of temperature comm Tsoros mean last on record in 1929 Lowett record in 1946 precipitation total for april i to 1 Mulli Normal Lillian widow of Gilbert bar Nora of formerly of Winni wife of Ronald Reta of 637 Rathar Ena of 848 Ash Burn wife of Harry Clinton William of Hus band of Irene Everet of 1355 Dougald Gordon Wil of 1041 Mcmillan widower of Gladys Stanley Hus band of Nancy Patricia of 45 Gle Thorne wife of William Bill Walter of 456 Scotia husband of Lotte Alan of son of Marie and Baptiste husband of Gwen Gladys of formally of widow of Henry of 7 Prairie View formerly of wife of John pen Frederick of fort husband of Margaret skin Rosario of husband of Cecile Mary of formerly of widow of Norman of 266 Enfield suite widow of William the of 330 Blake suite buyer Tom Johnston checks some of Allan Andersons Harvest for which he will pay Between 63 cents to a you reap the benefits yes Over factory Terry human sales now until new truck introduction Over 140 to choose from current factory prices apply 1445 Matthews 7863851 were perking with a Buffet breakfast come and join us tomorrow for a breakfast As Only mothers knows How to make theres country fresh scrambled Ham and Home freshly baked morning juices and a Good Friendly get breakfast tomorrow at Buffet one trip Only to 7 adults children under 10 sunday Fau you can cat 9 2 includes the salad bar tool adults children under 10 All Boet toss the coffees pizza Parlour Spaghetti hous beep Moln 1500 Pembina 1533 Uteg tit we treat vow Kike family open monday 7th for Brunch 9 2 ;