Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cd Wayne flee of Tess wrong Side of Street costs for school by Glen Mackenzie it May Cost Karen James to Send her son to school this fall because she lives on the wrong Side of the James wants to Send son Michael to Grade 7 classes at general Byng school in fort Garry just four blocks from their Home at 1140 Parker ave but Parker is the Boundary be tween fort Garry and Winnipeg 1 and James lives on the Winni Peg Side of the going to the closest Winnipeg Divi Sion schools Earl Grey or Grant Park mean one or two bus rides for her so James wants to follow in the footsteps of four other families on the same Street and trans Fer to fort Garry at a Cost of in nonresident Craig fort Garry Secretary said three families Transfer red to the division about six years ago and another family came Over about two years there Are about 25 houses on the Winnipeg division Side of the Stalke said fort Garry nonresident fees Are a year for elementary for Junior High and for High As the division pays about a year for each fort Garry student who attends Kildonan East regional secondary school or tech voc High school because fort Garry Doest offer a vocational James said she would pay the nonresident fee for Michael for the first half of the school hoping for a successful ruling from the Manitoba Board of reference which rules on applications for Boundary but we dont want to put up that kind of Money when the school is Only four blocks she troublesome Dave executive assistant to the Winnipeg division said his division wont oppose the Parker Avenue has been a very troublesome area Over the years because it is so close to fort Garry he nonresident fees Are set by each school Winnipeg division charges for its schools in grades 1 to for in Junior High and in High arguing that its special programs justify higher the james1 Transfer application is one at least half a dozen the Board of reference will hear later this Board chairman Charles bridle said people usually apply to change school divisions because a school is closer or because of lower the Board hears 20to30 applications a year and the number has remained about con Stant in recent he More programs Mary an Elm Creek area said about 10 families Are applying to the Board to Transfer from Mountain school division centred in notre Dame de Lourdes to Midland division centred in Carman because Midland has More students and there fore More Siemens said it will Cost her an extra a month to bus her two children 10 Kilometres to a Midland school rather than having them go three Kilometres to the Mountain division officials from the Mountain division refused comment on the another group of parents seeking a change live in the Laurent lunar Daryle who lives near said about 50 parents Are applying to Transfer from Wiite horse Plain centred in to Lake Shore centred in Friesen said there has been talk that the Oak Point school in White horse Plain division May be closed and that parents dont want to Send their children to children would have to go about 32 Kilometres to school in com pared with about 20 Kilometres to Oak Point and about 23 to she Fernand White horse Plain refused comment on the the applications Are to be heard by the reference Board 29 and another Boundary problem sure to be contested before the reference Board when it hears the applications 29 and 30 is a dispute Between Transcona Springfield and River East i the Boundary Between the two Divi Sions runs through the Federal taxation data Centre and Kildonan place shop Ping at stake Are thousands of dollars in tax lightning causes damage lightning which struck a James Assiniboia Home during the saturday nigh sunday morning electrical storm caused an estimated a fire department spokesman said yesterday the located at 630 Hamilton was hit by a Bolt of lightning just after the lightning started a fire in the roof of the by the time fire depart ment officials could extinguish the about damage had been done to the roof and attic the spokesman it was not known if the occupants were Home at the but there were no injuries the spokesman Manitoba Hydro officials reported extensive Power outages in Many centres As the storm swept across the Hydro spokesman Don Comstock said minor outages were reported in Gull because your and other areas most lasted about 30 although one Industrial customer suffered a Power blackout for nearly 10 about customers in Charles Cabinet scheduled to hit Road 16 the Manitoba Cabinet will take to the Road again 16 and heading for the Western areas of the amid speculation that Premier Sterling Lyon will Issue an election Call before the end of the the tour is the fourth of the year and will take ministers to bran Shoal Rose do Lac and Winni the Cabinet will visit per Sonal care and senior citizens meet with Chambers of Commerce and municipal government officials and hold their Coffee and Conversa Tion gatherings 16 in Dauphin and 17 in Wood had their Power Cut off for an while similar outages hit an area in fort Garry As Well As Canadian National railways Symington a spokesman for Winnipeg Hydro said there were three or four outages in the including one in the South end and another in the North a relatively Small number of houses were affected and Power was restored after two or three the spokesman it was nothing too he he said the worst blackout occurred after a car hit a Hydro pole on Sargent Park place late saturday Homes along a one lock area of Dominion Street Between Sargent Park place and Wellington Avenue were without Power for several hours until work Crews could repair the ups and Downs at the Winnipeg radio control clubs annual contest Pat Ronning of North makes some adjustments to his Model plane a judge chases after a score card in the Gusty winds which enlivened the which included Pylon racing and scale replica ran from saturday until museum gets Lions share of cultural Grant a Grant to the Manitoba museum of Man and nature was the largest of a allocation for operating Grants to eight provincial cultural institutions announced last week by cultural affairs minister Norma the total Grant package is up almost million or 27 per cent Over last years funding and demonstrates the governments commitment to the Cul Tural life of the Price the Winnipeg Art gallery received and the financially troubled Winnipeg symphony orchestra received As part of a gift Nipes free tuesday september 3 update a weekly followup to the bringing readers up to Date on stories that have appeared in the free Borowski Back with the eating former provincial Cabinet minis Ter Joe Borowski has regained 35 of about so pounds he lost during a lengthy fast earlier this summer and is continuing his antiabortion its Nice to be Back among the Liv and said the vocal oppo nent of whose hunger strike lasted 80 last week Borowski returned to work at his Annes Road health food store for the first time since May Zhenjie began subsisting on herbal a concoction of herbs and Lemon in distilled Borowski fasted to protest the Lack of specific Protection for fetuses in the Trudeau governments proposed char1 Ter of human although he gave up his fast 10 Days Short of his 90day objective because it threatened his Borowski said was absolutely Worth he said the hunger strike focused attention on the which he views As like the will never accept the constitutional package As it is no matter what the quenches or he Medicine Man inundated John Cross lakes famed Medicine has a new head in late August his Healing Powers got another round of publicity the free other papers and since then Hes been completely snowed with letters and phone Calls from people asking for yesterday i had 38 letters and 25 before Blacksmith complained Doodna tiredly during an interview this its a hell of a lot of i want to help All these but Treyve got to realize i cant help them in a he medical expanding the director of Winnipeg year old medical physician House Call is planning to expand his idea to include Calgary and Dev Prakash said he has received approval from the Alberta col lege of physicians and surgeons and the Alberta health services commis Sion to operate a similar service in those two he said offices in both locations will be opened sometime in the next few Prakash began the service in Winni Peg in August 1980 with two offering to make House Calls to people in need of a doctor after regular office hours and on the Winnipeg service now boasts 24hour coverage by nine doctors throughout the the doctors Bill the Manitoba health services commission and there is no extra Billing Prakash our colleagues have started use our service now because they see the value of Prakash some doctors Felt the service was in fringing on other physicians prac Prakash said the service will also undergo a name change in the next month because of the expansion into he said the service will be called envoy 24 hour medical dispatch heartwarming raffle Kinsmen club officials say about 700 people have shelled out apiece for a Chance to win a new House in River Park club spokesman Len Schnell said the prize for the High priced raffle is a four bedroom Home with numer Ous the House is now under construction and will be ready Well before the draw Date of he Schnell said ticket sales Are going about As Well As can be there was a run on tickets after the initial advertising in but the postal strike put a Damper on things for he club officials have limited the num ber of tickets for Sale to proceeds from the raffle will be used for cystic fibrosis deficit reduction payment announced a year ago by the other Grants included to the Manitoba Centennial Centre to the Centre culture Franco Manitoban to the ukrainian cultural and educational Centre and to the Brandon Centennial Audi Job seeker vows to take City to court cerebral palsy victim says he wants to work in Parks and recreation Leclaire trying Lor 3 years by Ron Campbell Larry who has cerebral feels the City has been discriminating against him in denying him a Job with the Winnipeg Parks and recreation he says he has been trying for a Job with the department each Spring and summer for the past three Leclaire has taken his complaint to Manitoba human rights commis Sion and held a Oneman protest Demon stration last week in front of City now Hes vowing to take the City to court under the provinces human rights legislation in his attempt to get a Lon sought summer Job with the Parks and recreation he said he has approached Legal Aid for assistance in the they should have Given me a Job this because its the year of handicapped Leclaire said in an of 97 Stradford has had cerebral palsy since birth because he received an insufficient intake of Hes been getting a disability pension from the provincial welfare depart ment since age it now amounts to a As he has done some door to door Selling with his mothers and has tried All Over the place for a Job the City of Winnipeg has a Job that i am Able to Leclaire he wants to Cut pick up papers and do general grounds maintenance work for the Parks and recreation depart ment during that would be my whole future if i got on with them he i could collect unemployment insurance All them Guys do Why cant i he said a City personnel officer promised him a Job this but then retired two weeks later without follow ing Leclaire said he was examined by the cites own who Felt i should be Able to be Given a try at Leclaire speech is somewhat impaired from the cerebral but he says he can walk As Well As As for his in a Little bit but when i get hold of a Lawn Mower or a in he Alida manager of employ ment with the cites personnel depart ment since said she asked the Parks department then if they had an opening for but its now getting to the end of the summer maintenance season and theres still nothing she Frame said Leclaire phoned her recently and wanted her to Promise in writing that he would get the Job he wanted next but she comply with the request because such a Job might not be she the cites contract with its unionized employees says workers who have had that Type of Job in past years must be Given first right of despite the Leclaire is determined to give the City his Best shot in his efforts to secure the work he he lives at Home with his three Brothers and a keeping House while his Mother i want to make Damn sure i get that Job next he ;