Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 10, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba G Winnipeg free 1981 400 students kept out of classes at split Lake unsafe school conditions frustrate parents by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press split Lake unsanitary school conditions have forced parents at this Nelson River Community to keep 400 students away from chief Ken wastes coot of the split Lake til Dian band said its very frustrating because weve been fed promises anal what we thought were commitments for so Many the chief but the Federal officials seem to say something just to get us off their backs for awhile and then they do the Long promised addition the chief said the students will be kept out of school at least until next he said that if the Federal government would Speed up a Lon pro i to Nim Ted multimillion commitment on constructing the new Dollar addition to the Community school in the next year wed have put main it might make an Effort to kids Back in the schoolroom by next do the Best it can with the old build ing 4 the addition would give ample room for students from kindergarten to Crade 12 and eliminate use of temporary buildings which one Federal official agrees should be the new school was All set for the 100041 school then it was shifted to and now its been put Back to the chief last year we kept our kids out of school for two months because of the unsafe Road conditions in the commune the department finally got the Point and the roads were we dont want a replay of that action this if the department would give us a new children Are being kept out of classes Over school conditions the about 130 Kilometres East of has Only about a dozen classrooms in which to squeeze 400 children from kindergarten to students in grades 4 to 9 have occupied a Cluster of temporary wooden classroom buildings constructed in the remaining classes Are taught in a Square metre building also built in chronic teak wastes coot said the Community is pleased with the Large school except that it has had a chronic leaking roof that no one has been Able to fix since Day the chief and local school authorities were told in june that had been allocated by the Federal government a new roof that the renovations would Stan As soon As the students left the but in August they received word that it had been delayed probably until next year two attempts were made to Patch the roof in and according to school janitor John Peter who has 10 grandchildren attending the the roof leaks worse than Ever since the repair Crews got Brian Manitoba director Gen eral for Indian affairs said the roof renewal was to have been financed under environment Canadas retrofit program during the current fiscal Veinot Hopes this still May be Possi and said his department will work to have the protect completed by at least next he said Patching of the roof and damaged Walls will continue in the facility Orville Indian affairs District superintendent of education in has recommended to the Manitoba regional office that the temporary building be demolished and replaced with new classrooms after the current school this facility is totally Weselowski it is cold during the Winter and beyond economical it also poses both a health and safety Hazard to the a report prepared for Indian affairs expected to run for Terry Fox More than Manitoban Are expected to join thousands of other canadians sunday in runs honouring Terry the hundreds of 10kilometre races throughout Canada will commemorate Terry the on legged cancer victim whose run across Canada failed on the but not in the minds of the commemorative races will help raise Money for the Canadian cancer Roy coordinator of the Manitoba said 30 events have been planned so far and As Many As 40 could be organized by the time the activities five of the events Are planned for Bolin said running int the Only Way to participate in the Terry Fox schools can plan their own depending on the age of weather Hillh Low old front worm front Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with a near Chance of a late afternoon or evening Low tonight near sunny with afternoon Cloudy periods tomorrow and a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny with above Normal temperatures showers and not As warm sunny with temperatures near Normal readings of 20 and 8 Northern Manitoba sunny with above Normal temperatures showers and cooler variable cloudiness with below Normal temperatures Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny with above Normal temperatures saturday and cooler temperatures Canada and the world the five Winnipeg events begin with a Wal Kathon saturday starting in Headin Gly and ending at the Charleswood events sunday Are a 10kilometre run at vital Park beginning at 8 a dedication and walk at Assiniboine Park at noon a swi Mathon from 9 to noon at the Panama Pool and a soccer game organized by Canadian National railway employees at Transcona stadium at pitting Transcona shop workers against Symington Yard City Calendar the Al wants club of Winnipeg will conduct tag Day tomorrow in the downtown area and in major shopping proceeds will go to various Community projects including the kiwanis Centre for the salvation save the children Mossbrook due to the special Terry Fox run slated for sunday in vital limited traffic will be allowed in the Park from 7 to 11 to accommodate the the Canadian red Cross Manitoba will hold blood donor clinics from 9 to 7 16 and to 18 at the 226 Osborne the latin american association of Winnipeg will present dominican Republic Caribbean a travelogue of film and slides at 8 17 at 211 Edmonton admission is Western express five tickets Worth each and five Worth each were picked in the Western express lottery draw last the tickets Are 3027776 and the tickets Are and there Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the top for the last five digits and for the last deaths classified death National m 17 14 31 13 32 8 32 9 27 11 16 10 24 11 28 12 29 13 Thunder 29 3 17 11 u 7 u 9 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Northern zone in Wickens added that the doors Are Viro mental health notes that evidently jammed shut in in the temporary classrooms have one the exit door Frame is Dis connected and in another room the outside step has blocking off another exit shifted and sunk because they were located on a Boggy floors Are uneven and Down by about 15 centimetres in the Grade 3 class while doors Are disconnected because of Frost heave and the floor in these areas appears so unstable that it is questionable whether the floor will support the weight of a full classroom of students for much Wickens Wall panelling is fire exit doors Are not properly fitted in their there Are gaps where it is possible to see tons and modifications Are required and without these being completed it is strongly recommended that this build the schools Concrete foundation is cracked and has shifted at least in one Wickens the chief noted that there is a crack at least 30 Centi metres wide in one water has seeped in around the foundations and Wickens said when he opened a floor Hatch in the school he found the crawl space flooded at one end of the he concluded that major renova ing be abandoned for the purposes of teaching and Veinot said the schools have been scheduled on a basis of the Community in the worst need getting the first he did not see How the split Lake construction Date could be Al he said that the repairs would be done quickly and that a leaking standpipe which May be responsible for the water under the old buildings would be ripped out and Ren Wickbrand bedroom How to Cut Corners on buying a waterbed like should be purchased with Long term reliability in that Why floating ecstasy Sells first Quality waterbed components such As the the Maxum is wave rests finest made thicker and wronged than Ord Ury interconnecting support and kor we Patent pending fkr Loang honeycomb quickly tiros motion and re Lubov reduced seam area and overlap construction for Long me from the thickest 24gauge Vinyl How do 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