Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba O Church closes interest rate blamed by Andy Blicq Winnipeg Baptist Church parishioners have dissolved their congregation and abandoned their financially Trou bled Church and Christian Church officials blame High interest rates for their decision to close in july and allow the Sale of Church assets to reimburse mortgages totalling Are listed on the certificate of title for the property at lot Sturgeon the Bank of Montreal holds a first Mort Gage for there also have been More than in judgments against the prop erty since former Church treasurer Ray Scaife said the Sale of the building and property appraised at should pay off the he said a trustee May be appointed to dispose of the interest payments at one per cent above the prime rate proved too Oner Ous for the Church Small congregation of about 100 Scaife he praised the Bank of Montreal for its patience with the which he said has suffered financial problems since its construction in the while creditors and parishioners contacted were reluctant to discuss circumstances surrounding the the Church pastor from 1976 until july said the Church was troubled by High interest rates and the financial rec ords David Wetter said he resigned As pastor because 1 just Felt the lord was moving me and id taken it As far As i on the Day he Wetter said he received a Telephone Call from South Shaver Baptist Church in offering him a i took it As the lords leadership and said he Wetter was contacted at his Home in Church member David Christmas said parishioners voted to dissolve the Church and disband the congregation in shortly after Wetters Resigna Christmas said he came to the conclusion that Winnipeg Baptist Church was on pretty shaky it was very poor testimony for Christmas said he feels that the Money he donated to the Church he gave to the and he Doest feel any i never lost a he see congregation Page 4 womb for rent at Cloudy today 1 7 Cloudy tonight 5 september 1981 109 no 246 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Ken Gilliom free press hanging in there Winnipeg hang gliding instructor Pat Boychuk takes advantage of Clear skies which looks like a vehicle the Wright Brothers might have Buzz the Countryside yesterday and drop in at the Gimli race the can land in Fields and is propelled by a 24horsepower snowmobile Ryan shifts party line toward pcs nationalism from now its Quebec first and Canada Liberal Leader tells convention delegates by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Quebec Liberal Leader Claude Ryan has made a major change in the direction of his party to bring it closer to the nationalism of Premier Rene he also won a crucial delaying a convention and its automatic Leader ship from now its Quebec first and Canada second when the two he said during the Quebec Liberal party weekend Council at tended by about 350 Ryan shifted the party philosophy with a 57page document and a speech he wrote senior party strategists said the idea is to broaden the electoral base and gain Young voters who now choose the parti Ryan claimed the party has always been As nationalist As the document suggests and argued that what he had really accomplished in two Days Here was a change in that tone conflicts directly with positions prime minister Trudeau and other Federal liberals have consistently they have argued that the National Good must prevail Over the regional wills expressed by leaders from such provinces As Alberta and our responsibility is first of All Ryan our party must make itself the exclusive advocate of Quebec inter it must aim to obtain the maximum advantage to there Are people and parties elect soviets May accept cup copy Here by Brian Cole Valery Vasiliev and Vladislav Tretiak accepting the Canada cup at por Tage Avenue and main Street it could happen if local businessman George Smith gets his he Jans to ask the soviet Union to Send some players to Winnipeg to accept a copy of the Canada cup Vasiliev is the Captain of the team and is a Likely candidate to receive the but Tretiak is the player most responsible for defeating team Canada in the final game of the Canada cup series a spokesman for the soviet embassy in Ottawa says his country will consider the invitation and might even invite Smith to make a similar presen tation in Why not i think it is a Good Igor Lobanov said in an interview yesterday from the idea of having a ceremony at Portage and main seems that where former hockey Star Bobby Hull signed with the world hockey associations fledgling Winni Peg jets in the Early the jets also recently signed Junior hockey sensation Dale Hawer Chuk to a Long term contract at the Smith Hopes the presentation will make up for the Way Alan Eagleson prevented the team from taking the real Canada cup Home following their 81 Victory Over team Canada in Mon Treal a controversy ensued after Eagleson spotted the soviet team leaving the forum with the trophy in an equipment bag and called in the Montreal Eagleson first argued that the trophy belonged to the people of Canada and would be placed on permanent display at the governor generals residence at Rideau but he later said he would loan the soviets a trophy if they put in an official the soviets have not asked to borrow the Eagleson says he Doest mind if Smith gives the soviets the hockey Canada spokesman Lou Lefaive echoed Eagle sons sentiments but said he want sure whether Smith and his group could legally manufacture a copy of the de at the Federal level to serve Quebec from the perspective of the general interest of All Ryan let these people and these parties assume that for our lets consider the implications of their decisions for Ryan said his party is not giving up its Devotion to a United Canada or federalism but the provincial party must be treated by Ottawa with re he we dont want to sever ties with but we want the relationship to be on the basis of Mutual Mutual Ryan said his position goes no farther than that already taken by Alberta in a series of disputes with the Quebec Liberal mean blamed Trudeau and his unilateral action on the Constitution for part of his election loss last although he refused to specify How much of the defeat Ottawa was responsible we were ignored and we should not have he said of events leading up to unilateral Federal it certainly had some Impact Over the result of the theres no doubt about if unilateral Federal action forces Quebec into a legitimate defence of its constitutional the first loyalty of the Liberal party of Quebec must be to Quebec and not the Federal Liberal he were a party whose first responsibility is toward its always been he perhaps it was not stated As clearly As that in the in an stopped Short of saying he would go so far in his constitutional protest As to visit London with Premier Rene Levesque to present a United Quebec everything depends on whats in the supreme court of Canada he see Ryan Page 4 Mil plans health clinic by Greg Bannister the Manitoba federation of labor took what was hailed As a giant step Forward when delegates to its annual convention voted yesterday to raise funds for the establishment of a Union run and financed occupational health the which will have three full time employees if it is expected to Cost at least to open and additional Money to according to the the clinic would be the first of its kind in Western Canada and one of just a handful across the the clinic Resolution dominated the second Day of the mfrs fou Day meeting at the convention Centre yes on Mil president Dick Martin delighted delegates with a arranging address in which he unleashed a barrage of criticism against Federal and american Polit ical leaders As Well As groups such As the Manitoba chamber of Commerce and the religious move anti unionism threat Martin warned the provinces unionized workers that anti unionism is gaining influence politically in Canada and the he said unions which fail to rally against that threat will perish and be replaced by More progressive several speakers yesterday strongly supported the concept of a Union operated clinic and accused the prov inces medical profession of ignoring Job related health Many delegates spoke of difficulties unions have in convincing doctors to testify before the workers compensation Board on behalf of claims by Eugene provincial nip candidate in seven Oaks Riding and a Delegate from the Canadian Union of Public said the medical profession in this country for the most part is not prepared to look at these conditions As being Art federation executive Sec who personally pledged towards the described it As the most important Resolution to be consid ered at the which ends see Mil Page 4 garage shelters Man from High housing Cost Toronto up Christiaan Quittner thinks Hes figured a Way to beat the High Cost of housing by renting a parking space in an apart ment and setting it up As his Quittner rented the space last 29 for a month and parked his Volks Wagen Van in Hes been there Ever quitters Van Doest have running water or but for an extra a month the landlord agreed to let him tap the Hydro Supply in the apartments laundry now he runs a a hot plate and an assortment of Auto repair he has two systems to nor he Hooks a Garden Hose to a tap in the garage and fills plastic buckets for a sponge dishes or when he needs a Wash or a he goes into the laundry room before 7 and uses the laundry he says he uses a portable toilet with scalable bags for but it is not in Quittner sleeps on a makeshift bed jammed Between the cinder lock Wall of the garage and the Side of the Van and has fashioned a closet from support beams at the Back of the see housing Page 4 optimism diplomats meeting in Zurich today begin crucial talks on Namibia amid signs that a breakthrough is in a in charge Tom the 34yearold Whiz kid from has quietly taken Over As prime minister Trudeau principal Bloodbath Tehran radio reported 149 leftists were shot on the raising the number of executions to 772 in three jets flying with some of their Best players sitting at Winnipeg jets managed to beat Vancouver in Bac Toback preseason National hockey league Index Ann 19 23 18 70 7 43 20 70 8 19 Jumble 81 sports to 23 ;