Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 23, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Is Whir Pool deaths expected to Spur changes september s on when robber took line by Gregg Shilliday a provincial health inspector who examined a Transcona apartment Block Pool before and after two Young boys drowned there last july said yesterday that he be surprised if operating regulations for sem Public pools were changed As a result of the in an interview following the adjournment of an inquest into the drown Ings of Shawn Allan Horvath and Jason Lee both aged inspector Don Ness said the drownings led to a Lotof discussion and a lot of Strong feelings within his something happened that we All feel bad he we had to look at building of garage protested a backyard dispute Over the construction of a garage has led to a larger confrontation Between Kingston Crescent residents and the area residents Are upset with a Community com Mittee decision allowing Marcel Pelle tier of 327 Kingston Crescent to build a two Storey garage and Gazebo right up to his neighbors property his Peter Traynor and Louise Chudy of 329 Kingston cres say the Structure is too close to their Home and will result in noise problems As Well As blocking the Traynor said a group of concerned residents approached the cites appeals committee last week to present a petition against Pelletiers he that the committee re fused to accept the 61signature Peti he said his next step would be to talk once again to appeals committee substitute chairman John councillor Angus said yesterday the committee decided the neighbors com plaints we rent really the regulations and ask Are they in the Best interest of the pub Lic the inquest was told monday that the apartment Block Pool at 120 Prevette Avenue met provincial safety require signs were posted and a Fence with a lockable Gate was constructed around the judge Arnold Conner was also that a requirement for life guards at sem Public pools was deleted from provincial regulations after Dis Cussion with apartment Block owners last review expected Ness said yesterday that he expected a departmental review of the regulations within the next couple of he added that he Hopes the government will be advised on several alternatives to the current the manager of the Block where the boys drowned told the inquest she had asked provincial inspectors if a life guard was required and was told Bernice Huff also told the inquest that even though she knew no tenants used the she never considered permanently Locking the Gate to the master key system she was asked if she had thought of providing a master key to tenants so that Pool use would be restricted to she replied that she didst because it was not a provincial Regula Huff that since the drownings such a new lock had been installed and master keys judge Conner adjourned the inquest until 5 after expressing dissatisfaction with a Lack of medical Evi Dence on the deaths of the two he said he wanted assurances that delays in transporting the children to Hospital by the Winnipeg ambulance service would not have been a Factor in later revival attempts at the on judge Conner had expressed serious reservations about an ambulance delay of 10 minutes in trans porting the children to nearby Concor Dia disclosures await bylaw amendments landlords who dont comply with cleanup orders wont be named until the City amends its building civic environment commissioner Dave Henderson said City Council voted 16 to Post All closing notices issued to property but Henderson said City Law yers must first examine existing build ing bylaws to determine what changes must be City solicitor Nestor Bodnarchuk said he will ask for clarification of the Council resolutions he said it is unclear whether it applies to the cites health department or the department of environmental both of which Monitor building because the provincial health department also enforces these standards under the Public health discussion with the province May be necessary to Amend the the Manitoba landlords association has opposed the disclosure arguing there Are already sufficient bylaws to enforce building sanitation the policy was passed by Council without discussion on whether existing bylaws would have to be Deputy City medical health officer Doug Luckhurst said the City has placarded 113 buildings As of four of them in the City gives out about mandatory housing orders annually which cover the spectrum of repairs and Only about 120 premises Are actually closed and Pla carded each year and about 30 land lords a year Are taken to court for contravening housing a robber had to Tell police that he was holding up a Selkirk Avenue drugstore sunday before officers responded to a pharmacists Call for the stores owner said now owner Eleanor Symchych is also calling the police but not very complimentary my big beef is what does it take to Tell the police theres a asked owner of Empire drugs whoever that consta ble who answered the is he Symchych said she complained to the police department monday about the acting crime Des Depourcq said yesterday the Case will be reviewed to determine if there should be an invest the complaint stems from a robbery attempt by a Man who walked into the drugstore sunday and demanded drugs from the police said although no weapon was the Man indicated he was the pharmacist told the robber she would have to Telephone the owner to get the keys to an area where the narcotics were but the Quick thinking pharmacist dialled a police number Symchych said the with the robber standing behind told the police 1 need she also told him the name and address of the store and that a Man wanted Symchych said the officer responded by asking numerous such As whether the robber was she said the thinking the owner was on the then took the phone himself and want All the then he the police officer finally caught on that this was a Symchych Why else would we Call the police on a sunday afternoon asked sym the Man later fled empty police responding to the Call captured a suspect on Arlington Symchych said she was proud that her employee was Alert enough to find a Way to stall the would be she had to be on the Ball because if she want As Clever As she the Man would still be on the said the she was absolutely de Spour said police operators have to ask callers a lot of questions to determine whether squad cars must be sent if we reacted to each Call by Dis Patching Cruiser cars we would be in for an awful lot of he de Spour explained the operators Are trained to ask the questions that will elicit the right in this Case the woman didst have the Opportunity to give too much information because of the he but the operator Doest know that Jim free press miss Blue bomber finalists five finalists in the miss Winnipeg Blue bomber contest tried on Coats yesterday More suited to weather during the they Are left to right Bennetta Karen Cindy Karen and Tracey school bus termed too expensive French immersion parents forced to use car Nursery director says Winnipeg school divisions new bus ing policy has forced some parents to have their children transported to school by Norma director of the health sciences Centre Day said yesterday parents who drive six kindergarten French immersion Chil Dren to Sacre Coeur school every morning also collectively pay about a Day for a taxi to bring them to the Nursery for the she told Winnipeg school Board this is cheaper than paying for a special trip by the bus firm contracted by the school which she said charges monthly per child per round Mccormick said the school division policy is especially Tough on working adding that per cent of children aged three to six have mothers who work outside the of Tecumseh also said she and others in her neigh boyhood Send eight no kindergarten children to a private Home on Westgate so they can be picked up by the bus and taken to Sacre Coeur and returned to the Westgate House after she said parents had great difficulty convincing division administrators that the children should be picked up there rather than at Mulvey which would have meant crossing Busy Sher Brook and Maryland trustees have received Many letters and Telephone Calls from parents angry about the fact they had Only a few Days notice that the Board would no longer be providing Doort door pickup ser vice for the immersion Board chairman Mira Spivak said while trustees voted last May to aban Don door Todor no decision on an alternative was made until the situation has proved to be a bit More difficult than any of us anticipate but parents have been terrific in accommodating themselves to the Situ Spivak she said she imagine the school Board approving a policy requiring children to Cross a Busy Street without school but Mccormick said the original schedule called for children to be picked up at Mulvey at before the school patrol arrives in the Vern the divisions transportation told the Board last week he was on vacation during the August meeting and that administrators had Only three Days to draw up new routes last month because the revised tender eliminating door to door service haunt been he said he had no idea when the problem would be straightened out be cause children from All Over the Divi Sion attend immersion in other the Board voted to hire a filipino elementary school coordinator on a three month trial As an trustee pay going to Cabinet education minister Keith Cosens says he will ask the Cabinet to discuss the possibility of establishing some formula for school trustees pay in who met yesterday with an eight member residents delegation concerned about Winnipeg school Divi Sion trustees pay refused in an interview to say whether he would argue for or against establishing a he said Only that he would take the proposal to Cosens also refused to say whether the government might use retroactive legislation to overturn the total 51 per cent pay raise Winnipeg trustees voted themselves this he said any change would require an amendment of the Manitoba Public schools act which be be introduced until the next legislative ses members of City councillors and school trustees set their own salaries but provincial Las raise theirs according to increases in the consumer Price Index and average Industrial Cosens said that while Las can set a Good no one has to follow although the delegation failed to Tell Cosens what rate should be they said in a Brief the average Winnipeg division whose salary is a receives an hour for work a delegation spokesman said these figures were based on school Board Mira Winnipeg school Board refused comment on the Backer champions Selkirk solvent reclamation Plant Shead study Impact Gerke protect environment the Man who wants to put a solvent reclamation Plant in Selkirk said yesterday his proposal will protect the environment and Benefit Gerald owner of kinetic contaminants Canada said he is not in the business of contaminating the in we were set up to protect the environment and the he told a press conference in the Selkirk town Council but Selkirk mayor Bill Shead insists Gerke will have to convince Selkirk residents and the Council that the project is Safe and beneficial before the Plant will be Shead said yesterday the town and the company will hold a series of informational meetings during the next few weeks before Council makes a final decision on the project in the meetings have been called in response to a series of Media reports which have raised concerns among residents about the the controversy started after kinetic purchased the old Jordan wine Plant in the towns near vacant Industrial Park for about kinetic wants to use the Plant Pri Marily for a solvent reclamation Centre and eventually about 10 per cent of it for a waste chemical transport Gerke but some town residents dont want the Plant located in the fearing possible chemical contamination and Selkirk Dave Mckenzie said yesterday some residents Are passing petitions around to protest the Applina Mckenzie said three potential buyers of property in the Industrial Park said they were not enthusiastic about locating next to a reclamation Shead said town Council will have to study what Impact the Plant poses to the the effect it May have on Peoples perception of Selkirk As a place to live and whether it will deter other industries from locating in the Industrial 1 i we have to keep an open he but he emphasized that if there is massive opposition to the project it Likely wont be approved by Gerke told reporters he became involved in the reclamation and trans port business while working As a marketing expert for an electrical firm a few years the firm had to dispose of some highly toxic pcs and asked Gerke to take care of the Gerke said that when he found there were no government regulations in Al Berta governing disposal of the Chemi Cal he did some research and eventually discovered a Safe method of Gerke said other companies then began approaching him with similar problems and he finally decided to form his own company to Deal with the problems of he said the reclamation proposal for Selkirk would Recycle common waste solvents which Are currently dumped into Rivers and Landfill Sites in the process would be similar to one used in paint factories located in most major cities on the Gerke added that the proposed plants chemical waste transport depot would serve to protect the Environ because waste chemicals Are currently stored in numerous locations throughout the province and handled by people who dont specialize in the he said his company will hire and train people to collect the chemical wastes and transport them to Alberta for he emphasized his company will not bring hazardous chemicals into the province for but will Only remove what is now being stored Manitoba Deputy environment minis Ter Bowen said yesterday the kinetic proposal pose any More of an environmental Hazard than any other chemical based the process is one of simple distil a which is an integral part of any chemical including he ;