Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ren free press Winnipeg free september 3 Trust firm wins Battle of Legal Bill vandals suspected in fire vandals Are believed responsible for a fire last night which heavily damaged a vacant warehouse due for demolition at 10g3 Sargent firefighters said youngsters were spotted running from the the formerly Mccurdy Concrete and fuel is now owned by United refrigerator parts the fire is under breaking leads to Nightmare failure to declare Cadillac teaches Man lesson by Pamela Fayerman when a wealthy Winnipeg business Man lost in jewelry in a 1979 breaking at his Tuxedo he never imagined it would net him wiretap surveillance by the a Bill and a but the most bizarre aspect of Glenn David Greenwood Nightmare is that it began with his Purchase of a customized Cadillac in the which he failed to declare at the president of european health bought the car in in fort it had been used in television commercials there and Greenwood planned to use it in promoting his but Greenwood first mistake was his failure to declare the Purchase with Canada customs at the Border and everything after that might be referred to As his Greenwood said he never drove the car once it was in leaving it in his garage until he decided How to use but in while the Busi Nessman and his wife were out of their House was broken into and an uninsured Quantity of jewelry when the thieves were they told police that they had seen illicit drugs in Greenwood the allegations apparently convinced the ramp to get a court order to wiretap Greenwood Home although the drug claim proved in police were tipped to the imported Cadillac when Greenwood phoned a customs broker to inquire How he could declare it and pay the on ramp seized the car along with some items of jewelry from Greenwood Home which they suspected also May have come into the country to get the car Greenwood has to pay a double duty charge of the jewelry has not been returned under customs Greenwood must prove the pieces were not illegally and the jewelry stolen during the breaking has also never been Reco when Greenwood thinks about the events which culminated yesterday in provincial judges court with a Fine against european health spas for the customs act he becomes i am tired of people looking Over my of police treating me like a criminal when it was a couple of creeps who broke into my Home and stole possessions which 1 have worked All my life to he Greenwood Darcy Mcclaf said his client has been through a Nightmare since he bought the customs officials were going to make him pay to get the car but Mccaffrey said the Crown prosecutor called the Justice depart ment in Ottawa yesterday and the double duty penalty was imposed in following his court appearance yes Greenwood arranged to have the car one of Only 400 made serviced so he can put his first Winnipeg Miles on fir safety program planned by Sheila bean a fir safety training program for hotel personnel is in its final planning assistant provincial fire com missioner Herman Thiessen told Mani Toba hoteliers Thiessen told delegates to the Mani Toba hotel associations annual convention that hotel staff and firefighters need to become More familiar with each firefighters would be More efficient if they Felt familiar with hotel premises and guests would feel More confident if hotel employees showed concern and knowledge about fire regu he Bill Brandon fire College outlined to the Mha Mem Bers Steps they could take to prevent fire he said fire prevention is Worth the expense because the Chance of a Busi Ness reestablishing itself after a major fire is Only Between five and 20 per he added that even a supposedly fire resistant hotel is theres no such thing As a building that said even if its made of steel and the things that Are added to that Frame still he urged hoteliers to install fire proof carpeting and reminding them that 44 people died in a new years Day fire in after a lighter was held up to flammable probably the biggest starter of fires is careless Hewitt adding that people cannot be prevented from smoking its a you must provide a place where smoking is permitted or smoke somewhere Dale a visitor from Mineso told delegates that fire inspectors never confirmed the cause of the Blaze that destroyed his but i have 100 per cent knowledge that the cause was a burning it was Over a Halbmillion Dollar fire and we lost an Turner said he has opened a new Motel since the fire and installed extra safety including direct alarm lines to the fire department from heat detectors and whatever it it was Well Worth he by Paul Moloney a Stonewall couple is making arrangements to pay a Legal Bill in order to head off foreclosure on their Home that was initiated after a Mort Gage company received their Cheque for payment of Vancouver based first City Trust incurred the Bill when it had Winni Peg lawyer Robert Doolan Start fore closure action on the Home of Robert and Pat f the company insists that the seniors must pay the while the seniors feel it is they contend the mortgage company contributed to their arrears problem in any had received their Cheque before initiating Peter first cites mortgage collections said in a Tele phone interview from Vancouver that the company did not Cash the seniors advised to pay the couples Douglas says first City was wrong in going ahead with the foreclosure after it had received payment for the Yard has advised these Nioras to pay the Legal fee because it would Cost them much More to fight it in court even if they for his admitted there have been communication but he said the seniors brought most of the problems on Pat senior said she and her husband had made the monthly payments since the mortgage was taken out in late but they missed last january payment because of Finan Cial she said Money was tight because she was leaving her Job to take a truck Drivers course so she and her husband could become a truck driving having missed the january the seniors submitted a february Che que for which the company used to cover the january this meant the couple was then in default for the month of tax misjudged the March payment was applied to the february but it was Short by because the couple misjudged the property at this first City considered the couple to be two full months in because was owed for March and because the payment applied to february was Short by Bergin said he could have initiated foreclosure at this he said Canada mortgage and housing which insured the requires that foreclosure begin after two months of by the seniors were behind on their mortgage payments by the company mailed a letter dated april 15 to the couple giving them 10 Days to bring the account up to Date or face senior said she received the letter May she mailed the company a Cheque covering the arrears plus one Cheque each for May and the company received the payments on May 20 and that same Day instructed Doolan to Start the Che ques were turned Over to the lawyer uncashed and returned to the foreclosure began when formal no Tice of Sale was drafted june 1 and served on the couple that because the company refused to Cash the cheques covering the arrears and the May and june it took the View that the seniors were five months from february to the seniors received a letter dated june 9 demanding payment by Cash or certified they paid the out standing amount with new cheques and the mortgage was then in Good stand demolition of houses delayed let Down by one demolition contract the officials of Lions Manor today Are shopping for another wrecker to Knock Down four vacant houses the Manor owns on landside the houses Between 320 and 328 bought for a new building to be constructed by Lions have become a headache for their owners and for neighbouring landside Jake executive director of Lions said last we have had no matter How tightly we Board them we have had Suderman a fire monday in the apartment Block at Furby Street and Portage also owned by Lions has increased the anxiety of landside Suderman a contractor hired by Lions Manor was to have demolished the buildings but the deadline has passed and the vacant buildings we had a building committee meet ing tonight and tomorrow we will be looking for a wrecking Suder Man the houses and apartment building were bought Between december and May of this year and were vacated by the end of tenders Are to be called shortly for the new 288suite Structure which Lions Manor is building on the landside Suderman lobby group claims moral campaigners Charity status unfair by Penni Mitchell according to Renaissance International will have one distinct advantage Over other inter est groups lobbying candidates in the next provincial election its Charity according to a Revenue Canada charities an organization is disqualified from using its Charity num Ber when it becomes a lobby but Renaissance a self de scribed righting fundamentalist is going ahead with plans to publicize moral report curds on Candi dates in the next provincial at least one Manitoba organization which has been refused a Charity num Ber believes Renaissance has an unfair advantage in wooing Money from sup porters because of its Tanya a representative of the Manitoba action committee on the Sta Tus of claims Revenue Canada is biased when it decides who qualifies for the the action committee has applied for a Charity number on several Occa but has been Lester because part of the groups Pur pose is to change Renaissance enjoys a Charity status which awards tax Breaks to businessmen who support the groups ultraconservative there were Les Ter the action committee provides an alternative to the philosophies of re according to but Renaissance charitable status has brought them wealth and society is the real because they Arent getting both sides of the Louis a charities examiner with Revenue Canadas Charity and nonprofit organizations said a lobby group cannot get Charita ble status because the tax department cannot be sure the statutory changes it proposes would Benefit the groups activities have to be for Public huot but the line Between benefits to one group and to society a Large is a Fine he Renaissance Manitoba does not have a Charity number of its but its Renaissance the group is currently embroiled in a court Battle with Revenue which maintains the organization no longer qualifies for charitable tax Sta Ken founder and president of maintains that Renais Sance Manitoba is an educational group and lobbying Polit leans is one of its Renaissance on the other is a religious Charity and service Agency to the pro Freedom movement in Canada and else he but opponents of Renaissance Mani Toba say the various Renaissance groups Are one and the except for tax Caron House restoration rapped Charleswood residents will seek injunction to try and Stop project Ifim film Coce in acc a by Cecil Rosner Ken free press historical society Verna Van with Rene feels Caron House is an important piece of Winnipeg a group of Charleswood residents angry Over plans to preserve Caron House decided yesterday to hire a lawyer and seek an injunction to Stop the about 75 residents of River West Park attended a meeting yesterday organized by Max Leader of a group which opposes restoration of the 76yearold Brick Structure South of the Assiniboine River in Charles Many in attendance referred to the building As a an eyesore and something which detracts from prop erty values in the situated within a 20acre City Caron House is one of the last remaining traditional farm houses on the Assin the Charleswood historical society has received permission from City Council to restore the with Federal and provincial funding it plans to rent the renovated House to a suitable tenant and open it to the Public one Day each the City bureaucrats would like us to forget about this and go Zoldack but this is one Case where the Middle class will not give up and go Zoldack said there have been three petitions from area residents pro testing expenditure of funds on the he said they object to a provision which gives the historical society the House for a year for 15 years and exempts it from school and property were told it would take to tear it Zoldack i think maybe we could have a demolition Bee and do it a lot one who said she was a real estate claimed the build ing was driving prospective Home buyers from the another Man who has lived in the area for seven years said we Are wasting our time trying to preserve this a group of people at the meeting agreed to contribute Money to hire a lawyer and try to Stop the historical society from Verna Van spokesman for the historical said yesterday the renovations to the building Are three quarters she said a tenant has been found who is willing to rent the Home once it is Van Roon said she could not under stand Why there was still so much fuss about the because there has been ample Opportunity to Dis cuss the last time it was debated by City the project was approved by a 25tol Jim an opponent of the Caron House told the residents they could still try to pressure City Council to reverse its he said the original Deci Sion to approve the restoration came after a successful lobbying Effort by the historical Zoldack also urged people at the meeting to lobby the the pre their member of parliament and employment minister Lloyd a worthy to Stop the i i ;