Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 7, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free november 1981 Waso Chance to work retarded adults hone workplace skills by Sheila bean mentally handicapped persons have a workshop where they can learn to work in Tjie the called Waso work and social 585 London provides the Opportunity for mentally retarded adults to learn life and social Waso managing director Judy Richardson said students learn How to package items for local companies of a contract they package take out utensils for champs food sys camping and outdoor supplies Coghland and nuts and belts for Winnipeg Richardson said Waso is trying to limit contracts to the East Kildonan other work skills taught Are Atten organization and Breaks for learning social skills include communication and appropriate social behaviour in both a work setting and a casual set Richardson said even their cof fee and lunch Breaks Are for learning because relationships with other peo ple Are important in the housekeeping use of the bus system make up the life skills a Reward for the staff came yester Day when a woman took the bus to Waso by herself after Only one Day of bus that skill usually takes a few Days to said although the workshop officially opened it has been in operation since Richardson said students Are enjoy ing the mainly because it gives them a Chance to if the rest of the family works and you you feel she there Happy that there she said they get a great feeling of accomplishment from earning Money for their bus and they have socially some Are less they enjoy Thayne free press student Linda Flatt places tie Down cords in plastic bag As being with the group some were a Little nervous and now Treyve settled twelve aged 21 to Are involved in the program and Richard son Hopes the group will increase to the limit of 30 people by next the aim is to prepare them for a competitive Job in the one Man is ready for a Job Richardson but most people will probably take a year or some May never be ready to this will be a place where the permanent students can come to work every this will be their Waso was founded last fall by a group of parents and educators of mentally handicapped people in East they saw a need for a training after mentally retarded people leave the school sys tem at age some Are still not ready for the work but there people and they have feelings and they want to express said there not like Rock they like Rock they like to dress in style like everybody there just the same As other people their age with the same needs and the same Anne Zorowski Macdonnell said East Kildonan part of Waso cares about its mentally retarded so the Community worked together to provide them with a Valu Able Waso solicited Volun Teers and a building from the Community Over the course of a their annual financed partly by the City and the is and May increase to if the Federal government kicks in some renovations on the old Bible study donated by Emman Uel United Cost Waso received word yesterday that the gig Blu jeans company is donating a Blister a machine that seals shut plastic ruling reserved in Meariman defamation suit by Pamela Fayerman judgment was reserved yesterday in a defamation suit launched against the Csc by City lawyer David in closing Pearl mans Wilf de said a Csc radio broadcast in 1977 which labelled Pearl flan a slum lord great personal anguish for his who entitled to damages As de Graves said the trial revealed that Pearl Nan is a Man with Many but he is still a Man entitled to referring to the Many suits Peari Man has launched against government de Graves said his client took such action because he is a fight but he sometimes pursues his causes in a very foolish de Graves said by calling Meariman a Man without morals or conscience As the Csc did in the broadcast was also implying he was a menace to the lawyer conceded that Meariman has been difficult with City and Provin Cial and when they issued their he issued de Graves said while houses Peari Man owned and rented out May have been no tenants Ever suffered injuries As a de Graves said a was going on Between Meariman and the City Over his and the Csc quite willingly engaged in it by repeating All the accusations by City officials in the form of the broadcast by freelance journalist Peter Csc lawyer Darcy Mccaffrey said the broadcast did not malign Meariman As a it dealt with the conduct of slum landlords who created and contributed to the Urban blight problem existing mainly in the cites Mccaffrey said the broadcast was fair in that Meariman was one landlord who failed to live up to the unstated code of conduct which citizens expect of one he said Pearl mans misconduct As a landlord was Rable to the lawyer who violates the undefined yet understood code of his what the Csc said was that in terms of your operation As a youve fallen below the Standard and your conduct should be no doubt the broadcast said things which Are not Nice things to say about any but it flows from the evidence that they Are Mccaffrey said the fact the plaintiff did not Call any of his former tenants to testify that he was a Good landlord showed remained uncorroborated and proved he is re moved arid insulated from the prob lems of his Mccaffrey said the Csc proved its allegations that Pearl mans properties were an eyesore and a health Justice Peter Morse of the Mani Toba court of Queens Bench reserved his cart cows Early ruling on to bids Federal communication commission ers say they will decide As soon As possible who should be licensed to carry satellite television service to Rural and Northern Manitoba common a panel of four commissioners from the Canadian radio television and telecommunications commission spent three Days in Winnipeg this week hearing applications from businesses and Community groups for the panel chairman Jim Robson said he considered Christmas a reasonable tar get Date for a decision on the Applina the 16 applicants Are proposing to beam signals from four Canadian Tele vision stations to a Host of Manitoba while some Are also of Fering to provide radio the to which Are part of the Canad an satellite communications can com include chant of cite to of cd Chov of Hamilton and to ctr of Jan regional director general for the said All the applicants were Given a full Opportunity to present their he said Many of the applications Are competing to provide ser vice for the same the City of Thompson presented a useful Brief to the discus sing the cons of the various proposals to that the City did not formally endorse any of the Arctic radio which run stations in flin the Pas and argued against licensing any of the applicants for outlets in the three commune City Calendar mount Carmel clinic will sponsor health month monday to information centres and blood pressure clinics will be scheduled at various shopping malls in the times and locations Are to 4 9 and 10 and from noon to 4 30 and 1 at Garden City shopping Centre and Garden City Square 11 to 12 and 13 and 10 to 4 14 in Eaton place 11 to 4 1618 in Winnipeg Square noon to 4 nov 2527 in Southwood mall to 28 in Kildonan place and to 4 24 at Grant Park shopping weather our mistake an editorial wednesday wrongly quoted an out Date version of a clause in the proposed charter of human in the clause governing search and seizure now reads everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or do a Story thursday said wrongly Jack of was sentenced to life imprisonment thursday for second degree murder in the shooting death of his wife in in the mans name is Jack manufacturers h High l Low cold front warm fron provincial the winning ticket in yesterdays provincial lottery is there also Are subsidiary and deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with a High near frequent Cloudy periods tonight with a Low near a few Clouds tomorrow with brisk northwesterly winds and a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny monday with temperatures near Normal readings of 2 and sunny and Milder tuesday and Northern Manitoba Cloudy periods monday and mainly Cloudy tuesday and wednesday with temperatures returning to near Normal readings of 3 and Northwestern Ontario sunny and Cool sunny and turning Milder tuesday and Normal High Normal Low temperatures Canada and the world National Thunder International 13 10 is b 2 14 is 12 11 13 17 14 9 14 13 16 14 13 19 7 8 24 12 22 0 2 3 0 2 6 10 7 1 3 14 11 5 10 4 1 11 4 5 2 retort spots los 12 16 5 15 21 25 Las Veoa fair 31 fair 28 27 fair 29 24 29 31 31 30 5 11 3 13 17 14 22 24 20 24 18 22 21 25 24 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean last highest on record in 1975 lowest on record in 1935 precipitation total for i to 6 Milli metres daughter of George and so Phie of 505 Munroe suite of 264 Munroe widower of Kathleen of because son of Isabel and the late Gordon of 403 Oakdale widower of Isabel of 334 thur so wife of Peter Dany of formerly of Birtle and widow of Fridrik of 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