Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Friis Witrow Wayne free press second Chance Agency Given second Chance by Gregg Shilliday the second Chance Agency has itself been Given a second Chance to provide clothing for Winnipeg set up by a welfare couple As a nonprofit Charity a year it was shut Down in october when City welfare Cut off Al and Geraldine Ducharms family clothing the Ducharms said in an interview saturday that they Felt emotionally and financially cheated when their clothing allowance was slicing about off their monthly we have a lot of clothes but there for people who need them we hardly Ever use any of them for Geraldine said even if we a lot of our Money goes for Gas and expenses for picking up the Why do they want to renovation costs released under pressure from some students and the University of Manito Bas Board of governors has released renovation costs for two Homes bought for University the Board said renovations this year to the Home occupied by president Arnold Naimark at 37 Kings drive Cost earlier improvements to a former University residence at 12 King Sway totalled the Board said funds for the renovations came from private endowment not University members of the u of is faculty association have alleged More than was spent on renovations to the houses Over the last ten including in work to the Kings drive they questioned the expenditures in Light of tight University penalize us for trying to help people out agencies such As the childrens Aid society and the health sciences which had sent people to the Ducharms for agreed that the action was they complained to welfare officials within a couple of the Ducharms had their allowance rein but the suspension Hurt the welfare despite their own they had wanted to help people even less Well off than their Home had turned into an open with people dropping in at All hour for they agencies were calling regularity with and the Ducharms never turned any one away because they believed they were doing something a explained that he had to quit his Job As a Torch Cutter four years ago because of ill he and his family of five survive on a Small monthly disability pension and welfare Assis but rather than sit Al decided to continue the kind of work his wife had once done with a Charity clothing i wanted to prove i could still be he and what bet Ter Way than to help other people but after what welfare we almost shut the whole thing it didst seem Worth Geraldine said they were ready to quit but the people just kept on com when it starts to get cold like How can you turn someone away that comes to your door wanting an Over coat or something you just cant do so weve decided to keep second Chance theres a lot of poor people out there and we All need help Winnipeg free november 1981 3 Tatj 111 Al and Geraldine Ducharme with daughter and boxes of clothing in Carlos freed from pain of rare skin d Winnipeg boy used As demonstration Case for spider Mycosis Bullosa treatment Success Carlos who no Loneer suffers Carlos who no longer suffers from a rare and painful skin returned to Winnipeg saturday after a fou Day stay in Edmonton where he met Pavel the West Ger Man biochemist who successfully treated inventor of the treatment for Dystrophic spider Mycosis was Edmonton to meet with Western Canadian Carlos flew to Edmonton for a Check up with and As a Demon stration Case for the physicians meet said the boys Joao Carlos returned to Winnipeg in octo Ber after a treatment at Kozakos clinic in he must take pills and have a Salve As Well As adhere to a special he is to return in january for a his father says the bleeding sores that used to infect Carlos skin Are now gone and he has no More while in Carlos and his Mother stayed in Edmonton with Linda who has the same disease and was treated at Kozakos Tony Degabriele of who also was successfully treated for the was present at the Ken Giuliotti free press update a followup to the bringing readers up to Date on stories that have appeared in the free dump site hearing set expert witnesses on soil and flood control will be testifying at a Public hearing in thief River thursday on four possible Haz ardous waste dumping Sites within the seven county Northwest Minnesota one of the possible Sites is near Only 40 Kilometres from the Southern Manitoba town of witnesses Are being rounded up by the Northwest regional develop ment a regional planning and development organization com prising county and District officials of the commission executive director Tom of says the com Mission passed a Resolution against locating a hazardous waste dump in the seven county area and sent a letter to that effect to Minnesota waste manage ment Board chairman Bob Dunn in late Jorgens said the commission believes the waste dump should be in a hydrologically Safe within reasonable transportation distance from the source of the and with Ade quate roads to handle the the flooding Issue is one of the critical issues that has been Jorgens adding the four Sites in his area Are prone to High water the roads in the Northwest Region Are not heavy duty and Are subject to Adverse weather he nine of 20 possible candidate Sites Are in Northwest a final site decision will by made by acetone and creosote Are among the wastes to be group beats City Hall the neighbourhood coalition for a crosswalk has proved you can fight City Hall and in the free press reported an and hoc group was continuing a year Long struggle to persuade the City to install a pedestrian corridor at Ellice Avenue and landside to attract attention to the cause and gather Public the group set up a table with a petition at the intersection in preparation for an appearance before the cites works and operations the committee approved the Corri Dor a Short time after that meeting and City Council agreed in jibe last hurdle was cleared in Early september when the provincial High ways traffic Board added its last week the crosswalk was com nursing school blocked the provincial governments universities Grants commission has turned thumbs Down on a bid by the University of Winnipeg to Start its own school of but at the same time it has cleared the Way for registered nurses to obtain academic degrees at the University of Brandon University and the University of Manitoba fort Garry u of w president Robin Farquhar said the Grants commission decided to establish a province wide pro Gram in nursing Farquhar will meet with Brandon u president Harold Perkins and u of m president Arnold Naimark to Morrow to discuss the the u of w started its Campaign to get government approval for a nursing school More than a year earlier this year the University hired a part time consultant from the University of Calgary nursing school to work out detailed plans for the the u of m school of nursing has offered oneyear diploma courses in nursing since 1943 and fou year pro Grams leading to a bachelors degree in nursing since in recent the school has offered arts and general science components of its fou year program on a Par time basis and has allowed part time students to take As Long As 10 years to Complete the degree pro says exile life Tough by Greg Bannister neuroses and family prob lems of All kinds Mark the lives of exiles forced to Hee their latin Ameri can Homes for new lives in adopted says a former member of Salvador Allendes chilean govern ment who fled after the 1973 military Maria Elena a medical Doc Tor and senator in the democratically elected marxist government of Al said no matter How much exiles love their adopted countries the prob lems they face Are who has lived in exile in several european countries since her flight from was the keynote speaker saturday at the second Cana Dian conference on women in latin America held at the University of the today which attracted about 100 was to among other the Cul Ture Shock suffered by exiled families who leave latin America for Europe or North America due to political Perse speaking through an inter told the conference the experiences of exiles regardless of their new country she said elderly people forced to flee find adjustment extremely families Are often severely tested by the Strain of adapting to a new language and Way of divorce is a As is discipline with teenagers who May assume new attitudes and manners at a much quicker Pace than their led brutal coup All of these debts Pinochet must pay she said in reference to Augusto Pinochet who led the coup in 1973 and who has been widely accused of establishing a vicious regime with Little regard for human rights and most according to feel helpless when it comes to he wrongs in their we Are marginal people in these developed she there is perhaps Little we can do but express our Solidar Ity with those still in Carrera said the movement to re store human rights and a democratic government still exists in Al though she said there Are such As the National Union coordinating committee and the chilean human rights commis which Are working inside the country to improve she attacked the Pinochet regime for what she claimed was a very studied policy against women in car Rera said the military government has used the mass Media effectively to destroy the credibility of female Politi the women have been linked to government bigamy and other activities in a series of Pinochet directed stories in Chiles news she also said women have been special victims of torture in Man with handgun robs grocery store a Man armed with a handgun robbed a Matthews Avenue grocery store of a Small amount of Money last police said a Man entered the pay fair 719 at approached the female cashier and demanded after scooping Cash from the till he fled on no shots were fired and no one was car hits pedestrian a car pedestrian collision on Ellice Avenue sent a to Hospital with a broken hip last police said the Man was walking across Ellice Between Sherbrook and Maryland avenues when he was struck by a westbound tax on toxic waste on youth parliament a Santa hoho a magic Santa drops by yesterday at Manitoba school for the deaf to entertain with a sign language for about Ydren and their obviously delighted at show Are front Jason 6 Niel and Tammy Van by Greg Bannister about 90 members of the legislature will sit Down 26 to discuss whether taxes should be levied on Manitoba they will also consider the delicate question of whether government should arbitrarily decide How and where toxic waste will be proposed legislation Banning All strikes and imposing binding arbitration on workers will also be examined by the but the legislators wont be those elected by Manitoban they Are High school and University students from Manitoba and Northwestern on Tario who will attend the 60th annual youth parliament held in the Legisla Ture from this years Premier is Darren Praz of a third year his tory student at the University of Winni in a weekend Praznik said the youth one of eight provincial youth parliaments held on a regular basis across does More than provide students with a Chance to sit in the seats of Power for a few it gives High school students a Chance to discuss current develop some Confidence in themselves and their ability to express they also learn a Little about How govern ment the absence of party lines is the major difference Between Between the youth parliament and parliament in vote on conscience Tom a second year University of Manitoba Law said there Are no political parties so that every member of parliament can vote according to his conscience with out being concerned about party poli besides Praznik and who is this years Deputy three other members of the youth parliaments executive Are elected each it is this group which organizes the the legislation debated Over the course of the session is usually Provo say Praznik and when considering proposed the executive weighs whether there Are Good both for and t against on the if there the Bill is put on the in past weve abolished the monarchy and legalized said other proposed Legisla Tion to be debated include a Bill which would restructure the provinces Edu cation system to stress sciences and technology and reemphasize the another proposes forbidding homosexuals to be teachers in primary and secondary the parliament operates on a budget of about each of the 90 members must contribute to participate in the we Klong the balance of funds is raised by corporate said the major political parties usually provide a free luncheon for the the youth parliament is also at tempting to organize an alumni ban Quet for notable alumni include among others mayor Bill employ ment and immigration minister Lloyd Tom principal Secretary to prime minister to ideas Winnipeg North Centre my Stanley Knowles and Graeme former judge and now chief executive officer of the provincial Law ;