Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba S Winnipeg free december 1981 Elk Santa gave kids a real lift by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson for the 20th year in a Thompson Apo elks Lodge 471 took a Santa Claus Airlift to a Remote Northern Community in the last few years the expeditions have been to far off Indian reserves at Madoule Lac Brochet and Sha All about 300 Kilometres from this year the elks chose Thicket which though Only 50 Kilometres South of has become More Remote since the via rail parents said excited youngsters were out on the school grounds at saturday getting ready for the when the plane from Thompson flew Over the tiny Bayline about a dozen youngsters raced two Kilometres to the Airstrip to meet Santa Claus emerged from an ramp twi Notter aircraft with huge boxes of bundles of hockey Sticks and the police were on a regular tour of duty to Thicket Portage and other communities and invited the elks to travel with at the school about 50 of the 75 Village youngsters lined up to meet Saint Nick and receive some toddlers walked off with Over sized stuffed animals much larger than they in every Corner of the gymnasium youngsters were Busy try ing out new Deputy mayor Alice Osborne said this is the first time weve Ever had anything like this in Thicket Portage and were really enjoying were so glad the kids got All these she said the real present the Community is looking for is re placement of the Tri weekly train to Thompson it lost in the recent via rail she noted that shopping trips to Thompson now mean people have to spend two nights in hotels instead of one under the earlier its especially hard for us because we dont have any permanent or Winter its to depend so much on its very expensive and in a bad storm it was Nice to have the especially in she said before the cutbacks the Community Council had asked the provincial government for a Winter Road to we were told we have it because we had Good rail we Are All hoping that the new nip government will do something about it this she City Calendar Bob Iff 2s a u 1 Jet my u Vij Kenora motorists thought Price War was simply a Gas Capstaff Kenora Christmas came Early for motorists Here Over the weekend As three gasoline companies involved in a Price War dropped prices at local stations to a Low of cents a by yesterday the Price War was Over and prices Back at their Normal cents a litre for regular Mohawk Oil Turbo refineries and Gulf Canada stations battled head Ohead Friday and Satur after gradually lowering their prices for regular gasoline to cents by Midnight the Price War was started last month by the newly opened Turbo station that immediately began undercutting the nearby Mohawk and Gulf the two rival stations quickly responded by lowering prices the prices hovered around 26 cents for a few Days but by Friday the gloves were off and prices dropped dramatic Happy motorists didst waste any time lining up for the hundreds of residents took advantage of the Price forming Long lineups that often extended right into the even pedestrians joined the carrying Jerry cans and pails to fill with the precious Bob owner of a full service Esso station in said during the Price War he lowered his rates to cents per but As prices plunged at station at the other end of town we just quit and let the others go at he estimated Gas stations would have begun losing Money once the Price fell below 34 cents per they had the police out to direct the traffic it was so Busy As the Price War raged at the other end of Bell at the same time there was nothing going on at my end at it was absolutely he ads treat alcoholism As a family disease Santa Claus was surrounded by children As he stepped from aircraft at Thicket Portage by Greg Bannister doctors have begun treating alcohol ism As a disease striking both individuals and their a University of Manitoba medical professor said yes All members of the family become ill when there is an alcoholic William Jacyk told a Public forum at the health sciences he said several private alcohol Reha Bili tation programs in the United states have recently started admitting entire families into the treatment pro he said the term co alcoholics has been coined to describe the family of an Jacyk was one of four speakers who addressed the presented by the alcoholism foundation of Jacyk said alcoholics Are no different than any other disease most people prefer not to seek no matter what they Are afflicted it could be a huge mass in the breast or Abdomen Treyve been watching for most people Are crippled with fear of what it might be i think doctors have to acknowledge this and learn to Deal with that fear Jacyk also said there is a pitiful need for a psychiatric treatment Centre in Manitoba for Youthful he said there Are now Only a Small number of places to refer Young alcohol abusers for he agreed with a member of the audience who said Young people who enter Hospital emergency wards Over dosed on drugs and booze usually dont get the proper Lon term care they he said emergency physicians largely tidy up such a make sure there is nothing life threatening and sometimes advise the patient to seek psychiatric there is Only a Loose referral system available after initial Jacyk said he didst know if a Gener Al Hospital is the proper place for what he called a chemical dependency unit to handle alcohol and drug prob lems currently going toastmasters will hold seminar newly elected officers and members of toastmasters internal District Manitoba and Northwestern will participate in a communications and leadership seminar at 8 30 saturday at the Airliner motor hotel for further details phone the mens music club will present the Winnipeg senior and Junior girls choirs and Winnipeg boys choir in concert at sunday at Westminster United adults children 12 and under and senior citizens weather precipitation h High Fri Tufi l Low cold front worn front Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy today with one or two temperature steady near variable cloudiness tonight arid tuesday Low near High near extended Outlook Southern Manitoba variable cloudiness wednesday and thursday Cloudy temperatures near Normal wednesday and above Normal thursday and Friday Northern Manitoba mainly sunny wednesday and thursday occasional Cloudy periods temperatures near Normal wednesday and a Little above Normal thursday and Northwestern Ontario frequent Cloudy periods wednesday and increasing Cloud temperatures near Normal wednesday becoming above Normal thursday and temperatures Canada and the world the downtown Holiday inn will assist the big brother association of Winnipeg in promoting their Christmas Casino by holding a synchronized swim show featuring the Manitoba Anu indians from 4 to sunday at the hotels swimming admission is sir Edmund conqueror of mount will give a slide illustrated talk on the topic i always go Back to mount Everest at a luncheon meeting of the Canadian club at 14 at the downtown Holiday rabbi Louis Berkal accompanied by Mitch will sing at a lunch program to begin at 1 14 at congregation Shearey Wellington Crescent and Academy the ukrainian cultural and educational 184 Alexander Avenue will install a new automatic elevator in its Stair Access Only is available to the Library on the fourth floor and the gallery of Sereduk on the second the fifth floor museum is closed during the centres hours Are from 10 to 4 tuesday through saturday and from 2 to 5 attendants raise Cash for Hospital air Canada flight attendants in Winnipeg sold almost raffle tickets on the ground and in the air for the childrens Hospital intensive care Shauna a flight attendant said about was raised by the and a Craft and baked goods Bazaar held at the one of the fundraising projects said flight attendants first raised Money for the Hospital when they held a Bazaar last the raised went to buy two Winner of the donated to the raffle at was Carla a flight attendant who sold herself the winning 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