Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free december by Maureen Brosnahan Winnipeg free press Dakota Plains the Home made dining table dominates the stretching almost one end to the six Young boys and two adults Are seated around they Bow their god is god is let us thank him for our within seconds theres a burst of voices raise with tales of the Days competing for mom and dads the scene is not unlike that at Many family dinner but this one is slightly this handpicked family comprises boys from across Manitoba and All Are its Here on this Small Reserve of about 200 Southwest of Portage Prairie that Manitoba Only native run group Home for boys is the Foster group opened about 18 months harbours up to eight boys Between the Ages of eight and broken Homes Many come from violent and broken some have juvenile others were neglected and taken from their for the Home is a Stopover until a Foster Home becomes the boys surrogate parents Are Les and Ann both in their Early who raised four of their own children their still lives with i do get tired of it said sometimes you look at it and the work is so its not so easy to live with a whole Bunch of but patience and discipline Are the according to this soft spoken in Dian woman who has earned the boys sometimes they become frustrated and talk to make them feel they Are she five boys Are currently living in the split level the has been there since it the dark haired boy still Longs for a Foster but says the group Home Here is much better than the group Home in Winni Peg from which he was most of the boys were Bora on re but were either taken in by the Winnipeg childrens Aid society or channelled through juvenile child care agencies from across the province Transfer children Here to spend a few months or longer to await permanent placement either with their feel says boys mom Les and Ann smoke say Grace natural parents or in a Foster some boys have been bounced from a parents Home to a Foster Home to a group a few Are runaways and at nine and have Learned to survive on City has been Here for about 16 having lived previously in Homes at Portage and last summer he had a Chance to but asked to stay another they like it out they say its in the City theres not much room to so Many of the places Are All closed said Les As he glances to an open Field from the living room that what one of them said other said he was glad there were no bars on the although Les has spent a Good part of before dinner with their at Dakota Plains Home for native the Only one of its his time since january in a afraid of this taking away some of the result of an arthritic like he their he i didst want still takes the boys Hunting rabbits to take away any i just and Small game with wanted to do something for the kids in Home was a dream this is the newest member of the sporting a leather head a week and some visit their parents on but this can be counter pro sometimes parents Are drunk and the children return upset and frus said six years the Home was a dream for Dakota Plains band chief Ernie smoke who saw a need for keeping Indian children in Indian com chief who adopted two Chil Dren the a 15 years ago spent four years haggling with provincial and Federal authorities to get his idea we went through quite a bit to get this chief smoke adding that some childcare officials were the childrens Aid society was a band and two wristbands he fashioned a few weeks Gerry says he misses his Winnipeg you cant see the City from he yet the chatty Little fellow has lost no time at first when they come along there As wild As can said but House rules and punishment for breaking them Are clearly we dont drink and we dont smoke and we expect the boys to do the said the boys can Call their families once smoked marijuana one boy returned admitting hed smoked he my Sis Ter gave it to my Mother said its so i took Ann you sometimes feel so the Home operates on a budget of from Indian out of this come salaries for the Homes direct Les and Ann and their daughter who supervises the boys on weekends and takes them skating and to the Money is also used for the the provinces office of residential kind i care provides about a Day for food and clothing for the the bands group Home Sam says some problems arc still being at records outlining the childrens backgrounds were not being sent to the some boys needed special medical and psychiatric help resources the band does not such children had to be returned after the two week trial Peri its kind of a Pilot we have but we sort them out As they come said chief smoke said giving time and individual attention to each child is a top in order for that to work you need to have parents who love he Ottawa sets aside million to create student jobs Federal government has set aside million to find or create summer jobs for students next employment and immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy said among initiatives offered will be Public service internships which will place students in civil service jobs in areas where they plan to pursue the internships will last up to three weather Winnipeg area forecast be s today temperatures steady Between 5 and 10 mostly Cloudy lows near Cloudy with occasional Snow flumes highs near extended Outlook As Ottawa will spend up to million to establish similar internships within private sector the Federal government will provide funding for about jobs in Community the program will make wage contributions equal to the provincial plus up to a week for other project the internship and Community projects will be funded through summer Canadas the Federal government has also budgeted million for department of National defence training programs which employ about another is earmarked for about 175 ramp special supernumerary almost million is set for Canada employment centres for including a native internship program which will place 300 native students in Canada employment student employment and at the departments National head Quad Axworthy said the 395 student employment centres to be located across the country Are expected to place almost students in private and Public sector including about in Manito demolition closing Sherbrook Sherbrook Street Between Pacific and Ross avenues will be closed from 8 to 3 sunday while the former Midland railway Structure is the Sherbrook bus willbe temporarily rerouted via Elgin Tecumseh Street and Alexander Avenue during the the cites works department provincial the winning number in yesterdays provincial lottery draw is there also Are subsidiary hair pieces supplies Mena hair styling we service repair All makes of hairpieces 301 Carlton carom from the free press 942o9o6 toys t at discount prices Check these super buys blockade game Raggedy Ann Andy Only u q Archery 69 s hand full of 99 ring toss Batman crazy plus Many More toys of discount we also carry cookware hardware at great savings Cumberland is the Home of the so99 Vinyl repair kit o 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