Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november by Cecil Rosenf there is frustration and a hint of anguish in Ben Fisette voice As he explains Why the provincial motor vehicles Branch has taken away his Drivers Fisette has but has had the condition under control for most of his he held a Drivers licence for 10 since he was and needs it desperately to earn a living a but last Fisette suffered his first seizure in five years As a result of being he reported the incident to the motor vehicles and was subsequently told he would lose his licence for a minimum of one the frustrating thing is there is no Way to Appeal their Fisette my doctor says i am Able to but they dont seem to Fisette had to give up his Job As a Salesman for Glen Lawn memorial As it required him to visit customers by he and his wife Are now although Glen Lawn says it will take him Back if and when he has his licence arguments with motor vehicles Branch officials have Only left Fisette bristling with he says they Are going strictly by a regulation which states that epileptics must be seizure free for a oneyear period before qualifying for a guarantee requested he the motor vehicles official asked me if i could guarantee i get a seizure while i was said who has never had a problem while in a Well i asked him whether he could Guaran tee me he have a heart attack while or whether he could guarantee me i get killed by some drunk his request for a limited restricted which Are issued in similar circumstances in other was also newspaper clippings Are scattered about the Fisette Boniface telling stories of drunk Drivers who received Light sentences even when their actions resulted in severe Acci he Points out restricted licences Are routinely handed to people convicted of impaired Carl motor vehicle Branch confirmed there is no a peal procedure for withdrawal of a licence on medical the one year seizure free period is a recon Dave free press it int says Ben Fisette who lost his Drivers licence because Hes a mentation of the Canadian medical and it is followed even if the patients doctor has a different but Prociuk said officials recognize the need for an Appeal and a medical review committee is in the process of being set doctors have already been appointed and the sys tem could soon be he but that is Small Comfort to Fisette and to others who denied and in Many a Means for earning their their system is so it almost teaches people to be Dishon said Frank spokes Man for the Manitoba league of the physically he said Fisette could just As easily not have reported his seizure to the in which Case it might never have but because of his he must pay a Rogodzinski said he recognized the importance in having some Check on people who suffer epilepsy or other disabling but added the motor vehicles Branch should be pre pared to assess each Case on its Cyril past president of the Manitoba epilepsy said provisions restricting epileptics from driving differ widely in Provin Cial and state Manitoba Law is relatively but does not account for peculiarities in individual he said it should be the responsibility of the motor vehicles Branch to ensure both sides of the Story Are an Appeal committee would be a Good Way to achieve that he cannot afford to wait for the bureaucratic wheels to be set in he has contacted a lawyer and will attempt to get his licence Back through the it just int i wonder How Many other people there Are out there in exactly the same by Doug Speirs Winnipeg Core area planners Are ignoring the needs of the cites about 2uo people attending a meeting on the Core area initiative program were told last Joseph Angus recently elect de Vic president of the Manitoba Metis Winnipeg told the meeting More Core area fund ing should go toward developing pro Grams for intercity but Larry general manager of the Tri government warned it would have been a big mistake for Core planners to attempt to earmark funds for different special interest restricted Access the Only program targeted for natives under the five year rejuvenation plan is a project setting aside a number of housing units for natives in the Core Boland called on native groups to approach Core planners with proposals for mayor Bill Norrie agreed with to Jand in an saying targeting funds for specific groups would have made the program inflexible and would have restricted Access to a num Ber of projects being Norrie also said the Core area Initia Tive was a Little behind on some key site particularly the Logan Avenue he blamed the problem on a sluggish Start in placing staff and on an unforeseen economic also a member of the Core area initiative advisory maintained in an interview boxing promoter out pointed on tax boxing promoter Ted Buzunis took a few jabs at the cites amusement tax yesterday but City councillors came out swinging and won the Buzunis complained the 10percent tax on ticket sales is eating up at least half his giving the City a tidy for each professional card he Buzunis noted the City gave the Winnipeg jets an exemption from the amusement he asked civic finance committee for a similar exemption professional at least until the fledgling sport establishes itself in the but committee member Abe Yanofsky ice Jefferson said the jets were Given an exemption in return for a contribution of about year toward expansion costs for the Winnipeg he asked if Buzunis is prepared to do the the committee passed a motion to take no action on Buzunis that Core funding should be targeted at the cites native there is million and it should be spent where it i needed and the Grea test need is to rehabilitate the native population in he most indians in Winnipeg Are not born in the City but Migrate from impoverished Northern communities so they arrive Here very unprepared and these people have a great potential for being productive Spence he said funding is desperately needed to combat a variety of problems confronting the native Community including inadequate hous ing and a Lack of Job the problems facing Winnipeg indians will become worse unless something is done and Here is a Golden Opportunity to do something about he f shooting victims remain on critical list a Man and his two children who were involved in what police believe was an attempted double murder suicide Sun Day remained in critical condition Early a spokesman for Boniface Hospi Tal said the condition of Ramiz Musta was unchanged since he entered Hospital in critical he and his two Emin and suffered gunshot wounds to the Emi Nawas reported to be clinically although still breathing on life support police say they believe the Man shot his two children before turning the gun on a revolver registered to Mustafic was found inside the which was found near Annes Road in the Vicinity of the red River the mans said her husband told her sunday around 8 he was going to get the car serviced and he wanted to take his son their Young daughter insisted on going As so he took her Mustafic was admitted to Victoria Hospital last thursday for a routine psychiatric and was to be kept their for observation for two he was Home on a weekend Nass rejects saturday by Patrick Mckinley downtown businesses expect taxpayers to foot the Bill for attracting shop pers to their members of the cites finance committee charged yesterday in rejecting a business groups suggestion the City allow free saturday parking at downtown councillors Abe Yanofsky Independent citizens election com and Alan Wade new democratic Dame led the opposition As members of the downtown Winnipeg association asked the City to exempt shoppers from the downtown meters every saturday Between now and the end of the City tried a similar proposal last year As an Wade charged that since Down town businesses have failed to open their own staff parking spots to Cus and while the business group wants the City to waive its saturday parking commercial parking lots that belong to the association Are not offering a similar he they Haven shown any move to help themselves they come to he Yanofsky said when the City agreed to try the associations proposal last merchants were warned they would have to Bear half the costs if the arrangement was to be he said if the downtown Winnipeg association had offered to pay half the i think we would be obliged to Honor but the merchants Are Only offering to pay a Token meant what it said Yanofsky said the City should show them it meant what it said about in a Brief to the committee yes spokesmen for the business group admitted the a month the group is offering to pay is Only a Token they said merchants do not feel they should even have to pay that As the City is already getting too much Money from them in property Yanofsky estimated the Experiment last year Cost the City a Day in dimes and quarters normally fed into downtown the Experiment covered the area from Ellice Avenue to Mary Avenue and from main Street to Colony this year the merchants wanted it to cover a much larger area from the Assiniboine River to William Avenue and from the red River to Sherbrook Yanofsky and the costs would be proportionately traffic Harry for Gie said yesterday police will begin enforcing the cites overnight parking ban whether theres Snow on the ground or the cites traffic bylaw provides for the parking ban Between 15 and May 15 to allow for Snow mayor Bill Norrie postponed the ban until yesterday because of a Lack of but there will be no More Forgie said police wont enforce the bylaw until saturday to give vehicle owners fair notice and to give them time to find alternate he said they dont want further extensions because police want to get the Public used to keeping their vehicles off the streets at under the vehicles Are not to be parked on streets for More than one hour Between 3 and 6 Viola tors can get tickets and the vehicles could be towed out of the Way to make Way for Snow said crib protests Grant Cut the Canadian National Institute for the Blind has protested a City decision to Cut off Grants after 61 years of in a letter to civic finance committee crib chairman Donald Ross charged Winnipeg is the Only municipality in Canada to Levy property taxes against the nonprofit Ross said the Agency has not complained in the past because at least the City was partially offsetting its tax Revenue by annual Grants to the organi but this years decision to Cut off Grant support came As a Ross he provided figures showing the crib has paid the City in property taxes Over the past five years while receiving in offsetting Grants from the for a net contribution of to the cites the finance affirmed its decision to turn Down the Agency request for a Grant in committee members cited the Sale of the cribs property at 10311041 por Tage Avenue As justification for turning Down the Alan Wade and notre Dame noted the Agency taxes on its remaining properties Are this the crib faced about in annual property taxes before the Portage Avenue property was the Agency estimates its property taxes will shoot Back up to next after it finishes a new administrative building at 1080 Portage ave the crib received a in crease in funding from the provincial government this about More than in Glenn free press conference told of another Good reason to butt out expert tells audience its time to by Christie Mclaren in spite of tobacco advertisements promising virility and smoking is hazardous to a mans sex a noted smoking cessation expert cigarette smoking messes up a Guys sex life after Hes Marie Tracy told a Winnipeg audience yes i wont go into a lot of she said to chuckles from about six men and 30 but when you think about blood vessels Are constricted by not enough oxygen gets to and a lot of things dont the Little mentioned piece of information is often the most important single Factor that can be used to get men to consider said who designed operation a group approach to quitting smoking which is offered at no charge in British Manitoba and the Northwest theres a lot of impotent men wandering around and they wonder whats wrong and they think its and they quit and whoopee she said in an Tracy was speaking to a mixed group of health coun Sellors and company representatives interested in helping others her talk was sponsored by the Manitoba lung association As a followup to a province wide antismoking Cam another clue to helping a smoker quit is the color of the cigarette pack age he Tracy people will select various colors for various Rea and cigarette advertisers using to and magazines Are clearly aware of the color she a red for Means there looking for excite Blue or Green Are linked to a desire for space or the and yellow appeals to people with a futuristic Good candidates smokers who choose predominantly White packages which give an impression of purity As those manufactured in recent years for Lotar and lighter brands trying to smoke More safely and Are probably Good candidates for Tracy the counsellor can suggest the smoker use his smoking time to Pur sue other she she stressed in an interview that no one will help a smoker quit without a caring with the wide variety of techniques can be used to she nobody can say i cant quit smok if there saying its be cause they Haven found the right method for who is from began helping people quit after she quit by herself in a self con fessed slave to it was the Only time in my life i i stole lit i would stand on the toilet seat and blow smoke out the bathroom window and Hope nobody from the Pat saw she lamenting a Lack of programs to help people she suggested that provincial governments could Chan Nel some of the tax Money gleaned from the Sale of cigarettes to such at a Cost of More than Mil lion from the Federal department of health and the Canadian cancer the Manitoba lung association and the Manitoba gov thousands of self help booklets have been distributed and three 24minute television specials were aired earlier this month As part of a province wide Pilot Winnipeg environment commit tee has ordered the drafting of a bylaw which would restrict smoking in various Public at least seven major Canadian cities have passed such bylaws since but As yet no one has been charged with an infraction of next Winnipeg will Host the fifth world conference on smoking and with an expected health employers and Community leaders at tending from More than 40 coun i i i ;