Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 4, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba
G Winnipeg free december seniors fear demise of coops food Van Fey Christie Mclaren hundreds of Winnipeg senior citizens who depend on red River cooperative travelling grocery Van fear the service is going the Way of Softie of the company other grocery opera without a infusion front the provincial or an unforeseen upturn in business at the Wall Street the Van will Roll to its last Stop at the end of Coop general manager Ervin Bauer said several Hundred senior citizens in 10 locations in the downtown area buy their meats and vegetables from the Mobile Van each Many of them Are infirm and do not live near a grocery Bauer and several senior Centre spokesmen in a letter to the seniors living at the Smith Street senior Centre say the vans demise will deprive Many seniors of doing their own shop Ping and make it impossible for the physically infirm to and remain the Mobile grocery opera Sells goods at the same 13percent markup As do the stores is losing a Bauer Between and the Van did in com pared with the average a Gro Cery store brings in each Bauer asked whether he has considered raising grocery prices to cover the Cost of Bauer said no serious thought has been Given to the idea since it was unpopular with the the 45yearold Coop lost last and in october announced a cos cutting Campaign which includes the closing of several stores throughout by will leave about 250 people appeals for Grant Bauer said he appealed several times in August and september to the department of cooperative development through his attorney general Roland for a year offset the vans operating but has received no the Van first ran in the summer of when the provincial department bought it for for Ron acting Dep Uty minister of cooperative develop said the original operating Grant was made on the condition that red River cover All future he also said he was unaware of any requests for David who lives at 185 Smith said yesterday he and his wife shop at the Van every if the service is it will be hard on his neighbors who use walkers or he its the world Doest go under just because there taking away the but its a lot is James Fulte dolls galore Jaime blends right in with some of the 412 dolls entered in Montreal trusts annual doll dressing the winning doll will go on to the National while the others will be distributed to the needy through the Christmas cheer weather Santa Glaus goes on Parade Iron men Condo fore cot k great Ollil i min Napoli i j hot a 8 fro Cuco h High pressure l Low pressure cold front warm front Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy today with occasional wet Snow flurries and risk of Light freezing rain changing to Snow flurries this High near Low tonight near variable cloudiness tomorrow with occasional Light Snow flurries and brisk Northwest winds in the after High near probability of precipitation is 30 per cent today and 20 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba flurries monday and temperatures below Normal readings of 7 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny monday and below Normal Normal High is Normal Low Northwestern Ontario flurries monday and temperatures below Normal readings of 7 and Santa Claus Parade organizers Are expecting up to spectators for the Winnipeg Jay Cee sponsored event which gets underway at noon tomorrow at Polo Park and continues East on Portage Avenue to memorial Parade chairman Don Beemer said in an interview yesterday about 60 entries including a variety of floats and bands will be taking part in this years Christmas it the Parade is going to be Bright its going to be colourful its going to be noisy weve got dogs and cartoon characters and its going to be really Beemer of Santa Claus will again be a mainstay in this years Winnipeg society of seniors invites All seniors to organizational meetings to establish regional the first meeting is at tuesday at regents Park United 631 marys the second meeting is at 10 wednesday at James civic 2055 Ness father Meletius ukrainian historian and will give a series of millennium sponsored by the regional executive of the ukrainian Catholic women league of lectures will begin at pre ceded by either a Liturgy or Woleben at 7 the lectures will be held monday at Nicholas Church tuesday and wednesday at Josephs 250 Jefferson Avenue and thursday and Friday at blessed Virgin Mary the Public is City Calendar deaths classified death National 14 13 8 5 3 3 3 6 2 1 Thunder 11 20 16 14 8 International 22 new 17 13 17 2 14 2 2 11 7 8 5 3 8 5 2 4 6 0 8 12 11 5 13 11 10 8 0 9 2 0 6 3 3 15 Tel resort spots los Clear Las Cloudy fair Cloudy 5 15 3 18 18 12 15 28 29 29 fair fair Clear 25 29 32 29 29 3 8 3 8 12 6 7 24 22 24 22 24 25 24 24 Winnipeg temperature comparisons m mean 3 last highest on record in 1941 lowest on record in 1893 precipitation total from 1 to 3 Millimetres Normal widow of Fredrick Ida of widow of William Marion of formerly of husband of Etta of for Merly of husband of Bertha of Portage la of 817 main Lillian of wife of Deacon Ernest of 110 Higgins suite Ralph of and husband of Thelma Edward of 1310 Archibald suite husband of Evelyn Aldridge of 522 Srajer Brook suite husband of Myrtle of 549 Aberdeen husband of Anne wife of John Lac husband of Dody Lewis of 335 marys husband of Rhoda Stanley husband of Olga Edward of for Merly of Douglas of Tor son of Steve and to John of 400 Stra Brook suite Harry of husband of Mariette John of 220 Oakland suite widower of Elizabeth Suth husband of Elsie Wald Mary Flora of 1320 Logan ave Lodge owners Angle for curbs on fish catches by Larry Hill natural resources minister Al Mackling left Manitoba tourist Lodge operators yesterday with Little to ease concerns that commercial fishing is a threat to their speaking at an annual meeting of the 70member Manitoba lodges and out fitters Mackling reminded about 50 operators that his department will study the sport fishing Industry next year but hedged questions about How to protect it from commercial with respect to native ian4 of special concern to some of predominantly White operators who want exclusive control of Mackling said Manitoba is entering a very difficult phase in the evolution of Law and i seek your empathetic Mackling acknowledged that in terms of dollars per there is no question that a fish caught in a sport fishing Enterprise re turns a great Deal More to Manitoban than a fish that caught in a net defending provincial subsidies to commercial fishermen who transport their catches to Southern he said without some assistance a re source cant be used but he also said sometimes even quadrupling subsidies make a com Mercial fishery outlet in an Mackling expressed no concern about Lodge operators complaints that commercial fishermen pose a serious threat to the Northern fish i dont have any advice that theres a major crisis out there on our bodies of he some Lodge operators that the answer politicians Al ways give said Bill an association director who owns a Lodge on Neulin Lake in Northern Manito people who live in the they he when you get com Mercial fishing in a Lake till never come Back to the level it was the Lake sits there and does nothing for the province for years until the fish population recovers enough to support a sport fishing Over fishing has ruined lakes in Saskatchewan and Ontario just As Clear As the nose on your face but in Manitoba we still have the Opportunity to preserve truly Virgin fishing said one of More than 110 Lodge operators in Bennett said the province could Stem the depletion by allowing certain lakes to be fished Only by designated Lodge operators and their the operators would pay the prov Ince for the he i would be willing to pay Ince a year to be the sole Developer of a he i think that most Lodge operators have assumed that we Are going to get free use of the resources its somehow their democratic right to catch those but i dont agree with the resource is going to have to be allocated for the Best possible use and were going to have to pay for commercial operators Are not depleting reserves in his he adding they catch different fish than the 10 shanty families get apartments by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson i ten Indian families who have been living in Polyette Lene shacks on the outskirts of Lynn Lake and by a nearby Lake Are to take up residence in modern apartments on the Tow site a local Indian affairs department worker said four of the families made the move about 10 Days the others were to have followed them by but were prevented because there was no caretaker to look after the apart ments they were to move in a caretaker has since been found and the ten Village As they Are often should be Able to make their move by another five trappers and their families who have been living in similar Cabins at lakes further from the town have decided not to they say they Are concerned about being Able to get Back and Forth to their trapping areas which Are Between 35 and 50 Kilometres out of All 15 families Are members of the Mathias colomb Indian band at Puka chief Pascal big Hetty has asked the province to give the band the area around Hughes where most of the families want to As part of the bands land the band has unfulfilled treaty land rights co vering More than hectares 000 Dolin revives advisory Council Maryland Street Maryland suit v Sherbrook Street Sherbrook stunt a chairman and five new members have been appointed to the provincial advisory Council on the status of labor minister Mary Beth Dolin announced the chairman Job will be filled by Roberta a teacher at the International Centre and chairman of the Manitoba action committee on the status of former chairman Muriel Arpin re signed about iy2 years and was not last August the established in closed its Taylor Avenue office and has remained in awaiting appointed As members of the com Mittee were Jennifer a Winni Peg lawyer and Board member with the women health clinic Pauline rus an adjuster with the Manitoba Public insurance corporation in Winnipeg and a member of the Manitoba federation of labors equal rights committee Eliza a Garden Hill teacher and a member of the Board of directors of child welfare for Island Lake Winnipegosis Retiree Joyce har and Mariette a staff member with the Manitoba teachers during the next six the six new members will be drawing up a mandate for the government to follow during the 1980s and deciding How the committee should be never sleep alone save up to 50 on factory direct comforters assorted Floral solid colours Queens Kings Only 21 Days til Christmas Cloud comforters 9432336 downstairs at wholesale footwear 75 Albert open daily sunday 114 personnel association of Winnipeg presents a course in resource management topics will a systems View of human resources management human resource planning employee appraisal and evaluation staffing management and Organiza Tion development include employee relations wage and salary administration training and development employee benefits current issues and trends in the Field of human resources manage ment dates january 24 to March 10 consecutive mondays time to location University of Pauls College room 225 Winnipeg Cost members nonmembers who should attend people relatively new to personnel people intending to enter personnel work in the firs time for application forms or further please Call Kim
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