Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 24, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Video arcades lawyer says Cost of expropriation May skyrocket by Patrick me Killey i of Avenue amusement Arcade May go up substantially Row a tet has narrowly rejected the pants Appeal to move to at either Tion on Portage for the Reade warned frys Poppa i lawyer Tor the to mfr by that owns John silvers eader said the be Sipany will the 6g Seffi pirated far the termination of a very Shutse Essul business As t result of Thi Detmon yesterday by the Guys variance and conditional use commit the owned by pirate Jans amusement Palace and new rated at 355 Portage was pealing an earlier decision by another civic committee which refused to allow it nov cant Tot at 2i is proposing to build a Bof Tolm the current sits Al the Videe Parler is being expropriated by the proc if trial and City Geremi rents for a Park in front of the new air Canada Eoff Puter new under Tien just North of Michael a lawyer far a group of downtown businesses that opposed talk the Ewe pm that was in effect threatening that rejection of the Appeal a Trad Cost the three ments added Money far Mer tiry said the City should ignore the but Pappas told the committee that refusal to allow the Arcade Wilt almost certainly result Iff the closing of the which depends on the High cats to give up View from behind screen by Patrick Mck Hiley a James cat Fai cief has been told he 17 persian eats will have to give up the View from a cat fun that fades her neighbors Fiona of 268 Carson was told yesterday she must ban her cats from using the tiered cat which she had added to the Back of her House so her cats could sit there on summer g the cites variance and conditional use committee issued the order after Gordons Hans and Anne Liese complained they did not want to see a Bunch of cats when they look from their Back windows or from their the Back of their including their bedroom and faces the Back of Gordons and the two Yards Are separated by a Fence with no Back the committee was a lawyer represent ing the told the commit tee Gordon took out a building permit to add a family room to the Back of her the Kallenbach became concerned when the supposed family room was seen to include a screened area equipped with 22 out on the of the Birds a prizewinning breeder of persian said the shelves Are for the cats to jump up on so they can sit where they have a View of the of the and of the chipmunks that run there is no Law against having cats in a family she committee member Harold Macdonald Corydon said it sounded to him like the room was a family room for a family of Gardner said if anybody ingoing to have a i opt for my clients rather than those he said his clients fear the cats will hamper their enjoyment of their backyard but Gordon said Trees will partly screen the cats from View from the Kallenbach she said in a later interview she intends to obey the committees order and refrain from using the cat Gordon earlier had received per Mission from the James Assini Boia Community committee to keep up to 20 cats for a trial period ending next but the variance com Mittee was told yesterday the Community committee did not know about the cat run when it gave its Permis members of the variance commit tee said that if Gordon violates yesterdays order not to use the she will have to answer to the Community committee next february when it considers whether to continue allow ing her to keep her Fiona Gordon top photo was told yesterday she must ban her cats from using the tiered cat run lower photo she has added to the Back of her 150 demonstrate near consulate by Doug Speirs More than 150 placard bearing demonstrators marched for about 30 minutes in front of the consulate on Donald Street yesterday to protest what they claim is an american backed invasion of strife Ridden Nica protest organizer Casper Shade com ceded in an interview there is absolutely no proof at the moment of involvement in the military i dont its a protest against the invasion of Shade admitting we probably could have protested in front of its not an demonstration As its a demonstration to expose the situation that now exists in latin America and the Shade adding the has a history of Clandestine activity in the but in a statement released yester organizers said the invasion is clearly part of a series of sorted actions to bring Down the popular revolutionary government of Nicara Gua Nicaragua leftist sandinista government rushed More than 300 militiamen to the Northern City of Mata gala yesterday As heavy fighting continued with righting nicaraguan exiles from military sources the Reagan administration has been openly hostile to Nicaragua sandinista which ousted the administration of longtime dictator Anastasio Somoza following a bloody revolution in William director of the Central intelligence told con Gressional intelligence committees in secret testimony last year that backed rebels have launched sabotage raids into rebel leaders told a news conference in Rome that Nicaragua was in a state of civil claiming about exiles had crossed the Border and Cap tured three but the government has estimated the invasion army at men and denied any towns have been in new the in Security coun cil began debate on nicaraguan charges the was promoting the exiles Lillian Consul general in said yesterday she had no comment on the protesters claims be cause i dont really know what they Are but Mullin said the protest did not concern i didst have any reaction that their right to do she Traffie is although the Semff Litiere technically rejected Pap pass Appeal it was Only because the company mated the support of Mast Caff Mittee members to win its the vote was Joe men Quay and Jae Lodge voted to allow the while councillors Evelyne Steese Gevin and pm Stoffa voted against the Videe a Tafeen and Tatjie said they did not believe Eivie Manl Trees Sho Tild reject All applied atom for amusement Parlours in Portage when City Council has established no Spee Fig policy ruling out arcades on the Long John silvers has been ing in its current location since nip Jodd for students seen wanting by Mary Ann Fitzgerald student leaders were upset yester Day after learning the provincial government has earmarked Only million to subsidize summer jobs for students and youths the same amount it spent last the unemployment problem among students will be much More serious than it was last year because of the declining Erik president of the University of Manitoba student said in an one of the problems is that jobs traditionally available to students have been filled by the leaving very slim pickings for will be expanded this years will be expanded to include unemployed 16to 24yearolds As Well As labor minister Mary Beth Dolin said statistics Canada says there Are 000 aged 15 to among the jobless in the end of the school year is expected to double or triple the number of Young Job seek career Start As it did last year will provide subsidies of an hour for farms and businesses hiring the Young people amount which must be matched by the employer to meet Manitoba minimum nonprofit and Community municipalities and local governments will receive subsidies of an the government has removed last years restriction which made subsidies available Only to businesses employing 10 people or but it retains provisions stipulating the jobs provide training or career related the government also will consider paying higher subsidies for employers hiring natives or disabled Young peo the jobs must last 16 weeks during the period May 2 to in the government plans to spend million to provide student jobs this summer about the same amount As last the other major program is the million student temporary employment program under which the government directly hires foolish to that which last year provided has not been in Dolin said the government will con Sider adding to the million Job sub Sidy program if it is she refused to say How Many jobs the government expects to create with the which comes from the million provincial Job it is foolish to she told a news conference after she announced the funding in the last students were hired under a similar program on which the government spent about she Michiael Vicer president of the University of Winnipeg student questioned How Many students would be Able to return to classes in the fall if jobs Arent he noted the province has tightened eligibility for student making it even tougher for those who cant snare a it is very important that More Money be provided than the Levels last especially when we Are competing with others who Are Unzem Shnier tory labor critic Gerry Mercier also said the funding was this wont provide very much in terms of he employees near pact by Cecil Rosner the Manitoba government is close to renegotiating five More employee con tracts containing provisions similar to those agreed to by members of the Manitoba government employees labor minister Mary Beth Dolin said in an interview yesterday the contracts involve employees working for various provincial boards and she refused to identify the groups saying an official announcement would be made three of the groups also Are represented by the but their con tracts Are negotiated separately from the main body of provincial civil ser 150 voting Mega spokesman John Pullen said about 150 workers Are currently voting on the proposal to renegotiate the con and the results should be known before the end of the Pullen ruled out any similar process for Mega employees at any of the provincial Crown the Mega employees agreed last month to extend their existing contract by six months and delay by three months a wage increase which would have gone into effect March the delay will result in an average loss of pay of about for each Union enabling the government to save about in the government Guaran teed there would be no layoffs during the contract period and agreed to a Lon term disability plan for the pm Dolin told the annual meeting of the Community unemployed help Centre yesterday that the government would like to encourage Many other groups of both in the private and Public to forego parts of their wage increases so Money can be up for the provincial Job creation angry track applicants rap americans hiring by Mike Ward Manitoba horse racing commis Sions hiring of an american As super visor of racing from More than 250 Canadian applications has drawn angry criticism from three Manito bans who were shortlisted for the the two of whom Are say they plan to reapply for the Job when it is re advertised at Canada employment offices across Canada after employment minister Lloyd Axworthy in if you want just a said Marilyne a former Manitoba racing commission executive in hopping no one is going to convince me that out of 250 canadians the commission could not find a person More qualified than the one they Keely and the other two applicants said they found out the original Job description administrative director to been changed to supervisor of racing Only when the commission officially announced its the commission had advertised in newspapers across Canada for an administrative it called for a person having significant experience in As Well As policy research and develop ment and a desirable but not Neces sary background in the advertisement made no mention of experience in the racing gut when the commission announced in a news release March 11 it had hired Phoenis Fern paved the Job title had become supervisor of Jan commission vice said the description was changed because it was Felt administrative director was asked Why the advertisement made no mention of applicants having racing and Why the title was later considered Sylvestre re plied no is that All you want to know Smith under fire in the legislature eco nomic development minister Muriel Smith came under fire for approving the hiring of opposition Las questioned Why an american was chosen when a number of suitable canadians had applied for the Job and the Pawley government is supposedly committed to putting Maputo Means and canadians Back to work Smith Sayij although the government would have liked a Manitoban to get the Freeman was clearly the Best candidate she noted the supervisor Job is the most senior position in horse racing and therefore requires the most tech Nical knowledge and she said the members of the horse racing commission assured her free Man was a Man of outstanding Back ground who was head and shoulders above the others in his depth and breadth of the shortlisted Manitoban applicants included former Niver Vule Bank manager John and a senior Winnipeg accountant who re Quested All three candidates have been involved in Breeding and racing horses for years and have wide managerial accounting i have As Good As credentials of any who Keely first of All the commission say they want an administrative director and with out letting the applicants change it to a super Sisior of in totally convinced this was just to accommodate their i under stand Freeman his race track expert but that is where it i would be very surprised if he could meet the requirements set out in the commis Sions original John who lost his Bank Man Ager Job last said he has written Premier Howard Pawley protesting the commissions decision to hire an american while qualified Manitoban Are looking for the who was formerly responsible for the audit control of All parimutuel betting in said he was disgusted with the i heard Muriel Smith say on sir that this Man was chosen because the commission Felt he stood head and shoulders above every he kind of comment from a a government about other highly qualified canadians disgusts according to Arizona Rac ing commission assistant Secretary Roy became an assistant parimutuel manager at a new Mexico race track after graduating from High and Between 1973 and 1982 Rose from office clerk to racing Freeman arrived in Manitoba last april after obtaining a six month work permit to work at Assiniboia Downs Racetrack As a racing Steward he later appointed a racing ;