Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg pm heavy drinking among troubled teens called no Surprise by Paul Moloney a Survey that discovered problem drinking among 79 per cent of agers at agassis Centre Tor youth and 64 per cent of those at Manitoba youth Centre has come As no Surprise to experts in the my guess would be if these figures Are prob ably said Heather youth rehabilitation supervisor at the Alco holism foundation of to say those Are very High percent Ages is quite added John supervisor of juvenile Correl it starts out with personal difficulties and then they look to alcohol As an Jim coordinator of operations at the Manitoba youth Centre in win said teenagers Are More Likely to commit an illegal act when a Large number of kids get involved in delinquencies while under the influence of Ross most juveniles do things impulsively and alcohol will suppress what Little impulse control they do Ross added the Centre last year admitted about juveniles who stayed an average of 11 Days after commuting offences ranging from trespass to the drinking conducted by University of Manitoba psychologist Gordon showed that 611 per cent of the to at located in Portage la drank Beer at least once a of n juveniles per cent Laid they normally drank 12 or More bottles of Beer at one per cent said their Normal consumption was about nine bottles and per cent said it was six who unveiled his results said a juvenile who drinks weekly and consumes five or More bottles of Beer at a time is considered a heavy the same goes for five or More drinks of hard fifty two per cent said drank hard liquor at least with per event usually consuming six drinks at one another id per cent said they normally put away about nine drinks and 113 per event said it was 12 or More drinks at a Terry director of also a Short term detention could not be reached for at the Manitoba youth 60 per cent of the 116 juveniles said they free press Verlen with partner Valerie stops in Winnipeg after paddling Kilometres during the last 40 40month paddle a series of records a plumbing nears end of ultimate Canoe Challenge by Tom Goldstein for a Guy who never set foot in a Canoe until he was past Verlen Kruger has taken to the sport with a a Veteran of numerous Long Dis Tance Canoe Kruger once paddled Kilometres from Montreal to the Bering but that trip 12 years ago was no More than a paddle around the Block compared with what Hes up to ultimate at Kruger is nearing the end of what he Calls the ultimate Canoe he has been on the water for the better part of the last 40 paddling the North american routes where history was made Dur ing the last two centuries and in the making history he has paddled Kilometres since he set out from the headwaters of the Missouri River on april he will have paddled another Kilometres and used an Esti mated million strokes before his Odyssey ends in his Hometown of about the Middle of father of nine and Grandfather of spent the last Days in Winnipeg before continuing on his journey which has already taken him through some of the major Rivers of Canada and the United the great lakes and along the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific he has been As far North As Tuk and As far South As the tip of perilous rapids in he has battled High winds and squalls on the Pacific Ocean and perilous grand Canyon he has Portage As much As 109 carrying the synthetic Oneman vessel he designed himself along with up to 136 kilograms 300 pounds of in doing Kruger and his Steve have Laid claim to being the first canoeists to paddle Down the Pacific coast from Alaska to the Baja and the first to go up the Colorado River in the grand Canyon under their own those two firsts were probably the scariest parts of the the Pacific Ocean is not a place for a Kruger said i would not recommend the grand Canyon was consid ered impossible and there were times when i thought it he there was times when we spent the whole Day on one there was times when we had to climb up straight said the a plumbing prayer helped the duo get through the treacherous Canyon right on its that it took a Little help from he according to a fact Sheet they Kruger and also of embarked upon their journey to explore and rediscover North America and to express our deep love of Independence and adventure that we find in travel Ling by Kruger arrived in Winnipeg without who is still recuperating in Wyoming from a he is expected to pass through Here in about a month and will meet up with his partner in they expect to be Home although Kruger and Landick who almost abandoned the journey last year after his daughter died have split up on some times to visit they never travel Kruger arrived Here with Valerie a Cano racing former Sun Day school teacher from who will have logged almost Kilometres during various stints along the Kruger fought Ocean squalls during their Brief visit they had lunch and swapped yarns with Don and Dana the win nip Eggers who spent two years paddling from Manitoba into the Amazon River of Canada packers labor Cost threat denied by Brian Cole a Union official has rejected a suggestion that labor costs Are a major threat to the survival of Canada pack ers Marion Street packing Bruno Zimmer confirmed yesterday the Union had rejected a company request for workers to forego a scheduled wage increase in the Start of the second year of a two year National earlier this Fred executive Vic president of Canada pack said the Winnipeg Plant faces difficulties including its age and labor he said his firm is paying higher wages than some of the other packers in the Zimmer said Canada packers Plo yees earn an average of about an up about an hour Over the first year of their contract and about More than workers employed in some of Winnipeg Independent packing he said this wage Gap is expected to narrow to about 80 cents an hour next Zimmer said the Union agree to concessions at the Canada packers Plant alone because the contract is a National settlement that includes other packing houses such As he said wage giveaways Here would have a Cas settles out of court with fired employee the childrens Aid society of Winni Peg has agreed to Settle out of a court with a former employee who sued the Agency for wrongful dismissal after he was fired last the Cas Board agreed to pay Albert Gazan after he was dismissed from his Job As director of the Agency family services division last the settlement will Only Cost the Board since the balance will be covered by the Agency wrong Ful dismissal insurance Wayne a Cas Board Mem said yesterday the decision to Settle out of court was made on the advice of the insurance agent and a Gazan filed the suit last claiming he was wrongfully dismissed from his in a statement of he said the Agen cys executive Betty and David her subjected him to repeated unwarranted criticism and continual who had held his position since also said he was fired on 10 without proper Gazan declined to for rent on the settlement yesterday negative Impact on workers in other if Canada packers secured lower labor costs in it might decide to close one of its other he this could prompt workers at the other Plant to undercut the Winnipeg work setting off a Cycle that would set worker against As he said workers at packing houses who agreed to wage concessions did not stay employed Long the operations slowly went out of business Ladly has said the Winnipeg which employs about 900 is facing difficulties and a decision on its future must be made in the next few the company has discussed its problems with the provincial and fed eral Zimmer stressed that labor costs at Canada packers Are fairly Standard across the country and that other such As the efficiency of a Plant or its proximity to Large would be More drank Beer per tent drank less frequently and Only 13 per event said they didst drink Beer at about 36 per event said they normally drank 12 of More bottles at per event said about nine per event said six bottles and 112 per event said five hard liquor was consumed at least weekly by per event of the Manitoba youth Centre and per event said they usually had 12 or More drinks at a another per cent said they usually had about nine drinks each per cent said six drinks and per cent said five 6nly j per cent said they didst drink hard liquor at Barnes said the High consumption Levels and criminal activity both Spring from the same underlying factors serious family poverty and Lack of parental Coates said the alcoholism foundation set up a treatment program about two years ago for teenagers dependent on since about 600 have gone through the three weeks of group therapy and subsequent individual therapy prisoner raps changes in pass policy by Gary Hunter a provincial directive freezing All passes for foreign prisoners in Manitoba jails will be reviewed following complaints by an american prisoner at heading Ley jail and queries from the consulate in Hans commissioner of said yesterday the direct Ive May have been issued because of a Legal technical Point that persons awaiting deportation had the same status As remanded prisoners and were ineligible for activities outside Schneider said even if a technical consideration prompted the new announced last he would seek to have it certainly we dont want to leave the impression that we discriminate on the basis of Tom an american prisoner at heading Ley due to be released and deported was pulled from his Day Job at the Manitoba school for Retar dates in Portage la Prairie and his monthly weekend pass was can celled july who had worked outside the prisons Walls for 10 months and had four weekend passes before implementation of the new said he Doest understand Why he lost his Ive proved myself from Day one i have a perfect he the heavyset who pleaded guilty last year to 52 counts of theft and passing bad said he was particularly upset about the instant cutoff of his Job at the Portage school after five i had 30 kids i bad grown very attached to and i never even had a Chance to say he Larry program director at the Manitoba school for said Appoloni had a very Good Tion with staff and More importantly with the he was making a very Good contribution and Many peo ple were disappointed when he Hardy said he would be prepared to write a letter of recommendation or act As a reference for a gun builder by Appoloni said he had his deportation hearing last april and will be sent to the upon release from ill be a free in not facing any charges in he Harold american vice Consul in said the consulate was using its Good offices to persuade the corrections department to review the 12 More students seeking student Aid an average of about 12 per cent More pos secondary students have applied for student Aid so far this year Over last an Aid official As of the number of loan and bursary applications from bran Don University students was 23 per cent higher than last University of Winnipeg had an 18percent followed by University of Manitoba including Boniface College with 13 per Assiniboine College with four per cent and red River Community College with a on percent student Aid officials cant explain the increase which is still less than the 35percent jump in 198283 applications Over 8182 Ray assistant director of the department of educations student Aid said in an they dont believe its tied to the 15percent increase in applications from people who want to attend the universities of Winnipeg and Mani he last Manitoba students shared million in on which payments Start after graduation million in bursaries and on additional Grants in the form of rebates when loan payments Hullen this year the provincial and Federal which share the Cost of student Loans and will pay the students million in Loans and million in Hullen students who wanted their applications processed in time for the Start of school had to have them in by june he but anyone can apply for Aid at any time during the the maximum amount a Community College student can receive in Loans and Grants has been increased to this year from last Loris a Vic president of the University of Winnipeg students Assoc a said in an University students can receive a maximum this compared with last he higher rates for College students reflect their longer school he Doern plans second and Campaign Maverick nip my a Russ Doern is about to launch a second advertising Campaign As part of his ongoing Battle to kill the governments controversial French language Doern says he intends to run a Large advertisement in the weekend editions of Winnipeg two daily newspapers urging Winni Eggers to Telephone their City councillors and demand they sup port a proposed bilingualism referendum in Winnipeg on 26 Munici pal election Day in the Elmwood la told reporters yesterday that he decided to launch the second and Campaign because of the overwhelming response he received from the first which urged Mani to bans to Send him ballots outlining their views on the Doern said he has received More than signatures so far from persons opposed to the proposed which would entrench certain French language rights in Manitoba he said 20 Manitoba municipalities plan to hold referendums on election fifteen others have said they want the government to hold a province wide referendum on the Diakiw accuses Shoal Lake Federal department of deception by Ritchie Gage chief City commissioner Nick Diakiw has written the Indian affairs depart ment and Shoal take Indian band 40 accusing them of deception to gain a cottage development on land near Winnipeg drinking water in the letter to Eugene director of Indian affairs Ontario re says the bid for a supposedly to a proposed garbage disposal is a ruse to secure the first leg of a Road to the Tran Canada Highway which would open the area for cottage devel the 16 letter answers Harri Gans request for a meeting to resolve the problem of a permanent garbage disposal site by the Reserve located on a Diakiw said the City has been deliberately mislead about the he said an 3 letter from Indian affairs minister John Munroe to mayor Bill Norrie reveals the real reason for a Road on the Reserve when the minister in addition to the possible need for Road Access Tor waste other development opportunities require Access via an Al weather Diakiw said in the letter to Harri Gan in Light of your ministers state ment and the Shoal Lake band 40s stated objective to develop for recreational and commercial purposes those Reserve lands adjacent to the cites water Supply at Indian it is now conclusively apparent that the City has been deliberately mislead by those insisting that any requests for a canal crossing at Indian Bay Are Madje solely for the purpose of facilitating construction which they consider Nec Essary to resolve the waste disposal Diakiw said the City will continue to oppose any action on the part of the band or the Indian affairs depart ment which would directly or indirectly allow such a Diakis Volley answered Harrigan july 21 letter to him which Calls for the City to actively participate in discus i Sion leading to the successful Resolution of the waste disposal Harrigan said the Protection of Shoal Lake water Quality has been the con Cern of the band and Indian affairs at All he said environment Canadas recommendation for the Reserve is an offsite Landfill for sewage and garbage disposal on lands sanctioned by the Manitoba ;