Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 6, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba About 450 people from the Grassy Narrows Indian Reserve eat a meal at evacuation fire forces Gimli offers temporary Home to Grassy Narrows residents by Dave Roberts Winnipeg free press Gimli about 450 some in their but one Only five Days arrived Here yesterday from the fire threatened Grassy Narrows Indian 100 kilo metres North of most evacuees arrived Between 11 sunday and 3 the trip from Grassy Narrows took More than six hours on crowded school As far As we know they came from Dryden to where they were then straight to said Ernie Waller of the Manitoba Community services de we have children ranging from a few Days old to folks up to 100 years As Well As one hungry Little Puppy Waller nobody was travelling first i can Tell you it must have been an awful bus he but were in the fortunate in of being one of the better evacuation resource centres in East Ern he adding the converted air Force Barracks can accommodate and feed up to people in a Waller said he and other Community services workers haunt slept in 36 after the evacuees were each Given medical examinations to determine what kind of medication and medical sup plies would be they were then Given bedding and billeted in a Gimli set up a clinic yesterday for babies and elderly people with chronic health Public health nurse Pearl Stoker said the group needed everything from cough Medicine to diapers to airlifted straight out of the needed immediate such As Insu Lin injections for Stoker Stoker and two other nurses conducted the medical exams with the help of translators Early yesterday she said baby syringes and wheel chairs were in High Many evacuees required refills for prescriptions that had been left tired and some were won Dering yesterday Why they were in Gimli at there was Here in Ginli today than there was at Grassy when we said band councillor Arnold is a former chief of the Grassy Narrows he and a group of band volunteers have taken Over managing the evacuation Centre during the remainder of the we Haven got a clue How Long Well be he its especially hard on the old people it tears apart the i feel kind of they could at least put us on hold somewhere closer to said who admitted he haunt slept More than three hours in the last two Pelly said the evacuation order came from Ontario provincial the ministry of natural resources and fairs we be Here now if we had been asked to Pelly but we were told to 1 dont think anybody could help feeling but i cant let my emotions get out of Ive got a Job to do Here Pelly said the Community Steve had stayed behind As Long As possible to pick up stragglers and gather the most important documents and from the band Fobister had not arrived at Gimli last the Grassy Narrows Community has More than its share of problems in recent Pelly in the Mercury pollution in the englis Wabigoon River system eliminated the bands Only commercial the fishing and tourism band members have said they suffered permanent health problems from eating Mercury polluted As the entire band was evacuated just two years ago to fort because of Forest Pelly some Veteran evacuees were taking the whole affair in Charlie Eldridge pretty close to said the food was just they said they hoped to be Able to go Home soon and expressed concern Over of the Reserve in the Wake of the about 20 Kitchen staff members prepared meals ranging from lunchtime lasagna to hot beef sandwiches Al to h r i i i i i b if weather deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy this morning with the Chance of afternoon brisk Westerly High today near Clear tonight with a Low near mainly sunny tomorrow with the Chance of an evening High tomorrow near probability of precipitation near 30 per cent 10 tonight and Southern Manitoba variable cloudiness with showers sunny temperatures a Little above Normal values of 19 and 7 both showers and turning cooler Northern Manitoba mostly Cloudy with a Good Chance of showers Friday and temperatures near to a Little above Normal values of 15 and Northwestern Ontario variable cloudiness with showers thurs sunny showers temperatures a Litile above Normal values of 18 and 7 w m it f 14 12 11 12 18 9 10 6 11 10 ii 17 12 13 16 York l i soon spots los Clear Las Clear Clouds Clear Clear Yal tax precipitation total trom april 1 2j3 6 22 to 5 Normal 339 fair air fair 27 27 29 26 21 31 25 16 25 20 2b 39 41 33 31 33 29 33 33 28 32 14 17 18 18 13 22 15 a 16 14 2v 31 k 24 26 23 26 24 24 widow Harvey of widow of Fillimon Alda of 101 Marion William of husband of Jessie Jean husband of Barbara Charles of Marcel of husband of Emma of 429 Greene husband of Martha de Fern Fernand fran Cois of Hus band of Ellen Grace de Sigridur of 167 landside of Joel of husband of Heather of Winni John of Winni husband of Alvah of 814320 Sherbrook John of husband of Irene Ann of Winni Charles Morgan of 67 Ferndale husband of Margaret of husband of Pauline of 809 Bannatyne widow of Robert of 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