Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 12, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Junior Iii rods Check out the weapons at the provincial governments annual confiscated weapons auction gun bargain Hunters often bagged official says some pay big Price at auction of confiscated weapons by Catherine Clark Dale Tessier picked up a Rifle and took he pulled the Trig the firing pin made a Sharp a gun this youd pay to for it turning the unloaded Rifle Over in his ill bet its Worth Tessier was one of hundreds of Hunters and onlookers who crowded into the hotel fort Garry garage saturday looking for gun More than 240 firearms were up for confiscated from outdoors men by game wardens or ramp because of Hunting or firearm the Early bidding was so fierce that like Many other would be said prices were people get a Little he i pay the prices there ill wait till people Drift 6 Darcy disposal officer for the provincial government services said people often get hypnotized by the auctioneer and spend More Money than they intend to and More than the gun is we had a couple of last year that sold for More than you can buy them Uptown he Best said the Sale will net the provincial government about which goes into general but not All of that is he said the Cost of storing and transporting the guns is no handguns or restricted such As automatic weapons or sawed off Are sold at the last years the first the government made we had a few More guns last year and better said theres not As much Quality this its a Small Sale in terms of but its very gun dealers were seen buying up Large numbers of the though Many weapons appeared in mint condition and the auctioneers expected some to net or Many of the guns looked like they needed an you can get stuck with a Good one or a bad you just dont muttered one youre Tak ing your buyers had to produce a firearms acquisition certificate and their Drivers licence before they were issued a bidding Best said some of the bargain Hunt ers were the original we have quite a few people look ing for their own he before last the department didst get that Many confiscated fire said but amendments to firearms legislation have changed All gun auctions will now be held on a yearly he Winnipeg free september 1983j8 mar province cuts funding Grant to child Centre by Christie Mclaren the Manitoba government has with drawn funding from a respected Winnipeg teaching Centre for children with learning disabilities without ensuring adequate the centres director its a move that accents the gaps and inconsistencies in services for the provinces learning disabled says Digby executive director of the Manitoba association for Chil Dren with learning disabilities Lions learning but an education department offi Cial says the province wont fund the Lions Centre for the 198384 school season because its chief the Winnipeg school is starting its own Centre for such the Lions at 804 Preston has operated since 1976 As an auxiliary to the school diag nosing learning disabilities and Tutor ing elementary school staff Laid off teachers and aides have been Laid off at the Lions but it will be available Par time for those who seek its ferries he is now seeking Federal funding to shift its focus to High school elementary school students received one none attention for half a five Days a for at least five weeks during the school ferries Volunteer tutors followed their Progress when they returned full time to the Lions provided capital and Winnipeg school division paid most teachers salaries and the province donated in 198182 and ferries fifty three of the 77 children taught in were from the Winnipeg school he education minister Maureen Hemphill commended the centres work in a recent but denied further funding when the grab for Power can Cost Between and by Gary Hunter running for political office int but a smart candidate can take a run without ending up in the poor a credible Campaign for a school trustee position in Winnipeg costs to a City Council to and for a major Power grab on the civic scene the mayors office to that does not mean you cannot have a go for a lot Al who polled votes to mayor Bill Nomes in said he personally spent about a Hundred Bucks to have some buttons made and supporters contributed another William Hawryluk got votes for a but whose 1980 Campaign Cost estimated his Campaign this year will Cost to the real increase is in mailing its almost become said the while the Cost of running for mayor in Winnipeg is Norrie said it is still a Long Way from the to campaigns run by mayoral candidates in cities like Edmonton and Norrie said a mayoral race is one of the most difficult in politics because of the size of the its not a Ward or a Riding but the whole in the mayoralty you have to break it decentralize and work it on a Community this he he will have Campaign chairmen and vice chairmen in the cites seven Community districts As Well As Campaign Headquarters to set the Central Golden said that when running against an incumbent the important thing was to have an Issue that would get people out to the a 30percent turnout is not enough to topple an he councillors and trustees interviewed about Campaign costs emphasized they vary depending on the size of the Ward and the candidates profile in the Mary who served As a trustee on the Transcona Springfield school division from 1962 to said it Cost her about to get elected in 1980 after two years out of As an incumbent running in a reduced she expects to hold her Campaign costs to to this personal thing if youre trying it for the first you need to do the personal thing Doort door said she said that in 1980 she had a nucleus of about 10 people to help her with the with planning starting six months before polling Margaret 24 years a trustee in Winnipeg school said for in dependent candidates it is very important to have a group of friends and supporters prepared to spread the the Best thing you can do is have a Friend invite a group to their Chouse for a cup of Coffee and a Chance you to Magnus who has won and lost civic elections and is now the nip councillor for said with a bit of skimping a budget should give a candidate a fair shot at a Council he would spend the this Way d a postcard size Mailer with a d for a folded leaflet to hand out during for where to vote for a storefront committee d for including phone Eliason said a candidate can expect to spend about 10 per cent More than budgeted and the extra Money could go to some form of joint newspaper advertisement with other like minded if you belong to the Eliason there is an organization to be tapped for Volunteer work but you have to raise 80 or 90 per cent of the Money Lawn billboards Independent councillor Abe Yan 22 years a civic Esti mated it costs from to to run a credible Campaign for a Council to Send a third class mailing to Homes costs about Yanofsky said Lawn signs were effect but you need an awful lot of them to make it he said in some wards a although be if a Large number of voters Are driving by that billboard every it can work school trustees and councillors said Public speaking skills Are not All that important during but the ability to think on your feet and articulate View Sis necessary to successfully represent a Ward after 102 seats on City City school Board school boards up for grabs City of Winnipeg mayor 1 councillor 29 taxable Winni Eggers will have a Chance 26 to throw 102 rascals off City Council and school boards and throw another 102 rascals City clerk and re turning said nomination papers Are available at qty Hall and school Board offices and will be accepted from 21 until 2 candidates must d be 18 years of d be Canadian o be residents of the City or school division for at least six months prior to voting although not necessarily residents of the Ward where they Are seeking Dhave a least 25 signatures from residents of the Ward where they Are seeking candidates must not d be a Justice of the member of parliament or the Senate in the Case of school Trust employed by the school division in which they Are seeking d have been convicted in the previous three years of a conflict interest charge or any indictable this for the first civic including police Are eligible to run for Council As Are people previously excluded because of being insolvent under the bankruptcy no Deposit is required by any Candi nor Are there penalties for failing to draw a minimum percentage of the if City councillors Are required to disclose All Campaign contributions of or More As Well As their financial school trustees Are not required to make such disco new conflict interest effective make it necessary for councillors to declare themselves not Only for their own holdings but for the holdings of any of their see Bill the municipal Council conflict of interest school trustees Are governed by the Public schools act regarding potential conflict of interest and Are basically precluded from voting on any matter dealing with a company in which they hold five per cent or More Norm executive director of the Manitoba association of school said As far As he knows there has never been a court Case in Manitoba involving a trustee alleged to have breached the conflict interest rules Laid out in Section 36 of the based on the 1980 the least contested municipal wards were contained in the southwestern area of the Grants Steven Tuxedo Heights and Crescent Heights All went by with Charleswood a two Way the toughest wards to gain a Council if the number of competitors is any were Miles Kildonan Corydon and each of which had four can for school the Best division in which to run in 1980 was fort seven of the eight positions went by with the remaining Posi Tion Ward 4 contested by three Candi Boniface was probably the Tough est school division to Rise above the with 14 candidates vying for five in the Winnipeg school 24 candidates sought a total of nine positions in three while school Board and City Council May seem like Small potatoes for someone aspiring to be another Gan the climb up the political ladder must Start Bill Norrie served on the Winnipeg school Board before moving to Council and then the mayors Saul Cher a former Manitoba finance min ister and now chairman of Manitoba was also once a school trustee in Winnipeg school division 1 9 chairman trustee Jame Assiniboia school division 2 9 chairman trustee Assiniboine South school division 3 7 chairman trustee Boniface school division 4 5 chairman trustee fort Garry school division 5 9 chairman trustee vital school division 6 7 chairman trustee Norwood school division 8 5 chairman trustee River East school division 9 8 chairman 67 trustee seven Oaks school division 10 7 chairman trustee Transcona Springfield school division chairman trustee represent tale number of positions nontaxable total 00 s o 3 00 ferries new Grants sought school division decided to open its own learning Centre this the programs newness and a Lack of provincial standards mean some children could get Short ferries Centre needed the government is making a mis take in denying support to the Lions he because Pri vate schools and other divisions need it to fill gaps in and it should remain an alternative for parents Dis satisfied with the school Valdine director of special elementary programs for Winnipeg school said children from 56 elementary schools will get a six week program similar to that of the school divisions that run their own programs can provide better continuity for their she adding that Winnipeg division staff will Moni Tor students Progress throughout their school about 78 children will be served each and although some Are bound to be the Lions Centre didst have a 100percent rec Ord in identifying All children with special needs she Johnson said she thinks Lions officials considered themselves a per manent fixture while they were intend Only As a Model until school divisions started their own a learning disabled child is one whose achievement does not live up to his eighty to 90 per cent Are boys and about 70 per cent of kids who get into trouble with the Law have learning ferries Centre aids Drifting boy Gordon Mooney unhappy school career began when he was pigeonholed As a slow learner and just sort of let his Mother poor in mathematics and read he was left to his own resources in the Back of the classroom in a Small Wawanesa in at age Gordon lacked Confidence in himself and had other emotional problems because he was said his Dell a family doctor told them about the Lions learning Centre in Over the vigorous opposition of the Rural school Gordon was sent for a five week stint at the school and came out of there a very differ ent his parents paid for the now in Grade 10 at a private High school in Gordon is still not a Brilliant but has improved and is planning a career in Agricula Mooney were it not for the learning Gordon probably be in school she he would probably have drifted along until he was 16 and quit and irn sure we would have just shrugged our Shoul Ders and Given we feel if he graduates from Grade 12 its probably three or four More grades than he would have achieved in the Public school she said she considers the Centre an excellent facility that is viewed with suspicion by the Public school i dont think the Public school system As a whole is prepared to support because i think it reflects on their ability to do their ;