Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ward changes upheld Seine River school Board has de residents who opposed Ward Boun Dary in a decision released county court judge armanid Dureault ruled that the Board acted properly in adding a trustee for a total of nine and changing effective lot next months school Board objecting Many from the he Des Chenes had won their Case before the provincial reference Board in at Issue was a bylaw which passed All three readings at the March 21 school Board residents contended they should have had the right to a prior but judge Dureault said holding Sepa rate Public meetings was up to the boards and hoc committee As Long As it acted fairly and its discretion should not be interfered the act places responsibility for altering the boundaries on the Board of subject to the ministers a and not on the resident elec no matter How chairman Roland Lavallee said in an interview yesterday informal meetings had been held on the matter and that the possibility of changes was discussed for some he also said the Board changed the initial proposal after complaints from Adolphe residents who didst want the division Boundary dividing their but trustees satisfy he the Manitoba Public schools act sets population distribution require ments which must apply when Boun Daries Are spokesmen disagree spokesmen for both sides disagreed on whether the lie Des Grande Point and Oak Island communities could be combined to form a new Marjorie an he Des Chenes resident who fought the Board on this whole was dumbfounded at judge Dureault decision and said residents would consider appealing i cant believe youre fhe she also expressed Strong doubts that anyone who watched trustees at Board meetings the past three years would have agreed with judge Dureault statement that Lavallee and trustee Ken Hildebrand at All times acted genuinely and in a sincere manner to find the Best possible Tion to the problem at Beauchemin said in an interview trustee discussed the changes behind closed doors March 21 before passing them quickly in it went bang they trustees can change anything they and we have to accept she Beauchemin said Many families who live in Whai will now be part of the Lorette Ward Send their children to school in nearby lie Des Chenes in another judge Dureault said the fact the Boundary Between the Rural municipalities of Ritchot and tache also divides the he Des Chenes Community area has not seemed to have affected the very real Community of interests a Iween these inhabitants with respect to so Cial and religious Winnipeg free september 1983 3 sunny read Cool weather want enough to keep Pearl Whitworth out of the Sunshine the Regina who is visiting friends in the wrapped up and took her Book outside in the Wildwood Park area for an afternoon main Street strip Facelift or Calls for storefront improvements by Cecil Rosner Winnipeg decaying main Street strip will get a Facelift if the Core area initiatives project approves a pro posed the main Street revitalization group released a plan yesterday which envisions storefront improve location additional parking and a Farmers Market for the were not trying to turn it into an Osborne but this will improve the said Myron Assis Tant coordinator of the the plans Deal with the main Street area Between Bannatyne and Selkirk ave in the Winnipeg main Street has been neglected and abandoned by the majority of its their elected representatives and even by Many of the local main Street merchants and the groups report but the report argues the Street can regain its past vitality with some financial assistance and cooperation from business the plans most ambitious project involves an offer of financial Assis Tance to merchants and property the Grants would be based of a 21 merchant subsidy with a maximum of per Lineal frontage foot on main Street exterior Reno More than has been set aside for the the group also proposes to hire a consultant to prod uce a window display manual which will offer design guidelines for Busin another will be used to lure new businesses into vacant main Street space rental and mortgage subs women sue to prove High Cost of love by Pamela Fayerman two women Hope to prove to a Winnipeg lawyer that the Cost of Romance is More than a broken the women Are seeking compensation for this humiliation they claim they suffered when the lawyer called off their marriage in the first suit filed in 1980 but not yet the lawyer allegedly promised to marry a woman he had met in 1972 while acting As her solicitor in her divorce the suit states he had promised to marry her when his own divorce became final but he eventually called the marriage in his the lawyer denies All the Harry the plaintiffs said he anticipates the Case will go to in the second tiled this the woman with whom the lawyer subsequently became involved states she commenced a intense courtship with him in two years gave her an engagement ring and persuaded her to move to Winnipeg with her children of a previous while arrangements for their marriage were being the woman states she was provided with accommodation which the lawyer paid a wedding Date was just prior to the the suit her Fiance was served with the first suit and the marriage was postponed because it would be unwise for the defendant to get mar ried while a breach of Promise suit was she states they began living com Mon Law and years later had a she says she was willing and Able at All times to marry the lawyer and passed up other opportunities to she claims she has suffered much anguish As a result of his alleged breach of Rudy the woman Law said in an interview that while breach of Promise suits have yielded nominal awards in the he will be seeking a greater award because of the common Law relationship and the child which it Law society of Manitoba spokesman Graeme Garson said that 20 years the suits might have been the subject of disciplinary but it is not now considered appropriate for a lawyers personal life to be subjected to the society up to 50 per cent of monthly rental or mortgage costs to a Maxi mum of a month will be provided in the first the maximum subsidy rising to in the next subsidies also will be made available for businessmen who Are willing to provide More of Street parking a new Farmers Market is also pro posed for the area which the group estimates can be established for the proposed Market will reassert the main Street areas dominant role of providing Quality goods at Low prices while creating a focus for the comm the report a yearlong promotional and Adver Tising Campaign will attempt to improve the image of the area and attract this will include special events such As we Klong May be challenged John a project manager with the Core area initiatives said yesterday it will be a couple of months before any funding is approved for the he said the Core planners will discuss the proposal with the group within the next two to three some of the groups ideas May be challenged by City who Are concerned about the age and condition of Many main Street build the building which the group wants to renovate and use for its for has been termed a firetrap by a City Engineer who has recommended it be demo a City clerk said yesterday finance committee is willing to sell the group the 75yearold Kaplan building for provided it obtains Core area initiative funding and completes the promised finance com Mittee will agree to have the building race relations body termed ineffective by Paul Moloney an advisory committee on race relations set up two years ago by mayor Bill Norrie has been of doing nothing to curb incidents of racial Dis we Are very much disappointed this committee really has done nothing in the last two said Kuldip a representative of the sikh Community Only those probably connected with it would know it even added Dante Buenaventura of the filipino whatever has been done Hast surfaced that spokesmen were responding to the committees plan to introduce monthly Coffee receptions at City invited to the first session 26 Are members of the filipino and ukrainian trying to say hello billed As the Cornerstone of the committees plan to Cut racial committee chairman Bruce Miles told the idea is people try ing to say hello to Singh said he will attend the session because he wants to be cooperative but he viewed it As further evidence the committee is1 out of touch with the people it was set up to i dont think were coming to the Point where we can solve the problem with Coffee it has to involve the if people dont know such a committee it wont be much the 17member Volunteer announced by Norrie in but not formed until seven months was the cites response to an incident in which a sikh family Home was Spray painted with racist Singh said handbills describing the committees purpose were printed after its formation but the material want distributed in Public places such As Banks and supermarkets As originally he added that the which can be contacted through Che mayors has failed to return Calls about alleged incidents of racial Dis criminal one or two incidents happened with me and there was no i had a personal problem and i toll the mayor but nobody got Back to Ive known people who called the committee and nobody has gotten Back to i a coalition of minority groups told Norrie a few months ago the commit tee want working and asked him to examine a More effective committee operating in he but so far there has been no Buenaventura said the committee has tailed to make its presence known to members of minorities and Hast established a track record As a vehicle that discrimination victims can go to for should be simple the communities should at least know who the committee members he if they would clarify what they Are really there for and make such information in the Community that would be it should be As simple As going to Eaton because you want something and you know its f they have had 15 cases up to this the Community should know the results but 1 Haven heard of Miles admitted the committee has kept a fairly Low profile but that he views the groups purpose As an educational tool attempting to promote racial 1 Grant you that in some cases we have been rather but hopefully been there and that whats Miles said the Case of discrimination which led to the committees for mation was blown All out of proper it was an incident that blew up and became the embodiment of some thing that was lying he noted Winnipeg has a Rich mix of racial groups and the City cant be characterized As having a severe discrimination a of numbers balloon late registrations during the first full week of classes at the University of Manitoba have pushed total enrolment up by per cent this it was announced the number of full time and Par time students registered for u of m courses now Stan sat the largest number Ever to enrol at the when summer session students for the 198384 academic year Are total student numbers come to an administration spokesman said there now Are full time students up from full timers last an increase of per compared with total full time enrolment at the u of m this year is up by per Par time enrolment stands at up Only per cent from last there was a enrol increase in firs year pro the spokesman said the University succeeded in operating within its budget last balanced operating surpluses exceeded budget deductions by the official and when viewed in the context of our general operating fund this represents essentially a balanced the University operating in come last year was per cent higher than anticipated in the but expenditures were per cent greater than called for in the during the last four years operating expenditure increases were per per seven per cent and per cent although the University received about million for new equipment and major maintenance last twice the million average of the previous four the Money was insufficient to maintain the schools conservative estimates Indi Cate that at least million would have been needed last year to look after the official he said in addition to operating the u of m continued to receive increased income for re search with All government and Pri vate sources in Canada and abroad taken into u of m research for last year was supported by an increase of 22 per cent from the million received the year mar mess planning to enter Manitoba pc leadership race Clayton the youngest Mem Ber of the conservative caucus and admittedly not a household name in political says he will officially enter the provincial tory leadership race the 36yearold economist and do main Grain Farmer will make the contest to replace retiring Leader Ster Ling Lyon a three Way opposition House Leader Brian ran and Tuxedo la Gary Fil both former ministers in the Lyon earlier announced their leadership Filimon has captured most delegates in the seven Winnipeg constituencies which have so far held Delegat Selec Tion electing slates of committed delegates in live of i manness was elected in the Strong tory seat in the19sl election which tossed the conservatives from is perceived As hav ing no political he has the support of two caucus members Banman Laveren Drye and Frank Johnston Sturgeon manness said in an interview the decision of Deputy provincial party Leader Bud Sherman to pass on the leadership contest in favor of entering Federal politics made him seriously consider suggestions that he enter the expanded larva Riding advised manness third contestant by Tom Goldstein an expanded larva Riding program could make ground logging for mosquitoes an unusual the cites chief entomologist said yester Roy Ellis made the comment to reporters after civic recreation and social services committee voted to instruct the cites official delegation to ask the province tar Mosquito larva Riding the now con tributes nothing toward the he Ellis said the City spends about 000 on larva Riding to curb Ine annual infestation of i Spini Abou this Vear because of the Western Equine encephalitis i the expenditure allows City Crews to Spray Mosquito Breeding Sites within an area about eight Kilometres outside perimeter Ellis said an additional expenditure of to annually would enable the City to put on More Crews and equipment to larvicide to Between 16 and 24 Kilometres beyond the Perim most mosquitoes stay within a mile of their Breeding its Only under Freak conditions that mosquitoes will go anywhere for 10 to 15 Miles 16 to 21 Ellis adding a week of High winds would be needed for the to travel 40 he said a larva Riding program expanded to cover Breeding Sites up to 24 Kilometres outside the City would Likely reduce the need for ground fogging to a two three week period once every three years or so rather than a similar period the recreation and social services committee voted to maintain the existing policy for beginning mos Quito ground 7he program will begin when aver age counts in Light traps exec til 2 per trap per night for three consecutive nights and end when the number fails below that level for three f ;