Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May Page 3 angry beet growers give United Church backs local ext eachers sue Over pension plan by Glen Mackenzie five former teachers Are suing the Winnipeg teachers association for a years pay after being excluded from a new pension in a statement of claim filed in Manitoba court of Queens the teachers say they were deceived into resigning by the regular May 31 Only to be told they we rent eligible for a new pension plan announced two weeks William said yester Day he deliberately delayed resign ing last Spring to await the out come of negotiations Between the Sta and Winnipeg school but Litnak said he finally quit May 31 because his Sta Council representative at Isaac Brock school repeatedly told him he would be covered by the new the pension plan gives teachers who quit at age 55 a years salary in addition to their pension As a retire ment but when the 1984 collective agreement was reached in mid it included a clause saying teachers who quit before june 1 be the Sta asked the Board publicly last june to allow the teachers to rescind their resignations so they could take advantage of the new but the Board it looked to us As if they trustees were trying to skim off As Many of us As they could before the deadline and the Sta fell for Litnak he said he Doest blame school trustees for trying to save As much Money As they the Only thing that bothered me was they voted soon after to raise their own salaries by 57 per said Glit who taught 15 a lot of us had been with the division longer than they in the statement of Glit Nak and two other teachers have asked for the years salary they would have received under the new plus other two other who had less service with the have asked the court to award them and As Well As incentive lower Litnak said about 40 teachers retired from the division last but the bulk of them lost Only to because they were close to age 65 and their retirement incentive was much the lawsuit also names the Mani Toba teachers claiming the teachers complaints to its officials after the school Board decision were not they appeared to be sorry about but they said it the exclusion clause was the Only Way they could get the retirement incentive approved by the Litnak Sta president Gordon Crook yesterday denied that teachers were Given any guarantee during negotiations that the trustees would agree to the incentive he refused fur ther Wally its general Sec also denied the teachers were but refused to Delabo City sniff supplier feared untouchable by Catherine Mitchell a Cor Earea apartment Block care taker is luring Young girls into his car with sniff a child care worker said Wayne Helgason of Northwest Winnipeg child and family ser vices said the his car and the building where he takes the girls Are known to but the Man cant be arrested because he int breaking a Law by offering free glue and Contact Cement for the youths to Hel Gason told a child and family ser vices conference in we know the address that he takes them Helgason said in a later adding that two girls have told him about rides Treyve taken in the mans Nice car to sniff one has since been moved by the Agency to a family outside the City and the is being coun selled at Home by a child care work Helgason he said he asked the girls if they were doing anything beyond sniff but the girls refused to answer because they were frightened of what the Man would do to staff Bill Evans of the Juve Nile division confirm the tax Appeal Cost group says Portage Avenue landowners spent More than in their successful court Battle to Appeal City tax As the downtown Winnipeg associations annual meeting was told Vic president Ron Orchard said the Bill left the associations a peal and land assessment fund Short by at the end of Orchard said that affected land owners will make up the deficit through a further Treyve been More than compensated by any one years fax re he a successful Appeal to the supreme court of Canada resulted in More than million in rebates for a fou year period to the those on the South Side of Portage had their land assessments Cut by 50 per while those on the North received a 60percent the association members also were told that their destination downtown a project aimed at attracting Winni Eggers Back to the City Centre and cosponsored by the Core area suffered a Defi Cit of Orchard said he Hopes the Short fall can be reduced to Between and possibly with the Core programs the organization has sufficient other funds to cover the he businessman and former City councillor Ken Wong was elected president of the association yester succeeding Art Man was being watched by Evans said police charge the Man because courts have ruled that offering sniff products to Chil Dren int an he said police want to know about such but that its difficult dealing with you have to understand that a lot of these kids go out of their Way to find these people to Supply them with Evans until one of the girls is willing to Tell police about what happens besides sniffing the Man cant be Helgason the most common sniffed by children As Young As five and Are Contact Cement and plastic Kelly Holmes of the Winnipeg anti sniff coalition told about 150 people at a drug and substance abuse trading free sniff for sexual favors is common and has been going on a Long she Helgason said that in the past 10 months three men convicted of sex related offences had supplied sniff products to it usually begins by providing it to them and letting a few girls have it and they have a Little Holmes said it is wrong that youths can get criminal records for shoplifting to support their but men who lure youngsters into their cars to sniff cant be she said this is Only part of the problem the anti sniff coalition is sniffing is a group activity and peer pressure brings a lot of kids into the sometimes the youths dont Promise favors but sniffing makes them vulnerable to the of fenders Helgason although the sniff problem has a Long the first drop in Centre for children opened Holmes but Pritchard run by Foster the coalition and native Effort for Only provides activities to keep the kids from getting one of Many things that Lead to the she there Are no services for sniff children until they Are apprehended by child care Agen cies and then sent to a drug treat ment she race mess Randal Baker got a temporary Job cleaning up after students who waited All night were admitted to student Job Centre Hopes to Post summer applicants by Doug Speirs Winnipeg Canada employ ment Centre for students Likely will find summer jobs for at least students this about half the expected a spokesman predicted were looking to equal last years record or do a Little bet Wally a student placement said As the Centre at 460 main Street opened for Rowinski said an estimated 000 City students will be Hunting for summer but fewer than 25 per cent will Register with the Winnipeg one of 10 operating in he said 17 University students have been hired As placement officers at the about students registered last with the Centre placing in summer it has found summer jobs for More than Winnipeg students since Rowinski said the Stu dents who Register but fail to get placed usually find jobs on their own without informing the about 300 students were Given Job referrals the centres first Day of about 600 Young Job seekers were lined up outside the office when its doors some after camping out All about students hoping to crack the summer Job Market braved Snow to line up outside the Centre at this time last but Rowinski said the Over night Vigil is pointless because students Are not placed in jobs on a first served i guess there under the impression that if they get there Early get a better but that not How it he we get jobs listed every i dont know Why they line up like i guess its just the thing to he said placement officers match students with jobs for which they Are judging by the interest shown by potential employers so Rowinski said student Job seek ers could face fewer problems this i think the prospects Are Good if youre realistic about the Type of Job youre look ing he i dont want to give the impression its going to be but things have improved Over the past few Winnipeg jobless rate Rose to per cent in March from per cent in Rowinski said about 800 Poten tial employers already have received visits from Centre staff trying to drum up Job on the employee visits and the phone Calls weve had a really positive he basically what there saying Well Call you As soon As we need the Canada employment Centre for students will operate monday through Friday from to police accused of shielding officer suspect senior Winnipeg police seem to be going out of their Way to protect an officer arrested Friday in a school Harvey Smith said police did not reveal the arrest until reporters questioned them about it four Days after the incident at Munroe Junior High in revealing the arrest of the off duty crime Des Depourcq said police had not yet decided whether to Lay charges and were still investigating the incident because of extenuating Circum Depourcq said the appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he was apprehended at the Monroe Avenue he was taken to health sciences Centre and released later Fri Smith Park rejected this explanation for delaying charges and failing to make the arrest Public for four drugs Are not extenuating circumstances and neither is if he got drunk and broke into the to me that is not accept he he should still be charged and in the police chief should Tell us Why he int being chief Herb Stephen refused to Dis cuss the Case saying he was Busy preparing for a trip to Depourcq hotly denied the officer had received special he is entitled to the same rights As any other he we Are treating this the same As any other individual before the if he is he is fair Depourcq said the police investigation is expected to conclude within a few and a report will be turned Over to Crown the officer faces possible charges of break and enter with intent to commit an indictable As Well As Depourcq said police would not be pressured into a Hasty investigation because of concern by i am not going to Bow to that kind of he individual has been treated the same As any other individual under the same Depourcq refused to name the saying it would be like having a trial before he is he said the officer is continuing his regular duties but he refused to say in which division he Smith said police must clearly be seen to Deal fairly with a Case involving an officer rather than Wheeling and dealing on his be he criticized the police depart ment for allowing the officer to remain on the Job until a decision is made on that is Smith he has the run of the he noted that Stephen recently cited Security concerns when he tried to bar a reporter from police news the Public safety building press room and other parts of the building including the police records the reporter faces charges in connection with damage to a parked Stephen rescinded the decision one Day later after meeting mayor Bill Norrie and City finance commissioner Mai who is Stephens immediate a member of civic finance committee which is responsible for the police said if there were Security concerns in the re porters there should be More concern about the police it looks like a he Don Gerrie also a member of finance committee and chairman of the Winnipeg police said he was not worried about the offi cer staying on the Smith double Gerrie said he had full Confidence in the judgment of senior police and cautioned the officer must be treated As innocent until proven the school was entered through a rear which was found with its windows windows of the front door and those leading to Sev eral classrooms were damage is estimated at poll finds Core plan ignorance by Patrick Mckinley about a third of inner City Resi dents Arent aware of the Core area initiative aimed at revitalizing their a Survey has Dennis president of a polling said yesterday a Tele phone Survey in february found about 71 per cent of inner City Resi dents know the initiative Mcknight said that in 86 per cent in suburban where the joint pro Gram does not were aware of its under the inner City residents can qualify for special Aid in Job training and so Cial Home renovations and several other Mcknight said lower awareness of the initiative among Core area residents Likely is caused by the districts High transient population and its Large number of new Immi Grants and Low income he said awareness of the program in the Core area is about what would normally be expected for any government the 86percent finding in the suburbs shows the initiative has a High profile compared to most government he the results group Survey of Sev eral Hundred residents found Over 90 per cent of those questioned believe redevelopment of the Core is import eighty per cent said the initiative has the potential to succeed in revitalizing the the Survey report says an Over whelming 69 per cent of those inter viewed said they would come Down town More often if parking was most also said better stores Down town would make it More attractive to the report says developing More downtown entertainment spots prob ably has the greatest potential to attract More people to the City it says five per cent of those questioned believed the initiative has been very while an other 64 per cent found it somewhat effective in improving the Walding accused of abusing speakers role by Fred Youngs speaker Jim Walding abused his position when he proposed sweeping changes to the speakers Post from his chair in the legislature a former speaker the speaker was totally out of conservative la Harry speaker during the Lyon said Walding urged a wide ranging overhaul of the speakers position at the Start of the daily sitting on including appointment of a non elected person to the he was abusing the privilege of the chair when he introduced it from the Graham the chair can Only a Judi it Calif by Graham said Walding could have put Deputy speaker Phil Eyler in the chair and made his proposals from the seat that is reserved for him on the floor of the House after routine proceedings were i dont know whether he Hast read the Graham but Walding said it was appropriate for hip to make the proposals from the chair because it is More in line with parliamentary i cant think that it would have been better to break that he noting that speakers traditionally make statements on proce Dure and other matters from the chair at the outset of a Days Walding said the statement was Brief and didst take up much time and he Felt it was important to set out his concerns and he told the House that the role of speaker puts an la at a disadvantage because he has to balance the conflicting positions of being a government member and having to be impartial at the same he also said the system penalizes voters in the speakers Riding be cause he cant serve them properly or present their views in but Graham and former nip speaker Peter Fox said they didst encounter such Walding has polled his vital constituents and found they thought that having the speaker As their la was a i dont think he should use his own personal problems to effect changes that affect a position that he is Only temporary custodian Graham Fox rejected the idea of a non elected despite its advantage of the speaker still must be responsible to the elector Fox he said a speaker who Doest have to Campaign runs the risk of losing touch with the you have to maintain that Back ground and that is he judges sometimes have that prob Graham also rejected the idea of a non elected saying it could Lead to i see a lot of problems with he citing As an example what would happen if the House overruled the speaker and he had to does he resign his non elected seat As Well Graham Graham out of ;