Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 5, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May in farm stress afflicts families by Laura Ranee stress caused by financial Wor Ries and uncertainty about the future is affecting an increasing num ber of farm Rural mental health workers and volunteers the traditional farm family has dealt with a lot of says Bonnie proven of the Minnedosa committee on wife you put your crop on the ground and that your whole she proven said while greater Public awareness is partly responsible for More battered women seeking financial worries on the farm is a significant i personally feel there is an increase in family she theres a correlation Between family violence and economic Farmers carry a much higher debt Load than average Canadian yet their Fate rests with elements Over which they have no such As the weather and Market it is Well known that when you take away control you increase the potential for the destructive aspects of stress to Winnipeg psychologist John Arnett isolation spokesmen cite the debt Iso erratic work and an increasing number of farm families who must rely on of farm in come As stress husbands who leave to find work Are separated from their families for months at a while mothers working off the farm must Cope with inadequate Day the farm credit corporation Esti mates about 75 per cent of their Manitoba clients rely on of farm income to meet losing a farm cuts much deeper than losing a Brandon University psychologist Lilly Walker if you lose your you often lose your you also lose your Walker it de pends How much of your identity is tied up in that Walker said becoming an employee and adjusting to a new lifestyle is difficult for someone used to being his own she has been offering stress management workshops to farm families and the professionals who work with she said the High demand for workshops indicates a greater need for help As Well As a greater aware Ness of the Lack of control Over elements vital to farming increases risk of destructive at the Crossroads Brian spokesman for the Canadian Imperial Bank of com said governments should help families leaving the farm to readjust rather than offer Short term Aid to failing operations that have Little Chance of the Industry will be much stronger five or 10 years from now because the times Are he but socially and financially a lot of people Are getting few such services exist in Rural areas because traditionally they Haven been Kelly Walker said the negative effects of stress can include More family conflict and it also can cause people to overeat and weaken the body immune sys she when youre under you have to Walker some of us have better coping skills than she a positive sign is that More people Are realizing its Okay to talk about their problems and it May help to bind Rural communities in couples gain hints towards More effective decision making financial manage and How to quit worrying about things they cant Solomon manager of the Alberta governments farm safety said Farmers create some of their own stress by not taking safety he said a rash of farm accidents is routine after every bout of bad As soon As the weather he is so Panicky he tries to do everything at he As a result we get a lot of that compounds the family problems with sometimes disastrous some the wife has packed up and he two provincial Community mental health workers have found family farm operations can be stressful in themselves because of the economic ties binding families they found the Lack of Auton Lack of privacy and ancestral ties can cause problems for both generations and their Community seeks amusement Park Winnipeg residents Here Are forming a corporation in a bid to bring an amusement Park to the commune according to the Interlake the 10 residents each have committed for the and a feasibility study is wed be looking at setting up a Park next spokesman Dave Pawluk its unlikely Well open this year unless the corporation generates enough Money and enthusiasm to Start on a Small he said up to million will be needed for the which would include a Road irks residents Arnaud the 90 residents in this Village Are growing tired of being one of the few communities in Manitoba without a paved the nearest paved Road to Arnaud is about 11 Miles according to the Carillon of Bill a Rural municipal Ity of Franklin said pleas for at least one decent Road into Arnaud have been in the councillor said rain and Road construction recently combined to make the Road leading into the Village almost impasse raising fears elderly Resi dents might be trapped if an emergency he said earlier this year a delegation lobbied the highways minister to pave the Road be tween Arnaud and Highway but the project was not a now we dont know what to he its so raising a stink Dauphin councillors Here Are raising a stink Over a Provin Cial health department report on local garbage storage at the towns health inspectors checked garbage bins behind 28 downtown says the Dauphin but mayor Lawrence Milner and several councillors Are unhappy with the inspectors which they say was too soft on some businesses improperly Stor ing dateline Manitoba a weekly Roundup of provincial giving readers a glimpse of events in Rural some councillors have decided to conduct their own i Vestiga papers win awards the Dauphin Herald has won the Community newspapers associations 1984 award As Manito Bas Best Allaround Rural new spa the which won three other first place received its awards Friday in the scratching River Post of Morris won seven first place More than any other Rural including Best sports the red River Valley Echo of honoured or Overall de sign and the Macgre for honoured for photo of the each won six the Boissevain de Loraine times Star and caril Lon of Steinbach each received three firs place winning one award each were the Lac Dubonnet min Nedosa Portage Lead Shoal Lake Star and the Opasquia times of the Grant bid fails Selkirk this town has failed to get a Grant for a Library and interpretive destination Manitoba Deci Sion to turn Down the commune Tys application was revealed recently by Premier Howard according to the Selkirk Pawley said the province sup ported the but Feder Al representatives on the joint funding program rejected a spokesman for the program said the Complex May not have been a big tourist draw because a Large component was a Man killed in three vehicle collision a Young Man was killed three were in a Early yesterday police said that Piyush of Maberly Road was killed after his 1983 southbound on Mcphillips was hit and pushed 30 metres by a pickup truck westbound on notre Dame a passenger in his Peter of Portage is in Good condition in health sciences Centre with undetermined a police spokesman Ashish the dead mans was treated and released from the truck David George of col ony was treated and police a 1982 car driven by Earl of also was hit by the truck As it spun following the police Gilles was unhurt in the police say an investigation into the Accident is continuing and charges could be City Calendar weather m High l Low cold from worm front Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with moderate southwesterly possibility of isolated showers in the High today Low near sunny tomorrow with a High near probability of precipitation near 10 per cent tonight and extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny tuesday and temperatures both Days near or a bit above Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba sunny tuesday and temperatures a bit above Normal both Normal High is Normal Low Northwestern Ontario sunny tuesday and temperatures a bit above Normal both Normal High is Normal Low a scottish variety concert will be held at sunday May 5 in the Winnipeg Art gallery featuring the Selkirk boy scout pipe adults seniors and children solid a family musical drama based on the Story of the apostle Simon will be held at sunday May 5 by Westwood presbyterian Church members in Robert Brown ing 130 Browning another performance will be Given May 12 at the 197 Browning admission then will be adults teens children Grant Park High 450 Nathaniel holds an ethnic from to sunday May adults students children a workshop on program planning will be held from 7 to 10 monday May 6 in the freight House Community advanced registration fee Call the City Rouge recreation Ross operation eyesight Universal assistant gives an illustrated lecture on his trip to at 8 monday May 6 in Georges Church Wilton Street at Grosvenor Manitoba youth week will be marked with a balloon launch for at 12 noon monday May 6 at Kildonan East regional secondary 845 Concordia blood donor clinics will be held from 9 to 7 monday May 6 to wednesday May 8 and 9 to thursday May 9 and Friday May 10 at the red Cross 226 Osborne Street Tennis lessons for adults begin tuesday May 7 at sir John Franklin Community River West Park and Alex Bridge Park and Are held tuesday and thursdays at 6 and 7 for three registration seniors and youth Call the Assiniboine Garry recreation a workshop for people working with the physically disabled will be held from 7 to 10 tuesday May 7 in the fort Rouge Leisure fee Advance registration Call the City Rouge recreation the anything will be staged at tuesday May 7 to Friday May 10 at Windsor Park 1015 Cottonwood admission River Heights Junior High 1350 Grosvenor stages the at 7 tuesday May 7 to Friday May admission the River Heights family life education Centre holds a program on the aging at tuesday May 7 in Westworth United 1750 Grosvenor deaths National 12 5 13 5 3 4 16 7 13 3 is 8 16 7 27 11 16 5 18 8 24 12 21 6 Thunder 5 3 19 2 14 7 15 4 7 0 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean Mav 4 last on record in 1952 lowest on record in 1900 precipitation total from april 1 to May Millimetres Normal yesterday Millimetres classified death International new Tel resort los Clear Las Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear partly fair fair partly partly is 21 13 10 25 10 17 23 14 27 16 21 7 21 10 18 33 36 29 30 32 23 29 31 29 25 6 7 7 4 13 4 7 16 7 10 2 7 9 2 14 5 13 is 23 27 24 21 21 23 26 26 Edith of Portage la widow of Alex Ander Addie of Aime widower of Cecile 84 of husband of Maria of Thun Der wife of Herman Dai Lawrence lome of George of Hus band of Earlene wid Ower of Viola Lofto Oberlin of husband of Myrtle Oliver gut Ormina Stina Schwartz widower of Amalia Molly Shannon Leslie John Andreas husband of Irene Sor Christina widow of Ronald Thomas Van per Veen widow of Meindert Van Der Zaluski of Teu widow of Phillip new lower rates for sundays rent 2 movies after 6 receive 3rd free saturdays All locations except Lombard open 10 sundays except Lombard t Steinbach 129 Lombard Portage Garden cite 943s746 08m474 Tuxedo Regent Man 4882273 2224768 14b247s1 film developing special econ color 135 and prepaid Servici regular 3vix5 size 12 15 24 36 double prints or double size 5x7 12 15 24 36 plus anniversary Silver medallion with every Roll of Flint developed and scoters 22 in official notice Weed control City of Winnipeg notice is hereby Given by the City of Winni Peg Weed control that Weed control is the responsibility of the property occupant or Manitoba nox ious weeds this is the official notice for 1985 occupants or to destroy weeds As often As necessary to prevent the scattering and ripening of weeds and Weed seeds 20 on All commercial and agricultural sub divided portions of the if weeds Are not the Weed control Branch May enter the land and destroy weeds 19 by mow and the Cost of Weed control will be charged to the property owner if not the Cost will be applied to the tax Rolls Weed inspectors will make a systematic inspection and will enforce Weed the supervisory staff is available for information on methods of and use of bulletins Are available various Weed the Weed control selective program will commence approximately May Winnipeg residents May Register Weed complaints request information on Weed problems and identification request information on herbicides that can be used around Homes and gardens by calling the Weed City of Winnipeg Parks and recreation department i i t ;