Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free May Lylin n bands Conte Piete bylaws to maintain dry reserves n by Bob band councils on ai6oholffee in Dian reserves if Manitoba Are Toft sideling passing a bylaw to fill the Gap left by a court decision prohibit ing such the bylaw would make it illegal to have liquor on a Reserve arid would replace Section of the Indian act which was struck Down As discriminatory by the Manitoba court of Queens Bench earlier this what the bylaw would do is to put something in place where there is a vacuum said chief Joe Guy chairman of a joint chiefs meeting held in Winnipeg yester Indian leaders from dry reserves fear bootlegging will flourish and alcohol related problems will in crease dramatically if Possession of liquor on the reserves is not an of Wood said band leaders feel they have the jurisdiction to pass such a bylaw and will expect the ramp to enforce attorney general Roland Penner told the to meeting Laws passed by indians Banning alcohol Oil their re serves probably would be treated differently from similar Laws passed by the Federal the Indian people had the jurisdiction to make their own Laws theft it seems to me that such Laws could not be seen to be discriminate he Penner did not specifically address the idea of a Wood said the bylaw being consid ered would be a temporary measure to keep alcohol off dry reserves while the court decision is being appealed or until bands can pass Laws on their own to prohibit lie said the chiefs also Are considering asking for status at any Appeal of the Federal Justice department officials have not yet decided whether to Appeal the court decision to the Manitoba court of Wood said after yesterdays meet ing the chiefs Are going Back to their bands to hold Community meetings to affirm their decisions to keep the reserves Indian affairs officials say 11 of Manitoba 60 reserves Are Penner said the province can do Little to change the Law to help Indian leaders keep reserves 1 dont believe the province if Manitoba has the constitutional right to fill the gaps left by this court pert her he said the Manitoba liquor ctr fitful will continue t6 hotter dry reserves and will hot for alcohol Foft those people of Raffl Remote areas in the province can order liquor from the commission by but alcohol is not shipped to dry f Petit Tel me could hot say whether the ramp will continue to enforce the Section of the Indian act struck Down by the pending a possible Appeal of the he said he Wotila meet with ramp representatives next week to discuss but noted it would be difficult for the police to enforce a Law struck Down by the court of Queens Penner said the Maiti Issue arising from the court decision was not but Indian self govern Indian communities should be Able to decide for themselves if they want to baft Penner he said until bands have self gov Ern ment there is no reason the Feder Al government could not Amend the Indian act to allow bands to vote to keep their reserves if a Community wants to be dry it should be in a position to do Penner the Indian act but gently allows bands to pass bylaws to allow Alco hol in their Penner also repeated earlier com ments the court decision wont Cre ate As Many problems As some Indian leaders me said there is already Able illegal Sale of Alcho lol on dry reserves which is difficult to control and the problem won Worsen very dry reserves will be in the same position As communities such As Steinbach which have voted not to allow the Sale of he Wood agreed with Penner that the Central Issue arising from this weeks court decision is indians right to govern he said allowing alcohol on reserves would create More so Cial especially in Remote parts of Manitoba previously not exposed to much Penner unfortunately Doest live in some of our Wood maybe in his Community it be a murder suspect flown in Larry Gordon a 39yearold transient arrested in arrives in Portage la Prairie by Light plane yesterday to face a murder charge in the death of Motel clerk Helen police said they have no motive for the but a knife was Hopkins was remanded in custody until his next court May pcs Selling out Uruski charges agriculture minister Bill Uruski has accused Ottawa of Selling out Western Farmers in favor of Eastern Uruski said the government has recently increased beef import quotas from Europe and agreed to limit Mill seed exports to califor the agriculture minister said these two developments Hurt the West because beef and Mill a byproduct of Are produced mostly in the said the developments appear to be balanced by measures to help Eastern he said the europeans had threatened to limit Canadian Maple syrup and Blueberry imports unless the beef restrictions were As he said the reduction of Mill seed exports appears balanced by a decision permitting the Eastern flour milling Industry to Send More product to the Eastern United the minister said his department just found out about the Mill seed quotas within the last few its really another blow to the see crushing Industry in Western he Mill seed exports to the Western United states hit tonnes in tonnes in 1984 and were projected to be tonnes this now exports will be Cut Back to he Uruski said the moves do not seem in keeping with the spirit of free Trade expressed by prime minister group has Uphill Battle not convenor had to Point out its rather trite to say Public awareness and under standing is needed when it comes to an affliction like Manitoba society for autistic children constantly must Battle a Public largely Misin formed about a disorder that strikes about five children in every and boys four times More frequently than when organizers of a National conference on which ended yesterday in were arranging the today meet ing of More than 500 the society was mistaken for an Artis tic one of our Little Uphill said Glenda publicity chairman of the but its conferences such As this that make More people aware of autism and the problems Autis tic children and adults and their parents must continually Over autism is a incapacitating disability that appears during the first three years of life and lasts As Long As the person autistic people May live a Normal life Span and be healthy and autistic children Are resistant to change and characteristically engage in self stimulating activities like twirling and hand sometimes they bite or hit parts of their body to As often As they function marginally in a society still searching for effective ways to treat the affliction and to develop autistic children to their Complete Kiyo Kitahara is one Tor who has spent More than two decades entering the perplexing Barry Mullin world of autistic using a method she Calls daily life she has found a Way to break through the Shell of Autis tic half of whom never headmistress at my Yashino Higashi Saukuen school in said she has an 80 per cent Success rate with autistic speaking through an interpret who was on her first visit to Canada and was anxious to share her theories with explained she had no formal train ing when she encountered her first Kitahara Start Early autistic child More than 20 years that she is now a promising Potter in Japan and he has written about some of his Early his writings Are included in her three books on her two decades of teaching the i didst Start out with theory but i found autistic children Are All they have physiological rhythms differ ent than Normal Kitahara has 530 autistic Chil Dren among the students in her three one elementary school and High her International division has 30 students from the United Phillip Ines and annual costs at Kitahara Pri vate schools can run up to per about average for a private japanese Kitahara efforts have been but there Are also some critics note she works with Only autistic children who Are not mentally but the autistic children she has helped during the past 20 years is testimony to the effective Ness of a program that combines physical exercise and instruction to reawaken the Childs natural timing is said i you must begin Early to break the Shell of to in imagine somebody half not completely conscious of everything around this she allows the autistic child to depend on others for All his Tufe task educators like Kita Hara face is breaking that depend ban on liquor lifted at Riding Mountain the Normal Lon weekend ban liquor at Wasagaming Campground in Riding Moun Tain National Park will be lifted this Steve Lang chief of visitor said ban for certain Long weekends was first imposed about six years ago in an attempt to curb with More than Visi tors expected at the Park this Camp authorities and the ramp have beefed up forces in an attempt to control Langdon the ban was lifted last year on the May Long weekend when few problems were in partly because Cool weather kept crowds he this year will be the real test if the weather remains he Langdon said the May Long weekend in the past has been the worst for the lifting of the ban this weekend Doest mean it wont be reimposed on future Long weekends if there Are he weather City Calendar the a production of the theatre schools Junior class Ages 10 to 12 is staged at 1 and 3 saturday May 18 and sunday May and 1 monday May 20 in the Manitoba planetarium 190 admission members the fifty 567 club holds a show and Shine of cars and trucks sunday May 19 from 12 noon to 4 on memorial Boule the City Rouge recreation Branch operates play Sites from tuesday May 21 to june 20 at Mckitrick Park and the Wolseley recreation building mondays and wednes and Home Street Park and Riverview Community Centre tuesdays and All from to the Branch is accepting registration for Tennis beginner and to begin tuesday May 21 in the fort Rouge Leisure Centre and Sargent Park fee seniors and children Contact the deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast sunny with occasional Cloudy periods today with a High near mainly Clear tonight with a Low near Cloudy and cooler High near probability of precipitation near 10 per cent 30 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Southern Manitoba mainly sunny monday and temperatures near Normal monday and above Normal Normal High is Normal Low Northern Manitoba mainly sunny variable cloudiness with isolated showers temperatures below Normal throughout the Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario afternoon cloudiness monday with isolated sunny temperatures below Normal throughout the Normal High is Normal Low is National 24 10 25 10 14 6 29 7 26 6 26 25 10 Kenora 23 Dauphin 14 Thunder Bay 17 Toronto 16 Montreal 21 17 International 16 15 7 7 1 9 6 2 3 11 11 12 6 7 8 14 Amsterdam 20 n Athens 31 18 Berlin 20 12 Geneva 19 9 Lisbon 16 12 London 19 9 Madrid 17 7 Moscow 19 4 of urls 17 10 Rome 26 9 Winn Ijiro temperature mean last year Normal if that Rora in 1901 lowest in 1848 total from april 1 to May 17 Millimetres Normal yesterday Emma of and formerly of widow of George of and formerly of Stony Catherine of widow of Sandy by of Portage la widower of Andrea of husband of Bea Trice Bea Joseph papa husband of Mary Ann of Louis Owen of husband Hus band of Audrey Ruby of Brandon and formerly of widow of Aylmer of husband of Anne John Jack of Mary widow of James of wife of Jim Kirk George formerly of band of Caren Marcel of 252 Laveren Drye husband of Alice John of Morris and formerly of a widower of Evelyne of husband of Olga wife of Victor William Willower of Agaes Stirl Michael of formerly of in March of join us for our festival of Homes 1 marking the official opening of Woodlands Seikos newest Community join honourable Howard Premier of Manitoba honourable John minister of housing for official opening ceremonies May at Manitoba Avenue Purvis Boulevard the Entrance to Woodlands in Selkirk refreshments will be available special Tours of the display Homes be featured throughout the Day Courtesy of Marvix properties 7 Bell Bay custom drafting and building 8 Bell Shymko Homes 34 Bell Bay Marie construction 10 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