Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 7, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 1985 Kkt strike dries up waterline plan by Catherine Mitchell plans of 75 Southern Manitoba Farmers to pipe water to their crops i Eft Spring have been turned off by striking government the members of the Halista Dumarais water want to pipe water from a new water treatment Plant in Vic president Jim Friesen but construction on the Plant wont Start until Spring at the earliest because its design must be approved by water services Board Friesen farm Aid Issue pits producers the Winnipeg chamber of com Merce and Keystone agricultural producers Are at Odds Over govern ment Aid to debt plagued the split arose after the Winnipeg chamber rejected a number of barmaid resolutions at a Canadian conference of Chambers of com Merce meeting last three resolutions put Forward by the Regina chamber called for a National farm debt debt deferment farm interest rate subsidies and the creation of so called the Winnipeg chamber was strongly opposed to the said its de he added the Saskatchewan chamber of Commerce also voted against the Martens said the Deb Bureau Reso Lution called for compulsory debt management counselling for Farmers with heavy he said this amounts to inviting the Long Arm of government into the personal financial matters of individual Bob manager of the key Stone agreed compulsory counselling was not but said his association has urged some Farmers to seek help on their Martens said the chamber opposes a Law deferring farm debts because Banks would be less Likely to loan Money to Douglas said a debt deferment Law is in effect in Saskatchewan and Banks continue to provide Loans to Martens said interest rate subsidies Are a bad adding they should be offered to All Busin esses if they Are considered at Martens also said the concept of agr Bonds has been examined by government experts and but Douglas said the Winnipeg chamber could have been More sensitive to the fact that the farm sector has an Impact on Many other Seg ments of Canadas such As processing and transport he noted recent Canadian National railways layoffs were linked to the farm the 172 who have not had a pay raise since april began a series of rotating strikes in late Twenty one engineers were off the Job last although some were to return to work Friesen said Coop mainly sugar est have raised to build a Branch line from the plants main line into Al the Branch line and pipes running off it to individual properties will be finished in a Friesen Friesen said he believed it was the first time a group of Farmers had formed a Coop to pipe it is kind of disappointing that that thing is getting dragged he a lot of people Are get Ting a Little Bill a partner in Poetker and which de signed the said it was too late to begin tendering the which would take a cannot Start before the plans Are and construction would take another six he the plans Are just collecting dust right Brant Altona is not affected by the construction delay because the Letellier Plant was to augment the water Supply Altona receives from another said town Engineer Bill Coop president Jack Penner said the Farmers contributed to the waterline project a year ago and have now lost in the water lines will Cost to with government Grants paying about Penner when the Farmers first talked to the water services Board about tap Ping into the they were told they could Hook up this he in the Spring they were told design changes would delay the project until next the strike has forced another it we a bit of a sad situation when a few people in Engi Neering can hold a project like this up through a demand for higher he Coop member Leslie Forrester said the delay has Cost Farmers More than the lost some of their water systems Are so old that there barely holding there Are people that have pumps that Are worn he now maybe there going to have to spend on a new pump to last them another Erv general manager of the water services said the project is one of about six stalled by the studies on next years projects have also been putting them behind schedule As he said some of the Money allocated to projects delayed by the strike has been shifted to projects not wildlife warnings beg to be seen James free press wildlife signs must be readable to be James Haggarty recent Brush with the Law should at least serve As some kind of it might be considered Odd in a humorous sort of Way it we rent so Haggarty is a free press Pho while on assignment in the Oak Hammock Marsh area North of Haggarty decided to get a few photos of the migrating waterfowl that Are massing at the he walked out into a Field near the provincially managed wild life area and ran afoul of the now Haggarty is the first to admit that ignorance of the Law is no Haggarty also admits that Hes done the same thing several times in the past but was never after his stroll to photograph the feeding Haggarty was stopped by a person he assumed was a provincial he was ordered to wait by the Road until another person that other person identified himself As an ramp officer who told Haggarty that he had violated a Law because he had walked into a lure a discussion of the Law Haggarty was Given an unofficial warning and a lecture to read the signs posted inside the Haggarty did better than he photographed with a Tele photo Lens what his and those of see the Small print on Distant and sparsely posted he forwarded a copy of the photos and letter to natural re sources minister Sam in both cases the signs Are posted a minimum of 10 feet three metres from the Roadside on the opposite Side of drainage ditches and Are difficult to read from a moving hag Garty he noted there Are two types of the majority of the warn Barry Mullin Ings Are yellow Oak Hammock wildlife management area these prohibit firearms and the use of snowmobiles and restrict vehicles to buildup not including the other White which Are in the announce lure crop then in somewhat smaller print Are the instructions Hunting or entry within posted area to help protect Farmers Grain has been provided in this area for geese or other Migra tory Haggarty said the cautions wording about Hunting and entry could be interpreted As being directed at Haggarty notes in his letter that the province and ducks unlimited have been encouraging people to use the area for several he adds that with this goes the responsibility to make the regulations for use of the area not Only available but also in his discussion with both offi Haggarty discovered that other birders have been found wandering in the lure he suggests to the minister that More signs be posted along the Road where they can be read without the Aid of binoculars or a telephoto but the natural resources department can do better than Large signs with Clear printing should be located at the Entrance to the Marsh off Highway 67 As Well As the Road from the All visitors should be made to Stop and read about restricted areas for both visitors and Hunt ers before Low sugar Price outweighs High beet yield a Manitoba sugar beet grower says this years crop is better than but producers will lose for every tonne it will be an unprofitable year for both processors Bill president of the Mem Ber Canadian sugar beet producers the Gretna area Farmer said the Industry is still waiting for the Feder Al government to decide on a nation Al sugar policy to alleviate uncertainty about its a spokesman for minister of state Charlie appointed by Agri culture minister John Wise to study options for a National said his recommendations have gone to Cabi an announcement should be made by late october or Early the spokesman Dave manager of Manitoba sugar said the Industry must know where it stands Well before next Springs uncertainty Over government port for the Industry was responsible for a 10percent drop in the acreage sown to the crop in Manitoba this Elliott the company would have had difficulty meeting its sales commit ments if not for a higher than aver age Elliott the Federal and provincial governments agreed to a Aid package this guaranteeing Manitoba 450 producers a tonne for their but Siemens said producers Are still waiting to hear whether they will receive a payment under the agricultural stabilization act for the 1983 and 1984 a world surplus of sugar has Lead to widespread dumping of sugar on International markets by countries such As South Africa and the world Price is about 11 cents a but it costs about 33 cents a kilogram to prod uce raw Elliott weather Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy occasional rain and brisk Northeast winds beginning in the High today near Low tonight near periods of rain and wet Snow brisk Northwest High near probability of precipitation 70 per cent 90 per cent tonight and deaths extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly Cloudy becom ing sunny mainly sunny tempera Tures below Normal gradually rising to near Normal Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba a few Clouds mainly sunny mostly Cloudy temperatures below Normal wednesday and near or slightly above Normal thursday and Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario flurries or showers Clearing mainly sunny tempera Turess below Normal All three Normal High is Normal Low is Miner killed in Accident a hard Rock Miner from Lynn Lake was killed saturday at a mine scheduled to be closed in a Sandy employed by Sherritt Gordon mines in Northern Manitoba since was killed in an Accident shortly before 6 saturday at Fox about 45 Kilometres Southwest of Lynn the Fox Copper and Zinc mine is to be closed on 11 and production is winding its a real that for mine superintendent Charles Brown said last neither Brown nor Boydes coworkers would give details of the Accident Brown would Only say it occurred at the 790metre it was the first fatality at the mine since there will be a report from the mine he Mike president of local 5757 of the United steelworkers of said Fox mine had a Good safety record Over the it had 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