Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october 1986 11 Wmk y Job ill be t councillor fears will never reopen cd Itury Pool the 54yeafold Shef Brook Pool May never a City councillor warned the warning Cattie As the cites recreation and social services com Mittee voted 51 against a Quick fix that would have enabled the Pool to reopen in a few weeks after to in emergency the committee instead called for a report by the end of Decem be on the Cost of full repairs that would enable the Pool to operate for another 10 to 20 Parks manager Jim Swail said councillors will have to pick from three options repairing the closing it permanently or replacing it with a new Pool at an estimated Cost of some committee members said residents of the intercity neighbor Hood could end up with a better Centre if the closed last was closed for Helen Promislow Kildonan the sole committee member to oppose the decision yes said this prediction was a red she said City officials will Point to the pools Low use As justification for not replacing were getting ready to close the Pool and keep it closed and i dont see anybody who is going to admit Promislow a City report says the buildings West Wall is sinking and needs to be shored together with other re the project would Cost about i really question pouring the kind of Money you Are looking at into a building that old when we could perhaps be looking at a Brand new said chairman Don Mitchelson the City report says Sherbrook Pool recovers Only about 13 per cent of its operating costs from admission while other City pools recover an average of 30 per it says a replacement Pool would Cost in excess of and would not Likely be feasible at this the report notes attendance at Sherbrook Pool is a compared to at Margaret Grant a newer one of similar scrapyard expropriations ordered reviewed by City Hemphill claims Victory education minister Maureen Hemphill claimed a Victory after the City agreed to take a closer look at expropriating two scrap Metal Yards in North Point Douglas la for the appeared before civic environment committee to object to a City propos Al to expropriate six neighbouring Homes instead of the i think we changed the Issue from one that it should not be should we move the people City City Council urged to avoid postponing Library decision this months special d base Iii framework 350 buy both for Only 650 business d base ii 200 pc plotter 415 plus Thuoc selection car at Low prices Home software huge selection of games by electronic and plus a wide selection of educational Caprice distributors 3525 Roblin 8882533 to 99 96 visa Mastercard the East Kildonan Transcona Community committee asked the City last night to Deal with the controversial closing or amalgamation of several libraries now instead of delaying the decision for two its a political decision that is not going to get any easier to Don Mitchelson Mitchelson said he doubts Council will have the determination to Deal with Library Board recommendations that sever Al libraries be amalgamated or if it Doest act the Board has urged a two year moratorium on making a decision to allow time for Public while the Community committee passed a motion opposing the Post councillors were divided Over a Board proposal to move sever Al libraries to shopping Reg Wyatt said he is not convinced that such a move is Neces Wyatt said a income tax course begins soon their spare Lime to earn Money As tax preparers each year thousands of people Are using in the growing Field of income tax last year nearly people Learned to prepare income tuxes at i he ii r Block income tax the exclusive ii r Block developed which is taught in More than 100 communities across the covers All areas of individual income tax return afternoon and evening classes Are available for the 11 week 66 hour which begins october anyone May there Are no restrictions or the course is ideally suited for retired or anyone wanting to increase his tax Job interviews Are available for qualified graduates of the course there is no obligation to accept employment with Block or for Block to offer such specially trained instructors teach current and the course is programmed to teach students increasingly Complex problems As study each phase is covered by classroom and practice and students have an Opportunity to actually prepare Sample tax students find the course both interesting and the modest fee for the course is tax deductible and covers All and tax forms necessary for the completion of the each graduate will receive a registration forms and brochures for the h r Block income tax school or available by contacting the h r Block office at 879 Portage or phone open House today 10 to 7 wednesday 10 to 7 Friday 9 to 9 94 Public awareness Campaign might solve the problem of attracting More patrons and making libraries More accessible to the but Mitchelson said something must be done to Correct the imbalance of locating libraries in the inner City when the suburban branches have higher circulation a Strong contingent of citizens opposed to the proposed Library Clos Ings attended a recent meeting held by City Centre fort Rouge Community but there were few members of the Public at last nights Mitchelson said the Lack of Public attendance shows that neighbourhood residents Are not upset Over the boards recommendations for the areas three the report proposes that the Transcona Branch be moved to Kildonan place shopping mall or a smaller mall on Regent or that the current building be son flee Midnight fire a two Storey House in Elmwood was completely gutted by a Midnight fire last night but the owner and his son managed to escape without in a fire department spokesman said they received an alarm for a House at 455 William Newton Avenue just before firefighting efforts were hampered by last nights High he those Strong winds really fanned he adding that firefighters were still at the scene Early this he said no one was injured in the but he expected the House to be a Complete one that it should be we move the scrapyard Hemphill said after the area residents have waged a fun Ning Battle with the scrapyard of saying they Are a blight on the the fight intensified this summer after computer capacitors contain ing poly chlorinated biphenyl were found in one of the Hemphill said while the six Home owners nearest the Yards Are living a Nightmare because of the noise and moving them out would not solve the problem for hundreds of other nearby she said that because the provincial and Federal governments have spent millions of dollars on Home repair programs to attract people to the it does not make sense to turn around and move peo ple Harry Lazarenko Norquay urged expropriation of the scrapyard this City coun cil agreed to look into but demanded the province pay half the estimated Hemphill yesterday repeated that the government is prepared to negotiate on the cos sharing environment committee voted to delay a decision on the Yards for 60 Days and called for a report on the Cost of removing contaminants from the Sites if the operations Are Harold Taylor rial noted that carting out contaminated soil could Cost As much As the and the prov Ince should look at sharing that expense As the committee also asked for a report on alternative uses for the Hemphill said she believes the City already has enough information to move on the Home repair fraud nets Man year in jail by Murray Mcneill two men used a Home repair scam to defraud two elderly widows of almost a Winnipeg judge was told the men posed As representatives for better Homes and gardens Magazine and charged a 70yearold widow for to Worth of Home court of Queens Bench Justice George Lockwood was in the second they posed As City health inspectors and charged a 72yearold woman for to in Harold Frederick pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud yesterday and was sentenced to a year in judge Lockwood said a Factor in his decision not to impose a longer jail term was that Windsor has re paid the two he also noted the second Man appeared to be the prime player in the court was told a nationwide War rant has been issued for the arrest of a second Lionel but he has not been Crown attorney Robert Maxwell said the scams were carried out in August and september of last he said the pair went to the 70yearold woman Home and con Vinced her to hire them to do some improvements to her they supplied and installed Wall panelling in two texture two built and carpeted a Side Entrance step and installed carpet on the backdoor although a City building inspector later valued the work at Between and they charged the woman a total of Maxwell he said the woman didst realize at the time How much she was paying because Windsor had taken her to the made out the Cheque for her and kept her Bank state in the second the pair posed As City health inspectors and told the woman she had to make certain improvements to her they installed a new a new trap for a seven 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spokesmen for the inter Agency group yesterday a Mother with three children to feed her family on less than a Day they said such welfare recipients would be better off living in hostels like the main Street which spends twice As much to feed its users even though it has the advantage of buying food in Olga spokesman for the inter Agency said the food allowance for recipients of City welfare must be the City should also provide allowances for Telephone rental and a monthly bus pass for each adult she adding these Are needed so recipients can look for City welfare director Russ Simmonds said the groups requests would add significantly bus passes could Cost almost million a with the City paying 20 per cent and senior governments covering the he Simmonds estimated that a phone for each welfare household could Cost More than Simmonds took Issue with the groups claim that food allowances Are too saying they Are based on a Price Survey of major food the groups request comes less than a week after City Council increased welfare rates by per effective police input cited in Street closings police and other emergency services should have More input into the granting of Street closing permits for Block Winnipeg police com missioners i think that before the permit is issued the police department should be asked to commissioner Jim Ragsdill even an Ordinary Street party could create problems in the wrong added police com Mission chairman Don the commissioners were responding to a report from the cites streets and transportation depart ment which says the current method of issuing the permits has created few i do not believe a comprehensive review is department director Ted Clarke the policy has operated reasonably Well during a accommodating not Only residential Block parties but also the Ever in creasing number of More major the report said about 125 permits were issued in 1984 and More have been approved this the report said police have input into decisions allowing Street closings for Block approval of the Street closure does not Sanction any other illegal or inappropriate activities which May it the police commission first became concerned about Block parties earlier this year after a three Day downtown party sparked i ;