Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press december Page 3 mounties say Man paid off health spa customer says a Winnipeg Man claims someone Tuxedo mall on Corydon hospitals asked to improve Parade we just blamed inflation in keeping with the spirit of the weve decided to perform an act of humility and confess to another teeny Blun a careers and seeking applicants for a labor relations Post at Victoria general hos Pital appeared in the paper last week boasting this Awin Spring Job perk the compensation for this position a salary of to hour were starting to understand Why hospitals in this province Are always in d d d it seems the pointy Finger of Federal fiscal restraint is poking even deeper than wed this was revealed last week when a reporter called the Winnipeg Beach ramp detach ment and asked to speak to the sergeant in the top mountie want so the scribe left a message just As he was about to hang the receptionist offered this Thrifty piece of advice were kind of tight on our budget and were limited in our phone so if you could word has it the mounties still always get their Man but Only if they dont have to charge overtime to do d d d Howard Pawley was wan Dering around the Legislatures restaurant last week doing some election style glad upon arriving at a table where a band of Media types were chowing the pre Mier made Nice for a moment and then asked whether any one had seen his at a cheery fireside style Chat with he was asked whether hed been Able to locate his errant chortled i i need a sounds but maybe you should try a Long piece of string Odd just in Case you weve uncovered Concrete proof that civil servants still dont get any during a court hearing last a lawyer was trying to quash an injunction barring in Dian protesters from staging siting at local Indian affairs lawyer Paul Walsh argued Indian affairs not the buildings should de cide when to oust Demontra Walsh suggested the civil ser vants at the end of their gruelling Days work on the taxpayers ask for any remaining protesters to be they could Ive put in my eight or seven he after pausing and scanning the court added we could be come abusive of these peo ple in civil servants do work hundreds of hours of not All in a n n n it seems Winnipeg clairvoyant Helen Madame red Davis Felt an urge last week to go to her shop about an hour upon Madame red discovered two Nee Dowells attempting to relieve her Coke machine and pay phone of some Coin be had earned by the sweat of asked later what moved her to show up about 60 minutes ahead of the psychic replied sometimes i just get these you so Why didst she get these feelings about a week in and Vance and tip off the cops guess it just want in the Madame Odd the festive season is upon but Carman residents had better not make too Many Joy Ful it seems carmans Council has been considering a noise bylaw that would make cer Tain sounds definite of the proposed bylaw does allow for some including this Gem the using or operating of sound producing devices Dur ing the month of december in any year for the rendering of Christmas and you thought there want a Santa a Winnipeg Man claims someone at european health spa took off with his Wallet containing leaving him broke just before Gordon said he is outraged at the spas say ing the health club is refusing to claim Monette said on he with Drew the amount from a Bank to buy Christmas presents and a ring for his he said he decided that before shopping for the he would go for an afternoon workout at the european health spa located in Tuxedo mall on Corydon not wanting to leave the Money in a Monette said he entrusted his Wallet to an after his workout was the Wallet were nowhere to be Monette he said he waited until the eve hoping the employee would but finally called the to police say they Are investigating the report of a theft for on 10 at the Tuxedo european health but said no arrest has been Monette said the theft is a blow since he is he said he had been stashing away a portion of his unemployment insurance cheques each month to save for adding he wont get an other Cheque until there wont be a Christmas this year he he said he saw a sign in the locker room stating the spa is not responsible for lost or stolen but nowhere was there a sign saying you cant leave your Valu Ables with Monette he was told by the area manager that the club is not responsible for its employees and it was his fault for leaving the he he said when he asked whether the employees Are manager answered that they were if the spa is not prepared to accept responsibility for safekeeping then employees should be instructed not to accept he worked out Monette charged he has been Given the runaround when trying to Contact spa owner Glenn Green he said he has been told for a week by spa employees at head office that Greenwood is either not in or the spa owner could not be reached at his office by a free press when contacting his Green Woods wife said he was not Avail i think he would rather you say he is not available for she facing off with Fergie Winnipeg jets general manager John Ferguson takes draft picks of the the occasion was the hockey to the ice at the Winnipeg Arena with a couple of nil teams annual Christmas report sees private East Yard input private investment in in rails East Yards could reach million Over five a Core area initiative task Force report specs the released said if the housing part of the development has private Sec Tor investment would Range from million to of it 60 to 65 per cent would be with the bal Ance to festive Market and cultural the report said if the least expensive option is private in vestment almost All of it in hous ing would attract million to million and build 500 to 800 the provincial and City governments have jointly commit Ted million of the current five year initiative agree ment for East Yards redevelop the development include cultural and recreational parking and mayor Bill Norrie said Public hearings on the East Yards could Start in plans also Call for in to retain about seven hectares North of York Avenue along main Street for its own commercial Ross cons Western Cana Dian said this will in clude apartments and commercial Walker said the developments character will conform to the and whatever is done will have to be approved by the three Levels of gov he said similar developments have been undertaken on in proper ties elsewhere in including Montreal place Ville Marie and Toronto Gary Manitoba Urban affairs said the province wants As much open space at the site As commercial doer should be Only allowed to the extent necessary at the City supervisors fighting planned salary freeze More than half the 760 members of the Winnipeg association of Public officers who face salary freezes Are expected to file appeals to the an association spokesman Valerie association director said a special general member ship meeting to be held tomorrow night will give members City supervisory employees affected by the downgrading the Opportunity to learn How to Appeal to the a1985 consultants report targeted clothing response warming dry cleaners drive collects used clothes a City dry cleaning company first Campaign to solicit Winter clothing donations has yielded an incredibly Good a spokes Man Jim general manager of Perth services said More than pieces of clothing most of which will be Given to the Christ Mas cheer Board of greater Winni Peg have been donated in the past the people of Winnipeg Are Gen but this response has been Johnson we Are getting everything from shoes and socks to underwear to suede Coats and fur and a lot of it is virtually other charities Johnson said the clothes also will go to the salvation army and the red he said anyone wishing to donate can drop it off at any of Perth City Johnson said the clothing drive will continue throughout the adding there is an especially Strong need for childrens jackets and Over a still unknown number of City mid dle managers As overpaid and suggested pay raises in the future be French said about two thirds or 500 of All Union members Are affected by the according to sources at City a tentative contract with the Union would give the City the right to limit wage increases until salaries Are brought into mayor Bill Norrie has said the City could save up to million by implementing some parts of the Consul Tants French said the the membership is generally concerned and frustrated by the cites position and a vote will be taken on what other association action could be taken to fight the one she could be to join a larger National Union such As the Canadian Union of Public although the association negotiates with the City on behalf of supervisory it is not a formally certified Union and Doest have the right to the workers affected include those from the Junior supervisory level to managers of Small City de with salaries ranging from to the City froze the salaries of about 22 senior managers last after the same consultant said they were another 34 senior staff received Glenn free press Perth employee Jojo Vistan ii is unfortunate that a number of people Arent clothed adequately in the Winter in he Byrdye cheer Board executive said about 120 jackets and overcoats have arrived at the boards 1375 Mcphillips Street oper weve put them and whoever wants to can come by and pick up cleans some of the garments donated to something and take it Beckel she also put out a Strong Appeal for saying has been received this compared to 860 at the same Point last Beckel said the free press spirit of Christmas fund is running slightly ahead of last but that Money sent to the boards office is usually a Good indicator of How the Overall Effort is Beckel said about residents have applied for Christmas cheer hampers this and about have received cheques should be mailed to the Christmas cheer Board of greater Box station Winni r2l nip refuses to wait no Extension for tax Appeal by Patrick Mckinley the Pawley government has no plans to extend the Appeal deadlines for tax assessments being mailed out to Winnipeg property owners Over the next two an nip minister the free press reported last week that Appeal deadlines will expire before taxpayers know How the assessments will affect their final tax some homeowners could take the time and trouble to file Only to find out later their tax Bills Are actually going municipal affairs minister John Buck Laschuk said it is too late for the government to bring in legis lation allowing taxpayers to wait until they know what their tax Bills will the legislature is not expected to resume sittings until the end of feb about two weeks before the City is to set the Mill rates which Are applied to tax assessments to deter mine final tax by the time we even started considering that Issue i assume the City would already have closed off its budget and people will have a fairly Good idea of what their taxes will Buck Laschuk the City is to begin mailing assess ment notices and property owners will have 20 Days after their assessment notices Are mailed out to file by the time City Council sets the Mill homeowners in old Kil North Kildonan and Transcona could still have a few Days left to decide on filing but taxpayers in the most of Winnipeg will be out of Buck Laschuk said he didst see the need to Call a special session of the legislature before the end of february to extend the Appeal dead he noted the citywide reassess ment Are intended to reflect Market values in land is being assessed at its full 1975 while most buildings Are being assessed at two thirds of their assumed value in have some idea i would think most homeowners would have some idea of what their property was Worth in he he noted the City made no request to the province to extend the Appeal mayor Bill Norrie said extending the deadlines would not be As it would add to the time taken to process the flood of expected a City officials Are predicting that reassessment May result in or More compared to about 650 heard this Norrie said he could Only suggest that if a Homeowner is in doubt about whether to he should Appeal rather than let the deadline in Normal an increased assessment on a property Means higher but this changes in the assessment system mean that virtually All assessments will go up often dramatically while taxes Rise on some of them and fall on some suburban residents Are expected to face higher taxes because their property has increased in value rapidly since the last general assess but some intercity whose property value has increased Are expected to get tax re police looking for Beer store bandits police were looking for two suspects last night after a robbery at the Marion 393 Marion two one with a robbed the Beer Vendor around police one suspect was described As White with dark five feet seven inches wearing a Black Nylon ;