Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free mind at december 1986 earners revive schools spirit band takes charge of discipline a interim principal Sylvan Chadee supervises classroom vandalized by group of children the previous chief links woman death to fir Alert system the chief of Sioux Valley in Dian band says a fir Alert system he has been trying to establish might have saved the Lite of a resident who died in a fire Early the system would Alert nearby Fife departments of fires Community and might have saved the House and the woman chief Robert Bone said Virden ramp said Myria Anne 35j died in the fire that destroyed her Brothers woo Frame four other occupants of the House escaped Bone said the southwestern Mani Toba Reserve has Only a Volunteer lire he said he will continue efforts to set up a fir Alert system through overindulgence rounds out Parade of guilt at Christmas feeling guilty is As much a part of Christmas these Days As credit cards and plastic the sins of overspending and overindulgence tend to hang Over our Heads like so much unseen Only the most can prevent d going Over budget for Christmas presents for three gifts that in less than 24 hours will disappear until Spring cleaning d instant for men it will take longer to shave that addition Al expanse of Chin that suddenly developed Between Christmas and new years for women its finding the Zipper on the Little Black size is As far apart As and Are on the arms control d buying that extra Box of chocolates admit it now it was for you and Only g dipping into the Brandy and eggnog again and again and again d refilling your dinner plate just one More the tur mashed potatoes and stuffing Are too Good for Barry Mullin december the time of year when All but the poorest of North americans curse the sin of overindulgence and vow to do things differently next that canadians should give a measure of consideration to the special Holiday message from the american Council on and Little Christmas stocking brochure makes 10 each designed to make the yuletide season some of the councils suggestions it expects us to take to heart include dont smoke dont mix drinking and driving avoid obesity exercise regularly if you drink do it in moderation have your blood pressure Lesterl checked use smoke detectors and observe established precautions to reduce the risk of the councils final suggestion focus efforts on thing that mat what according to the is the Council expects that few will follow All its each of its it is of proven Benefit in reducing risk of disease or types accidents that Are major it says people need to set Priori ties and focus their attention on the health improvement strategies that have the biggest its easy for the Council to preach restraint and denial a week or Christmas when the arb a of toasting Turkey Doest assail your nose or that Box of chocolates Doest cry out from the Coffee v the Council Doest have to drag itself merrily to 15 functions in seven All the while being tempted by every temptation let the Council in with the Damn the pangs of con science Are better left to the Chilly weeks of january and february season of the weather Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with winds from the Southwest at 20 to 30 High near a few Clouds tonight with a Low of sunny Early clouding Over later in the High probability of precipitation is near Zero per cent today and tonight and 10 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba wednesday and thursday variable temperatures near Friday mostly temperatures near Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba wednesday flurries with tempera Tures near thursday mainly tempera Tures near Friday temperatures above Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario wednesday Cloudy with temperatures above thursday mainly temperatures near Friday mainly Tern Pera Tures near Normal High is Normal Low is National 9 5 8 6 13 is 3 6 9 4 3 12 1 15 5 1j 4 20 1 11 1 29 14 22 6 13 Thunder 3 18 1 6 4 6 15 3 8 Winnipeg comparisons mean 21 last highest on record in 1899 lowest on record in 1884 precipitation total from 1 to 21 Millimetres Normal yesterday ni1 convict suspected of playing Possum police believe a convict was playing Possum before he dropped his crutches and escaped from Brandon correctional Institute guards Nathan Leslie was being returned to the jail after being prayed for a foot injury at Brandon general Hospital when he bolted from a Van at about Brandon police Doug Meadows i dont know if he was playing Possum or Meadows he had been on crutches prior to his but he left them behind when he escaped so it Doest sound like his foot was too badly Grosse was in jail on fraud Grosse is described As about 10 inches tall and weighing about 200 he was last seen wearing a Light Green Denim Blue an Orange shirt and White running police said they do not consider him super loto Toronto up the winning numbers in yesterdays super loto draw Are 1067907 and there Are subsidiary 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donations for the survivors of the snowmobile use course available Manitoba will continue to offer a snowmobile safety de signed for Accident and injury pre highways minister John Lohman said More than 700 people graduated from the program last the provinces training program is available on a correspondence basis and in schools throughout the the course offers information on snowmobile Safe operating Winter survival methods and snowmobile by Bob Lowery special to the free press Shamattawa it seemed a routine act of vandalism committed to earn four children a free trip to the aged seven to had trashed two classrooms and then left their names on a Black apparently to make it easier for authorities to arrest the incident was typical of the kind of problems that in the past have contributed to teachers and nurses fleeing this Community As they did on but this time it was handled by local Volunteer teachers who say they Are bringing Back a degree of happiness to instead of having the children shipped out by the volunteers made the Community take charge of the according to the woman who handled the Sylvan interim principal of six volunteers currently running the Shamattawa said the incident began before classes started last wednesday she said she was told the Grade 6 and 7 classrooms at the extreme Southeast end of the Community had been broken into and messed the Normal route in such Inci Dences has been to Call in the the offenders would be duly picked heard in court and soon be on their Way to the youth correctional Centre in according to Jim Tudball and the Community the objective of most of these Young offenders is to get away from in Many Tudball the children Are trying to get away from Homes where there is a lot of both he and the band agree time in the youth Centre does Little to alter the childrens last Chadee took the prob Lem directly to chief Judah Myles and the band Council and sought advice As to what should be All school systems have to have a discipline she said the chief in this Case i think these students should be called up before the band Council and made to clean up their the band Constable quickly rounded up the four children named on the after being scolded by the chief and they were sent off to clean the classrooms under the supervision of the band Constable and truant they did a Good Job and the rooms were ready for classes the next Chadee i think we began to make the Point that if you raise you dont get sent but you stay at Home and put things Chadee and the other volunteers say they were warmly welcomed to the classrooms by their students when they reopened the school on the Grade 5 class broke into a resounding yes when asked if they were pleased to be Back in school after an almost four week their Angus noisy kids a Well known Island Lake Painter and musician who taught school for two years at the red sucker Lake said he Fol Lowed the but also introduced a course on Cree syllables to the Delight of his Tom Butler of Leaf rapids had never heard of Shamattawa until he was asked to teach he de scribed his Grade 3 class As noisy but they still learn a he added the students arrived brightened Well before starting time each morning and never wanted to leave in the we brought Back a degree of happiness in the classroom which is the atmosphere needed for children to Chadee All these Volunteer teachers were also eager learners which is what makes an effective school program next a group of teachers will arrive in Shamattawa for interviews with the chief and Council for the next school nurses have not returned to the who is the Edu cation adviser to the Northern chiefs organization Manitoba Keewatin now assured the Shamattawa band members at a Public meeting we volunteers will always be on standby ready to come Back whenever you need Sterling from of indulge in the the because Noth ing else feels like Fine jewel from Winnipeg most exciting Karat Gold from 00 Carat collection from Ai Mal Branck 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