Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 5, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Oc3 january Ottawa urged to disown Hansen visits statue of special three arrested in new years Day shooting incidents say three a wite attested saturday numerous charges from two new years Day shooting incidents of River ave arrests followed a Friday night police stakeout of the habitat 424 located across the Street front two Busun esses that were a fettered with bul Lett at least six rounds were fired from a vacant fourth floor suite in Sepa rate ind debts the first at about 4 the other just after a Joe calibre Rifle was found in an unused fifth floor storage room Fri Day night by the blocks it was a Ray Belisle said yesterday of his the suite from which police be Lieve the shots originated has been vacant for about a Belisle adding someone apparently entered the suite with a police cordoned off River for about an hour after residents reported hearing gunshots thursday four rounds went through the plat Glass window of appendage clothing and at least two rounds smashed Glass in the door and windows of design Manitoba next police believe the shots were fired from a one resident of the apartment Block said he also heard shots ear Lier in the 4 around Midnight someone returned to the scene and left messages scrawled on the apart ment challenging police to find the one message told police to Check a Keewatin Street bus shelter which was later found to have the Glass smashed Belisle the caretaker said he began thinking about the shootings Friday and wondered whether the gunman could have hidden the weapon some where in the fee said he was shocked when he a of strategy fewer students by Aldo Santin there is no panic in the third floor offices of Wesley where the University of Winnipeg administrators Are planning the institutions faced with increasing demands from students and fewer dollars from the they Are taking a hard nosed the strategy is simple main Tain standards by teaching fewer and find More the Quality of education has declined As far As were prepared to let it u of i president Robin Farquhar there is a crisis but its a crisis of Access provincial Aid to the University has risen per cent since 1981 compared to an inflation rate of per the government claims that record is proof of its ii Mary suffering the bulk of those in creases came just after the turn of the decade for the last three Grants just kept Pace last the government admitted it had underfunded the a of and gave it an extra 000 in each of the next three costs have particularly for Library and Little Money has been Given to repair and replace equipment and u y the u of has been forced make some unpopular decisions in the last few eliminating capping enrolments reducing the number of professors through attrition and cutting the hockey class sizes of 60 or More Are still there Are Jewer tests because professors have less time and no markers to Grade were All says pan Stone a history professor and faculty association there is feeling we have much too much to two years University Cut 150 classes and began turning away qualified students 000 this year and during the previous two the of any uni been ravaged by an inflation rate for books and periodicals of 15 to 20 per cent and an acquisitions budget that has not in creased since the u of w has can celled Worth of subscriptions for 858 the life blood of a Les expensive ones were but total subscriptions have dropped per with 4 budget of period ical holdings Are now Down to Chiet librarian William con verse believes the acceptable level is Book acquisitions have suffered a similar orders in 198485 dropped per cent to from the previous years part of the yearly reme dial fund will go to the As the Library has suffered free press student sits among Library shelves containing fewer volumes due to funding ses of uncertainty staff losses through the Library had a staff of 49 about 10 years it numbers students say they believe the administration and professors Are doing the Best they but they Are still not courses were session Al instructors were Cut and tuition is rising says Carolynn president of the u of w Stu dents u of w students Bear a larger share of the operating budget through tuition than at any other University in Canada per that is up from per cent in the 198132 school during the same the pro Vinces share of the operating Bud get has dropped to per cent from per cent a full time course in 198182 Cost students in the next five the fee climbed per cent to during that same five year Peri the University operating Bud get climbed per to million from students Are graduating with a Krebs people Are willing to go through that be cause they think their degree is Worth but whats the Point if the Quali Tyis declining and we have to pay More for it Farquhar says higher tuition fees Are the student Union has scheduled a today educational forum later this month to study problems fac ing the Farquhar has released a 10year development outlining where the u of w is going and How it will get it is an optimistic Docu saying Quality will be maintained with fewer Library expansion will occur and More scholarly chairs and professor ships will be the University also will hold a major fundraising John Vic president of administration for 20 said while the student body has buildings have declined from the u of w has 11 buildings and almost million Worth of equip but its annual maintenance and replacement budget hovers around Clake insists the buildings on Campus Are not falling apart i refuse to be a Prophet of How Long will it All i have no he said some equipment needs to be but there is no Money to do no one at the u of w is pre pared to admit that the Quality of education is but Many have doubts about the i see us being Nickelet and died to Stone All of a sudden you have no books in the the equipment Doest theres no Money to Send you to theres no Money for inter Library theres less or no Money for re search and then you wonder whats going managing decline Farquhar refuses to accept gloomy decline can be managed in such a Way that essential Quality can be main he students today Are not receiving the Type of education offered a decade the students who come come Here because we have a reputation for Good teachers and smaller but the classes Are a lot bigger than they used to be and should be to maintain the Quality of education we used to i still think there getting a pretty Good we Are maintaining an acceptable level of but its not As High As were used to or As High As we think it should the crisis comes when people realize the chances of their Chil Dren finding a place in the University Are becoming lower and lower with he found an automatic Rifle and ammunition clips in the unlocked store Don Wardrop said two be aged 19 and and one were to appear in court today on a variety of were looking at charges of dangerous use of a Possession of a dangerous using a firearm in the commission of an Possession of stolen property and several of Wardrop two suspects were arrested around noon and the third at about at separate addresses on Wardrop said he could not confirm whether any of the suspects lived at 424 i know they All live on but i dont know where on i dont know if its that apartment or one so i cant the inspector said he could not speculate on a motive for the Inci actions As 30 of Homes assessed by City by Patrick Mckinley City workers have inspected fewer than 30 per cent of Winnipeg residential properties As part of a court ordered Deputy City assessor lome mor ton confirmed assessors Are lagging behind in their the Lack of up Odate inspections meant the City had to rely on old data much of it dating Back to the 1970s in preparing assessment Rolls for last weeks officials notices informing property owners of their new assessments Are to be mailed out Over the next two Winnipeg lawyer Michael Mer Cury warned recently that prop erty owners whose premises Are reassessed without a physical inspection would be in a Strong Posi Tion to Challenge the Validity of the 1987 tax and another Ross said City officials could have a hard time defending their assessments at Appeal hearings if they have never seen the properties in Morton said the assess ment department will continue inspecting properties and should be in a better position by the time the hearings begin in Morton predicted last Spring that about properties would be inspected in time for the 1987 last he said he didst have figures on How Many nonresidential properties have been but so far about residential proper ties have been that leaves another residential properties that have not been i guess were always a Little More optimistic than we should Morton we feel we have done the Best we could in the time Avail relying on old such As ear Lier inspections and building per would not invalidate the assessment Morton he said to residential properties should be inspected by the time appeals get under Nugent said he is advising All clients who Contact him about assessments to file appeals once they get their property owners have 20 Days to Appeal once the notice has been mailed if they Haven they Are out of Nugent by the time Appeal deadlines pass in most parts of City coun cil will still not have set the Mill rates and homeowners will not know How the new assessments will affect their although the Board of revision that hears assessment appeals has the Power to increase an appellants assessment instead of rolling it said he cant recall that Ever record number in any property owners can withdraw their appeals later once they have a better idea what their tax Bills will he City officials have predicted a rec Ord appeals could be compared to 650 in a Normal officials said assessment notices mailed out to homeowners will in clude instructions on and will also list How much of the in crease is caused by Home improve ments and How much by increased Market the cd right set in based on 1956 property the new ones Are to be based on 1975 officials said simple such As whether or not a Home contains a recreation can be corrected without but arguments Over property values will have to be settled through the Appeal the City is holding a series of information meetings for property owners in different parts of the and the assessment department also plans to install extra Telephone lines to handle education Promise problem admitted an election Campaign Promise on education funding might be put on hold because of changing Priori education minister Jerry Storie Storie was responding to charges by the Manitoba teachers which took out ads in newspapers on the weekend accusing the govern ment of reneging on a Promise to increase education the ads cited an and selection brochure in which the Premier said he hoped to fund 90 per cent of the Cost of Public education by the society says Provin Cial funding has slipped by 10 Points to 75 per cent since we would still like to achieve that 90 per but there Are other priorities As Storie said last it remains our he said the problems of deficit management and skyrocketing costs record number of Calls for help called for police help a record times last a spokesman Don Wardrop said the department recorded a us crease in total up from the reported in the figure represents the total number of Calls for police not those where police actually were no breakdown was available on the Type of assistance Wardrop adding the figure covers everything from traffic mis to wiretap Case put Over the preliminary hearing for a Pri vate investigator facing illegal wire update a followup to the bringing readers up to Date on stories that have appeared in the free press tapping charges has been put Over until it began last David Robert faces several charges stemming from an alleged illegal wiretap at the Headquarters of striking Pacific Western airlines employees last the attorney generals depart ment is awaiting the outcome of the Case before launching a probe of Mackenzie and his private Security Seaforth investigation and securities for possible licence both Mackenzie and his firm continue to hold valid private investigators 43 Bird species seen the number of Bird species spot Ted in the annual Christmas Day Bird count for Winnipeg exceeded last years Mark and could set a new a Manitoba naturalists society spokesman Rudolf Koes said about 75 Resi dents spotted a total 43 compared with 40 last Koes said the record number re ported is not everyone who participated this year has checked he he said sightings this time included a re bellied which is a rare As Well As a Brewers some flickers and some All of which Are summer Birds in this part of the country and Arent normally seen in Koes said the 78 blizzard May have delayed flight plans for several Birds which have usually flown South by strike to continue about 14 workers at Canadas first unionized Smitts restaurant Haven Given up their four month while workers at another Manitoba Smitts have voted to Dennis United food and commercial workers staff represent said workers at the 1512 Regent Avenue West store have decided to continue the strike they began in late the restau rant has continued to operate de spite the Atkinson said the Union will keep supporting the he said those on strike refused to go along with management propos als to give up benefits contained in their first he also confirmed the Manitoba food and commercial which is part of the same International Union As has been certified to represent workers at Smitts restaurant in in areas such As health care and social services will make it difficult for the province to keep its prom the deficit is a serious there Are these other major prob lems which have to be dealt with As Valerie its Vic Epresi said the funding erosion could create inequities among school Divi our Bottom line is that the pre Mier should keep his she every school division is going to Deal with its funding in different and this will increase the inequities which will have to be dealt with at the local Wake said her organization is try ing to make the government aware of its this is nothing new for she weve been making a concerted Effort to get the government to increase its Public school support for the past five in our meetings with various government we Haven experienced a lot of disagreement with our they seem to be agree ing that what were saying is the society has set up a meeting with the nip government caucus thursday she we recognize that this is a slow nobody expects the prob Lem to go away Wake said if the caucus Appeal unwilling to change its mind about we would have to develop other right now were just waiting to see whats in the provincial she added that the ads Are not just part of a Short term bid to step up pressure on the government for More education this is just another phase in a she its not a overnight t ;