Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 8, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Indian hockey teams complain of racism in Arbour by Jane Armstrong hockey players on native teams have been spat at and go Home Lazy indians at matches in pegu is school superintendent Bill Powers said Powers said racial slurs have be come so common he has written a bergs asking for a meet ing to discuss the on far too Many occasions we have had to endure not Only healthy competitive razing but also unacceptable behaviour from your the letter we have been subjected to Inver Dave free press racial and in the last instance our 10 and 11 year old boys were spit Powers said the worst culprits Are adult not the Al though recently teenagers have joined in the me said at a recent Bantam game a near riot broke out when a gang of Arborg youths chased the pegu is players from the Arena to the Van goading the listing players to Powers said Village fans usually yell insults such As go Home Lazy and Call the natives Wel fare and Lazy the mayor of Arborg and other members of the Community say the situation is not As bad As Powers described mayor Larus Palsson said Powers letter shocked he said he regularly attends hockey games in town and has seen no examples of 1 know theres a Good spirit of Competition in the son but in totally unaware of the incidents Powers has de the mayor also rejected Powers suggestion that politicians from each Community meet to discuss the matter in order to avoid an Escala Tion of if he Powers feels there is a i would advise those peo ple to Contact the of temp and let the police investigate the pals son Powers said he was disappointed with caissons saying peo ple who pore racial problems Are As much to blame As those who instigate if he thinks that burying his head in the Sand is going to make this thing go then Hes sadly mis i had hoped we could get together with the mayor and Council to Dis scouts Blaze Winter Trail boy scouts use a rope Bridge to Span the River in Seine Klondike the boys also pulled pack sleighs Over River where about of them gathered for a a wilderness route and cooked and slept Filmon finds nip Tough to pin Down nip Cabinet ministers keep changing their election promises be cause the provinces finances Are in terrible says opposition Leader Gary in the House Filmon asked Premier Howard Pawley to clarify his governments position on provid ing emergency farm Relief measures to As he questioned the Premier about a Promise for 90percent funding for Manitoba Public agriculture minister Bill reacting to a demand by Filmon for a i omillion Aid package for farm had told reporters thursday the March 16 budget will contain three or four Relief measures for farm Uruski had refused saying finance minister Eugene Kostyra will make them he added discussions were under Way to include measures to eliminate or reduce the education Levy Farmers pay on farm on Uruski told the House the discussions Ive had with the Media were to try and Deal with the sleaze and misinformation that were put on the record by the Leader of the opposition in his pamphlet that Manitoba is Way below Saskatchewan and Alberta in its support to we Are very concerned about the plight of Farmers and about the inequity cities in the municipal and education taxes on the farm Uruski Uruski refused a reporters re quest yesterday to explain apparent inconsistencies in his he scribbled a note saying he has no further Pawley told Filmon he never has said the government will provide 90percent funding for Manitoba schools by the Premier said he is committed to the idea and he Hopes to achieve it by but there was no firm weather lotto Winnipeg area forecast a few flurries this becoming mainly sunny this North winds at 2535 with a High near Clear tonight with a Low near continuing Clear and Cool probability of precipitation is 40 per cent near 10 per cent tonight and 20 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba tuesday mostly probability of flurries 40 per Low near High near wednesday mostly probability of flurries 40 per Low near High near Northern Manitoba tuesday mostly probability of flurries 40 per Low near High near wednesday mostly probability of flurries 40 per Low near High near Northwestern Ontario tuesday mostly probability of flurries 40 per Low near High near wednesday mostly probability of flurries 40 per Low near High near Toronto the winning numbers in last nights lotto 649 draw were 34 and the Bonus number was the Jackpot Pool of was divided into four prizes of the second prize awarded to those Matching five regular numbers and the Bonus had 23 winners of the third prize awarded to those Matching five regular had 591 winners of the fourth prize awarded to those Matching four regular had winners of in addition there were prizes of awarded to those Matching three regular there was a total of prizes Worth the estimated Jackpot for wednesdays draw is the free press tries to ensure the accuracy of these supplied readers Are advised not to discard their tickets before phoning 9472225 or Check ing the official list with their dealers or in Luck he the Manitoba teachers society had taken newspaper advertise ments earlier this year to remind the Pawley government of its commitment during the last election Campaign to provide the 90rpercent funding to Public Pawley told Filmon it is another example of the opposition relying on incorrect information and news reports to formulate ques speaker Myrna Phillips ruled out Hilmons final question on whether news reports that Farmers will get some Breaks in the budget were Packer cuts hours Brandon up Burns meat has Cut the hours of its employees and is considering layoffs be cause of a drop in the number of cattle being slaughtered in the prov Plant manager Len Bradich said working hours on the kill floor have been Cut to four Days from five because the Plant is having a hard time finding enough he said the company has had to get 75 per cent of its Slaughter cattle from outside cuss this problem in a civil not a matter for the ramp an Arborg senior Hotkey Brian said that while Hes heard players taunt each other on a number of he said racist remarks by spectators Are confined to a Small i want to see our Tio ship with the people of pegu is destroyed because by the actions of a very Small number of Cook pegu is residents say the problem is a pegu is woman who last week travelled to Arborg for the first time to watch her Nephew play said a group of teenagers followed her husband and nine year old daughter out to the car after the calling her a dirty Sharon Bear Slid she ignored the adding she has decided not to go to another people had told the those games were but t didst really believe Bear i want to go Back she said her whose son plays in the Bantam is so afraid for him that each time he plays hockey out of she travels with sic benefits award for pregnant teacher Sparks court action Lac Dubonnet Agassiz school division has decided to arbitration award which allowed a pregnant teacher to claim sick benefits rather than pregnancy the Leader reports that an arbitration Board upheld a claim Anne who wanted medical leave rather than pregnancy leave to have a the Board agreed with Long Stone argument that a teacher int obligated to take maternity leave if there is a sic leave clause in the collective agree Laverne division Sec said the distinction is important because a teacher on sick leave receives 100 per cent of salary while one on preg Nancy leave receives unemployment several trustees say the Case is important because if the arbitration decision it could allow All teachers on pregnancy leave to receive sick the court Challenge was filed in Manitoba court of Queens Bench in Nan Dominion City straight numbers about Farmers who continued farming after being re viewed by the Federal farm debt review Board dont show the real Success Story behind the pro Board chairman Garnet Kyle according to the scratching River Kyle said 40 to 50 per cent of the cases settled result in banners returning to the he said the real Suc Cess lies in the fact a Deal was negotiated Between a Farmer and a the Board acts As a mediator and must come up with a solution acceptable to both Kyle he noted that under the Federal farm debt review once a foreclosure notice has been is sued and application made to the the Board has 120 Days to try and work out an agreement Between debtor and Kyle said this has been extended in cases where a Concrete proposal appears to be on the dip Selkirk residents who notice some scum on the surface of their morning Coffee have nothing to worry a local official the Selkirk journal reports that Andy the towns utilities explained that the treatment Plant was shut 18 to 20 for its annual and a softened water from the towns Well was used hard water reduces the effectiveness of cleaning products and creates a film when dateli1te Manitoba a weekly Roundup of provincial giving readers a glimpse of events in Rural Dmitruk said Public notices we rent posted because water was being taken from the he also said notices would have been used had the water been taken from the red he said he had received a few Telephone Calls from residents who spotted scum in their Tea or Dmitruk he would have been disappointed if no one had non Killarney town Council has decided to crack Down on local the Killarney guide reports that a proposed bylaw provides for a Pound keeper who will take charge of the Pound and apprehend and confine unlicensed Ca nines on the the Pound keeper also will notify owners of dogs which can be identified and collect plus and be responsible for destroying unclaimed the Tough bylaw forbids Ani Mals and fowl from running at Large in the town any time of the it also requires that All dogs Wear a licensed tag and that the tag information about the animals and de scrip licence fees will be for neutered and spayed for those which non Selkirk a federally Spon sorted operation has helped about 200 local businesses and individuals in its first year of the Selkirk Enterprise reports that triple s investments corporation gave free business advice to at least 132 the corporation also created 47 new jobs at an average Cost of less than by loaning Money to Al the corporations said triple s has helped established businesses As Well As new Hrupka said the corporation also has put Forward a plan to local with the town of Selkirk and the Rural municipalities Andrews and Clements to put some Money into thus he Selkirk and Andrews have agreed to Par City Calendar National 11 3 10 5 21 33 4 9 3 1 3 8 1 2 2 4 1 5 4 8 10 15 22 28 s 1 Thunder 14 3 17 3 11 i 9 1 i 4 Winnipeg comparisons mean March 7 last year Normal 1u highest on record in 1878 on record in 1939 precipitation total from 1 to March 7 Millimetres Normal yesterday Trace International Chicago 11 2 Minneapolis 13 3 Reno is Amsterdam 2 Athens 2 7 10 0 blood donor clinics will be held from 9 to 7 tomorrow to and 9 to thursday and at the red Cross 226 Osome Street Mobile clinics will be held from to tuesday to thursday in the multipurpose University University of the Transcona Branch 111 Victoria Avenue holds Book sales thursday to James recreation Branch Art students hold an Art show from to thursday at 100 ferry the University of Winnipeg collegiate drama depart ment stages la Luna Esta puerto Pero Jesucita in la Primavera the Moon is dead but she will Rise again in springtime at 8 March and and March in the studio Bryce University of admission deaths classified death of husband of Mary Peter of husband of Katharine James of wife of John Poon Lillian of 573 Arlington wife of Bert Thompson mayor of Thompson has sent a letter to prime minister Mulroney to let him know Hes not impressed with a British built the which runs on tracks instead of is being tested As part of a federally funded project that will link Thompson with other Remote communities after via rail service was mayor Don via rail officials and local politicians were to try out the vehicle on a 50kilometre stretch of but the rail bus and scrambling to figure out a problem in the electrical sys had to phone England for an when they bring something Over All the Way from there supposed to have a technician with it and he cant get the bus Mclean we should have something made in Mclean said the also sent to transport minister John Points out the bus is just no Good in a Northern a converted greyhound bus Origi Nally tested for use was dropped in favor of the British Thompson mayor pans rail bus it took a Call to England to get vehicle moving mayor Doest like experimental British built i ;