Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free june 1987 Cafrier picket line peaceful at Portage office press by Lisa priest Winnipeg free press Portal pc la Prairie let Ter carriers Here walk picket lines without the Nam calling and pushing that has marked Post Al strikes across the pickets sluggishly Pace the pavement in front of the main Post office on Saskatchewan ave they say goodday to custom ers passing their wave Good Bye to replacement workers leaving the and Call it a Day at 4 most people Arent even aware theres a postal strike going on Here until they get to the Post office said Gerry spokesman for the Portage la Prai Rie local of the letter carriers the letter carriers rotating strike hit Here and flin flon mid night wont Greet truck the first truck of mail from Winnipeg Doest come Here until eight or nine tonight but i dont plan on being Blachowski said at mid afternoon in going Home to my Bernice a senior said most Portage residents dont even care about the postal strike its All very the Only emotionally charged moment yesterday happened when Gerdie known in the town As a lady who Speaks her crossed the thin picket in Here to Post a letter and you Guys get in my Way ill kick you in the shins she the pickets Blachowski and eight other letter carriers went on strike at Midnight but they didst show up on the picket line at the main Post office until there were no picket lines at the other Post on the outskirts of one letter Carrier decided not to but stood out on the lines chatting with the he re fused to say Why he join the picket the eight pickets said they be Lieve the More than a week is necessary but agree things Are done differently in this town of everyone knows their in out Here because in fight ing for my Job but were taking a Middleon therond we want to be Blachowski the Story was much the same in the summer of 1981 when Insi de members of the Cana Dian Union of postal went on with the exception of two work All other inside workers in Portage la Prairie worked the first Day during the National said one picket who refused to give his some people have come up and asked if they can Cross our picket Blachowski i Tell them to go but not before explain the issues to another who refused to give his said four replace ment workers left by the Back door yesterday morning where he was Friendly pickets at Portage la Prairie Post office even wave goodbye to Wheela june 27 Gates open 1 to 11 admission adults under 14 and seniors teachers need on Quarter of schooldays away from association says highlights the smothers Brothers 3 and on free also featured coca cola Lucky key treasure Chest in the Arena on the lower South real Canadian super dogs show at the South end of football fifth annual Rabbit show 4h building in the Burger King petting zoo in the the exciting racing Razorbacks 2 6 in the Pepsi velodrome show with sound effects Wes Harrison and the High diving stage and stunt show in the Amateur Art and sculpture exhibit in the Arena on the lower West comedy Capers 87 with Host Len Andree and the Ted Fraser show featuring the Lenz the Klementis Bob Roger fun in music and Bev Bergeron the stand up Clown 4 and on the rothmans Arena teachers should be Able to spend at least a Quarter of their school Day away from their a Manitoba teachers society task Force argued in a Brief to the Manitoba High schools review the group said the maximum teacher student Contact should be 75 per cent of the school including supervisory de task Force said later teachers we rent out to achieve a three Quarter work a Vincent Massey collegiate English said teachers need time for such chores As preparing for class and marking he also said that while some elective agreements have clauses guaranteeing some preparation others do the task Force Brief to the com Mittee also said schools should Deal with attendance problems by Mak ing school More not by finding ways to enforce an Absentee ism if schools were exciting places and courses you would not have an attendance Mann he also said teachers and administrators Are responsible for making the program although adding he Doest believe they should be forced to accept blame if students dont show the Brief argued against a return to standardized provincial Examina saying evaluation should be the responsibility of each it has not been demonstrated that external examinations would ensure a Basic level of proficiency in All who attain a High school certify it finance meeting slated by Pauline Comeau Indian affairs officials have agreed to meet a delegation of Lake Manitoba Reserve residents to discuss the bands serious cashflow says acting director Gen eral John the meeting was agreed to yester Day after Zyzniewski received a Call from a former band Council member who expressed concern about the failure of the bands welfare office to pay 75 residents Hydro Bills for More than four no Date has been set for the Hydro moved wednesday to Cut off Power to 75 of the 120 Homes on the but reconnected the service hours later after the reserves accountant promised partial payment was on its residents who thought their Bills had been taken care of discovered they owed to the caller expressed some con Cern about the Hydro problem and about other Zyzniewski i asked him to put them in writing and then to come with delegation to speak to we will then take these concerns to the chief in the Reserve has been cashflow problems for several weeks but the cause has remained a councillor Edwin Edwards said last week the problem was related to social service spending that could bring administrators of the bands welfare and other services into after meeting the bands auditor last week Edwards said nothing was residents noticed the prob Lem when some found their welfare cheques had been slashed almost in Indian affairs investigated and met Council members to ask Why the band sought additional funds beyond their approved reimbursement to july officials at the meeting said fur ther details would have to come from band chief Raymond Swan is out of town attending a conference until later along with other members of and so far has refused to Hydro statements warning 75 homeowners they were to be disconnected were delivered monday to the located about 60 Kilometres West of weather Winnipeg area forecast frequent afternoon Cloudy periods with a Chance of evening winds West at 20 Light and variable in the High today near Low tonight variable cloudiness with Chance of showers High extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly Cloudy Chance of showers is 40 per High Low mostly sunny High Low Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness Chance of showers is 30 per High near Low near mostly sunny sunday and High sunday Low High monday Low Normal High is Normal Low is Northwestern Ontario isolated afternoon or evening showers High Low mostly Cloudy sunday and Chance of showers is 40 per cent both High sunday Low High monday Low Normal High is Normal Low is tory Las criticize buy Down calculations the Manitoba agricultural credit is i Stalcu lating the amounts some Farmers must pay to enrol in its interest rate buy Down conservative la Glen Cummings Rose Cummings said some of the buy Down fees being quoted to Farmers do not take into account loan pay ments they have made since last tory agriculture critic Glen Findlay Virden charged the program requires Farmers to pay heavy fees now when they have cashflow he said the government should Amend the program so Farmers would not have to pay for three to five agriculture minister Bill Uruski denied the govern ment is forcing Farmers to come up with More noting one of five payment options Calls for no immedi ate Cash he noted the buy Down program will reduce interest rates to eight per cent from As High As 13 per win Tario Toronto up six winning numbers were chosen yesterday in the win Tario the winning number is Circle the winning number is other winning 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