Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 7, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press november Page 3 witness feared trial Mckenna fires three tory City help for club doubted councillor firm on tax arrears by Greg Pindera the Winnipeg Canoe club will have to pull itself above water with out City the civic finance committee chairman Harold Mac Donald the 94yearold nonprofit recreational club has a deficit and closed this week until it finds 000 to cover operating expenses until next Macdonald Corydon said its unlikely the Canoe club will have any of its tax arrears and a Grant from the City is Only the message has got to go out that taxes have to be by Large and Macdonald their problem is with the were not encouraging people to run to the City when they have financial Canoe club officials had an encouraging two hour meeting with its two mortgage holders spokesman Murray Coates the club is to present a detailed proposal to the Bank of Nova Scotia and greatest life Assurance monday on an option to ease its accumulated if we get some concessions with respect to the Lon term then were More Able to get some support from the members As far As the Short term debt and operating Coates he would not elaborate on the but said a decision is needed before club shareholders meet next the Bank of Nova Scotia again refused to Advance the the club needs to stay in operation until membership dues Are he a spokesman for the Bank refused to discuss its dealings with the Coates said the club plans to meet City officials next week to Dis cuss its property there is a major problem with the tax arrears and its a very costly problem because of the penalties the City Coates said the clubs tax Bill went Down to about a year from about with a reassessment last but he said the decrease didst ease the situation and monthly payments of do not Dent the Deputy mayor Eric Stefanson said the City could consider assistance to the club if it had a plan to make itself financially he gave the example of the cites Grant to the Kinsmen refit Centre two years wee not going to be the solution to the whatever problems the Canoe club faces today go Well beyond the taxes that Are owed on the Macdonald said that while the Grant wiped out half the refit centres tax it was not a tax he said when the City forgave in taxes to the Owca in it still had to pay the owed for the current that was very unusual and Only because of previous commitments from the City to hold Back while they sold the we made the Point with the fort Garry and what is Good for the Goose is Good for the Macdonald said he has asked for a report on the Canoe clubs financial to be presented at the next finance and administration commit tee meeting Coates said greatest life and the Bank of Nova Scotia dont want the club to if were going to expect the Mem Bers to do we want to be Able to show we have support on the Lon term he he said neither institution plans to foreclose on their and the club is not behind in natives to Benefit As illiteracy War gets lift the War on adult illiteracy among natives in the province will receive a education minister Roland Penner said the Federal and provincial govern ments will contribute each to Manitoba literacy announced the original program targeted senior adults with special needs and Low education women and natives through out the this additional Money will go to native groups for literacy Initia Penner the program was started by then education minister Jerry Storie be cause showed adults needing help with language skills and Basic education upgrading do not attend existing continuing Edu cation orly fret press Vietnam veterans Dupuis left and Pat Tower plan ceremony while Kaye right Sells Vietnam vets plan separate ceremony the Manitoba Vietnam veterans association announced yesterday it will hold its own ceremony on remembrance Day and that any country War veterans Are Welcome to the veterans group was denied participation in the cites official ceremony because it lacked a provincial organizers of the official event but Terry spokesman for the Vietnam said representatives from other Veter ans groups will be participating in the ceremony at the Cenotaph on wednesday acceptance in our hearts their support is our Dupuis theres a real feeling of camaraderie and weve been accepted by other veterans the Vietnam group numbers including one we dont know How Many peo ple will turn but were not turning anyone Dupuis if a Veteran from another coun try like Germany or Japan came we turn them weve been excluded and i dont want to be a he we fought for rights and free Doms and we cant toss them this is a free pessimistic publicity credited for Rise in poppy sales pessimistic publicity about poppy sales and the arrival of the Looney Buck deserve credit for a major upswing in remembrance Day poppy a Campaign spokesman said de Secretary treasurer of the joint veterans of Winnipeg which runs the poppy Day Trust fund said he expects sales to hit about this Well above the figure reached last Kaye said sales moved slowly last year until a free press Story quoted him us saying Winni Eggers seemed to have forgotten veterans wartime Contri and warning the poppy May become a tradition of the we needed to get an awareness to the Public about the he Kaye said the by Wiuli ground the impending gains to a he said that while statistics Arent available on sales so far this 750 collection boxes have been sent compared with 600 last besides the pessimistic which Kaye said Winni Eggers apparently still the Looney Coin has been a Factor As Many have flowed into the boxes along with other veterans and supporters have been on the streets for several but Kaye said their activities have extended to private property Only when the employer yesterday was the cites official poppy Day and activities were carried on in Public places throughout the 1986 Effort raised but Kaye said he Hopes this years total will top the Money is Given to disabled and impoverished Winnipeg veterans and their students vow to carry knives attack on youth triggers warning by Jack Lakey at Gordon Bell High school say sonic youths will be carrying knives for Protection after a student was stabbed and beaten with a baseball ii looks like a lot More kids Are going to Start carrying knives after said one who asked not to be when i came to school this morn i knew this was going to have a lot of people worried and if Guys Are going to Start stabbing people then the heavies around Here Are going to be ready for a 16yearold student was attacked in an Alley next to the school by at least four other youths shortly after classes ended thursday police three Gordon Bell two aged 15 and one aged were arrested thursday evening and appeared in youth court yesterday to face charges of attempted murder and carrying a concealed staff Don Peters said police Are still looking for three other youths thought to be the who police refused to received a deep Stab wound in the shoulder which resulted in a collapsed he was also beaten with a baseball Bat before other youths chased the attackers away and police were condition improves officials at health sciences Centre said the students Origi Nally listed As stable when he was admitted improved to Good students said the attack stemmed from a dispute that started shortly after the school year began and involved another they said the victim of thursdays attack be came involved in attempt to protect his it started As somebody else fight and the Guy was just sticking up for his who was having a hassle with some filipino said the who said he witnessed the incident and helped Chase the attackers he was just a Skinny Guy and didst knowhow to the Stu Dent he didst have anything like this coming to 1 dont know where the baseball Bat came til 1 saw one of them pull a knife out from inside the sleeve of his Tough Guys when i saw what was happening 1 went after them and chased them across Portage Avenue and up Maryland 1 chased them almost to Ellice Avenue before they spread out and i lost the who described himself As one of the Tough Guys at Gordon said although the attackers were filipino and the victim was he did not think the attack was racially he said there Are a several differ ent ethnic groups at the which has a High proportion of Stu dents from asian and native Back but said there is More tension Between factions within the asian Community than Between asians and other Jack chief superintendent of Winnipeg school conceded that Gordon Bell has a Large number of students from ethnic but said a preliminary inquiry by school officials did not show the incident was racially Moti our understanding is that it was an ongoing confrontational situation Between two kids that goes Back to september and just got out of Smyth the fact that the people involved Are from different racial Back grounds is incidental to the school officials dont see racial Over tones in this at Smyth added the school will be considering further disciplinary action against the students Over the which will be discussed at a school Board meeting on tuesday group seeks new Laws to Cut cycling fatalities by Alexandra Paul cyclists will keep dying in traffic accidents unless the Manitoba government passes Laws to protect says a spokesman for a group planning a protest at the legislative Andrew fast said the 40member Winnipeg cycling club will demand changes to provincial traffic Laws during the protest at 5 Mon the announcement follows the death thursday of a Brandon Man who died after he was hit by a truck while cycling on Highway 1a about three Kilometres West of Martin died of massive head the Accident is under investigation by Brandon fast said the club has asked High ways and transportation minister John Buck Laschuk and attorney general Vic Schroeder to attend mondays protest and plans to give them eight proposed amendments to the Manitoba Highway traffic Vigil planned the ministers have told the club either they or their deputies will fast the clubs proposals include a ban on cyclists wearing headphones and a Law to make cars change lanes when they pass fast the club will also hold a Noemi Nute Vigil for six cyclists killed this year on roads in Winnipeg and else where in the fast were doing this to get Public he the Way the situation is cycling is very dangerous and if Noth ing is More and More cyclists will he said the clubs action was triggered by the death two weeks ago of club member Don who was crushed under the wheels of a car on Henderson in another a japanese adventurers dream of cycling across Canada ended abruptly when he was killed in fast ramp reported at the time that Tadafumi died when he was sucked into the vacuum of a passing truck trailer on the Tran Canada Highway near Portage la fast called Arais death a Freak Accident but said his Friend would be alive today if Drivers treated bicycles with the same Cau Tion As Bilan Clung to life for 24 hours after a collision with a Driver who has been charged with impaired driving causing fast the he wants stiff sentences imposed on drunk Drivers convicted in cycling were hoping to get some aware fast the whole thing is to let the Public know there is a real problem so we can take some a he added that careless cyclists Are As dangerous As some Drivers and that both groups need a system of safety education credit Advance sent to in Manitoba slightly fewer than Low income Manitoban with children under 18 will soon be receiving a Federal Advance on their 1987 child tax Revenue minister Elmer Mackay announced yesterday that about families across Canada with a projected net income of or less should be receiving cheques for this the Advance payments will total More than Christmas gifts Revenue Canada spokesman Yvonne Saunders said the pre payments were timed to get to Low income families in time for Christmas the prepayment was included in tax changes announced by Federal finance minister Michael the change of a child tax deduction to a tax credit is part of a reformed tax system to be implemented in the next three the balance of the child tax credit will be available after taxpayers file their 1987 families who do not receive advances but still make less than a year will get refunds after their returns Are i ;