Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 8, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press november Page 3 Saskatchewan nip led by crackdown fails to Stop Parade clerks court Capers when a judge enlers a the court clerk solemnly intones All Rise but at a court hearing last a Perky clerk forgot when judge John Scollin a she chirped with inno cent brightness hello this Drew chuckles from on lookers and when the hearing broke for the judge arose and declared we Are adjourned until 2 with a wry look at the he chortled in his inimitable scottish Brogue or should i just say Good Bye d 0 d one of ours buzzed Montreal last week to speak with the folks who publish the Michelin Green guide of its a tourists Bible that rates cities from coast to when a Michelin official the reporter introduced himself As being Wilh the free apparently unfamiliar with his own the official spluttered you mean the free press in Calgary or the free press in Toronto after being clued in on our the Man from Miche Lin said a fellow named Bob Mccready was the Man to talk How do you spell his name the scribe he d g d still on the a reporter called atomic Energy of can Adas offices i Pinawa last week to get the word on a new drug Hal May help people exposed to asked to explain in Layman terms How this stuff scientist Abram Pekau unloaded this Fine example of everyday language it Breaks Down a free Radi Cal of oxygen created when Ordinary oxygen molecules pick up an extra Electron in such a Way that thai extra Electron is spin Good thing we didst ask for the scientific a a a Winnipeg police staged a glitzy do in the foyer of the Public safety building last week to swear in As it turns Robin is he departments version of a big Bucks robot designed to teach kiddies How to be As chief Herb Stephen stood looking very an elderly whom Well politely describe As staggered glowered at the robot and snarled looks like my mothering Law d g la look in the sky its a Bird its a plane its our news release of the sent to us by the furry Folk at the world wide fund for it announced the fund is opposed to a multimillion Dollar plan to wipe out tsetse flies in save the tsetse Guys maybe we should sleep on a g d despite mounting were resurrecting our letter of the week Sim ply because of the this weeks contribution conies from a fellow who wanted to tip us off about a few of his recent accomplish we quote i invented pen cil pals two years later i invented pen i invented Oil Gas heat and electric i in vented toilet i invented Black and then in color i invented the atom i chose Prince Philip of Greece to marry Queen Eliza Beth which he promptly and you All though necessity was the Mother of invent not pop but youre never going to get anywhere if you keep hiding your Light under a unemployment jump alarms businessmen by Christina Dona Manitoba businessmen say they Are alarmed at the jump in the number of jobless in the while the rest of Canada has in and fear higher unemployment rates for next Harry president of the Manitoba chamber of said he is afraid the provinces eco nomic stability is coming to an end because it cannot attract crucial in vestment dollars being spent in other Manitoba seasonally adjusted unemployment rate Rose to per cent last month while Canadas average dropped to per cent from per cent in october the number of people without jobs in Manitoba has increased More than a full percentage Point com pared to last Winnipeg unemployment rate has increased at a faster to per cent in october from per cent last the industries Are Agri which lost and the retail Trade which lost men under the 25 Are most affected by the their unemployment rate almost doubled from last moving to per cent from per investment capital is drying up in Manitoba because of the Provin Cial governments punitive tax re Mardon our tax level is so out of Kilter with the rest of the country our private businesses Arent Winnipeg chamber of Commerce Dorothy Dobbie said the provincial government should encourage private sector growth arid not rely heavily on and training tory Leader Gary Filmon also criticized the nip government for Mak ing Manitoba unattractive to private we have the second highest tax Load of any province in the our workers compensation Rales Are skyrocketing and our labor Laws make us the opposition Leader Young men the province Arent finding jobs because no new opportunities Are being Fil Mon but employment services minis Ter Len Evans said Manitoba Job less rate is still the third lowest in the Evans said economic factors beyond the control of the provincial Hurt key sectors in the especially Agricula we Are concerned about these Evans we Are spending a lot of Money to stimulate economic weve a number of Job creation programs and training Evans put some of the blame on the Federal there cutting their training and employment Grants at a much higher rate in Manitoba than their National level Evans across Treyve de creased total spending by per and in Manitoba the decline was More than three limes actually 20 per Ken free press historic hotel building to get Facelift club to make Clarendon Shine owner says by Janet Mcfarland the old Clarendon hotel building is about to receive a face new owner Chuck Green says the move comes decades after the 102 year old building became one of the cites Shab Biest Beer the new building will include a ritzy nightclub and a Beer both with entrances from the Donald Street Side of the Portage Avenue Green Vendor opposed the manager of Orchid next door to the proposed Beer says he Doest think the Block should have a Beer nobody asked us there just going ahead with said the who refused to give his its the Type of people they bring you end up with weve got enough of that Green says retail Beer stores do not have a reputation for at racing loiter ers and neighbourhood concerns Are of Sale Beer stores Are just that people buy it to go some where with he that loitering is just nol the nature of the retail Beer two tenants have not renewed their leases in the Advance electronics has moved out of the Small downtown while Book fair will move next Spring to the South Side of Portage Avenue oppo site Portage despite the hurdles to get the project Green said he is excited by his family plans for the historic he said he and Brothers Are plan Ning a night club catering to Young professionals working owner Chuck Green plans massive renovation of were gearing for the afterword crowd Young people who dont want to go to some Dingy 30seat beverage the Portage Village which has 38 rooms on the upper floor of the will remain Over the Green Beer Hall blues when the renovations Are done in the the old Beer Hall in the Back of the hotel will be and with it the dozens of regulars who spend their Days no More Beer Hall asked a surprised who said he haunt been told of the impending where will we go to drink Beer now a Man getting a shoe Shine at the stand outside the Beer Hall said he was sorry to hear the pub was there Are no Beer Halls he first they got rid of me Only the last one to go was the Woodbine even the liquor didst Laste As Good after they let women Green said he feels Lille sympathy for the men who fill the gloomy there Are going to be some unhappy but that the Price you have to pay to bring something into 1987 that Hast been renovated or cared for since the he colourful history find somewhere there Are lots of other places like this for them to Green said the new nightclub will be decorated with pictures and me mentors of the buildings since in was built in the building has housed a iwo fancy a shoe a clothing a a Barber the Clarendon hotel building As it is today and As it appeared in its heyday in the Early Green discovers bricked Over doors during shop and a hat you tear Down a Wall and you find another Green you tear Down that Wall and you find a door and behind it is another this place has been changed a million the Clarendon was originally five storeys and for it was Winnipeg Best Green in just As the hotel was gelling in was sold to who changed the name to the in the the hotel was sold to a former Steward at the Leland and Bunnell spent Large amounts of Money making the hotel the posh resting place of visit ing dignitaries and Green plans to name his nightclub Afler who owned the build ing for close to three the hotel burned in a mysterious fire in 1920 and was then rebuilt to two Union drops Pic coverage Over rate increase the Manitoba government employees association has moved its household insurance plan to a credit Union because the Manitoba Public insurance raised its the decision by the unions insurance Commilles will affect about 800 of the unions president Peter Offerl this year the Rales proposed by Pic were no longer Offerl they Are higher by 20 per cell than those established through credit unions or other 4 Pic spokesman Grahame new ton said the corporation raised its Homeowner rates by about 20 per cent As of March 1 to Cul some of its operating there was a fairly significant increase in our claims Cost thai weve noticed developing Over the last year or Newton we were trying to restore some profitability to this particular line of at the same Pic Cut ils 20percent discount to seniors buy ing Homeowner Offerl said the Union had no Choice bul to look for lower he said the Union has turned the plan Over to the Buffalo credit Union on Osborne he said he has no idea How much Money is tied up in the he said the move is subject to review and change should the government insurance company decide to lower its premiums to a competitive Newton said the 50 private corporations who write Homeowner insurance in the province May soon find themselves in the same position As Pic and May have to raise their premiums As making the Pic compel Ilive before Pic was toward the lower end of the Newton the Rale increases have Pul us up near the higher end of the this tends to be a fairly competitive things can change the Union had administered the group Homeowner tenant insurance plan since the plan was established in we decided to slay in the Union business and gel Oul of the insurance Olfert he said the plan Hasnal grown much since it was set up and is used by about five per cent of Mega the group Homeowner tenant insurance plan offered employees Var ious Home insurance from Complete coverage to partial ;