Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 6, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba La 1 Winnipeg free March 1988 act of Felt press House on Deschambault Street where writer Gabrielle Roy grew up feeling foreign visiting Anglo Phoi Mes reel forum hears English still two solitudes in Boniface when did i first understand that in my own country i was of a species that must be treated an inferior in spite of every it was not during the trip be took so Mother and when we crossed Provencher Bridge Over the leaving our Little French town behind us to enter the which always received us a bit like this impression of going of entering foreign territory just around the rather pleased me when i was a by Glen Mackenzie these lines from Gabrielle roys la Detressie Al Ieesha tement enchantment and sorrow express her sentiments about Boniface and its environs Early in the but some attending this weekends stats a forum on the future of Manitoba French com say Treyve shared the same feelings in More recent Paul president of Boni face said he Felt at Home As a College student in the Early but found Winnipeg Ruest regards Boniface As the Centre of French culture in West Ern but says residents of mainly English Windsor Park and South Dale have no reason to feel separate from the Joan Boniface school Board chairman and a Windsor Park says Shes comfortable in Boniface and noted that Many Manitoba immigrants who spoke neither English nor French shared roys feeling and clustered in partic ular Raymond political science professor at the recalls hav ing feelings Akin to roys when he looked across the River As a child in the late Hebert said his generation Learned English and Doest share roys sense of but added thai some repress their heritage by trying to become More English than the character of Boniface changed drastically in the past ii with the development of Windsor Park in the 1950s and South Dale in the 1960s cutting the French population in the historic Parish to 30 per after months of Public setting a direction for that Popula Tion and for francophone across the province is High on the stats Gen or general organizer Lucille Blanchette said Franco Manitoban have been dominated by a superstructure of groups like la society Francom Iii of which she is were counting on this weekend forum to achieve personal commit ments to make the superstructure Blanchette Andre who lives next to roys former Deschambault Street said mixed marriages and More no francophone residents have made a difference in Boni another major change has come with Provencher boulevards Revi from construction of place Provencher with its new Library and be Beaujolais restaurant to Street Arthur Deschambault of Des Chambault travel Agency said the Boulevard has been transformed from ils lr0s hard Ware store and senator Joe Gays shoe store to financial institutions and and account lands of Deschambault said that while the a Enlil rest the streets de it done to maintain the French hut to promote the districts some North Boniface Resi dents have opposed condominium development by the red River near tache arguing an Anglo phone influx will reduce the French theres no limb that French immersion Lor has math major a spokesman for be Bureau de Ida ration Francaise said of Are weather retirement sounds sour1 note Dauphin special dauphins marching band is losing its music bandmaster George and the need for a replatvi7ient has pitted town Council against the school Zradicka has headed the 75piece band since receiving an honorarium out of the towns budget for the band last but with his retirement this the town and the Dauphin boys and girls band committee expect to have to hire a full Mir replacement at to a their solution was to propose thai the Dauphi ochre school Board Institute a band program at the Junior High the proposal has come to the Schmol Board four times since with the Tii Istenes rejecting it each in the latest the trustees were citing Cost As the main it is not educationally necessary and it is not financially Helen Kolla Winnipeg area forecast today mostly High near tonight occasional Cloudy Low near tomorrow variable High near Low near Southern tuesday Low near High near possibility of precipitation 30 per wednesday mostly Low near High near Northern Manitoba tomorrow mostly Cloudy Low near High near tuesday mostly Low near High near Chance of precipitation 30 per wednesday mostly Low near High near Chance of precipitation 40 per Northwestern Ontario tomorrow mostly Low High near tuesday mostly Low near High near Chance of precipitation 30 pm cent wednesday mostly 1 of near High mar lotto the winning numbers in lotto draw were 40 and is Ilu number was there was no Winner of the Jackpot i of the second prize a Wank a1 10 those five regular numbers and the Bonus had six winners of the awarded to those Matching five regular had 204 winners of the awarded to those match ing four regular had winners of in addition there were of awarded to those Matching three regular i Here was a total of i Worth in or k in Luck the free press Toltin in a tag the til National Victoria Inieke National deaths Odu Dilill Nenora a Huncke i or Ottawa Montreal to i i in ii l t i i i i j i Vienna c it Kohl u Kolh 3o m m n m i i i i m t i Doh y Pupuis to 1 my Medit y i i i i i i l Oil u him m i Mil i i1 i ill 1 Mcgillivay m i m i11 Morrison Mohnak i l i a it t f i dub i Hlll Louw it i i Tai i f in Francais French for Franco phones and in that compares to in Francais and just 377 in immersion out of students in Brenda chairman of Bor Dering Norwood school said immersion there is popular and important to the future of Boni Leslie agreed that some Franco phones express alienation similar to but More As historical mis treatment than she also conceded the English and French communities still exist As two the fact that she want aware of the Flats Generaux this weekend after months of talk in the French Community is evidence of and it will always be the Case until were All she assault charge tied to burning rabbits leads to discharge Selkirk a Andrews Farmer who assaulted a neighbor complaining about the stink from his pile of burning rabbits has been Given a conditional Dis charge and ordered to stay away from the the Selkirk journal reports that John guile and his family endured two Days of smelly smoke last september from Stan Ley Galice Home about half a Kilometre guile told provincial court judge Ray Cramer he finally confronted Galic and tried to Tell him the animal carcasses should be not but guile said the Farmer Sud Denly grabbed him around the ground a fist into his nose and asked him if hed like to end up in the fire with the Rab a Rabbit said an fire in his barn destroyed his livelihood As Well his he said he decided to Burn the victims because he feared burying them would contaminate water in the Galic admitted grabbing guile by the but said he did so because guile refused to leave his property after he told him repeatedly to do he also said there had been trouble Between he and guile in the Cramer said that was but the Issue involved was an assault even if Galic had been n n n Stonewall local Munici pal officials have expressed some reservations about the provinces plan to take Over their welfare according to the interlace several Rural Munici pal Secretary treasurers said questions about How the new sys tem will be funded remain Dunans Doris Secretary Treasur or of the town of said if the government raises the Money through an equalized Mill Rale throughout towns like Gimli with few welfare recipients dateline Manitoba a weekly Roundup of provincial giving readers a glimpse of events in Rural would end up subsidizing those with Lloyd also warned that centralizing the systems administration in Selkirk or Stonewall could open the system to greater although Gimli would Benefit from a lower administrative some Rural municipal officials said they like the pro Vinces Marilyn River tons said she was Happy the province will replace a two tier system with a single Andruschak also said River tons welfare Bill is one of the highest per capita in the she also said welfare recipients will to the winners in the Lockport a major repair project is underway at the lock port reports the Selkirk Chris project manager with Public works said a Large Hole has been dug to re build a Section of the canals Colp said the project involves removing a Section of the retaining Wall and pouring fresh Cement to build a new he said the current one has been in place since and the new one is expected to last for or 60 Colp said work on which started in Early should be finished by the end of there on the ways to Canadas second authorized factory direct bauhaus store Only in Winnipeg updates watch free newspaper 10 minute service Traube free Luk litter fastest Oil change in town 232 Annes grand opening specials Best value Oil change l a ree 21 Point late Iak Check 18 brands of Oil free we shield Wasnic Popup free got eos service All 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