Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 15, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free August 1988 school fails to Call police continued from Page 1 failure to do so could result in a Fine or six months in As the education minister can Call an investigation into the matter and the teacher or Princi pals teaching certificate could be Alec education department director of administration and the Mother said she made a for Mal complaint to police that night after learning the school had not already done she said she contacted division superintendent Walter Melnyk and the director of the divisions transportation department the following who both told her they knew nothing of the Melynk was on vacation and could not be reached for Gail acting executive director for the North East Winnipeg family and child extended social services new said the Only time the school phoned the Agency was to inquire about counsel Ling services for the Plessis said the teacher did report the incident to the schools vice principal the next Day because the principal was As far As i contacts with police and child and family ser vices had been he but whether it was by the the Vic principal or the i cant the principal of the school in question said parents were first notified to ascertain if there was any substance to the allegations or whether it was just kid we left it to the parents to instruct us what to he we asked the parents to come Back to the principal said the school did not report the incident to police because it was something that of cured at the school level and for the Sake of the students involved including the accused we hoped it would be dealt with in a professional we tried to treat it in a very caring he but the who contacted the other parents concerning the Inci said the parents never indicated they wanted to handle it them we were the she How much do we have to do As she said school officials did Little followup on the Case even after the boy had been the Only time the Mother said she heard Back from the school was to give her the name of a female counsellor she requested to speak to her it seemed the school tried to ignore it As much As they she but the principal said the school did follow up the incident through phone Calls and providing them names of appropriate agencies they could but he conceded he is unaware of what has happened with the Case since the Plessis said because a restraining order was issued on the boy after charges were division officials were satisfied he bother the girls a ism my to we phe88 shipowner Colleen Paluch says Many of the problems which face merchants on the Are notorious strip has Little Pride teachers to get fall refresher on abuse continued from Page 1 Oleson said teacher training ses Sions or i services on require ments under the act will be provided to All teachers this but she said her department will also be investigating claims some school officials did not follow proper procedure after three cases questioning their handling of alleged sex abuse cases were made Public with in the last we want to be sure there is Protection and these cases Are being reported to child and family ser she reports during the last month in clude the attack of four girls in a school bus by a fellow student in the River East school d a teacher in the Winnipeg school division charged last month with two sex related offences against minors continued teaching two years after school officials suspected he was sexually involved with d allegations that a private school principal waited a year before re porting an incident in which three female students were attacked by a fellow male education minister Len Derkach said his department will look into claims that schools Are not reporting such this is a growing problem and not one we can Deal with he Derkach said while some teachers May prefer to discuss suspicion of abuse with parents rather then re port it to the such a course of action is against protocol and something he Doest Alec the departments director of administration and Cert said instances where schools dont report abuse cases could Stem from the perception it is a playground discipline the question is when do you draw the line he that the kind of judgment Call a principal has to while there is no body to Monitor reporting of abuse Krawec said it is up to school trustees to ensure their divisions Are following Keith assistant director of the Winnipeg child guidance clinic who also sits on the boards of four child and family services abuse said while there May be cases where schools dont they Are often isolated continued from Page 1 her store relies heavily on custom ers from outside the cites Core but Many wont come in any More be cause of gangs hanging around the its very unnerving for ladies in Tuxedo when they pull up in front of the store and theres a fight they wont come she the who asked not to be said she pays about a year for damage insurance on her she averages a broken display window about once a like Many she said she int sure How to solve the prob other attempts to clean up the area have she suggested getting the people who live near the Street involved in cleaning it and one walk in who but you Call the police and they come and get generally the clientele is very in Happy right Jack president of the North main development said the group has been lobbying the City and the province to do some thing for the last five and the new Campaign is an Extension of the squeaky wheel gets the he while Chyczewski admitted he Doest have the he suggested the tory government should examine provincially funded social agencies to make sure there doing their he said he knows of several Busin esses have of licit i1iwivcu to watching Over it to promote a sense cause of problems w the refused a John executive director ofor Deiri the f face bruised Levy for future City councillors claim continued from Page 1 permission to subdivide his property i had to make the payment or they give me permission to sell the Telfer the proposed Charleswood Corri Dor would extend South of the planned Bridge across the Assini Colne River at Moray through the Charleswood Golf course to the proposed Ridgewood connecting with the perimeter what Are they going to do with the Money and the interest Telfer if the corridor has been turned wheres our Money one City councillor says the Spe Cial Levy on developers should be returned if the controversial Charleswood corridor is not i think the City is obliged to return the Money if they Are not going to build the John steel Grants Mill but four other councillors say the continued from Page i would be looking he we should know better in about three the Western diversification fund is not Good for More than a few million dollars for any one he he added Al Max is not part of the consortium looking at As far As he Ransom said any move by Ottawa to support construction of a smelter in Quebec might help Manitoba by charges Are for future East West transportation projects in Charles Wood and have nothing to do with the North South Bill Clement Charleswood said the charge has been assessed on All Charleswood developers including homeowners who subdivided their lots since 1986 to pay for future roads to handle new housing developments in the that Money will definitely be used for future transportation Pur poses to keep future traffic to a minimum on existing residential he this has nothing to do with the Charleswood Corri a 1986 Council Resolution levied a charge of 25 cents a Square foot on any land approved for subdivision in Charleswood for phased construction of regional transportation facilities in the Charleswood area to Rem Edy existing inadequate Street the Levy was raised to 30 cents on funding 2 establishing a precedent for fund Mulroney reeled off a list of government expenditures in the including million for a controversial Federal Penitentiary in near by Mulroney got into an angry Exchange with a reporter who asked him much Federal Money has gone into the Riding since 1984 and would not answer the he also testily sidestepped queries about whether he would run again in the Riding which has been bruised and Cut in the wednesday which occurred about As he was standing on a scaffold suspended Between two an apparently drunk Man began violently shaking one of the then he grabbed me by the foot and pulled me off the said who hosts the West Ern a weekly country music Talent show on Community Televik i fell to the ground and he grabbed a yardstick i was working with and he slashed me across the face with All his then he kicked me in the a Brief scuffle ensued and the whom Fairchuk described As about 25 years of age and clean eventually disappeared into a nearby Savage it was a very brutal attack kicking and everything for no reason at he other merchants on North main agree the area has a but its nothing most say something should be there not sure Joel manager of farm and said his store has bars on its windows and an extensive alarm system to help Ward off prob cleaning up in the morning youll find broken Beer he very often in the morning youll still see some of the people into i because of the atmosphere of the tiie store restricts its hours to 9 to 5 its relatively Safe Here during the but i walk Down the Street at he others say the problems of the area Are blown out of i live in the suburbs and Ive had More trouble said Gary of Hora Wood Colleen owner of colonial once in a while you have some of the main Street which provides emergency shelter for the drunk and said Hes eager to meet with merchants to discuss ways to solve problems plaguing the but Rodgers scoffed at the idea of a police crackdown on Drunken a Grants on saying Public Drun Keness is not a they cant crack he they dont have the manpower and the Laws to Back them he noted drunks can Only be apprehended under the intoxicated persons detention Rodgers also said getting Tough with drunks would do Little to cure the myriad social problems in the a crackdown is not going to solve the he the Public Dru likeness is just a symptom of Otner such As a Lack of employment and marketable everybody is looking for simple solutions when there Are if you move the problem from main its Only going to go someplace the development which represents businesses on main Between James and Mountain has also called for a police crackdown on hotels and taverns along the strip which Over serve already drunk patrons a measure Rodgers but Irene assistant Gen eral manager of the Manitoba liquor control said inspectors conduct regular checks on hotels in the we Haven found any indication of an increased problem in that she hotels in that area Are operating As there supposed to Linda spokesman for the at Torne generals con firmed the department had received the North main groups but said the government Hast decided what if it will lived off from his Birthplace of baie Comeau under the new elector Al Mulroney billed himself during the 1984 Campaign As the boy from baie Comeau and he is widely expected to change Ridings so that he can keep the under the new map that took effect july baie Comeau Falls into the neighbouring Riding of Char Levoix whose Charles has offered to yield it to the prime school four for Auriti weekly specials burgers aug 2228 29 sep14 get a Price break on burgers when you break from the and that Means tasty savings when you go for the flavour a different special each dont miss any of them ;