Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 24, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free August 1988 Phil my press bitter memories czech canadians at memorial Park yesterday commemorate the invasion of their Homeland 20 years ago by Warsaw pact the group then attended a peace with Freedom rally at the legislative school race relations topic of Board hearings by Allison Bray Winnipeg school division will hold Public hearings this fall to gain a better insight into ethnic including biased testing and racial students and Community members will be encouraged to pro vide input into a wide Range of issues related to race relations at the divisions schools during Public meetings slated for Board chairman Anita Neville said last As part of the divisions task Force on race the Public will be invited to comment on such topics As school and Community relations a review of curriculum regarding real or perceived racial Bias guide lines on the assessment of students As it relates to cultural differences hiring practices within the division staff development on ethnic aware Ness establishing protocol to Deal with racial and development of Community Liaison and outreach Neville As parents representing All school geographic areas and ethnic groups within the division Are being nominated by the schools to be included on the task she representatives of the Manitoba human rights the Manitoba association of rights and the native Community and a City of Winnipeg equity employ ment officer Are also being approached to sit on the task she the panel will also include three two division superintendents and two its mandate is to provide a report to the Board next june on the Impact of ethnic diversification on Educa Tion within the it would examine such things As textbooks to ensure All faces depicted Arent As Well As recommend poli cies that would promote racial har Mony among teachers and Stu creation of the task Force follows several incidents of violence with racial overtones last Winter involving students attending schools within the Neville said the task Force was not set up in reaction to the incidents but rather to ensure All students receive equal educati9n free from racial criticized the makeup of the task Force for failing to represent grassroots minority in surprised the committee setting up the panel didst first recommend to extend the mandate to include persons of ethnic groups from within the trustee de Kowalchuk the Best approach is to provide a wide Range i Sellers j suit to a furniture including of Huntt w h Caim Ano pickup Guys so in a Flash Turt pickup n m for form old Gnu Furni t0i Cash Ign King part lit Nurs not not own wooden of old folding it Mink s u us Bioux u 4u get it All the Winnipeg free press cuss fled Section is Mono Best in of often and Lent of thousands of prospective my whether youre buyer or t seller the cuss if less pm work for when youre Reidy to buy or hire or get you know where to and where to Call 9562330 to Vito w Jpyce Bench Jpyce Queen Bench Crittl Jim Duncan Choc took 4 i Good can love it Good Quilly 1 ital Cost Morariu vet Serelow Call 9562330 free press classified division delay decision on Centre opponents absent As Board officials Dis Jeniss allegations of racism by Maria Bohuslawsky a final decision on a controversial training Centre for native clergy at Woodhaven school will probably be made in about a the chair Man of Jame Assiniboia school division said last were trying to move As quickly As possible on Scott Johnston said in an interview outside a school Board we feel the group would be Good the United Church of Canada has been negotiating with the school division for use of the old Woodhaven school As the Jessie Saulteaux accusations of racism flew when a group of residents hired a lawyer to fight establishment of the which opponents claimed was Likely to attract Johnston said there is More sup port for the project than opposition from the Community and that suggestions of racism were overblown in the i am distressed that somehow this Issue of racism plays a part in the problems we have in the occupation of the school trustee Linda Mclntosh told the delegation from the i dont believe it we would never have entered into negotiations on this lease if we had been those kinds of the opposition was conspicuously absent last although a 17sig nature petition opposing the Centre was the Only residents there either supported the move or wanted More the school division last week removed keys to the building from workers at the saying unauthorized renovations had been division superintendent George Bucholz said the keys were removed when City inspectors threatened to close the building because they didst have a building the delegation said they saw this As caving in to the pressure group As Well As the possible end of negotiations that began last they were reassured last night that its just a matter of hammering out a formal lease which is to take effect next the Issue was referred to the divisions finance committee for fur ther it is to meet on Mon in a Little More optimistic now than i was going Ron Centre said outside the Dubour said its especially important for the Centre to locate on that site because archaeological studies have shown a native presence there going Back to 1 police seize Cache of ammunition a Cache of guns and ammunition was found in a car while Winnipeg police were investigating a gunshot report Early yesterday police said they seized seven a Silencer and More than 500 rounds of then released the two men with notices to appear in court to face weapons Dick Scott said that while the Arsenal of prohibited and restricted weapons was police do not believe the two men were headed for crime when they were picked up on Scott Wood drive in Charleswood about he said police Are continuing their investigation and two aged 19 and Are to be questioned for earlier incidents of vandalism and mischief in which car windows were shot police stopped a 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