Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May learning Lacrosse tries on father Glens equipment during a break at a Field Lacrosse game yesterday Between the Manitoba team and Regina the today event ends today at old exhibition pc p deplored by Carstair by Allison Bray More than million in lottery revenues is being siphoned off from Community groups and put into new government Liberal Leader Sharon Carstairs Carstairs said the heritage and recreation department plans to provide 000 for conservation programs administered by the natural resources 000 for medical research and for recreation that will come at the expense of nonpartisan Community she Carstairs said none of the projects announced last week by lotteries minister Bon Nie Mitchelson and reiterated in thursdays throne speech fit the mandate of the Mani Toba lotteries foundation to dispense lottery revenues to Community Organiza fund government projects Mitchelson seems to be taking Money that should be granted to Community groups and using it to fund government she the Money has got to be coming from she its coming from the arts the sports Community and the multicultural Carstairs made the comments in reference to changes announced by Mitchelson last week in the provinces Fivey Earold arrange ment with the lotteries the foundation had been distributing lot Tery Money to a dozen Community Organiza including six umbrella groups that dispensed the funds to other under the new three of the umbrella groups Manitoba intercultural the Manitoba Community services Council and the Manitoba Community education association will lose their function to allocate but the Manitoba arts the Manitoba sports federation and the Manitoba Heri Tage federation will receive a three percent increase in As the provincial Cabinet will take Over the foundations Job of allocating million in annual lottery leaving Community groups to Appeal and answer directly to Cabinet ministers on funding in the Case of the intercultural which has been acting both As an advisory body to government and a granting Agency for multicultural Carstairs said the government is grabbing Money from an elected body and putting it into the hands of political its clearly she said of the new multicultural Grants advisory Council Wayne free press that will replace the councils granting com Joe the intercultural councils acting he said the governments plan to establish the body not Only duplicates the previous functions of the councils elected Community resources allocation it sets the stage for politicizing allocation of other members of the said Immi Grants and Ethan cultural groups will ultimately suffer because Many Arent politic ally stronger groups Are More Likely to get Council treasurer August Bairos stronger groups get new immigrants dont know the political so the stronger groups will get As Glasgow said the Council whose executive Secretary was fired by the prov Ince last november after a provincial audit found members had spent too much on meal and travel expenses appears to have been punished by having its funding allocation function but Mitchelson said the Council was not being singled out As a result of the auditors she said the councils granting function was removed to allow it to concentrate on its advisory Mitchelson also denied the government is taking Over the granting Power of the lotteries foundation to divert lottery Money into govern ment programs or dispense intercultural Council treasurer top and chairman fear funding inequities Union Centre staff agree to contract teachers seek property tax changes Union Centre managers and strik ing waiters and bartenders have reached a ending their two week de Secretary treasurer of the hotel and restaurant employees and bartenders local said both sides reached a tentative agreement Friday night after bar gaining since 10 that he said the 14 Union members that had been picketing outside the Centre on Portage Avenue have agreed to a three percent wage in crease in the first year of a two year contract and a wage Rise in the second members will also receive a signing he Goralski said the Union had scaled Down its initial demand of a 10per cent wage increase to six per but settled on three per cent in the first its not what we were looking for but we we rent looking for a two year agreement he said he said some workers resumed their jobs while the bulk will return this theres some mixed he said of the but most people Are Maureen chairman of the Union centres negotiating commit said the 14 unions that share office space in the Centre moved lotteries elsewhere so they be forced to Cross picket lines during the she also defended what the bar tenders Union suggested was dirty Pool last week when it claimed management tried to get members to Cross the picket lines to get their Standard procedure she said it was Standard proce Dure for striking members to Send a representative into the building to pick up which the Union we just suggested they have someone come across to get their pay cheques or we would mail she no management goes and hands out pay cheques to people on the picket she adding the cheques were mailed out when the strikers refused to pick them Manitoba sends adviser to francophone Summit the provinces top French Lan Guage Roger will be representing Manitoba at the International francophone Summit in Senegal this the to be held in will discuss issues such As cultural the environment and sustainable lotto the winning numbers in yester Days lotto draw Are 28 and the Bonus number is the Jackpot of was divided into two prizes of the second prize awarded to those Matching five Reg ular numbers and the Bonus had seven winners of the third prize awarded to those Matching five regular had 447 winners of fourth prize awarded to those match ing four regular had deaths winners of in there were prizes of awarded to those Matching three regular num there was a total of prizes Worth the plus the winning plus number is the free press tries to ensure the accuracy of these supplied readers Are advised not to discard tickets before phoning 9472225 or checking the official list with dealers or in Luck classified death of widow of William Elizabeth of Winni widow of Robert Joan of wife of John widow of Oscar Thomas husband of Llene Hilda of widow of Percy Joachim husband of Katarina husband of Minnie of wife of Stanley Ian of Winni husband of Helen Julietta of win widow of Jack Herber husband of Pearl of of Winni daughter of Murray and Theresa Robert husband of Audrey of Winni husband of Helen by Glen Mackenzie the Manitoba teachers society executive wants school boards to lose the Power to tax farm and commercial a Resolution for next weeks an Nual meeting says the system under which the province and school boards tax farm and commercial land should be boards should tax Only leaving the province to tax farm and commercial Aubrey society assistant general said the society position is there should be no connection Between education and prop erty taxes because the province should fund 100 per cent of Basic education through whatever Type of taxes it Asper said if school boards want special they should be allowed to impose taxes on Resi Dences at a maximum five per cent above Grants received from the he said having the province tax commercial property would provide More equalization Between divisions that dont have big factories or shopping malls and those that the Asper is that the provincial government May Bow to pressure from businessmen and Cut taxes on their As in British the province could also choose to Cut its education Grants anyway without leaving divisions any room to make up the he Jerry Manitoba association of school trustees executive said talks with trustees in where tax concessions to Busi Ness led to education helped convince local trustees the teachers proposal int a Good Macneil said Manitoba Educa Tion equalization formula already takes care of Many inequities be tween those divisions reaping Bene fit from big industries or shopping malls and those that the tax Rich divisions would Likely suffer if the proposal were he As would school districts like which receive a Large Grant in lieu of taxes from atomic Energy of Canada Macneil said divisions would also worry about local autonomy if they lost the Power to tax the teachers meeting will also discuss resolutions involving child abuse allegations against including sex abuse an executive Resolution says teachers should be Given time off with pay while investigated and a teachers name be published or a teacher publicly identified until a trial is society president Judy Balabas said police nurses and other professionals Are paid pending the outcome of such an she also criticized recent report ing of charged teachers names in abuse cases before a Peoples reputations Are being even if there found not Balabas we have a responsibility to protect children in the education sys but we also have to protect a teacher or anyone else and consider them innocent until proved banishment of racist teachers sought the Winnipeg teachers association wants racist and sexist teachers out of the a Resolution by the association to the Manitoba teachers society annual which begins thurs says no one promoting sexist or ant ethnic Bias should be allowed membership in the society or have the right to association president Joe Scott said the Resolution is based partly on the Case of Jim the Eck teacher who lost his Job Over Antisemitic Scott said a key word in the Resolution is which is different from holding sexist or anti ethnic beliefs and keeping them Pri at least not expressing them in he also said if a teacher told an offending joke or made such a com this be sufficient for termination or loss of teachers society but continued expression of such views could be defined As promoting he Wally society general said the proposed expulsion of society members would Vio late the Law that says anyone who has a teaching certificate and finds a Job in a Public school is automatically a member unless he or she writes a letter opting Pindera said the Issue involves a conflict Between a teachers individual rights and the collective rights of minorities against Durlene Manitoba human rights commission executive said if a school division adopted a policy prohibiting sexist or ant ethnic teachings in a teacher could probably be fired for violating the Victoria Day open tomorrow 11 beat the Federal government tax grab Brand new Brand new 89 civic 89 Accord in special Purchase preludes Well i quipped factory Patmos at incr Tribu Low paces be and Only a Honda volume outlet 3021 Pembina 2619580 shop ;