Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba The province locals burned on jobs Winnipeg free May Page 2 residents fume overflying in of firefighters by Maria Bohuslawsky about 100 men and women from the fort Alexander Indian Reserve lined up for two weeks for jobs fighting local Forest fires Only to find the work went to people flown in from the i feel pretty Reserve Resi Dent Bill said yester Ive been fighting Forest fires since i was have enough expert the University of Winnipeg student it would be cheaper to hire Guys from fort he i dont think taxpayers would like to hear that people were flown in from the North when Guys from fort Alex were he said Many of those who were anxious for work were students or unemployed Cornell also of fort said he waited from 8 to 5 for a week and a half outside the natural resources department office in nearby Pine some Guys waited until 8 or 9 he they were just letting us hang in the we heard a different Story every they said we were All going to get a Jim a fire control offi cer with natural con firmed that about 100 people from fort Alexander were clamouring for jobs on the Forest fire Between Sandy River and Martinuk said the department flew in about 150 natives at a Cost of a few thousand dollars from Northern Manitoba because they have much More the Type of fire were dealing with is extremely volatile and Dan he we wanted the Best people for the better firefighters come from the Many More can be super Vised by one Northern workers natural resources regional director de Wong said that because of intense the department has offered to set up a Basic training program on fort Alexander Reserve for the next Martinuk said that As the fire winds natural resources is replacing the Northern workers with fort Alexander and Manigotagan were giving them experience in areas that Are not As volatile As they were a week Wong said 25 people from fort Alexander went to fight the fire on saturday and they will probably be kept on for another week or 10 but no More will be As the operation is winding Martinuk said the department will require 50 local people for two More weeks of extinguishing Small hot he said up to 75 people from the fort Alexander Reserve have been hired Over the last two weeks about 30 were among the first on the fort Alexander band chief Jerry Fontaine said More should have been he said 95 per cent of those who applied already have sex we were quite upset about Fontaine we had 100 men and women willing to risk their lives for 10 Days of Martinuk acknowledged that some experienced individuals at fort Alexander were probably Over chief Ken Wood of Theresa which is near Garden complained yesterday that no workers from his Reserve were flown South for we want an equal Garden Hill band chief Isaiah Harper expressed Little sympathy for his sure its he i need my people to work Jbf of free a toss sleepless Man welcomes crunching night crawlers by Terry Lulash Nyk special to the free press Selkirk might consider it a scene out of a horror but one resident Here int doing anything to rid his backyard of thousands of Creepy night the Man says his Yard is Home to so Many crawlers he can hardly sleep because of the noise made when the Worms eat and Rustle the it the noise is like a million Little mice running Over the dead said the who asked not to be identified to protect the Worms from it is like the whole Yard is he the grass moves and the Worms eat every Leaf that has not been raked up from last we have 50 Trees around our Yard and i did not Rake up one the night crawlers have eaten them t dont want to get rid of them if they Are not dangerous or he in the Man has gone out of his Way to accommodate the nocturnal i like nature in a natural he i dont like to Cut the grass and i let the dandelions i added a Little topsoil to the Lawn to the ground would not be so hard for the Worms to dig he night crawlers arthropods Annelid segmented Worms Are Only an one Manitoba entomologist the Worms Are very beneficial to the Jay Mccullough As Long As the Homeowner can put up with the he has nothing to worry about like being attacked by Worms or the Worms taking while the Man might take unusual Steps to play Host to the Mccullough believes he get carried Highway construction signs stolen from Portage maintenance Yard perfectionist at work Brian Sinclair wields a Paintbrush to touch of up the Hull of the the Foreman of the Marine museum of in was getting the historic ship ready for the summer the impressive built in 1897 and renovated in is one of Many features at the which opened for the season last the keen Ora was originally built to carry passengers and freight on the Lake of the but was taken to the Winnipeg waterway in Portage la Prairie the sign in front of a Portage la Prairie highways maintenance Yard should have read thieves at Between 75 and 100 Road signs were stolen last week from the located South of the City on the Tran Canada police report that the 900centi metre wide construction Esti mated at in went missing some time Between May 16 and highways department yardman Don Cote said the signs were on Racks and could have been removed it was Handy for and said adding the thieves May try to sell the signs for he noted that the same Yard was robbed of aluminium signs and posts a few years those pieces were never he said five face drug counts flin flon five flin flon residents Are to appear in court later this month and Early next month to face drug Possession and narcotics trafficking following a six month investigation by local two men and three women Are to Ateline Manitoba a Roundup of news Horn Horn around the province compiled by the frae press appear in court either May 31 or june 7 to face the which involve marijuana and police said that More drug re lated charges May be Laid As a result of the ongoing crime stoppers begins Winkler crime stoppers has come to this Southern Manitoba com Doug chairman of the five member committee running the program endorsed by the Manitoba Chambers of said the decision to join the Manitoba crime stoppers association was sparked by a spurt in the towns it is More a preventive Mea sure to deter crime than solve prob lems that currently town Council has agreed to pay the first years membership based on 10 cents per Winkler differ on Hospital site by Gladys Terichow special to the free press Morden initial attempts to find a location for a regional Hospital in the area have met with Little health minister Don Orchard has indicated government support for the multimillion Dollar regional facility and Given local councils until june 30 to reach a unanimous Deci Sion on the a closed meeting last week failed to reach agreement on a Don Reeve of the Rural municipality of Thompson and chair Man of the Metw planning the eight member Metw Board consists of two representatives from each of the councils of Morden and Winkler and the Rural municipalities of Stanley and the two town councils Are non committal on the Hospital Morden mayor Max Friesen and Winkler mayor Henry Wiebe the Morden chamber of com has expressed sup port for locating the facility exactly in the Middle of the 11kilometre Winkle Morden chairman Wilf Warkentin wont get built we feel if it Doest get built in the it get Warkentin noting the area failed to get a regional school sever Al years ago because the two towns could not agree on a Reeve Mel Hoeppner of the Rural municipality of Stanley said his Council opposes the Central location recommended by the chamber be cause the corridor already is very cluttered with commercial agriculture businesses and livestock opera you even consider that he you dont want to have a Hospital too close to a pig barn or an anhydrous ammonia Busi he said councils first Choice is to locate the Hospital near the Winkler Golf course on the Western outskirts of the he realizing Morden could not support the Winkler Council has decided to Back a site in the corridor about four Kilometres West of Winkler where commercial operations Are not As the problem with any location in the corridor is that the Metw plan Ning statement permits Only agricultural and commercial agricultural operations to locate Alex Ander amendments to the planning state ment require Public meetings and ministerial it is not very our mistake a Story yesterday said wrongly that the Greg Lowe band would be playing tonight at the spec Trum in the band played last night and monday attack with car nets charge after incident in Transcona a 25yearold Anola Man has been charged with attempted murder after another Man was run Over outside a Transcona bar Early Sun Day police said the Man and his Friend began arguing with a third Man at the Golden Oak inn at about 1 when he got into his car and struck police said the Man was thrown Over the Hood of the car and fell to the he was taken to hos Pital in fair the suspect is also charged with Possession of a weapon dangerous to the Public 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