Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free june Orchard reprieves nuns care program order says costs Public funds needed by Zena Olijnyk a Grey nuns Home care pro Gram for the order announced it would close june 30 was Given new Hope yesterday after the province reopened negotiations on government health minister Don Orchard announced in the legislature that Boniface general Hospital would temporarily take Over the services provided by the sister Clermont health operated by the Grey nuns for the last 12 the program provides nursing Volunteer and advocacy ser vices for 760 clients in the Boni vital Orchards comments came after a hastily called meeting Between health Hospital and Grey nuns earlier in the the Grey nuns had issued a news release saying the order was closing the program because it could no longer afford its share of the roughly Orchard said the also run by the would immediately absorb the Home care programs staff and network of 150 volunteers so that elderly clients would continue to get the services they require to stay in their As Orchard the prov Ince will enter into negotiations with the Grey nuns and the Hospital to see whether it is possible to continue the police ticket 24 skateboarders Winnipeg police have issued 24 tickets to skateboard riders in the past three weeks As part of an enforcement a police spokesman said the youths ticketed were violating a City bylaw by Riding their skateboards on streets or they face fines from to we Only started ticketing them and although its not a Large number of we think weve succeed the spokesman our intent was to try and educate the Young people about the bylaw that existed and weve succeeded in getting that police chief Herb Stephen called for a Clampdown on skateboard riders three weeks free satellite dish installation built in satellite Only per month antennae 9 main 44 in Lockport Call collect 17574569 open evenings saturdays correction re insert in May free press Price statement should have read in siders report prices effective until Clos ing june sorry for any inconvenience caused our All 1988 1989 Subaru now at Blowout prices Marion motors 1u6 Dembina Hwy 4771866 attention Pool owners free pump pour Jug or cooler bag with to below 40 pkg drum pkg drum ols 1456 Pembina open till 8 till s 12 to 4 Sale ends june province we Are confident we can come to an arrangement to carry on with service to people under the sister Clermont he Jan Vic president of Nurs ing for said services to sister Clermont clients might improve Over the next few months because the Hospital will try to add the sister Clermont program was scaled Down in recent months so that there were actually Only four people on Dyck at one there had been i dont want to get my Hopes up too High until i see something in said nurse Rita executive director of the worried clients Baxter said Media attention and the staggering number of Calls from worried clients May have prompted the government to reopen the she said that after having negotiated with the government for More than a year about increased the Grey nuns we rent get Ting any closer to a after putting More than Mil lion into the program since it began 12 years the Grey nuns said the order could no longer afford to carry the program without in creased government last the province provided about while the Grey nuns contributed about Orchard said the province has always maintained it could not give Money to the Grey nuns program to provide what he called enhanced it would Only cover the Cost of Basic Home care he the sister Clermont plan provided a Richer level of service they did program delivery beyond what we normally do in the Contin Uin care Orchard Orchard said there May be some funding available from the Community support services for seniors which gives Grants to groups wanting to organize Volun Teer clients of the sister Clermont program Are worried about the Prospect of life without the Home care 1 just get by without said 90yearold Jessie for the last two Brown has been visited almost daily by Volun Teer Cecile and is regularly visited by one of the pro Grams Amant helps Brown with the keeps her House writes letters for and even plants her Flower Cecile Amant helps sister Clermont client Jessie with housework wardrobes Handy storage available in White teak computer desk r Bookcase in White and ten s space Printer Complete with adjustable Cash carry stereo Bench suitable for to Handy drawer for lots of record Stor age in three White teak double Dresser High Dresser narrow i Dresser upholstered in mod Lon wearing fabric Ideal for Many solid Pine tables and Low Dresser 2 drawers Sale Sale 1 drawer night table single 3 drawers Sale Complete bed with headboard foot available in Black or teak mat Tress 2 drawer night table ;