Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 14, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 17 old West novels inspire new town a photo by Gwen Dambrofski Emte up its hard to say which is More unnerving As you turn on to the Long gravel driveway leading to Emte town the sign warning dead or the unusual Pink glow at midday Over the Distant Moun a pair of fat dogs bark a greeting As you pull in behind the lost women one of the dogs is missing a front there Are no signs of human but a mule stares at you from near the sheriffs and Over by the blacksmiths shop a Hal dozen Rab bits Eye you warily while munching on some Loose As you Amble Down Emte towns main the Crisp win Ter silence is broken by a groaning Curree Leeak the wind has nudged the swinging doors of the town any minute you nervously think to there will be the Kachina of youll whirl around and at the other end of the will stand a gaunt Man in Black he wont be As you slowly turn your your heart leaps to your Throat a dark haired figure is coming your but wait perched on the strangers hip int a its just a Basket of rumpled sorry in apologizes Judy proprietress of Emte population i just had to run a Load of laundry Over to the her husband Myles and their two teenage children have Mohr stands outside the sheriffs office in an oldest style town he built lived in Emte town since mid no they bought the place in the Winfie Dalder Flats area of Central about 150 kilo metres Southeast of Edmonton from Leonard a retired Oil Field Mohr had single Anderly built the one log at a Over the last eight its not an official of just what Mohr imagined an old West town would look including a stage a an Emporium and a Post the inspiration came from a roomful of Louis Lamour is spending this Winter in babysitting a House for a he plans to return to Emte in build himself a new Cabin and run the Stagecoach for Over the As in Hes a singular sort of character a Man of droll wit and few is How he answers most is always an asked if he would have liked to live in the old Mohr Doest miss a beat he be dead i his reason for building Emte town thought it might be a Good he says after some Delibera Why did he sell to the melons thought it might be a Good he again it got so there were so Many visitors to Emte they had heard about the place simply by word of Mouth it was really tying me even go out for and How much did he get for it lots and while Mohr never charged tourists to wander through his fantasy the melons Are determined to make Emte Mohrs variant of the word empty a paying propose they Welcome tour wed Christmas in May there renting Emte town to a movie company for a month to make a Western comedy starring Tanya Roberts of Charlies Angels the both born and raised in the first visited Emte town about five years we just loved its a place where you can get Down and have not that the rustic life is a mind while waiting for their modern new Home on the Hill across the Road to be they Are roughing it in Cottonwood Mohrs old three bedroom log this Winter the melons Are build ing six guest hacking out buggy putting up bleachers for a min Rodeo and adding an old school we also want to have a Church with friends and neigh she High Energy poor self regulation makes kids difficult Cathy Guisewite by Charles Schwarzbeck Scripps Howard news service Matthew is either a Fivey Earold with the terrible or Ted and i dont know How to or our son is just out to get said Matthews Hes our second child and were treating him the same Way we did with his our family int relaxed and i resent what Matthew does to since these parents reached our limit with As Ted put it a month much has changed for the Laura and Ted now understand that Matthew was struggling More than they were with an overwhelm ing the source of his difficulties was an imbalance Between High Levels of Energy and immature regulatory inborn features largely determine How parents should approach disc House rules Matts did not have difficulties controlling himself or with the House Ben was an relaxed Matthew was a High Energy who was just Plain we held him a because he seemed happiest his when he woke up and when there was any change at he cried and he cried for a Long like most Normal Young Matthew approached his world As a toddler in much the same Way he approached it As an babies come into the world with an aspect of personal Ity is self regulation a baby ability to remain comfortable and organized or return to that state in the face of changes that go on within the body or with the people babies Are very different in the ways they enjoy or Are upset by sight and they have different states of arousal some Are relaxed and some Are High some Are tense and some enjoy while others Are children today when children get self regu lation translates into being Able to tolerate being Able to focus on one thing at a and being Able to remain in an Alert effective discipline helps children who cannot regulate As a youngsters body becomes More predictable and the world becomes More complicated and the balance of the youngsters self regulation skills and parents organizing efforts including disciplining will determine How Happy and functional the family will problems occur when children who have Good self regulation Abili ties and do not need so much Organ izing from parents Are strictly disc Early Ben had Good regulatory not a he thrived on his parents he is a Low Energy and rarely acts Imp Laura and Ted enjoyed letting Ben do his own he was never a not even in the Matthew is a youngster who has had trouble calming himself Down since he prefers a fast moving approach to his this preferred state keeps him close to an out of control if he could Calm Down and be he would no child wants to be out of All children prefer a Good fit within their Matthew is extremely sensitive to even though he produces plenty of the combination of moving loud and not feeling attached to an adult triggers his feeling being mixed up and losing control of in Laura and Ted now have Learned to match a disciplining approach with Matthews special problems with write to Charles fourth Winnipeg free 300 Carlton r3c he is unable to answer each question scripts Howard news service she Oral we to Thirft and now Shes pro losing for she sounds just like my i Holte 00 i Holte it because i hate or do i Holte it be Coluse i sort of like it if i hate it because i like How weird 15 it to want to kiss her for it now that Shes turned into ii Mother re rat Al front of a Eves Are you so soon your process started to infiltrate Gil Thorp curious to what twill can to our leap in to 5o to Aav Bench Pont Tell pm z but to am i Rock music latest weapon in Arsenal there was a time when nuclear weaponry gave a nation an Edge As a world but now a new form of warfare has been and every country in the world is after Rock the United states developed it in the in our it was sold Over the counter for Home then Side effects began to parents who climbed into their car and turned the key often had their faces blown off by the noise of the on Long pro longed Rock music played at 86 Deci Bels could cause dad to Stop As Early As two Oclock in the afternoon and whimper throughout the but foreign Powers sensed we were on to during the korean the chinese used a barrage of bugles just before but it want the same thing As the grateful the film apocalypse now touched upon the effectiveness of loud music coming from a chopper to create frenzy on the but Wagner didst Cut in we knew the red brigade terrorists had the weapon when James Dozier was taken captive for 42 when he he they put earphones on me and played hard Rock music All Day do you have any idea what hard Rock music can Erma Bombeck do to a person parents All Over the country Rose to their feet and saluted him for his up until a few weeks the United states had been reluctant to use the weapon on foreign Powers lest we be accused of defying rules of the Geneva Noriega pushed us too he Learned a lesson that parents have known for years you can but you cant youre not fooling around with a couple Megatons of atoms Here that can level a youre dealing with sounds that invade an assault you in supermarkets and department destroy a quiet Outing at the attack you from another car at a traffic and numb your brain while you Are on hold on the in i Hope history will be kind to our governments decision to use Rock music on a drug harsh times Call for harsh Mea Universal press Syndicate group discusses illness Khartum ladies auxiliary meets tomorrow at 2 in the auditorium of 633 Wellington elks it order of the Royal purple meets tomorrow at 8 in elks 1080 Wall benign brain tumor support group will hold a meeting on illness and the tuesday at in room Boni face James anglican Church Guild will hold a card party tuesday at in the Parish 195 collegiate billboard announcements Lor this column should be received a week in Advance of the Send them to Winnipeg free fourth 300 Carton r3c they Are made tree of school of dental Hygiene will hold an orientation session tuesday at 7 at the Hamilton lecture the 780 Bannatyne stay Young 370 Hargrave meets guest speaker Marsha University of Winni Peg 11 am Reader defends husband dear Ann Landers i am writing about that letter from slow Burn in Boston who was complaining about her husband he went to bed after agreeing to help his wife do the supper dishes and clean up the you said something to the effect that men always say they will do half of the housework but they Seldom keep their generally youre pretty much on target but you missed this one by a country please note one specific detail after Harvey agreed to help his wife with the she went to make a phone a a ill bet anything that an hour later Harv said to Well there she is with the Telephone growing out of the Side of her this could go on if she thinks in going to do the dishes while she gabs on the Shes then he went to experienced dear experienced every now and then a sharpened Reader sees something i missed i checked that column and sure enough it after supper we watched to for a Little while and i went to make a phone your speculation May have some Harvey knows his wife better than we dear Ann Landers i am hoping your readers will be Able to help us in some Small we dont know where else to last december our Foury Earold John was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor while we were stationed we were returned to the states where he underwent radiation therapy for six after another six weeks of hoping for positive results and see ing Only we were referred to the make wish foundation of Eastern a wonderful they were kind enough to Grant our son his ultimate a visit to Epcot Centre and Walt Disney John passed away in and thanks to make wish and give kids the world in some of our most Beautiful me Mories Are from our trip we have a few precious photographs but Are searching for other vacation ers who May also have taken some pictures that we were at Epcot Centre on april in the afternoon we were in the world showcase Pavilion when the Disney characters John shared some special moments with those of us he loved and we noticed from looking through our photos that we were not the Only ones who were capturing those to some of the folks we saw were fortunate enough to have video John was wearing a Disney world Sun a White and Black striped Polo Levis and White an Blue High he had Blond hair and Blue eyes and was in a if anyone saw us that and has pictures or a video tape they would be willing to please ask them to Contact we would be Happy to pay any reproduction it would be wonderful if this letter produced some additional photo graphs to add to our precious collect Larry and Tammy Gladys 2004 Beall dear Larry and Tammy Cannon heres your you certainly came to the right my readers Are the most warmhearted people in the you can be sure that if some were at Epcot Centre and Disney world and took pictures of you will hear from please let me know what write to Ann Landers care of the Winnipeg free if you request a personal include a stamped self addressed los Angeles times Syndicate birthdays shorts 40 he Sells paint and likes to ski because cribbage is not his game you he can shake and dirty dance and shoots whipping Cream at every we love his wife and think Hes the to our he adds lots of zest Happy birthday Tony hair by Donna somethings wrong with modern Medicine a month i returned to bos ton for a nostalgic visit with two of my closest medical school col leagues and found myself in front of the Harvard medical school visits to the school never fail to leave me in a state of solemn for to the practice of Medicine is still the noblest of the but As i stood in front of those magnificent something was niggling at my Ide something seemed to have gone wrong with the practice of i was saddened to learn that both Ray colleagues were retiring within a few though they still had Many years of Active practice left in their decision was based on one simple Medicine was no longer they were spending hours on an increasing the doctor game Jones Avalanche of and medi Cal practice had become too Haz ardous in the More and More dedicated physicians Are being sued for questionable it was not my friends to keep one Eye on the patient and the other on the another thought saddened me As i looked up at the word Veritas truth emblazoned on the Pearly White buildings before the motto didst ring quite this i submitted an article to the Harvard medical alumni Maga Zine relating How heroin had been legalized for medical use in Canada and How this could be accomplished in the to Aid those in terminal the editorial Board rejected the Why no doubt it offended Harvard medical establishment in the same Way it has remained offensive to the medical establishment in its appalling that thousands of people continue to die horrible deaths without having their pain reduced because the medical establishment refuses to acknowledge that pain exists in this a noted family in Toronto recently had a firsthand encounter with this one member was on the Board of directors of a major teaching they had donated computerized pain pumps to the Hospital to help ease the pain of terminal cancer for they were Active and successfully prod Active people with All the needed contacts to find Good medical this family had to beg the doctor to provide More pain killing medication for its loved and to no she died in dutch physicians actively Termi Nate patients lives when All Hope and human dignity Are but Only when patients pleaded for re Lief from we should All have the Liberty to Ive had enough of this so please treat me with respect and Grant my one Vancouver Reader wrote i recently nursed a terminally ill patient whose pain was not Well i Tele phoned the doctor and asked for a modest increase in the pain he we dont want to kill him do nurse the patient spent the rest of the night in pain and died the following Robert Browning once wrote a mans reach should exceed his grasp or whats heaven for Many problems in Medicine that should be within our grasp still lie beyond in spite of the shortcomings of great schools and mans inhumanity to there is some More hospitals Are acquiring computerized pumps to ease palliative care commit tees have been established in Many Ever so we move in the direction of human compas for we must be grate Thomson service ;