Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights published sever Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by newspapers division of Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 a member of the Manitoba press Council Arthur Wood publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 a hopeless task in Moscow the problems facing soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev we so Many and various that even his most ardent admirers might despair of his Ever solving he himself May sometimes feel like condemned by his own deeds to a hopeless re faces the problems of restructuring the soviet of liberalizing soviet of adapting his cherished communist party to a new of juggling the demands of exuberant reformers and fearful conserva most most dangerously and most imme he faces the problem of dealing with rising nationalism in the soviet unions constituent last Gorbachev was in Lithuania attempt ing to put a Brake on the baits impatient drive for returning to he was confronted by a fresh outbreak of violence in the in the Republic of armenians and a Erbai appear to be waging full scale War against each a state of emergency had to be declared and both regular army and dispatched in an Effort to halt the in this it is difficult to know what else Gorbachev could have the two situations Are not directly both result from russian and soviet Baltic states being seized by Stalin in the Azerbaijan annexed by the russians in the Early 19th the trigger for the unrest in both has been Gorbachev policies of Reform that unleashed unexpected and unpredictable in Lithuania these took the form of the still peaceful demand for a restored Independence in Azerbaijan and in neighbouring Terri they sparked an explosion of ancient ethnic and religious hatreds that have led to bloodshed and widespread if Gorbachev can stay in if the Stone that he is forever pushing up Hill does not Roll Back and crush the Baltic states have a Good Chance of realizing their legitimate aspirations for towards this the West can support the Gorbachev reforms and encourage the baits to recognize what it is possible to accomplish without undoing everything that has been gained so but there is Little that Canada and other Western nations can or should do in regard to the religious and ethnic turmoil in the Southern soviet beyond urging moderation and negotiation and attempting to ensure that the soviet in their efforts to restore do not resort to the kind of atrocities they committed in Georgia last the turmoil in the caucasus is a legacy of soviet colonialism imposed on ancient Gorba Chev will have to Deal with it or it will destroy him and his it is a problem that every colonial Empire must face but it requires a Wisdom and a tolerance that few colonialists in the past have shown As their empires began to perhaps Gorbachev can Lead the Way As he has done in so Many other the minister can act education minister Len Derkach is not nearly so powerless As he imagines to Rescue children at a James private school from a policy of physical he can close the place Down if it refuses to conform to usual standards of adult conduct toward the minister of education administers the Public schools act and the education administration those acts require school attendance by All children of school the attendance requirement can be met at a private school which provides a curriculum and a Standard of education equivalent to that provided by the Public at his own he can inquire into the qualifications of the teachers in a private school and the Standard of education provided in the a teacher of Sturgeon Creek Christian Academy has been charged with assault because an 11yearold child was struck with a plywood paddle which the school the child was beaten for walking Home with her Friend after a Church service instead of waiting for her teacher and for not doing her the teachers use of the paddle was not an isolated the schools student photocopied by police investigating the said that paddling can be administered after a student who has committed an offence has been informed of the punishment and the parents have been the parents were to be Given the Choice of paddling the child themselves or authorizing the school staff to do refusal of consent by the parents would result in expulsion of the parents who make a practice of deliberately beating their children Are Apt to be hauled into court on criminal charges and conduct toward children which is criminal in a Parent should not be tolerated from a which is supposed to be at least As Well informed As a Parent about different methods of childbearing and about the harm that results from gratuitous violence of adults against the discipline policy set Forth in the student handbook is part of the educational standards of the on the published the educational standards of Sturgeon Creek Christian Academy deserve inquiry by the minis Ter of at the end of such an the ministers experts might conclude that attendance at that school does not satisfy Manitoba compulsory attendance the parents could then be advised or finally required to Send their children to a less violent before reaching that end of the the minister should be Able to persuade the school and its teachers to listen to the teachers should learn enough about childbearing that they do not reach for the Blunt instrument and attack an 11yearold child with the administrators should be invited to think More deeply about physical Derkach believes he is powerless to affect the beating of children in the school because it operates without government he a Power and a duty to speak up for humane treatment of children in the schools of he has an administrative Power to investigate and a duty to defend the other potential he is Only As powerless As he chooses to checking the Panama reports explaining a bad investment Isadora chief executive officer of North Portage is flailing in several stirring dust but casting no Light on events which led to what has turned out to be a bad investment of Public funds at Portage place housing he argues that Martin owner of fort Garry foiled plans for rental of apartments behind Portage place when he placed 900 new apartments on the downtown Market near the but Coop and the North Portage corporation Board had the same Opportunity As the More cautious Canada mortgage and housing corporation to know of Bergens plans and to protect their they could have altered plans in the six months Between City councils approval of Bergens project and North portages Midsummer signing of an agreement with developers of the Village at Portage it is from the Early announcements and architectural including those the architectural firm Coop left to run the that plans have been altered Many nothing was cast in an indoor Public skating rink and an outdoor Boulevard lined with cafe tables were among the Ameni ties sketched on paper and talked about when Public acceptance and political support for the project were a Union Centre that is now under construction on Broadway Avenue and a Well appointed my wac Centre that seems stuck at the Model stage were part of the Early site Coop argues that it was essential to proceed with the housing to do surgery on the battered face of Winnipeg downtown District required new better than that part of downtown had All other development was to serve those living in the the has few of those things which people regularly need in a neighbourhood a place to drop off a lat night convenience a a grocery store or a hardware a few of those amenities appeared outside the there is not a Chance that the skating rink will appear for some any other recreational what the three Levels of government received for their investment is a Standard mall and some Standard housing units that have gone Given that track Coop and the North Portage Board should not alone be determining How further to safeguard Public the govern ments which created North Portage corporation should not remain at arms the american administration called the invasion of Panama operation just cause and As a Jouna list i was interested How the National news magazines of the and Canada time and Mac leans reported on the Mac leans coverage was More objective than that of which rooted for the Home oblivious of the role of the press to present the facts without time particularly failed to examine the essential Point was it a just invasion or against Law in the third consecutive Mac leans editor Kevin Doyle did acknowledge that the invasion is no different in terms of International Law or morality than Moscow Dis Patch of its forces into Afghanistan in neither Magazine brought out the fact that it was indeed against Law which requires the president to consult Congress before declaring As noted by free press Washington David time in its first report hailed president George Bush for showing muscle and that his image of a wimp was no longer never mind the destruction and death in the main Point was that president Bush had become a Man of boldness and a it glibly reported that Noriega obligingly provided justification for president Bush to Send in the troops on these grounds Noriega had declared a state of War be tween the two countries and the attack on servicemen in Pana there is Little coverage of the civilian the second time estimates the Panama Nian dead at not distinguishing Between military and Mac leans reports that Aid workers a Werier estimate civilians lost their As Well As 300 of Noriegas in a jingoistic separate titled passing the manhood time Speaks of the glowing assess ments of operation just cause in the military says time in american servicemen fully earned the kind of medals that were so lavishly dispersed after time does report in the second week that the in general Assembly Calls the invasion flagrant violation of International Law but leaves it at in the first did Deal with the legality of the invasion stating that Legal and foreign affairs experts were of the opinion it was not within the Law of the in or the organization of american it reports world reaction and can Adas readiness to follow the Ameri can tragic mistake it quotes Lawrence of director of the Council of hemispheric that prime minister Mulroney support of the invasion is a tragic mistake and a thoughtless and mindless thing to in the third week of time deals with the embarrassing questions that Noriega until 1987 a protege of the could raise in his trial about his dealing with presi Dent Bush when he was Cia direct Mac leans again quotes head of the Washington based inde pendent think on what he re Gards As Noriegas Ace in the Hole concerning the Bush general he manipulated the 1984 election in Panama to accommodate the White House in the Choice of by now in the third the civilian casualties have been forgot time offers this evaluation of the invasion Republican party chairman Lee Atwater probably had it right when he called the outcome a political Jackpot for muscle Man that appeared to be just about the main Issue How Bush had been transformed from a wimp into a muscle general Noriega was a dictator and an odious individual accused of murder and drug the panamanians were Happy to get rid of the inference in the invasion was that Noriegas regime was the most dastardly in All of Central the new yorker Magazine Points citing amnesty International and other that with the exception of Costa Rica which has no army Panama has been the least violent and repressive of All Central american to get rid of the new yorker the government was willing to pay a Price consist ing of panamanian lives and ruined panamanian and of american lives As in return for the restoration of american dignity and proof that a maligned american president was really a bold Man after and one reason Why prime minis Ter Mulroney rallied to support the american invasion was that Pana with less than one per cent of the population of the had declared War on the on sided i was most disappointed to see the Lack of evenhanded reporting in your Story mail backlog claimed concerning parcel delivery in Edmonton Over the though contained an extensive quote from the Canad an Union of postal workers and gave Only passing mention to the com ments of Canada Post a free press Reader would have come away with a on sided version of a version that was very favourable to the cup and very unfavourable to Canada the original Canadian press Story contained full quotes from both the the editing the Story re sorting the Yule Cei Ved at the hands of the free press destroyed what was a balanced this is All the More surprising by and the free press is not generally Given to this Type of for the Canada Post had excellent parcel delivery this Christ not Only in Edmonton but across the this was due to a lot of Plain old hard work by our employees and our it is unthinkable that the Union Leader ship in attack the work of their own mores the pity that the mistake was com pounded by the free Lloyd Mildon Media relations Canada Post corporation Alberta sordid trivia As a subscriber i am appalled by what i read recently in the Tempo Section people of the much of the article is comprised of sordid bits of trivia which degrade the free press to the level of the National Peoples sexual scandals and vicious humor but what is especially offensive and entirely unacceptable is the remark by the late Rock Hudson in which he takes the name of the lord Jesus Christ in As a Christian i am appalled by the Lack of judgment and i expect to be informed in some entertained by your Publica i do not expect to be offended and i suggest that you owe an apology not Only to Christian readers but to everyone who appreciates responsible Jon Ted Wynne letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to Christmas Trees regarding the letter from Allan Whicker free december who suggested that real Trees make the Best Christmas i would question his assertion that buying a conventional tree is an environmentally Friendly while the environmental Impact May be less damaging than that of artificial there is still a negative in the Energy required to grow these plants is not recycled from the millions of discarded because the flow of Energy is linear rather than we Are not using a renewable As we enter this Energy recycling and waste disposal Are critical if we Are to Foster greater environmental enlightenment within our we must lower our expectation for pres ent Levels of sustainable develop we do not need plus Square foot Homes to live Comfort biodegradable products Are a significant first but we must reduce our desire to consume and our propensity to otherwise the legacy we leave for our grand children will be the tradition of the Christmas tree will but its productive life Span must be extended and the environmental Impact to do this we must broaden our perception of renewable its not enough that we can grow another we must use the present tree More for i have grown in my living room the tropical Norfolk is land Pine Araucaria it provides a Green Lush appearance throughout the year and improves the air because the Spruce like form can support Christmas this potted Plant be comes the festive focal if we can instil the spirit of Christ Mas in one Why can we not instil within our children the same enduring spirit of respect for our Trees Robert Weaver Winnipeg travel advice regarding the teacher and her problems with Northwest i offer the following advice when you buy a discounted ticket tour pack trip interruption can be considered Normal in any country on any experienced travellers who pay regular and Premium airfare will Tell you that most air interruption problems Are handled the reasons Are discounted fares eliminate the service provided to regular paying airfare Passen i do not work for an airline but i am a frequent flyer who travels usually at regular i know and have experienced air travel interruptions and i expect and do receive priority treatment Over anyone trav Elling at a discounted fare on that plane with head Winnipeg hockey problem How does a 13yearold hockey player improve himself in the prov Ince of Manitoba we read the free press All the time and we thought we would write a letter to let people know what has happened to us this year with the Manitoba Amateur hockey Asso our son Michael is 13 years old and has played hockey in the City of Winnipeg for the past five we live in Francois Xavier five Miles from last year Michael required a release in order to play in this release was granted by George executive director of the one condition was that he could try out for a tier ii team but if he was not successful he had to return to the Phoenix Community club in which he this year Michael tried out for a tier h 13yearold Ranger team in the Assiniboine Park hockey association and made the Munfor Michael was not granted a release this year and so is unable to play for the Ranger although another 13yearold out of our Region applied for a release and it was he is presently playing on the Ranger Michael has worked very hard to become the very Good hockey player that he is and now is very discouraged because he is being forced to play on a tier in team made up of 12and 13yearolds in Eustache 25 Miles from our Home what incentive is there for Young hockey players to improve if the is going to hold Good play ers Back does this sound like the Best interests of a 13yearold Are being taken into consideration to release one 13yearold and not the other does not make any sense to us nor can our 13yearold under stand these two boys go to school together and have played hockey on the same team for the past five does anyone have any answers to any of our questions Only five boys appealed the denial of Eustache to release us and three were granted a release and two were the advises us by Telephone that they do not have to give us any reason for their we Are still waiting for a letter the executive director of the con finning our they sure make things Tough on a Young hockey player Donna Wolanski Francois youll never guess who got Laid off exactly one hour ;