Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba We Epif Winnipeg free press january Page 20 Chuck features editor by John Lyons the Urban idea Centre lives up to its it has for color coordinate All the Bridges in and maybe do away with the downtown build a subway across town to Portage and and take Down the Concrete barricades on its what the Centre Doest have is firm members have differing views on the City and the future they agree on one thing Winni Eggers need to talk about the cites and their input should be listened Tim a University of Winnipeg geography professor who sits on the centres says local folks dont talk pay much attention debates need to go do we need a Core area if the trend is for the Core area to die weve gone Back to a collection of like old the shopping Centre As the Ball whats whats what could be improved we need to talk about it More and be aware of it most people have very Little idea whats in their most people Only go to the museum when they have guests in from out of the Urban idea Centre is trying to get people aware of what weve to that the Centre organized City first held last it now promises to be an annual series of seminars and Tours for adults and its the one time of year residents can say that important to were not out to this is what we think should but to educate the says Nancy Confounder of the Centre and associate Dean of architecture at the University of take your Maruca sees the Centre As a v link Between the average Joe and City helping both to get people talking and to get their voices yet she says the group is still defining its lobbying May yet become a she it might happen in the if we can get a Strong feel for but having incorporated in 1989 and having had one major were at the Point of saying where do we go from Here if members were to push certain they would have a difficult time deciding what position to these folks Arent even prepared to say what the issues of the 90s exactly the question the Urban idea Centre is probing is what do people what Are the issues that hard to you have to talk to a lot of people and get a Cross Section of Maruca yet its not hard to agree the Forks will continue to be at least one of the hot local topics Over the next few should it have a an a sports Lex should it remain Parkland the overwhelming thing you hear from the Public is dont develop dont Rush take your Ball Thompson says the Road to the Forks is paved with Good intentions reclaiming the Rivers is essential to the she talks of Bridges resplendent in my of our group ponders future direction of City Jeff of free press re Ball says Portage and main should be the Hub for an underground subway celebrating the different coloured Bridges would let tourists identify them and would look impressive from the she among 6ther concerns bandied about among Centre members is what to do about Thompson talks of huge Toboggan runs and other outdoor activities Ball talks of a transit system that could comfortably bring people whatever the 1 think the Money spent on Portage place would have been better spent on an underground subway Henderson Highway and each a spoke out from Portage and would do More for the downtown in summer and in he the centres launch corresponded roughly with that of the municipal political party Winnipeg into the As Maruca sees Winni Eggers haunt become apathetic just slightly bored before the surge in civic the North Portage development brought about Peoples not too much had gone on before that in a Long that the Forks As acted As a the creation of the Urban idea Centre happened prior to we were sort of an apathetic but nothing was really happening now sporting More than 150 the Centre was spawned during Coffee Breaks and Idle moments among three visual design professors at the University of for it was was a very common discussion everyday of the evolution of our both in Interior design and recalls ambassador we Felt there want a forum for Public participation in discussing the evolution of the first envisioned in the group incorporated and appointed a 15member Board last the owner of Birt saddlery on main was asked to head up the the Centre is a hybrid of concern and positive is a who is telling the people of Winnipeg that each and every person is an ambassador of this a Salesman every time you Tell someone something you lose a were not just competing with Regina or Fargo its a big every time you i can buy a Home in this City and afford it and its 10 minutes from youre Selling the Thompson the she will be a crucial suburban the a new Arena All must be dealt a course will be set or direction will be lost for a Long time to i think were on the threshold of a great Opportunity that comes around once in a you Only get so Many chances to Tough decisions have to be made in the next 10 so that when the year 2000 were going Thompson talks of Winnipeg Boom and bust after the turn of the when the Hope for Chicago of the North never Rose above the rapid growth slowed for a variety of among them the first world War and the building of the Panama child hyperactive ask that kind by Charles Schwarzbeck Scripps Howard news service a Bright lost his parents in an Auto Accident last when he returned to he was he didst but he was unable to sit he continuously asked the teacher and his classmates already knowing the children often do this when they fear being hyperactive was diagnosed by the staff at school As hyperactive because he was no longer the productive child he had been Over the Kim was adopted by his mothers Cousin in a neighbouring the Label of hyperactivity told the new guidance counsellor that Kim should visit with the so that amphetamine medication could be Medicine is impressively effective with some children who have the didst help it was six months before he got the help he really there have been Many advances in helping children with different forms of but unless the Type of unless wrong solution May be chosen children today hyperactivity is carefully the wrong solution May be when the plan of action is incorrect the youngster can suffer in Many Kim had anxiety based hyperactivity that cleared up with his new family and a doctor who helped him with his Medicine had Little effect on hyperactivity is a Label used for a variety of problems euro chemical chronic uneven development that will pass with ineffective parenting and a mismatch Between teacher and hyperactivity also is often used interchangeably with attention deficit even though they Label different areas of hyperactivity in younger children usually Means difficulty sitting still and running like a in older it usually Means these Are behaviour attention deficit disorder has to do with paying thinking and finishing school children have attention deficit disorder with or without some High Energy children Are termed hyperactive even though they can pay attention and Complete their school these youngsters concentrate better when they can keep the High Energy Childs constant movement distracts adults and the child is then diagnosed a significant percentage of hyperactive children have a euro chemical base to their clinical researchers Are now close to describing parts of the brain that Are affected and exactly what is wrong with the for these inability to pay attention May be the primary problem that in turn triggers the behaviour these children Are often helped by preoccupations another Large percentage of children struggle with anxiety based the kind that Kim fears and preoccupations lie at the children who suffer from hidden depression also May be labelled hyperactive because they Are unable to Complete school a 10yearold girl explained if i keep fooling around and i dont my teacher yells at me and tells me to Calm i feel so the treatments for depression Are very different than treatments for some children who Are Only slightly hyperactive get worse when they struggle with learning hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder frequently accompany developmental language disorder and auditory processing Young children Are frequently labelled hyperactive when their difficulties have More to do with uneven development or with readiness for five year old Lisa was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in a clinical psychologist found that she was preoccupied with separation fears and recommended that her mom and dad participate cooperatively in her class for the remainder of the Lisa was immediately now in Grade she shows no evidence of hyperactivity or attention some children do not develop an focused Way to function in the Early this is often a Parent a seven Earold boy was referred to a psychotherapist because of hyperactivity and a family Home visit found that the child was never expected to sit at a dinner pick up his or sit in conversation with any family his life at Home was a revolving motion Between three rooms of toys and parents who didst want to play with he developed a Way to Cope with this at but his approach was hyperactive in the eyes of his family therapy hyperactivity is a number of real it can also be a Label mistakenly attached to children who have other hyperactivity frequently is accompanied by other All of which must be respected if the youngster is to be if it is to be usually includes a combination of approaches that May include family Medicine and special teaching if your child is labelled the first question to ask is what kind of hyperactivity the answer will determine what should be done to write to Charles fourth Winnipeg free 300 Carlton r3c he is unable to answer each question news service Library travels to users by Kevin Rollason Twenty Grade 1 students sit on the floor enraptured As the librarian reads the old fable about the elderly lady making Stone soup for a Hun Gry As librarian Jean Kurelko the Arthur Wright school kids chime i excitedly with key but this Story int being read in either the schools Library or a City its brought to them on Courtesy of a City Bookmon friendships several times a Day at each of the cites three Bookmon scenes like this but its not just children who use the people of All Ages go to you can really reach your says who has spent the last eight years working in you develop we even get goodies at Christmas the vast majority of Winni Eggers use either the Down town Centennial Library or their local but Book Mobile converts sing a differ ent i love to read and i dont have a car and this is across the James resident Laurel Linfitt said at a Book Mobile parked in front of the heritage Victoria Community we even get to know the women who work Lori Freeman says she frequents Bookmobiles for her three i take out mostly children books because books Are too expensive to says free As she checks out 15 Bookmobiles have a really Good browsing through the Chil Drens Book Gisele Mcnorgan says she uses the Bookmobile every before i started using the Bookmobile i had to drive to the Library once a she steel Walls now i have no use for the other when you have one in your neighbourhood you use Winnipeg first Bookmobiles hit the streets sometime in the Early three 12metre Semi bought in Are towed weekly to eight Loca stored within their steel Walls Are More than paperbacks and the Book collection on a Bookmobile offers an introduction to a variety of materials for children and says Diane supervisor of Bookmobile we have everything a Branch has except for reference books and obviously we Are limited by but we have Access to More than a million other books through the Library sys More than people annually pass through the doors of they Are usually parked outside but some also sit beside Community it is not a substitute for a school but it can complement the schools re helping children to explore further the worlds of adventure and mys says a lot of people go into the Centennial Library and find it big and they find it easier to browse through a Bookmobile and get to know where All the books Heather head of Extension and Bookmobile i says part of the unique Ness of Bookmobiles is the Graham says most of the staff carry a just in Case some minor repair is needed when there Miles away from Home the ingenuity of the staff comes into play because they know what books Are in says theres a rap port with the staff which you cant get downtown because of the Sou Chan says Bookmobile librarians also have to be unflappable and you have to like children and pick up and go All Over if you like predictability in a this int for i ;