Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba U the province Winnipeg free press january Page 2 Julian provincial editor Randy free press Hopes pinned on muscular cattle mrs Nanct piedmontese put beef Back in Low fat diet by Randy Turner Winnipeg free press Macgregor they look like cattle on but Ray Mac Donald says his Beefy Herd is clean and who farms just South of Mac owns the third largest female Herd of piedmontese cattle in the italian bred animal is rare in North Home to about 330 while the cattle one of the worlds oldest Breeds Are scarce in these they Are easy to spot because of a distinct muscular they make Ben Johnson look like a Little noted Macdonald who has been marketing the piedmontese beef in Winnipeg for the last two although the first piedmontese were imported to Canada 10 years Only a handful of these full blood cattle Are in there has been a reluctance on the part of both producers and Consumers to accept the which some cattlemen refer to As they Are Short and double creat ing an in when the Macdonald first came face to face with a piedmontese Bull in Regina three years even they had Macdonald said his son who did not like the idea of being Able to see Over a grown bulls walked at purchasing the cat he Wade said we aint taking any of these Well be laughed out of the but when the cattle were put on a scale and the Macdonald realized How much these Bulky beasts they were that what made me change my mind right Ray so what if there its the pounds you pay for at the the majority of the Macdonald 275head Herd has piedmontese they Are converts preaching the Bene Ray Macdonald says his purebred piedmontese High looked freakish at first fits of the cattle that produce a lean beef Low in fat and the Macdonald believe the piedmontese is the Breed of the future in a health conscious tests in the United states and other provinces have shown piedmontese beef has practically no fat and contains on aver age on third less cholesterol than beef from other conventional that going to be the Selling Point for that Low said Macdonald wife everyone is so health or getting that the who plan to sell both beef and Breeding must first overcome the perception that the piedmontese which originated about years ago in the Piedmont Valley in a Northwest Region of somehow one fellow local cattleman came into the Yard and said what kind of steroids Are you putting in that said referring to High the macdonalds1 full blood piedmontese Many producers believe the piedmontese have difficulty calving because of their Bulky but Macdonald says the Muscles do not begin developing until a few months after in piedmontese breeders must also convince retailers to Market the which costs about on third More per Pound than regular they butchers Haven got a clue what the meat so there scared of Brad mounties probe infants death by Aldo Santin ramp Are investigating the death of a 21monthold boy after an autopsy report concluded the child died under suspicious staff Howard Kearley said the child suffered a head injury 13 while in Foster care on the Dakota tipi Indian the boy was taken to the health sciences where he died last monday chief medical examiner Peter Markesteyn said the child died of massive head Markesteyn said he did not think an inquest would be called into the death because he was told ramp will be laying criminal Kearley said the incident is still under chief Louis chairman of the Anish Naabe child and family services said he had been told by the Agency director that police were satisfied the death was Stevenson said he was not aware of the autopsy report or that the ramp Are investigating the Georgina Anish Naabe executive said she believed the death was accidental based on the explanations Given by the Foster no one has told us the results of the autopsy crate were still waiting to hear about crate said the Foster Mother told her the Tot lost consciousness after a fall and she Shook him in an attempt to revive that caused a severe whiplash in the which we were told could have caused his crate sources said the child has been in the care of the Anish Naabe Agency for almost a year after the both suffering from alcohol and drug abuse separate Portage Council considers buying Money losing Park Portage la Prairie unable to attract private the province May be Able to interest City Council Here in taking Over Money losing Norquay provincial although the previous City Council did not submit an offer when tenders were called for the Park last mayor Doug Edmondson said coun cil is now intrigued enough to com Mission a feasibility it could be part and parcel of our tourism he its a quiet camping natural resources minister Harry Enns recently met Edmondson and Reeve Jim Knight of the Rural municipality of Portage la Prairie to discuss possibilities for the about 10 Kilometres East of Here along the Tran Canada Knight said the Rural municipality is not interested in the Park because it already operates a Small Park in and we have enough prob lems with attempts to sell the Park Are part of a provincial plan to dump Small Parks that Cost More to maintain than they generate in District Parks manager Tony Merkl said Norquay has been losing Money for visitors have declined from in 1984 to in the most recent year for which statistics were the which boasts 123 Camp lost popularity after its Beach was closed several years he Merkl said Norquay will continue to be run by the province As a Highway Stopover if no suitable proposals Are received this Ateline Manitoba a Roundup Otness towns Tom around the province compiled by the Frao press growth astounding Steinbach thirty three new business starts Here were honoured at the Steinbach chamber of com Merce annual banquet during the that outgoing chamber president Rick Butler in the last five years weve seen 97 new businesses open and our trading area increased by 33 per Winnipeg has Only had a six percent increase in the last Butler said he believes the growth has been caused by a unique combi nation of town and business cooperation and Good we work for a common goal Here improve Trade and com Butler but the Strong work the moral and spiritual Fibre of the people of this area must be taken seriously when you account for chamber statistics show in the past five years 325 new Homes Worth million were built since 130 commercial developments were built totalling than you gala off Thompson a gala Celebration planned by Leaf rapids residents to thank the people of Lynn Lake for bad heart suspected in death a Winnipeg Man died of an apparent heart attack yesterday while snowmobiling outside the a Steinbach ramp spokesman said Wilbert of Kay was driving a snowmobile with a Friend about 16 Kilometres East of Richer on pipeline Road next to the Tran Canada Highway about when the incident of Gibbs had complained to his Friend of some Chest pains while but the pains kept going away and then coming the spokesman a postmortem was to be per formed police their hospitality during last sum mers Forest fire evacuation has been Mike a member of the Leaf rapids organizing said the which had been planned for the was can celled because of two longstanding commitments that occupied Many Lynn Lake Lynn Lake Nelson Parkes said a minor hockey tournament in the town with teams from Thomp Snow and Gillam made it difficult to proceed with the Leaf rapids As 35 Lynn Lake legionnaires and old timers Are travelling to Churchill to take part in a special event Parkes thanked the Leaf rapids committee for planning the mayor promises facts Brandon More facts about the resignations of a former police chief and senior officer will be revealed this mayor Rick Boro Tsik Boro Tsik said Hes making Good on an election Promise last fall to let the Public in on the reasons behind the he said he expects most of a civic report on the resignations of former chief Ken Elliott and former inspector David Hamilton to be Elliott resigned in june 1988 after allegations of he was suspended indefinitely by the bran Don police commission in october his resignation Cost the City 000 and a monthly Elliott collected in salary during his Hamilton was suspended in sep tember 1987 and resigned four months about was paid to Hamilton for his resignation and he received during his sus the allegations against the men were never fully both reached settlements before being called before the proclamation of the Independence deaths classified death of Lee husband of Ruth wife of Max Maurice Hus band of Annette Mary of Dau husband of Catherine Thelma t Donald husband of Lenore Ross husband of Anita Roland of Stony Basil of widower of Annie Peter of of wife of John Carleton of Portage la husband of Jean Magnus june widow of Dick Laura wife of Wally of Ukraine january and the Day will of great Day it will be a Day of Joy and songs the Bells of Freedom will sound our Ukraine will be triumphant and glorious in Solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters in 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