Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 23, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press april Page 2 Richard provincial editor Whf w y serving the North a vast major parties say Ashe Narea Farmer Stephen with cattle in farm is one of the forces behind Rural ranchers beef up crime fight by Randy Turner Winnipeg free press Ashern faced with increased vandalism and Rural cattle producers have decided to beef up their crime fighting the Manitoba cattle producers which boasts about has become the first farm organization in North America to join with thousands of dollars in equipment and producers say they have become a More inviting target for thieves and cattle rus vacant farm Sites Are the said Ste phen an Ashe Narea lots of abandoned farms have been gradually cleaned after a matter of everything is who lives on the shores of Lake said thieves do not need privacy to they can clean out a Farmers tool shed which can easily hold More than Worth of equipment while the family sits in the House watching they would just Back up to the garage and clean everything he isolated farms can be prone to cattle while producers along Well travelled highways Are targets for Gas and equipment added James the associations general manag a lot of this is minor but it really adds up he association members say it was not which sparked the interest in which offers a rewards for information that can be used to track Down a number of Interlake Farmers lost their Homes and livestock in Forest fires which swept through the Region last police have determined some of the fires in the hardest hit areas were set there was millions of dollars in damage and no one would come Forth with a said Gudjon the associations Secretary we thought if there was some Money involved for a Reward someone would squeal if they had some there was even talk that the people in that area who had property damage were going to fund it a Reward Bezan but we stepped the Mpa will provide the Reward Money for information concerning crimes committed against association Sigurdson added the Success of the crime Stop pers program in Urban areas also interested its working so darn Good in the Urban were hoping it will work the same in Rural he organization members say the effectiveness of crime stoppers in larger towns and cities made it imperative to set up a Rural Equi Bezan said thieves have expanded their Hori Zons since the mid1980s As a result of the Payfor tips those people thieves were getting shut out in the City so they started looking for easier he crime watch and Range patrol programs which Are preventative measures Are already Active in Many Rural but Bezan said Farmers to not been involved in a program which helps solve crimes after the theres still crimes being committed and were attempting to solve those he while the Mpa was the first farm Organiza Tion to join producers in Texas May soon become the Bezan feels that the involvement of agricultural groups in the program will grow significantly if results Are weve taken the first step and we Hope other farm organizations in Manitoba and across the country will follow he by Bob Lowery special to the free press Thompson in the Churchill Riding is a horrendous Royal commission reviewing Cana Das electoral system was told Here last representatives of All three major political parties told the commissioners that attempting to give Ade quate representation to the residents living in 72 widely scattered communities is an almost impossible Leona a new democratic party Campaign worker in the last two Federal noted that according to statistics there Are an estimated voters in the Riding who cast ballots in 143 the polls Range in size from six to 540 bad situation As Well As Richard Whid president of the progressive conservative Churchill Riding Asso and Alex Liberal party official said that the Federal boundaries commission decision to add the area East of Lake Winnipeg to the already bloated Riding made a very bad situation a lot their concerns were echoed by the constituency returning officer Lyle now the Riding stretches from Little Black about 100 kilo metres Northeast of Madoule about the same distance from the Northwest territorial he described the frustrating struggle caused by bureaucratic such As waiting for an offi Cial Telegram announcing the Start of the even though the Date had already been widely publicized in the just Walsh said he had received the final returns years late a Remote North pm it was mailed priority but somehow got lost in the in the last Many communities were still confined to communications by radio enumerating was also a major Walsh noting he often had no alternative but to request Indian chiefs Forward band membership lists so enumeration could be up you seem to have been operating on 1932 com Mission chairman Pierre Lortie of both he and other commission members suggested that such innovations As fax machines might improve the situation Whidden said enumeration and distribution of voters lists is causing great problems throughout the con it seems that in this electronic there should be a better and More efficient Way to gather info at stake is the Issue of disenfranchising amendments need to be made to accommodate homeless and migrating said executive constituency assistant to Churchill my Rod so often these people Are without Power of any the Power of the ballot Box should not be taken from party officials also complained about the Cost of campaigning in such an enormous David spokesman for Manitoba Keewatin own Okima kanak told the com Mission that while the rest of can Ada gets to elect a our participation is reduced to a matter of he noted that even in a constituency such As where the native population is about 40 per the aboriginal people Are far from electing a representative to Parlia reserved seats the commissioners noted that in new zealand some seats were re served for native they also related a suggestion made in South Ern Manitoba that Thompson might somehow be removed from the con perhaps along with flin flon and the and incorporated into other there was Little support for the suggestion from the party or aboriginal we believe that our participation in the political life of Canada can bring about a greater appreciation and acceptance of our unique role As first Peoples of this continent and will also help change the deplorable conditions that affect our Merasty Boissevain Renews optimism of becoming High tech Centre by Maureen Houston Winnipeg free press Boissevain after almost giving up on the town Council is infused with new optimism about its chances to turn this Village into a High tech Dat processing the results of the original study were not very positive at mayor de Anderson i guess we were a Little let a feasibility study completed last month expressed mild pessimism Over Boissevain chances to duplicate the Success of in attracting a corporate Dat entry no one is predisposed to locate in read the study pre pared by the consulting firm of peat Marwick Stevenson and Linton was selected by Rosenb Luth travel but Boissevain will have to sell itself to expecting to be persuaded to Shelve the a delegation of local businessmen recently met with their consultant in they were pleasantly Anderson said a spokesman for an unnamed corporation has expressed serious interest in the the mayor refused to release fur ther details until the intentions of the Prospect Are More even if the Deal Falls the news has convinced Council that it should press it certainly sounds positive As far As were Ander son the town has commissioned the preparation of a proposal to take to prospective client companies during the next few there Are plans to encourage local people to Start taking data processing courses in Anderson said local private investors May even be persuaded to put up Money to construct a suitable All the companies will have to do is agree to the idea and move it is hoped an activist approach will help overcome the Odds against Boissevain being chosen As a data processing the Odds of Boissevain being picked Are a million to Miles Phillips we have no previous experience in no facile Why would they locate Here but the interest and potential Are definitely he citing 75 replies to a advertisement designed to see who would be interested in Dat processing the feasibility study concludes Boissevain has a Chance to make the idea work if local people can con Vince potential clients of their determination and Energy to create value added the report also cites Low operating costs of such a facility in with salaries of approximately an hour per worker and an average of per Square foot in occupancy in it salaries would average an and in Anderson said another Selling Point May be the provinces current thrust toward if companies can show that there willing to come out and help Small they May build up some Brownie he rare Rolls piques ramp curiosity a mysterious 1968 Rolls Royce that rolled into Morris earlier this month has raised the curiosity of ramp customs Morris ramp Jim Tudball said the bearing British licence was seized april 13 after a Morris ramp patrolman spotted it on Highway just South of being driven by a Winnipeg it had no Manitoba no no Tudball the extremely rare possibly Worth As much As was impounded and the Driver Given a ticket after he was unable to produce the necessary ramp spokesman Wyman Sangster that cars Worth As much As a lot of houses so when we found out it want insured we got he the Driver was charged under the Highway traffic act with driving an uninsured car and the Rolls Royce was towed to Winnipeg where it is being stored in a locked customs vault As Sangster he said customs investigators Are now trying to determine How the car got into Canada and further charges under the customs act could you dont get a lot of Rolls royces in Morris so were a Little curious he he said a search of the car sparked a second customs investigation but he refused to say what police deaths classified death widow of Ben Jamin Samuel husband of Patricia Eileen Dorothy widow of Arthur Arthur of Douglas George Hus band of Dorothy husband of Helen Roper widow of Dan Beradette wife of Edward widow of John wife of Wiaczeslaw Jim Reinhardt Manitoba Telephone system temporary traffic disruption from april 23 to May its will be closing the curb Lane on the East Side of main Street from Bergen cutoff to North of red River Boulevard to rebuild our underground conduit the existing built in is inadequate to provide Telephone service from our switching Centre at Leila Avenue to new the new conduit system is being built in conjunction with the widening of main Street and will accommodate proposed Fibre optic cables which will augment services to Middle Church and allow for the eventual removal of pole line along the East Side of main we apologize for any inconvenience this May a n for further please Call ;