Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 30, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press april 1990 Page 3 Brian City editor canadians reluctant to pay Green Farma Impact reported mob i Man feels violated after bureaucratic mix up by Terry Weber a Winnipeg Man claims a bureaucratic mix up left him without his car and a Friend facing charges after his vehicle was wrongly its a terrible feeling when your property is seized Scott Mackay said in an its a feeling of total Mackay problems began in Early april when he sold his Blue Honda civic and put the licence plates on his summer an Mackay said he immediately filled out the proper forms with the provincial motor vehicles Branch and the Manitoba Public insurance so the car could legally be driven on the he said two weeks on april he loaned the car to a Lloyd Only to have the vehicle impounded by police after they stopped the Fridfinnson said in an interview he was driving the vehicle Home from a party around 2 when he was stopped by police and asked to produce the cars when he could not find the documents in the Glove Fridfinnson said he was told by an officer to Stop looking because the police computer showed the plates belonged to the Honda not the car he was Fridfinnson was subsequently charged with a number of including driving an unregistered those charges have yet to be dealt he added the plates were then removed from the car and the vehicle Mackay said he got the car Back two Days later after paying almost for towing and impounding Mackay later had the licence plates re turned by police after explaining the Circum Liberal Justice critic Paul Mackay said Hes aware of the Case and several others like it where police computers Are not in synch with those at provincial licensing and registering in Mackay he said both men operating the vehicle held valid Drivers licences and the car was legally Edwards James noted Hes aware of another Case in which a suspended Driver had his licence returned and went through the paperwork to ensure he could drive again however the Man later had his car impounded after being stopped by police because the computer did not show that the licence had been Edwards theres some problem Edwards noting the provinces new Laws that allow vehicles being driven by suspended Drivers to be impounded for 30 Days makes it imperative for the government to look into the the Justice minister Jim Mccrae must investigate the situation to make sure the system is working Winnipeg police traffic Bryan cram Bel could not comment specifically on the Case in question and said he is not aware of any ongoing problems with computers link ing police to the provincial in most he said the information is available to police almost immediately after its filed in the government sure there is the Odd problem from time to but its not an not to my he that sounds like an isolated Glenn free press ones but twos too Many residents dont want area filled with Halfway houses Doreen Bilsborrow stands in front of her fort Rouge Home which serves As a Halfway House for paroled Job Hunter braves cold weekend by Stevens wild Jeff Brown wants a Job this sum Mer and Hes willing to spend the night out in subzero weather to get i really want a said yesterday afternoon As he jumped up and Down in a bid to stay warm front of an office building on main equipped with Lawn books and sleeping Brown was planning to be the first one through the doors when the employ ment Centre opened for business this Brown said the inconvenience of spending the night in the cold will be Worth it As Long As he gets a As Long As its something inter Esting and makes me in not going to wait for the perfect he the hardest part will be trying to find a place to go to the Coffee has a tendency to go straight through the Centre Hopes to match last years total of placing students in program coordinator John Allardyce adding More than students Are expected to apply with the Allardyce said he was surprised to hear someone was waiting outside the Centre in yesterdays Winter like Well have a donuts and Coffee for him this Brown arrived on main Street at 11 he had to wait four hours before anyone else joined my dads a bus Driver and he was driving the bus that brought Jeff Down Oscar when Jeff told my dad what he was planning to he called me and got me out of bed and sent me Down Here Brown and Navarro said they were surprised Only two others had joined them by 6 i guess its just too cold for most Navarro but in certain be a Long lineup Here later Allardyce said that students tend to be too choosy when they look for summer our advice is that they should take a Job As Early in the summer As he if they take a Job right away they have four full months of Young people often have unreason ably High expectations of their sum Mer he its of to wait a Little but there comes a Point of diminishing Allardyce if you take a Job at an you make More than if you wait a month and get an Many of those who do not receive jobs through the Centre will find employment on their he Allardyce predicted the Centre will interview 250 students others will be Given cards with appointment dates for later in the he As of 190 companies had posted some 300 jobs at the the figure is a Little behind last years Startup Allardyce adding Many More jobs will be available in the coming he also advised Young Job Hunters to use other resources besides the Centre in their including per Sonal contacts and newspaper classified people should look on their own and we advise them to continue to look on their City Hall holds reassessment notices to coincide with property tax Bills by Janet Macfarland Winnipeg property owners will receive property assessment notices a week later than originally an assessment department spokesman Denis information officer for the said the City will begin sending out assessment notices May 7 and will follow with tax Bills on May 9 or the assessment department originally predicted reassessment notices would be sent by the end of it was decided that Date May 7 would be better for the ratepayers because they would receive their assessment notices within Days of the tax Dyck under new provincial the City and province changed the formula for assessing property to reflect full Market value of a building and the land at 1985 property in Winnipeg previously was assessed at full value of the but Only two thirds value of the building at 1975 comparing last years assessment figure to this years will not give an accurate picture of the increase be cause the figures Are calculated using different forum Dyck the assessment notices have been timed to correspond with the tax Bills this year because the Only Way to Tell the effect of reassessment will be in the final tax Bill he in addition to reassessment this Winnipeg Council approved an property tax Dyck said taxpayers would have to first subtract the tax increase from the Bill to figure out How much their taxes increased due to he said the assessment department does not have statistics available to indicate which parts of the City or which types of properties will be hardest City councillor have predicted suburban Homes will be harder hit because some intercity Homes have been assessed at a greater percentage of their Market value in the taxpayers will have to file a request to Appeal by june 7 and appeals will begin june outside appeals will begin in provincial assessor Bob Brown Brown said tax notices will be sent to residents across the province during an eight week period beginning the second week of each municipality will have different Appeal dead which will be printed on the by George Nikides with its White picket bark ing dog and wooden plate saying the House looks like any other in the quiet neighbourhood near Osborne the Only difference is the 20 sex convicts that Call 739 Mcmillan Avenue their Home every ask neighbors if they object to the 20yearold Halfway House and each will say its quiet and Well some even shrug their unaware it but ask if they would Welcome another in the neighbourhood and for Many its a resounding we dont want the neighbourhood filled with Halfway said Tom who lives a few doors from the Halfway if i knew there was one opening up id definitely petition against Manitoba court of Appeal ruled last week the cites zoning bylaw that restricts group Homes is Union under the Homes for the children and parolees needed approval from the cites Community committees be fore the bylaw allowed neighbors to object to new group Home i was quite ticked off when i heard about the legislation being struck said if the Law stays like i think our housing prices Are going to the three Storey building on Mcmillan is one of three Halfway houses in Winnipeg owned by the United Church of seven former prisoners serve parole there at a Doreen and Richard along with two receive 600 a month in salary from the Federal parole system to operate the one who praised the Way the Bilsborrow have managed the Halfway said he fears group Homes Cut property although i feel its there is a stigma that comes with group said the who is trying to sell his one or two is let an other neighbourhood have Homes along Mcmillan sell for Between and Resi dents neighbor David fast also said he had no complaints about the half Way but i would have a concern with anyone being Able to open up one or two More Halfway houses on our he if you have no what would prevent four or five from opening up Bob executive director of the United Church Halfway House said the court of Appeal ruling May make it easier for the Church to open a new but the Church Board has no immediate plans to open he Doherty said he interviews and reviews the file of All parolees referred to the he normally rejects All sexual he in dealing with other referrals he said he trusts the parole they very Seldom would refer someone to us who they didst think would fit while parolees room at the they Are subject to an with Security guards con ducting bed checks every two during the Day the a convicts Are expected to be looking for work or attending classes and must report in at hardened criminals Bilsborrow has housed at least two convicted which she said didst bother i never trusted people As i do 1 would never have associated with Guys coming out of jail be Doherty says most murderers Hes dealt with committed their crimes in a fit of anger or on the Spur of the most Arent hardened he i think if you would ask anyone in our they would take people who Are in for Doherty an a convict who has lived in the Halfway House on two Occa Sions after serving time for break and enter and says the bils borrows offer a Home for recently released criminals who have no where else to some people will commit crimes just after being re leased because they feel More at Home in he Glenn free press Fol Lorama introduces this years ambassadors colourful ethnic attire seen at Fol Lorama ceremony by Kevin Rollason Fol Lorama introduced this years ambassadors general under a Rainbow of multicoloured balloons the annual multicultural festival has abandoned the practice of naming Pavilion Queens and celebrating its 20th anniversary this Fol Lorama is appointing male and female ambassadors at each of the with two acting As ambassadors the Folk arts Council decided to make the change As a Symbol of explained last years Fol Lorama Queen Shyamala Dak i think its an incredible said 24yearold Sandra an Africa Caribbean Pavilion Ambas after being appointed one of the ambassadors general yester were trying to Blaze a Trail of a total Good id rather be an ambassador general than a Aidan who was appointed As the second ambassador said he looks Forward to his additional role with folklore its a lot of responsibility and i Hope to carry it out the ire land Irish Pavilion representative the featuring 45 Pavil kicks off 5 and runs to George Johnson paid tribute to the scores of volunteers who make the festival possible Dur ing yesterdays without the loyalty of its Volun it Fol Lorama would be nothing but a fleeting Johnson told a crowd of about 200 of whom were dressed in native at the University of win Nipges athletic Premier Gary Filmon said Folk Lorama will be a featured part of a first ministers conference being held in Manitoba in Fol Lorama is ample evidence that Manitoban and people from North America know a Good thing when they see he David Mann and Blake Man Welch were presented with scholarships from Royal insurance yesterday after winning the first Fol Lorama songwriting the song was expected to celebrate 20 years of the 20th anniversary of Fol Lorama and to promote multicultural Sra through the winning songwriters will also receive a demo tape of their song and it will receive air play on local radio ;