Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 76 Winnipeg free september just a Little Guy with designs on a big plan to All outward Paul Sveinson is one of those Ordinary canadians we keep hearing dark close cropped Beard and a preference for Brown ties of conservative he is but neither Short nor in three weeks hell reach the big Hes also a a father and until recently held Down an Ordinary Job while paying off the mortgage on an Ordinary so Why has this Man quit his Job As general manager of a Winnipeg eatery and spent the last six months dreaming Rockefeller Type dreams while trying to sell his ideas and raise financing for a project Worth at least million its certainly not to get Sveinson says of his ideas for resolving Winnipeg needs for sporting facilities Well into next i dont own any property whose Hal Sigurdson value would increase if my plan is earlier this week Sveinson formally submitted a plan dubbed the Snow Cap proposal to Laval in the Montrea based consulting firm hired to determine the Best Way to keep the jets in the Snow Cap proposal is the third and by far the most ambitious it has received so but dont get the idea Sveinson is some nut who just dropped in from outer Hes from fort Garry and a articulate member of a respected Winnipeg father line operated a Pembina Highway pharmacy for the late Leo his great is a former Canadian Curling Champion and ranks As one of the most delightful people to perform upon our sporting but Uncle Leo would have had trouble keeping a grip on his perpetual Cigar after getting his first glimpse of Nephew Pauls plan for not Only saving the but also for providing a Home for the Blue fury and perhaps a triple a baseball Sveinson has already gone Public with most of his they involve a multipurpose Structure with moveable seats that could be shifted into an football or baseball stadium he wants it built on in property next to the Forks with a hotel on one Side and an office Tower on the the entire project would Cost at least million and would be financed by a combination of private and Public Hes met with members of the Winnipeg enterprises Board to explain his plan and mailed a copy to Winnipeg jets president Barry the jets Arent interested in anything but a state of the Art Arena which they can the enterprises whose own recommendation is for a hockey football Arent endorsing his but there not shooting it we wont dismiss any proposal out of says Wec president Jerry were trying to keep an open our problem is we still have too Many questions and not enough answers to say yeah or nay to he has some interesting adds Wec Board member Paul everyone unstated reaction seems to be the same it sounds but can this Guy do what he says he can do Sveinson has been knocking on the doors of some of the most High profile Board rooms in his idea is to get at least 10 corporations to put up million apiece to help finance the multiplex portion of his sve Sou claims to have received warm receptions in several Board but stops Short of saying which he can see his project evolving into a corporation that owns its major he can see the enterprises and the jets private owners becoming part of his its a big Sveinson is a Little Guy with a big the other proposals have High profile his idea May be just Pierin Shesky but in a town whose most prominent feature is a towering inferiority its Nice to find someone not afraid to Bent on revenge noway Patterson will try to kick butt a photo continued from Page 69 Hamilton in october of i dont think that when you play and go Back to a City where you were you look on the game with any kind of revenge in but you do want to play Well against a team that traded you cant help i have no even though i do make my permanent Home in Winnipeg and like it football is a game and its my it really Doest matter who i play i want to play that despite the fact hell enjoy the warmth and love of his family for a couple of he still wants to kick some butt tomorrow i think there is a pretty Strong rivalry Between the two he i dont know what happened Back in the Early 60s when Hamil ton and Winnipeg met frequently in the Grey but since Ive come to both teams have been traditionally Strong on and we based on whats happened to both teams in the past couple of that Well be in the mood to redeem ourselves this but the big rivalry Doest mean much to he just wants to see his its a not a Good thing to have to Julie when asked about her decision to remain in Winnipeg this season while Darrell went off to its hard when he has to go to Hamilton and i have my Job and a baby Back Julie is a travel agent and she likes her she met a Blue bomber at the just before Christmas in 1985 when he booked a flight Home to his moms place in its really flukey How things work out in your Julie Here was not even plan Ning to play in the Cal after being released by both the new York giants and Buffalo he thought about doing his masters at Texas Christian University before Joe Mack talked him into signing with the finally signing to play in Winnipeg and a year after Hes he comes into the travel Agency where i worked and the the Guy who usually handled his flights Home to was too Busy to see so i helped him Book his flight and kind of kidded him about the fact he always wore sweats into the i had no idea hed been coming from football i dont you have any real clothes and then i Felt kind of embarrassed when i found out who he Shes not embarrassed just a Little we see each other every two or three Darrell but Michaels More familiar with his surroundings in Winnipeg and Julie has both grandma and great grand a to look after i Hope Michael will recognize Julie Iii Maui ii i Tino Ocao Uii Maiu souk Alicr while Darrell went off to Hope Michael will recognize its hard when he has to go to Julie Boson Ace Roger Joe pop praises Brock 11 t xxv t 4 v Boston Ace Roger Clemens is suffering from severe tendinitis in his right Clemens vows not to strand his mates Boston a Twenty game Winner Roger Clemens will miss one or two starts because of tendinitis in his right but vowed yester Day not to leave his Boston team mates stranded Down the ill have three or four starts Clemens said at a news theres a lot to be had this you dont get chances that who had severe shoulder pain after losing to Oakland last was accompanied by Arthur the red sox team physician and an orthopaedic special who directed extensive tests on Clemens shoulder thurs said that ligaments and tendons appeared the doctor he was unable to assess one ligament be cause of pain that prevented Cle mens from holding his Arm in a certain Pappas said that the ligament in the front of the shoulder would be tested i think that what were dealing but its an extreme Pappas he pitched with it Pappas said Clemens was both ered by a buildup of fluid in the front of the he added the fluid is not some thing that can be drawn out with a and Clemens would begin medication and a two time by Young award Winner with a 206 record and a major league leading earned run said he hoped the fluid and soreness would decrease so he could work on his motion by Tomor if i miss one or two i dont think i will miss that much Over the course of 10 he Clemens will be replaced in a scheduled Start against Seattle to Morrow by Dana Arr team continued from Page 69 Winnipeg he tossed 177 touchdown passes and on established a Cal completion rec Ord when he hit 41 of 47 attempts against the Ottawa rough the education in quarterbacking prompted one Ottawa coach to observe that we cant even do that in practice against Dieter was capable of carrying a said Dieter was very much a part of my obtained in 1978 in Trade for Slomback Tom caught 549 passes in nine years for totals that place him 10th on the cols Al time a three time Schenley award Winner and five time Poplawski is consid ered one of the finest Canadian receivers to Ever Joe pops was so Well liked by everybody in the Cal that opposing players used to run off the Bench to help pick him said John a former Winnipeg Centre who played with Brock and Frank was an established Star when he joined the bombers in 1970 from the Toronto in he was named to the Al Canadian team three and was similarly honoured four times As a from elected to the Canadian football Hall of Fame in was instrumental in building a since eroded Strong financial base for the franchise and overseeing two expansions of Winnipeg Lunsford resurfaced As the Cal Gary stampedes pm from 198wj7 before getting Back into private Earl was absolutely up front on said Paul Lunsford assistant for nine years and his if he gave you his word it was Good people always mention the team never won a Grey cup under continued i dont know if the measure of a general managers prowess is whether you win a Grey cup or Earl created a solid it was Lunsford in signed Brock to an unprecedented As Brock negotiations were hardly a Earl was very fair with said Earl was fair with vital Curling club 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