Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977232 b13 Dice Mpr Cit beat United Way of goal reached Gresbrecht lodges Appeal an 18yearold Altona teen serving a life sentence for the first degree murder of one youth and the attempted murder of another is appealing his in documents filed with Manitoba court of Appeal Earl Hugh Gies Brecht Sheldon says the trial judge made an error in Law when instruct ing the jury on his insanity Giesbrecht was convicted 25 of us ing planning and premeditation to kill 15 year old Curtis Klassen and attempting to kill a 14yearold youth in the Small South Central Manitoba Giesbrecht is not eligible for parole for 25 Cynd of rejects offer Cynd has rejected an offer by striking employees As a basis to resume Neotia Peter president of the television Sta says a plan offered by the Union As an alternative to eliminating salary increases based on seniority was he said the company has put in place the system it wants and the station will return to bargaining when that plan is about 70 members of the National association of broadcast employees and technicians have been on strike since 2 at the owned by Izzy Aspers can West global which also owns Ontario global television network and stations in Regina and Saska soldiers jailed two soldiers from a Manitoba military base have been sent to jail for their involve ment in an armed robbery in Southeastern Vincent has been sentenced to 18 months in while Grant will spend six months in the re Gina provincial correctional Gauthier pleaded guilty to robbing a Swift current woman at knife Point on Sun Day after she left an automated the two soldiers were captured later that night after a High Speed Chase on the Tran Canada Highway near Maple the with speeds of 160 ended when the soldiers vehicle missed a turn on a dirt Road and flipped into the trapping the two men both men pleaded guilty to numerous other charges stemming from the discovery of a loaded 12gauge Shotgun in their be 335 Grams of two knives and a military explosive called a simulated ground the pair disappeared from Canadian forces base Shilo in southwestern Mani Toba on said a base what son food drive the Manitoba childrens museum will accept donations of nonperishable food items for Winnipeg Harvest today Between and 5 at the 109 Pacific trivia Challenge when was Winnipeg Flat super Marcet built 1857 1877 1897 was Winnipeg first John forced to resign in 1879 didst pay parking tickets was of covered in Brothel Yssis Days answers 1 the Arlin Glosl prefabricated in Bir England and erected in Winnipeg in was Origi Roky intended to Span the River Nile in 2 Mick Jagger and the rolling stones were the headlines Chat the Winnipeg Arena in july of the one and Only time the band played news i is California jobs move to Winnipeg business writer heres a an american manufacturing Plant is Clos ing Down Mitt of its operation and the jobs Are coming to Hughes aircraft company announced yesterday that 40 jobs will be created Here next year when the Plant takes Over production of a line of wide band microwave transmitters and equipment currently being manufactured in in the Winnipeg Plant is drop Ping production of its line of noise monitoring which will be produced in the United while seven or eight key personnel from the Hughes am amplitude modulated link operation in will Relo Cate temporarily to Winnipeg to Aid in the the remainder of the nearly 60 California Field sales and ser vice staff will either be transferred to other areas within the company or offered Job Hunting its a very positive move for the Compa Winnipeg Plant manager Ron Guimond said the product which Hughes has marketed to Cable television companies for the past 20 will expand the plants Busi Ness base and potentially increase yearly revenues to million to million from the million it brings in Guimond the Plant currently employs 14 people and Guimond Saif rhe Hopes to increase staff to nearly 70 by 1993 As new products and inter National markets Are the former product which had been manufactured in Winnipeg since the Plant opened in the Spring of didst provide the base needed to said in the company was losing Money on said Mike Pfeif president and chief executive officer of Calgary based Hughes air Craft of Canada the decision we made was a Good Busi Ness he adding operating costs in Winnipeg Are lower than in and that will assist in expanding sales of the Jack free press overdressed Jud Corbett was dressed for last weeks30 Eaton downtown but she said her husband not the relatively Balmy temperature of As and son Are Home with the and Shes not taking she tended the salvation army Kettle in front of any am system in Hughes aircraft won a major part of the Federal governments con tract to produce its Canadian automated air traffic system As part of its contractual the company was required to establish 20 Cana Dian jobs in Winnipeg by the end of last Rick manager of electronics Indus trial benefits with the department of Indus science and said Hughes is living up to its obligations by bringing the am system to earlier this Hughes awarded a million contract to Kraus industries of Winnipeg to produce a 3d sound system for use in Home audio taxpayer gets Snitch gets car police reporter nurses fear cuts training by Alexandra Paul medical reporter budget cutbacks at Boniface general Hospital threaten the jobs of 170 licenced practical nurses and the future of training for the nursing groups charged yes we Are being used As scapegoats in Short term deficit Manitoba association of licenced practical nurses president Jacki Poloski told a press flanked by nip Deputy Leader Judy Wasy lycia leis and Manitoba nurses Union presi Dent Vera Poloski warned the Slans to be phased in by will Back in the Long this will increase health care Poloski citing plans to re place lpns with a mixture of Lowe paid nurses aides and higher priced registered with hourly wages ranging from to As of earn 30 per cent less than general duty Union Statis tics Poloski said patients will suffer if aides re place lpns at bedside because aides Lack training for vital signs and Poloski said Boniface president Tony Qualia informed the hospitals Len Council that the january class could be the last to the school could close Down As soon As Poloski the school trains up to 80 nurses annually in two overlapping 11month health minister Don Orchard yesterday accused the nip of unnecessary fear mongering by airing recommendations that have not been formally proposed to the health Orchard said his department has had Indi cations from Boniface general Hospital that it was considering such at the same the province is working with various nurses groups including lpns to determine the future of the specially in Mani Orchard next the province will be surveying hospitals and personal care Homes in Mani Toba to find out what the current staffing lev Els Are and what they will be Over the next five Orchard that will allow All of every professional group to gear training programs appropriate to the not to the wish of the professional but to the need of the system determined by the he that is a much saner the Manitoba Justice department will be footing the Legal Tab for a controversial police informant who has implicated four Winnipeg police officers in a North end break Anden Ter sources said lawyer Mike who represented Martin Shaver for four months until he abruptly withdrew As his lawyer will have his Legal Bills paid by the Justice department As part of an agreement worked out earlier this sources Manko refused to comment on the revela Tion but one observer said yesterday the Tab to the taxpayer could exceed not including the a week the Justice depart ment has been paying Shaver since he came Forward with his allegations last shavers weekly May be in a senior Justice department told yesterday the free press has Learned Shaver is the registered owner of a 1988 Ford mus valued at said the stipend will be the car was purchased this fall while Shaver was receiving the the car was purchased for Shaver by Manko who took out a loan to finance the car and is being reimbursed on a monthly basis by shavers Deputy Justice minister Graeme Garson said he was unaware Shaver owned the As soon As i hang i will get in touch with my Garson i want the department of Justice to review the situation and be satisfied theres no Public funds being used for the maintenance of a during a Brief court appearance yesterday which was scheduled to Deal with an out standing break Andente charge against Shaver Manko was granted permission to withdraw As shavers outside Manko told reporters he decided to withdraw earlier this week after learning he will Likely be called As a witness when the Case Shaver sparked against the four officers goes to Mankos sudden withdrawal As shavers lawyer left uncovered possibly Hun of hours of Legal advice he has Given Shaver during the four months the econ has been the departments principle informant in its probe of break and enter allegations against officers working in the North sources said Manko approached senior Justice department officials earlier this month about who would pay shavers Legal expenses and was told Legal Aid would Likely cover shavers criminal expenses Shaver is currently on charge for break and enter and forgery the Justice department would reimburse him for the advice he gave Shaver As a material witness in the police believing in Santa Glaus a matter of Faith 1 cant remember when i stopped be Lieving in Santa How about you thinking about i have a wee Christmas tale for kind of a bedtime if you still believe in its about something that happened the other night at our while my wife and daughter were trimming the tree and listen ing to Christmas and i was trying to get my son to Sqq i said walking into his remember when you were Little and you said you didst like Santa anymore because he didst bring your dad any presents there is no Santa Ian said in a tone that was then i a couple of weeks ago Ian was in the car with Tell me the he asked his step is there a Santa Claus Athina didst know what to Ian is 11 years she thought he had stopped be Lieving in the fat Guy in the red if you believe theres a Santa Athina finally then there Back in lans bedroom i was reminding him about the time when he was a baby and Erin was about four and Santa Gordon Sinclair Claus dropped Over to visit dont Tell but a Reader asked if he could drop by in a Santa suit and show Erin there really is a i told by the time Santa arrived we had to Wake Erin to see she just sat looked at and fell Back to the next morning i was so pleased with Erin had seen right in her own there was Only one i told Sleepyhead Erin didst remember seeing just when i was feeling As if All was i saw something hanging on the front Santa had left his hand Bells be int that right i yelled to who was still trimming the tree in the Groom that Erin said Ian gave me a sceptical j i what about the time you saw santas footprints on the living room Rug dont Tell but i put my shoes on the Rug in front of the Christmas tree and sprayed artificial Snow around you just used Snow and did Ian i assured How could i use Snow Snow would silence for a then Ian looked straight into my he paused for a How come his handwriting is like yours i help i began Hoing then i gave Ian a kiss Good night and joined Athina and Erin in the ring Crosby was singing White Christmas and Erin was talking about How believing in Santa Claus was not unlike believing in its a matter of i didst ask Erin when she stopped believing in because in a Way i think Shes like she has never really Given up the ghost of Christmas past i asked my 14yearold daughter when she found out Santa want she said it was the time she saw santas footprints on the apartment i dont think i Ever told you she said with a but i measured your shoes in santas i started Hoh Hoing just there was a shout from lans told you told you so Sqq when did you Stop believing in Santa just before you Tell one last last Santa was passing out presents to the nurses at the women Pavil Ion of the health sciences whats your name Santa asked the nurse then Santa asked her another would you be my Claus who was this old Weirdo Roberta started walking away Santa grabbed he asked except this time he handed her a Dia mond ring and this time she recognized the tace behind the White and boys and is How Roberta cliche and Casey Jones became engaged one week before1 i asked Roberta when i heard about the do you believe in Santa Claus i guess i do and ;