Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ivi in Market Turmon o beating probe chief unhappy with 56 pages vol 120 no 301 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press weekly Home delivery in outside City october Wayne free press Maconka says he Doest want his Brothers body disinterred to make room for another Church province asked to move body to make room for another cemetery Row splits Church by Terry Weber staff reporter Walter Maconka seems near tears As he stands looking at his Brothers grave in a tiny Church cemetery in two years ago Michael Henry Maconka passed Walter says its like reliving that moment As some members of Josephs roman Catholic Church Battle to have his Brothers body exhumed from his grave and moved to another its Walter Maconka said yesterday As he and other members of the Church Council waited for provincial officials to Survey the now there going to move him and he served in the he was a and now there going to bother its a situation that has divided the congregation of the Church and the surrounding some parishioners at Issue is whether or not Michael Mac Konkas grave should be moved to accommodate another Church the they say Mac Konkas grave infringes on what has traditionally been their Row in the Walter Maconka said the current site was chosen by the family and the Church Council before the giving a fou Day waiting period in Case another member of the congregation when nobody came he the funeral went ahead and it was Only later that the Tencha family brought its concerns Robin spokesman for the confirmed yesterday a request has been made to the health department for an order of Dis interment to move the its being who was also at the grave site estimating the province wont reach a decision on the matter until late members of the congregation remain at Odds about How the situation should be while some say the Tencha family has a right to the Row and should have been consulted before the others say its unthinkable at this stage to disturb the i find it horrendous As far Asim lil Secretary treasurer of the Church a member of the Tencha family refused to speak to a reporter yesterday when he was approached at the tiny cemetery located on the outskirts of Anne another member of the Church says she supports the Penchas in their bid to reclaim the she added Michael Maconka approached her before his death to discuss where he would eventually be buried and indicated he wished to be Laid to rest close to his he i checked the situation Over in the cemetery and i want to be buried close to my she adding the final location was selected by other members of the Council while she was away and didst have any input in the the Tencha she Only Learned of the location on the Day of Michael Mac Konkas hazy Blanket covers City asthma sufferers Lead fight to end stubble burning smoke by Alexandra Paul medical reporter Patrick Wilson cant sleep for a hazy Blanket of smoke hanging Over Winnipeg the annual legacy of Farmers who set their Fields afire to Burn up crop ill probably end up in the Hospi Tal i wind up there every year be cause of the the University of Winnipeg student said from his Crest View Wilson has but Hes not the Only one who chokes his Way through fall in win called one of the last bastions of a 19thcentury agricultural Southern Manitoba is wider a perpetual Fig of smoke from Harvest to stubble Jujj Vining shrouded the in reports the visibility around the Southern Mani Toba Village we reduced to less Kilometre around 6 hospitals from Portage la Prairie to Morris Are reporting an increase in emergencies and admissions from chronic obstructive pulmonary and Grace general on Winnipeg West Side estimates breathing re lated emergencies Are up 25 per cent Over last year at this everybody at our emergency is just Grace spokes woman Sheryl Furlonger Manitoba lung association spokeswoman Pat Miles said the smoke inflames the lungs and Cre ates a smoke Hazard for the numbers of sufferers Are bound to increase As wet weather and a late Harvest compel Farmers to set on fire More Fields than usual this Miles patients and their mean Are renewing Calls for the province to ban the in not going to walk away from this in ready to do said Patricks father Ken one breath away from moving his son to their Kenora cottage until the rate hike biggest since 30s pauses crisis to push yes vote air has Wilson said the Cri Sis hit Home one night this i was coming Home from grand Forks on Highway 75 and on both sides of the Road it was like it was on i was choking inside the car virtually from the Border to Norb Wilson Ron Hodgkins said his and his wife both have he wants a we dont have any Choice we either breathe this air or go six feet credits a 75percent reduction in stubble burning in the last decade to its pol icy of education Over Canadian press the Unity debate reached into canadians pockets yesterday As interest rates jumped a staggering two percent age Points the biggest jump since 1935 driving up everything from car Loans to major Banks jacked up their prime lending rate to per cent biggest hike since the Bank of Canada was founded during the great mortgage rates soon caught up As several big Banks and Trust Compa Nies raised them from to percentage effective prime minister Mulroney seized the Opportunity to push a yes this is what happens in Money markets when there is Politi Cal question he told a and Mulroney said things will improve if canadians vote yes in the 26 but no campaigner Michael a history professor at the University of Ottawa and co founder of the Canada for canadians accused the Federal government of engineering the dollars fall because of fears the no Side was walking away with the they put panic in the hearts and minds of they decided that All sorts of buttons had to be that it was time for some Shock therapy by really hitting peo ple in their he the problem is once the markets get there hard to so now there trying to Back off be fore the Bottom drops out of the Dol Lar Mulroney dismissed the charges that his remarks sparked the and the Consumers association of Canada slammed the Banks for not showing economic when it comes to the Bottom line the Banks dont help the consumer out very said David Simp executive director of the Assoc he accused the Banks of Dampen ing consumer Confidence with their gloom and doom theory on the and then just when we need them to maintain and sustain some consumer Confidence they raise interest yes Campaign kicked b9 borrowers scramble to get in under wire by Paul Samyn staff reporter Todd Linnens phone at the Toronto Dominion Bank started ringing yesterday morning and didst Stop As borrow ers desperately tried to beat the Long feared jump in interest i had a real estate agent Call me at with a referral from a client wanting to close a the account manager for mortgages at ads Gar Den City Branch Linnen was Able to pre approve a mortgage and lock them in at per cent for five had they waited until those prospective homeowners would have been borrowing at per a jump that would have Cost them More Over the five year they were very Happy to get in just under the Linnen there were similar stories of in Terest rate frenzy at Banks across the City yesterday As borrowers made one last dash to Cash in on the lowest rates in 20 the slumping loonie was the main reason the six main chartered Banks cited yesterday As they boosted their prime lending rates by two percentage Points to per effective the which has been Ham mered by uncertainty Over the ref was stable trading near its close tuesday of cents Ive been sitting with the phone in my ear All Day said Keith the Bank of Montreal Mam Ager of personal and Independent business Nash said Branch managers have been getting lots of Calls from peo ple wanting to apply or renew Mort gages even a few panic today Wilson watches smoke from stubble burning through agriculture minister Glen Findlay said he sympathizes with people but a ban is out of the somebody you ban i say what does the Farmer do with the excess theres no magic answer for the Farmer or the people bothered by Findlay Robert manness describes himself As a farm boy but Hes also a doctor with double the number of emergency visits to his Morris hos weve had at least eight people in with asthma Type conditions the air in the Middle of Morris is Blue with manness quote of the Day its been a difficult police Menno of the departments internal affairs int having an easy time probing an alleged beating by police the weather to toy sunny and inside Ann Landers sports to c2 i in sports Poston red sox 1 Toronto Blue jays 0 Drexel live the dream now at steers Fine see and on Page a4 ;