Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba Young hero Manitoba scout to receive medal of Merit in o in keyed into data Winnipeg computer Export programmed for Challenge d6 64 pages vol 121 no 347 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press 5o get Post get Post outside qty weekly Home delivery s3 25 wkly 05 20 Post in Winnipeg 30 09 11 Post outside cry november Pretoria signs Constitution anew Day in South Africa by John Daniszewski associated press Kempton South Africa after a fran tic Day of the South african government and african National con Gress put the final touches yesterday on a Constitution that gives Blacks equal rights for the first the government and the Anc muscled the proposed agreement through Multi party bringing two years of painstaking negotiations to a dramatic final agreement by the 21 parties at the talks came late yesterday to applause from weary a signing ceremony for party leaders to endorse the constitutional package began soon after a smiling Nelson the Anc Shook the hand of president de Klerk As he walked to his seat for the we Are not there but the Cornerstone of our efforts to achieve National has been Laid Man Likely to become South Africa first Black said earlier on led by de Klerks National party and mandelas the negotiators task was to find a peaceful Way to Transfer Power from an affluent but nervous White minority to the oppressed and impoverished Black the Accord depended on a Las minute Deal in which the government abandoned its longstanding insistence that the next government take decisions based on a fixed percentage of votes in a Multi party it settled for a vaguely worded Promise from the the expected Winner of the first multiracial elec Tion april to Rule in a con sense seeking in the Anc agreed to a Strong Federal system in which nine provinces could adopt their own House backs Naftal by David Macdonald Washington editor lobby Effort pays off for Clinton in 234200 vote Washington the Sweet smell of Success filled the White House last night As an elated president Clinton watched the House of representatives Bow to his will and pass by 234200 the Trade Clinton Victory boosted his Polit ical Stock and strengthened him internationally in time for today Pacific rim Summit at which he will talk privately with prime minister it paved the Way for probable Naftal approval next week by the Senate and probable mexican legislative approval shortly after free Trade Ball in pms a4 Canadian parliamentary approval requires Only proclamation to become the speedy vote was marked by applause and cheers from it ended a frantic Day of Las minute Capitol Hill lobbying by both chaos reigned in corridors outside the offices of members thought to be still open to pushing and shoving to get to the unde Cid lobbyists for every imaginable interest group competed with Clinton Cabinet officials to make one last Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and Ross Perot passed each other twice going in and out of offic for the vote was his first big defeat after months of popular Ity for his campaigns against the Federal deficit and in favor of cleaner in the hours leading up to the he was As Busy outside As Barking out Antin Afta sound bites in front of cameras and Klieg lights under Golf umbrellas sheltering him from the across from the on the Steps of the Antin Afta demonstrators held up an eight me Frelong Banner that said will you approve it with the Ille Gal and criminal mexican govern ment on the floor of the 435 member watched by packed and silent Public the Only genuine moment of emotion during hours of repetitive debate on Naftal came when Texas demo crat Kika de la Garza denounced the denigration of Mexico and mexicans by Antin Afta a Shower of fake Bills had fluttered Down from the Public galleries and onto members thrown by four shouting Green peace Capitol police hauled them out of the arrested them and charged them with disrupting one of the Greenpeace four loudly denounced Clinton buying voters for Naftal As she was dragged but one such measure was widely Florida Republican Clay Shaw voted for Naftal after the White House talked the mexican government into promising a favor to mexican attorney general Jorge Carpizo promised to return to the United states for if a mexican National suspected of raping a Fivey Earold girl in before fleeing to mexi the girl is the Niece of one of Shaws town witnesses a Miracle on ice paralyse Boissevain Man defies Odds l Phil free press Coates is skating using a support built by a Boissevain ast the people of Boissevain held a Benefit for Scott they wanted to make sure his House was wheelchair after All he had been through he was paralysed from the Waist Down in a swimming Acci Dent they wanted to be certain he would be they raised while appreciated what his friends had he wanted nothing More than to defy he didst want a wheelchair accessible he wanted to play hockey he May do just its still pretty tentative and i need a chair to help me get around the Coates i think by next ill be playing hockey it is hard to imagine being dealt a hand As bad As the one Coates has had to Many people overcome difficult but Coates has gone through his teenage years facing relentless when he was his Mother died of in his father on july the 200pound defence Man with the aaa midget South West cougars Dove into a shallow water Hole near he broke a Coates was paralysed from the Waist Down and confined to a he spent three months in Hospital in Winnipeg and his sister quit her Job to care for her younger it was really so said Boissevain businessman Ken who watched Scott grow up in the House next but the doctors gave him a slight it want a very Good but they gave him a Chance to walk i have believed it at the but what has happened since the Acci Scott Taylor Dent is just i guess All you have to do is give him a Chance and hell go after doctors told Coates he might one Day get around with crutches or they All agreed he was permanently disabled and said any thought of playing hockey or returning to the football Field where he had earned most valuable player Hon ors while leading the Boissevain Broncos to the provincial a High school title in 1991 was and if he Ever believed he could put on his catchers equipment and get Down behind the plate for the Manitoba senior baseball leagues Boissevain Centenni als he was just deluding Coates is still a Long Way away from playing fullback but he might not be too far away from shooting a hockey after Hes started skating Coates is now walking with a he still needs a Brace to support his left but Hes getting stronger every and he accentuates the role sports has played in both his Outlook and rehab Ilita the preparation i needed for sports was the same As i needed for Coates because i played sports All my i knew All i needed was a Good if i never gave i knew id get i know ill play they say god never sends us More than we can quote of the Day inside Why should i be worried al Golden says he int concerned about a raid by the ramp and Revenue Canada on his Home and other locations to which he has past or present details on Page b1 the weather today mainly 60 i Chance of Light Hillh Yew tonight tomorrow after noon sunny 40 change of lures steady near Tun remt Ftfe p Moon al Lei 11 p Ann doctor in sports to Indian kids eat Bannock with Pride at Niji Makwa by Randy Turner staff reporter lotto Bonus 6 5 when Joy keeper was in school with the White kids in Windsor she used to be ashamed of her i tried to hide my she keeper would be embarrassed when her parents spoke in their native her White friends were and she never Learned the now a 29yearold University she is hoping her Fivey Earold son will learn what she did keepers son is one of 360 students attending an al aboriginal elementary school that officially opened on Flora Avenue inside Story Royal commission on aboriginal Peoples hears women woes b3 located in the old Aberdeen is Winnipeg first aboriginal elementary probably not the a Winnipeg school division trustee theres a lot of catching up to trustee Bill Sanderson the division already includes the children of the Earth High school for aboriginal which opened in the fall of which includes Nursery school to Grade is dedicated to providing education that reflects native in these spiritual circles Are held each morning and the scent of burning Sweet grass wafts Down the Cree and ojibway language instruction is As Are science and for parents like it is a dream come True even if it is too late for i wish i had that experience growing being Able to be proud of my she that Pride will stay with he is As a native Joe Daniels said he wanted his three kids to see a positive Side of their i want them to feel comfortable about who they Daniels i want them to learn about their a traditional feast followed yesterdays grand after these Are the children of they dont hide their Bannock Jeff for Beverly holds Cree words for 0 ;