Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba 40 pages vol 121 no 349 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press 4 ois1 Post 21 november research convinces some of Sweet smell of Success by Tony Davis staff writer the nose d6 new research suggests that fragrances could one Day make even the Sti Giest peo ple give More Money to Charity or help students absorb a growing number of scientists Are studying the mysteries of Oliac sense of find ing that Aromas can trigger memo Ries and emotional responses that could make churchgoers drop More loonies into the collection some including a few in already use Commer Cial fragrance Randy a Winnipeg Arom ecologist who owns Fra Grance says while Many companies have turned up their noses at the some have purchased the Randy who owns ran Dall bought one of the dispensers a few weeks ago and Hopes one of the 100 available fragrance technologies scents will boost employee creativity and Energy earlier this year Alan a Chicago neurologist and Psychia conducted experiments that showed doors can affect at Lincoln High school in his team infused a classroom with fragrances to see if any would improve students he tried a Grapefruit scent and the nostalgic Aroma of baked goods All to no but a mixed Floral fragrance which Ken free press the save wheres the defence goaltender Dalian fear keeps a close Keith Leary try to find their scoring touch during furious Eye on the Ball yesterday As Jason Scaletta Centre and bal hockey action at Stanley Knowles healthcare cuts will Force clinic to close and patients will be the losers by Doug Nairne and Bob Lowery Thompson healthcare reforms in Manitoba designed to save tax Dol will Force the closing of a clinic that treats patients at Home and saves the system million Murray executive director of Thomp son general said that if the province proceeds with bed reductions and staff cuts announced earlier this a clinic employing the Only medical specialists in the North will in the specialists saw patients in their offices and treated either in the operating room or delivery if these patients had been transferred to a Winnipeg the costs of transportation to inside Story Hospital wants role recognized a5 the provincial government would have been Halkett Thompson has the largest Hospital in the North and is 800 Kilometres North of its closest referral hospitals in Halkett said 80 per cent of patients shipped to Winnipeg went by bus at a Cost of each and 20 per cent by air at each and half of those also required escorts at Halkett said these calculations do not include the number of life which Are special emergency air at if you Arent doing any surgery at your Hospi your surgeons Arent going to stick around very he they cant Cut our funding and expect us to keep the same the clinic employs an a Medicine Spe an nose and Throat an Emer gency medical officer and two health minister Jim Mccrae said the situation at the Hospital and clinic is being he said the Layoff of 22 staff in Thompson including 19 for the end of november is on hold until the review is Hospital staff Are already starting to question the safety of every Day we Compromise our some Days we even see patients lives compromised because of inadequate staffing Levels and a Lack of properly trained said nurse Cheryl Linton said in the last two years the Hospital has been reduced from 100 Beds to with plans to further reduce the number to quote of the Day one of the things we should worry about is that parents Are giving up on the education system for whatever University of Toronto mat i professor Edward Barbeau observes a Modem the Westhof today mainly Chou Dyitha 30 Chance of afternoon High Zara us tonight 10 tomorrow mainly Flur it Sim 7lq inside in sports to he drops Back and sings bombers a a Porras grins Canadian press lotteries a Otto Bonus if if the Aroma of barbecued Chicken wings drifts across the sports bar As the evening crowd settles the Cal plays on the nil is on esp at the end of the bar in the Viscount Gort Muchmo sic thrum out a steady for those who like their entertain ment theres a Well built Man warming up with his says a take Teasy kind of voice that rises above the general bar my names Tom por singing quarterback with the Winnipeg Blue for this 200pound backup quarterback for the Garza gets his wish theres a logical connection Between singing and you and then its show time so its the exact same Porras and when youre picking a youre picking a song to keep it mov when youre picking a youre picking a play to keep the team Porras has been singing once a week at the Viscount Gort since join ing the bombers in his professional singing sideline started in the Early when he was with the United states football smelled like shampoo had a marked effect on the students Abili ties to Complete a series of Hirsch said that learning Speed in creased by 53 per but not everyone is i have some difficulty believing Many of these said Walter head of the marketing depart ment at the University of Hirsch himself admits that be cause the responses to fragrances Are they can one lingerie store tried using a Potpourri to boost but ended up driving away Many of the male customers who came in to buy Lacy things for wives and the Potpourri reminded Many men of their and it Sud Denly made them queasy about be ing in a lingerie Hirsch private tutors multiply fed up with Public parents seek help for their kids by Aldo Santin education reporter parental unease about their childrens future and a growing mistrust of the Public school system is fuelling a phenomenal growth in private tutoring in there were six listings under tutoring in the yellow pages last this the number has climbed to 14 including the hundreds of individuals who offer private Maria Bruni said teachers at the elementary level seemed to have Little time to help her the teacher just gives you so much time and that after two months at a tutoring Bruni said Franco raised his Marks from a d on his last Grade 6 report card to a b this Desiree franchise Holder of the Kumon educational Institute on Corydon said Shes finding that most High school students who come to her for help Are testing at a Grade 2 they cant do simple mathematics in their Latimer said of the High school they cant add 14 plus nine in their need a when compared with the Public school teachers in the province or the the numbers of these education entrepreneurs May appear but in a inside Story students dont get basics a5 time when the Public school system is under close some educators and entrepreneurs say the increase Marks a turning Point in the changing relationship Between the Public and its school parents dont Trust teachers to do t he Job competently or Don i Trust that teachers will be Given the Opportunity to do it Edward a mathematics professor at the University of committed to improving the teaching of math in said that the parents Rush to tutors is a sign of deeper problems in the school David president of the Manitoba teachers said its Normal for parents to be concerned about their childrens adding that a Penn pinching provincial government is forcing school divisions to slash programs and its not a criticism of teachers its a criticism of the Turner said of parents who Send their children to the education All the education centres contacted by the free press were supportive of Public school teachers and agreed that the system itself can Force teachers to Rush through the curriculum without care or resources for those who cant keep once a Porras entertains in the bar at the Viscount league following a stint with the National football leagues Oakland he moved to the cols Hamilton the Calgary stampedes and the Toronto Argo nauts occasionally hamming it up on the Field with Elvis singing took a Back seat after he started playing football at age at the end of his football playing Days is in sight and his Ca reer antennae Are tuned to musical he Doest want to play in Dingy bars 1 like an open restaurant bar atmosphere where Little kids and older people can Corne ;