Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba slue Chip Canadas financial advisor Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977232 b1 Mike wan mystery official Grants wish one to a bureaucrat who went that extra Oneto youll recall last month i wrote what was on top of a 14yearplds Christmas wish list permission to Transfer to a James school to help straighten out her troubled life after her parents parted and she started running around with the wrong crowd at previous the teenager was later taken in by her who live two blocks away from Bruce her grandmother wrote me about another of your goby Chebook she said the James school division had agreed to take in her grandchild if a they pay a nonresident fee on top of their school taxes b they obtain a letter from child and family services c she and her husband obtain Legal the grandmother explained the division knew the child Likely would return Home within two years once her parents had undergone extensive so obtaining Legal guardianship want necessary and could be As to a nonresident she is a resident in this the grandmother we already pay heavy Public school taxes to they also know child and family services int so we cant get a Arnie the divisions assistant later told me about the residency constraints the Manitoba school act imposes on permitting such transfers and after i raised the conceded the minister of education can that not something i like to publicize too but the minister he a fact the grandmother didst the youngsters wish has come thanks to Deputy education minister John but More particularly to someone in child and family services who read my column and offered to provide the letter required by the school Only last i was openly musing when the Day would arrive where i could write about a bureaucrat who had gone out of his or her Way to resolve a in trying to find out this persons like i one the one to go also involves the James school an 84yearold resident and his a year have been looking after their granddaughter for the past four now she was also the product of a violent her Mother agreed she should live with her parents because the teens health had suffered As a result of her fathers the grandparents were required to pay a year in school taxes for the first three years and this year have been informed it will be longtime residents of the couples current school taxes Are a she needs the help she is getting at Westwood collegiate counsellors have done wonders for on my based on an average salary Between cannot continue to fully support her Grandfather wrote i paid half the fee last but right now i need the other half i spoke again to Reimer who said hed take a look at the one has to refer to the provisions regarding residency in the school he reminded another Case for ministerial intervention id say victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy write or fax 697 741 Mike hell look into Cut called false Economy by Bud Robertson staff reporter cuts to Pha Macare will end up costing the health care sys tem More when patients on tight budgets risk their health by skipping their a kidney transplant expert its beginning to happen Al John Jeffery head of the kidney trans Plant department at health sciences Centre in said some of his patients on Low incomes Are Al ready having a Tough time paying weaker More my argues their Bills and May be looking for ways to Cut he said there Are 330 kidney transplant patients in kidney transplant patients Are vulnerable to complications such As Bone disease and risk suffering Frac Tures and other medical problems if they dont take Calcium supple ments and other preventative medi cations an extra a month or More in that comes Back As a Cost to the medical system in the Long Pha Macare deductibles have been increased by about 10 per cent this from to for seniors and from to for people under age for those under the amount recoverable also decreases from 70 per cent to 60 per seniors on fixed incomes say they will suffer from the it certainly was a ill Tell said Tom president of the Assiniboine Par fort Garry regional Council of the Manitoba society of its very Moss executive director Carol Robertson said the society plans to confront health minister Jim Mccrae to voice Mccrae yesterday defended the blaming increased drug prescription drug prices have risen 32 per cent Over the past four he the Pha Macare program Cost the province about million in 1992 and the costs Are expected to continue rising in he these were not easy i have to Tell he he Manitoba benefits continue to be among the most Gen Erous in Canada and the province is adding 66 new drugs to the list Eligi ble for while dropping flames on icy pipes backfire Bald Santin staff reporter Terry Hinton thought he knew it All after spending 14 years in the construction but this week he Learned a Valu Able lesson dont use a blow Torch to thaw out Frozen water Ive always done it this Way and never had a Hinton said id reconsider it that for the Hinton family Home on Bannatyne Avenue suffered extensive damage yesterday morning when a fire broke out on the second floor after Hinton tried to thaw a Frozen Mai floor bathroom water Winnipeg fire department officials say they fear others will try the same approach during this cold its a very dangerous Deputy fire chief Frank Cielen said in the there have been Many fires of this nature where individuals have done the results could have been its a concern with this cold Cielen said the department cautions people never to use an open flame to thaw out a Frozen water a spokesman for a local plumb ing Supply store said its service staff will use a portable Heater to gradually thaw a Frozen Cielen said Copper pipes pose a Wendell free press Frozen pipes need gentle thaw Hinton accidentally set his House on fire when he used a blow Torch to thaw Frozen water pipes in his real threat when subjected to an open a Copper pipe will conduct heat and it might Start a fire further along the which is what happened in the Hinton Cielen said homeowners should take preventative like wrap Ping insulation or electric coils around pipes subject to Hinton said he had taken a handheld propane Torch to the Homes bathroom at around 7 it must have started a fire that climbed up the Kitchen Hin ton said As he stood amid the rubble of his 50yearold we didst even see half an hour he fam ily members saw smoke coming from behind the Kitchen Hinton said his wife and their seven children fled to a relatives Home nearby while he stayed be Hind and called the fire depart when firefighters the second floor of the 2 Home was engulfed by no one was the fire department estimated the damage at to the Home and to the the House is fully Hin ton a spokesman for the Winnipeg fire department said fires caused by homeowners using propane torches to thaw Frozen water pipes Are common during this time of heres How to avoid problems for Frozen pipes the fire department warns never to use an open flame on a Frozen water residents should use portable or even hair thaw pipes applying too great a heat can cause pipes or joints to crack and preventive Steps place insulation Between pipes and an uninsulated Concrete place foam insulation or electronic coils both can be purchased from a hardware store or plumbing Supply store around cold water giving charities hurting charitable donations median donation 1992 Canada percentage of tax filers As donors 33 32 33 29 17 source statistics Canada 21 by Alexandra Paul staff reporter a number of Winnipeg Chari ties from the Christmas cheer Board to the health sciences Centre foundation Are facing massive deficits at the same time figures show Manitoban to be the most generous in the statistics Canada reported yester Day that Manitoba charitable contributions were up seven per cent in 1992 Over the year thirty three per cent of Manitoba tax Fil ers contributed to charities in 1992 with Prince Edward Island As the top province in the the provincial average was 29 per some of Winni pegs biggest charities Are suffering More than Ever the salvation army red shield Appeal in Canada is millions of Dol Lars Short of target for the first time in its the army Winnipeg Public relations director David Wilder a lottery sponsored by the health sciences Centre re search is Short of its 1993 goal for medical re Hsc foundation Campaign chairman Jim Ferguson its harder he theres More Money spent for less of a the Christmas cheer Board is also facing a shortfall that is projected to exceed the Board will cover the deficit through a sur plus from previous executive director Byrdye Beckel so what explains the figures of outstanding generosity in this prov Ince most of it can be attributed to the Bible a predominantly Menno Nite area South of where charitable contributions exceed the provincial median several times the statistics Back up a Char Ity adage that Small towns with Strong Central churches Are More generous than cities with diverse the funding crunch outside the area of giving towns like Winkler and Blum Enort is compel Ling charities to take a hard look at How they raise the salvation army a peal is million Short of a lion goal for Wilder local the Appeal is Short of its army officials in Winnipeg have taken the unusual step of ordering a full analysis of their 30 various liter soup Kitchen and re habilitation support we need to pare Back on some of our Wilder Ferguson said the Hsc foundation May have hit a lottery burnout even though the Effort raised of its lavish gifts put Blum Enort near top of generosity scale by Alexandra Paul staff reporter it int the mennonite Way to boast about but for the second year a Manitoba mennonite Community has been ranked As Home to some of the most lavish donors in All of statistics Canada reported a tiny farming Community on the outskirts of Steinbach inthe heart of the provinces Bible for second place in Canada and first in Manitoba with a median donation of that figure is Many times above the provincial median of it Means More than half of All the towns 230 donors gave or less and the other half gave More than in Robert a Blum Enort said that one reason he donates to others is that even in Tough Canadas living standards Are luxurious compared to the third i would love to buy a nicer car but Ive chosen my Dueck residents interviewed yesterday said they had personally donated at least double the median amount for the but those who revealed their contributions insisted their names be i dont want to sound like in said one Man who handed Over almost on a single family income earned As an office the Man said that revealing his identity could target him As a prospective Mark for fundraisers or even Blum Enort with total Community donations of tied for second place in generosity with another Small Rural firs place ranking for charitable donations this year went to the Southern Alberta mormon town of with a median contribution of last year Steinbach median donation of made it Home to the most generous people in in social convention and Strong mennonite beliefs teach that you can give to the Church or the tax residents said ;