Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor David 6977042 focus Winnipeg free press a 7 april i time to reflect on Bright Side i have noticed that very Little news is published about the Good things our Young people i am afraid that the free press has been preoccupied with youth violence and juvenile i feel that negativity is not necessarily the Case with the majority of our mass Media should spend More time on covering the commendable activities of our Young an example in Point is the recent news on the Young students of bal moral Hall school who collected Campbells soup labels for Jonathon a cerebral palsy victim from who needed labels in order to have a computer which will enable him to take part in regular school thanks to the help from these headly has been Able to acquire the computer from Campbells Praise is certainly due to the Stu most Ashleigh the 11yearold who Spear headed the Campaign in her this is but one example of our Young people acting together and reaching out to the less fortunate members of the youth of to Day Are playing an Active role in the weaving of the positive fabric of modern i believe that there Are Many similar incidents of com passion and positive action being done and happening among our we must realize that not All Young people Are involved in activities which have a negative effect on we must Stop generalizing on youth crimes and instead give More emphasis to the positive aspects of the lives of our More than the younger generation needs support and recognition from their positive self image can be reinforced through recognition of their achievements and contributions to modern our Young people who Are seemingly headed in the wrong direction truly need Good role models for them to emulate and to it is sad to see that there is too much focus on the negative Side of Young Peoples behaviour in the me Why not pay More Atten Tion and publication space to the positive traits and deeds of the youth those Virtues and acts which Are uplifting and strengthen the Good moral Fibre of our society instead Robert Winnipeg take a look Stroo causes i am appalled by our Justice minis ters simplistic response to the pub Lic perception that youth crime is spiralling out of while there is a need for the minister seems to be focusing on the punishment Side without looking at what Many see As the Root causes of such As abuse and increased severity does not mean less the Best Way to protect society is to provide prevention and rehabilitation a study by the american select committee on youth and families found that one Dollar invested in Quality preschool education returned because of the lower costs of special Public assistance and if Boot Camps become a there should be a Strong rehabilitative and they should never be it is important to know what goes on there to ensure that they do not become an other source of As a must accept responsibility for what happens to the children we Send the line be tween abuse and discipline is very Winnipeg direct democracy works Well William Nevilles april 7 polling Public is is off Nevilles View that taxpayers could not be expected to vote on such issues As major civic spending projects or tax increases because the Public pay Little attention to most Public is absolutely i working models in Switzerland and at last 23 states in the have proven that systems of direct democracy Are working very not political Are the a country with three per cent Low Low four languages to As Well As two times safer streets than seems to manage quite to the editor the free press letters from letters must be signed and should include a clearly printed address and Telephone names will be published but not All letters May be edited for style and Short letters Are less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg letters can be sent to our fax number letters May be submitted through the internet at . Letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone Swiss citizens vote on everything from tax increases to and have been doing so since strange things happen when everyday peo ple make Well thought out last year the Swiss even voted in favor of a new Gas certainly the goals of the association of concerned taxpayers of do not seem to be out of line with those in Switzer taxpayer approval of civic taxes and major expenditures sup port of performance measurement and accountability in the Public Sec Tor and civic debt Are rational expectations for citizens to Winnipeg suspicions confirmed congratulations to John by his own words he has shown the Media driven perspective up for what it really irrelevant and not of National canadians have Long suspected that the Media approach to news consists of q Short run is More newsworthy than q today is More important than q conflict is More newsworthy than q negative is More newsworthy than q emotion is More newsworthy than reason q exaggeration is More newsworthy than Dafoe has confirmed their suspicions reforms pressing free april canadians watch the parliamentary they know that the Reform party has been raising issues of National importance every single Day in the House of what Channel have you been Dafoe it is the Media which have failed to report the constructive alternatives coming from the Reform party it is the Media which have opted instead for reporting what they consider that Dafoe should now consider that coverage irrelevant must come As a great Shock to the Media minions who have so tirelessly Given headline priority to trivial considering Dafoe perhaps we can now look Forward to coverage of those substantive de Bates in the pages of the free i will be watching with much anticipation Betty Maxwell Neepawa crosswalks Are dangerous i must agree with councillor Glen Murray comments regarding crosswalks and the tragic death of Marcel crosswalks Are dangerous and should be eliminated or changed and the Laws regarding cars passing stopped vehicles at a crosswalk must be a few years my daughter was struck in a crosswalk on Pembina right in front of the District 6 police station by a car that came up the Centre Lane and passed cars stopped in both of the other the Driver was never in their infinite our legislators will not eliminate Cross walks they should be changed to make them All crosswalks should be equipped with flashing red lights that can be triggered by the Why Amber lights were selected i will never Amber has always signalled caution while red has Sig naked when a pedestrian occupies a crosswalk vehicles should be Sig naked to Peter Stokes Winnipeg heavily armed South african soldiers watch As african National Congress supporters Marchin Johannesburg Experiment in democracy by Ben Johnson the new York times Cape South Africa Christo de Swart was milling about the George looking he leaned against the Wall of the Bank and pulled his cardboard sign to his homeless it need need passing most of them tourists like dropped coins into his plastic in South the sight startles visitors like de is being born White and afrikaner used to assure one a permanent Job and a Rock steady place in the Middle class but things have been Tough for de until last he worked As a sorter at a Cape town Branch Post layoffs Cost him his prize postal there Are More and More people like de Swart on the streets of Cape Durban and port it is for people like de Swart As Well As the nations Black unemployed citizens that South Africa democratic Experiment must Success will take More than having millions of Black faces show up at the polls april South Africa now needs help from those countries that made it the worlds Long View the Long View shows that South Africa is a strange mix of a developed and a developing almost All of the nations White citizens have made a comfortable place for they hold most of the significant and better paying positions in government and the private but Many Black citizens As Well As the mixed race coloured and asian citizens Are waiting for Prosperity to the country will need a fou Point attack to address the the priorities must be education and the country needs a master plan that invests billions of Rand in a program to improve it would build and improve sewage schools and other Public buildings and it also could provide at the same time subsidized housing for the millions now living in squatter such a Broad scheme would fit into ready to the treatise released last year by the african National Congress the political party most Likely to get the most votes in the the program also would give a framework for aiding health care and heres a look at some key factors in South Africa future sanctions there about As doomed As it May take As Long As two years but the sanctions imposed around the world and particularly in the United will elections the african National Congress is expected to grab about 68 per cent of the popular vote and maintain control of the interim Nelson of will be the new if mandelas health look for righthand Cyril ram Phosa to replace while the National party will finish a Distant second with about 11 per cent of the the party leadership will maintain Strong positions in the interim leading the Way for the nats will be de just Call him the Hes sure to join Mandela in governing the new South peacekeeping platoons of unarmed observers from the United the organization of african trans and scores of other organizations significantly Church civil rights groups and lawyer organizations will Monitor the aiding in the watchdog role will be perhaps of journalists from around the violence since nearly people have died in political according to the authoritative South african Institute of race in the Days leading up to the violence will continue to but that change the Date of the election or the the combined forces of the former Freedom fighting guerrillas have combined forces with the South african police and working to keep the violence at a the Economy in economic growth crawled a robust National Economy must jog along at a four per cent to five per cent the infusion of Loans and Grants from the International monetary fund and the world As Well As world should jump Start the Economy to a per cent to three per cent growth rate in the first International corporate investment and tourism destined to be the second largest Industry behind mining will keep the Economy near that rate for the next five housing one of the first priorities of the new interim government is drafting a workable plan to improve the housing of All a South african Marshall plan is needed to pump billions of Rand into this in terms of other key issues to be the housing crisis should be followed by education and health race relations in no other country in the world has such a transition been attempted moving from a minority White government to a majority Lack the key will be How the Anc leadership Ushers in new roles and a photo de Klerk is sure to join Mandela in governing South positions for the country Black a process of gradualism will assure a smooth under that will South Africa will have a Chance to show America and the world How race relations might be what wont happen is what one afrikaner taxi Driver told me i guess everything will be i just dont want things to National symbols count on the country getting a new Flag the current one is White and Blue with the flags of England and two former Boer republics there also will be a new coat of arms currently symbolizing four a Mascot now the a National Anthem now die Stem Van Sui afrika Call of South and other National they will All be regional role South Africa already is the strongest trading partner for Many Black african that role will Only grow stronger As South Africa Economy improves and the country produces More manufactured consumer South Africa will be the Rock on which other african nations can Anchor their South Africa Success also can spawn other healthy democracies in Winnie there must be a place in the new government for Winnie she is too Strong to be left she has Strong grassroots support among poor particularly in the squatter that helped land her the coveted position As president of the women some observers see a place for her in the new scratch Pencil her in for a place in the presidents official mansion in Cape in betting on a reconciliation with Nelson South Africa will South Africa will be a world the violence will the grand race Experiment will be a the world should join Christo de Swart in praying that the optimistic predictions come i think we just have to de Swart whatever i Hope it will get better for Ben Johnson is associate editor of the Chicago Sun times and vice president of who what and a National firm specializing in diversity employment he is currently in South Africa for the elections there and the inauguration of the country new doonesbury by Garry Trudeau someone quietly Steps him in we moonu6ht its Many years your own and Thois Mark Lyndon whos5tanp your draft ;