Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Back Day for racing dual he bv1 1 Msj vow it in one 00 28 pages Voi to 151 i Maii a filtration no 08fi Winnipeg free press 50 parti ads watch kids suffer no cure in sight for childrens own epidemic of 90s by Janet Wong free press correspondent its been called the childrens epidemic of the 90s and doctors just shrug when asked when it will asthma is the most common chronic illness reported in children today and its the disease most often cited for school absenteeism and Hospital it is a lung disease that causes inflammation in lung leading to muscle constriction of bronchial air passages and reducing the amount of air going into the inside Story breathing easier now 63 in its Mildest children experience coughing and slight Short Ness of in severe bronchial passages become so constricted that air is completely blocked from the without victims can suffocate to As specialists watch those afflicted increase in none will guess what the future holds for the one in 10 Manitoba children who now Battle the disease with no cure in cases among adults tripled in can Ada Over the last experts say the problem among children 15 and younger is increasing just As in about children suffer from up from six years according to Manitoba health services commission Statis the medical Bill has mounted at the same More than doubling to just Over million most experts Point to the Environ ment both inside Homes and out doors As a primary some Are disturbed by the grip asthma is gaining on the prevalence there has been an increase in the prevalence of asthma despite More awareness of the disease and better says Newman a full time asthma re searcher and professor at the University of Stephens was a clinical cardiologist 20 years he began asthma research after colleagues kept ask ing him about the some say the increasing number of asthmatics is partly due to better recognition of the which in the past was often treated As chronic bronchitis or but Allan paediatric allergist at Chil Drens says better diagnosis is just a Small from 1980 to there was a doubling of the number of asthma cases in the five to nine age says quoting a study on Manitoba on Quarter of the increase is due to better three quarters is a real if a cure is not found and the trend Becker says there is a Chance the number of children diag nosed with asthma could jump to four in 10 in the next few Genera May 1994 Wayne free press Kindred spirits Rudy Funk thinks he and pebbles have similar but judges at a lookalike contest at the Forks yesterday didst see it his Way and awarded the top prizes to the con test was part of the great Manitoba dog held to promote awareness of dogs As the event also featured howling obedience trials and working dog court Shields children hearsay testimony to be allowed at Protection court says by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter in a precedent setting the provinces highest court has ruled that hearsay evidence is sufficient and children dont have to testify against their parents in child Protection the ruling came in a unanimous decision Friday written by jus Tice Kerr twaddle of the Manitoba court of ordering five Chil Dren to be permanently seized from their in the 28page twaddle said while hearsay be used in a criminal secondhand Testi Mony is different in a child Protection this is an entirely proper consideration in a criminal where a persons Liberty is at stake and the Case must be proved beyond reason Able but is counterproductive in a Case involving the Protection of twaddle it would be ironic if the in order to afford them had to adopt a course which would expose them to the trauma of testify ing against their but the parents Rhys criticized the saying it Means Manitoba now has a differ ent Law than other now parents can lose their Chil Dren by a police officer or a social worker telling a judge what the child said to Jones the judge can now take what the social worker says As the we now have a fundamentally different Law just an hour Down the if youre a Parent and have your Chil Dren seized in youll have an easier this chips away at a pretty fundamental foundation of evidence Jones said there already is Protection for children who have to testify against their including a special courtroom with one Way Glass so the child cant see the parents in the Jones said he Doest know if he will Appeal the decision to the supreme court of apprehended court was told five rang ing in Ages from three to were apprehended from their parents in May the children were seized because Winnipeg child and family services believed they had been subjected to emotional and physical abuse As Well As being the allegations included q a Childs Knuckles being rubbed purposely against carpet by one Parent until they bled q a child was tied up to furniture As punishment and his leg deliberately rubbed raw with a Scarf until it bled q three of the children were spanked or beaten with a Belt or spoon q three of the children had their Heads flushed in the toilet for Pun quote of the Day dont take kindly to Bernard president of United Pood and commercial workers local comments after Manitoba sugar workers defied a Layoff warning and rejected the company meet contract on Page b1 the Wolthof today mainly wind to Pettingto southerly 30 High tomorrow variable 40 chinos of High Tun Monk sets Moon Mees detameonpagec6 pulled Over it might be a treat by Bud Robertson staff reporter the next time police pull you Over in East dont be surprised if the officer hands you a Coupon for Coffee and its All part of the forces operation Rene the driving Force behind the said he wants Drivers to know their efforts at Safe driving Are in the last traffic accidents in the municipality have decreased and Nienhuis said it was time to take some proactive measures to keep it that As of whenever a la abiding citizen is flagged Down by he or she could receive a certificate of appreciation and a bag of gift certificates donated by local East Paul Jim Park said he and other members of Council backed the project because it boosts the relationship police have with it changes the role of the instead of them being an totalitarian Force in the they get the Chance to extend a Friendly Park but Andrew who had been on laughed at the you must be Koshelnyk would certainly not support i mean we have thousands of people going through East How do we know the ones we Stop Are from Here Nienhuis admits the flashing lights that accompany the presentation could be a Little if we get a lot of negative Well he but if the opposite the oneyear program could be my is wired for politics computers make Ottawa obsolete by John Douglas National Ottawa Hes quickly be come the techno wizard of parliament Winnipeg South my Reg Alcock has found a Way to move Ottawa to Winnipeg with the help of com modern technology and some pretty specialized while most maps split their annual budget Between a parliament Hill office and a constituency the Rookie Liberal has reduced Bis presence on the Hill Hes now the Only member with no permanent staff in Ottawa there All in Winnipeg while the of fice on the Hill sits dark and phone Calls automatically Bounce from Ottawa to mail and faxes Are the office opens at to coincide with Ottawa hours and Winnipeg staff do every thing from tracking legislation to writing speeches and coordinating Reform party members who have been striving for similar setups Are there Are Many of us who have been working on this kind of thing but no one has figured out the Calgary Reform my Stephen Harper its All part of total Quality Man Alcock a world where constituents Are if you automate the routine pro then staff is free to give personal Alcock computers track and Corre Spond with constituents without any when someone the manc f us Pett Alcocks software allows him to devote time to computer automatically opens a information is noted and the file ranked for when staff go Home at the computer puds up new files and writes letters acknowledging con another software pro Gram tracks files and generates re ports on those More than two weeks old reminding Alcock if a prob Lem has not been the automated office Means Al cock spends 90 per cent of his office budget in compared with other maps who usually spend about 40 per cent in their and come election Alcock will have a database to help him pin Point issues that might hit it allows you to really understand your Riding in a much More com plete he the reality is that Good service is Good ;