Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The the new line 958rent Apex realty 7368 Winnipeg Feltio press local Section Brian Cole 6977292 email b1 Gordon who Vuht e9vt taking a peek inside the Mailbox its been a while since youve said what you think of what i Well Start with a column that goes Back a it was about a Young Laura Faye whose husband was charged with assaulting her and whose brother inlaw was charged in her slaying within a 24hour it pointed out in her struggle to make something of her she had gone from school dropout and Hooker to scholarship 3 j dont let Laura become another 7 How dare How dare you state but How can you feel better about yourself when youre afraid to admit who you were How can you possibly know if Laura was afraid to talk about her her fears your presumptions feed the stereotypical thinking you claim you want to expose As false and your Contention to show the Heights Laura had achieved i had to show the the superficiality you imposed on lauras to be newsworthy she had to have triumphed Over your perception of the Young woman died she cannot address your cannot refute or congratulate your you added yet another Label to allow people to dismiss to distance themselves from the brutality that took her i have chosen not to sign my not because i am afraid or dont stand behind my j j q r f love that 17 i started Reading the above Story not knowing who the author it rang a i glanced up and saw columnist Gordon i was it was you again writing about Chicago and mentioning unrelated facts about your Why cant you stick to a Story j j a thank you for your honesty in expressing that you wondered about w to Pray and what to say looking for moral you stated this in the context of self doubts about it has been quite apparent to me for some time now that you possess a keen sensitivity to the needs of your children and children in that has always warmed my heart and has probably been the main reason Why i continue to read your about three years one of those columns appeared relating specifically to your Young son and daughter you cherish i cannot remember now what the subject matter of that particular article but i do recall that from that time to this Day i have prayed that you would indeed find the answer to the everyday problems which we As parents All there was a time in my life even As a i simply could not 1 wondered where god was or if he even i was particularly concerned because we had two preschool aged sons and i knew what we had to offer them was not but that All changed one i simply blurted out to god a 1 i cant do but in your strength i the value of this experience has been my husband and i began having regularly scheduled daily prayer with each other and also As a we began to see As we obeyed the Bible that indeed it was the the guidelines contained therein became our moral Wayne free press Cecil Rhodes students from left Sherisse Gladi Fel Falcis and Yula Little johnnys sexual prejudices chauvinism in schools As common As pencils by Lindor Reynolds free press columnist sexual harassment is As common in the classrooms and playgrounds of Winni Peg schools As skipping ropes and soccer but school administrators say the problem is getting some parents and students to believe the is sue is a valid its very difficult to change said Daryl assistant superintendent of student services for the Jame Assiniboia school Johnson said harassment can begin last year there was a situation in one elementary school where the boys were definitely harassing the girls with sexual the principal called in the parents and it was harassment consult ant Naomi Levine said education has to begin in you dont go into kindergarten and Start lecturing about sexual you Start talking about she you May think a Fivey Earold is in but youve got Little Johnny tweaking Little Janies rear it has to be it parents need to understand Levine said schools need inde pendent counsellors to Deal with but schools Lack the financial resources to do even at schools where harass Wayne free press Bryant says harassment is a problem in High a serious Issue a1 ment policies exist and classes have been taught on the the problem Coralie Vic principal at Cecil Rhodes said despite the schools Best sexual harassment running the Gamut from verbal to seemingly minor to criminal affects some elementary and Junior High it could be snapping bras in the touching people in the grabbing people in places that Are simply blocking people so they cant she it could be forc ing people to have harass ment certainly does go on for our secondary it certainly is a but some students say its difficult to complain about being sexually most of our teachers dont know what goes 14year old Yula Magden Tec voc student Cecile Fourni said sexual harassment is a daily fact of life for girls and Young women a situation she feels powerless to you got Guys coming up to you and pinching your its like they dont even you cant even get to class without being Fournier said the harassment int necessarily it happens to she noting a friends experience in Grade she got a note from a Guy say ing in watching 1 know what you wore last but she said its impossible to discuss harassment with adding she even talk to her Boyfriend about he does it better behave i schools in vie to be Conan o Poison Ornis or own o Montc gift a mba Penon Puna we or facilities Are falling but theres no Money for repairs Pool Bill swamps the City by Nick Martin City Hall reporter bricks could literally Start falling from the Walls of win Nipges indoor swimming pools before the end of the a report going before the cites Parks and culture com Mittee today will recommend the City spend million Over the next five years to retrofit 10 indoor pools throughout but committee chairman Amaro Silva Daniel Mclntyre said that with other major capital projects looming such As the need to upgrade streets theres no Way the City can afford although similar work has Al ready been done on the Panama Pool and tenders have been issued for Margaret Grant and seven Oaks pools under previously approved the chances for upgrading the other pools Are slim and he theres a lot of we dont have a lot of Silva chief commissioner Rick Frost has advised Council to Cut for every added in new capital spend ing Over the next five if the City wants to achieve its debt Educ Tion As mayor Susan Thompson has repeatedly stated the five year capital budget Doest include a cent so far for the 1999 pan american which officials from the cites Panama games committee say will require million in Capi Tal spending by the five year capital budget also has no provision for a new Arena or any major work on the cites Aque duct issues now under hot City councils five Community committees recommended earlier this month adding More than Mil lion to the 1995 capital without identifying any compensating theres nothing in the capital budget for Street Silva we no longer put thin bituminous overlay on our its very difficult to put pools in the City Centre Community com Mittee has already recommended adding million Over five years to renovate the Interior of Sher City Council will accept that work Only if it finds a year to chop the Pool problem can be blamed on the cites brutal temperature extremes which combined with the High humidity Levels inside Pool buildings Lead to a moisture buildup inside the said Riel District Parks and recreation director Don Northern cities have Al ways just patched up prob but technology now exists to give indoor pools at least an other 30 years of he Budinsky said the crumbling exterior allows enormous amounts of heat to on really bad Treyve had to Shore the bricks he you could reach in and pull out a kids literally stole bricks off the Wall of the seven Oaks preferred site two thirds say forget new Arena readers respond to of Ppd by Sheri Fox free press correspondent two thirds of respondents to a free press poll on the preferred site for a new Arena say they dont want one at in readers responded to the free press Mailin and in interviews after the Many of them said they Felt ignored by their political both provincial and i dont think we can afford it and commit to the said Glenn i also dont like the people in charge of All these people Are forcing an Arena and locations on if two thirds of the people dont want an then they should listen to if they can get or people to come to games As it Why bother said Herb a retired 1 do not believe in supporting no to new Arena final results no new Arena 807 convention Centre 186 the 204 other 18 total million Dollar they just want everything i dont think we need a new Arena and that the taxpayers should pay for said Patrick they wont listen to us and will go and build one and then come crying saying that they dont have the budget and then our taxes will go Hansen said he was grateful for a Chance to be heard on the but i dont think it will make a he theyva already made up their minds and Well All have to suffer for Fonyo joins fundraiser in City Steve the on legged cancer victim who walked across Canada to raise funds to fight the in Winnipeg yesterday helping those afflicted with a malady of a different joined More than 300 Winni Eggers in the annual walk the world for the walk Aims to raise Public awareness and Hope for those afflicted with a men Tal disorder causing irrational be hallucinations and Maureen executive director of the Manitoba Schizo phrenic said the Effort raised about she said organizers expect the target will be reached when All the pledges Are Fonyo said taking part in the walk allowed him to learn More about is commonly but incorrectly confused with Multi ple personality or split but a split from All color ;