Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 5, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba O c7 i 48 pages vol 122 no 303 publications mail registration no 086 Winnipeg free press get Post St Post outside qty we fatty two 13 5 05 20 Post r plea bargain in Kelly slaying by Kevin Roll aeon Law courts reporter the Man charged in the slay ing of 13yearold Sarah who went missing from the Pas less than three weeks is expected to plead guilty Friday to a reduced charge of second degree Robert Bliss is expected to plead guilty to the charge under a plea bargain worked out be tween Crown and defence Arthurston was charged last month with first degree after hearing the plea on Friday to the which carries a Maxi mum sentence of life hooked on caffeine if you can Chicago there not called Java junkies for Noth medical research now confirms what Coffee drinkers Long have suspected some people get so hooked on caffeine that they have Many of the same dependency traits of Alco Holics or drug but caffeine Holics can rest easy if their jangly nerves will let in caffeine use has not been associated with serious health said Lead researcher Roland a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine in psychiatrists identify chemical addiction by a Cluster of those traits include developing a tolerance for a or getting less of a kick from the same amount of caffeine trying unsuccessfully to quit or Cut Down and inability to give up the habit even when ordered to by a Coffee drinkers can even suffer withdrawal symptoms such As head aches and research ers noted in today journal of the american medical accused expected to a tears jew to Fesser in Sarah death associate chief Justice Jeffrey Oliphant of court of Queens Bench will decide How Many years it will be until Arthurston can apply for a first degree conviction would have meant an automatic 25year wait to apply a second degree conviction Means 10 years or at the discretion of the sources say Justice minister Rosemary Vodrey has already signed a direct indictment allowing the plea to be rushed to court on Fri the Kelly family was asked for input on the plea the plea bargain does not include any joint recommendation for sen but during submissions in the sen Arthurston will be Given a break by the Crown because he told them where the body was and Al Lowed police to solve the the body was found in Bear coun without the tip the body would never have been found and the crime would have gone a source Arthurston was arrested near re Gina on four Days after a tip led to the discovery of Sarah Kellys body beside a gravel 40 kilo metres North of the Sarah went missing 18 while out alone on an afternoon her sudden disappearance sparked a massive three Day search with More than an autopsy listed strangulation As the cause of her the plea and sentencing will be held in rather than the a special courtroom with High be including a Metal Detector at Joe free press help needed Simone Varey is flanked by her children from and a single Mother who has encountered difficulties trying to get off doubts changes today by Ottawa will address the please see inside Story on Page City facing enormous Bill to save crumbling streets million in spending required Over 5 years virtually no element of meet rupture to protected Tor funding at considered adequate by and other remd Mlton annually for but Only Mlton a year is projected to be streets need Milton annually to maintain current and million pm puffy a total of Mahon to to a Nihon Maronto by Nick Martin City Hall reporter streets that carry 80 per cent of Winnipeg traffic will be beyond rehabilitation by the year 2000 if More Money is not spent on major one example of the cites rapidly deteriorating works and operations commissioner Rod Mcrae said the City needs to spend million in the next five years to catch up on crumbling sidewalks and that would bring the to a passably acceptable he 7the clock is and were in serious need of a lot of Mcrae that the first time Ive heard that a Glen Murray fort Rouge after works and operations i sofas abandoned in b1 committees capital budget session got the gloomy Mcrae said about million to million of this years capital budget is going to works and that level of spending jul mean the City is As it has every year since Mcrae other reports operations director Kel Stewart said 14 per cent of the cites regional which carry 80 per cent of our will be beyond spot repairs in six he said 55 per cent of local streets will deteriorate beyond simple repair by at current spending sewers designed to last less than a Century have to average More than 400 Yean recent Street hold the no Money we be spent next year on local lanes need f Misiona no Money it recommended for lanes until when million is in the capital caverns Are evidence of declining sewer Stewart around said waste water Engineer Steve the province will Likely require the City to Lay out million for water Only half of which is expected to be set aside for that purpose in Reserve twelve of the cites is major structures Are in poor condition and 14 Only the two most desperate for replacement Are the Maryland Bridge and the Pembina Jubilee said Bridge Engineer Bill but theres barely Money in the 1995 budget for Basic lady weight restrictions and perhaps even Bridge closures he warned i Stewart said Winnipeg needs to tin Hifumi a Gar Cal but Only t6 million is in the 1995 capital and Only million a year by not a single Penny has been allocated in 1995 for local which need million a Stewart theres no Money for sidewalks Are Only repaired when streets Are the committee did Little tinkering yesterday with the draft capital to be approved by City Council they added next year for traffic lights and pedestrian corridors and i in 1995 and 1996 to Advance the has been set up in the Law courts building for the Ron Winnipeg remand Centre said Arthurston is on a suicide watch on the seventh floor of the and has been since he was transferred from the Pas last Hes in a High observation Coles were i think he is somewhat upset so were taking general Arthurston on suicide watch High priced fertilizer challenged Farmers aim to ensure no gouging by Bud Rob Truon staff reporter Manitoba largest farm group is demanding Ottawa look into skyrocket ing fertilizer prices that have jumped As much As 40 per cent Over the last year boosting costs to some producers by Keystone agriculture producers has written to Industry minister John asking him to ensure the Price hikes Are we Wartt to make sure the Fertil Izer manufacturers Are not taking advantage of an improved Economy to increase said Kap Gen eral manager Craig the markets have farm in comes Are up Over the last three or four years and we just want to make sure there is no gouging going for the first time in recent memo the Price of fall fertilizer is higher than it was in on a year year some prices have increased 40 per Kap has heard from producers throughout Manitoba who say Fertil Izer especially for Are costing Farmers anywhere from to Douglas said some Farmers Are now Balking at planting certain crops such As canola which re quire Large amounts of he May simply Stop adding increasing the risk of poo Quality Robert an Arbo Garea said the Price hike is Way out of that a damned big said who runs a Grain farm with his brother at an Jacobson said he is looking at a increase in fertilizer manufacturers blame the in crease on the higher Cost of natural from which some fertilizers Are John sales and marketing manager for Brando based said natural Gas prices Tri pled last and while they have eased somewhat manufacturing costs Are still but Clay a University of Manitoba agricultural said natural Gas prices have not in creased that he said Many factors could be contributing to the Price hike and most of those Are Market Low North american Grain stocks and a drought in austra Lia have contributed to a Stron Ger added to that is an in crease in demand for fertilizer by Corn it could also be that after a Cou ple of Flat years manufacturers Are looking to make up for the races Gilson i suspect the Market at that end is a Little More buoyant with the end of the races Gilson pointed out that primary Price those on fertilizer have already been linked with the creation of inflation in the fertilizer is Only one of Many things jumping that is starting to push costs Nairn Avenue Mcrae said innovative sources of Revenue Are necessary because taxpayers cant keep he said Council May Rue its decision not to establish tolls on the new Charleswood Murray urged the committee to consider tolls on the new Mai Norwood Bridge before construction begins next that the Only Way Well be Able to afford to do these he Mcrae said a water treatment facility projected for about 2003 could be built through a Public private was the Cha Neswood financed through water and water conservation measures could delay requirements for a if cond parly in the estimated As High As 1450 quote of the 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