Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Home care services you can count Home health services to phone 9873044 Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977292 email a13 Gordon Sinclair knew Susie it want the kind of freeze Susan Thompson had in mind when she took it was noon the ski surface temperature was and Winnipeg mayor was sitting outside a Avenue restaurant with a group of the occasion was Arnold Carreiras 10th annual lets go for a frostbite of the mayor smiled and leaped to her tingly toed she had seen a Man in a Black Parka approaching her table and now she had him in a Polar Bear who was the object of her worships fond embrace youll never but while youre ill Tell you what happened Sqq the mayor scampered inside Orlandos sea food Grill to warm up and a minute later she was As in i think it had something to do with a free press editorial that and my suggesting we sit Down for an the editorial labelled her time in office a disappointment and suggested by Bill Norries reign As mayor looked like the Good old of late the old Grey Exma Yor has been talking about running Thompson want it seems everywhere Shes gone during the past two Norries been i dont think Steve Juba did Thompson the English have a saying for bad i she that on the one hand anytime youre the person who has to effect youre the but what in angry about is theres no nobody asked me the whats been done so i first of All theres been an absolute culture change and attitude change at City when Thompson took Over she said she told the administration she wanted a property tax freeze with no cuts in whereupon the bureaucrats told her Council gave them i the people have that discussion no longer what she didst but others is in the Good old Days it was the administration that wielded the real Power at City the bureaucrats were in charge of the but attitude int All that weve got a new budget a City bureaucracy now focused on the lowest Cost to the taxpayer and a restructuring of the organization from 30 departments Down to and Well be Down to i hesitated to remind her she didst deliver on the property tax you know what i thank goodness i have the i he message being that if she haunt tried for who knows what would have happened to property the fact of the of is mayor Thompson keep her Promise because she alone cant deliver a property tax i wondered if she thought the mayor needed More you know what she Power comes from the ill go in and ill be the Leader to effect but True change will come if you the people want to effect Sqq i think the biggest Knock on Susan Thompson is she Hast been Able to cajole and control her Council she int a politicians it seems to should be a trait to be but then in the mail in the Black Parka her worship greeted like one of the you Susan Thompson and i grew up together on the same James and if you knew like i know Susie youd give her a t its the last aut Opac Rush Bykin Guttormson free press correspondent if the total on the aut Opac Bill you receive this month seems too Good to be guess its not you owe less Only because this re Newal is for less than 12 the dreaded february Bill represents the first stage in the Manitoba Public insurance move to wards staggered instead of every vehicle owner in the province paying his or her insurance in aut Opac will now become due on your birthrate plus four for if your birthday is your renewal Date from now on is May but 1995 is the transition so for one last everyone will pay an aut Opac Bill at the end of next but it wont be the Only one this when is it aut Opac time again confusion for better system in Long run get shame Auto acs Vic president of Community and customer says staggered renewals May cause some confusion this but in the Long run its a better sys once we get them through the see the Newton the new system will halt the Peak of aut Opac renewals at the end of february every spreading them out Over All 12 based on Peoples it will eliminate the Newton your renewal Date will be your birthday plus four so your Drivers licence and car insurance wont be due at the same Newton said the switch will be Good for the general Economy because the premiums of about Manitoban wont go from their pockets into Auto acs All at the same Bill executive director of the insurance brokers of said the new system will mean better customer service for the he said agents will have More time to spend with peo ple to ensure they get the policy they As Obrien said people will be Able to get refunds or Start their coverage on an exact rather than pay for the entire a new computer system linking All aut Opac agents will be working by giving them instant Access to aut Opac Newton said with everyone paying in the computer system would not have been that depends on your for if your renewal Date is in May birthday in january your aut Opac Bill next month will be for eight then at the end of october you will renew for another seven taking you to when you will Start to pay for the whole if your renewal Date is in septem Ber May your february Bill will be for seven then in september youll begin to pay for a full this is not going to be the easiest renewal weve said Grahame Vic president of Community and customer relations for a Newton said inserts tailored to Peoples birth months Are being in Joe free press Maria Mal Zynsky holds Kola Chi As grandchildren Vasyl Lay Hay on dinner table and son Greg looks couple shed their traditional roles in celebrating ukrainian Christmas by Linda Quattrin staff reporter ukrainian Christmas May be a traditional Holiday but Ivan Mal Zynsky and Nadya Kmet have shed the traditional roles to Host their first family took two Days off work and has done the cooking and organizing in the Kmet didst take time off her Job As a so Shes making sure the rest of the House is decorated and the table is were sort of a 90s said taking a Short break from her duties my husband is better in the Kitchen in not embarrassed to admit Kmet made her own festive Tablecloth As Well As decorations for the House second Celebration a a12 and Christmas sixteen of Malu Zynsky and Kmets family from As far off As Edmonton and Thunder Bay were preparing for the traditional 12course meatless meal ukrainian Christmas the rest of the family is pitching in with most of the from borscht and Erogies to fish and fruit in kind of excited about Mal Zynsky its the first time weve been Able to get just about everyone and with the Glitz and hype of 25 Well behind Mal Zynsky and Kmet look Forward to embracing the True spirit of i find it a Little easier to celebrate what the Holiday really Mal Zynsky the hubbub is gone and theres nothing to distract us from what we Are the birth of looks Forward to that Quality time around the the emphasis is not on gifts or dashing through the she its family time to catch up with each other and just enjoy today the pair Are going to Kmets mothers House for the Christmas Day and who teaches in the ukrainian English bilingual program at Ralph Brown will get away without cooking for yet another Holiday feast next each year the Parent Council at the Northend school organizes a traditional ukrainian Christmas they do the guard forgets revolver after using Airport facilities gun left in washroom staff Loomis armoured car guard left his revolver in a Wash room at Winnipeg International police said staff Jack Johnson said police were called to the Airport on 29 after a civilian found the gun in the washroom and handed it Over to an ramp officer working at the air Johnson said the guard was pick ing up a and simply forgot his it was left accidentally by these purity guard after he finished using the said he said the police have filed a re port with the the guard could be charged with careless handling of a robbery charges Laid a 25yearold Man was arrested yesterday in connection with six Gas in Brief station Torrence Patrick Coady has been charged with six counts of armed police say the stations were robbed Between 1 and 28 last the Gas station employees were threatened with a Baton which resembled a table a Shell station on Grant Avenue was hit the it was robbed three a win for the books the numbers in the City budget May not be to everyone but Winnipeg ledgers themselves Are mayor Susan Thompson has announced that the cites annual Finan Cial report for 1993 received a Cana Dian award for financial chicag based government finance officers association of the United states and Canada designed the which recognizes Excel Lence in government accounting and financial Thompson said the award shows that the City produces efficient and easily readable financial it was the second year in a Row the City received the Gas was immediately shut there were no and peo ple were allowed to return to their businesses two hours Carmen the owner of the said there was mini Mal everything is of except that a railing on the front of the building was damaged a said but of course everyone was shaken up a crash causes Gas leak inmate on the Loose eluded in the Bill they receive this so someone born in March will receive different instructions than someone with an August birth the inserts will explain How Auto Pac is easing people into renewing on their new one important thing to remember is that the new renewal Date will be your actual birthday plus four and not at the end of that Newton said that to avoid 12 smaller repetitions of the annual february time payments will still be in effect this if your Bill is for seven months or if you owe for six youll pay the whole once the staggered system is in effect in you can make four equal any questions aut Opac is extra staffing its information 985 drunk Drivers didst set record police heave sigh of Relief a truck rammed into a convenience store on Isabel Street yester Day causing a Gas leak that forced a Brief evacuation of the strip mall housing the the fire department was called at 6 to Bueno in a shopping Plaza at the Corner of Isabel and Mcgregor a White Toyota truck hit the front of the knocking of a Gas Centra Gas was contacted and the a heading Ley jail inmate escaped from a work gang in South heading Ley yesterday ramp he was one of a group of prisoners on Escana Street Between Roblin Boulevard and Wilkes Avenue when he escaped at about police Are looking for Franklin Wallace he is 175 with Black Brown eyes and a scar on left Side of his by David Kuxhaus staff reporter i t appears Winni Eggers Arent drinking and driving in record numbers after say to after doing some number crunch police attribute the dramatic in crease in impaired charges Over the holidays to the extended hours of the Check Stop its somewhat of a Relief the extended hours account for said police spokesman Eric instead of wrapping up at 2 each this years program stayed on the Road until 4 that accounted for 19 or 27 per cent of All charges police had originally discounted the extra hours and feared that the rising number of and particularly the percentage of checked Drivers who were meant Drivers had slipped Back into their old a lot of police working the Check Stop program didst think it would make All that big a said traffic Larry its quite during the program which ran from 1 to a total of vehicles were and 69 motorists were that Means one out of every 159 Drivers was either Over the Legal limit or refused a in which Case there automatically charged with impaired but by factoring out the arrests made during the later that ratio dropped to one out of every 220 Drivers those numbers Are in line with figures from the previous two in 1993 the ratio was one out of every and in 1992 it was one out every 230 its not As big of a problem As we initially said ramp also report that the number of impaired Drivers charged Over the Holiday season has hit a its certainly with the last three years weve kept detailed said staff George Wright of the ramps traffic Divi this the mounties charged one of every 310 Drivers last year it was one out of every 320 and the previous one out of every 314 improving on that is going to be Wright police in both jurisdictions say Many of the people now getting arrested Are the hardcore offenders who dont seem to be influenced by intensive advertising in fact the average blood alcohol level of those charged by the Moun ties was almost twice the Legal limit of City police reported similar it remains a consistent problem but weve got to keep said y ;