Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Paul Mckee hopeless Battle for child a sad Story this is the woeful Story of a couple fighting a hopeless Battle against an granddaughter was taken away from its the unfortunate Story of Loving grandparents who saw their granddaughter seized by child and family to them the actions of cos were they operate More like the the grandmother complained to i heard the Story from the grandmother and then her it begins in when the grandparents discovered that their 27yearold daughter and her Foury Earold girl had been assaulted by the daughters Boyfriend who int the girls the whom the Mother described As being very asked her parents to take guardianship of their the grandparents then took the girl to the Hospital because her Arm had been injured in the at that Point cos was notified by the attending medical the hired a lawyer to gain permanent guardianship of their then everything unravelled for the their daughter told cos that her father had sexually abused her when she was a cos seized the child in after she had lived nine months with her cos was granted temporary custody of the at this Point the grandparents fired their believing that the temporary custody arrangement the lawyer had secured indicated collusion with a new lawyer was hired and the grandparents went to court in 1993 to gain the judge discounted the daughters allegations of sexual abuse against her it was the grandparents other children who effectively ended the grandparents the grandmother admitted to me that her husbands son by a previous marriage testified against his the son blamed his father for the beatings he regularly received from his the judge agreed that the father had nothing to do with the but held that he should have known and done something to prevent the lawyer told me that the couples other children testified As basically saying their parents were unfit to raise a the judge awarded permanent custody of the granddaughter to the grandparents appealed last september but the Appeal was were not going to give the grandmother told adding she was taking the Case to the supreme she believes that the girl belongs with blood people who love their lawyer has written the grandparents a letter saying an Appeal is he told me they had no Legal grounds to Appeal and that they would be wasting Money they dont have any to Date the grandmother said Treyve spent trying to get their granddaughter the Childs Mother is Long gone from the the girl has been fostered to a family who wants to adopt unusually Lucky for a seven year the lawyer also said the Foster parents Nave made every Effort to allow the grandparents to continue being grandparents to the granddaughter they we want our grandchild Back Home where she the grandmother so the grandparents continue a fight they can never maybe a fight they and Winnipeg free press local january Section Brian Cole 6977292 email b1 All bets Are off at Hospital legislature reporter seven Oaks general Hospi tals fundraising Arm has decided to Cash in its chips on a controversial gambling trip it had been the Hospital which conducted seminars on compulsive gambling and is the Home of a new wellness Institute had been offering its employees a midweek escape to the Casino in dont Gamble on space being a full House is waiting for read the flyer pushing the trip that was inserted into pm seven Oaks cancels controversial gaming promotion Loyee pay to me it was said one Hospital worker i see a facility that is not willing to walk the in Ottawa and the province announced million in infrastructure funding toward the hospitals new Institute that will promote mental and social Well being through a variety of ill Ness prevention and rehabilitation a Lack of interest and the Contro Versy sparked by the fundraiser convinced the seven Oaks general Hospital foundation to cancel the offer earlier this the foundations executive director but Jon Stettner said there was nothing inconsistent about the fund Raiser and the hospitals anti Gam bling Stettner said the Hinckley Casino was Only one part of the trip and noted a number of hospitals have been using various lotteries to raise Jeff Debooy Winnipeg free press tackling is Miles Gorrell huddles with students at Strath Millan school yesterday As he kicks off the 1995 multiple sclerosis Rea Dathon the Blue bomber will make presentations in Over 90 schools this Winter to encourage Reading and raise funds to fight real life crankshaft strands Niece Grumpy Grey Goose Driver leaves pair behind by Gerald flood a bus Driver who left a woman and a child stranded in Beausejour at night was a real life his victims but unlike the surly cartoon Char nobody was laughing at his an tics he was Dena Lynn a Grumpy Lynn said she was certain the Grey Goose Driver was going to cause problems when he drove past her Stop in seven Sisters and had to be flagged Down on the Lynn said he seemed upset that he had to make a five Kilometre Detour intake town for a request seven Sisters no longer has regular evening service but Grey de Tours into the town on after picking up Lynn and her Foury Earold Taylor he refused to sell them in sisting that she get off the bus in Beausejour and buy them from the ticket Lynn the Driver stood inside the office while the agent made up the she just As the work was being he walked out and drove off with their including Taylors asthma you want to hear my what if Story Lynn what if she Tay Lor had been sleeping on the bus and had not got off with me Lynn said she managed to Contact what is the difference Between Hospital lotteries and Stettner and we have a government which runs Legal gambling dont we the foundation would have received for each employee who took the trip and would Issue taxed ductile charitable receipts for that Stettner said Only six people had signed up and their names have since been passed on to the tour a Hospital spokesman said the gambling trip was a promotion entirely run by the foundation and comment on the Choice of a Casino As the in really not involved in any of Kevin Odonovan Odonovan said the Hospital routinely allows the foundation to drop inserts into employee pay Renvel nip health critic Dave Chomiak said he hoped the Hospital would have been Able to find a More whole some destination in Manitoba that would have fit with its emphasis on Macc joins fight against birth defects bags warn of fetal alcohol woes Byruth Teichroeb social affairs reporter the next time you buy a bottle of booze at a Manitoba liquor till come with the reminder that pregnancy and Alco hol dont As part of a new Campaign launched this staff at Mani Toba liquor control commission stores have begun bagging Pur chases in paper sacks with the Mes Sage fas and Fae a prevent Able birth Macc stores Are also distributing brochures about fetal alcohol syn drome fas and its Milder fetal alcohol effect As part of the push to raise Public bags printed Derek an official with said yesterday that Treyve printed about bags to be used Over the next few months As part of a Campaign cosponsored by the addictions foundation of Mani this is the first time weve focussed specifically on Smith the brochure warns that alcohol can cause mental and behavioural birth abnormalities in a including mental heart defects and Cleft we dont want to scare Dave administrator of the arms information and awareness but where you Cross Over the we dont that Means the Only Safe thing is not to Oscar a local fas sex said accurate statistics Arent available about the extent of the problem because women dont Al ways admit How much they drank during pregnancy and diagnoses Arent always made at but he said about 40 babies Are born with fas each year at health sciences at least one in babies in Manitoba suffer from no Safe drink if youre pregnant Here Are some facts about fetal alcohol syndrome there is no known Safe amount of alcohol a pregnant woman can alcohol passes directly through the Placenta to the damage can be caused during the first trimester when a fetus organs Are forming As Well As later in pregnancy As the baby brain develops and rapid growth signs of fas include mental Small babies with Low growth smaller than Normal Cleft heart behavioural fas is the third most common cause of mental retardation in North at least 40 babies Are born with fas at the health sciences Centre each its a very significant Casino both the Macc and afm Are part of the Manitoba medical associations 30member committee on Al Cohol and the committee was started a year and a half ago to combat and provide More information to parents and others raising children damaged in Uteri by the committee has set up an resource Centre at afm in Winni it also began coordinating a series of 10 consultations on in Northern communities last year that have sought i describe it As a emerging new Dale committee member and director of the association for Community while the problem itself int everyone from educators to Foster parents and lawyers Are getting bet Ter at identifying he Taylors Doug who drove out from Winnipeg and picked them up two hours Roy the operator of a Motel in seven Sisters who had Tox Flag the bus Down said since the Driver took Over the a number of people have been stood i cant believe he would abandon a woman and a child like he he really was a Kinda Crank Grey Goose spokesman Mike Cafferky said Lynn will be reimbursed for her unused fares and restitution will be made to Fielding for the he said he spoke to the Driver and is satisfied he inadvertently left them Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press Allce Taylor says Driver was ;