Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hom Deal yourself a deck b1 give yourself a Start a diary 01 32 pages vol 123 no 164 Canada Post sales agreement no 503595 Winnipeg free press 600 50 1 is May Rescue Effort in top gear saving jets an Uphill Media Mogul Asper warns by John Douglas reporter Manitoba business elite rolled up its collective sleeves yesterday and be Gan the task of assembling the million needed to Purchase the Winnipeg jets and cover future while More than 30 members of the Manitoba entertainment com plex discussed strategy at the downtown Sheraton fans Shook off a Cool Spring rain to March in various parts of the at one Point three separate groups of up to people took Over streets throughout the cites traffics a said one police suggesting motorists take alternative but its Nice to see people protesting in favor of something for political and business leaders have until noon thursday to cobble together a proposal to keep the National hockey league team in Winnipeg and build a new failing the team will be sold to Minneapolis while a senior aide briefed human resources minister Lloyd a worthy on the finer Points of the latest Mec members broke into six smaller groups to As one member put it see the color of Peoples weve All got a lot of work to be done before said Mec Complete coverage fans dancing in the streets a4 poverty fight in jets Rena c1 chairman John the time for talking is Over and its time to get the current popularly labelled the Aspe Cohen Deal after Media Mogul Israel Asper and local businessman Albert in fact has More than 22 investors promising nearly Asper broke a Long silence yesterday to downplay his role in Sav ing the nil franchise and lashed out at the Media for creating false Hopes when saving the jets is still an Uphill it is too Early to predict the out come of these but Given the very Short time fuse weve been the political spokespersons who have described the chances of Success As Remote Are quite acc Asper said in a news its quite dangerous and Damag ing to All concerned to fan false Hopes and toy with Peoples Emo not to mention their political or private head of can West global said he promised Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon and jets majority owner Barry Shenkarow he would Lead and donate to a Community fundraising project to raise one investor said yesterdays Ken Vigliotti Winnipeg free press hundreds of Winnipeg jets fans took to the streets yesterday to again show their meeting was aimed at turning promises into we need cheques or promissory he the Las ditch Salvage plan has the three Levels of government contributing million each to build a new Arena North of the while the private sector entirely funds the hockey franchise including losses present and City councillors will meet Tomor Row behind closed doors to discuss the latest proposal and Axworthy will meet with senior government so Only the province has said it is in with quote of the Day in not afraid to die Young Mother Edye having buried her two Little victims of the Oklahoma City fears nothing details on Page a2 the weather today sunny with afternoon Cloudy High Low tonight monday a mix of Sun and High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page c7 inside diversions Ann Percy d2 in sports to lotteries lotto Bonus daughters sights set on the so her family rockets to Florida by Tony Davis staff reporter Sarah Oswald wants to be an astronaut so badly her parents pulled up stakes in Mani Toba and moved to the Florida space remarked Sandra sarahs science research teacher at Cocoa Beach is what i Call going above and beyond the Call of ten months Reg and Judi Oswald quit their sold their Home in the tiny Community of and headed South to help their 17yearold daughter Chase the Reg who had worked As a weigh station inspector near 90 Kilometres East of found work Selling duty free goods to ships leaving the port near Cocoa audios who taught elementary school in White now substitutes in Cocoa Sarah has always wanted to be an Judi said by and if you want to be an this is the place to Phillip Vic president of communications at a Juit a Winnipeg based spaceport development Central Florida is where its said mamas who has met Cocoa Beach is where practically everybody in the Industry it helps me a lot to be said now attending Grade 12 at Cocoa Beach a school full of the offspring of National aeronautics and space administration i can decide to go to the Kennedy space Centre and be there in a this she has a scholarship to study Engi Neering physics at Embr Riddle aeronautical University in Daytona Feddersen says the Oswalds have dedicated themselves to their daughters goals in the same Oswald won honors at space Congress for redesigning unit used by Way parents of olympic athletes often shortly after the Sarah developed a Sci ence project that proposed a new Way to shrink the size of the manned manoeuvring units that astronauts use during space her project took one of the top honors at the 32nd annual space Congress last those incredibly just Beautiful shuttle launches Sarah said one of her most exhilarating moments in Florida happened when she met astronaut Bruce in 1984 he was the first person to test an mum in Feddersen has rarely seen a student As focused on her goals As Shes a teenager and she enjoys things like go ing to the but this is a girl who knew she wanted to be an astronaut when she was and Well see her up there in space one no doubt about no Way to live kind hand to be Cut counselling services missions of mercy May need a Savior by Kim Guttormson free press correspondent Sioux Lookout its one of the Only resources communities plagued by suicide and trauma can turn now its in danger of being shut Down by Federal funding the Federal government is Clos ing us said Arnold Devlin of Nodin counselling services in Sioux the expertise of 15 years will be Down the inside Story when theres a crisis in Northwest Ern whether it be a drowning or a plane no dins army of volunteers descends to help Deal with the temious Nate has More than 100 volunteers on his All willing to drop whatever there doing and spend As Long As necessary making sure strangers get through a difficult its communities helping other communities Cope with the Volunteer there not but what they offer is often More import Devlin a lot of times professional help ing Doest he what people who Are grieving need is sup someone to make put their Arm around get Vood and the Only costs associated with the volunteers Are getting them from where they live to where the crisis is and feeding Devlin said a petition with thou Sands of names asking that Nodin re main open is being sent to area lib eral my Bob Nate estimates Nodin spent about last year just to transport volunteers to various including 23 numerous drown Ings and other tragic Nodin operates on an annual Bud get of million and sees about patients a year in Sioux look including 225 people who at tempted suicide last but Devlin and Nate said Treyve been told the funding will be Cut to which wont cover any of the services now Nodin was in the Remote Community of Pikangikum the Community saw eight of its Young people kill while close to 100 made the just last month they were in Whit dog to help the Community of 800 Deal with the suicides of four Young people in the Community say Nodin helped stabilize the Nate and Devlin were called away from Whitedog to help Sandy Lake and Keew Aywin Cope with the death of four people in a midair collision near Sioux Whitedog crisis coordinator Louie Cameron said there was one attempted suicide on the Reserve late last and right now our volunteers Are talking to another 1 cant say enough about the volunteers working Here last Cameron said of More than 40 Volun Teers who have been patrolling the Reserve around the ;