Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Call rent line 958rent 7368 Apex realty Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977292 email b1 May 1995 jets fever rising at City Hall by Nick Martin and Glen Mackenzie staff reporters Winnipeg City councillors get their first peek at a new plan to save the jets at a be meeting today with Premier Gary its a package that might be easier to Swallow if taxpayers Arent left on the Hook to cover the teams Sandy Hyman River Heights said that a positive she in really excited with whats go ing on and the Prospect the team could stay but i feel so much tension because i cant respond to excited councillors get first peek today at new plan to keep team anything because we had nothing in front of us during the today meeting follows a whirl wind of activity last week in which the cites financial movers and Shak ers submitted a Las minute proposal to keep the National hockey league franchise in the the Deal is re ported to be a million private sector package to cover the Pur Chase of the team and future operating the province and City would contribute million each to build a new Are most Likely near the the package must be sealed and delivered by noon thurs Day or the team will be sold to min Neapolis for million those involved in securing the necessary funds from the Manitoba businesses to buy the jets worked quietly behind the some anticipate part of the package includes a Public offering to allow the Public to invest in the in looking Forward to seeing the provincial governments plan and the Federal governments plan and How work with the City to make this Deal John Prystanski Point Douglas said As a were the last ones to Benefit financially we dont get tax Revenue like the province and Federal government so in interested in what there prepared to do to keep the jets in i want to see fairness on the to added Terry Duguid North i want to see what Well get out of the City has so far Given tent approval for construction of i Safeway workers ratify Deal workers at Canada Safeway ratified a three year Deal last night that will in crease wages and Job its not exactly what we wanted but we can live with said Don Keith of the United food and commercial the a few represents Safeway employees across the takes effect immediately will increase wages by 45 cents per the company will also raise its pension plan contributions by 17 per in terms of Job Keith said 100 Winni Peg employees will now have the option to trans Fer to other stores in the City to get More he said who Are transferred because of technological changes or department will see their salaries bumped Back up to scale within eight months of the before it might take three years before they were Back at the maximum said Winnipeg workers voted 77 per cent in favor of the their counterparts in Brandon passed it by a 90 per cent and in Thompson the count was 68 per employees in Neepawa and Portage la Prairie will be voting today and Are expected to support the five year Effort revives Church five years of fundraising and construction came to fruition yesterday when about 250 people joined to celebrate restoration of historic Andrews on the red anglican its All Steve Sharman said of the renovation that saved the old est Stone Church in Western Arthur who was raised in the nearby Rossdale said his affiliation with Andrews started with his weve really been looking Forward to said its always a struggle for we have kept going As a Church if it haunt been much of the work was done on the foundation of the originally completed in the Church averages about 50 followers for sunday right Patrick Bishop of the Ruperts land praised the efforts of the Many who worked for the Church what makes this place glorious is those who share its a place of living stones that must be Arena North of the a decision on changing streets and Access to the site could come As Early As the Manitoba entertainment Complex is holding a Saveth jets rally at the Forks to Morrow at 7 inviting every woman and child who wants to keep the team in the the family event includes jets players and their celebrity Media personalities and entertain donations will be accepted to fund the Effort to keep the a group calling itself the eternal Optimist group plans to hold a social at the Winnipeg convention Centre wednesday night to raise to invest in the door prizes in clude a cottage lot at Clear and Arnold owner of or Landos seafood Grill on Corydon said yesterday he plans to forgo two weeks profits to help save the for every customer who comes in and buys a meal in the next two hell donate to the Saveth jets my son has been a heartbroken Little Guy since word first came the jets May camera brushing up Portage Jeff free press Foury Earold Kira Charron concentrates on her technique yesterday at the Young artists Street three lanes of Portage Avenue were closed to traffic to allow people to add a Little color to the War delays family Celebration former Westmen stars return from Croatia in holding pattern by David Kuxhaus staff reporter All Christine Zunic wants to do is give her daughter a i just want to grab on and hold i just cant for the last 10 months Diane Zunic has been bounding up and Down the basketball court in but with the european professional women basketball season wrapped the former Winnipeg Westmen Star is trapped i the War torn her Friday flight out of the country capital Zagreb was cancelled because of increased after not hearing from Diane for 10 the Zunic family finally received a phone Call from her yesterday streets bombed Shes of but she really wants to get said Dianes brother adding that his sister is staying with kids Are dying and the streets Are getting bombed and Shes just 12 Miles away from a 5foot5 Point helped Lead the Westmen women basketball team to the Canadian inter University athletic Union basketball title two years despite being one of the last cuts from the National she want ready to Shelve her hoop who is half croatian and Hal Saulteaux took advantage of her dual and struck a Deal with the Zenski Kosar Kaski club in and so the 24yearold started running the drills on the Hardwood court and the drills to a nearby bomb Zunic chased hoop dreams she want worried when she first left but now Treyve moved so much said worried in thinking of her every Day and just praying for her to come Home the family Hopes that will happen sometime this they just have to wait for a Safe said they dont want to take any family Friend and neighbor Yvonne Bernard said the whole Block will be were going to have balloons All Over the place and hot dogs and drinks and dancing in the aside from the military Zunic has had a Battle of her own with the teams her family said Shes Only been paid once during the season and had her phone privileges Cut off two weeks she had no Money at said but basketball is her passion in life and that Why she went Over residents out to save Harte of Charleswood by Nick Martin City Hall reporter Hil free press Oniu h Ives sits beside the Harte which she Hopes will become part of Tran Canada Call it the Harte Call it the Ridgewood Call it the Prairie dog dont try to bulldoze it into a the six Kilometre wildlife ribbon from Assiniboine Forest to the perimeter Highway will become the focus of a National event june 3 when Tran Canada Trail Day Marks Winnipeg As the Centre of a potentially nationwide Trail the fledgling Harte preservation coalition Hopes till be the impetus for saving residents cherished Trail from the South Charleswood residential the Cit owned former railway right Otway goes by several but resident Carolee Chapman says the railways name for the Westdale is the Best its the Harte she we take Harte that it can be Deetta Ives said residents want the Trail transferred from the streets and transportation department to Parks and Treyve peppered Charleswood with flyers drumming up its used by people walking their dogs or Riding the Trail is enclosed by vegetation for much of its six and Home to Deer and other City naturalist Cheryl Neilson said the Trail is important for its wildlife and its As Well As being a natural link Between Assiniboine Forest and Beaudry Park West of the its a fabulous piece of Ives Fred spokesman for the Manitoba recreational Trail said a plaque marking Winnipeg As the Centre of the Tran Canada Trail was Cut in half in and taken to the Atlantic and Pacific the two pieces will be rejoined in Assiniboine Park june organizers Are encouraging people to walk or Cycle the Harte follow Deer paths through Assiniboine and then take Shaftesbury Boulevard to the Pavilion for a 3 the Tran Canada Trail exists largely on Whitehouse organizers have identified existing and potential linking trails that could be opened Bill Clement Charle Woodfort Garry said residents should not fear that the Trail will be the right Otway is about 30 metres and the path and enclosing vegetation take up Only eight he it would be possible to build a Road South of the Trail without affecting the portion people and theres no need in sight for any Road to be said 1 see it sitting in its natural state As it is for a Long Clement ;