Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press a f May 1995 to flames of Hope flickering Wear fans worry of their jets and Bud Robertson staff reporters 6 to of could they go away after All the people went a Al to the rally Niney Earold Andrea Hladkyj asked whose donation is part of the 13million grassroots fund to save the Winnipeg cant understand the turn of events that suddenly has the team potentially headed to the United her which donated in household change to help save the is worried their team is being put at risk in a clash of businessmen negotiations Between Israel who is spearheading the local Campaign to save the and Barry the jets president and appeared to be strained to the breaking Point this Lorelie Andreas urged Asper and Shenkarow to sign the Deal that would keep the team in please keep the jets she lets do even lend them my Lorelie Hladkyj said she is worried any More delays might cause Manitoban to Start pulling out their Andrea added the jets Are Worth a lot to i want my Brothers to play for them when they grow she Joe Hyksa Winnipeg free press Andrea Hladkyj is devastated by the new that despite heroic efforts to keep the club still be headed the haggling a1 they should just Tell us if they Are staying or q by his own 28yearold David Greaves is the cites biggest jets and Hes not giving i still have big said a sales clerk at life sport on Pembina i really still think this deals going to get both he and the store have donated Money to keep the team in but even if the jets Are sold to Greaves said he Doest blame Hes done everything he can possibly said the season ticket i wont Lay any blame the Only proviso to added would be if politics were involved in killing the teams chances of staying in Greaves said even his brother Singer with the band the been keeping his ears open to developments while touring in Sqq Tim Sewell counted himself among the estimated fans who turned up at the Forks on tuesday for the Saveth jets his spirits then were but with off again negotiations to keep the team in said his optimism has taken a i dont have the optimistic feeling i had at thursday a minute before the deadline to save the said the heavy equipment Ive lost that bit of fed up with jets Renzy youre not done ill be holding a Little or who knows get together at Portage and main this thurs Day at 9 the our i want the very same world that heard How nay Mani got together to save a Bunch of millionaires to know that the majority of people in this province Arent totally out of their that there Are More important priorities in this province of so come save our am i treading on thin ice Here i dont think the enthusiastic outpouring for the Winnipeg jets is now tuckered thanks in Large part to the wealthy businessmen who still Haven made up their minds As to whether the team stays or the times Ripe for the silent majority to Start behaving like the vocal you Only have to read yester Days letters to the editor to see that the Vanguard has so come Winni Eggers come the silent major the vocal join me at the most famous landmark in All of in this in this there Are More deserving causes the the the the mentally lets hear from the jets boosters on the radio and to lets hear their voices cracking with see you at Portage and councillors do approve Cash without plan the sigh of Relief when councillors realized april 28 that they had no Arena business plan to vote on lit up the Richter the Manitoba entertainment Complex financial plan was a Lousy Deal for the they but Council had been set up As the to be perceived As the group that ran the Winnipeg jets out of their Relief was forced to conduct a historic vote four councillors who had adamantly opposed the whole notion just a few Days earlier performed some political transforming what had been a series of 97 squeakers into a 133 landslide in favor of funding a new others came off the or decided their grave reservations had been a Tad less grave than the majority opted to pay for the new rink through a five per cent Nick Martin business tax increase in although they gave themselves 18 months breathing space to find other sources of of delaying implementation until after the 25 municipal Council spent eight months telling Mec it vote on a maximum of million in Cit owned land and Basic site servicing without an exceptionally detailed business then wednesday it approved including land and associated capital with Only a 10page overnight report from chief commissioner Rick no business nothing in writing from the from from from Israel Asper and his nothing from the Council guidelines adopted with much fanfare 1 including widespread Public no Cash beyond the Basic land and a detailed business to have slipped the collective memory Harry Lazarenko Mynarski was the first to As Long As the private sector was taking Over the jets and their then lumping the Arena into the capital budget was a Cool Sandy Hyman River Heights quit the win Winnipeg in the nineties immediately developed an open mind on the and then concluded it was now Amaro Silva Daniel in a rerun of his gut wrenching decision to approve million for Mec a few months said he didst want a mediocre City for his future and Evelyne Reese Boniface made a Las minute judgment that Public rallies constituted a Public vote on the Reese didst mention How her constituents worries will be parking in old unruly pos event pressure to funnel traffic through the but Reese did instruct the Media to convince Premier Gary Filmon to subsidize million in ancillary Arena capital a social said its the Job of the and particularly of to tackle child cited by Arena opponents such As Lillian Lazarenko first to flip Flop Silva childrens future Thomas Elmwood As a far greater but others had also been less committed to the Arena than were mayor Susan Thompson and Deputy mayor George Fraser though they kept the process the Arenas Price tag appalled finance chairman Jae Eadie his constituents dont want said nor did he want to be accused of being a liar after Stalwart by opposing Public financing for an then he voted for so did potential mayoral candidate Terry Duguid North who been wavering and last Al Golden vital wrested concessions from Mec not to request a Penny beyond land and Basic he voted for the though to be Golden will get seriously creative about finding no tax ways to pay for the Nick Martin covers City Hall for the free Rivers cant absorb much official says by Tony Davis staff reporter Rivers in Southern Manitoba will remain extremely Sensi Tive to rainfall for weeks be cause the soil is says the provinces flood Alf a River forecaster with the natural resources depart ments water resources said in a Normal year isolated Thunder showers and average rainfall have Little Impact on Rivers because sur rounding land soaks up the but much of the land in Southern Manitoba is so heavily saturated that what might have been an insignificant rainfall in another year could cause a Blip in River Levels this rainfall in North Dakota last week is expected to raise the red River More than one metre above current Levels in some that could cause in some Low said citing the Golf course in Morris As one its also causing problems for tour boat operators on the we would have our boats in the City a month said Steve general manager of Rouge Tours last year we were operating in the City on april we Haven had to wait this Long to get our ships which dry Dock in Winter at Selkirk since 1972 or Sawchuk said both the paddle wheel Queen and the River Rouge Are having to operate out of Selkirk instead of the Provencher docks be cause they cant get though the Lockport the company is offering patrons free transportation on their double Decker buses to get to its very frustrating and its affecting said adding he Hopes both ships will be operating out Winnipeg by registry wont provide work for foreign official says some Rural communities worry about getting under trained doctors by Paul Samyn legislature reporter very few foreign trained doctors who Are looking for work in Manitoba will be helped by plans for a new Provin Cial says the president of the local association of foreign medical eng soon Chan said the conditional would Al Low immigrant doctors to work five years in targeted Rural communities without a full licence wont help most of the people he Many of those doctors have been forced to take minimum wage jobs because their qualifications Arent cure for a problem a1 and that has meant most have not Practised Medicine for More than three years Mak ing them ineligible for the new Reg i will say that it is Dis criminal Chan said of the Way the conditional registry has been adding it Only creates another stumbling Block for the people he some Rural communities facing severe doctor shortages also have concerns Over the which is designed to help them keep physicians in their Rina administrator at the Leaf rapids health said Shes worried about funnelling doctors who do not yet qualify for a full medical licence to the Rural she said she is concerned that Means Remote communities would receive second class ser health minister Jim Mccrae said he wants to find a Lon term solution to keep doctors in Rural Manitoba and the conditional registry might work in the Short Mccrae said he would ensure doctors working under the conditional registry Are capable of pro Viding a Safe level of and added he will do everything he can to get another physician for Leaf which will lose its Only Doc Tor next we certainly understand the immediacy of the problem in Leaf he the provinces contract with the Manitoba medical association gives it the Power to control where new doctors practise in Manitoba through the allocation of Billing but Ian co chairman of the provincial physician re source said that Power Hast yet been fully the Mma Hopes plans such As the conditional along with other measures it is now pushing to make practising in Remote areas More appealing through better professional support and will make the White ;