Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977292 email a17 May 1995 school shopping in the works Bald Santin education reporter parents who want greater Choice among Public schools for their children will get that wish fulfilled Over the next two education minister Linda Mclntosh said parents will ultimately be Able to choose from among All Public schools in the regardless of traditional division boundaries and school catchment giving parents greater Choice is one of the principles this govern ment believes Mclntosh said by parents can choose any site within Mclntosh says the province formally accepted 21 of the Norrie commissions 43 recommendations on changing school division the commissions most contentious reducing the number of divisions from 57 to will be sent Back to the pub Lic for further the province rejected four recommendations outright which would have transformed a school division into something More Akin to a with the superintendent As ceo and trustees playing a secondary role As an other rejected proposal called for senior division staff to meet mini mum standards of Carolyn president of the provincial trustees said she was pleased the government has ordered More consultation on most of the controversial recommendations but added she remains concerned Over school Choice is a Duhamel adding the condition that parents must provide their own transportation will shut out Many Lowin come Mclntosh said Choice would be phased in Over two this sep parents will be allowed to Send their children to any school in their a situation that Al ready exists in several by september she parents can Send their children to any Public school in the the Only restriction is that parents provide transportation and that there be space at the receiving Mclntosh said Many of the governments school Reform initiatives could help schools in Low income areas develop As centres of excellence in a chosen the named after its former Winnipeg mayor Bill released its findings in it had recommended a three year time Frame to redraw the provinces school division bound the 10 Winnipeg school divisions would be amalgamated into in Rural the commission recommended merging the 34 Divi Sions into the seven Northern divisions would be merged into Frontier school division and the new Franco phone Board would be left essentially one of the commissions key find Ings was that there was Little to be gained economically through bound Ary the commission projected a sayings of million out of the billion Public school most of the savings would come from cutting the number of senior administrators in Winnipeg and trustees in Rural our City goes to sea local artefacts to adorn frigate Wypa Uleckie staff reporter when the Canadian navys newest ship hits the High it will be bearing More than our cites hocs Winnipeg will also be carrying Portage and a sign from a local bar and a City traffic the Winnipeg is a state theart Canadian patrol frigate costing about it will be officially commissioned on june 23 in the hocs Winnipeg commanding Michel and three of his Crew from a company of More than were on hand yesterday at hocs Chippawa for a special the Navy was honouring organizations and individuals who had donated items to be placed on Board the Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Donald displays Wise Guys sign donated to frigate hocs several other local Memorabilia will also be its important for that sense of said Paul were already taking shots at he referring to the recent commissioning of hocs the Winnipeg is the ninth vessel to be commissioned under the new frigate a project for 12 Brossard said there is indeed a Portage and main aboard the new vessel he apart from a real Street sign built into the there Are two corridors running the length of the is Portage and the other master Seaman Terry Donald said that on the navys 1950svintage theres normally Only one such above the bar on the Winnipeg will Shine a Neon sign from Wise Guys bar and some of the Guys from the ship Are customers of said Kate Gryte of Wise Gryte explained that the sailors asked for the she said the club was Happy to be giving a part of Winnipeg to the to mention having the bar advertised All Over the countless other organizations chipped in from prints of hocs Transcona from the Transcona merchants association to red sashes from the festival do Voyageur to maps and videos from various historical Brossard said theres another formidable Manitoba Symbol aboard hocs painted on both outer sides of the Bridge Are two Large the ships Crest features a Bison Pinawa hero earns Angels wings teenager says stranger saved her life following two vehicle Accident Henry postpones retirement for election by Nick Martin City Hall reporter Winnipeg police chief Dale Henry has announced he will stay on until next february to avoid the search for a new chief being conducted in the midst of a civic election but the chief is Adamant that his Long delayed retirement will Hap pen next Henry came out of retirement from the ramp to become the cites police last he extended his contract by one year to this he Hopes to finish several ongoing projects by but regard less of their this time he and his wife Are off to their retirement Home in Henry he volunteered to add six months to his contract so Council would not be searching for a replacement while campaigning for the 25 municipal Henry we didst want to be in the mid dle of this in the election mayor Susan Thompson said yester but the City has accepted that this time Henry is serious about not accepting any further she february is that Given us a Little pro Parks and culture chairman Amaro Silva Daniel Mclntyre Well have to Start the process of looking for a new by Allison Bray staff reporter Jackie Campbell says she owes her life to the kindness of a the 14yearold Libau girl has nothing but Praise for Bill of who helped pull her out from under the wreckage of a truck that overturned following a two vehicle Accident last sunday on Highway the Accident killed her Best Brent my grandma says Hes my guard Ian Angel and i believe said recovering from a broken Arm and other minor injuries at Chil Drens but for saving Camp Bells life was just total natural re when i got on the i just let my natural instincts he for saving lives is Noth ing the Mil worker at the Pine Falls paper received an award from the Manitoba safety Council several years ago for saving the life of a Lac Dubonnet Man who was trapped in a soldering car that had also Over Wiggins happened to be passing just As he was when he witnessed last sundays i just happened to be at the right place at the right he add ing his training in emergency re trauma and first Aid didst Campbell said All she can remember of the Accident was the truck brakes suddenly the Leonard was not seriously i woke up and i was underneath the Campbell we were both thrown out the i woke up asking if it was a bad then i remember hearing Bills he tickled my feet and asked me if i Felt it and i said yes and he was so she i think i would have died if he haunt come but it didst Stop he was talking to me and Calm ing me he said in going to come see you in Hospital and ill come in the ambulance if i he but he followed the ambulance to the Selkirk general Hospital and then on to childrens Hospital to Check on Campbells then he came to see me in Hospi Tal on Campbell said with a Broad smile breaking out Over her he held my hand and said hed go to the funeral for Brent and come and visit As much As he Mike Wiggins Boss at the said Bills just that kind of a in not surprised he did some thing like he Phil press with Friend Doug feels Lucky to be Locking kids out of the House is about control not caring it was almost 4 on a sunday and Erin want Pur 17yearold daughter has a floating depending on the occasion it ranges from Midnight to 1 on unless she Calls and begs for an we knew she was with her High school the heartthrob whose birthday Falls on Valentines Day and whose nickname is but Erin haunt and i was Sqq q a few of us were sitting around the newsroom talking about How Leslie Mahaffy parents must How would you feel if youd Gordon Sinclair locked your 14yearold daughter out of the House because shed missed her 11 curfew and she wound up being abducted and murdered As i was we were thinking about How the parents must feel now when a female reporter started talking about How Young Leslie must have Felt it turned out my colleague identified with Leslie Shes in her Early 30s but she was 17 on an Early summer morning in the late 1970s when she arrived at her suburban Toronto Home to find the door i dont know if the concept of Tough love was around Back but that what Locking the door amounted if youre not going to youre not going to get i Felt she i you must really care if you locked me out of the my reporter Friend ended up finding a pay just like Leslie except instead of phoning a seeking Sanctuary and being turned Down As Leslie she called her Boyfriend and he told her to take a cab Back to his Leslie might have been but to the Girlfriend she the Burlington teen sounded anxious and she said she didst have any the Girlfriend and she didst know what to she didst want to get in trouble police believe Paul Bernardo picked her up about 2 and drove her the 32 Kilometres Back to his House in port there were suggestions in the testimony that Leslie parents had been having trouble with her and that Locking her out that night was their Way of dealing with her it was the same scenario with my reporter i asked How she Felt when she read about Leslie being locked i Felt really i Felt like sending my father a copy of the Story and look what could have happened to the Only lesson it taught me was dont come running to our Protection is Sqq it was just after 4 and the front door was still locked when Valentino finally drove up with my i was still three feet off the floor i fell Erin i i told her i make mention of that Little episode with Erin by Way of saying that while she has never been a troublesome i understand that being a Parent is difficult and making mistakes is but there Are mistakes and their Are the Mahaffy made a and not just because of the horror of what As my reporter Friend Locking our kids out of their Homes sends them the wrong its supposed to be about but its really about its supposed to be about practising Tough but its really saying Tough ;