Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 4, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Steffi Pic 7 Call for details downtown 7884040 vital 2550672 North Kildonan 9257420 Winnipeg free press business Philip 6977017 b7 july Laura Ortmann plays with legos newest set designed for Lego admits obvious girls Are different by Jan Olsen associated press Denmark by the end of the Lego noticed something was girls seemed to be losing interest in the to makers plastic building the company commissioned hired experts and studied child final they Learned the obvious girls and boys Are girls had become girls after the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s unisex said International marketing manager Lars to become the worlds fifth largest Lego had based its philosophy on the Good scandinavian unisex tradition that toys were for boys and Kolbaek were the times or was there truth in the cliche that boys play with blocks and girls with dolls the question is crucial for the family owned for the first time since when it introduced the inter Locking bricks now known and copied Lego is Mak ing a strategic differentiation Between the in the late Lego realized its sales for girls were Lego wont give any figures reflecting the but it had a Hunch the drop meant girls were abandoning the col ored bricks earlier than so the company conducted psychological analyses of girls behaviour and watched them at put Down blocks psychologists said girls develop interests other than toys much earlier than across cultures and National bound they found girls put Down blocks and Start trying on combing playing All to makers have the same children turn their backs to toys and get interested in other things when they reach the age of seven or said Joergen head of marketing at Lego in its Lego also found that pastel colors Appeal to while sharper Black and Green the tradition Al Basic colors of Lego bricks for decades catch boys when Lego experimented with it found that for a girl to identify with the toy it has to be relatively realistic and have flexible details and lots of accessories were the lessons were important for which tried to target girls in previous with Little its Scala Small plastic bricks with Flowers to be Assem bled into a necklace for girls Ages five to was a failure and abandoned in 1981 after two in Lego launched its first girl Friendly paste col ored bricks called girls were turned off by the yellow faced human Fig ures that came with the Lego tried again in 1994 with its Belville which remains on the Market the figures Are bigger centimetres Bend at All their include a family with Chil Dren and a pastel a Pony a dog Kennel and planned peat Plant in government bog up to 200 jobs hang on Park decision by Bud Robertson staff reporter a Manitoba peat harvesting company plan to bring a processing Plant and 200 full time jobs to Riverton is bogged Down in government we can sit Back and wait As things said Jack operations manager for Sun Gro horticulture Canadas midwestern but we would like to know As soon As possible just whats happening the Holdup is a proposal to Cre ate a National Park in the same area where the company plans to har Vest acres of which is formed in bogs and used As a base for growing plants and Riverton is located just South of Hecla about 110 Kilometres North of Winnipeg near the West Ern Shore of Lake forced to move if a National Park in the Hecla Grindstone area is the operation would Likely be forced to move to where the next closest peat Reserve is said Sun Gros two other peat operations in at had Ashville and North both East of win Are nearly the Riverton bog is estimated to contain 75 years Worth of marketable Taman said the company can Only hold off until the Middle of next year before it decides to take its Plant we have to Start developing the he adding it takes three to four years to get a bog into oper feasibility study three areas Are being consid ered for designation As National including which encompasses Hecla Island and Grindstone Little Lime Stone located North and West of the North Shore of Lake Winnipeg and Long Point which includes an area Between Lake Winnipeg and Lake under a memorandum of under standing signed in August the Federal and provincial govern ments agreed to do a feasibility study to determine whether it is feasible to create a National Park in the lowlands Region of the inter one of 16 natural regions in Canada not represented by a National the study would also recommend the most suitable site and present other options to govern such As designating protected a Selkirk consulting Ter environmental managers them was hired last Market watch Montreal no trading Tokyo London Silver us by Legal Meno child and family services the Board of directors of Meno child and family services is seeking a culturally competent and administratively Superior manager to work As the executive director of the the Board provides Leader ship in policies and Long term positive relations and communication by entrusting the executive director to carry out these do keeping in mind Meno the Good path in Meno child and family services is a native mental health Agency providing and prevention ser vices to native and their the Agency provides a blend of native traditional cultural and mental health position executive director overview with direction from the Board of the executive director is responsible for overseeing a Range of treatment and for the efficient and effective operation of the total program under key responsibilities Are to ensure appropriate monitoring and evaluation of the program under ensuring that a normalizing Milieu for the children is is responsible for the coordination and integration of services and resources within the and for providing innovative leadership in the operation of the is responsible for the Agency relationship with key Community agencies and funding qualifications a Post graduate degree in the human services Field or an equivalent combination of education and experience in the childrens mental health Field and organizational the successful candidate must have leadership Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to relate to adults and will have demonstrated the ability to work cooperatively in an interdisciplinary team approach and with Community the successful candidate will demonstrate understanding and personal commitment the native Way of life and which will enable the development and implementation of culturally appropriate the successful candidate will have a working knowledge and proficiency in extensive knowledge of the child and family services act and relevant childrens services legislation is salary an excellent salary and Benefit package is offered for the above commensurate with experience and to be considered for the above please submit a signed Complete with three on or before closing at july submit application and resum6 to Board of directors Meno child and family services 106 North Cumberland Street 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file la Yuul tar Tau pm the Harris 767444 Mary Mil inc fan 204 notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of Anthony Thomas Panchuk late of the City of in Manito All claims against the said estate duly verified by statutory Declara must be filed with the under signed at 500 177 Lombard u3b on or before the 8th Day of after which Date the estate will be distributed having regard Only to claims of which the executor then has dated at Manitoba this Burbidge solicitors for the executor per Frank the special Survey act Public notice is hereby Given that under and by virtue of the special Survey being chapter s190 in the continuing consolidation of the statutes of a total special Survey has been made of part of River lots one Hundred and two of the Parish of Saint Boniface plan 938 in the City of Winnipeg that the pan of said special together with the Field notes of the Surveyor who prepared the said have been filed in Hie office of the examiner of surveys and Are to be submitted for approval of the lieutenant governor Council that the said special Survey has been made Wilh the object of correcting any errors and defining any boundaries in respect of existing plans and divisions of and that i arranged for a hearing by the municipal Board on july 1995 at the hour of nine o clock in the in the municipal Hoard hearing 4th 800 Portage in the City of in of any complaints that May be made against the said special Survey or plan by any person interested in the properly thereby and if no such complaints Are received or made prior to july 1995 that the said plan of special Survey will be submitted to the lieutenant governor Council for approval under provision of said any person desiring to complain against the special Survey or plan shall deliver or cause to be delivered to hit1 Alloney Leneral the examiner of Winnipeg land titles surveys lower 405 in the City of in Manitoba by mail or at any Lime prior to july 1995 a written statement Selling Forth the Nal Urc and grounds of his or her a hearing will Only be held if a written complaint is the municipal Board May adjourn the hearing to a Laler a copy of this plan has been sent to the Uty of to permit All interested parties to dated Al the cily of in Manitoba this 23rd Day of Gary Praser examiner of surveys fall to conduct the which is now completed and awaiting perusal from the two Levels of government before Public hearings begin sometime at the end of the study would then go Back to government for further consider the consultants spent nearly three months consulting with More than 15 communities affected by the proposed Parks As Well As numerous interest including mining companies and environmental Riverton mayor Colin Bjarnason said he has been meeting with officials from both Levels of govern ment and plans to meet with them again in the next two answer some of the questions we said make it happen when you have a company come to you talking up to 200 jobs you have to get excited about he you do everything you can to make it environmentalists have expressed concerns that Hecla Island is too developed for nation Al Park while the province has estimated that turn ing Hecla provincial Park to a National Park would save the province More than tenders township of Morley invites tenders sealed tenders will be received up to and including the construction of a Concrete floor rink approximately 48 feel by 146 in the Stratton Curling rink lowest or any bid not necessarily specifications tender forms can be obtained from Anna act clerk treasurer township of Morley Box 40 Ontario pow1no 807 4835455 monday through thursday Transcona Springfield school division 12 sealed tenders clearly marked As indicated will be received at the office of the undersigned up to noon Sharp prevailing Winnipeg on before the closing microcomputers August 1995 lowest or any tender not necessarily tender specifications Are available at the school division 760 Kildare Avenue r2c Baraniuk Secretary treasurer 9586565 Legal notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of Anna late of the City of in the province of All claims against the above duly verified by statutory must be filed with the undersigned at 120 115 Vermillion r2j on or before August dated at the City of in the province of this 22nd Day of Carroll Law office solicitors for the executor Kenneth Carroll notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of Elleen Mae late of the City of in the province All claims against the above is duly verified by statutory Decla must be filed with the under signed Al their offices at 600330 por Tage h3c on or before the 18th Day of a dated at this 26th Day of Kamme Kloch per Harvey Slobodzian solicitor for the administrator mortgage Salk Hie real property commonly known As 538 Larsen As described in certificate of title 1134811 will be sold at auction on july 19 1995 at at Carters auction 206 Princess the Vendor is advised that situate upon the said real properly is a one Storey dwelling and terms Twenty percent of the Purchase Price in Cash or certified Cheque payable to Micah and company and the balance according to conditions to be announced Al the the real property will be sold subject to a Reserve further information May be obtained from Micah and company barristers solicitors Lola floor one Lombard place Manitoba r3u3i11 attention Arthur Glandil Telephone 9573524 ;