Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 28, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Automotive showcase speeding Star whirlwind of Fame suddenly turns Bullock into an actor travelling the fast Lane d1 44 pages vol 123nofe36 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press get Post Toi t get Post outside City 750 in Ontario wee hey Home delivery 25 wkly t Post in Winnipeg wkly Post outside City july Marc free press after seven years waiting to adopt a Carl and Lana Pedersen Are overjoyed with new son is t a second Chance at love jiving older Tot a Home becomes Asper to Portage couples dreams by Alice Krueger legislature reporter Lana Pedersen new son started walking two weeks after she brought him he was calling her Momma shortly remarkable As that this proud new Portage la Prairie mom int bragging about some after her Pride and is 15 months but Pedersen says that the kind of near instant gratification she and her have time not on kids b2 enjoyed since adopting an older child after a frustrating seven year things Are going so in put their names in for a second youngster who May be languishing in some Foster i dont know if we could take a six Earold because they carry a lot of emotional baggage and i dont know if i could give them the proper but a Toto Lana she heartily recommends it to other childless couples fed up with what can be As much As a 10year wait to adopt a Newborn baby in Douglas is one of Only a handful of older children who have been adopted under the Manitoba governments initiative last year to find permanent Homes for about such provincial officials say so Only 17 children in Foster care have been identified for adoption under the program that was supposed to result in speedier that Falls far Short of the tar get set by child and family services who had hoped to see an additional 24 to 30 placements in the first who coordinates the admitted despite hundreds of waiting children and Many inquiries from prospective parents eager to take them her office has been slow off the Mark in arranging wheat hits new record Prairie Farmers looking Forward to highest prices in history Sybil Redekop staff reporter the highest wheat prices in history will Greet Prairie Grain Farmers in the 199596 crop year that starts the Ca Nadian wheat Board announced yes most of our staff have not seen a Grain Market like this spokes Man Bob Roehle its Good news for its Good news for the Economy of Western the wheat Board predicts every class of wheat will break a and its Only july a time when prices Are traditionally Lowe cause the new crop is being har that a far cry from the tonne opening wheat prices of the past three and the tonne Farmers started with in 199192 when they protested across Western the Market has moved up 40 per cent in the past few Roehle for the Price of Ameri can hard Winter wheat shot up from us a ton on to a ton on july this is what we continue to farm Elgin Farmer Larry Maguire it feels Good right said president of the Western Canadian wheat growers Assoc a you go through you certainly have to wait for these High and then there the wheat Board yesterday announced its expected final initial to be announced within a few will be slightly lower As a caution against any unforeseen Price Roehle prices have shot up based on projections that wheat stocks will fall to their lowest level since you needed a goo sized crop this year and it int said Charlie United Grain growers Market in no country is having a Good and no country is having a really bad year everyone Down a Pearson that includes the Prairie which has been downgraded due to searing heat the past both the ugg and the wheat Board estimated this week an aver age to below average Prairie it wont be a bumper said Ken ugg manager of broker age there Are More areas that Are below average than Are above the world crop situation could mean More Market fireworks in the months Pearson theres no reason prices cant go he also moving steadily higher Are Barley which May hit a tonne this that the highest Price since mom takes hard line on police pal Outing Henry will meet boys mom by Gordon Sinclair free press columnist a second fort Garry woman whose 14yearold son complained about the conduct of police officers on a police and pals wilderness Outing wants an Independent criminal i want it out of internal i Vestiga the woman i dont think there going to want the police services reputation allegations of police officers swearing and physically abusing some of their pals on the annual sponsored by the fort Garry kiwanis were reported this week in the free More allegations sur faced during an interview with a second boy who was on the the 14yearold said he saw police drinking Beer just before getting into vehicles to drive Home from the he was struck twice on the Back Side with a paddle while struggling with police trying to throw him into a he and another boy got lost briefly while paddling through a Maze of tall grass because the police officers were canoeing separately from the boys and had passed the Novice i guess that was their idea of organized the boys Mother but a third boy who heard about some of the alleged incidents said he enjoyed himself and would go the third a 15yearold from said he knows the police officer who seemed to be the trip his Uncle has a cottage next to the the third boy said he heard about a boy having his pants pulled Down and heard that someone was struck with a we were All scared of the boy then he quickly added that the paddles were just something they tease us he said it was just for fun when police threw full clothed boys into the Lake against their neither he nor his Canoe partner were thrown his Canoe partner was the son of one of the officers on the the 15yearold said he didst see any alcohol on the the Mother of the 14yearold also wants to bring a Law enforcement review Agency complaint and meet with police chief Dale i dont mind doing Henry said when told the woman wants to but Henry Doest feel a separate criminal investigation is he said the internal affairs unit is handling the investigation and when its Crown attorneys will be consulted on whether criminal charges Are Gimli rides to jets Rescue Council set to give spirit charitable status to keep team in province by John Douglas business reporter they dont yet know if its Legal but Gimli is ready to do what Winnipeg City Council give charitable status to the spirit of while spirit lawyers conferred with tax specialists Chris administrator for the Rural municipality of said his coun cil is poised to Grant charitable status to the group looking to keep the Winnipeg jets in the we View this As a Manitoba Fulsher the jets Are a big part of this the glitch no one is sure if the Goodwill is be we certainly can accept its a question of whether we can take donations for a specific and if we can do it for something in another Fulsher but with a Deal to buy the majority shares of the pay losses and build a new Arena hanging in the Gimli psyche takes beating Over b3 might be Manitoba Best spirit chairman Alan Sweatman weve got people looking at he it might just be the Rabbit weve been looking its quite the offer from the Community of that has an annual budget of less than and one that highlights the ridiculousness of Winnipeg councils rejection of spirits request for charitable mayor Susan Thompson Here Are Manitoban with Manitoban with open she said of an 88 tie vote by City Council wednesday killed what was supposed to have been one of the More mundane aspects of a Deal to keep nil hockey in allowing the jets to build an endow ment fund through the City would have been the most cos effective Way to funnel donations to wards future hockey losses and to help defray costs of other entertainment in the new every City and municipality has the right to is sue charitable receipts to people who donate land or it allows donors to write off up to 20 per cent of their net under a previous agreement suggested by is Rael the province would have Given Crown status or a 100 per cent write off for All Mil lion raised by the private charitable status would have allowed someone earning who makes a donation to the fund through the City to claim a 20 per cent credit against net saving in by Crown status which allows a 100 per cent allow that person to reduce his or her tax Load by in the first a Price too High for the province and of finance minister Eric Stefanson wondered whether City councillors realized this or if they were aware that granting the tax status would not have Cost their Treasury a quote of the Day its like somebody pulled the last Straw out of the Pyramid and its All crumbled Gold eyes Catcher Hank Manning cant explain Why the teams bats All seem dead at the same details on Page c3 the weather today mainly High Low tonight tomorrow increasing Clouds High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page b8 inside diversions rubes and Ann Landers d2 d1 in movies sports to better than Bank 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