Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 28, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 Winnipeg free july come mom says after girls Hasty Call a 15yearold girl missing for Over a week contacted her Mother Early yesterday at least i know Shes Kim Goodman but Goodman still Doest know where her daughter Carolyn All she told me was that there Are some things going on in her life right now but she didst said adding that she Doest know what the problems could police spokesman Eric Turner said they dont believe the teenager is in any immediate foul play is not Kim said her daughter appeared to be in a hurry As if someone was waiting for she kept insisting that she had to police say the phone Call was made from a pay phone in the North Kim just Hopes her Daugh Ter will come nothing can be that bad that she cant come Home and figure a solution time is not on kids Side nip hits slow adoptions by Alice Krueger legislature reporter anew provincial program that was supposed to Speed up adoptions of older Chil Dren in care has been slow in get Ting off the its director although exact numbers wont be known until year Irma Nadeau said so Only a few older children have been placed in per manent Homes As a result of the new adoption and another 17 children Are currently in the preparation but Nadeau says the delay stems mainly from a concern that such adoptions be done right to give them the Best possible Chance of the last nine months have been spent Lay ing the groundwork to ensure Ade quate supports Are in place for families wishing to take on what can be a challenging one of the things that became fairly that we cant just simply place she we certainly dont want to stall the placement of but right now were into a process of trying to find what kind of supports each family needs because its going to vary from one to the Many of the children have Spe Cial although they dont necessarily have physical or mental or behaviour some have fetal alcohol she while others May have problems resulting from multiple were very much looking at the fact adoption presents lifelong issues for All of those involved they can surface at Nadeau along with the fact that these children will be attempting to make an attachment to a new family that is attempting to become a permanent in my mind at least requires some specialized but nip family services critic Doug Martindale want impressed with the governments Progress to the longer children Are in a Fos Ter Home or in a series of Foster the harder they Are to he Ken Murdoch of Winnipeg child and family services said one of the first Steps taken by his Agency was a formal census of its caseload to get an exact fix on How Many Chil Dren aged one to 18 years Are per manent wards of the that done in showed there were out of an ongoing caseload of about one of the things we were Able to illustrate from our Survey is this int going to be easy because a lot of them have fetal alcohol syn drome and we need resources to support the cos spokesman Murdoch said the Agency now is going Over its list of applications some of which go Back As far As contacting prospective parents to see whether they be prepared to refocus their thoughts on an older i think its a Little slower than everybody but at least were starting to gain some momentum and we also know those Community supports have to be out he to create a greater awareness of such Nadeau said her office plans a Public information meeting on adoption 27 in Sharon director of adoption options Manitoba said Shes satisfied Nadeau office is doing everything possible to get the process whats needed is a More Posi Tive attitude toward adoption and maybe people who Are childless will go we could offer a Home to a child of any she Martindale and Burrows questioned the Filmon govern ments commitment to the Initia Given that Nadeau office Doest even have its own Nadeau confirmed her Toper son office has no Money of its and that she submits her expenses to the governments child and family support Branch for she was unable to say How much Shes spent since the new strategy was announced last november by family services minister Bonnie How she estimated about has been redirected to create six other new positions to handle adopt including four for social workers Winnipeg child and family at the time the initiative was Mitchelson said no new Money would be made available for the adoption but that she was prepared to redirect funds for pos placement services and other supports for families willing to take on the How committed can they Possi Bly be if theres no budget line for it Martindale 1995 Dodge Plymouth voyager magic Wagon 24t package Standard dual front air bags Standard Side Impact beams air conditioning automatic transmission 7 passenger seating stereo Power lift Gate release l v6 front wheel drive roof rack and More 988 includes factory Gold or intrepid 22c package Standard dual front air bags Standard Side Impact beams air conditioning 4speed automatic transmission litre v6 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multinational Laidlaw waste sys tems won the City contract for curbside pickup made their Case to the provincial environment department yesterday and will decide today whether to ease up on their threat to close operations at 5 Jeff Golfman of Planit recycling said the initial response from the province As Well As works and operations chairman Terry Duguid appears but Golfman said his along with Green Box Recy cling and red Box recycling Are worried the politicians May be trying to string them the three companies received a fax yesterday after the saying it would be in All our interests if you Cut us a bit of Slack respecting the Golfman said his firm is considering suing if it is not adequately compensated for what he Calls an expropriation from an Industry it helped youths hearing set a n application to raise a a 15yearold boy accused first degree murder in the shooting death of Joseph Spence to adult court will be heard next provincial court judge Murray Sinclair adjourned the hearing until the whose identity cannot be revealed under the Young offenders is charged in the drive by shooting of at no foul play police ramp say there is no Indica Tion of foul play in the death of a 17yearold South Indi an Lake Jamie Lee Spence died last Fri an autopsy has been compleat however an exact cause of death has yet to be Paul Moore of the ramps Leaf rapids detachment said they Hope toxicology tests will provide the the City of Winnipeg notice of special meeting lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee the lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee will hold a special on August North committee room Council 510 main Street at to consider a proposed closing of Public Lane East of Scotia Street opposite Smithfield All interested persons Are invited to attend Community clerk Telephone 9863031 Pool owners chlorine Gran tabs pucks Sitf surf i pools i Chrysler ;