Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 6, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Winnipeg free press local acquit whoops that not Debbie what a life for a crust of As my Irish Mother used to say when things we rent going right in the last i wrote a column about Mike Oshaughnessy being instrumental in a no baseball sign being put up in a Small City Park after a resident complained about balls Landing in her backyard and of the noise nine and 10yearolds make when playing id fully expected Oshaughnessy to Call Friday objecting to the Way id tied it into the fact that he supports spending million of our taxes to keep the jets in plus the countless millions on tax Breaks for spirit of Manitoba but cant come up with a few thousand Bucks to have a Hainlink Fence erected around the Small Park so kids can have fun without bother ing he didst choosing instead to Send a fax saying he did not intend to debate the some one else did Call Debbie a lady id mentioned in my two of the mothers who objected to the no baseball sign told me they spoken to a Debbie in Oshaughnessy office and found her rude and when i called the councillors office a voice this is councillor Oshaughnessy Debbie that How i heard Debbie refused to comment and said Oshaughnessy want available because he was at a i asked her family i dont give my name out to the she in the interests of i called City Hall information and asked for the surname of a Deb Bie who worked in Oshaughnessy that Debbie i was into my column goes Ier Debbie Fuguay Calls and proceeds to give me a Tongue lashing for using her she said shed been on vacation for three and while she is a City councillors i had the wrong in employed by the she the person you were speaking to and her name is do you want to repeat that to me Devi understand Debbie was i apologized and explained the mitigating Deb Bie Duguay said she understood How it had but Tell me Devis last to unravel my i spoke to Dorothy Browton of the City clerks she explained that Debbie that Debbie is employed by the is a cupe and is one of five secretaries who look after the administrative needs of the 15 she said Devi that Devi is employed by Oshaughnessy As an executive assistant and her salary comes out of a allowance Given to each Council Lor for assistance in looking after constituents in other a political Browton said it was City Hall policy that the Public is entitled to know the full names of people they speak but that apply to executive assistants hired by so All that was left for me to do was to get Back to Devi that i she was in her absence i got this is Devi in not in right now from her answering Well her full name at last that Devi Sharma not Debbie victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy fax 6977412 or email Mike Ward on the internet at emf brass taking heat by Alice Krueger legislature reporter Board members of the Manitoba Metis federation will be heading to class later this month to become computer lit but some Rankan file members of the Metis Community Are out questioning Why elected Board members who Are considered volunteers and work Only Par time need such they say its an abuse of Public Money and just another Way for the emf brass to help themselves to More government special course for Board Doest compute critics the course is funded by the Federal department of human resources through its pathways and is scheduled to run 14 to 25 in a total of 49 people 21 directors and 28 staff Are slated to take the a Federal official said participants will have their food and hotel accommodations paid for during the two week emf president Billyjo Delaronde described the course As a very Basic one that would Intro Duce directors and staff to the world of Delaronde said it is part of a larger plan to scale Back federation activities and Cut costs by having Board members communicate by rather than All of them coming into Winnipeg to do they can go to their regional office and its probably a Quarter of the but the past president of Metis women called it another embarrassing waste of Public this is so just Christine Lavallee there Are very few Board members who would even have an interest in that kind of former emf general manager John Morriseau noted most Board members Are employed full time Many of them with the provincial and prob ably already have computer and others would have no need for such its not a full time Job a Board member is supposed to be a Volun Teer position so it just Doest make any Morriseau Sandi president of the Emfs Redbone said gov Fol Lorama serves up ethnic culture let the party begin by Manfred Jager staff reporter neither a Multi tude of competing nor the lure of Manitoba great outdoors during the August Long weekend could keep win nip Eggers away from the Multi cultural event of the year last Folk Oramas opening Cere monies Drew enthusiasts to pantages playhouse filling the historic venue to Canadian forces base Esquimalt sent about 50 Mem Bers of Canadas newest her majesty Canadian ship to Salute the City and its famous which begins once the audience was not stingy in showing its appreciation of the presentations with rounds of acts presented last night and to be featured in their respective pavilions Between now and the close of Fol Lorama 19 included the chinese commune Tys lion dance company of the India school of music and the Magda Ragat philippine Folk Art the sensational Hin ode Taiko rising Sun Drums of the japanese the Brady Academy of Irish the Caribbean connection and the Trouanda ukrainian dance yesterdays audience was treated to an intricate aboriginal hoop dance by Young Mary who was richly rewarded by extended applause for a flawless the festival has added Fea Tures this year to help ethnic organizations celebrate Manito Bas 125th Ken free press Ken f Dave Deurbrouck entertains people lined up outside pantages theatre last thirty four ethnic groups participate in Fol Lorama Over the next two with 16 operating in the first 18 in the second a year there were 45 which was a during Folk Oramas first which starts today and ends the cultures of Ukraine Scot the Italy first French Bel Gium and Africa Caribbean will introduce Winni Eggers to Sam Ples of performing crafts displays and National Winnipeg first Fol Lorama ethnic festival took place in it was designed As a one time event to celebrate the cites 100th but the festivals enormous popularity has made it a regular feature of the cites the the cold the Lynn Lake spirit errors dont need the course and Many already Are computer liter that Par for the course the Money does not trickle Down any further than that she i would love to take a computer course but i dont think the emf should pay for among the Board of governors Are David supervisor of court communicators for the province Bernice Potoski who also works for the provincial govern ment in Gimli Rosemary Mcpher a civil servant in and Muriel Parker who is employed by Canada Post in petition unlikely to land guards by Manfred Jager staff reporter More than Winnipeg Beach cottagers and their friends and relatives who want lifeguards Back on their Lake Are Likely to be disappointed this unless the province changes its what get instead is stepped up activity to teach holi dayers How to stay Safe on the the government made itself Clear in response to a petition Campaign for lifeguards earlier last it didst take Winnipeg senior Jennifer Woolston very Long to Spring into action after the drown Ings of two teenagers in Woolston started collecting Sig natures soon after the july 9 Acci first of a series of drownings that have claimed five lives so far this but she Hast stopped Woolston has a meeting with natural resources minister Albert Driedger the James resident and her husband have owned a cottage in Winnipeg Beach since 1976 and the double drowning of two teens shocked her and her friends and Woolston said she has at least names from cottage owners and had a lifeguard been on duty july she theres no doubt the Young Man who died while try ing to save the one who got into trouble would certainly be alive some of the others who died would be All right too maybe All of Valerie Winnipeg Beach town confirmed Woolstone petition was discussed right after the july 28 Council elec the new Council passed a Resolution supporting her Driedger said in a letter respond ing to the local Council on the Issue that Many Beach users feel that the life guarding services provide a false sense of although i am not prepared to reinstate the Beach patrol pro i have asked my department to look into developing an enhanced Beach safety awareness program for Manitoba Parks in staff they talked about local Guys with names like half ear rubber nose Ragol Bonehead Joe and alphabet they talked about the cold and the isolation and the Community More than people have gathered in Winnipeg this weekend for a reunion of Lynn Lake Resi former residents of the North Ern Manitoba mining town have come from All Over the world from As far As Australia to meet old friends and neighbors and to reminisce about the old i was looking Forward to this for said de once the Lynn Lake school among the stories swapped and old times remembered were recollections about How canned goods had to be ordered and shipped in from Winnipeg once a several tonnes per we used to use the cardboard boxes As toboggans to slide Down the said Brenda who grew up in the which is about Kilometres Northwest of win Bud now a motivational speaker based in remembered How his family left Lynn Lake when he was my dad looked out he window and it was 63 below Zero and we Are getting out of Zinger but he does have some Good memories of the he recalled that the kids would bring their rifles to we kept them in the closet Zinger we went shooting at after Doc former mine manager at Lynn remembers How worried his wife was when All the dogs in town lost their hair in mid his wife figured it was because they we rent getting enough Calci to save meat shipped to the town was so there was nothing for the to Joe free press wife daughter Brenda enjoy old cum phosphate pills and they grew their hair the reunion continues today at the Dakota Community about 150 people will travel to Lynn Lake tomorrow to continue but she came up with a solution half the women in town were pregnant and they were taking Calcium phosphate Gallie so we fed the dogs Cal the festivities during the ;