Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Winnipeg free press local october 1995 Lindor Reynolds if hell shut the food Banks her Kaufmann wants t shut Down Winnipeg har the Man who would be mayor believes the food Bank is contributing to the demise of Small grocery a grocer him Kaufmann says North end grocery stores Are suffering because their customers choose to use a food it troubles the whole business of the food he said does All the Money get used properly or does some of it get redirected when it was pointed out that most Winni Eggers donate not to he questioned the some of the people that go to food Banks be he nobody gets turned away at a food you dont get asked any do you theres people that pull up in fairly Nice cars and go in and do their heres where Kaufmann is mistaking the Harvest clientele for shoppers at Kaufmann no one is turned away at the food says Harvest director David North Cott there is no Means we Trust people to realize there in you do get asked a your Manitoba health number is recorded so food Bank workers know where you live and How Many children there Are in your then youre directed to a food Bank in your the Misc num Ber also prevents people from hitting a series of food do people pull up in fairly Nice cars maybe these Are the people who have lost their jobs and Haven yet sold the family maybe More take the bus or arrive on Kaufmann cant because he has never visited Winnipeg do people go in and do their shopping they get a fou Day Emer gency Supply of it contains what Harvest has on you dont shop in a food Kaufmann says his Bottom line platform would eliminate the need for a food the Best thing you can do in this City is get business up and he if you go out to places like Winkler and Stein Bach where theres full employ theres no need for food wrong both those towns have food As do 26 other Rural its a mis take to assume that wealth for some equates to adequate living for Kaufmannn Blacka Edwhite presentation of hunger in win seen through the eyes of a Man accustomed to people who have Money to Exchange for is naive at he would have benefited from a few hours at Harvest this week meeting some of the people volunteering at the fall food he would have met some North american life employees facing glad to help Harvest but fearful they May need its services next thanks he would have met a 13 year old girl whose Mother will soon be the girl said she plans to go to University so she can help her Mother David Northcott would love to see Winnipeg Harvest shut but he knows that the pounds of food that was donated this weekend will soon be that the hungry will keep on which is a Point that Peter Busy making promises to chief commissioner Rick Frost and other senior seems to have Jeff free press Crews yesterday repair damage to Laura Secord school caused by thursdays classes Are to resume putting out fires before they Start drills part of safety week the Winnipeg fire depart ments fire prevention unit has an extensive lineup of activities aimed at helping the Public Dur ing fire prevention Here Are the major and when and where be held firefighting apparatus Dis play and information Booth 10 to closing today through saturday at Polo Park shopping features a display of new and antique fire fighting equipment and fire safety citywide school fire Drill 10 fire safety demonstrations today and through the fire prevention officers and other department personnel will conduct demonstrations and lectures in Community fire station open House noon to 4 sat urday at fire stations throughout the where firefighters will give Tours and discuss personal and Home fire Mcdonalds restaurants will Supply drinks and ballots in the contest for children hoping to become fire chief for a Day will be available at the stations and Mcdonalds fire safety books available at Mcdonalds restaurants this firefighters launch we Klong education Effort by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter sometimes its that pot you left cooking on the other times its a decision to have the Furnace checked every two or three years rather than decisions people make every Day cause preventable says Roger fire prevention officer with the Winnipeg fire common sense Doest always prevent what people need is Chamberland this week is fire prevention the one week of the year when the department makes a special Effort to Battle blazes by putting them out before they this years watch what you prevent Home focuses on the fact the vast majority of fires in Winnipeg each year occur where we spend most of our time at statistics kept by the fire department for 1994 Tell a pretty sad tale a dozen including six due to children playing with matches Iso civilians and 75 firefight ers a total of up 27 per cent from the year vehicle fires Rose 16 per to Chamberland said this May be because people Are keeping cars longer due to the Cost of acquiring a new a 31 per cent increase in the number of fires in buildings to the bulk of them in a Little extra Effort goes far fires can indeed be and a Little extra Effort by All of us will go a Long being watchful is especially important this time of year As we turn on the heat to keep Here Are a few things you can do in your Home to prevent fires keep an Eye on whats cooking on the if you have to leave to answer your door or take something like a pot Holder or stir ring spoon along to remind in you should keep the top of your stove Clear and avoid wearing Loose fitting clothes that can More easily catch keep anything that can Burn at least a metre from your Home heat ing including Wood stoves and and be sure to turn off space Heaters before going to have your Furnace and Chimney inspected professionally at least once a and the Chimney cleaned at least that make sure you have enough electrical rather than relying on Extension cords in place of permanent if you cant or dont want to quit use deep Ash trays and douse the ashes and Butts with water before throwing them you should also Check cushions and upholstery for soldering of avoid smoking in bed or under the influence of a 59 per cent increase in rub grass and Bush statistics Haven been tallied for this year but Chamberland cited one Bright spot Only three none of them Chil have died in fires in Chamberland said there has been an increased interest by the Public in fire evidenced by the fact More than peo ple turned out for the family fire safety Day held sunday at the fundraising activities netted about for the Safe smoke alarm for every baby designed to educate the parents of an estimated babies who will be born in Winnipeg Over the next two Chamberland said this program Aims to provide a smoke residential fire safety baby Bath thermometer and other items in a bag that can be used As a the program has won support from the kiwanis club of win Chamberland said he Hopes the corporate Community will come through with the necessary to provide bags for All the Young writers poem chosen for new Book from with love by Kirsten Hathaway free press correspondent when Larissa Wodtke was about three or four years she would look at the pictures in books at the Bookstore and make up her own passersby would think she was Brilliant to be Reading so fluently at such a Young she said that she would get bored and liked to make up her own said Audrey Larissas Larissas latest poem was among 300 works from talented Canadian children chosen to be published in Ben Wicks new dear Canada a love letter to my it was launched in Ottawa last week with Romeo Leblanc As guest of i want to be an author when i grow said i really like to write she is an exceptional writer so i made a Point in telling her to write something for the said Nancy her Grade 7 language arts Drozdowski paints Larissa As a Lovely girl who has an incredible Ben Wicks compiled the Book As a fundraiser for gems of Hope and for the boys and girls clubs of his wife works in third world countries where the proceeds will also be its a perfect time to Demon Strate the love we have for que said As adults we can now see through the eyes of our children their love of Cana country of the Freedom you possess liberation to believe and to choose the panoply in which you you Are a Bountiful goddess bestowing gifts among your sub Beauty and love have folded you into a dynasty no one ancient Rivers course through your Pristine gracing the beauteous land with Fertility Purling As they the turbid seas on your either Side enclose your Interior where diversities of land the Lush forests nourish with spicy Hopes while the Lazy Prairie Rolls and More or less the mountains like amulets of living Silver shimmer Bright while tides ebb and flow from the Shore glow with froth and in places where poverty and oppression reign the people dream of heaven where there is Liberty for All and peaceful in Canada is what they yearn for Many a of Dearest where we know no Larissa Ternetti talks serves spuds by Kirsten Hathaway free press correspondent Paul Szczepski Hast had much to be thankful for since he suffered a Ner Vous breakdown and lost his marriage and Job three years thanksgiving for me is said i cant afford a his brother dragged him out of the House to have a thanksgiving meal at an abandoned House on Balmoral Street hosted by food not bombs and mayoral candidate Nick he still didst get his Turkey food not bombs Only feeds vegetarian meals con sisting of potatoes and vegetable Gravy but he probably have gone anywhere if his brother haunt forced is on welfare and Doest see his situation ending soon because he cant find Ive been a Security guard for 15 now i cant get a Job because All of the Young Guys Are getting he standing in the uncut grass beside the abandoned the diners got word of the feast through handbills handed out on the Street by vol the 40 or so people at the meal last night we rent just the but also hungry students who could use a free Michael a University Stu Dent who attended the said he attends soup kitchens on a regular theres just not enough Money in Stu Dent Loans to cover living he adding that he resents family ser vices minister Bonnie Mitchelson treating her counterparts from the other provinces to a meal when they were in Winnipeg i just have to when am i going out to lunch when am i going to get the Tab taken care of Harold who Heads the Community involvement project was also on i think what Nick was trying to Symbol ize was the priorities of the politicians in respect to homelessness and one of the biggest problems is Lack of stability to which Lack of housing is a con said Ternetti staged the meal to protest the Absurdity of the Lack of a housing policy by the City of he was arrested by City police and charged with break Andente for entering the which had been taken Over by the City for nonpayment of Ternetti said he did not break into the although he admitted going inside after someone else broke 50 residents of Pukatawagan who Are protesting the Lack of housing for single women and their children on their Reserve also showed they made the trek from the where they Are Camp ing out in ;