Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Winnipeg free october Wolseley Elm May Rise again by Treena Khan staff reporter free press file photo some of the key protesters stand tall for their tree three years the Wolseley Elm May Rise 35 years after its death on Basswood As a Symbol of Community some Wolseley residents Are planning to Plant a new Elm tree 22 As the crowning touch to the opening of the new Robert Steen Community Centre Plaza at Palmerston Avenue and Ruby for the planting would be a fit Ting ending to a Century Long tale about the areas fight to protect a beloved everybody comes to know the said one its a Story told Over and Over there Are generations of Oral Trade this tree will be a Symbol of Community spirit and the Story began in 1862 when Mary Ann Good planted the first Wolseley Elm to Mark her marriage at the present Day intersection of Basswood place and Wolseley fort five years Good and her neigh Bors fought to keep the tree when the City wanted to Cut it Down As it divided the new neighbourhood of Wolseley into that fight continued throughout the 1930s and when Trees All Over the City were felled to standardize Street the Battle culminated in september 1957 when a group of Wolseley women joined hands and surrounded the standing Between it and City demolition then mayor Stephen Juba overruled the City Engi even saying he would resign Over the Issue if Council wanted him that City Crews tried to Burn the but it survived and Juba kept his then on halloween the tree crashed in the Middle of the there was speculation that dynamite was but police determined it fell Over due to the tree was Cut Down in Wolseley residents revived the idea of the tree in recent years As part of the commune Tys which has included the Reno vation of Laura Secord school five years ago and the closing of Palmerston Avenue for the the planting has to receive final approval from the Board of the Robert Steen Community but is expected to take place at 2 free press file photo women of Wolseley guard beloved Elm in 1957 North Dakota is holding its water by Paul Samyn legislature reporter october 14 preview auction october 15 preview auction at the Westin 2 Lombard place Manitoba North Dakotas water woes wont become a prob Lem for Manitoba Rivers at least not that was the word yesterday from both Premier Gary Filmon and North Dakota governor de Schafer when they met to discuss the states attempts to Deal with flooding at devils North Dakotas emergency plan to Deal with record High water lev Els at devils Lake will see water drained into nearby stump sparing the red River from any of the fears have been expressed on both sides of the Border that a proposal to Drain the Lake into the Sheyenne River would allow the lakes High Salt Content and other potentially harmful organisms to flow into the red River and North to we want to assure Manitoban that the water will be contained in the Schafer said after a two hour meeting with but Schafer is working on a longer term plan that Over the next five years that could see technology clean the water so it could flow North to Filmon said he would be leery of any proposal that would introduce water from the devils Lake Basin into Manitoba and allow such a Transfer without scientific analysis and the involvement of the International joint the province is concerned that North Dakota could be looking at a backdoor revival of the controversial Garrison diversion Filmon said if there is any Evi Dence of the province would fight it in much the same Way that it opposed All Tut Tern framed credit up to Aam Lor complimentary auction tagalog All major credit cards accepted North americas touring Art gallery Callery phone 18103542343 fax 16103540367 Torge mint sky Kipniss Krasnyansky lab Dang Lek info Markos Manoukyan Theobald Vasarhely Wolfson Wood dynamic partner Winnipeg free press wants to Send you and a Friend to see the Advance screening of the movie drop off of mail your entry to get shorty1 Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Avenue Manitoba r2x 3b6 get shorty name address phone deadline for entries noon october winners will be notified by Telephone and must pick up their Winnipeg free press when it times to sometimes you can feel utterly i hats where dynamic Mutual kinds Tan along with your Fin ant Ial you have a team of Ledit Pletl managers dynamic partners pulling Logel Hei to achieve the Only Lina uial goals that really Over canadians have entrusted dynamic Mutual kinds with More than Hillion in assets invested at Ross 19 different kinds that meet a wide variety o investment Objet ii you want to know More Ghoul investing in Mutual tall Kwh to receive our investor talk to your Lina uial advisor Ghoul How to gel dynamic Mutual kinds working Lor you right dynamic my to i i ads your partner Lor dynamic performance ;