Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Ca Winnipeg free press local october 1995 958rent Apex realty 7368 Gordon Sinclair Mccare bears humor hurts if laughter is the Best the honorable James Mccrae sure knows How to treat us and our stressed out healthcare it was the bedside manner of Jim Mccrae alias Mccare Bear rather than his adroitness with one that prompted Premier Gary Filmon to place him in the health port you remember his a reduces Don Orchard alias Frankenstein favorite Filmon made the switch from a cadaver to the cabinets warmest live body because the Premier knew health care was his Achilles that should read Achilles his Achilles Tendon was the until he bought his Way out of but i i promised heres on july our health minister released a task Force report on emergency room it was a whoopee Cushion of a which explains Why he sat on it for a the Lerner As it was suggested the overnight closure of most of the Community Hospital ers in by the report meant one at a with six month intervals to assess the Mccare Bear reacted by saying there was no Way he would close ers where would you go at 3 if you had an emergency at Home Mccrae asked nine months later Filmon won six months after that tory voters Mccrae approves the overnight or clo sure of five Community Hospi and he does it so to and All at i dont hear anyone did you hear the one about Mccare Bear whose specially is liposuction ing big Bottom lines closing five emergency rooms for 10 hours a Day and then keeping All the or doctors on full salary what about this one the major recommendations of the Lerner report called for turning the Hsc emergency room into a trauma where All life threatening situations in the City would be of was supposed to happen before the smaller ers were closed at heres the punch the Hsc has no trauma Cen not we Are in the process of Nail ing Down what we need in the Way of Hsc spokesman Jim Rodger said last do you get the feeling that the resources they need to be nailing Down at Hsc Are More coffins j l j Jim Mccrae was handed a Chainsaw and told to Complete surgery on the healthcare sys tem primarily because of his ability to fit the Mccare Bear listening to and empathizing with his ohs understanding around the province Mccare Bear mopping feverish brows and holding frightened telling every one everything going to he everything int he might be right in what Hes trying to but Hes wrong in How Hes doing the problem whether its discharging patients into the Community before proper Home care ser vices Are in or shutting Krs at night without the Neces sary Jim Mccrae is acting like someone playing doctor without a to put it More Hes putting the Hearse before the still not funny Tell that to Jim Golden disowns arrears by Paul Samyn legislature reporter councillor denies tax owing Golf course is his the Transcona country club has failed to remit in provincial sales tax since leaked finance department documents the departments tracking of the Golf which has been tied to City councillor Al Golden in the also shows the accumulated interest on the Money collected from customers but not turned Over to the province has reached pushing the Bill to the finance department Docu leaked to the nip had listed Golden As the owner of the country club As recently As Golden vital said that was in error and the depart ment now lists the owner As Golden sports recreation and convention services corporation Branch documents list Golden wife Sharan As hold ing one common share in the com no other owners of the company Are although Erik Nyborg is identified As the Compa nys Golden has denied that either he or his wife has any involvement in the clubs adding his wife no longer owns any part of Golden sports recreation and convention which he claims Doest own the club neither my wife nor myself has any liability with the tax depart Golden said last Golden believes someone in the finance department is out to publicly Embarrass him and says he will provide proof that the country club is no longer in sever Al weeks after that Howe such proof has not been supplied to the free when the manager of the coun try club was contacted about the she told a free press Jeff of free press like being on vacation in says Boychuk after brisk ride on the new City pools indoor slide a great kids say by Cameron Dueck press the new water slide at Elmwood Kildonan Pool opened with a splash As Rick Boychuk Transcona went for a ride along with scores of parents and the slide officially opened completing phase 2 of a project to upgrade the Community its like being on vacation in you can enjoy the water in Here even when its cold Boychuk said after his ride Down the 1 just wish the water was warmer and the slide a Little the 50metre ceiling suspended slide is the first of its kind in said Donna program supervisor for the Parks and recreation its said Tom who came from fort Richmond to try out the new slide with his three i wish we had something like this out the Best part was going around the said six year old Michael he and his Niney Earold sister Erine were the first Down after the other recent additions to the facility Are a childrens activity Park and outdoor the five metre dive Tower has been but will soon be replaced with a three metre the next phase of construction will turn the shallow Pool into a Leisure with a Beac like Zero Grade entry Al one Palm Trees and deck we want people not just to come Here to swim but come Here for the Day and to have some said the next phase in the expansion includes plans for a family change said these additions will attract More kids and families because theres More to do than just swim and that Means More Revenue for the so we can do More things like said Bev head life guard at the said she is looking Forward to the extra activity the slide will its a real pleasure to see the kids coming Down with big and their eyes get she Dyck said that two extra life guards Are on duty whenever the slide is for information on Pool hours and admission Call 986 reporter if you have any further Contact i have no the leaked documents also included a printout showing the Back taxes owed by Clancy Ven Tures limited a col lapsed restaurant Are now documents leaked nip Deputy finance critic Jim Maloway said finance department staff Are leaking the documents because they Are fed up with the provinces inaction on delinquent the provincial tax department is a Maloway the province recently was forced to write off million in retail sales tax after being stiffed by 71 corporations and Small Busi Maloway called on the province to ensure that sales tax owing is Ralph an official with the provincial tax said confidentiality prohibits him from Dis cussing any tax but he said department investigators try to go after delinquent accounts before they become a major failure to remit the Sale tax can result in fines on first offence of up to and a 90day jail mayor in by acclamation this buds for Selkirk a fifth time by Bud Robertson staff reporter Selkirk theres a neat Little Pencil drawing on the Wall behind mayor Bud Oliv ers town Hall although its meant to be the caricature bears More of a resemblance to former pres ident Richard with his slicked Back hair and now famous pose of outstretched two fingers of each hand forming the letter v for next to him Are the words declaring Selkirk this buds for while the picture Doest quite match the towns favorite the words would certainly seem fifth term now entering his fifth the 58yearold parts Man at a local car Dealership was returned to office by acclamation this making him the longest serving mayor in the towns 113year his i do my Oliver smiles As he ponders the question of what makes him so popular among the Community when he Points to a Soontok completed new water system which will end the towns occasional dependence on the red River for drinking water and the emergence of new businesses like a Canadian tire franchise and a Plant which will convert used tires into Energy As examples of some of the last councils theres also the Promise of new industries on the says including a Saskatchewan based heavy equipment company which Hopes to set up a Plant in Selkirk that would employ up to 600 As he smaller Indus tries such As Sterling press and United chemicals have escaped the Concrete Jungles of Winnipeg and set up shop in Council has managed to keep the lid on taxes with no increase last year and a decrease the year Oliver but All that Good news Doest guarantee everyone on Council will get his or her Job Back after the 25 there Are a dozen Candi dates in the running for six town Council including a former a House wife and former Premier Howard Hawleys All but one of the incumbents Are seeking to hear some folks they might As Well not even bother holding an the old i like declares an Anonymous elderly gentleman As he rakes the autumn leaves from his front its the new ones in not so sure at first things do look pretty Good around stretching along the red a 25minute drive North of is a yet Vic vote Jet 7 in the running candidates in the Selkirk civic six councillors to be asterisk denotes incur Clive Brooks Ken Conrad Marlene Cook Otto Gebhardt Richard Hooker Wayne Lightfoot Dawn Macfarlane Dave Mckenzie Chris Pawley Harold Scramstad Darlene Swiderski Dick Willows Lidback Many of its residential streets Are covered in autumn and its main drag is lined with fast food franchises like a Mcdonalds and Dairy its also kind of a Quirky in some where else would you find a giant Catfish statue sitting on the Lawn of a Smitts restaurant or a Bunch of dry docked boats in the Middle of the Manitoba Prairie a throwback to the Days when Selkirk was a Hub for shipping along Lake its the Manitoba rolling Mills steel Plant is one of the biggest employers in the other is Selkirk mental health each has a payroll of about and Selkirk is a regional Hub for entertainment and health but All that Commerce Doest necessarily add up to jobs for the towns Young As some candidates Are Quick to Point for every new employer we we lose says David a retired employment counsellor who served on town Council from 1980 to three of his own four sons have left Selkirk in search of careers in other we need Industrial says Mckenzie concerns for the Well being of Selkirk youth Are shared by Marline a 35 year old Mother of three who is also running for a seat on not Only Are there few theres precious Little for kids to do around town in the Way of says Cook blames the town Council for being slow attracting new business to town and she wants to have a say in future Delibera but while she May have a quarrel with Cook is Quick to Praise the town and its it is a very Good she ;