Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 19, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Winnipeg free press local october Filmon rushes to the Rescue victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy Call Premier Gary Fil that what one his Tuxedo constituents did and it worked a within an hour or so of Filmon returning a phone message shed left with one of his staff a week the retired teachers diabetic plus two other Hospital were placed on a Sel adminis tired Home care intravenous it was the frustration of wait ing for Filmon to Call Back that led her to Call shed also left a message with health min ister Jim but haunt heard i just accept what i was the wife the government saves Money in one and then spends the same if not by having my husband attend the Hsc for his she wanted me to write a column about her husbands runaround it was As much hers As Well but didst want her full name i have to take him to Hospital three times a Day for seven Days a week and i dont want people to know our House will be empty in the afternoons and she said her husband was so he could hardly get around the so dragging him Back and god Hes going to get the wife said what annoyed her most is that it is costing the government to treat him As an outpatient at the health sciences whereas she could be administering and monitoring medication at he said she asked Boniface general Hospi tals pharmacy if it would Supply the in and med they said they love but they gone Over budget with the so now i have to take him to the Hsc in the morning and wait around for an hour or so while he gets his in go Back in the afternoon and wait some and then return in the Back and Forth every Boniface Hospital spokes woman Helene Prignon explained later that it was not so much supplying the Medica but More the time and expense of preparing the required threets measday in packages and delivering them to patients that was a week ago yester there was nothing i could do to last the lady who had Given up on waiting to hear from Filmon and was Back on the phone to quite Filmon had come an hour after talking to 1 heard from Debbie Vivian at Mccrae office and after that i heard from the Home in and everything was moving i should Tell and in sure the thought Likely crossed your this lady is not a Friend of the i have met him once or twice in the but we dont know each other 1 have to say he treated me with the utmost respect and really i cant say enough Nice things about him in this feel free to Call Boom Boom if he can get action for three deserving Why not others equally As deserving the thousands of elderly people who want their Community Hospital emergency wards to stay open at night come to victim of an injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy fax 697 or email Mike Ward on the internet at rebel tory shows colors by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the first crack in the Fil Mon governments solid front on night closings of Emer gency wards appeared yesterday when Deputy House speaker mar cel Laurendeau pinned on a yellow protest i want elected to be anybody Toady i was elected to represent my and that what in doing with the Maverick tory Bac Bencher from nor Bert nurses from Winnipeg five Community hospitals Are about to ribbon protests emergency Ward closings launch a yellow ribbon Campaign to save night emergency Laurendeau said that although the government is right in trying to discourage abuse of emergency it close the emergency Ward at Victoria Gen eral Hospital at in going to see that my voice is heard and this is just my Way of expressing i want to be he in supporting my constituents and the who served on the Victoria Hospital Board from 1988 to said he has concerns about the closing and has told health minister Jim Mccrae one of those he is the number of emergency cases at Victoria Mccrae has said Only about four per cent of All cases Are real but Laurendeau said that at Victoria its More like 11 per the same level cited by nip health critic Tim Laurendeau said he want Wor ried about having his Knuckles rapped for breaking although he admitted he haunt told Premier Gary Filmon what he planned to i think Las have to speak out for their he the ribbon came from the Lapel of Liberal Deputy Leader Kevin who had been sport ing it along with his two Liberal Lamoureux said he gave it to Laurendeau after the tory pestered him for Wayne free press award Winner Deanna a straight student at children of the wants a future in aboriginal youth honoured teens aware they Are models for kids by Treena Khan staff reporter the biggest winners in tonight aboriginal youth achievement awards Are too Young to realize says teenager Deanna the 17yearold High school Stu Dent said when she accepts her academic award at the Winnipeg convention it will really be for the youngsters she works with at the Stella Mission two Days a it shows there Are youth role but this will give them somebody to look up to and i can do it she Kimball is one of 14 Manitoba aboriginal youth to be honoured tonight in the second annual awards sponsored by Anis Naabe a native youth employment the straight student at Chil Dren of the Earth High school Hopes the award will boost her chances at the pre Medicine Access program at the University of Kimball is hoping to become a dermatologist or a Gen eral practitioner for Northern Ontario her Ojibwa parents Are from fort William and port this award Means so much to me because it helps to overcome a she it shows in this you can actually that there Are smart peo ple i was disciplined enough not to get mixed up in drugs and alcohol like some of my Sydney stove also has big the 19yearold Tec voc student wants to be a police offi cer and to continue his work with while taking building construction classes at Hes also worked with Anis Naabe child and family services As a special support worker and volunteers with the boys and girls since he came to Winnipeg at 13 from the Little Saskatchewan stove has helped a lot of other students from reserves adjust to High school and life in the big the aboriginal youth achieve ment awards were first presented in said organizer Leslie executive director of Anis Naabe native achievers f Here Are the 1995 aboriginal achievement award winners Brian athletic Murray Shannon traditions employment Adam academic Deanna r Anta artistic Aaron Brian Lisa Spring personal achievement Syd Ney Rena cultural Victor Keetyn no Odin who has been bring ing petitions on the Issue to the House All noted that a veterinary clinic on Pembina High Way offers 24hour emergency service for so even dogs in fort Garry get better emergency service than he if you live by the Vic Toria and if theres any ailments and its your its Lamoureux Laurendeau beat the nurses to the they wont Start handing out rib Bons until next said Arlene an emergency nurse at Vic Toria Henry joins enemies of porn by Doug Narne police reporter the group against pornography enlisted a powerful ally in its quest to stamp out smut Winnipeg police chief Dale Henry allowed the groups presi Audrey to pin a White ribbon on his and he accepted More of the sym Bolic pins for members of the police Krushel said it is an important accomplishment to have the police chief on our ribbon is not always an easy one to she Krushel said the Antipo Nogra Phy movement has to Deal with Side issues such As censorship and Freedom of expression that make it harder to attract Henry said it is important for the police service to lend its support to the movement against the proliferation of hardcore por Nogra but he stressed his officers Job is to enforce the not decide what standards should police Are not the leaders in maintaining we follow the Lead of the he it is imperative that a segment of our Community be on guard to make sure problems like pornography Are kept in the week of 22 to 29 is White ribbon against pornography the North americ wide Campaign has been supported by the local anti pornography group since the ribbons Are worn to show concern Over the proliferation of Krushel said that while wearing the ribbons will not solve the prob lems pornography it will draw attention to she pointed to the recent trial of convicted murdered Paul Bernar do As evidence of the damaging effects of we cannot afford a distorted belief that Bernardo is a rare Mon Ster among she the monster of desensitization and acting out is very harvests helpers making own cuts by Wanda Chow staff reporter there was an awful lot of chopping and chatting going on at an East Kildonan Church yesterday As volunteers prepared 360 kilograms of donated celery that about the weight of a Young Heifer for use in the cites soup kitchens this about 30 people worked away in the basement of Grace lutheran Church for the annual vegt table its a joint Effort of Winnipeg the cites Environ mental health services department and volunteers from about a dozen groups in the the vegetables Are donated by local Farmers and peo ple with backyard vegetable Gar David director of Winnipeg said the dry sum Mer and reduced vegetable surplus have meant a drop this year in carrots and cel Ery Are the most easily processed for use by soup Northcott estimated that the pro now in its third handles about kilograms of produce a volunteers and Blanch the vegetables before they Are returned to Winnipeg there there kept Frozen until participants from the Church moms morning a support group for mothers of Young Chil and the Kimberly Grace seniors group see the on Day annual project As a Chance to help the needy and meet other members of the said Elaine one of the for senior Theresa the rewards were it makes us feel were still wanted or needed Wayne free a fess volunteers chop some of 360 kilograms of celery in Grace lutheran Church ;