Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 20, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Enter t a in Ivi e in t the education professor proves books have Power police surround school after nurses rally against Hospital family forum to tackle Tough balance budget legislation automotive show pm Demi dotes on Dolli Demi Moore loves barbies arid gives them away to her 7c1 dissident russian Boet is in town swedish author Here for a to snoot news desserts not quite As Good As their j 7c4 jets tie Sharks Winnipeg blows 31 settles for a draw at the Arena indians set to clash bombers look past riders i multiplex remains the solution Canada digs a big diversions Cross rubes and in sports Ann to the weather Cloudy with sunny High Low details on Page c13 Winnipeg free press plus taxes higher in outlying areas october sex suffers worst year Ever by Bruce Owen staff reporter a shortage of warm bodies pass ing through the turnstiles is being blamed for the worst year Ever for the red River exhibition a year that left it with a budget it is Paul sex chief executive it is the lowest net Rev Enue weve Ever had for a i just cant get a handle on what it we made an investment in our show and it did not pay weather want a Factor and officials had invested in attracting families to the theres a simple Rule that when you invest in your business youre going to get a greater Robson for some reason that didst theres some indication that big fairs with Midway Arent that popular any similar events across Canada also reported a downturn in attendance and Robson something that could be blamed on fewer big name entertainers coming North for the Canad an exhibition Canadian fairs have to pay these acts in an invest ment that is becoming More and More Cost last the sex coincided with the big ticket attraction of the Rock group Pink which brought thousands More peo ple to the the financial report for the red River sex this which was leaked to the free states sex officials had budgeted on this years but Only saw an event net Revenue of creating a shortfall of Robson said Gate Revenue this season was Down per cent from the year falling from to paid attendance was Down per dropping from last year to this and total Gross including mid food and games was Down from million last year and million in this year saw the lowest Gross since when the Economy was in Robson said the sex will end the year in the Black because officials will take about of investment income to offset the exp poor performance and cover expenses for the rest of the Joe free press where did everybody go jets fan Marc Payette is All by his lonesome in the Southend blues at Winnipeg Arena Only five minutes before game time last Only people turned out to watch the Home team play the san Jose Sharks to a 3 3 Home game attendance has plummeted since the team was sold to Eddie Olczyk fondly remembers the times that win nip Eggers packed the please see Scott Taylors column on Page brass kill free flights ruling raises grumbling in the ranks by Bruce Owen staff reporter line crosses Call strikers hypocrites by Treena Khan and Heather Mclaughlin some professors who have crossed the lines to teach their students unleashed a verbal Volley against their striking col calling them overpaid and its ironic the unions so worried about academic Freedom when they wont listen to people who Dis agree with said marketing foreign students a3 professor Cathy one of 281 members of the University of Manitoba faculty association who have refused to she Doest buy the Union line that academic Freedom is at saying the real Issue should hinge on generous Severance packages for Laid off but the strikers got a boost As the freezing rain drizzled Down and traffic snarled along Pembina Highway when a handful of Stu dents and professors from the University of Winnipeg joined them on the line in a show of that because funding cuts and How those will play out Are issues not Only at the u of m but also at the cites smaller University and Community both Are in contract the mood on the u of m picket line was Only momentarily Damp ened yesterday when a Man Dri ving a Golf cart knocked Down a picket at the Campus the woman was taken to Hospital with a sore English professor David Williams crossed the picket line because he believes University professors Are overpaid and should take wage the faculty association has not been entirely forthcoming with its said who resigned from the faculty association on Many dont realize they not Only achieved a pay increase of 14 per cent Over three years in the 1990 he but that career Progress increments of about per cent each year made the pay increases closer to 20 per its an obscene raise in times of financial its excessive and its time we gave some full professors earned an aver age of in they Are now making a Day in strike the Union kids writing and publishing for crazy English teacher by Treena Khan staff reporter All the world May be a but Brian Mackin non prefers the tables of his English the Russell High school teacher has been known to hop up on the tables without warning and burst into a shakespearean Solilo Quy with More feeling than Keanu Reeves on opening much to the Delight of his Stu know a local hero let us know at 6977292 and Well let everyone Hes Hes nuts exclaimed 17yearold Dodie Forgues with a he makes things easier to for because you can remember him doing he Doest do things strictly by the in this intercity for Many Homework takes a Back seat to raising grappling with but these same students say Mackinnon is teaching them How to use Reading and writing to Cope with those continued please see Wayne free chess Mackinnon with present military brass in Ottawa have killed free air travel for soldiers and their families after reports that a 190seat Airbus flying 15 soldiers to new zealand dropped off Sev eral dozen military families for a vacation in local military spokesmen say the decision was handed Down from the department of National defence Headquarters this week and the entire policy of free flights on military aircraft is being reviewed with an Eye to putting a new policy in place next whats happened is that a her Cules flying from Trenton to Winnipeg and Vancouver will still Fly from Trenton to Winnipeg and Van but it will Fly 17 Wing cab Winnipeg Public affairs officer Neil Kinley Mil itary people and their families cant get on these empty both Kinley and air command spokesman Tom Pollard said the change wont save taxpayers Money because the flights will con they say the decision Only drives a deeper wedge Between the government and its military personnel viewed the free flights As a justifiable perk when the armed services have been hit with severe cuts and wage freezes Over the last few everyone in a sense has suffered through a Long Skinny period Pollard we still believe that if a flight is going to be made and theres space on we see no reason Why we cant get our wages have been Frozen Over the last couple of years and people dont like but we understand it because government has to save Kinley continued please see tomorrow s your help makes it ;