Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 27, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email Winnipeg free press local Lindor Reynolds Money makes the votes come in Leslie Fingler was feel ing More than a Little Blue yesterday we got we just got she said youve probably never heard of Leslie Shes a 44 year old Safeway the Mother of two Young children and a Par time University Stu Shes also a political Rookie who got a rough education in losing wednesday Fingler was running for school Board trustee in the vital school so were 23 other she got enough to hold her head but not enough to win one of the seven seats up for fingers name was familiar when i read the candidates list because this int the first time Shes run for the nip used her As a sacrificial Lamb in the last provincial knowing full Well shed lose to Nia Kwa incumbent Jack fairly fresh from that she tried and lost i wanted to know Why she did Why shed spent weeks knocking on talking to spending her own Money and risking i really do care about peo she in really Wor ried about whats happening with the i just feel like the Little Guys being clobbered All the Shes worried that parents will soon see private school As their Only Fingler said the Campaign Cost me she spent about of her own lost wages because she took time off work to and lost her tuition when she had to drop out of her University course because she was spend ing her time hustling theres not to mention the humiliation that goes along with she does she really feel humiliated maybe i did what i Felt was important to in just really Dis not just for myself but for All the other people who feel the same Way i do that kind of got clobbered this was a strictly bar Bones Fingler didst have any because there expensive and often her Only advertising was two ads in the Community she knocked on doors through out the she can Tell you that there Are Homes in the area and All of them were visited at least ten thou Sand Homes were visited when i spoke to Fingler yes i was struck by two her sincere desire to effect change in her City or How important Money even in the smallest Leslie Fingler began and ended her Campaign a relative if you live in the vital Ward and were Home the night she came you might remember but if you and if you tossed her Campaign material out with the junk you wont recognize her she didst have the Bucks to get that not but that the Way the system and the Novice accepts the rules of the i probably will run i want to do but right i just feel really club Leslie Fingler proves that hard work and desire Arent enough to get you she be Embar who accept a sys tem where enough Cash can move someone from unknown to strict Justice demanded by Doug Nairne police reporter an attack on a school bus Driver in grand rapids by parents armed with an baseball bats and a Butcher knife has rekindled residents protests that the Legal system treats Crimi nals too the whose children had been thrown off the school bus for slashing the allegedly stormed the House of bus Driver Isabel Gui Boche three weeks ago and tried to smash Down her door with the she was not about 100 residents frustrated with the Justice system carried placards and crowded onto the towns Airport Landing strip attack on bus Driver spurs grand rapids protest when the provincial court judge and court staff arrived for their monthly the a sizable portion of the isolated towns 500 waited two hours to make their Point after bad weather delayed the plane from the when the plane did Mem Bers of the local ramp escorted the court officials past the pro who did not try to Block the no one was arrested and police describe the protest As but Gui Boche herself helped Orga Nize yesterdays protest after Alleg ing ongoing harassment from relatives of her now in they threaten me and they Point their fingers at me and make it look like a Gui Boche were tired of having to put up with these people and we want them put in Oscar Deputy mayor of grand rapids about 350 Kilometres North of Winnipeg said residents want to ban lenient judges from their town to Back up demands for harsh action against the criminals have been getting away with slaps on the and the town is sick and tired of said they keep telling us they hear our but Noth ing Ever happens to make it bet Olson said the town is fed up with incidents in which people seen As dangerous criminals Are allowed to roam free in the Community while awaiting when people do stand More often than not they get a Light sentence Olson provincial Justice officials met with local government officials and representatives of the neighbouring Indian Reserve recently and agreed to take the Community concerns into Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free pre Tony Mother Blanche Are in Shock after hearing Victorias body was found beside logging excite woman slain in Winnipeg relatives Grieve ramp probe for links to other killings by Bill Redekop staff reporter ramp Are investigating possible links Between the death of a Winnipeg born woman found murdered in British Columbia and two other recent West coast Victoria Younkers naked and badly decomposed body was found saturday beside a logging Road Northeast of about 75 Kilometres East of Vancouver where she she was she May have been Mission is pretty far away from said Tony the victims oldest the woman family in Winnipeg Learned the news monday night after ramp were finally Able to identify the there still in its been very you dont expect something like said Victorias Blanche the family moved to British Columbia in but the Mother returned in 1978 when her marriage Victoria and her five Brothers and Sisters stayed behind with their father in Victo she later moved to Vancouver and about four years ago became involved in when i talk to her about pros she said she was just going to do it until she could get Back on her but i guess its like anything once you get used to she described Victoria As a very bubbly per being a prostitute Doest make them any less a people have Tony Victoria was the second eldest child in the her Mother last talked to her on mothers when Victoria called from the victim also has an eight year old son living in Winnipeg with his i think maybe she trusted peo ple too that was her prob said her the family is also trying to get More information from the but is having Little Suc wed like to find out at least How she died and How Long she was there said her body was dumped near where two Vancouver prostitutes were found murdered earlier this ramp believe the woman had been dead for several ramp have said the other two women were a prime suspect is a Mission Man in prison awaiting charges in the rape and beating of another Vancouver Olson said there have been cases in which people accused of violent crimes have taken 18 months to go to in the he the accused is often set free and Able to intimidate his some of the judges who come to grand rapids to hold court have a reputation for letting people off with a mild Gui Boche there Are judges we dont want Back provincial Justice officials declined comment on the saying the protest was peaceful and did not interfere with the jus Tice chief Harold Turner of grand rapids first nation said he sup ports stiffer sentencing for offend but he opposes the faculty oks offer too late by Aldo Santin education reporter the labor dispute at the University of Manitoba took a strange twist yesterday when the administration rejected an offer by striking professors to accept an administration nominee As this developed after labor min ister Vic Toews said hed appoint Ray Whiteway As mediator but Only if the professors returned to work As a sign of Good Whiteway was a former chief negotiator for the provincial school trustees Grant faculty association said professors would not accept Toews nominee or his instead they said they would accept one of the universe Tys Donald an experienced mediator from British but Terry University Vic president said the faculty associations offer was too the two sides agreed monday night to select a mediator to help resolve the each Side submitted a list of 12 nominees and they had been reviewing each others Falconer said the association had already rejected the University list of mediator that Why Toews offer was he but Woods said the association haunt yet rejected the University list of nominees but decided to accept one of them rather than Toews he said he want aware the University had with drawn its list of Woods said last night that talks had ended in the Early evening and were scheduled to resume this the Union that rep resents student teaching assistants and lab Demon accused the University of refusing to pay them even though they Are available for by quest school division in debt j by Aldo Santin education reporter the Winnipeg school Divi Sion is broke and in debt and that Likely the first Chal Lenge a new Board elected wednes Day will have to Board officials confirmed yesterday the the provinces overspent its budget by million and had to exhaust a million surplus to end the Fis Cal year in but Anita former Board said she was not Overly concerned about the which she said resulted because of a number of onetime expend they include million in overspending across All million for Early retirement incentive plan for it was not included in the March for a physiotherapy pro Gram that had been Cut from the budget but was reinstated after Community in the transportation pro the budget included a reduction in student busing but trustees postponed the Cut by a year after Strong pressure from in borrowing in years the division used its surplus account for cashflow Pur but million was with drawn from the fund in the and the remaining million was exhausted to cover the the revelation caught some newly elected trustees by i heard rumours about a deficit during the Liz Ambrose this will probably be the biggest Issue facing the new Lori a new trustee from said she knew the Job was going to be onerous but added she would have to familiarize her self with specific details before commenting on How to Cope with the financial Neville said there was no attempt to hide the deficit and overspend ing until after wednesdays elec capital costs Neville said most of the surplus account was allocated to onetime capital adding they wont be there in the next last trustees approved a operating about per cent less than the pre Vious the budget translated into a per cent school division property tax the third lowest among the 10 boards in new trustees elected wednesday Are Florencio Lori John Liz Ambrose and Luba they join incumbents Betty Anita Neville and Lionel nip grip on Board ends the nip grip on the provinces largest school Board appears to have been shattered by wednesdays Only three and endorsed candidates won com pared to six candidates three years ago of those said Shes More interested in con sense building than there is no solid right or left split on the said Liz one of five new trustees elected to the the Winnipeg school Divi Sion has Long been divided Between Napers and everyone Board decisions Are Usu ally made by whichever group could put together a ruling that coalition began to disintegrate during the past Mary Ann Mihaychuk resigned in april after she won a Provin Cial nip Bill Sanderson ran afoul of the coalition Over budget he ran As an Independent on wednesday but did not Kathy Mallet did not run for reelection and roman Yere Nick was Only Lionel Orlikov won re election As an and endorsed the most prominent Naper on the Mario ran As an he said yesterday he would not participate in an nip ;