Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba And the winners song and dance splendid blend at arts festival Ford geared to television Auto Dealership plugs into satellite service five leadership styles build Success Law should apply to Farmers As Well leaving Job press at the office difficult Brandon sunday classified ads cup would Cap career Wade Redden Hopes to go out in style with who championship officials getting internet web feet Brandon Brier bid still a go to exposure big boost for Ciau sports diversions Ann Percy d3 in sports to o 619156 k Brandon weather variable of details on Page c7 sunday free press 75j tax included West Man Region we won Wayne free press team Canada members celebrate their volleyball win Over the dominican Republic yesterday to earn a berth in the summer olympics in Canada dominated the winning please see Story on Page closing a blow to Emerson by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter Border towns Are bracing for a blow As Revenue Canada pre pares to close the Emerson East Border crossing just As the province finishes a new million Bridge built there for commercial traffic with min i dont want to Call it a Bridge to because it still comes into said Menno president of the Emerson chamber of com its basically a dead end after this because you Loop Back into the closure of the Emerson East crossing set for according to the local la will shut off Border Access from the Manitoba town of Emerson into continued please see provincials chief walks Long Road in search for Justice by Tony Davis staff reporter Valley River first nation nestled in the Trees and perched on gentle rises Are midsize Homes set wide the attractive band office looks More like a Hunting and apart from two tiny churches and a convenience there Are few other about 65 Kilometres West of this Hilly Reserve of 450 souls is easy to miss even standing in the Middle of but theres no mistaking who is in wobbly some one has Spray painted Merv Gray Lynx chief 94 across the face of a railway Bridge running through the compared to Many Manitoba Valley River seems almost an contented but the 56yearold chief whose name decorates the Bridge is Nei Hpe me land As Manitoba natives threaten the next big standoff Over land there Are 550 claims across Canada awaiting Resolution some for More than 100 the Way they Are resolved could reshape our especially the the free press and Thomson news service examine the Issue in this three part time running out a5 ther Idle nor late last Mervin Gray Lynx was in Ottawa for nearly a leafing through old treaty documents that he Hopes hold the key to a brighter future in Valley where 90 per cent of the residents Are i was doing some research on the surrender of Silver Creek Back in explains Gray sit Ting in Valley Rivers band Hes sporting a Black leather jacket featuring a handmade painting of a Lynx on the Gray Lynx is looking for Evi Dence that the Silver Creek sur Render which saw his ancestors give up nearly 40 Square Kilometres of land near Binscarth in Exchange for their current Home May have been he also believes the surrender of a second 40squarekilometre parcel of land in Silver Creek in 1898 was if they Gray Lynx knows How he wants the Federal and provincial governments to apolo continued please see auditor to probe fund use tories Hope to Clear the air by Paul Samyn legislature reporter the Filmon government has asked the provincial auditor for a review of Wood Stone technologies controversial spending of the largest grow Bond Issue in Manitoba his finance minister Eric Stefanson said the provinces fiscal watchdog will examine All allegations sur rounding the Portage la Prairie pea processor and the in tax payers Money on the line because of the firms financial its in everyone Best interests to Clear the said Stefanson said the review of a Woodstone is important to ensure that the Public and investors have Confidence in the grow Bond pro in informed that the proper due Diligence was done and this review is really to confirm the provinces grow Bond pro Gram allows Manitoban to invest in the Rural with taxpayers guaranteeing their principal the free press reported last week there Are serious questions about How the grow Bond Issue awarded to Woodstone in March 1994 has been the company is now struggling for its among the concerns former Woodstone employees allege the grow Bond funds were used to keep creditors at Bay rather than for the proposed Plant expansion used to lure the province failed to disclose to investors that most of the raised was already ear marked for expenses incurred months before they were asked to put up any investors were kept in the dark about significant changes in the Way Woodstone would use their members of the Rural develop ment Bond overseeing the Woodstone project apparently had Little knowledge of How and when the Money was Woodstone was forced to Lay off its 45 employees in and its locked Portage la Prairie Plant has had the water Cut off for tax Woodstone president Gary Nickel has maintained his firm did Noth ing As All the expenditures were approved by the grow Bond Nickel is also hopeful that a Rescue plan could reopen the company As Early As this nip Industry critic Tim Sale said Hes pleased the tories have turned to the provincial Sale Crescent Wood said the auditor should have a free hand to do a forensic a More detailed financial while the grow Bond office has maintained there were no irregularities with Wood stones Bond and that All expenses were officials last week confirmed they were aware Woodstone had already spent of a pro posed expansion As of even though Manito bans we rent invited to invest in the Issue until March a Quick see you and her son was dead Canadian press gang of teenage robbers accosted k Fyke As he called his mom from a Beac Side Telephone in Florida to say hed be Home soon from Spring Mark Fyke seconds the easygoing High school student was shot i just heard some voices in the a tearful Christine Fyke told the Canadian press in an interview yesterday from their Home in i thought someone wanted to use the he said Ive got to get going ill see you and that was witnesses said a gang of about seven youths approached at the phone Booth near a Daytona Beach Boulevard just before mid night continued please see management guru guides vice by John Douglas business editor it has become Premier Gary Hilmons per Sonal Compass and the foundation of his for the last seven the Manitoba government has been run by the principles of a bestselling management guru named Stephen there has to be a set of values that under pins the major decisions you make every Filmon said in an this gives you that seven years Hilmons brought Home covers bestselling Book seven habits of highly effective after being enthralled by he went out and bought copies for his entire Cabinet and senior now he credits the seven habits philosophy for everything from a solid family life to a scan Alfree Hes looking Forward to meeting Covey on april 3 when the free press brings him to Winnipeg for a on Day Filmon credits the Covey philosophy for creating a foundation that has helped his Cabi net and his government make the Tough choices it he said a common commitment allows everyone to Start on the same its a philosophy that he says has helped keep his government now in its third term on the straight and Halls of Power i dont think that it is accidental that this government has not had a resignation of a minis ter and Hast had the kinds of fiascos that have happened to governments everywhere in this country and Filmon this gives us a foundation against which we can always compare our decisions and always brings us Back to the base Point of what the principles were that went into that its not the first time covers philosophy has found a place in the Halls of the Utah based Covey leadership Centre played an integral role in the development of the corporate culture at general motors Saturn Divi Sion and is currently being used by about companies and organizations through out North its the driving Force behind about half the Fortune 500 companies in the United what makes the Covey leadership ideas popular is an emphasis on individuals improving themselves so they will have a positive Impact on their workplace and in the Covey interdependence is More desirable than it makes so much common sense it almost seems too Filmon adding he Lis tens to Covey motivational tapes in his As a we found that family issues can equally be judged on the basis of the Prin Filmon i use it on family my interrelationships with my my tickets for the Stephen Covey seminar Are available through the free press for Call Joe free press Filmon bought covers Book for his Cabinet and senior better than Bank foreign Exchange rates guaranteed corporate accounts custom House currency Exchange 9876000 ;