Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 17, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brandon River runs through it Brandon a City manager joins elite group /1 beef producers take Stock cattlemen last of the free enterprises /2 a clarify confusion on child support /3 a pm should focus on improvements /4 a ethical issues Impact on our lives/4 a Brandon sunday classified ads /8 local hero Brandon native plays hoops against bobcats /5 a Kennedy gets lots of support /5 a Broncos searching for Power source/5 a Foord leads bombers attack /5 a dinosaurs double by hockey team /5 births in memoriams.b11 books.b5 classified.b12 comics.b6 deaths a2.b11 diversions b8 entertainment tv.b9 forum/focus.b2,3 kids.b7 sports ,11 Brandon weather Snow. With amounts la near 15 Ems. Xor High-9. Low-17. Details on Page by 3 sunday free press 619156 75 tax included West Man Region Brandon november 17,1996 Joe Bryksa. Winnipeg free press nothing to it Winnipeg Ger Charlotte Maceachern 15, set a Canadian championships at the Winnipeg convention Centre Junior record of 67.5 Kilos in the snatch lift yesterday in Maceachern settled for a Silver medal in the compete the 76-kilo class at the Manitoba open weightlifting Tion. Please see Story on Page a12. Grinch pinches welfare kids Council kills Cash option for parents at Christmas pipe spews flood of gasoline by Kim Guttormson for the free press Imperial Oil engineers were Busy last night trying to find the cause of a pipeline leak that spilled 30,000 litres of gasoline into the ditches along Springfield Road and forced the closing of a Section of the Road. The valves to the feeder line were closed once the leak was discovered about 4 20 p.m., Imperial Oil operations Engineer Roger Breski said. A i do not know any details a Breski said last night before catching a plane from Calgary to Winnipeg. A a the line has been in service since the �?T50s and this is the first leak we be Ever had on that line. Well excavate the site and make an assessment. Well make a temporary repair As soon As we a spokesman for the Winnipeg fire department said an estimated 20,000 litres to 30,000 litres of Gas were spilled. He said a railway Tanker car would hold about 30,000 litres. He added that once the pipe Section was lifted for repair Gas trapped inside could leak out. The spill happened in front of 1550 Springfield were expected to Block off Springfield Road at Lagimodiere Boulevard and Plessis Road All night. Winnipeg police duty inspector Roy Smith said cleanup Crews from the company along with the Winnipeg and Springfield fire departments and the provincial environment department were on the scene. The Gas a the same fuel you into your car a was being vacuumed off the Snow and into storage tanks Smith said. Smith and the fire department spokesman did no to know How the Gas would be disposed of. A Backhoe was being used to expose the pipe so engineers could see where the leak occurred. Americans most eligible a smart sexy Carman lad by Randy Turner staff reporter or. Joe Hewett May be the newest most eligible Bachelor in America. But he does no to claim to be the next John f. Kennedyjr. A i done to know if i have the political connections a he said. Does no to matter. He a got his mom Back in Carman and she a about the Best connection a son can get. A a he a smart he a athletic he a musical. He Sall those things but he does no to show it off a Mary Hewett said of her 27-year-old offspring. A a he a kind of mysterious that Way. He a just like his it was Mary after All who helped get her boy on the Leeza Gibbons show. It aired in Winnipeg Friday on an Abc affiliate in Minnesota. On the show he was declared a the most eligible Bachelor in american. It All began last month when Joe an intern at St. Marys Hospital in san Francisco was approached by producers of the National talk show to submit a videotape application for the Bachelor segment. Joe phoned his mom asking her to put the tape together a you know a string of friends and family talking about their Carman born son. Momus first reaction a i thought he was crazy. This is so bizarre. I can to handle so a daughters Friend told the camera that shed had a crush on Joe since she was a Little girl. A few other friends vouched for Joe. Even mom taped a testimonial As dad held the or. Joe Hewett a he a a study camera. They sent the tape off to the shows los Angeles studio but Mary Wasny to holding her breath. The phone rang the next monday morning. A pack your bags a a Gibbons producer said. So Mary a 55-year-old Nursery school teacher got on a plane for the Bright lights of . Last tuesday. When she arrived a stretch limousine waited. But Joe Hewett smother did no to get in the Back seat. By Nick Martin staff reporter a a in a Riding up front a she insisted. A a in a a farm girl. We done to ride in the Back seats of stretch Mary says she a no stranger to television. She was once on Man in Portage being interviewed about recycling. But this was different. This was Hollywood. A it was awesome a Mary said of the show which was taped nov. 6. A i have dreamt of being treated so As for Leeza a you talk about a class act. She is just a sweetheart. You can to fake on the show a panel of judges proclaimed Joe the most eligible of the five bachelors on stage. A a he a a stud a real ladies Man a gushed Jill Mullikin senior producer of the show. Mom took it All in stride. A it Hasni to changed anything a she said. A a he a still my son. I done to think of him As something like that because i raised my kids not to think they re better than anybody else. A the nicest part about the trip is i done to see him Joe very much a Mary continued. A the Hasni to been Home in three years. To me that was the highlight of going out but Mary did note there could be a practical Benefit from her songs Fame. A maybe he could Model jockey shorts or something a she giggled. A to pay off his humongous College or. Hewett who plans to practise intervention Al radiology did no to anticipate any major lifestyle changes either. A it turned out to be a lot of fun a he said from the san Francisco Hospital. A but i done to take things like that too City councillors have stolen a Page from the Grinch who stole Christmas by denying City welfare recipients a Chance to buy gifts for their children critics of a new civic plan charge. And they say the recent City decision which forces thousands of recipients to take hampers instead of Money could dump an additional $285,500 expenditure on the Christmas cheer Board Only two Days before it starts delivering this years hampers. Quot we re sitting anxiously on pins and Needles whether Well have to go bananas to raise More Money a cheer Board executive director Kai Madsen said Friday night. A a it a going to Impact on us rather for the past three decades the City has Given adult welfare recipients the Choice Between a Christmas Cash allowance of about $14 a person or a cheer Board hamper. However because Ottawa withdrew from a 50-50 funding arrangement with the City earlier this year Council decided this summer it afford to give clients the Money. The decision Means these welfare recipients could Force the Christmas cheer Board to distribute a record 23,000 hampers a 2,000 More than its Ever before handed out. A How do i explain budget cuts to a nine and 11-year-old?�?� recipient Susan Bruce said about the Impact of councils decision on her two kids. A i wish Council would come Down and explain that to my Bruce said the Money would have allowed her to buy her son and daughter one gift each and while she a grateful to get a hamper its far More important that her kids get something they want on Christmas Day. The City a Cash allowance started at $6.80 for a single recipient and increased by $4.13 for each additional family member. Until this year Ottawa matched that amount. Karen Mitchell client services manager in the City a social services department said the value of the hamper far exceeds the allowance. A a we re hoping this will be More convenient for our clients a she said. However critics say the change is miserly Way of helping those who need it most. A a it a pathetic a coun. Glen Murray fort Rouge said. Quot its a Christmas designed by the continued please see decision/a2 a child a Yule Lindsay Rosset a Grade 5 student at Whitemouth school draws her idea of Christmas. Lindsay a drawing and 11 others by elementary school children adorn the covers of Christmas cards that Are being sold across the province. Please see a5 ;