Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 20, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section John Douglas 6977292 associate Gerald flood email Winnipeg free press local november u of students work streaks into space on shuttle by Randy Turner staff reporter k Evin Borkheim has seen a space shuttle lift off Borkheim did More than see Columbia blast he Felt at it was like a Candle that was under the space said a 25yearold University of Manitoba medical student who witnessed the shuttles departure from Cape Kennedy in then a huge plume of smoke there was a rumbling then the ground started to it was like witnessing a added who was about five Kilometres from the launching it was one of the most incredible things Ive Ever seen in my but Borkheim want just a Spectra the u of m students Experiment on osteoporosis in Zero Gravity was chosen to join the shuttle on its 16 Day journey into the Nasa shuttle launched at Cost yesterday along with his israeli eran who is study ing aerospace have been in Florida for the last three weeks preparing their microgravity experiments for the the students Experiment study ing the effects of Bone deterioration in a weightless environment was selected by instrumentation technology associates of a computer hardware and research company that puts together experiments for shuttle Itas automated which is the size of a bread includes hundreds of test tube samples relating to Between 25 and 30 were hoping to obtain some very significant Bio technical John president of said if we can use space research to solve problems Down Here on its a win win Situa Fork Heims project was created last summer when he attended the International space University in where he teamed with Schenker while on a scholarship from the Canadian space the project examines Why Astro nauts Bones become More Brittle after Long periods in the Experiment involves sending cells that make Bones into space and examining their Structure and function in the Zero Gravity these cells will then be compared to similar cell samples on Earth in an Effort to pinpoint Phil free press Peter Duncan and Brenda Colyer of Canada Post with framework for dragon for the Jaycees enter one scary dragon to help Jaycees Salute Santa by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter this year the dragons head will his Throat will have a fiery glow and terrible noise will come from the belly of the that How a handful of Canada Post employees plan to Welcome Santa Claus on his first visit to in the annual Jaycees Parade the dragon built Over four Days last year by 10 postal employee volunteers was the brainchild of Peter who was smitten after he saw Toronto professionally organized Parade a year i saw How All the kids were just enthralled by All the floats in the Duncan said it Winnipeg just lacked some of the magi Cal effects of the Toronto we decided to do something to beef it this the employees plan to make their dragon come to life with a rotating neck and a monster Jaycees Parade organizer Jeff Provost is hoping their spirit is As his ser vice club puts out another Call for corporations and the pub Lic to get involved and submit an so the Jaycees have about 25 entries including marching individuals and clowns but at least another 20 Are needed to give Santa a respectable All it takes is a Little imagination and some Odds and ends to put together something with a Christmas or kiddie Provost theres a thousand things you could he youre Only limited by your imagine unlike some of the professional Santa Claus Winnipeg is entirely Volunteer based and open to individuals and As Long As the entry carries a Christmas or kiddie he a few years the Jaycees tightened the rules on entries to Cut the number of vehicles that carried purely commercial that Cut the number of Par so the service club launched a Campaign to boost interest the Canada Post employees have taken up the Challenge and sent out 150 letters to Var ious corporations around inviting workers to join in the said director of mail three have submitted float entries for this year and another seven have promised to show up next he along the route the Parade starts at Polo Park at noon and winds East Down Portage Avenue to memorial Boulevard where it turns ending just past the Bay scouts will be collect ing nonperishable food items for the Christmas cheer letters to Santa will also be Provost bus tied to death missing a Mirror vehicle had Blind police Accident expert says ambulance 1 numbers were Down in blizzard Aldo Santin City Hall reporter ambulance service May have been jeopardized during sundays blizzard because the head of the depart ment parked one of his vehicles when he thought the funding had been Cut but that was a move that provincial health officials said was premature and Jake director of the ambulance said yesterday he made the move after he had been told by a senior Provin Cial official that a temporary funding arrangement was being ended it took effect saturday morning and i reduced our complement Enns said that were Only nine emergency vehicles working per shift on the when there should have been As a he ambulance response times during sundays blizzard were probably slower than they should have sue the assistant Deputy minister of said we will continue to fund the extra ambulance and we will continue to do so until weve come to some sort of understanding with the by Kevin Rollason staff reporter the school bus which is suspected of killing a seven year old boy last week had a Blind spot because it was missing a a police investigation has disco As a number of other defects found by police on Seine River school division bus 7 could Lead to charges against the division missing Mirror Winnipeg police Greg the forces senior Accident said yesterday the missing external right Ste Well Mir ror meant the school bus Driver who was filling in for the regular Driver could not see anyone near the right front theres a Blind its another disadvantage for the bus Cann the officer said the school division has been questioned and cant say for How Long the Mirror had been police Are calling the missing Mirror another piece of the Puzzle in reconstructing the but Cann said he still cant confirm whether the bus being investigated was the vehicle which killed Raymond Cadieux last week As he returned Home from we Are waiting for Foren sic evidence from the ramps forensic Laborati Cann if its not the right Lehi we Start from Square 1 and Check with other we have the schedules for other Cann said other defects found on the bus included a Burntout a Light out on the Stop and larger outside tires than inner ones at the rear of the he said none would have been a contributing Factor in the he said if Only the Mirror was the division would have received a notice ordering the but with the number of defects found it could be issued an offence Raymond and an eight year old boy were dropped off from the bus last wednesday afternoon on Villeneuve Boulevard in Raymond was apparently dragged about 30 metres around the Corner from Villeneuve on to Rue Des trap police initially thought the Accident was a hit and but have since focused on the possibility the boy May have been run Over by the school the who has not been allegedly drove off without realizing she May have run Over the too Early police say it is too Early to determine if charges will be saying once their investigation is Complete a report will be sent to Crown the funeral service for the boy was held saturday in just one year the tight knit Community of less than 100 gathered to mourn the passing of Julien and Shirley Gerardy Cadieux Uncle and aunt As Well As their 14month old the family and a 44year old local woman All died after colliding on a gravel Road in june this family has gone through a said Loewen funeral Chapel manager dangerous offender bid launched by David Kuxhaus Law courts reporter the Crown launched a bid yesterday to have Dennis Roy Frank declared a dangerous offender and said another female Vic Tim had come the dangerous offender designation Means the 33yearold could be jailed Frank was convicted last month of assaulting a Selkirk though the jury acquitted him of the More serious charge of sexual the Crown maintains that Frank has a history of violent sexual behaviour toward yesterday while informing the court an application would be Franks sexual assault victims May be asked for testimony Crown attorney Bruce Mellon indicated another woman has recently come he was quickly Cut off by Franks lawyer Sheldon Pinx before he could go into further details before Madam Justice Barbara Pinx said the relevance of any new information should be decided at a later outside Mellon declined to provide any further details about the the hearing will Likely be held sometime in the new Mellon said they need time to com plete a psychiatric evaluation of give evidence its also possible that victims of Frank will be called to give he Frank made headlines in August of 1995 when he became the first convicted sex offender in Manitoba to have his name and photo publicly released As part of a Community notification Frank had then just completed a full Lightyear sentence at the Prince Albert correctional institution in while he refused to participate in a program for sex he was convicted in 1987 of sexually assaulting a woman he met in a Brandon bar and abducting a Winnipeg prostitute by posing As an undercover police the Selkirk woman had accused Frank of raping her after the two had met in a successfully argued before a court of Queens Bench jury last month that the pair had Consen sual sex and became involved in a fight Manitoba flyers remains sought ans affairs Canada will mount a v reconnaissance and rec very project to Burma this was k to try to recover the remains of Canadian air including a Manitoba last in the area just before the end of the second work War in the which arrives in Rangoon Hopes to find the remains of Stanley Cox of Beresford among the human the crash site and Craf Dakota aircraft wreckage were discovered earlier this year by a burmese the plane disappeared june with five Crew on ;