Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba In floods w4e1ic4 Winnipeg free May a5 sandbag help is still needed in City Dike removal crucial in some areas by Kevin Rollason City Hall reporter the wave of volunteers which hastily erected sandbag dikes to save Peoples Homes has fallen to a and the City has enlisted hundreds of people on social assistance to take their emergency spokesman Jack Marquardson said the City had referrals of volunteers in the first few weeks to Lay More than six Mil lion in the last few the number of volunteers has been in the Geo technical engineers have a list of 36 areas most in need of removal of the sandbag dikes in order to protect the the most crucial removal areas include Kingston the vital Bridge and Elmwood As the Levels on the red River continue to More than two million sandbags need to be removed As soon As possible from these critical the red River was recorded at 19 feet at James Avenue pumping station yesterday Down half a foot from its still very important that volunteers come out because of the Riverbank Marquardson i think the main problem is people Are just tired right now and theres just not the drama i think peo ple were just there before because they knew people needed but that need is still before the military Many of the sandbags across the City were put in place by but Ken assistant superintendent of the seven Oaks school said students might have other things on their minds students did invest a considerable amount of time before and in not sure if they feel they can afford the time Burron the school year is coming to an end and the exam period is coming the senior students Are feeling the most pressure at this and i think probably the sense of urgency int there emergency spokesman Bob Mcdonald said there Are now 200 social assistance recipients get Ting paid the entry level cupe rate of per hour to remove Sand bags with 300 people expected by the end of the Mcdonald said yesterday the workers were taking Down sandbags at both ends of the vital Bridge and sandbags at the Elmwood cemetery and the South end of Glenwood people Are eager to do the work and Are calling us trying to be a part of the Marquardson Jeff free press Garry Klassen left and brother Edgar removed sandbags from Wall on Kingston in other developments there Are still 72 properties with about 250 residents still evacuated from their the City will be contacting each of these residents individually when it will be Safe for them to go but several Home owners on Turnbull drive could be allowed to return As Early As Satur the Provencher Bridge could be open to pedestrian traffic by the but it will be another month before it May open for vehicular engineers have deter mined the Bridge piers themselves have shifted because of the floodwater but they Are still investigating to see How extensive the repairs will have to Mcdonald said the Bridge has been fitted with 16 steel cables and two steel brackets to hold its two spans in place to make it Safe for Ance 4f anniversary of a cent to pay until Mac on eve Ruthina in the store wide savings event outstand ii recent sho4 manufacturers1 ii i s show Stock Blowout special pentium 66mmz ism Captiva s8c pentium166mmx computer expo 97 Stock 32 my ram hard drive 2mb video memory 16x carom Modem 256k level 2 Cache sub Woofer mouse mouse pad bundled software i year Exchange warranty free Canon bjc240 color Bubble Jet Printer with Purchase of Captiva Sec choose one of these options with your Purchase Sis Peryear surf the net for an additional 180 Days or hours super Home director new voice enable kit super warranty enhanced cup coverage for years 2 and 3 super talk software that brings you hands free voice dictation super fun game pad 3 hot software titles see inshore for details ism Captiva s9c 32mb ram he 2mb video memory 16x carom 256k level 2 Cache mouse mouse pad bundled software 1 year 180 Days or 180 on the ism internet with Purchase of any with 15 Monitor 6 Only with 17 Monitor 2 Only include movie rentals1 value Captiva no Ordinary Como ulc c8x c9x printers Canon bjc240 color Bubble Jet Canon bjc4550 11x17 color Bubble Jet 599 with 15 Monitor 4899 Hewlett Packard desk Jet 692c color in Jet Mhz Type of Cache video hard drive Modem Max total image voice enabled ism Home videophone ready to c8x with 15 Monitor c8x with 17 Monitor c9xwith15twionitor Nitor m495 Advance computer classes introduction to computers open to Public Hay windows95 internet Advance computer owners Only May Coll to Register Hewlett Packard laser Jet 5l Ambram ppm open to Fri am to 9 pm to pm closed sundays Portage 7866541 toll free ;