Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free May local Elenore Koop and daughter aloof unpacking to now that their evacuated possessions Are Back but there thankful the House was Koop family stuck it out behind their Dike As the red gassed some praying and a lot of help kept flood out of Koop Home columnist Lindor Reynolds has followed one Winnipeg family As it survived the flood of the this is the final Story on the Koop who won their Battle with the raging red Elenore Koop believes in i her Glenwood Home was spared the worst of the her family is boxes Are being unpacked and life is ing to its a gradual moving at the same Speed As the water Levels steady Progress interspersed with occasional the Koops feel the second Day we did the everybody was working it was backbreaking said i opened the for but door and the stairway was covered with there wrapped canned i dont Fonow who brought i had nothing to feed the workers and this food just the Koops have been humbled the willingness of friends and strangers to i really dont understand what motivated people to do what they diary Lindor Reynolds of the s Battle i cant explain this outpouring of is of god that one explanation their flood fight began on March the Day they received a notice that they have to sandbag their two Hundred sandbags should be then the blizzard eleven dred sandbags were delivered to 210 a fraction of the number eventually needed As the panic and fear began to Elenore prayed with she gave her the and serenity to survive what Lay Canie a Point where i sort of sat Down and Doest matter what happens Ive had my blessings i was Able to just the Kobs didst rely Oil prayer cleared their move could off fati sported belongings to the Homes of friends Job Lahore has been doing her laundry up the Street at a neigh for the entire flood period has been a the Davie first did the Sand bags it was almost like a Block she of was mostly in charge of cooking so that easy for me to one of the most difficult times was the Day the army moved twas really different that she it was kind of they came through first at three in the seeing those trucks rum ble Down the it was like an it was suddenly More it was they were great and we were glad to have it was just troubling to see them the next when the City put thousands of Homes on a 24hour evacuation was the same the Koops nextdoor Neighbours received a on hour they had to leave immedi that was the Day before the Crest was you knew it was coming and you didst know what to we were All just sort of holding our the Crest the Dike the City started to breathe everyone was aware of those who were devastated who had been spared was the waiting game continued As the Koops waited for the Waters to As their Yard slowly started to their spirits family reappeared on the cards of support decorated the the dining room table had a Clear top the Dike and the Koops dismantle it using the Sand to build up their v v Ive of people appear in my willing to help Ive had strangers come up and say i helped sandbag your Hows it youre not on your owning a Cri Sis like laser Eye surgery a g l e v u e laser vision doll under Reslo f suite 235 444 Mary Manitoba r3c 3t1 9435353 fax 9438558 Freedom from glasses moving Sale everything goes drapery sofas fabrics up to 1560 779 the City of Winnipeg notice of meeting Assiniboia Community committee Date May place Community committee 2000 Portage Avenue time regular meeting Public hearings to consider zoning matters All interested persons Are invited to attend for further information Call Inga Skundberg Community clerk Telephone 9863856 Headquarters Charleswood Home janitorial services commercial Industrial residential flood clean up flood clean up after construction office cleaning carpet steam cleaning clean up after fire clean up window cleaning floor stripping daily weekly monthly one time bonded insured free estimates Tel 204 8965887 fax 8326788 profs Clear math exam no More difficult than last Yean probe finds by Treena Khan education reporter two Brandon University math professors have concluded a controversial exam Given Manitoba students earlier this year was no More difficult than tests Given students twice last Doug Pickering and Michael Roddy were asked by the Brandon school division to assess the january 1997 exam after Only per cent of the divisions students passed the univer sit streamed their conclusion the test was not More difficult than similar exams Given students in january and june although a format change Likely threw students forty per cent of the questions this year were Short answer and 60 per cent called for longer last the test was comprised of 70 per cent Short answer and 30 per cent Roddy said teachers and students must be fully informed and appropriate study materials created when exam format changes Are nothing wrong the prepared for Brandon assistant superintendent Mary Lynne concludes that students and teachers Are not responsible for the regions poor the probe was requested by Educa Tion minister Linda Mclntosh after the Brandon trustees voted in March to throw out the provincial exam a decision beyond their the trustees later apologized and rescinded the although Mclntosh wanted the report to stipulate what measures the division would take to improve Stu dents problem solving the report found that there is nothing wrong with teachers instruction or assessment the first semester math Marks for Grade 12 students from their i school tests were consistent with their Marks in previous math and their Overall they were also in line with Marks from the provincial English language arts and 40g Gen eral math for which the Divi Sion ranked Well teachers Are already offering extra math at lunch and after with sessions that can last two or three that will also remain and although some Stu dents did mean score for the division was per cent they will not be screened out of the course in the Campbell there Are 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