Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local May 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr email a3 meningitis kills two City girls no cause for but we will see what official says by Leah Janzen for the free press two Winnipeg girls have died of meningitis within the last two but the cases Are not related and there is no cause for Public health officials said one girl was seven the other was it is extremely rare to see two cases Back to Back where both patients said John the provinces chief medical when there Are two fatalities people get More but we typically see around 20 cases of meningitis per year with a fatality rate of Between 10 and 40 per the provincial health department keeps a close Eye on infectious diseases such As Guilfoyle if there is a Large increase in the number of cases it will begin a general immunization the last time we did the cases had increased he we will watch and see what Antibiotic for Public health officials Are identifying people who have come in close Contact with the victims to provide them with the Antibiotic if Amin As a approximately 100 prescriptions for the drug have been filled in the last few Days by the Misericordia general Hospital the meningitis which seems to target children and Young can be transmitted by coughing or and symptoms Are very similar to a Nasty Guilfoyle said there is no need for parents to be More concerned than they usually Are about their childrens if a child is ill with fever and flu like symptoms that seem More severe than parents should seek medical attention in particular if the child complains of a sore neck or has a skin rash that resembles Small blood he precautions taken to Ward off common colds or such As being sure to Wash hands can also help people avoid the Bac Teria that cause primer on meningitis meningitis is an Intel thous disease that affects the merry branes covering the brain and spinal Ailt meningitis arises from an infection by Fuji Fly of ffli6ffib08r s i the disease can strike at any but it typically targets most patients but meningitis can cause symptoms include loss of Back and muscle i sensitivity to sore necks and skin Henryk who served in Italy Dur ing the Sec Ond world salutes at the Cenotaph in Winnipeg to honour Fel Low poles who died the pol ish veterans Are especially proud of their Deci Sive Victory at Monte Cassino in Marc free press poles Salute fallen comrades by Andrew Maxwell for the free press exactly 53 years after their proudest Victory of the second world polish veterans remembered comrades who gave their lives for a free Homeland denied until the death of polish communism in a Wreath laying ceremony Sun Day morning at Winnipeg memorial Boulevard Cenotaph coincided with the anniversary of the polish army Victory Over Axis forces at Italy Monte Cassino that Victory on May opened a northward path Allied forces would follow on their Way to toppling the fascist regime of Beni to about 50 veterans of thai Battle were in Winnipeg last weekend attending the polish combatants association of Canadas 27th National which is held every two the event wrapped up yesterday veterans at an afternoon banquet said Monte Cassino remains a defining moment for people of pol ish veterans wont forget Battle 53 years ago when the nazis suffered a decisive defeat it was the Road to reflected Tadeusz exactly 52 years after a nazi mortar hit a nearby Bunker where he then a 20yearold Corporal was hunkered Down Manning a Field the hit left him with a deafened his left ear and left Shrap Nel in his but he was one of the Lucky five comrades in a Bunker Only metres away i put a few More socks on my foot and went Back into he troops of the 5th and 3rd polish division raised their nations Flag Over the Battle ravaged monastery marking a Victory that had already eluded forces from the United states and new More than polish soldiers died in the two assaults on Monte Cassino seven Days most died in the first attack on May nearly were injured in the it was on the night of the Lith that for the first time they gave us a shot of and said maybe it was the last time they would raise a Glass remembers now a retired Edmonton pest con tool the Toast that repeated in song at the sunday convention urged each Mem Ber to live another 100 embittered forever by what poles deem the betrayal at which saw Large parts of Eastern Europe handed Over by Allied leaders to Joseph stains polish troops still fought the polish exiled from their Homeland by hitlers september 1939 invasion Fol Lowed 16 Days later by hitlers then ally Stalin had helped win the but lost their after the like approximately polish veterans unwilling to return Home to communist Bisanz was lured to Canada in 1946 by promises of work in farming or Many actually took Over jobs Here Only recently abandoned by German prisoners of in More than 200 arriving polish veterans were greeted at the car station on the hatred of Many poles for communism sparked the Solidarity movement and eventually toppled communist authorities in Poland set up a government in exile after including a Cabinet and Ryszard Kaczorowsk who had been a signal officer at Monte eventually became waiting for his country to be on he was among those laying wreaths in downtown win Kaczorowski handed Over the presidential insignia to Lech Walensa signifying Walen Sas Victory in the nations first free elections in half a Poland is now and is trying to secure its presence in Europe by applying to be a member of and the european Kac Zorowski said in an interview at the we will remember what Hap but look Forward to shaping our lives in a new in Brief Riding Mountain quiet campgrounds in Riding Mountain National Park were quieter than Treyve been in recent memory during the May Long out of 500 potential camping Sites in the Only 124 were used falling to 70 Park operations supervisor Ray Whaley said lower attendance and the strict liquor ban in Parks has Cut Down on ugly Row he Only one liquor related charge was Laid All condition critical a Foury Earold boy is in Hospital in critical suffering from head injuries and multiple after a car hit his bicycle As he Rode across main the Accident occurred about 10 at main and Euclid Winnipeg police said no charges have been Headon crash fatal a 51yearold Pinawa woman was killed in a Headon collision at the Cor Ner of Highway 44 and opens about three Kilometres East of because Eileen Henschell died when the car she was driving was in collision with an eastbound pickup truck police her husband Robin 53 and daughter inlaw Rhonda Hen 25 were they were taken to the health sciences Robin Henschell was reported in Seri Ous condition while Rhonda Henschell was in Good new arrest made police have made a new arrest in the 1996 death of 23monthold Foster child Nadine Catherine Beaulieu at the Pine Creek first police have said the originally from the ebb and flow died from blows to the a Pine Creek first nation woman 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