Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free june scholarship for intercity kids to be named after slain youth by Andrew Maxwell for the free press Joseph Beeper spences dreams of becom ing a lawyer or baseball Star were tragically Cut but a scholarship bearing his name could help other intercity youths achieve their the memorial scholarship bearing his name is the Centre piece of a program aimed at giving a risk children a real reason to stay in school and get Good its taking a tragedy and making something Good out of said Nancy la Mother of the 13yearold boy who was shot dead in 1995 after being mistaken for a gang the achievement plus educational championed by City councillor John Prystanski and his nonprofit Westland would see every intercity student from grades 7 to 12 receive for every Mark Over 80 per cent an in excited about it its literally the Community helping themselves a Grade each it will Start in the next school with awards for Grade 7 scholarships Are usually the Domain of the few and Privi Prystanski Point Dou Glas were looking to take the elitism out of scholar he the average student earns two or three a grades per year Between grades 7 and such a student would have socked away toward tuition at a straight student would have the ultimate goal would be to fund the full firs year tuition for up to prys Tanski in the 199899 school the awards would be extended to cover Grade 8 and would expand by a Grade a each year until there were awards in All six the funds would be held in Trust until a student Enrols at a Manitoba University or Community Beeper remembered the concept is unique in win but similar initiatives have proven successful in Sev eral mostly Spear headed by wealthy philanthropists dedicated to boosting a risk Young Prystanski said his Westland foundation will court donations from Winnipeg corporate Sec but More intercity wed like to see every House hold in the area sponsor a Stu Dent for one he emphasizing its a grassroots the plan was if ten received by trustees of Winnipeg school division at a meeting last in excited about said trustee Betty its literally the Community helping questions remain As to the transferability of the funds if students move out of the inner the eligibility of students in private schools was also a question Mark to some although foundation members say those students would be eligible for the the school divisions Only role in the plan would be to Send the Marks to the found the Board forwarded the proposal to its policy and administration trustee Liz Ambrose predicted the Board would endorse it it May not seem like a lot of but it will seem like a lot to a student who Hast got a la Forte said she cant wait to see the fund help its first inner City youth walk through the doors to pos secondary Educa it would be just like seeing Beeper walking through those she wet folds at autograph session weekdays weekends at Conklin biggest Ever in crazy flip and the Wildcat return new this year the flume family land Midway has been expanded june 199 Gate admission children 6 All prices plus the for information Call hours weekdays Midnight weekends noon Midnight doctors pay for clinic expansion by Alexandra Paul Edical reporter the first part of a expansion at one of Winnipeg largest private clinics opens today with a mall of ads in a new funded entirely by the 66 doctors at the Manitoba the new five Storey building is thought to be the first Norfo profit medical Centre built without provincial clinic chairman Kin Yuen said the doctors deliberately chose to finance the Norfo profit development despite medicare cutbacks and the exodus of Canadian doctors to the United that sends a signal to both physicians and to it boosts morale and gives them a Nice place to and it recognizes the needs of Consumers because were not charging extra and the province is still paying us the same Yuen the clinic and its addition is located 790 Sherbrook and has Square feet of of which Square feet will be opened to business Yuen said he believes this clinic is the first of its kind in the plans Call for nine More doctors to be added to the clinic in the next six months along with Allied professionals including occupational psychologists and the professional staff will be matched with con Sumer health groups to work together on patient Edu medical education and research at the in such areas As cardiovascular infant feeding and the opening today is the first part of the plan and includes retailers such As a shoppers drug Mart prescription Imperial vision optical Winnipeg hearing Aid a Mother and child resource a travel agent and a Well be renting space to make this clinic a one Stop shopping Centre for clinic manager Peter White the opening takes place on the 51st anniversary of the clinic which opened in 1946 with eight Doc 10x10 Slimline 3season room installed from 5995 with this and walk affordable vacations year after year income producing 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