Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free june 1997 local Battle to save Elm Trees is heating up this summer by Stevens wild staff reporter Winnipeg Battle to save its Urban Forest is heating up this with environmental activists targeting areas along the red and Assiniboine if we have another bad year for dutch Elm we will be fac ing a real said Judy executive director of the coalition to save the i define a crisis when we Are at the Edge of a we need to do something last of the cites elms were lost to dutch Elm that compares to elms lost in Werier said Crescent River fort Wildwood and Boniface Are especially hard the flood May have caused Trees to be More stressed and vulnerable to the Werier adding that Steps can be taken to control the spread of the but Werier said All but 300 of the Trees that were destroyed last year were on private though the City controls the disease through efforts like pruning and Many private Home own ers do Little to protect the people Are not aware that there Are Steps they can Werier Werier said elms should be pruned every seven to 10 to remove the dead limbs which attract the Elm bark which carries the elms should also be watered and fertilized to maintain their Overall if a tree is it is less vulnerable to Werier Werier said about 400 to 500 homeowners have Given the City permission to enter their property to Spray the base of their elms with a chemical that reduces the Elm bark Beetle numbers by 98 per she said the City will Spray Pri vate property As Boulevard elms in the Vicinity Are Werier said that in areas where no City spraying was homeowners could have the called applied by Commer Cial John Peterson Barbara Zenkowski Are pleased to announce their association with Oliver Bereznay family physicians Windsor Park medical Centre new patients accepted 159 Annes Road Fly Flici roses Mim Olio affordable vacations year after year income producing motor Homes available units with precooked 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six woman Crown attorney George Dangerfield said the slayings were the result of a turf War Over control of the cites Street prostitution he said with connections to the Hells Angels biker was trying to take Over Street Corners controlled by the Manitoba he said warriors Vic president Roger Sanderson and Robert Sander who ran girls on the Low killed Orowetz As a result of the Dis tews backed them he Gross and Zur Stegge were killed because they would be witnesses to the he but lawyer David representing Robert said there is no Concrete evidence that supports the crowns motive for the no where is there evidence that Russell Orowetz was moving in on Robert Sander sons he told the i defy anybody to find self interest As he argued Only Roger Sanderson has any known affiliation with the Manitoba he said his client is a Low level striker for the los bravos biker gang with no ties to the in he argued none of the accused had any reason to kill the three Marty representing Robert said his client has no interest in running he said he was a Hanger on who associated with Robert Sanderson for his ample supplies of he argued the crowns key Brent testified against the accused men out of a former striker for the is facing six criminal charges which have yet to be dealt with in the Minuk argued Stevenson concocted evidence to con vict the Trio in Exchange for a stay of proceedings from the he also questioned the credibility of a 15yearold former prostitute who gave damning testimony against the Minuk said the fact Steven son and the girl were friends raises doubts about the veracity of her Tes the Case against All of the accused is totally circumstantial if you disregard Stevenson and the 15yearolds lawyer William represent ing Roger argued there is no physical evidence linking his client with the despite an exhaustive search of the murder it is extremely telling there was no evidence of Roger Sanderson at this he so whats the Case it is Brent Stevenson and Brent Stevenson said the evidence presented during the course of the trial is sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they Are guilty of chief Justice Benjamin Hewak of the court of Queens Bench will deliver his charge to the jury Rabid dog gets 14year sentence by Allison Bray staff reporter a Man with a 30year history of criminal behaviour who was described As a Rabid dog was sentenced to 14 years in prison yesterday for armed theres robberies and then theres provincial court judge John Guy said before sentencing Oliver George to the lengthy prison Smith will not be eligible for parole for seven Smith pleaded guilty monday to one count of armed robbery in the Holdup of the cambrian credit Union at 735 Pembina last june noting the gratuitous use of Vio Lence and sheer terror Smith evoked when he held a gun to the tellers head during the Guy said the crime warrants a stiff the maximum penalty for armed robbery is life in arguing for a 30year prison Crown attorney Peter Murdoch said Smith should be warehoused in prison to protect society from some one who is like a Rabid Murdoch said Smith has not worked since 1970 and has spent almost the past 30 years committing crimes to feed his drug he has been convicted More than 30 times since 1965 for a string of break and enters and drug the credit Union robbery made head lines when an Offut member of the Winnipeg police department inter the officer was doing his Bank ing when Smith held up the he chased the robber on foot before other officers closed in and arrested bystanders gathered up the Cash that Smith had ditched during the the Only coast coast digital pcs coverage caller id text messages Emai i numeric messages longer Battery life cell phone Only from introducing digital pcs personal communication it looks like a cell its its the most advanced communications tool digital pcs gives you a whole world of new sign up now and get caller visual Call waiting and voice mail free for three you can also get text and numeric internet email 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