Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, June 26, 1997

Issue date: Thursday, June 26, 1997
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winnipeg free june 1997 Ford foils thieves up Ford of Canada unveiled its patented anti theft system to a captive audience Ali essay Ontario police chiefs whose forces constantly Battle vehicle the Auto giant won Praise from chiefs for developing which features a special ignition key with a digital code in the with the every key is unique and its signal cant be intercepted because it has Only about an eight centimetre says the each system can accommodate up to eight All with Dif Ferent a Ford dealer can Cut and program spares and the vehicles engine wont Start without the the Ontario police chiefs con Ference Ford spokesman Jim Hartford said secur Ilock costs less than and will be Standard equipment on All Ford cars within two London police chief Julian Fanti no said that with a car stolen every 20 seconds in North its time for the other Auto makers to install similar ant theft devices on All their the new device has won Praise from the insurance which has gone from a system of setting rates to one based on rates Rise for vehicles with High theft rates and repair said Brenton Burpee of the vehicle information Centre of husband of Doris Margret Veta Viola wife of Lewis widow of her Man husband of Fay William Lawrence of husband of Julianna widow of Walter husband of Anne of husband of Joyce Einor widow of Art husband of Dulcie widow of Paul Stephen of Florence widow of Forbes Frederick Hus band of Kathleen widow of Joseph classified death notices d6 pick 3 winning number yesterday was lotto winning numbers yesterday were 31 and Bonus number was the plus winning number yesterday for the main prize of was Pogo winning numbers yesterday were 35 and Bonus number was Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Avenue Manitoba r2x 3b6 circulation Home advertising editorial photo sports business Reader All departments from Manitoba outside 1 8005428900 internet email City letters to the circulation Blue sky you 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he says the private sector knows what developments Are economically feasible for the site and will bring those ideas to the we May want a Disney like attract but if its not financially were not going to get he its that tie to Money that has some people everyone agrees the site is important and needs to be pro but from its there Hast been agreement about what the Forks should original ideas from the Public included an indoor tropical lots of Green space and a when the first phase was unveiled in november it included an indoor food which opened two years a riverfront Quay and the idea of turning the Johnston terminal into a hotel and a multicultural Centre and All season Leisure Centre were the new five year business plan the administration Hopes will take the site to financial self sufficiency was finally approved by All three Levels of government in it includes plans for a improvements to the festival extending Pioneer Boulevard to connect the Forks to the Exchange District and repairing the Bridge that will join the main site to the South a proposal Call for the festival Park and land North of the Provencher Bridge went out last its and Peter an original Forks Board int sure the Forks needs to develop any further right the Forks never really produced a vision of the next Diamant its individual items people Are push ing for one reason or to see certain revenues without thinking How the Forks fits in the present concept of the boards recent decision to put a restaurant in the Pavilion where skaters change footwear was met with anger by tenants in the Market and Johnston they feel the administration int listening to their concerns and is making decisions without they say traffic is and adding one More place to eat wont attract new people to the but Smith thinks it Scott president of facility marketing which stages events such As the upcoming dragon boat races at the says Forks users Arent being Leona executive director of the Manitoba childrens museum at the says sometimes tenants Arent made aware matters Are even being considered until decisions Are already continued from a1 the pass rate for Grade 12s was almost 80 per cent for students in eng Lish and per cent for those in fran reaction to the scores was mixed among division trustees across the Winnipeg one students scored no better than an average 54 per Winnipeg one Board chairwoman Anita Neville said the divisions performance suffered because students whose first language is not English had to grapple with the vocabulary of the problem solving math Neville said the division was further Hurt because some parents refused to let their kids write the those students were Given a Mark of had a signify number of parents who held their children Home so they write she in other divisions where scores were higher than the provincial officials were we were very said fort Garry superintendent Henry students there averaged per cent on the math including the advanced and per cent on the Grade 3 in superintendent George Buchholz and Board chairman Bruce Chegus were crowing about results Well above the Provin Cial thanks to a decision to focus on teaching the problem solving methods Likely to be James kids had per cent the whole thing is so and has so Little Chance of doing anything in the improvement to instruction it was quite a measurable improve ment Over last Chegus Boniface chairman Roy Schel Lenberg said the division has Only preliminary results which indicate its schools were slightly above the Provin Cial River East and seven Oaks officials were still waiting to hear the results some people questioned the value of province wide Ian president designate of the Manitoba teachers said the test results should not be Over its just one a particular snap shot of a Childs per that should not play an Overly significant role in evaluating a Childs Winnipeg one trustee Lionel Orlikov was unimpressed by the entire the whole thing is so and has so Little Chance of doing anything in the improvement to said because of Spring flood 576 students did not write the their exemption will not Hurt their Overall but it will be noted on their report the Grade 12 language arts exams account for 30 per cent of the students final Marks while the math exams will be counted Only if they raise the pupils that because the january blizzard disrupted exams and some school boards questioned their dryers ind Appu Rocc world serving k Manitoba 473 marys 9892701 1797 Portage 9892702 reconditioned appliances parts service m92700 toll fuse m2 we will not be undersold Call us for free estimates on we specialize in 96 Chev Cavalier 4 balance of factory warranty and much 96 esteem 4 Sedan Auto balance of 3 or auck Tonitte at the Sale starts on safeties meat packing boats Lawn in rail miscellaneous see ads in yesterdays paper or phone for fax list 8782415 heart mattress Suzuki Central 715 Pembina 4742780 top Low Price 1eart i bedding cuts out v the 895 Century 786540o 622 Dakota 2572337 Sierra 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