Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Strip Bond Rice Cal far details Al Tel kill Donna Winnipeg free press local june 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr Ernail a3 million chopped Joe free press firefighters watch the fearing 173 firefighting positions would be lost to in the the department lost by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter someone forgot to Tell the Parks staff not to fill two out door pools in Boniface that were slated to remain closed this the oversight took the pools out of the cites million deficit avoid Ance plan approved by Council during a three hour debate yester the plan and the senior administrators who crafted it were described As deceitful and manipulative but the document survived several attempts to delete program and service with the exception of the two Council voted to accept the cuts with a 106 something is seriously wrong at City said Dan Vandal said he was surprised to learn that Parks staff filled the Hap Pyland and Windsor Park pools two weeks after department managers said should be deficit fighting cuts approved after raucous Council debate included in the cuts this year Are an end to residential Street sweep eliminating million Worth of maintenance in the departments of water and and Sev eral reductions in summer recreation about 50 firefighters watched the fearing the plan would give unofficial approval to a department restructuring that would see 173 fire fighting positions lost to the fire department did give up but most of that was by reducing overtime costs for the rest of the explained Mike chairman of the pro Parks and culture the deficit reduction plan was hastily conceived by department Heads during the past two weeks after the Board of commissioners realized the flood and aprils blizzard had forced the City into a million the deficit threatened to increase by another million As department during their uncovered other Over spending and Revenue Vandal Boniface said the cuts should have been reviewed by the standing committees before coming to mayor Susan Thompson did not speak during the debate but told reporters later that she would not accuse the administration of deceit or of being Thompson said some department Heads have been slow to accept that the Public wants changes in the Way decisions Are made at City coun John Angus Norbert said he was angry that administrators would offer up 14 pages of service cuts without giving the councillors the time and Opportunity to review them and to offer who ultimately supported the said the process used by the administration forced councillors to accept the plan because otherwise the Only other alternative is a tax increase that the Public would not Lillian Thomas Elmwood said the plan was the equivalent of a min budget but without any of the supporting documents and without administrators explaining what the service impacts will Garth Steek River Heights said he was dismayed that the plan contained More than million in unexpected adding there was no such Money available when Council approved a Bud get increase at the end of who also supported the said the manipulation by administration Only encourages Public cynicism of City Agathe receives a gift from the Iode got when their mom vanished by Alexandra Paul staff reporter the province May be slow to Issue flood compensation but a Charity with ties to the British Empire marched into Agathe this week and handed out Worth of gift certificates to towns Folk were left stunned by the gesture from the group they had not heard of before the unexpected largesse was distributed in the Imperial order of the daughters of the Empire visited 100 families left virtually homeless by the red River flood and gave each a gift certificate to the discount we we rent sure what it was All said Norbert whose family plight Over provincial compensation was featured the same Day in a frontage anything Schwable Schwable said he took a Call from a provincial official yester Day who promised to Send an inspector to appraise the family flooded out Home and arrange a line of credit for building its the first Good news since the family was forced to live in a camper trailer after losing their the provinces emergency manage ment organization is making Calls All Over the red River Valley so people will know inspections will be completed by june the province then Hopes to have a Blitz of claim settlements As Homes Are restored Over the a Provin Cial spokeswoman Iode Manitoba chapter president Lorna Cowan said the order will be returning to Agathe with Wal Mart certificates for four More Fame she said the group will also donate to the local school by Leah Janzen for the free press t ast Stefany i became the proud of nine new bundles of Joy in her each of the babies looks exactly Black downy feathers and the tiniest of the new family began in when a wayward Mallard Duck made a nest and Laid eggs under a fir tree behind Pucelj Charleswood she was a very Good said but once the eggs began to Hatch on she left and never came i think she must have been killed by a Pucelj quickly took Over Moth ering i put them in a bucket with a hot water bottle underneath to keep them warm and i fed them bread crumbs by she now they Are beginning to catch their own bugs for having never known their Duck the ducklings believe Pucelj is their mom and they Fol Low chirping and tripping Over each everywhere she i have to be careful not to step on she said with a laugh As the flock nipped at her they Are a lot Woi Pucelj intends to take the Duck Lings to the fort Whyte nature Centre when they area Little big Ger and can Tor until then one protects them from Birds and cats and prepares a warm bed for them in a pail each ill miss them when they she they All look alike but i named the biggest Albert and the smallest advocates turn spotlight on other shortfalls in child welfare system Foster parents ready to quit by Ruth Teichroeb social affairs reporter the Winkler couple have been Foster parents for 22 years but there ready to pack it its not because of the holes punched in their the stolen jewelry or the sleepless John and Elizabeth Dyck say Cut backs to the child welfare system Over the last five years have made it almost impossible to meet the needs of Trou bled stick kids in hotels and pay All that Money but wont put it into helping currently the Fos Ter Parent of two said yes theres no Money for and 90 per cent of them need crisis the Dycks joined child welfare workers and other child advocates yesterday at a Winnipeg press conference called to draw attention to the crisis in the they cited a Long list of ranging from Manitoba having the highest per capita number of children in care of any to overburdened social workers and a Lack of preventive services for increasingly disturbed Foster parents have had their daily rates Cut by in recent years and lost the funding for the association they used to rely on for at the same Winnipeg child and family services is spending an estimated on any Given Day to House an average of 42 children in hotels because of a shortage of Foster a social worker its said Lee child welfare Campaign coordinator for the Canadian Union of Public Over the last the number of children in care in Manitoba jumped 62 per cent to in that num Ber dropped to last though the provinces child welfare budget increased by almost 40 per cent to million in two thirds of that Money has been swallowed up by mandatory maintenance payments for children in family services minister Bonnie Mitchelson acknowledged there Are problems in the provinces child Wel fare but she said there Are no easy unacceptable she confirmed that Between 40 and 80 children Are placed in hotels every night in Manitoba at an annual Cost of nearly million because there Arent enough Foster parents to care for them a situation she admitted is but she said Money int the prob Mitchelson said the province has allotted million in additional fund ing for the mandated agencies and More Money for Community she said that perhaps the agencies mandate should be one of protecting children and the preventive work the focus of Community nearly 70 per cent of children in care in Winnipeg Are aboriginal and an additional 40 aboriginal Foster parents were recruited but theres More work to be she 1997 Papillion open every Nile til 9 pm All Day saturday 472 St Mcbrook 1996 Cutlass supreme so Coupe Slock litre v6 4speed automatic Abs dual tilt cruise Power Power Power front bucket air sport appearance stereo cassette and much balance of factory 1996 Oldsmobile Ciera so Wagon Stock litre v6 4speed automatic Abs Driver Side tilt cruise Power Power Power Remote keyless air roof Luggage body Side stereo cassette and much balance of factory toll free 1800461 4321 direct 452411 3 1996 Lilmina Sedan Stock litre v6 4speed automatic Abs dual tilt cruise air Power Power Power trunk cargo stereo and much balance of factory local 3263466 1995 Chevrolet Beretta 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