Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local saturday free june a7 Winnipeg singers take a bite of the big Apple by Morley Walker arts and entertainment columnist today a big Day for Iso Winnipeg there Board ing a Jet to new York City for a Canada Day concert at Carnegie its the its the says Garry who conducts the 65 member Winnipeg philharmonic choir and the 52member Assini Boine South youth appearing at Carnegie Hall is a highlight in the career of any performing Froess groups Are two of three Winnipeg organizations in an eight troupe contingent performing in a Celebration of Canadian choral music at the famed Manhattan its going to be a Fine says Pat conductor of the third local the 34member women of but were paying dearly for this its not the which costs Between and per is the brainchild of Vancouver travel agent Janet Pauliks new orld discovery booked the came up with the invited the choral and profits from travel weve got groups from Vancouver Island to Prince Edward says who organized a similar event on july it makes a Nice awareness for the 300 singers in will also perform outdoors at the United nations Plaza on the youth choirs will do a casual performance tomorrow in Central All the music is by Canadian com including Winni Eggers Herb Glenn Lawrence Ritchey and Sid its a Chance of a lifetime to hear your music played in Carnegie says Pavlik says she has planned a Busy sightseeing schedule a Broadway a trip to the statue of Liberty and Ellis an Art gallery a tour of the United nations building and a shopping spree on fifth there going to be totally Pavlik but that the Way its got to be when you go to new Pavlik concedes the Carnegie Hall will not be full for the is minute tickets have been distributed through various Phil free press choristers Jet off to new York for performance at Carnegie including the Canadian con but Many seats will be Avail at and us a when the show Froese says he took up Pauliks offer after discussions with a Van Couver colleague who attended the 1995 this he was Ideal to celebrate the phils 75th victims left to feel like pawns flood crisis remains but where Are the tories by Paul Samyn legislature reporter throughout the flood of the Century there has been a political undercurrent adding to the woes of those trying to navigate their Way through its prime minister Jean Chretien decided after heating just one sandbag to Call a Federal election As Manitoban scrambled to keep their Heads above the rising red there was the constant Federal provincial bickering Over compensation that left Many in the flood zone feeling As if they were simply pawns in some political and this rather than mapping out a plan for getting people Back into their the Filmon government has Only confused the situation and increased Peoples for the past four the tories have been unable to get their Story straight on providing further flood Aid to those hardest hit by the worst natural disaster in Manitoba on government services minister Frank Pitura opened the door to the possibility of either raising the Cap or reducing the 20 per cent on Filmon slammed that door saying no changes were needed or contemplated to the on Pitura reluctantly admitted the province was in fact now considering waiving the deductible for those Homes destroyed by the and Pitura finally came clean saying Cabinet decided on wednesday to waive the deductible for those Homes written off by the the decision was part of larger secretive talks about a larger flood roofing but the government wont Tell anyone about the four stage for some reason the tories didst see fit to immediately Tell any of the 40 or so property owners whose Homes were destroyed that they no longer had to worry about the they had plenty of Opportunity thursday night when a crowd of protesters came to the legislature to demand More but Filmon seemed nonchalant about the whole even going so far As to suggest everyone knew such a change was i know i assumed that was a decision we had already communicated because i talked about that numerous times out Here in scrums in the Filmon comment alienates and in a comment that seems to alienate everyone in the red River Filmon explained Why no further changes would be made to the compensation in some people chose to live outside the City for lifestyle to avoid higher taxes and they pay no premiums and now they Are having a lot of Money paid to them by the taxpayer at Filmon so there should be some limits and some reason Able Bounds put on the Filmon May be but Hes certainly not showing much the government has responded faster than it Ever has before to assess flood but that carries Little weight when youre living in a to be the damage the government is trying to repair is there is Little anyone can do to make right All the wrongs this flood but the government has a leadership role Here emotionally and Aid from the red Cross and the salvation army is intended to fill gaps in government that Means they cant distribute their funds until government funds Are one has to wonder if the flood is a lower priority now that the crisis is certainly Filmon was front and Centre when the threat was the greatest and the eyes of the nation were on in numerous helicopter flights Over the red he made sure to see the damage firsthand and meet with those in the disaster since he has not been out to either Agathe or Grande Pointe to talk to those hit hardest by the thursday he didst even bother to come out of the legislative chamber to hear the con Cerns of those still dealing with the advantage fun for 18886673200 the idea for a mail order sales was born in when my second child i was unhappy with existing baby so i designed my everyone i came in Contact with wanted a baby so my husband and i started to sell we were one of the first mail order companies in Manitoba to have a Tollfree number and its made a big difference in our weve been in business six years now and each year our sales have 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Shier said an investigation is under Way to deter mine if the Man was pushed or if he fell on his his name has not been released pending notification of his he remained unconscious in critical condition late girl shot in Eye a dispute Over cigarettes thursday ended with a 15yearold girl being shot in the Eye with a Pellet Thompson ramp say three girls were at a pet Ocanada station in the City around 2 when one aged asked the other two for when the girls one of them was shot in the Eye with a Pellet Pis ramp spokesman Gerry Jennings said the victim was wearing glasses when she was which saved her Eye and Likely her a 17yearold Thompson girl was arrested a Short time later and was charged with assault with a carrying a concealed Dis charging a firearm with intent to harm and breach of jealousy Sharp a jealous Boyfriend and a drinking party combined to result in an 18year old Portage la Prairie youth being stabbed thursday ramp say Cory Jeffrey West was in a Home drinking with his Girlfriend when an a Boyfriend of the woman showed West and the Man got into an altercation and West was stabbed several West was taken to Hospital in Winnipeg and was treated and Robert Gerald was arrested in the incident and faces a charge of attempted decade Long dream comes True jewish Community Campus a reality by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter after nearly a decade of fundraising and some major bricks and mortar the Asper jewish Community Campus is a the Winnipeg jewish Community coun cil several other jewish groups and the no Sharye restaurant Are already operating at the former fort Osborne bar Racks on the Rose and Max Rady jewish Community Centre Rocc that replaces the Nymha recreation facility on Hargrave Street opens its the Campus also houses a private jewish school and the jewish museum of Western walking in a Long corridor already dubbed main Street by staffers gives one the feeling of being part of an Al inclusive indoor while at the same time the use of windows As exterior Walls pro Vides the feeling of walking Rita Rocc membership and marketing says about 800 members from the Hargrave Street building transferred memberships and 300 More Many of them family memberships have been sold in recent before the Cen tre even opened its membership fees Are for a for a single Parent for an for a senior couple where one is a for a senior individual and for a student age 14 or plus get for membership is it was built for the whole Yaffe noting that close to one third of the membership at the Hargrave Street for was unlike on Hargrave the Rocc will be open to members from 1 to 6 the jewish rather than just running youth it will also be open from 6 to 10 monday through and from 8 to 6 but the facility will close at 5 Fri Days and on about a dozen other jewish holidays out of respect for jewish Mem Bers who observe Bob a acc executive said the Hargrave Street building remains for he said fundraising efforts have garnered about million Short of the Cost of the 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