Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 5, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press local july John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Garr 6mail a3 Filmon fridays drive some motorists mad by David Kuxhaus stiff reporter for some government s an extra Day at the for the provincial its an estra million in the for Ken its a pain in the Filmon fridays Are boy 1 hate that steamed As he stood outside the locked doors of the Driver and vehicle licencing Branch yesterday after Hes the most wretched Man theres Ever been since Brian Emberley had come to the Portage Avenue office to renew his Drivers it had expired just a few Days he said he forgot All about Filmon which have been around since the senior who has been Laid up for the past couple of weeks because of an had dusted off his wheels and was looking Forward to a big 1 was going to go dancing at the Imperial they have the most Beautiful ladies said me said hell still but will Likely have to hop on a Kasia Neumayer was already doing a Little stomping of her this is just fumed Neuma the closed office meant the youth caseworker will be without a Drivers licence for the week ill probably have to Tell them i cant work because i have to drive the kids she now in going to lose the enforced holidays apply to All line departments of including Sueh frequently used ser vices As the motor vehicle Branch and land titles the Law courts Are also shut except for bail Only those services and employees considered essential such As corrections sheriffs officers and Forest Crews will continue to the closures amount to a per cent wage Cut for employees forced to take the 10 Days seven during the summer and then three Between boxing Day and new years about members of the Toba government employees Union Are while some Welcome the time the lost wages can create a real hard ship for said the unions director of Ken those that can afford love it but for like single it can be a real said he added that while the average annual salary for government work ers is there Are Union Mem Bers who earn As Little As per Ken free press Cote got a Surprise when he checked his Bank balance yesterday to see if his pay was he deserves a Bonus but a Quarter million by Kim Guttormson staff reporter do Lenis Cote knows he does a Good but he never expected a Quarter famil lion Dollar when the Edmonton truck Driver i checked his Bank yesterday to make sure his pay Cheque had been i he got a pleasant sur the balance he thought would read about was More i than 60 times More my wife Doest believe in buy l ing lottery i have no Rich relatives due to die anytime unless somebody Way Back really likes Cote said yesterday while unloading at Canada Case in i cant think of anybody that likes me quite that the person who did like him was a Complete stranger a Bank Teller at an Edmonton Cibic Branch who keyed in the wrong transit depositing the Money into cotes account by Acci tyra Cibic spokes said the mistake happened and by yesterday the Bank realized the Money haunt been placed in the Correct the Bank didst know where the Money had within two Days errors like this Are but we appreciate his honesty and the fact he took the time to let us she while he never entertained the thought of spending the Cote said it made for some Nice id pay the truck the House hire somebody and then take a he said with a i was a Quarter millionaire for about a but it even make a Dent in the Banks quarterly prof family plans to sue army Over death detailed information under wraps in fatal scrapyard Shell explosion by Kim Guttormson staff reporter the family of a Man killed while shredding what was sup posed to be a spent military Shell will sue the Canadian their lawyer the Harvey said no statement of claim has been filed a loaded Shell was allowed to leave the confines of a department of National defence Pollock they didst dispose of the Shell in an careful and prudent manner that would do no harm to any third Terry a 26yearold father of was separating the aluminium and Metal components of a 105mil Dimetre Shell May 30 when it explode his Logan Iron and was under contract with Cana Dian forces base Shilo to dismantle the according to taking the military to court Doest get Lloyd Genaille any closer to an explanation of what happened to his the family has been frustrated by the Lack of if i just let it ill be wondering All my life what Lloyd Genaille adding All Hes received is a form to fill out for the medical examiners Terry Genaille had been working at the scrapyard for just Over three weeks when the Accident his father they used to meet at the foot of the Arlington Bridge and walk to work i miss him when i go Down that he i used to meet him there every he was always Happy All the Winnipeg police have finished their investigation of the but the Only fact Treyve released is that no More live shells were found on everything else has been turned Over to the provinces chief medical exam Peter Markesteyn is waiting for a report from the workplace safety and health Branch before determining whether to Call an inquest or release details about what Geoff executive director of workplace safety and said its report May not be ready until wed ont have any final answers he the Branch is looking at How the Accident occurred and if there were any violations of the workplace safety and health act that led to the Accident although the military int under its Bawden said the Branch will also make recommendations to prevent such accidents in there was a similar Accident in Winnipeg 17 years on 22yearold Claude Boynowski was killed at Alpha metals when a German 105mm antitank Shell he was cutting according to newspaper 19 More live rounds were Alpha also did business with cab a three Day inquest held in february 1981 recommended a More rigid system of checks be Claude Boynowski says he still Doest really know what happened that the inquest was All Boynowski said last adding Genaille death has stirred up a lot of painful memories for the they hushed everything All we knew was what we read in the the military is conducting its own investigation into Genaille water tests show Lake Winnipeg beaches Are of by Nick Martin staff reporter officials believe Winnipeg beaches should be Safe for swimming for the entire summer despite record Spring flood ing and recent heavy a month of testing nine locations around the Lake shows focal col form Levels bacteria found in excrement t Are Well within acceptable and provincial environment officer Dwight Williamson said yesterday he expects Levels to stay Low the rest of the All the beaches Are within the said the offi cer responsible for monitoring Beach water he said water Quality tests conducted Over the past month showed Incon sequential amounts of focal col form at the nine main beaches in the South Basin of Lake the highest Reading was taken at Gimli 197 was recorded june 12 a focal col form count of less than 200 is in the past the province has posted health warnings at beaches when Levels climb above he said the High test result was Fol Lowed up and shown to be an Aberra perhaps caused by Bird droppings or a pleasure Craft discharging its sep tic tank into the Levels fell substantially Over the next week to 20 on june the recent rain should not be of any added who expected the water Quality conditions at the beaches to remain stable the rest of the summer simply because of the Large volume of water added to the Lake from the Winter Snow the flood and recent rain beaches will be sampled again july while he Hast checked data for the City a water Quality Check in mid june that found the Forks fit for swimming was probably an i suspect there was enough rainfall this week to trigger a combined sewer that will be heavily diluted by the time it reaches Lake Winnipeg and not pose any health Williamson said to err on the Side of its recommended people should avoid swallowing Lake water or submerging their they should also Shower after Williamson said the 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