Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local Winnipeg free Abiy As Reinebold lets miffed teen fan into the huddle it seems that in not the Only one who thought Winnipeg Blue bombers coach Jeff Reinebold tarnished his Blue and Gold image by the Way he handled the dispatching of Veteran receiver Gerald a season ticket Holder from Lockport fired off a letter saying the same last month and addressed it to Reinebold the Gist of Rebecca Thiessens missile was contained in this sen tence Ive lost a lot of respect for you with your recent behaviour and i think it shows a Lack of Grace and a Lack of Rebecca never actually believed the coach would read her so she didst bother including a return and i thought if he did read hed who cares what you think and throw it that also Why Rebecca didst mention her Shes Only and she wanted to be taken Seri not Only did Reinebold read he took it in he had one of his staff track her which is How he came to Call the Thiessen household and Rebecca came to Tell the coach How she Felt i said its really hard to like a football team where you dont recognize or know anyone who on that when he said to me if you want to fix you can come to practice and ill introduce you to some of the Guys and you can see what were All i thought that was really it got even cooler when she met the had her picture taken with them and was invited into a Rebecca was impressed but she stuck by her my feelings didst change for him As a but i Felt As though i had More respect for him As a As for her opinion of the new Rebecca Learned some thing even More important it really changes the Way you think of them once you see them As peo ple instead of a sign of the old times maybe i should have guessed that Jimmy the greek Ginakes was a nostalgic kind of Guy when he brought Back the Pony Corral some years but if there was any doubt that Hes a sentimental he dispelled it last week by buying the sign that used to adorn the vital thunderbird restau Ginakes opened the Thunder Bird in 1962 and sold it five years later when he bought the town country so whats he going to do with the thunderbird sign in going to restore Gordon Sinclair Reinebold has won Back some of fans and then he Doest i just hate to see it so i bought its a did you on the same Day last week that the old Nymha on Hargrave finally Brian Contois the for Mer Manitoba Warrior Leader who wanted the Assembly of Manitoba chiefs to buy it and turn it into a Centre for aboriginal youth was sentenced to 42 months in prison on drug whatever happened to that anyway the tale last Gebru i saw a Driver run a red Light on Pembina usually it happens so fast you cant get the licence plate but on this occasion the Driver turned into a Burger King and i you ran a red i told the clean shaven Twenty something Driver when i caught up to him in the parking so he what Are you going to do about it i told him what i was going to do about it Call the which i police responded by charging last four months i was subpoenaed to give the accused showed up with a if you but the crowns Star witness me about the time i was supposed to give my testimony i was Busy with my head in a toilet sick with the in still in a manner of the charge was heart mattress top flow Price Start i bedding cuts out the 1 i i i i i i 895 Century 78654oo 622 Dakota 2572337 Vouly hear Usten to the talking yellow pages in the Blue Section of your new Winnipeg yellow pages takes aft Whf Ann u a l summer Sale commencing july 8th special feature Luiis to our sports jackets i to 8250 00 i All remaining inventory Price of alterations extra All Salea final 354 Broadway 9571640 to expatriates lament state of former Zaire by Nick Martin the civil War that transformed Zaire into the democratic Republic of Congo did nothing but change the key players in lament expatriates in the 25 families in the Zaire association of Manitoba held a recent social to Mark the 37th anniversary of the Independence of the former belgian but the toppling of dictator presi Dent Mobutu sese seko by the forces of Laurent Kabilka this Spring has not produced either democracy or food on the tables of the say Leonard Wesso and Michaux it is the same system As the country is ruled by decree we Felt said presi Dent of the Wesso said the United states propped up Mobutu on party dictatorship for years to use him in the fight against soviet dominated but with the breakup of the soviet the United states Cut Mobutu Loose and the country government started to Wesso people were so people were looking for anybody who would White or the presidential they were terror izing the they were Zam treasurer and a Polit ical science student at University of said Kabilka does not even head a formal political its a Small group that seized he who is studying nursing at red River Community said no one wants to help the Ordinary people of the democratic Republic of you have Many players with Dif Ferent he Rwanda and Uganda want to neutralize rebels operating out of refugee Camps in the Wesso South Africa wants to establish a monopoly on the United states wants control of the noun try Rich Aine and Copper Canada has companies developing Gold mines in the Malushi said Many expatriates would prefer to go Home to help rebuild their country if it was Safe to do Wesso said Zam is seeking a meet ing with foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy to implore him to lobby Kabilka for democratic elections and a lifting of restrictions on opposition if democracy can work in the if people in Africa Are Given a it will said me has a brother in a refugee Camp in but has no word of the Fate of his parents and other relatives left behind in the rest of the family Back we have no no mail no mail sacred ethiopian site inspires local artist by Nick Martin staff reporter for Ray its a Young ethiopian girl staring with Hope from one of the most sacred places on for Janice its the Hope that the Manitoba Council for inter National cooperation can survive another a Winnipeg artist who worked extensively in was commissioned to provide Mic with a painting that could raise enough Money to offset Federal funding cuts in already badly Hurt by previous the umbrella group for overseas Aid organizations will not get a Penny from Ottawa this Mic will raffle off Dirks at Home in the Highlands of while also Selling 500 signed prints at Melcs communications Hopes the project will net the draw for the painting will be held in the scene comes from a place called a Village metres High in the with 10 ancient churches Dirks to the its one of the most sacred places on there Are churches there 800 years literally carved out of the its the first of 30 to 40 paintings Dirks plans from his latest african trip last the confident Young girl about is the Antithesis of the North american stereotype of an african devastated by famine and Dirks while those conditions certainly the majority of people Arent living in those he i try to bring Over images of people who Are worthy of dignity and Dirks works with african artists preparing to have their works tour North and expects to have a major exhibition of african Art in Winnipeg sometime next raffle tickets or prints can be Pur chased from Hamilton at fee of the Fig new vehicle clearance of k before the 98 models 1 begin to arrive save like never before interest rates As Low As pm program vehicle 96 Cavalier 4 96 Ciera 4 automatic air cassette 7 to choose from 1400 Mcphillips 6971400 loaded 3 to choose from ii 96 Cadiz a Dewildt loaded 4 to choose from hours 4 pm i amb ply open member of the Gauthier automotive group ;