Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 8, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba History 19th Century letters to Hudson Bay employees no More Winnipeg raised Model shy Kurtz transforms himself and malt proctors Are in Winnipeg to Sample some Canadian Barley the weather variable High Low details on Page is pm Winnipeg free press c garbage Day 2 inside Mars watery past Nasa displayed detailed photos yester Day of a harsh Martian landscape that bears ancient signs of Basic requirement for life no cause for concern healthcare professionals who treated Lawrence Mercer last december before he killed his wife and then himself didst consider him his children told an inquest yesterday that there Are no facilities to help people in their father found himself in kenyan rallies crushed riot police brutally crushed Prode Moc racy protests throughout Kenya yester Day in the worst political violence in the country since trucking firm bankrupt at least 75 Winni Eggers stand to lose their jobs As Interlink freight systems a National trucking was placed into receivership Day off haunts Ball Star Colorado Rockies outfielder Larry Walker May be flirting with a batting As Scott Taylor reporters in Cleveland for tonight baseball Allstar game were More inter ested yesterday in Why the Maple native took a Day off recently when his club faced Seattle intimidating Randy Johnson today in your City Shakespeare in the ruins twelfth to Norbert arts and cultural 8 and Northern league baseball Winnipeg 7 Winnipeg stadium to Mesa soccer Lucania Winnipeg soccer Index local Canada world numbers on Page d5 in life net Reader and Ann sports to july a Panama Price list games organizers offer politicians Choice of Best Cost options by Paul Samyn legislature reporter tinn pegs Panama games organizers have reworked a financial plan for the 1999 sport spectacle to give politicians three different affordability Don Winnipeg Panama said yesterday a revised business plan provides different Cost scenarios that Range in Price from million to we will not spend it if we dont have it in the Mackenzie they can have the move up to the Chevy or go for the Mackenzie said the reworked Finan Cial picture lists 29 different options among the three proposed if there Are things that the partners the three Levels of government want they will have to Ante he Tim Panama executive vice said the Host committee has recommended the top in reasonably confident that we will have a but Ryan is also Adamant that the worst Case scenario for the Panama games when they open in August 1999 is that they will be operating on a breakeven the Days of Jean Drapeau Are Phil hossackwinnip6q free press a heartbreaking beginning Art Poirier stands yesterday in the ruins of his ravaged first by the flood and now by demolition like other flood Poirier has decided to begin the emotional task of rebuild ing despite delays in processing flood compensation please see Story on Page Ryan said in reference to the former Montreal mayor who saw the 1976 summer olympics drown in red Mackenzie and Ryan said the Vari Ous options presented to government will not see any sports dropped or any major changes to either the opening or closing continued please see fans no longer risk being frisked for food at fish games All drop the peanuts by Kim Guttormson staff reporter col form contamination forces closure of Beach swimmers warned As bacteria count dangerously High by Manfred Jager science reporter a major bacterial contamination has prompted the closure of Delta Beach on Lake Manito provincial health authorities con firmed warning signs went up sunday at the 20 Kilometres North of Portage la Prairie at the Northern end of High Way telling swimmers to stay out of the water until Levels two other beaches on Lake Manito Lynch Point and Are not contaminated and were not included in the government at Delta focal col form Bac Teria counts registered As High As 274 bacteria per 100 Milli tres of anything Over 200 bacteria per 100 Milli tres is cause for provincial officials its the first time the province has closed a Beach since when Sev eral bathing spots on Lake Winnipeg were shut Down for More than a Dwight head of the water control management Section in the provincial environment depart said his staff have monitored Lake water Quality throughout Mani Toba since Spring this is done Williamson but this officials were particularly concerned that red River floodwaters might have carried contamination into Lake As it turned that Lake has been while Lake Manitoba is Conta we tested the Lake Manitoba beaches last monday and Delta Beach came up at Williamson when that we always carry out a followup test a few Days on thursday we retested and the count had gone to which Means theres essentially no we informed the provincial medical offi cer of Manitoba chief medical John said warning signs went up on Delta Beach within hours focal Al form Levels become a concern when they exceed 200 organisms per 100 my of last Delta Beach Levels were at by the count was of his office being informed of the potential for infection in continued please see hungry fans with Sunflower seeds in their Backpack or an Apple in their purse Are no longer at risk of being searched by Security at bombers and Gold eyes their spokesmen since the football and baseball season Winnipeg enterprises staff have interrogated fans about possible contraband opening bags and sending anyone with food or Back to their its part of a crackdown aimed at reducing outside commercial food and beverage sales and increasing sales inside the policy should be adopted to not allow the Public to bring food or Bever age into the a policy dated june s the intention is to curb the Impact of outside commercial food and beverage sales on Wec conces the policy noted canned Cool bags containing food items peanuts and food from commercial restaurants sub 7eleven should not be allowed in the it was a Surprise for Many longtime fans not aware of the no outside food Rule and generated Many angry phone it was far too Blue bombers general manager Ken Bishop agreed we offended a lot of were trying to create a fun place to be and we dont want the Gestapo at the door taking that Bishop said the organization fielded Calls from about 60 irate fans about the one Man who left a message for the free press said he would never attend another bombers i can barely afford the ticket let alone the commercial prices they said the whose 13yearold son and Friend were found guilty of bringing a bag of chips and two cans of pop into a and people in the stands Are drink smoking All around wheres the Security people then it Doest seem continued please see m e r sidewalk Sale july Zoth to school is shopping is in tremendous great stores and All the fun youve come to expect from a a pwn sidewalk s till the one ;