Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 8, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local july a memories ripped apart starting to rebuild heartbreaking by Andrew Maxwell for the free press watching his Home being torn Down was worse than watching my first wife leave flood victim Art Poirier said who is living with his Sec Ond wife and three sons in a neigh Bours said the future looks no brighter than the this will bankrupt he the family had just completed Worth of renovations to the House a year and Are still paying off a loan for that add mortgage payments and two months of lost wages and Poirier said Hes certain the provinces Cap on compensation wont do the the Cap will kill Poirier their Home on Highway 210 out Side Adolphe was one of the first Homes of flood victims to be demolished Lucie Lagasse said the crunching sound of a demolition Crew ripping Down the Walls of her flood ruined Home yesterday Felt like my whole life being ripped we brought up our girls said 1 told them not to come and watch 1 dont think they be Able to handle it the family lost everything in this Springs despite her husband Gerry la gasses five Day fight to pump water off the land inside their the Home on Carriere drive is Only a stones throw outside the ring Dike that saved Adolphe from a provincial inspector gave the Lagasse family the Green Light to take Down their Home of 23 years last Fri despite frustrating uncertainty Over How much compensation is Gerry said his family and others had no Choice but to strip away the damage and Start ing As soon As we dont want to be in Here in he said of the Small trailer on their lot that has been their Home since their evacuation ended May like most flood the la gasses worry that the compensation Cap Means their total losses will never be and want the Fil Mon government to fully reimburse they were among the 400 or so pro testers who made that demand and Phil free press Lucie and Gerry Lagasse stand in basement of their Home yesterday after demolition shouted show us the Money at a rally on the Steps of the Manitoba legislature june the waiting game has probably been the said we need to Kroto where we the province has pledged flood victims will have their letters of assessment by july allowing them to secure lines of both the la gasses and Poitiers also face the Cost of hauling dirt onto their lots in order to raise their prop erties to appropriate elevations to ensure be High and dry in the Marvin on Leblanc Road outside ripped Down the remains of his House by hand last week and salvaged some although he Hast officially been Given permission by its coming on wintertime we have to go said Reimer Dur ing a break from installing new floor joists last an adjuster told him to take lots of pictures before tearing Down the House last and Hes hopeful he didst jump the gun on the demolition Bob Reeve of the Rural municipality of which was hardest hit by this Springs said yesterday up to half of the 40 or so written off houses in Southern Manitoba Are in his witnessed the demolition jobs and deemed them a horrendous thing to bands records lost in office fire by Doug Nairne police reporter major fires in two first nations communities have caused More than in damage in the past Dakota ojibway police Matt Mckay said he was just finishing his shift sunday morning at 4 when he noticed flames climbing above the roof of the government office at Roseau in the time it took police and fire Crews from Dominion City to put the Blaze the building was with damage Esti mated at i was heading Home and then i saw All these Mckay the place was pretty much As serious As the loss of the government building will be to the Mckay said the loss of records May prove to be More of a the building housed the Roseau police trailer destroyed damage totals River first nation offices and the Dakota ojibway child and family while a spokesman for the social Agency said duplicate records Are kept in the bands records May have been along with the fire there were several centimetres of water on the floor in the chief Felix Antoine and the rest of the first nations Council have relocated to the Community and Are trying to assess what was lost in the three Roseau River boys Between 13 and 15 years of age were arrested in connection with the fire and face charges of arson and mischief Over the youths will appear in court in Emerson Mckay said the Blaze appears to be the result of a Small fire being started in a garbage can that was sitting up against the ramp in Little grand rapids Are looking at beefing up their Security after a police trailer was broken into several times and then Burnt starting in late there were several breaking at the trailer where food was in the last on july the trailer was lit on fire by an intruder and was the trailer was used As a Resi Dence for extra police officers and visiting workers in the isolated Community Northeast of the mounties Are looking at building a Chain link Fence around the compound where their the trailer and the detachment office Are and installing an alarm a 23yearold Man was arrested in connection with the incident and is charged with three counts of break and enter and one count of mennonites meet to discuss merger delegates in Winnipeg for talks correction notice Tel Renaissance travel would like to apologize for the incorrect pricing in saturdays please Call for our lowest prices available at this sorry for the by Leah Janzen for the free press two major North american mennonite groups Hope to be worshipping together by the year Over the last few 775 delegates from the general conference mennonite Church have been meeting in Winnipeg to hold their triennial con Ference and discuss whether to Inte grate with the mennonite Church in the United the conference has included Dele Gates from across Canada and the United hopefully by the time we meet again in 2000 we will celebrate together As said John we have been working together for seven years to accomplish Dyck said if the amalgamation mennonites work toward worshipping together by it will result in a group with Over there is definitely strength in num he we will be Able to share but we need to work out How our sep Arate traditions and forms of worship will marry mennonites North of the Border want to make sure the new group retains a Canadian identity As the conference gives mennonites a Chance to meet and share As Well As the Opportunity to sing and reinforce their Faith As a we inspire and encourage each said that just As important As the business that we attend Robert of Pennsyl has been attending the conferences since and said the Winnipeg conference has been enjoy even the weather has been he joked As cars splashed through puddles around it is always a Good reminder to come and see there is a broader partnership than just what happens in 9ur own i Hope to keep coming for years to the conference wraps up with a Wor ship service today at the Immanuel pentecostal Church on Wilkes the conference of mennonites in 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