Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 9, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ii i i How Call Star t Winnipeg free press local july John Douglas 69292 features Jim Carr email a3 Parent turns up Surprise discovery of sister fills Anola woman sense of emptiness by Stevens wild staff reporter r Nola Diane Hancocks has a whole lifetime of memo to share with a sister she never knew and when they talked for the first time last it was the highlight of my the school bus Driver said adopted As a baby by an English Hancocks has always won dered about her she want satisfied with the explanation that both of her natural parents died in England during the second world i have been wondering All my life about the empty Hole i said it was a nagging thing All of my then she read a free press Story about English genealogist Harry who makes a Hobby of help ing people of British ancestry Trace their the Anol area resident knew her original Patricia Rose her birth july and that she was born in the London with just those three pieces of information to Start Collins called three weeks he said i have Good news and bad Hancocks the bad news is that your Mother is the Good news was that her ers death certificate contained her Sisters name and Lian Wyatt of for Collins telephoned Wyatt and told her she had a Canadian until that Wyatt did not know of Hancocks she could believe Collins floodlight overtime Sparks Row contractors upset Over payments by Kim Guttormson staff reporter f t Diane Hancocks holding photo of herself is anxious to see said from his Home in she got really Wyatt called Hancocks the same that was the first time Han Cocks knew for sure that her sister was we talked about silly what we look like and what our lives have been like not making a lot of Hancocks it was the first of what will be Many such Hancocks intends to visit her Sis Ter and her family in August or sep i would like to of said he Little things they because missed on 53 years of her the Little things mean a lot to and of what she looks said she will probably riot Contact her Albert v William according to my he has a new life and a new Han Cocks i dont want to disturb his born in the second of her mothers three Hancocks does not know Why she was put up for adopt she immigrated to Canada at age 16 with her adoptive Charles and Adela now of but she said Shell visit her Natur Al mothers grave when she goes to i would like to but i dont cast any As to Why she gave me Hancocks and the future is More interesting than the ill try to find its not like finding a real life that for Days to the provincial government will reexamine How it pays con tractors who worked during the flood after complaints were lodged about compensation for overtime and lodging Russ of Sperling Indus was one of the contractors who objected to the provinces refusal to pay overtime for flood id like to get across Why does government not pay according to its rules Nicolajsen in certainly not going to absorb an hour to Nicolajsen says he submitted a Bill to natural resources for an hour for the 169 hours his truck and operator they responded by saying they would Only pay an other contractors said they were told they be paid for living expenses when their operators were stuck inside ring diked Nicolajsen said the Gas alone for run Ning a piece of big equipment costs him an and Manitoba labour Laws require him to pay the operator As Well As expenses for his food and they said we dont pay we dont do we dont do he said of natural Harvey assistant Deputy min ister of natural said his staff will look into Boyle said it int uncommon for there to be discrepancies in what a contractor thought they were being paid and what there actually but he also said the government uses an hourly Book rate that states what each piece of machinery and operator is and it Doest include Over if the rate is and the operator has worked 12 hours that the rate is times 12 All the contractors Are very familiar with government they work for government Boyle if you phone any operator right they be Able to quote what the government rate in response to complaints that the rates Haven changed in Boyle saying the contractors still come to work for the there not the highest paying Cus Tomer you can Jim owner of Altona the free press contacted contract including to see whether they were having problems with the provincial some said they were paid what they like said they were surprised the living expenses we rent being picked As they were during the 1979 he had an operator stuck in Jean Baptiste for close to a month and thinks it Cost him about out of some contractors said the govern ment has them Between a Rock and a hard place because complaints can mean losing out on future Boyle said he want aware there were any concerns about whats being paid and what is Well revisit what the concerns Krahn said while its frustrating that the flood will Cost him it int Worth fighting residents helped with waste pickup by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter sidewalk repairs too vital to Cut councillor by Aldo Santin icily Hall reporter Garth Steek says the City cant afford to cancel Mil lion Worth of Street and sidewalk this Steek River Heights convinced a majority of councillors on the works and operations committee to support reinstating the cuts that were City cuts hurting kids Volunteer by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter City Council is hurting youths and jeopardizing the participation of volunteers if it carries out a series of cuts to the Parks and recce lation an East Kildonan Man charged Jerry president of the East Kildonan Community said the approved by Council last month Are robbing the cites youths of recreational if we take that away from the going to end up stealing our and no one wants he i last Council approved a total of million in cuts to City services in a hastily drafted series of recon 19 Ward off a potential million the Parks and recreation depart ments budget was Cut by of which affects summer and fall recreational Hartwell said the cuts Are an insult to volunteers who spend countless trying to improve the comm were All volunteers just trying to get kids off the he the cuts will reduce the number of Days that wading pools Are open and will Cut the number of weeks that sum Mer and fall youth centres Are Hartwell said while the politicians approved the the City also spent for new office furniture for the mayors research staff and Mil lion for a new York Street Why can we find Money f9r those things but not for he approved by Council just two weeks this work is something that desperately needed in the City and its Money Well Steek the cuts to the maintenance pro Gram were narrowly approved by Council in a 97 they were part of a comprehensive series of cuts totalling million that were hastily drawn up by the administration to Ward off a possible the committee approved the motion without any Steek said he thinks he can convince two councillors to switch their votes when the Issue reaches the floor of Council later this Steek said he int worried that reinstating the program would place the City in a deficit i think the Money can be Steek the City will offer free bulk waste pickup and disposal bins to homeowners who suffered prop erty damage due to River the works and operations commit tee approved the plan yesterday at the urging of John Angus Norbert said Many of his constituents in South vital and Norbert Are still cleaning their Yards and adding there have been several requests for in Light of the great tragedies suffered by these this is the very least the City can do for Angus this will help Speed up the cleanup the City will waive the bulk waste pickup fee and bins will be dropped at Peoples Homes who request in a related the committee instructed the administration to negotiate deals with the province and Ottawa to pay for the construction permanent dikes to prevent future Angus said it makes sense to build the dikes to take advantage of Federal and provincial assistance and to ensure a repeat of the damage does it happen next the committee also instructed administration to consider purchasing properties where Homes have had to be demolished As a result of extensive flood Angus said he Hopes the administration can convince the province and Ottawa to help Purchase the few prop thank you for making 1997 our Winnipeg International Dost festival Vii Groub Riv i 13 of artist a Vcci thank you to our 1997 sponsors Sejm of silly of Winnipeg the Sauve Hon Pun foundation my saw standing Vohon thus town 1gmiljttuoii Muu Lluu see you next year dont sleep through Thomos Vitte bedroom Sale when you can bring Home a Thomasville bedroom at a Price you cant afford to miss for a limited time choose from 8 different collections from to for a five piece includes headboard 2 i Brick is i i i 1 i l n i 1 i k i 1 in Chi i i Buck Tiiu Emu Luis l Fick Whf Chou ;