Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wolf wipe f to second red Crest of year hangs on rain swollen River not expected to Start dropping until next week by Manfred Jager science reporter the second red River Crest of 1997 arrived in Winnipeg on monday and provincial flood forecasters dont expect water Levels to Start dropping again until Early next Alf flood fore Caster in the water resources Branch of the provincial natural resources said the higher water Levels were expected after heavy Rains in the Dakotas and in june increased River Levels the situation was further exacerbated by the heavy rainfall Southern Manitoba experienced during the first few Days of flooding some Farmers Fields and the red Warkentin said the new red River Crest arrived in Winnipeg late it reached 13 feet above Winter ice level at the James Avenue pumping Sta the Normal summer level of the red in Winnipeg is about seven feet above win Ter Winter ice is used As a reference Point because it is the level the River seeks for itself when the Andrews locks in Lockport Are opened in the the locks Are opened to draw the waterway Down As much As possible to make room for Spring Warkentin said the second red River Crest of the year provincial water resources officials sized that it would not involve the red leaving its natural expected to affect Winnipeg and South Ern Manitoba for most of the remainder of this ten Days the red was about seven feet above win Ter ice level at the James Avenue pumping then a solid Wall of rain Clouds extending from 610 to metres above the ground brought rainfalls of up to 124 Millimetres to parts of Southern Winnipeg received More than 60 Millimetres of rain during the the River walk along the Assiniboine and red Rivers near the Forks was reported covered by almost a metre of water Warkentin said earlier predictions that the River would be Back to Normal summer Levels by july 20 Are not the forecaster said the red now is expected to be Back to Normal summer lev or even a Little below seven feet above Winter by july the High water conditions have forced River cruise vessels to change their nor Mal Docking locations to just North of the Redwood woman who hated Home torched it gets 1year conditional sentence by Allison Bray staff reporter a woman who says she torched her own Chouse because she hated it was Given a one year conditional sentence j after pleading guilty to arson i just wanted out of that Dawn told provincial court judge Theodore i didst do it for the insurance i hated that although Lister questioned Why Harrison didst simply move rather than i set her Gimli Home he found she committed the offence while under extreme financial and per Sonal consequently he rejected the crowns Call for a oneyear jail term for one count of arson and opted instead for the controversial new sentencing but unlike similar conditional sen Lister did not order Harrison to abide by a curfew or other restrictions limiting her he did order her to attend an alcohol abuse treatment program for an assessment be under supervised Proba Tion for two Crown attorney Peter Murdoch said an Appeal is during her sentencing hearing court heard Harrison enlisted a 17yearold male coworker to douse the Home at Loni with gasoline and set it ablaze last this was clone after Harrison removed a number of valuable elec tronic such As Tele videocassette by i do it for the insurance i hated that recorders and other per Sonal items from the including a pet Ham Harrisons husband and three children were away from Home at the time of the after firefighters fought the Blaze for two the provincial fire com missioners office deter mined the fire had been intentionally a five gallon Gas Container was found just inside the front door to the Harrison later confessed to police that she burned Down her Home because she was tired of the Bouse and its heating she was Happy at the time to get it Mur Doch told but Harrisons lawyer Roy Yerex argued his 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