Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 13, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Classifieds include a 63 Mercury a Monterey a it i a inner City students find what they need at . Russell vocational High school by heu for students a downtown merchants done to want sidewalk beggars to Start driving away business la was firing a Roger Clemens strikes out 16 red sox in a triumphant return to Boston /a8 panned Brandon weather celebrating 125 years mix of Sun and Cloud i30 per cent of showers. High 27. Low 14. Details on Page bl3 b celebrating m 15 gears he sunday free pres Brandon july 13,1997 today in your City 5 province i Winnipeg Folk festival Birds Hill Park ends today. A taste of Manitoba memorial Park ends today. 11 . To 10 . Amp Manitoba open final round Elmhurst Golf and country club beginning at 7 30 . Index local /a4 and 5 numbers on Page Bio Canada amp world /a3, 7 classified.b12 comics.b6 deaths.a2.b11 editorials.b2 in memorials births.b12 l Ife Horoscope crossword net Reader and Ann Landers .b8 movies.b9 sports record.a10.11 to listings.b9 lotto 6/49 12,16,20,23,36,47 Bonus 38 /a2 o 619156 6 inside risky roads police fail most vehicles uncertainty in Pinawa j a in spot checks by Doug Nairne police reporter for the third year in a Row nearly half the commercial trucks inspected by City police during Roadside spot checks have failed a routine safety inspection due to major defects. And frustrated officers say the local trucking Industry has to clean up its act before their Fleet of vehicles starts falling apart on the Street due to Lack of routine maintenance. A we were pretty discouraged by what we found out Here a said sgt. Jim Cook. A we thought the numbers would have been much lower than they were this year after the amount of enforcement we have been doing hut we were obviously after three weeks of checks police inspected 300 commercial trucks and 19 cars or Light vehicles. Of that total 45 per cent were pulled off the Road for major safety defects. An additional 32 per cent of the vehicles had minor defects that caused them to fail a safety inspection. Cook said a major defect would include problems such As headlights that done to work faulty Breaks cracked Springs or Flat tires. Minor defects include problems such As broken Windshield wipers faulty horns or Burnt out Tail lights. Some of the vehicles pulled off the Road during the inspections were in such poor shape that they were hardly running. One truck Driver was unable to restart his vehicle after shutting it off and needed a boost from the police before he could continue the inspection. Continued please see stats /a2 const. Elmer Hanson gives delivery truck the once Over. Nudity fails to amuse Security by Andrew Maxwell for the free press Winnipeg Folk festival Security yesterday ordered two topless women and one totally nude Man to cover up or get out of the festival site a Park and festival spokesman said. A rain adds�?~feeling7a4 complaints about nudity were made to festival Security yesterday prompting the get dressed now order yesterday. Provincial Park police spokesman Al Meyers said festival Security asked the offending nudists to get dressed and they complied. A the people were very Good about it a added festival Security chief Larry Sellen. Sellen said festival officials have no firm policy on Public nudity but the Security Crews Job is to try to address any complaints they receive. Park police have the authority under the provincial Parks act to charge people with causing a Public disturbance or evict them from the Park Meyers said. While the legality of topless Ness is a Grey area in the context of a festival attended by a Large crowd including children it is bound to prompt complaints he said. Birds Hill Park authorities warn a woman to cover up. Rover scientists take needed break Nasa gets a a makeup Calls associated press los Angeles a the Mars Pathfinder Rover relaxed and recharged yesterday and Nasa decided its weary scientists should do the same thing. Officials were prompted to slow the Pace of the Mars Mission after the rovers Clumsy encounter with a Rock and a computer glitch. A it was. A Little hit of a makeup Call a said Brian Muirhead newly appointed project manager at nasal a Jet propulsion Laboratory in suburban Pasadena Calif. Quot it was saying a slow Down a yesterday Muirhead began phasing in a plan to Divide up chores and give some of the Crew Days off. The Pathfinder Crew has been working around the clock since the july 4 Landing on Mars. Continued please see rover/a2 As negotiations to Transfer atomic Energy of Canada White Shell facilities to a private consortium drag on the town of Pinawa grapples with the Prospect of life without the Crown corporation As its major employer /a5 deadline for doctors Manitoba a Rural doctors have until tomorrow to decide whether to accept a new pay package. Doctors in Brandon and Portage la Prairie say they re too overworked to continue 24-hour emergency duty and have already turned Down the offer but other physicians Are pleased with a 20 per cent hike /a4 aids warning a Canadian aids society researcher says Community outreach workers need the resources to determine whether aids education programs work. The incidence of new his infections in Canada is higher than expected /a7 order in the court Winnipeg lawyer Hymie Weinsteinn a Quick wit May be famous in the City s Legal circles but he a almost always strictly business in the courtroom. Its a reputation that has earned him accolades /b4 Monkey off their backs it was just the third week of the Cal season when the games Are essentially meaningless right guess again. Punter Bob Cameron says Friday nights Victory Over the Hamilton Tiger cats was crucial for the Blue bombers who finally notched their first entry in the win column /a9 in the bag a it rained it poured / a8 watching Quot said the guidance counsellor at Ken Seaford Junior High school. Of the 144 golfers playing this Stop on the Canadian tour about 80 Are using pickup caddies ranging from 14-year-old kids to a retired postman in his 60s. The rest use their wives or girlfriends on the three month Golf journey across the country or Hook up with friends of friends at the various stops. A few have regular caddies on salary. Love of the game whatever the arrangement cad dying Isnit the quickest Way to Independent wealth. The Canadian tour says a golfer must pay his Caddy $25 a round which Means if your Guy makes it to sunday you la Rake in too smack armonies. Henry Dahl who a caddies the open for several years says the usual Range is Between $30 and $50 a round depending on the golfer How Well he plays and How Well he thinks the Caddy did the Job. Dahl who a working for Ray Freeman the Money Leader on i the tour so far with $35,275, i says no one does if for the Green stuff. Quot you a have an empty stomach if you tried to make Money a said Dahl who works in the pro shop at Harbour View Golf course. A for me its the love of the game. I just want to be even a professional Quot caddies on the Canadian tour Arentt looking for a Windfall. If a Caddy makes to per cent of a golfers winnings their share could never be More than $27,000 for the tour a and that a if the golfer wins every event along the Way. Pea stars caddies can live a Little More comfortably. L Iger Woods for example has won $1.7 million so far this year a $200,000 More than the total purse on the Canadian tour. If he gets to per cent Caddy fluff Cowan is having a profitable summer. Continued please see Mcmillan a2 Tough Job nah its by Kim Guttormson staff reporter Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press Mcgunigal has had fun lugging a bag this week. Striding Down the Fairway 40 pounds of Golf clubs Slung Over their shoulders chasing someone else a Little White Ball All for Little More than minimum wage a Welcome to a Golf fans Paradise. For the 80 or so local duffers who Are cad dying at the Manitoba open this weekend standing in the Shadow of players much better than they Are is a Reward in itself. They a be in the gallery anyway this just gets them that much closer. A to watch these Guys stand Over some of these putts to watch their Randy Mcgunigal a self described a a mediocre golfer. A a in a inside the As he lugged Bruce Heuchans bag along the rolling Elmhurst layout Friday Mcgunigal looked Content handing Over clubs and cleaning dirty Golf Halls. A a it a fun being this close Ken Gigliotti Venn Peg free press ;