Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 14, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local july John Douglas 6977230 features Buzz Carrie email a3 Folk festival ends on High note attend by John Lyons music reporter rain and nudity joined music on the Bill at this years Winnipeg Folk the weather ranged from scorching heat to pounding but it didst seem to affect Over All the average daily crowd reached about by yesterday there was a cumulative attendance of that on Par to match the cumulative attendance of the past two and just Short of the festival record of in executive director Pierre Oderin it would have been Nice to break the Oderin but Atten dance seems to be stable and consid ering what happened saturday when it in nudity which prompted a com plaint to Park police on saturday seemed a to those in Atten dance several women danced topless throughout the week end and on there was at least one complaint of males mods Riding in the it gets More attention than it needs said Anita who was at the f rival with Twoy Earold it didst bother Don who was attending with two Young said he saw top less dancers As it want a Young i dont think it is bad for rain pounded Down throughout sat but didst seem to Dampen the enthusiasm of it didst seem to be a problem for whether they got wet or had rain it didst seem to said Ann a seven year Veteran of the Oderin said there was a Silver lining in the storm i hate to say but it ended up being a Joyful watching people bouncing Back from the Guerin there were Only mild delays and few cancellations from the which left much of the site still extremely Muddy it could have been Oderin added with a we got the and then we got the Point Jeff free press Bridge Bash sleepy the tramp Clown juggles his Way across the Provencher Bridge last night during a party to celebrate the reopening of the Bridge to traffic the flood damaged Bridge has been closed since May bands played from the Middle of the Bridge during the three hour vacationers put Strain on hospitals and Pula blames funding cuts by Bud Robertson staff reporter extended Trail clears Way for worlds longest skating rink Winnipeg May soon be Able to boast the longest outdoor skat ing rink in the the Riverbank management committee last week approved reestablishing the Winter Trail for the coming Winter and extending it to Assiniboine the that includes paths for walking and Cross country was established last year from erasers Grove Park on the East Side of the red River across to Kildonan Park and southwards to Norquay an approximate distance of 10 kilo me the committee agreed to establish the Trail along the Assiniboine River Between the Osborne Street Bridge and Assiniboine Park to add nearly 10 Kilometres to its order could save Home the province will have to act quickly if it plans to save a West Kildonan historic Mike Oshaughnessy old Kil Donan said Only a written order from heritage minister Rosemary Vodrey will prevent the City from demolishing City Hall Mcgowan Council last month voted to desist the Mcgowan located next to the seven Oaks As a historic building and demolish but an area resident petitioned the Manitoba heritage Council to consider designating Tho the museum and another nearby Home As a provincial heritage the heritage Council has viewed the properties and will meet next month in a special meeting to consider the Harry Lazarenko Mynarski said the City would be wrong to Demol ish the House before the heritage coun cil completes its we know the province is looking at that House and it would be wrong to take any Lazarenko Lazarenko said its customary for a municipality to delay Den lotion while the heritage Council considers design Lazarenko said City staff plan to loan the House to a television production the producers of the show Shirley for filming later this cuts voted Down another City Hall committee is try ing to restore programming that was recently Cut As part of the cites deficit avoidance the Parks and culture committee has voted 42 to restore in cuts to wading pools and summer and fall youth the cuts would have reduced the number of Days that wading pools and summer and fall youth programs would have As the works and operations committee restored million Cut from the Street and sidewalk maintenance both initiatives were included in a comprehensive series of cuts that were approved by Council last month to avoid a projected caused mostly by the flood and aprils As cottage country swells with summertime so does the workload of area and their staff who must tend to their at times it can get As one unidentified staff member at Pine Falls health Complex puts it puts a not Only on the but on the entire operation of the said Susan Community health manager for the Blue water health which includes Pine right the also serves cottage country communities like grand Beach and Victoria Beach is completely full with while the emergency Ward is seeing Many More people than said the Hospital Doest budget for extra staff in the she and with people taking time off for summer finding additional help can be difficult if not Derk added the Hospital needs to be Able to increase its staffing Levels As conditions change from season to sea and that Doest exist at this she the volume of patients who step through the emergency Ward doors at Gimli Hospital virtually triples in the said director of nursing Joann but unlike Pine the Gimli hos Pital does budget for additional staffing in the including the hiring of term people for All depart said i would consider that we have Ade quate she nip health critic Dave Chomiak said the problems at cottage country hospitals Are indicative of problems caused by the Filmon governments cuts to Hospital Treyve basically Cut Down to the and eliminated any kind of flex Chomiak said they look at occupancy rates but dont realize theres an ebb and the workload Doest improve As one Heads East into we see a drastic increase in the number of patients going through the Hospital in the said Cindy assistant executive director of the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in cottagers from Ontario and the United states Stream into the area in swelling the local population of Kenora and the sur rounding communities of Keewatin and Jaffray Melick to about from the rest of the Kenora is the closest Hospital to Manitoba cottage country communities like Falcon Lake and West Hawk and being on the Tran Canada the Hospital sees Many visitors who get into accidents while vacationing on unfamiliar said the Kenora Hospital also budgets for additional summertime staff to help ease the she the Ontario nurses association estimates a record Mil lion people will flood into the Muskoka and Simcoe county near this nurses there say the added work Load is creating a crisis for Hospital already weakened by fire on Sherbrook Street kills Man Man is dead following a House fire in Winnipeg Early police and fire officials said the fire at 563 Sherbrook was Well under Way when they arrived at the scene around Manuel a resident of the died in the police said Cabral was alone in the House at the a firefighter received minor injuries when he fell on a stairway in the Storey he was treated for his injuries and damage to the build ing is estimated at anglers on Hook for licence fees by Nick Bird staff Deloraine theres a new fish War brewing Between Canada and the United but it has nothing to do with it has everything to do with a new game Warden being in Early last officials began forcing Manitoba anglers to pay up to us for permits to fish on the North Dakota Side of tiny Lake just South of Warden Chad Meier said he was surprised to find that Manitoban believe they dont need a fishing licence to Angle on a Lake that lies 90 per cent in the United Al Szoradi of the Deloraine fish and game association is organizing members to lobby provincial officials to get Maier to Back but said hell just stick to the Canadian Side if the americans cause too much grief for him to enjoy casual recreational it looks As though were stirring up some said nobody gotten a but he has sent a couple of boats Back to the Canadian Side after finding Manito bans without North Dakota he late maters supervisor Burkett issued a news release warning that canadians without a North Dakota licence could find themselves facing penalties up to us and 30 Days in jail if caught fishing in american that puts lodges like jaspers holi Day Hill in a Tough owner Marylin Jasper has been telling visitors they dont need a licence because both countries have treated the Lake like International Waters for this has never happened she people have gone Back and Forth Between the two countries fish ing for More than 5q Burkett said previous game War Dens May have looked the other but Maier has the Law on his Ive got a Young Guy there who looks at the total Burkett said no one will Likely question fishing within 200 metres of the but going deeper into the six Kilometres of Lake on the Ameri can Side wont be tolerated any a spokeswoman for Ontario ministry of natural resources in Kenora said both Ontario and Minnesota require anyone fishing Over the Bor Der in Lake of the Woods to have both Szoradi blamed the new kid on the Block for causing a problem no one it didst matter said Szo who has no intention of buying a North Dakota a Manitoba licence is Hes advising Manitoban to either stay on their own Side of the Border or plead ignorance of the Law if they Cross Over and get Szoradi said Lake Metigoshe is enjoyed by thousands of recreational boaters and fishermen every sum besides tourists who go to Tirtle Mountain provincial Park also enjoy natural resources staff have said they dont intend to retaliate by forc ing americans to buy Manitoba 1996 sellout hit returns Machomer the Simpsons pm Macbeth july for tickets Call i 94fringe j i i i Krift re 1 1 f i i ;