Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba And Iii Kittens Princess vows surprise1 announce ment soon on her lighter Strawberry rep expected to be fast As unpack time is Here the people who brought the thriving fringe festival to life say a Miracle it survived infancy the weather mainly 30 Chance of an evening High Low details on Page 610 pm years lib pc Winnipeg free press garbage Day 3 july inside tiny award Milfs senior believe it when she got a notice saying her gutted House could be repaired with a Mere in flood but government officials say full compensation for Mudry and others now receiving notices wont be determined until their pills Are cocaine raid nets five five men were arrested in a City cocaine raid by the ramp drug squad yesterday in a continuing police Effort to contain trafficking of the ads pass pay package Rural Manitoba doctors have overwhelmingly ratified a pay package for their services in Hospital emergency but in Brandon and Portage la Prairie the emergency Ward crisis con the Manitoba medical association Hopes to negotiate an agreement in the two Versace gunned Down superstar fashion designer Gianni ver Sace was gunned Down execution style outside his Miami Beach oceanfront Villa yester police say their prime suspect is Andrew who is wanted in the slay Ings of four men from Minneapolis to new mini riot damages Stony Stony Mountain institution inmates Are under lock Down after a mini riot by almost three dozen convicts monday night caused Over ugg vote historic the Grain Industry is anxiously awaiting the outcome of a ugg shareholders vote tomorrow on whether giant Archer Daniels Midland can buy almost half of Winnipeg based United Grain opponents of the Deal say approval will change the Prairies ibs in your City province out to lunch Bob Moose Jack the Eaton noon p rumours opening Tom Anza to july ice works cabaret the Panama patrons Are encouraged to attend in cover charge will be for those in for those in Index local Canada it world numbers on pageb6 business b5 classified c8 comics d2 deaths editorials a10 in births c6 life net Reader and Ann Landers d3 Jumble c10 movies 09 sports record Jav listings d8 optimism sweeps City poll shows were bullish on Winnipeg economic future Edi w corporation by Martin Cash business reporter this poll is part of a Public opinion research program that monitors Winnipeg consumer attitudes and Behaviours on economic and financial it is sponsored by Gordon private client and carried out by probe research on a quarterly the As they Are will appear first in the free theres a High tide of optimism sweeping Over Winnipeg about the cites economic future and our own a new poll of residents a Gordon private client corp win Nipes free press conducted by probe research last reveals that 54 per cent of the 600 Winnipeg Gers called Are either optimistic or very optimistic about the economic firms Success reflects poll 1 Manitoba median income on future of the this compares with a similar probe poll six months earlier that found Only 35 per cent of Winni Eggers had the same degree of this is an attitude that has not been present for some Scott president of probe research said people have Felt that Winnipeg has been in the there has been lot of Good news in the press and the Public is catching up on the impression that there Are things going and that translated into for several professional executive search business is the Economy has started to grow and get energized in the past two said Russ continued please see plan for Forks stadium in last at Bat baseball Park debate reaches Bottom of ninth by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter its a full the cites most senior politicians will meet this morning with Sam Katz and a group of potential investors to determine whether a stadium will be built on the Banks of the red the reaction from mayor Susan Thompson and the other five Mem Bers of her executive policy com Mittee will Likely shape councils vote next right nine of the 16member Council appear to support the pro including five members of if any one of these five rejects what Katz says there Likely wont be enough votes on the floor of Council to approve the final a Deal has to be economically viable for everybody or it wont said Barb a freelance writer and former Vic chairman of the team that successfully bid on the 1999 Panama she said the Panama games society envisioned a new Deb free base Ball facility being built but added there Hast been the level of sup port from the and Ottawa to pay for Huck thinks it makes sense to work with a private sector partner like Katz but Only if the taxpayer int saddled with any Lon term Katz has promised that but its still not certain if the cites waiver on amusement and property taxes for the stadium and Gold eyes games will be enough to satisfy his for Larry the former striking a will Gold eyes get nip sports the Deal the City offered appears to strike the proper now retired from Public he remains a baseball fan and believes the City needs a new Ball that thing they have now at the stadium int a Ball Desjardins he thinks katzes commitment to make the stadium available for the Panama games and for regu Lar Amateur use justifies the con Cessions the City has from what i can the City and Katz will make Money from this Desjardins the City will get some tax Rev Enue and then theres the spin offs of related development that will follow the but not everyone agrees about the viability of the former Deputy mayor and Transcona councillor Bernie Wolfe said he doubts there will be much economic Benefit to the Portage and main area and the rest of downtown Portage adding that should be the cites now the Volunteer president of heritage win said he fears the Only Impact from a stadium will be increased commercialization of the which he strongly continued please see Home pm Orif the City has to networks woo critical mass for the next two free press television writer Prad Oswald will be reporting from where the american to networks Are introducing their new shows for this Here is his first dispatch for pro watchers of x this is the big we were sports this would be the Rose the Stanley cup and the Boston All rolled into its called the summer press and its a frenzied tworan Dahal week Marathon during which to critics from All Over North America converge on this Peta strewn Cali fornia Community to see everything new and supposedly improved that american to has to offer for its fall its the Chance for the Media to pre View the new shows and interview the producers and directors of this years crop of cant miss Cre the new to season Brad Oswald during a revolving schedule of cocktail Only Cali fornia events and other casual Gem Ogeth ers its an Opportunity to put the Holly Wood schmooze equivalent of a full court press on a mixed bag of televisions big names and Gonna bes As they smilingly drop by for con chats with the members of the throughout this Summers press tour Well you daily Dis patches from giving you an tour offers preview of this years crop of cant miss creations up close glimpse of what unfolds As the networks make their splashy and Ever intriguing attempt at woo ing the assembled critical there will be there will be As is always the there will be shows like last seasons mis understood Fez streets that every one predicts will win big but end up failing of there will be downright Dogfish Dis asters of the magic of scheduling and the strange Appeal of some next generation Urkel Muta into Puzzle ugly Longrun Ning whatever the till be interest ing to the press tour is a otherworldly place where Hollywood skewed reality hits you in the face like a bucket of cold evian its the kind of place where the Dispo ability of former stars becomes like when former child Star Johnny Crawford the Mickey mouse the Rifleman turns up As the Rudy Valle Eish Leader of an old time orchestra at a Cable network continued please see ;