Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg fuss july 199f local piecing together the Puzzle 01 a Icil cil of that happened in the basement of Lawrence and Jeanette mercers Middle class suburban Home last year took two lifetimes to play the inquest lasted one when it was Over last reporters left the courtroom understanding Little of Why the 63 year old Man checked himself out of psychiatric and went Home and beat and shot his estranged wife Jeanette then used the Cali Bre Rifle on for his the judge said i quite frankly dont know what the answers the couples Larry had already suggested one a place for men to seek help when their marriages yesterday 1 went looking for some starting with a ques Tion that was never asked of the daughter and son who testified at the who was Lawrence Mercer my dad was born and raised on Hecla his oldest is speaking Over the that where we buried his Lawrence mercers father was a Fisherman and his Mother minded the Homestead and had ten of Lawrence was the there want much but otherwise Sherry believes her fathers upbringing was when she thinks about there is one the communications thing my dad didst know How to communicate very and Deal with a lot of personal issues and that probably something he got from his communications was his he was a Cable splicer at a nip he was a Sherry he lived to work and worked to after 35 he retired in four years Jeanette Mercer had a near fatal encounter with my mum was the typical woman of her generation who sacrificed everything for her to keep the family that was her priority in surviving cancer seemed to change it was As if it had Given her a second Chance at a life of her Lawrence and Jeanette had separated for a time in and he had ended up in the Boniface psychiatric unit for a couple of weeks before guilt forced her to take him Gordon Sinclair they had been separated the second time almost a month last boxing Lawrence called Larry and asked to be taken to Boniface Hospital for a Man who had so much trouble Lawrence Mercer was desperately he really tried to get Sherry he was reaching out to get help from everybody that he he want a but he tried going to alcoholics 1 think my dad was really scared of growing old and especially of being alone and sometimes he would refer to his weakness and How he didst know what to do about i dont think i really grasped what he meant by when i tried to ask him about it and ask him to explain he just didst seem to have the words for but if Lawrence had trouble so did the everybody had a piece of the Sherry but none of us had the Complete because there want a lot of communication going there was the sporadic for that Only Sherry seemed to know As a child she had seen her father hit her Mother and watched police come for his when she was 17 she saw her father choking her at the Hospital on boxing Larry told the attend ing psychiatrist that there was no history of violence in the its up to the psychiatrist at Boniface Hospital to determine whether police should be told to remove firearms under such Cir no one is blaming any one per son for what but if the inquest had asked clinic How they would have handled the same they would have been told that there is no their policy says the firearms must be the problem is no one asked clinic because the inquest didst Call clinic or any other alternate suicide counselling which suggests the maybe the judge would have had some answers if the inquest had taken time to ask More Rethe realization by convection is eco Rethe realization by conduction Grande cuisine systems Toronto the worlds largest maker of Rethe realization systems for the delivery of Hospital the european manufacturer is pleased to announce that its products will now be distributed in Canada by Grande cuisine systems As of August with this expanded product the Grande cuisine systems experienced team of professionals will be better Able to meet the needs of hospitals and other through High tech 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couples and from the de to the Royal All celebrate so years of marriage this As do Queen Elizabeth ii and husband Prince Philip who married she got to be about four feet away from said Winnipeg Ger Edmee Shes a really gorgeous look ing she Doest look As if Shes been married for so the Queen spent most of her time speaking with guests who were in working the Large crowd separately from Prince Philip for approximately 90 her majesty looked regal in a Yel Low Navy Blue shoes and and a yellow and White said Alice the roelands Are both lifelong Resi dents of Maria Polis who married in the nearby Hamlet of Alphonse after having met at a local coun try the Queen was clearly the main said i did it look much at i looked at the she i kind of missed added the event marked the first time the two Manitoba couples had met face to Alice said george1 recognized Felix Pierson from a recent newspaper notice announcing the Piersons Golden anniversary july the Piersons and roelands had talked by phone Back Home after being selected to attend the As far As they they were the Only Manitoban in both couples although More May have been invited but unable to chivalry ruled the said the menfolk picked up our it consisted of Small Ham or tuna beverages included ice Tea or fruit the dessert offering was Small cakes with 50 spelled out in Edmee said after hours in High heels she took her shoes off and walked Barefoot through the streets of Lon Don to their nearby i Trade today for she mini riot at Stony causes damage by Andrew Maxwell for the free press a five hour mini riot at Stony Mountain institution involving three dozen inmates has caused More than damage and led to a full assistant Warden Gunar Ivans said yesterday the riot was triggered when prison staff saw someone running away from a Fence around an open Yard containing about 100 prisoners on a break about 10 staff also spotted a vehicle on the other Side of the fearing either an attempted escape or a contraband throw was under staff ordered inmates Back to their cells ahead of provoking a five hour Ivans about 30 to 35 angered by the sudden rebelled and began starting a Large number of Small Ivans it was basically confined to two ranges cell areas where they refused to comply with the he More than damage was done As inmates broke burned and destroyed bedding and other he no injuries were the disturbance prompted staff to impose a full lock Down for the rest of the 520 inmates and full privileges Haven been the prisons emergency response comprising of duty was called to standby duty outside the fed eral As were Stonewall Ivans the last of the inmates voluntarily entered their cells about 3 yesterday he a spokesman for the Union representing corrections staff said management and workers handled the disturbance As Well As could be expect we have no immediate other than investigating what Hap said Albert regional vice president of the Public service Alliance of Federal officials and Union representatives will 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