Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free july school switching pupils a minority some educators fear ghettoisation by Nick Martin staff reporter school officials Haven seen a Stampede of transferring dents so far under the provinces new schools Choice but some educators predict that the september release of Schoolboy school province wide test results could influence parents to switch their children to facilities with the Best that is a said Boniface school Board chairman Roy president of the Mani Toba association of school beginning this parents can Send their children to schools in another division without paying non resident Diane president of the Manitoba teachers said the society is worried about the possibility of ghettoisation occurring when parents move their children out of Lowmark its up to principals to decide when classrooms Are Schellenberg adding that theres heavy demand for pro Grams in his students within the catchment area can enrol followed by students within the and finally transfers from other Divi though the province set May is As a Many divisions have extended application cutoffs Well into the some parents wont know until August if get the school they the availability of child care and Good lunch programs have been key factors for parents looking beyond their catchment decisions Are being made on the basis of child that one of the primary reasons parents said Gail superintendent of lord Selkirk school division and presi Dent of the Manitoba association of school Pat acting executive director of the Manitoba child care Asso said children Benefit when child care is coordinated with whats Best for the kids is a seam students waiting in line for Kelvin by Nick Martin soft reporter application cutoffs Well into the summer less you dont want them bouncing Back and Forth among too Many said we were frustrated for years because the kids had to leave a Cen tre because they lived outside the school catchment Winnipeg school division chair woman Anita Neville said schools such As Mitchell and Earl Grey Are drawing interest because of Adja cent daycare Kelvin High school has a wait ing list of More than 100 students from outside its catchment area who Are eager to the River Heights High school is attracting attention for its music pro performing and especially its International baccalaureate pro said Winnipeg school divisions Southend superintendent Al Many catchment area students Are transferring Back from roman Catholic schools after Grade or from a variety of Independent to Fin ish their last year or two of High and they have first Call on other trends administrators see Maples and West Kildonan Colle Gates Are drawing High school Stu dents from Winnipeg North and the seven Oaks divisions hebrew and ukrainian bilingual programs Are pulling in students from across win superintendent John Wiens fort Garry division has created an alternative French immersion pro Gram at Viscount Alexander its the lease we can for your family upgrade urged to pipeline safety warning sparked by rapid City explosion by Nona Pelletier for the free press 1997 Accord sex 4 cruise tilt 97 Odyssey lease 97 civic 97 Accord be 5 lease 4 lease 399 3021 Pembina 2619580 out of town All leases 48 myths prices plus plus first refundable Security the transportation safety Board of Canada is calling for a revamp of emergency safety procedures on Canadas natural Gas pipeline system following an explosion near rapid City two years the Board issued a report yesterday recommending the National Energy Board reassess the design provisions of emergency shutdown bad sys tems to ensure rapid isolation of Gas flow in the event of a ruptured the report said this could prevent a recurrence of the incident involving two natural Gas pipelines operated by Tran Canada pipelines july it took Tran Canada staff nearly 50 minutes to Cut off the natural Gas sup ply to a Section of pipeline that had ruptured from but the action was too late to pre vent fire from damaging a second adjacent causing it to also rupture and an estimated million cubic metres of natural Gas burned or escaped into the the Board believes that esd sys tems should be hardened against explosive forces and the report it also recommended that the Energy Board should ensure workers at compressor stations Are equipped and trained to activate emergency shut report targets staff training Down the Board also said a worker at the compressor near the location of the first failed to prop Erly Start up the emergency shutdown system in the excitement of the Situ damage to the compressor Sta Tion was extensive and the worker suffered minor cuts and the safety Board has also expressed concern at an absence of National Stan Dards dictating minimum distances for the horizontal spacing of pipeline sys the explosion of the second pipeline at rapid City was in a crossover where the pipelines Are situated next to each other horizon tally rather than ver there Are Canad an standards association requirements for vertical spacing of pipeline but there Arent any similar requirements Cov ering horizontal Tran Canada pipelines developed its own company Standard for horizontal spacing of the Board notes the horizontal spacing at the site of the second pipeline was less than the company the Board also noted Tran Canada pipelines has approximately 270 crossover piping locations on its main line similar to the arrange ments found at rapid the Board said significant safety action has already been taken to address other concerns arising from the on your get and win Orink answer the trivia question and you could win a hot Carubean cruise for two or 1 of 15 second prizes limited edition Manitoba milk team Manitoba sweatshirts or 1 of 15 third prizes limited edition Manitoba milk team Manitoba Polo shirts on your get and win contest trivia question for Juu 1997 Hunt Len when do tip Canute Yamei Tako Placo in Manitoba the answer is find the 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technology and for the perception of greater safety in Rural Morri Mac Donald division superintendent Ron Buza Hora football and other sports Are influencing several students from vital want to attend Churchill High school because of its High Cali Bre football Krahn Union fears of Hospital services Kuxhaus staff reporter a plan to amalgamate hos Pital food services is financially unsound and offers few assurances that Dis placed workers will be reas Union officials said its like someone signing a mortgage without seeing the Lorraine health care coordinator of the Canadian Union of Public employees told reporters at a press the Deal for the nine City has includes the health sciences is being negotiated by Urban shared services the proposal Calls for construction Ofa Central food ser vices financed with a loan Over 20 the Union claims the projected annual savings from the initiative pegged at per cent or about is if those savings Are not real hospitals could them selves locked into a financial it they would still have to ser vice and repay the said Jim an accountant who was hired by the Union to review the the amalgamation is estimated to affect about 400 cupe weve been asking usic and the hospitals to commit to labour adjustments for workers but there have been no Neotia said but health minister Darren Praznik said Hes confident Lay offs will be Praznik said officials with usic briefed him on their plans i dont think the people work ing there today1 should be off worrying thai they wont be Able to pay their said Pooh 5 Friendship festival july 1997 13 noon to 6 Winnipeg Kwh and Scoufo Elj Wiear listen to die talking yellow pages in the Blue Section of your new Winnipeg yellow pages at vend the City of Winnipeg notice of meeting lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee july 1997 Community committee 1760 main Street regular meeting Public hearings to consider zoning matters aut parties 481 invited to further is ration Ca tube ;