Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Classifieds w being born without eyes Hast stopped Don Wardlaw from becoming a baseball Colour commentator a Troon Calm and collected texan Justin Leonard charges from behind to win the British open women entrepreneurs continue to encounter outdated attitudes despite gains in gender the weather sunny with midday Cloudy High Low details on Page b8 g celebrating gig years Winnipeg free press garbage Day 1 inside plea for peace protestants and catholics embraced and Sang let there be peace among us yesterday at the funeral for a Catholic teen who everyone hoped would be the last fatality in the conflict in Northern Portage or stays shut area residents Are becoming anxious As they remain without emergency ser vices at Portage la Prairie general hos its nine physicians and the province continue to clash Over How much the doctors should be paid to staff Virden prettiest of All fairest Little town in is bidding for a world the Irish towns look Tough to but Virden has a Strong a town representative will make a final presentation this fall in making a ski resort construction on ski ase Sippi Winter Park will Start in the million resort in ase Sippi provincial expected to create 125 jobs on is set to open for the 98 season the modern version a retooling of the Clas sic greek farce Lysistrata May be a Tad lewd and profane for if you want to know whats hot and whats please see today fringe Festi Val thrilling due two of the hottest Drivers on the circuit were involved in a thrilling Duel yester Day at the Molson indy in Mark Blundell crossed the finish line seconds ahead of Alex today in your City province the lion who Mac warehouse to Winnipeg fringe festival old mar Ket to july frequent Fringer passes 10 admissions rumours Tom to july 8 Index local Canada it world numbers on Page d8 in life net Reader and Ann sports to july braking the drunks device to disable their autos urged by Bud Robertson staff reporter the Manitoba chapter of mothers against drunk Dri ving is lobbying the province to Force habitual drunk Drivers off the Madd wants them to blow into a special device that allows a vehicle to Start Only if the person Hast been drinking an alcoholic Bever it really is the Only Way to Deal with the chronic drunk said Madd president Michael Long Road of sorrow a3 the in cooperation with the addictions foundation of is studying the problem of chronic drunk Drivers in Hope of finding ways to keep them off the continued please see crashes on weekends killed and in collisions killed was tie Ages of and even 15 percent of Manitoba is involved in 40 20 per cent of 10 per cent of property iffy Flimster vehicle three out of five fatally injured Drivers who had been drinking were involved in single vehicle collisions in most alcohol related accidents occur on weekends Between 9 and 3 male Drivers Are three times More Likely than female Drivers to have exceeded the Legal in Winnipeg police processed 862 Drivers for impaired driving of 142 either failed the breath test or refused to provide a sources Manitoba Public Winnipeg police posse looks out for sheriff West end residents guard Constable As he walks the beat by Doug Nairne police reporter being the sheriff in a part of town claimed by the Indian posse Street gang can be a lonely and dangerous but John to Pushnik has a posse of his a group of West end residents has started walking the beat with the Sargent Avenue foot patrol consta keeping an Eye on his Back and making sure he stays on a lat night shift last a crowd of 16 women and Chil Dren walked in a ring around the police officer As he made his rounds through the Neighbour hoods dark alleys and narrow the entourage Drew curious stares from the Small pockets of gang members standing in the and sent prostitutes and sniffers scurrying for strutting up Sargent Avenue with the same Iny surface bravado that the Street gangs once a couple of kids held the officers hands and dragged him up to a local club Resi dents say is the Centre of the local drug and skin the who usually has Bik ers standing outside providing i the new sheriff around and All these Guys with me Are my posse John to Pushnik locked the front door and scowled through the window when he saw the group coming his to Pushnik pointed through the Glass at one of the Tough looking men in the club and loudly thanked him for phoning in a crime they really hate it when i do he a group of drunk girls walking Down Sherbrook Street Phit free press Young and old accompany to Pushnik on his foot patrol through their West end neighbourhood one night last Yelling was confronted and told to keep the noise Hiim the new sheriff around to Pushnik told the who Are Indian posse gang and All these Guys with me Are my Many of the escorts that night were volunteers from two West end and looked More Likely to burst into a rousing series of hallelujah than bust Heads in a scrap with gang but the Mes Sage sent by their presence was if something Ever happened to John people would come running to help so Hes not really alone out said David a caretaker in an area Rooming continued please see mayor on a crusade to open famed Corner Thompson optimistic barriers will come Down by Aldo Santin and Melanie Verhaeghe City Hall Jeff free press Portage and main remains closed to mayor Susan Thompson is convinced its Only a matter of time before the con Crete barriers at Portage and main come Down Thompson said that All the property owners except for one at the cites most famous inter Section now support removing the barriers which have been up since we still have to do More convincing of Thompson said of the Toronto based conglomerate that controls the Southwest Corner and the underground Winnipeg Square shopping but it might take More than convincing to get Triec on in the City and six property owners signed a Deal to ensure the barricades would stay up Well into the next Century the year 2059 to be the agreement binds the City to keep the Corner closed for 99 the City tried once in 1991 to reopen the but get the property owners to despite the agreement to keep the Corner Thompson is optimistic the plan will go while Only the Richardson family has formally agreed to remove the Thompson added that the Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia Are now also supportive of the but two of the Corner tenants contacted said they Haven agreed to anything we Haven been formally asked by the but its been mentioned a number of said John assistant general manager for Scotia Bank in we Haven said at this Point that were not willing to support we also have the Best interest of the Community at Well do what we have continued please see ;