Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday free press. July 27, 1997 a4 editor. John Douglas / 697-7230 email local pan am delegates dazzled by Dave sup eve staff reporter Guadalajara makes passionate bid for 2003 games t he Best was saved for last. The general Assembly of the pan american sports organization erupted to life yesterday when Guadalajara Mexico made a humorous passionate and spellbinding bid to stage the next available pan am games in 2003. A 31-person contingent including Guadalajara a mayor and the governor of the state of Jalisco dazzled the reserved paso delegation of 340 with their fast moving 60-minute presentation. The presentation so moved paso president Mario Vazquez Rana that he stepped away from the head table to address the delegates As a proud citizen of Mexico. Guadalajara a showing also impressed the Winnipeg contingent. Winnipeg will stage the 13th pan am games from july 24 to aug. 8, 1999. The Winni Eggers looked on relieved to know they weren to competing with Guadalajara. A when i put my hat on As president of the mexican olympic committee i did so because there were rumours in corridors hallways and dining rooms about my influencing the voting process and it really got to me a said Vazquez Rana in a 30-minute press conference to conclude the abbreviated general Assembly. A i was Hurt by accusations i had deleted a paragraph from the charter not to hold the general Assembly at which Well vote in the country of one of the bidding next years meeting is scheduled for Mexico City Vazquez ranas Home. Guadalajara is one of four cities vying for the 2003 games competing with Santo Domingo dominican Republic Medellin Colombia and Santiago Chile. Until yesterday Santo Domingo was considered a lock for the 2003 games. Santo Domingo was Winnipeg a stiffest Competition in 1994, the last City eliminated. Sentiment was Riding with the dominicans this week until Guadalajara stepped up. After leaving the bid room the Guadalajara group staged a mini party around their Kiosk on the Mezzanine level of the Lombard. Five metres away the Santo Domingo Booth sat vacant a reflection of their chances. Guadalajara a gift to the presidents and secretaries of the 42 participating National olympic committee countries included two return airline tickets for a look see at the City and its venues. A i want the Best bidding City to win a said Vazquez Rana. A i would like Guadalajara to win because in a a mexican National. I will try my Best As president of paso not to have any Bias or slanted View of the bidding the attention the paso delegates paid to the 2003 pan am bids and 2004 summer olympic bids is testament to the state of the �?T99 games. Vazquez Rana said paso delegates voiced few concerns about the Winnipeg games. A we Are never too per cent in agreement with everything a a he said. A there is always room for concern there is always room for Confidence. I spoke to the Premier and he said everything that will be needed will be Given in support by the province of window of Opportunity factory jobs draw lineup by Melanie Verhaeghe for the free press dozens of people hoping for steady work began lining up at 7 . Yesterday outside Willmar windows. The provinces second largest window producer put out a plea for More workers Friday after realizing it was falling behind on customer orders. A when we opened yesterday at 7 30, there were at least 60 people waiting at the door. People need jobs so its great for us a said human resources coordinator Jackie Malegus. A business is booming. Our people Are working 24 hours a Day around the by 11 ., 198 people had filled out applications. The East Kildonan Plant initially planned to hire 120 people at $6.50 an hour but after a closer look company officials decided to hire 180. A a in be been looking for months now a said Dallas Dignard 19. A a it a pretty Good for people like me with no Job Young and old men and women waited inside the Plant where they were treated to doughnuts and Coffee and when there was no More room to fit any More applicants people were sent outside to sit and wait at picnic tables. Willmar was purchased by an Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Dallas Dignard said he a been looking for a Job for months. American company in March and expects the number of employees to grow to 1,000. The company hired too full time and 200 to 300 seasonal workers Over the past year. Rudolf Rempel 54, Hopes to be another new employee. He said he a looking for better working conditions than he has at his current Job As a Security out there a a it a been 13 or 15 years at minimum wage working nights midnights How does that sound the older people might be More stable than the younger ones. The younger ones prefer partying and then they cry about Low Diane Otte 35, also said she was willing to try something different. A a in be never tried factory work before but i really need employment a she said. A a it a pretty Tough out there right now by i keep on trucking. Every Day and every week i put in 12 resumes or marketing manager Al Dueck said he was surprised by the High turnout Given that the unemployment rate is dropping. A it obviously tells you that Winnipeg Hasni to reached that level of Over employment yet a Dueck said. A the Quality of people coming out has been pretty Good. We re optimistic Well find some Good father fears body May be his songs police working to id remains found in River by Melanie Verhaeghe for the free press the father of a Man missing for three years fears the body discovered in a sunken truck Friday is his songs. A it ties in with the time Frame of my songs disappearance and his age a said Allan Boes. A the just disappeared like he fell into a Hole and it was covered up. Every time i hear something like this i get the same sinking feeling. Every Day you wonder if today a the Day someone will show up and say that a Boesz son Robert went missing july 6,1994 after a fight with his live in Girlfriend. Robert 28 at the time took off from the couples St. Boniface apartment. He was never seen or heard from again. There Hasni to been any activity with his Bank account or credit cards since his disappearance. While police were looking for a drowning victim earlier last week divers spotted a Muddy submerged truck in the red River near the Louise Bridge. Divers finally had a Chance to go Back and recover it Friday but were shocked to find the skeletal remains of a body in the Drivers seat. The truck a 1991 Blue Mazda with a White top matches the truck Robert Boes owned three years ago police say. A a that a the vehicle of the missing person but we done to know if that a the missing person a said duty Insp. Al Galbraith. A this May be a crime scene or it May not Galbraith said the body is encased in River mud and Silt and it will take some time to make a proper identification of the remains. At this Point dental records and personal items such As jewelry will have to be used. A fall we be got is a pile of mud. We re still working on it. Right now its suspicious but its not Clear Cut yet a Galbraith said adding it could also be a suicide. At the time of Boesz disappearance his family questioned if foul play was at work. Now they Hope the discovery will give the family some closure. Police expect to identify the body by Early this week. Three fires set in apartment Block an arson investigation has been launched after three separate fires were started in a Pritchard Avenue apartment Block yesterday morning. While firefighters were dousing flames in the stairwell at 269 Pritchard ave., two More fires started in an empty suite and in the storage room. All the tenants were evacuated at 3 30 . The three Storey 20-suite Block sustained $25,000 in extensive water dam age. Police have no suspects but say the fires were deliberately ends robbery two would be robbers High tailed it away from a cab empty handed yes police ter Day morning after the Driver lost control of the car and smashed into two other parked vehicles. The Duffy a Driver picked up twp males at Higgins Avenue and main Street at 4 30 . And drove the pair to Transcona police said. One of the teens held a knife to the Drivers Throat and demanded Mone but the terrified Driver lost control of his cab and hit some parked cars at the Corner of Kildare Avenue and Leola Street. The teens described As about y years old got away with no school victims discuss past look to future by Jim Mosher a for the free press k Enora ont. A there a no turning Back. That a the message that resonated through the open air treaty grounds at rat Portage during this weekends reunion of a residential school Wau Shushk Onigum first nation hosted the four Day reunion and conference which ends today at its Island meeting place just West of Kenora. Former residential school students from Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba gathered to face their personal horrors and talk about the Road to recovery. The approximately 60 former residential school students in attendance described a Host of abuses a physical emotional and sexual. Still an attitude of forgiveness pervaded the Assembly. A the turning Point has happened a said Garnet anger one. The 43-year-old consultant to Northwestern Ontario first nations said he was sexually abused by a a a supervisor at Pelican Falls residential school near Sioux Lookout. A we Are doing this in order to reclaim our lives a he said. A a there a simply no turning the residential school program was an integral part of a Federal government plan to assimilate native children into White culture. It began in the late 1800s. Aboriginal children were taken from their Homes to spend to months of the year at schools run by the country a churches among them roman Catholic presbyterian anglican and United. Anger one who first attended residential school in 1963 at age seven is no longer a victim. The person who sexually assaulted him was convicted and is serving a four year prison term. A i held what had happened deep inside for years a he said adding he did not Start talking about the abuse until 1991, when his children gave him the courage. A it was just one Day i said a Why should i allow a Man who destroyed me to continue to info Peirce me to continue to make. Me fee the feeling of helplessness in my adult life a a he said adding the anxiety affected his relationship with his wife and teenage children. Anger one wants Ottawa to acknowledge its residential school policy was wrong. It must also take mole responsibility in addressing the social problems of Canadas aboriginal people such As violence and drug Ami alcohol abuse that can be traced to tile residential schools. Cor fest lures Young fans Cornucopia of Rock bands by Andrew Maxwell for the free press Tongue studs skateboards fluorescent hair and loud intense music is taking Over Westview Park this weekend As Cor fest 1997 lures thousands of teens and Twenty somethings atop the former Landfill site. Approximately 70 bands Are entertaining a Laid Back group of Young people More Likely to remember Kurt Cobain a suicide than John Lennon a murder. A a it a just a showcase for All these local bands a said organizer Ashley Mccurdy. A a it a definitely worthy of people taking grassroots organization and involvement along with a peaceful atmosphere Are key to the two Day modern music Marathon he said. Winnipeg a open music scene lends itself to creating a steady crop of talented bands he added. A a Winnipeg is a smaller place and its not As cutthroat As other cities. There a not 1,000 bands competing to play in one diversity also rules the Day said local musician Shawn Fedorchuk partly because the local scene reflects the Overall alternative music movement. A one of the words that comes to mind is holding pattern a said the 24-year-old frontman for Kittens who played late yesterday. A a there a nothing that jumps out As typifying this techno the increasingly influential electronic dance music is in the Best position to dominate music charts but for now a i just see everyone sitting around waiting for something to happen a Fedorchuk said. Alternative Rock is now a family made up of styles such As Emo Short Debbie Wilson left Mike Lesage perform at for emotional noise Rock Post grunge and Neo mod he explains. Spectator Mandie Jonasson said she attended a because its close to free and everyone i know is no cover charge was enforced but a donation was encouraged to cover organization costs ;