Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press use july 1997 Barry show bits today on television absolutely fabulous Edina and Patsy head to France for a vacation in a luxurious but the accommodations Arent exactly what they 8 big ticket collective soul per forms at a March 1997 concert from Marble songs include the world i gel and precious 7 lies heart Jennie of Beverly 90210 stars in this to flick As a Young battered wife who stands trial when four teens Mur Der her husband and claim she set them up to do 8 rough cuts in this piece called Canadian actor and writer Dan Mckellar uses Model railroads and interviews with internet pioneers to guide viewers through the information 9 talk shows David Letterman Jennifer William Brian Regan Tom Snyder Kenny Loggins Conan Obrien Tea politically incorrect Tom Clint Jean Celeste Greig today in music history Anne Murray returned to her Home town of to open the Anne Murray a museum devoted to her born this 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from from a stained mattress the dog delivered pups on in the backyard surrounded by garbage and thigh High grass to derelict to strangers coming and going at All hours and asking to use the the serenity of the picturesque residential area was i was embarrassed to Tell people where we but Cynthia who asked to remain Anonymous for fear of retaliation discovered Neighbours do have some rights and that there is a Way to fight my husband called the shape up the City of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg police service have the authority to Tell Neighbours who have crossed the line to shape in the the onslaught of complaints is in full people Are spending More time outside making noise and littering their their Neighbours Are spending More time and tolerance Levels fall As the temperature they decide to complain but to whom a Rule of thumb is if you can see the its the and if you can hear its the the City is responsible for enforcing bylaws concerning Messy parking people operating businesses from their dilapidated buildings and overgrown the police Are responsible for enforcing the cites noise but what the bylaws say what Peoples rights Are in relation to their Neighbours can be very the noise bylaw spells out what times you can fire up the circular saw and the Lawnmower from 7 to 9 on weekdays and from 9 to 9 on weekends and statutory the bylaw on untidy and unsightly property is not As untidy and unsightly Means premises that Are slovenly and unpleasant to look said Harold chief inspector of existing Yueai fight Back buildings for the the City will Send an inspector to Check out a complaint and if he thinks the property fits the the owner is contacted and Given a reasonable time to clean up the said Jen if the order is the City can go on the clean it and Send the owner a Bill that will be applied to their taxes if its not the Weed control office Doest have specific guidelines for How tall grass can be or How Many dandelions Are of is an inspector checks out the offending Yard in relation to neighbouring Yards and makes the if its deemed the owner is Given three Days to take if they the City will do it for them and Send them the while the process seems dont expect someday cautioned owners can Appeal the cites orders and drag it out for the whole even if they dont it still takes time for a complaint to be processed at the busiest time of the with two designated Jennings office handles 300 to 400 Calls a the wee control line handles anywhere from 26 to 44 Calls per the quickest and most sensible Way to complain about a Messy Yard or a noisy Neighbour May be to go next door and do it suggested Carl Shier of the Winnipeg approach the Neighbour in a polite and Friendly manner and often things can be if they Shier said people with noise com plaints May Call their Community police Constable or the nonemergency police service number but the last thing you want to do is Call 911 that number is strictly for serious if people Call the police can Deal with the complaint or direct the caller to the right for mediation services brings the two sides together to work out a solution to the Community police who get to know people in the can help Settle Border skirmishes before they become All out its More of a Lon term said Short tempers anyone expecting immediate police attention to a Neighbour playing the stereo too loud can look Forward to having some time to they have to realize there priority said he understands that in when its hot and tempers Are everything is an Emer but police have to respond to life and death situations and crimes in Progress and callers should also realize that phoning the police is an expensive he Down the Road they May end up paying for the police and cruisers time in the form of higher taxes that pay for police As for the Neighbour and the dog Are the Yard has been cleaned up and the House from hell has been she is worried it May now be a fire but that another find he Pattten Umbers got a bad Neighbour help May be just a phone Call away overgrown lawns and out control weeds 9863311 unsightly property 9865300 Neighbour operating unlicensed business from Home a garage Sale every 9866420 noise 9866259 police 9866662 animal services 9862155 still not sure 9862171 City Hall information Ewe wont believe this practical joke its amazing the number of places you can take a plastic sheep and get virtually no read youd think might laugh and Point at the red haired family struggling Down grand Beach with a cooler and Lawn there All too Busy looking at the fat Guy trying to master his kids Boogie Board and Landing belly in the a Small Grey and White sheep does it raise an Eyebrow on babe watch even when the sheep is placed in the moved up the Beach and photographed no one says at least not out the sheep want the sheep had been kidnapped from the front Lawn of close friends in a momentary lapse of had Pur chased we didst View this sheep snatch ing As a it was a a note was left to Greener the sheep stuffed in the Lindor Reynolds the Summers adventure its important to note that i was merely a passenger in the getaway neither snatcher nor although the idea was the prank grew More As ideas conceived in stupidity generally one Ransom note be postcards would have to be photos needed to be the sheep needed to spend the summer on the we were certain wed be accused and unmasked Long before the dog Days of we were other suspects were a Friend who had moved to Korea was the front runner on the list despite the fact grand Beach int in our egos we stepped up the the sheep was taken to Gimli and posed with the giant Viking it floated in a rubber tube at Winnipeg it ended up in Lake of the perched if in a paddle we placed the sheep in a pasture of real risking being run Down on the shot at by a Farmer or stampeded by a Herd of sweaters on the the embarrassment of shouting out who packed the sheep quickly outweighed the Joy of a practical joke that the family got the they got the All signed your they didst i grew to hate the i wanted to wrap the Little plastic monster in chains and photograph it floating to the Bottom of Lake win i was reminded that the family had impressionable Young we enlisted the help of friends and the prank was often to the bemusement of people who mistakenly believed i had an actual usually out of consented to Send a card to the sheets the cards came in from Vancou Georgia and the sheets owners didst summer and the sheep remained in the trunk of my i get car service at Safeway because i didst want to explain Fluffy to a bag the friends replaced the purloined Mutton with another Tacky Lawn they added a con firming our worst they moved the sheep was returned at Christ wrapped gaily in a i was the Only one who wanted to set the Box on they were grateful to have their sheep it had been a mighty Good All they they still look at me i Learned my the Only thing in my trunk this summer is the water the the Garden gnome and a you dont want to ;