Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 14, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Draws crowd a fans find their seats Early for Young amp restless a Joshua Morrow /1 Centre speeds up a the blueprint for rejuvenating downtown has business people there Reed up and read to go by Brandon september 14,1997today in your City province a old English Garden Tea English gardens Assiniboine Park 1 to 4 . $8 and $15. A cinematheque a moment of innocence 7 30 and 9 30 . $3.50 to $5. A Winnipeg sports car club september classic Viking International Speedway Gimli 9 . To 4 . Index local /a4,6,7 Canada amp world /a3,5 classified.b12 comics.b6 deaths.a2.b11 editorials.b2 in ,births./. By 2 life Horoscope crossword net Reader and Ann Landers .b8 movies.b9 sports record.a10.11 to listings.b9 lotto 6/49 6,11,20,24,38,42 Bonus 8 /a2 o 619156 6 celebrating in 125 years he sunday free press Brandon weather celebrating 125 years mix of Sun i and Cloud. High 24. Low 7. Details on Page by 3 inside not bom to be wild about half of the 1,200 animals at the Assiniboine Park zoo were born there/a6 a Hezbollah a martyrs the son of Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Leader of the Hezbollah guerrillas has been killed fighting israeli troops in South Lebanon. The Sheik said he is proud that his son died a the israelis have the body/a3 much to do about Unity political observers Arentt holding their breaths that the premiers meeting in Calgary this weekend a minus Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard a will come up with some magic solution to the country a constitutional problems/a3 teachers try martial arts some Winnipeg school teachers feeling increasingly threatened in their classrooms Are turning to martial arts self defence trainings he a Back and Happy at the end of last season Moose defence Man Dale Degray wanted to be traded. But he a Back in training Camp now and singing a More upbeat tune/a8 party place kicking off its 10th anniversary celebrations with a Street party downtown yesterday Portage place says it is working to turn around its image a and its fortunes a7 Vista Jet customers fume from a a historic painting Home Safe at last pays respect Mother Teresa admirers know no boundaries the worldwide outpouring of sorrow and respect for Mother Teresa was a testament yesterday to How her compassion for the poor transcended National and religious boundaries. People around the world watched television coverage of her funeral yesterday in Calcutta India. A roman Catholic Church in South Korea held a special mass and Indian residents in Hong Kong observed a 40-minute memorial service. In new York an Indian restaurant overlooking Central Park set up a shrine of candles and White lilies. In Edmonton 1,200 people gathered for a service at St. Josephus Basilica on Friday night just before the state funeral began in Calcutta. A the death of Mother Teresa is not a tragedy for us a said archbishop Joseph Macneil in Edmonton. A the real tragedy would be if we failed to learn anything or benefited nothing from her in Japan More than 1,000 people took part earlier in the week in a special mass. A she was a Mother to us All a said Fusai Yamamoto an official at Saint Mary a Cathedral in Tokyo Japan a by Bud Robertson staff reporter a Long lost part of the City a history has finally made its Way Home. After surviving the second world War and 52 years of being carted across Europe and Canada a valued painting that belongs to the fort Garry horse is Back at the regiments Home in Mcgregor armoury. Thought to have been lost years ago the original painting suddenly appeared last month practically falling into the Lap of a member of the armed forces Reserve armoured unit. A it was pure serendipity finding it a said Gord Crossley curator of the fort Garry horse museum and archives. Crossley holds painting of Winnipeg regiment. A i never knew fhe original Jeff Debooy Winnipeg free press the Story of the Long lost painting is a colourful one. After liberating the dutch town of Doe Pinchem from the germans in april 1945, soldiers from the fort Garry horse later returned to help residents rebuild it. While there a group of 15 officers from the regiment paid local artist . Meijerink 30 cigarettes a a valuable currency in wartime Europe a to paint a portrait of them receiving orders from their commanding officer . Erie Wilson in a bombed out Church. After it was finished the Oil painting was handed Over to maj. Gordon Mackenzie a quartermaster who eventually brought it Home with him. Continued please see discovery/a2 by Kim Guttormson staff reporter Vista Jet grounded hundreds of angry passengers when it suddenly ceased operations Friday and abandoned its service counter at Winnipeg Airport. Passengers trying to Check in for their flights with the discount airline yesterday were greeted at the Airport by a Sheet of paper directing them to try using another Carrier. Whole world airlines closure strands travellers Vista Jet issued a Short news release late Friday night announcing it was ceasing operations. The company was not returning phone Calls yesterday and its toll free inquiry line rang Busy All Day. Passengers Many of them unaware that Vista Jet was out of business arrived at airports across Canada yesterday to find their flights were cancelled. A i done to even know if ill get my Money Back a Richelle Mcauley said. She arrived at the Toronto Airport yesterday morning to catch a flight to Winnipeg with her five month old daughter. A they handed us a piece of paper saying a we cease to exist. Air Canada will help you. See you i was the Only one who got on the air Canada flight to Winnipeg. A a it a very it was almost impossible to get through yesterday to the toll free number Vista Jet gave out for people to rebook flights. Attendants at the adjoining greyhound counter at the Winnipeg Airport tried to help confused and angry Vista Jet customers yesterday by directing them to a handmade sign Reading a Vista Jet in the Middle of the air Canada queues. Continued please see airline�?Ts/a2 a photo casket with body of Mother Teresa moves through Calcutta to Netali indoor stadium for funeral. A she lives on in her work / a5 main roman Catholic Church. The Nobel peace laureates state funeral and private burial took place in the Early hours for Canada and the United states but was closely watched in Asia and elsewhere. Pope John Paul watched the funeral live on television from his summer Home in Italy and celebrated a private mass in her honour. The funeral also was carried live in South Africa and on Cable to in South Korea. It was the top item in evening to news programs in Japan. Outside Seoul South Korea the missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa a order held a mass for its former Leader. In Hong Kong a 40-minute memorial service was organized by the India club made up of Indian residents in the former British Colony. Those at the service including Vina Sikra indians Consul general in Hong Kong observed a minute of silence in homage to the nun. In new York the nirvana Indian restaurant overlooking Central Park set up a shrine for Mother Teresa surrounding her photograph with candles and White lilies. A i respect her. She did Good and there Are so very Many really poor people in India and Bangladesh a said restaurant chef Rimi Nahar a Muslim. 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