Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, September 15, 1997

Issue date: Monday, September 15, 1997
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free september terrys dream Well in City turn out to help finish the Job Fox started in 1980 by met file Verhaeghe staff reporter its been 17 years since the world watched Terry Fox run the last Steps of his Marathon of Hope for cancer but his legacy has not been about people cycled and roller skated in his memory yesterday As part of the annual Terry Fox run for cancer As of yesterday afternoon had been but organizers Are expect ing at least to trickle in from weve made some were Able to cure some cancers now and that was terrys eradicate All we continue to raise said Rob chair Man of the Assiniboine Park portion of the two years tru Thwaites father inlaw died of cancer and his father was diagnosed with liver cancer last it drives the whole reason for being involved a lot closer than it Ever has been for he we All want to get rid of it and terrys dream is kept alive through All of As runners and walkers got to the Park they were treated to magicians and Square Ruth Bonneville Winnipeg free press Sarah leads Way for from left her Mother Carol with four in father brother ontarian Marlene who working in Winnipeg for three planned to Cycle the designated route in the i passed Terry Fox when i was driving years ago outside of Brant she i thought he was one determined Hes still bringing in Money for the thing that destroyed its probably because of him that eventually find a cure for can Sisters Joyce and Betty have participated in the run for seven we lost some family members and its our Way of Schweitzer adding they lost a Brothers wife and an aunt to its touched so Many people in our she if we can get out and raise some Money for a Good we do about people across Canada participated in the first Terry Fox run in which raised last More than people were involved and million was collected in 58 countries around the the Money is turned Over to the National cancer Institute of which awards funds to researchers and projects based on Fox own Cri out of last years Manitoba researchers received for the 199798 research this year in 72 communities held a Terry Fox run and More than Manitoban were registered to Union night at convention Centre an labour officials charge by Andrew Maxwell for the free press the bitter dispute Between the Winnipeg convention Centre and local Union members shows no signs of the latest Salvo was fired when More than 100 workers from numer Ous unions marched outside the Cen tre blocking the Public from entering an oktoberfest Union night members deemed managements decision to hold the special night an Given the ongoing labour Dis Pute Over the convention Centre contracting out 50 housekeeping and Security that decision in february sparked labour prompting a Boycott of the Union officials say the boy Cott has seen 11 Union gatherings pulled from the building since Gebru no Trade unionists Are going to patronize this place As Long As they treat workers like there said Paul president of the Canadian Union of Public employees local acc general manager Klaus Lahr said the publicly owned facility had an obligation to taxpayers to minimize costs by shopping around for the cheapest he said the convention Centre is not violating its collective agreement with since the pact does not bar the contracting out of the contracted Security although paid less than former Are Mem Bers of the United food and Commer Cial workers he Lahr said the oktoberfest Union night was definitely not meant As an offensive or insulting we have a University a rotary seniors night if it was an it was incredibly said Manitoba federation of labour president Rob Hilliard at the moist said cupe offered its own cos cutting which included Cut Ting some hours for but management rejected it out of this is not about its pol he saying City which appoints the acc is showing its antiunion colours in the protesters Friday disabled the Auto Matic doors at the York Avenue Entrance by placing a sticker Over the motion while acc Security staff inside tried in vain to open when asked if he supported blocking the doors of the Public moist initially i didst see he said he would talk to protesters about reopening the remaining to make room for the arrival of cars offers 3 Samaros must 18 Cavaliers As Low 3 3 Monte w of 1 Achieva 2 1 Aurora executive offers offers trucks 11 ventures 9n As Low 7 cab pickups 1fi As 11 cab pickups 94 As Low 9 cargo vans a full 7 blazers a a or As Low wow 1 suburban 13 Astro Van Aab As Low i 4 Chev no reasonable offer refused financing As Low As on selected models of of Ohi Holit unsold papers could be a hint to Job Hunters Winnipeg people dont seem to be looking for careers in Vancouver now the death of Princess of Wales had people lining up to buy out town newspapers at Mcnally Robinson last particularly the British no sooner had the papers arrived than the stores cupboards were Bare with two noticeable the Calgary Herald and Vancouver Sun Pigeon holes were still jammed although that had nothing to do with dianas Judy who handles the newspaper and Maga Zine Section at the Grant Park says there was a time when both papers sold that was primarily because of the careers Sec people in Winnipeg were looking for jobs in Vancouver and but Lamont says that if newspaper sales Are any and she thinks they times have people Are finding work especially in just to put the deaths of Diana and Mother Teresa in a Gallup poll done in the United states before they died asked respondents which living woman they most Mother Teresa finished first with 19 per cent of the Diana was Well Back in the pack with two per out distanced by runners up Hillary Rodham Clinton and Oprah win Frey Burton bless his Pian plunking is planning to be one of the faces in the Winnipeg stadium crowd for the rolling stones concert hell be in town on the 28th any Way to sing for a National Conven Tion of real estate two nights before Hes in bran Don whispers from the Law courts building have it that associate chief provincial judge Murray Sinclair will be moving up to Queens Bench As soon As he finishes the paediatric cardiac which wont be any time 1 free press columnist Bill Neville was among the assembled for Carol Shields Reading at Mcnally Robinson last i mention that because there Are rumours about town that he has he Bill had a tumorous kidney removed recent but thankfully a Biopsy deter mined the growth was former bomber coach Cal Mur Phy has sold his huge old cres cent Wood John general manager of Lazer fare Gordon Sinclair Media and his wife Louise Grouette bought the seven three Storey that goes Back More than 90 Stockwell and Grouette chose it specifically because of its size and family they have Hopes of filling the much like Cal and Joyce Murphy they Are expecting an occupant for childrens bedroom 3 in Alan Fotheringham showed up to speak at the special olympics fundraiser last week As a favour to close personal pal Janis it was hoped Peter Mansbridge would be the breakfast later that at the dinner someone at his table asked Foth How he and cartoonist Roy Peterson co ordinate efforts each week on the Back Page of Mac leans Given that they live at opposite ends of the bothering Ham said he and Peterson under stand each other so Well that All he does is Call him on Friday and give him a rough idea what Hes going to write about for then Fotheringham and Peterson go about doing their respective never seeing each others finished product until the Maga Zine hits the the lasted Schreyer was sharing a Story the other Day about his youngest sons Early childhood years As a Little Rascal in Rideau Tobin Schreyer is 22 but he lived at the governor generals residence from age three to age some time in the Middle of his about the time he was learning to Tobin wrote a letter to the Queen and secretly posted it in the antique Rideau Hall postal it read As follows dear you have you Ever eaten a banana with lady 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