Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local september 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email a3 u of m crumbling without Cash by Nick Martin staff reporter the University of Manitoba is facing tens of millions of Dol Lars in repairs to crumbling buildings and deteriorating Infra but the province provides Only million annually for maintenance and equipment and the list of deferred work has now reached and within three the univer sity also has to meet new regulations on Ozone depletion by switching its Cooling facilities from freon to ammo Nia or other that Bill will be i have Bill for deferred infrastructure work million no idea where Well get Vic Epresi Dent of administration Terry Falconer said and University Centre needs a new roof at he the faculty of nursing building is in atrocious condition and in need of million in the 76yearold Basic science build ing at the downtown medical school has two steel beams holding up one exterior Brick the architecture buildings base ment has sunk half a he while the agriculture building has Cin Der Block Walls coming Loose from the Falconer said there Are still sub Stantial areas of the University not wheelchair education minister Linda Mclntosh could not be reached with a total replacement value of Falconer said the u of m should be spending million a year on on two per cent of value on five per cent on and 10 per cent on equip theres no room in the current operating budget to cover such huge said the University also faces a million Bill to rectify More than violations of the cites fire boosted by a million provincial Grant this the University submitted a plan to address the but is still awaiting approval from the Falconer the University spent to update the University College Resi Dence after the fire department threat ened to close it last Falconer the major Jolt is million for fire including Walls Between attached and open the upgrading work will have Detri mental effects on the aesthetics of Many older in which open stairways were part of the architectural Falconer the violations and the Cost of dealing with them include for sprinklers and fire doors for fire and fire truck Access for emergency lighting to store flammable liquids in one location to devise an Overall fire prevention scheme and train fire War Dens for a Central storage area of no liquid flammable Ken free press Greenway school students Angela Pacquette from Robert Rourke and Nick Kotoulas draw Art contest draws enthusiastic response by Nick Martin education reporter 1vtick Kotoulas smiling Orange i and Lack Tabby cats rampant in a sea of Green grass and Snow capped mountains May one Day soon cheer up a sick the eighty Earold Greenway school students work is pretty Good Art by any ones Grade 3 teacher Jennie Bellino said the picture is among thousands of entries now being prepared across Mani Northwestern and the Kee Watin District of the Northwest territories for a childrens Hospital Art the which runs to will have 50 submissions from students 17 and younger professionally framed and Hung in the to Mark the 50th anniversary of the department of paediatrics and child cats Are my Favourite and i thought mountains Are fun because i like Kotoulas Bellino lauded his Pencil etchings and use of the Greenway students were enthusiastic As soon As they heard about the con she its very special to the because we have two adaptive skills in they spend a lot of time in the students can use water photog Raphy or what most have chosen to do is pre then there going to fill it in with coloured Bellino most choose among Favourite landscapes or the Ive got a cat stuck up in a and a dog jumping off the said eight year old Jamie another Mark has a tableau of cars and giant entry forms Are available at the Mani Toba childrens All Bank of Mon Treal global to at 603 marys or by calling Portage plans win approval at pc next big flood could come soon by Bud Robertson reporter 97 May not have been Fluke geologist i Forks the next flood of the Century could be right around the scientists attending a symposium Litiere Sand it could be even worse the one that just devastated Jikomes and communities along the red River there have always been floods and there will always be John a state with the North Dakota geological said at a flood held this week at the of North i the conditions responsible for he great flood of 1997 which no judged a wet fall followed by a Larsh Winter with heavy action and a late could easily be said and chances they will in a paper prepared for the Bluemle said the Public needs to consider the possibility that flooding May become a common occurrence and not just a Fluke nine blizzards struck the red River Valley last including one in april dubbed the Bliz Zard of the for the flood showed that Steps taken so far to ensure the safety of residents living in the flood prone Valley have been at communities in Manitoba Are in the process of building per manent ring dikes to better protect their in grand which suffered billions of dollars in damage along with the neighbouring Community of East grand plans Are in the works to construct a diver Sion similar to the one that has saved Winnipeg on several Occa if the water diversion had been built sooner it would have saved said Gerald Groe director of the Energy and environmental research Center at the University of North who toured the Winnipeg flood Way As part of a citizen com Mittee exploring options for flood we think youve done some thing extremely he adding grand Forks diversion could be a reality within the next six to seven environmentalists like Dexter a geology professor at the believe restoring the valleys wet lands would go a Long Way toward easing flood in both Canada and the United much of the wetlands have been drained to make room for but Bluemle Doest see Restor ing wetlands As the answer to he said the Valley flooded Many times before civilization arrived and the natural were and with the addition of sewers and Urban centres that Speed up the movement of water and reduce the ability for water to infiltrate into the the Dan Ger of serious flooding is Ever said proposal by a group of downtown business people to Spruce up Portage Avenue was endorsed by the executive policy committee the pc approved releasing to finance a tourism and economic development strategy for the downtown area and another to install White decorative lights on 16 Trees at the intersection of Portage and both initiatives came from the group of business volunteers intent on reviving the the pc also endorsed another Centre Planson sorted setting up an capital investment fund which would partially reimburse Portage Avenue property owners for any approved improvements to their ground floor store this still must be approved by Centre plan expects to return to pc next month with a More ambitious plan requesting the City install decorative Street and shrubbery along Portage Centre plan will also request City Council next month to replace the Concrete barriers at Portage and main with decorative Hainlink Council will also be asked to formally endorse a plan to resume a partial pedestrian crossing at the centres return seemingly flush with a million the cites politicians agreed to restore the operation of 28 fall and Winter youth Cen operation of the tres was reduced this summer in a bid to save part of the recreation departments contribution to the cites million deficit avoidance since the cuts were simple the City received an unexpected Milton wind fail from the Federal govern City Hall with that pc last week authorized the restoration of 11 weekend bus routes that had also been which were to save pc decided yesterday that the should come out of the projected Mil lion the request to restore the youth programs had been made by Dan Vandal the proposal still must be approved by Deal endorsed a coalition of the cites non profit performing groups is close to taking Over manage ment of the pantages play the executive policy com Mittee yesterday endorsed a Deal negotiated Between the City and the performing arts consortium that would see it take Over the theatre by because the proposal involves contracting out positions normally done by cupe the project and the coalitions Busi Ness plan must be referred to a joint committee of the City and cupe for budget rises facing a budget shortfall due to heavy the City has allocated an extra million for Snow plow ing this Bill Clement Charle Woodfort chairman of the works and operations said the City has already spent million of its Mil lion Snow budget because of heavier than Normal Snow including aprils Zard of the the new Snow Clearing budget is More than Clement said million has been budgeted for Snow removal in but Hes hop ing it All wont be ill Dituri clinic 274 it or Sham pow Uhwat Posmure service to the up Blip since we accept Cental stun Tinct i hot Leal t institutional available i repairs 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