Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 19, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september Kab intercity Church Triplex to help fund repairs by Kevin City Hall reporter n intercity Church Lazarus House project got answers to its prayers yester Day when the province gave it a boarded up property to rent out to raise Money for armed with a housing minister Jack Reimer helped Harry of new life min rip a piece of plywood off the doors of the Triplex at 551553 Lang Side opening it to provide afford Able housing in the Reimer said the owned by Manitoba has been boarded up for two years because nobody wanted to move into the Lehotsky said the building will pro vide accommodation for three families and will dramatically Aid the projects House renovation efforts a few blocks the a month we receive in rent will go in to fix our House at 277 Bev Erley right now we have in the Bank and a gutted events after the third or fourth House we renovate and sell Well be Able to pay Royal Bank newest big pan am Booster by Dave sup eve sports reporter Jeff free press Reimer right and Lehotsky open boarded up for everything earlier this the City turned Over the duplex at 277 Beverley to the the House was notorious in the area for being a gang House and the City finally took Over the building after its owner was in arrears on property to was called Lazarus House after the Story in the Bible in which Jesus brings Lazarus Back to landside resident Ruth Pfeifer lauded the efforts of the Church in revitalizing her if Manitoba housing gets behind maybe they can clean up the entire Ive lived Here since 1968 and you see the area deteriorating almost Pfeifer oily a new tenant of the landside said his family is excited about moving when we heard about it we thought of were going to be living in a dive but then we saw it and its just a father of this is immaculate compared to what we thought we would the province has turned the House Over to the Lazarus House initiative for a oneyear but Reimer said he expects the lease will last if youre going to the pan am games in the summer of 1999 dont bring your equipment and dont take your Amer ican exp Ess Royal Bank visa is going to be every where you Watt to one of the most faithful and quiet supporters of Amateur the Royal Bank financial group kicked in millions of dollars yesterday in support of the 1999 pan am the believed to be Worth includes sponsorship of the Royal Bank Mai stage at the the venue will be a nightly meeting Point of sports and our Forks is a a meeting place of cultural activity and this will be a great Symbol of the pan Ameri can said Dennice Royal Banks senior vice president and regional the Banks involvement with Amateur athletics stretches Back so to it became a charter corporate sponsor of the Canadian olympic it is the last remaining firm from the original group of to the Royal Bank was a huge supporter of the Canada sum Mer again playing an Inte Gral part in the cultural Celebration of the our involvement Over the last so years Speaks about commitment to said Leahey on a wind swept Day at the the pan am games society list of sponsors is As is its need for the Royal Bank becomes the games fourth official joining investors ism and Leahey announces pan am donation with Bank Mascot greatest life while Wawanesa insurance is an official the games Lone official with sponsorship exceeding is yet to be resolved is the bigger funding question involving govern ment support exceeding More than the games society is seeking million from the Federal another million from the province and million from the City to cover nearly 75 per cent of the games Bud Lazarenko feels City May be admitting guilt by Melanz Verhaeghe staff reporter by repairing 175 Cul verts deemed the City May have admitted guilt in the death of a 14year old boy who was sucked inside an open Culvert this says City Harry its surprising to see that All of a sudden somethings being said in All Treyve admitted if that Culvert would have been that boy would never have on april Adam Young was playing with a Friend beside an open Culvert near Ecol Leila Young was swept away by a Strong current of floodwater and his body want recovered until May after the the cites water and waste department hired Uma engineering to study the problem of open Cul Early findings of the report show out of Sites 175 culverts Are in need of said Tom Man Ager of local water and sewer was requested on an emergency basis for the engineers report but the final Cost will come in significantly Pearson the remaining Money is being used to Start fixing some of the minor problems on the 17s culverts next but Adam Youngs Rob said Hes heard the City make promises before about fixing the the Day after the Accident on april was told they be nothings been done and in not stopping until there All Young adding he is pursuing a lawsuit against the City and the school Young said he thinks work is being done now because he made his threat of a lawsuit but 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