Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today special Section features John Lyons Complete review of the stones tour opener in plus a look ahead to tuesdays concert in Winnipeg 125 years outta there Blue jays fire embattled manager with five games left in sorry season the weather o sunny High Low details on Page b16 press garbage Day 2 school Day 3 inside felines for now City Council has decided not to treat cats like for the time it is sending a proposal that Winnipeg feline Community be subject to the same restrict fines and fees As their Tail wagging counterparts Back to the executive policy committee for rethinking farm family cries foul a flooded out farm family says the province is offering Only a pittance to replace buildings lost to the raging red River last big Day for United Way in what is described As the most incredible Day in the history of the United Way of Campaign chairman Dale Paterson kicked off this years fundraising drive with the announcement that the organization has already raised million towards its 1997 goal of Mil Toupee yanked off a second woman came Forward to testify yesterday at sportscaster Marv Alberts sexual assault she said she pulled off Alberts Toupee while she was trying to defend herself in a hotel room nations under smoke six nations in Southeast Asia Are under a heavy Blanket of smoke from hundreds of Forest fires Many set deliberately in the smoke shows no signs of dissipating Cal nails Lions a pos game Brawl after last fridays Winnipeg Blue bomber Victory Over the Lions earned both several players and one coach a combined in fines from the Canadian football league yesterday today in your City province the Wyrd Sisters West end cultural 8 Winnipeg symphony orchestra noon and night in Vienna Centennial concert 8 to Phillip Adams 4th annual Benefit for breast cancer 909 6 in Advance at Index local Canada it world in life net Reader and Ann sports to lotto Bonus september downtown gets boost City Hall kicks in to help renovate Portage Avenue storefronts by Aid Santin City Hall reporter efforts to revitalize win Nipges downtown will jump into High gear now that City Hall is behind the property owners Council authorized an program to match what store owners spend on fixing up the fronts of their by february and March Well be Busy with hammers and chisels Mak ing Portage Avenue said Hart a spokesman for the Portage Avenue property association its the latest decision by Council that signals politicians Are ready to play an Active part in giving the downtown a new lease on last week the executive policy com Mittee authorized a program to install decorative lights on 16 Trees at the intersection of Portage and main and to hire an entertainment Consul Tant to develop an economic develop ment strategy for the entire downtown politicians Are also examining a plan to allow parking on Portage within a few weeks they will examine proposals to remove the Concrete barricades at the Corner of Portage and allow pedestrian Crossings and approve a landscaping plan to bring More greenery to the downtown Wall collapses on truck workers try to raise a Section of Parade Wall that collapsed crushing the front end of a pickup truck that was parked on Garry the Wall was being erected at the hotel fort no one was Mallin said property owners Are encouraged by councils adding almost All eligible owners have joined the new papa Organiza landlords have been approaching prospective tenants knowing that the Money would probably be Mallin now that its in youll see More enthusiasm from the continued please see count full on katzes dream stadium in deadline looms by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter someone say its fall pass pm the sunblock by Manfred Jager staff reporter unpack those shorts and get put the sunblock were going to be experiencing sunny summer tempera Tures for the next two under the Centre of a Mammoth High pressure Winnipeg enjoyed a record breaking High of celsius yesterday afternoon about 16 degrees above the seasonal average of 16 Gretna was the nations Hotshot at 31 throughout Southern people ducked out of work Early or found excuses to be outdoors under a Clear Blue Golf courses were popular everyone has a tendency to come out on Nice Days like Kildonan Park Golf course clerk Ken Slapinski at this Point in the season it usually slows but today were people want to get the last couple of rounds the Clear sky and warm air Cov yesterdays High 3040 average seasonal High 16 c Canadas Hotshot 31c yesterday in Dallas 23 c previous record for 24 c in 1950 forecast for sundays Blue bomber Home game 15 c ered most of Central North said meteorologist Suzanne Damours at environment Canadas Winnipeg the unseasonal warmth was due to the Jet Stream being pushed bringing us temperatures More com Mon to which was Only 23 c the old record High for 24 in Winnipeg was set in 1950 at the record overnight Low for 25 c in and where nighttime tempera Tures could be expected to be near a frosty 4 c in they Hov ered at a Balmy 15 c last p1 amours said the system is so no changes Are expected until the even change will be she Winni Eggers can look Forward to scattered Cloud cover with tempera Tures Only slightly below midweek this system is moving in an East Erly direction at a very slow so we should notice temperature drops of a degree or two a Day by about by sunday the Day the Winnipeg Blue bombers Host the Toronto argonauts the forecast High is 15 she and we May see As for when people flock to the Winnipeg stadium for the rolling stones its too soon to said nighttime temperatures on aver age dont remain below freezing until Damours As for its Normal for Winnipeg to have some by the end of Oce Dural wrangling at Ity Hall May bring an end to Sam katzes dream of building a base Ball stadium beside the red with less than a week before a lease on a new stadium on City land North of the Forks has to be Council refused yesterday to even talk about the project even though they knew Katz was asking for a 30day by the end of the they haunt voted on the Extension or even the Merit of the changes being proposed by a motion to suspend rules and allow the Issue to be debated was Defeated when it failed to get the required two thirds there was no there is no Katz still faces the 1 now questions Are being asked about Why Katz and his Ballpark were not on yesterdays formal Council requires 96hour notice on issues to be debated so relevant information can be circulated four Days before the meeting is Katz said he provided the City with notice and his proposed changes to the lease a week Why want that information placed on the Agenda of yesterdays meeting so it could be properly debated Katz there was no reason to require a suspension of the it should have been on the Agenda in the first Bill Clement admitted that he brought the site plan changes and the lease agreement to an informal meet ing of the executive policy committee last week but he 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