Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rice ask about dynamics financial family w funds special nor onto backed Load dynamic partners fund 7293400 Randon your weekly Southwest Manitoba news digest for Home delivery Call 7270527 or 7272451 september 1 fire department raises its rates for responding to area blazes by Patrick Copps the Brandon Sun Colin Sun big fan sixth and seventh graders from Fleming school cheer on their teammates during a soccer Jamboree saturday morning at Optimist approximately 500 students from the Brandon school division gathered for a Day of fun and the rates charged by the Brandon fire department to five sur rounding municipalities for fire Protection services will Rise next year to be More representative of other rates in the fire chief Garry Winters said the per cent increase to the nonrefundable base fees charged to the Rural municipalities of Elton Whitehead and Oakland was decided upon after a Man dated review of the fire Protection prior to the municipalities were charged on a fee for service basis but a decision was made that the municipalities should instead be paying into the Long term operation of the Winters As a the fire department for the past three years has been assured Revenue from the five municipalities that this year amounts to with the rates hikes the total Revenue next year will jump to the pm of Oakland has been part of the agreement with the Brandon fire department since last but knew that the financial review was pending and that it would be subject to any the nonrefundable base fee charged by the City of Brandon is based on the populations of the respective the method most frequently used throughout the Winters each time the fire department responds into a municipality the charges for the service Are deducted from the base fee until such time As it is you can think of the base fee As a if its used up then it will Cost them that never but you never know whether it could happen sometime in me fire chief Garry Winters Brandon fire department you can think of the base fee As a if its used up then it will Cost them Winters that never but you never know whether it could happen sometime in the City Council has approved the per capita base fee hikes from on average to which Winters said is approximately 75 per cent of the aver age costs to rms that provide their own that is still substantially less than the per capita average of to Pur Chase fire protect Winters with the recent implementation of 911 service in the Winters said Boundary reviews have been done in Many this resulted in changes being made to the local Emer gency response area by giving up some of the population served by the fire department and gaining some in other for Winters said his department took on responsibility for responding to occurrences in but now the Canadian forces base Shilo fire department covers part of Brandon old area in this was done to ensure the most efficient response the Overall reviews of the agree ments Are done every three years to ensure the Brandon fire department gets a fair return for the services it provides to areas it must be ready to respond to at All the next Overall review will be con ducted in 1999 with changes to be implemented at the Start of How at the Start of both years slight changes will Likely have to be made to the per capita costs to correspond with the percentage increase of the fire departments Gross operating Winters Centre offers women pos abortion counselling by Patrick Copps the Brandon Sun the crisis pregnancy an interfaith Christian is offering a new counselling ser vice for women who have had Abor the which recently began operating out of new location at 229 Princess is offering the Post abortion counselling on thursday two trained counsellors Are on hand to provide the Centre director Maria Egilsson it is preferred that women seeking counselling make appointments by calling although Egilsson said no one will be turned away at the the new Centre is staffed mainly by volunteers and has two paid Par time its hours of operation Are staggered in order to serve clients in the morning and the which basically runs on has handled Between 70 and 80 clients since ranging in age from 14 to Egilsson some come into find out if they Are some come in already preg Nant looking for help or to talk about their other clients have already had their babies and decided to keep their new or give them up for she so far this 15 babies have been born to clients of the Cen she besides free pregnancy tests and prenatal the Centre also provides free baby and maternity it also holds group sessions for babies and families and has a Library that is open to the Public the Centre accepts donations in the form of Cash to items for babies including cribs and at the stockyards weekly sales summary and trends for week ending information is supplied by Rick Market manager of the heart land livestock prices quoted Are by Slaughter cattle total on offer Brandon 4055 Choice steers 8085 to a1a2 steers Choice heifers 8083 a1a2 heifers d1d2 cows to 52 d3 cows 3945 feeder cows Good bulls Market trends Type Butcher cattle sold with Active demand this Canadian Type cattle were just cows and bulls continue to show Grain fed types Are bring ing the top prices with Active feeder cattle steers 9001000 800900 700800 500600 114126 400500 120135 300400 heifers 9001000 800900 700800 600700 100114 400500 Market trends feeder cattle and calves remain to Trade on a Strong Market with Strong buyers Are easing up slightly the medium and Plain types this week but pushing hard on the Good Quality local orders Are increasing on All classes of cattle which is holding the lesser Quality cattle Colin Sun out for a Trot Stuart Grandison makes his Way along a Dusty Road South of Brandon last week with his horse Lega Grandison has had about five he says the obviously prefer when they have the Road to briefly planning forum looms the Brandon and area planning District will hold a Public meeting thursday night to receive representations from anyone interested in the new development plan and repeal of the existing the hearing will take place in the Multi purpose room on the lower level of the Library arts Centre building beginning at 7 the general intent of the new development plan is to revise and update land use policies and land use it will apply to the whole of the which consists of the City of Brandon and the Rural municipalities of Cornwallis and Pat rollers get passes some sports Lex swimming and skating along with Spe Cial passes Brandon transit passes have been issued by City Council to children participating in this years school patrol the allotment was increased from passes handed out last As in past years the costs to the transit system is being absorbed As promotional but the system will be reimbursed for the based on monthly operator sur it is estimated that last october through april boardings on buses by students using the school patrol passes averaged about 900 per that resulted in an average Rev Enue loss of a the estimated costs to the transit system for providing the service this year is the skate passes Are Worth a of while the swim passes valued at a total of ;