Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free september Wayne free press Smith says administration plans include replacing Green space lost to the new outdoor controversial restaurant will pass City Hall Forks by Kevin Rollason City Hall reporter the Forks is confident a plan to turn Green space Overlook ing the boat Basin and a por Tion of the skaters Pavilion into a restaurant wont be iced by a civic committee Kent president and ceo of the Forks North Portage partner said yesterday he is anticipating the planning and Community services committee will approve its proposal to see a Grassy area on the upper Plaza level converted to a 60 seat outdoor were confident of getting approval and comfortable with the work weve Smith we suggested before we would be adding usable Green space on the West end of the port to More than compensate for the space that West end is now just we will compensate there for the Green space lost at the other the Forks has been pushing for a restaurant at this spot because it has been losing about a million dollars in Public Money it has a business plan that Calls for it to break even in five this merchants at the Forks disagreed with the even taking out a full Page advertisement in the free press attacking Forks administrators for wanting the new restau rant and installing 47 metered parking Smith said aside from the approved outdoor seating areas for the the Forks itself has added other outdoor seating and not everyone wants to sit on the he to spokesman for the mar Ket tenants said Busi Nesses at the Forks Are still opposed to the proposed restaurant and out door seating and they will again make their feelings known to councillors Razik said it should make no Dif Ference to councillors that there Are already four restaurants at the Loca Tion which have outdoor these businesses had the seating approved before the development of the area was he Why do they want to redevelop the area again Razik also said if the restaurant is approved it could end up hurting businesses already its not going to increase the Over All business youll just take the existing restaurant customers and spread the business from four restaurants to As Razik said people who lose their sunbathing space or skaters who lose some of their Pavilion might not come Back to the that what happens when you take away the reason they come to the he a second civic report has answered some councillors con Cerns that existing Patio chairs and tables at restaurants at the Forks were put up with prior what is out there seems to be what was Bob civic manager of Community plan to measure get the configuration you want without paying anything extra Sample system Price Smi Loir Opito 1199 or 42 month system not exactly As featuring 90 hours free internet Access from Star Inlet pentium processor with Max technology 166mhz 16mb High Speed Ham memory 512k pipeline Ciche Tab pc Sega video 16bit sound cart amplified speakers hard drive 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the 12 men who graduated from the first John school held in the men on the receiving end of the scathing commentary from three for Mer prostitutes stared at the floor and squirmed uncomfortably in their some there is an extremely powerful Impact when a former Street worker gets up in front of the Guys and starts telling her said Wayne Harrison of the police vice when the women talk about shoot ing drugs in Between their toes so they still look pretty and dont have Needle the Guys cant even look them in the Eye any the John school is the latest attempt to Deal with the cites sex in return for volunteering for the one Day men arrested for communication for the purpose of prostitution Are spared court and the humiliation of having their names made students in the first class were men aged 2545 from All walks of Stu dents and labourers sat through the presentations with White Collar pro one Man failed to show and will now face the prostitution Harrison said the men Are bombarded with the hardcore reality of prostitution and its Impact on the Community in the Hope that they will Stop supporting the sex a Public health nurse shows the class graphic pictures of genitals rav aged by venereal a lawyer tells them about the consequences of a conviction for communication for the purpose of people who live in the areas where prostitutes work speak about How they suffer through the Roundt Hemlock traffic and harassment of their Young Chil we show them that the prostitutes Are the Community is a victim and that they Are a Harrison Johns Are seen As a Good target for a police deterrent because they usually Are More concerned about being arrested than Street Many of whom Are substance abusers who work to feed their Tanis a resident of the lord Selkirk area where the so called Low track is said she spoke to the Johns in the Hope they would stay away from her neighbourhood and the prostitutes would school superintendent gets shove by Nick Martin education reporter fort Garry school division will not renew superintendent Henry Ziatts contract next and is asking him to leave the Job trustee Peggy Halstead said yester Day Ziatts imminent departure after 17 years As the divisions top superintendent follows months of close door turmoil among trustees whom she said Are locked in a Power struggle with senior its a quite said Hal who favoured asking Izatt to renew his this is an administrative the Board feels it should run but Board chair Kathy Mckibbin and several other trustees said yesterday that they took Izatt at his word when he said seven years ago that his current seven year contract would carry him through to the Board requires me to leave my position As of 31 of this and they will honour the contract through to june Izatt said in a Brief interview declined to say if retire ment was his Choice or the school but did say a letter trustees recently sent him did not explain Why they want him to leave six months that has not been shared with me by the said Mckibbin said the 31 Date is financially advantageous to Izatt for tax reasons she he has the option of working until june she she said the Board has great respect for there is no reason trustees would not offer him a new Mckibbin adding that she would not discuss i camera ;