Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 2, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wpm Reg pm Ottber 1 99 a 50 Vears of service with Salisbury House he has flipped a lot of burgers by Stevens wild staff reporter Tom Starr has 91 years Worth of working and he plans to work for at least another 25 the Grandfather of two will celebrate 50 years of ser vice with Salisbury House restau rant next and he spent 41 years with the Winnipeg fire ing three years ago with the rank of District How Many hamburgers have 1 flipped asked Starr As he recuperated recently from triple bypass surgery at his fort Garry maybe a in 50 you flip a lot of All the time that Starr worked for the fire he also worked four shifts a week at a succession of Salisbury House restaurants in rising to the position of store manager and shift he normally worked 68 hours a week Between the two often work ing every Day for two or three consecutive months without a Day and since retiring from the fire Starr has continued to work four evening shifts a week As shift supervisor at the Salisbury House at Pembina Highway and Stafford where he has flipped hamburgers for the past 20 loves the business i love the Starr you May like Curling or to this is my evening v Starr has been slowed by an August heart attack and the subsequent bypass but he said he Hopes to be Back at work within a Starr looks at Geswell cards he received after his that just the Way 1 Starr my family has been very under dont Ever let anyone Ever standing and very he Tell you people become successful without hard ninety nine per cent of the it is if you dont apply you wont amount to Starr arrived in Winnipeg at the age of 17 from the Teuton he found himself at the old bus depot at Hargrave Street and Graham Avenue and noticed the adjacent Salisbury House and its they looked like they were hav ing a Good Starr they looked so t thought maybe t could get a Job at Salis Bury he was hired immediately and put to work washing dishes at the restaurant at the bus nine hour Days in those we worked six Days a for nine hours a for by a nip and a Coffee were 20 within five Starr was Man aging the restaurant at Princess Street and notre Dame Avenue for firefighters who frequented the place urged him to get a real Job fighting since the top salary for a Winnipeg firefighter at the time was a Starr applied and was immediately Starr intended to quit his restau rant but his Superior talked him into continuing to work on his Days off from the fire but his unusual life style has meant less time with his Starr worked for a while at the former Salisbury House at Osborne Street and across from the provincial Legisla Ture and adjacent to old Osborne it was a Favourite haunt for politicians and hockey foot Ball Starr t met former Winnipeg Blue bomber and Minnesota Viking coach Bud Grant when he first came Starr said he knew every Manitoba Premier from Douglas Camp Bell to Howard he recalled the time de Schreyer dubbed the Duke of Broad Starr was managing the Salisbury House at Broadway and landside Street during a visit to Winnipeg by the Queen and Prince As the Royal procession came Down Starr blew a kiss to the Queen and saluted the who was travel Ling in the car behind the Royal Cou noticed Starrs antics and returned to the restaurant a few hours later and dubbed Starr with the aristocratic his recent illness has Given Starr time to reflect on his you think after youve had a heart you wonder if you have stood up and smelled the he youve got to decide what you in not saying my decision was the but it suited wounded victim begged for murder trial told by Kwh Law courts reporter Robert Bettj Csc Dmytryk shot que Yenn Kneeles and left her wounded and begging for help in a parking a court heard yester 1 just started offi Truk said in a police statement read to the she Raceles asked me to help her after i shot 1 didst want to get caught so f did it stick she just sat Down in the parking for much of his Daylong Estimo David Thome read a state ment Dmytruk made just hours after his arrest in the shooting death of Eric Vargas and the attempted murder of Raceles in july at Dmytruk said he had Noth ing to do with the he had been at his girlfriends House at the but Dmytruk Girlfriend didst port his she told police he had arrived at her House in the Middle of the night wearing Muddy after his Alibi Dmytruk agreed to speak to police about what happened the night Vargas and race Les were gunned Down As they sat in their car in the parking lot behind half frets Community in his Dmytruk said he acted Christopher Ragot and Kristopher who also faces second degree and attempted murder charges in the didst know he was going to shoot the he a car pulled up and t thought it was the is a rival Street he t i wanted to Hurt the after shooting into the passenger window of the Vargas Dmytruk ran Back to meet up with his Moose Ragot said the girl knew who he be i told him to go Baek and shoot but he t grabbed his when 1 got there she got out of the car and i started shoot ing at in his written Dmytruk also identified Sawatzky As the Man who brought the guns to the Park in preparation for a planned gang old hand to Lead Unity task Force by Manfred Jager staff reporter Gary Filmon has an old constitutional Al hand to head up Manitoba task Force on Canadian Wally chief executive officer of the workers compensation last examined Canadian Unity As chairman of a task Force in Filmon said yesterday the group will Start work but with no set an interim report is tentatively expected the task Force also includes Vic minister responsible for constitutional along with vital la Shirley Render and Turtle Moun Tain la Mervin two Mem Bers will be appointed by the new democratic party and one by the lib eral Manitoba nip Leader Gary doer said the two new democrats on the task Force will be aboriginal caucus Filmon said the committee will rely on As much Public input and participation As possible through formal hear Ings and perhaps town Hall meetings and a Tollfree Telephone this will provide Manitoba with a position on National Unity that is Well researched and Well put together and will provide us with strength to go to future discussions with other premiers and other he Filmon also said the task Force will follow terms of reference outlined in a meeting of premiers and territorial leaders in Calgary last canadians appear prepared now to Deal with these issues of National Unity and want a provincial Agenda that is focused and Clear so people can concentrate on it and can be prepared to Deal with the he the Premier said the task Force has not been Given a defined do not pay for not even the enter to no payments no Down payment no interest no processing fee Scal Tumser quins sir King size Post Majestic 100 genuine sofa and Loveseat wed Jetwood Blue or Burgundy twin sit qu99nsif9 set King size scaly Posto for see store for Fin Liml features solid Oak accents on front of unit ass Julid my pm ution rim available in these 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