Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Roc Rosss local Manikt october pc John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currle email a3 can Winnipeg revive the spirit of 91 form Fries press to Tenn Peg Mas a Chance to Vav relive one of the greatest moments in its history overcome the bad press of both this years flood and Bliz Saf with the Opportunity to Host the Grey cup again in and the pan am games a year the Only question is can the City afford to pull off two huge events so close a look Back through free press files shows that hosting the 91 Grey cup was a Golden moment for win against Odds of cold a smaller population and an uncovered Winnipeg pulled off an Grey cup boosted cites padded pocketbooks amazing week of foldout activities and a Parade that boasted 179 floats and cheering to spite of the Cost of hosting the the Grey cup proved to be one of the Best experiences this City has Ever for the Economy and for the the cup generated More than 1400 Manitoba the bombers made More than and the cites Economy got a huge to the tune of Over half of that amount was spent by visitors to this every hotel room in and As far away As was booked up to six months in the City estimated it raked in million in taxes volunteers really made the differ with Over of them pitch ing at times in brutally cold the City became a party with All bars open to 3 Calgary Stam Peder horses turning up in the strangest and Singer Burton Cummings rubbing elbows with other like Martin Alan and the owner of the Toronto the late John even though the game is also remembered As the coldest in Cal fans turned out to pack the Grey cup merchandise of every kind was made from toques to everything sold for the game was made in helping out a lot of Small the As hosts of the held All rights to licensing and merchandising for the game and its estimated they cleared in merchandise sales fifteen Hundred people stood in line at the Winnipeg convention Cen tre to take part in game and the Kickoff Pep rally had a sold out crowd of the afterglow of what was heralded As the most successful Grey cuff in history want win nip Eggers had a Well publicised Chance to show their Pride in this spirits were the Economy was and the Good feelings lasted for some the Grey cup festival even left a legacy of scholarship funds to Advance coaching in Intel Lake sport development got special olympics and two promising coaches received to Advance their careers with a University decision makers will have to fore cast whether there can be a repeat of the 1991 Grey cup Jos of feb press legends Lampoon hockey greats Vladislav and Serge Ham it up As Paul Henderson looks they were among the hockey legends in town Lanct night at the Manitoba Moose open ing game at the Winnipeg Arena to help present two Canada Post series of the Century the Stamps commemorate the 1972 Canad soviet Union hockey no single reason for rash i p p j i i fatal by Doug Narne police reporter say there is no Way to a rash of fatal vehicle collisions in which six people died in the past two with Good driving conditions and no common contributing factors in the investigators say it is Only unfortunate coincidence that so Many people have died at we seem to have one month every year where there Are a number of fatalities with no apparent connect said traffic Rick year it was this year it iwas Brereton said that contrary to what most people Winter driving conditions tend to reduce the number of fatal collisions As motorists slow Down to Deal with the Slippery con Good Road conditions in the summer tend to encourage people to owe too so when they do get in the potential for serious injury or death is j there has traditionally been no More than two or three fatal in the City in any Given up until the end of there had never been any More than two deaths in a month during the year was poised to show a Large drop in the number of fatal accidents As compared to so far in people have died in a equal number of fatal compared to 25 people who died in 22 accidents in in the latest Frederick died after he drove his 1980 Oldsmobile into a tree located on a Boulevard on Pembina Highway near Nassau Street at the Lone occupant of the was taken to Boniface hos Pital where he was pronounced police Are still investigating the Acci but believe Speed played a earlier this week one woman died and another was taken to Hospital in critical condition when they made a turn on Regent Avenue and were struck by a semitrailer police say the surviving woman remains in poor condition in police spokesman Carl Shier said that of the 16 fatal accidents this eight involved pedestrians being nit by seven involved vehicles hitting other vehicles and one involved a vehicle and a police across Canada will announce a joint traffic safety crackdown police in most cities will concentrate on enforcing traffic Laws and Seatbelt use for the Day saturday to help raise Public the annual event is called operation Shier said that along with the usual compliment of traffic officers on the general patrol officers will also be told to concentrate on traffic duty for the Shier said the crackdown has been planned for several and also said the number of fatal collisions in the past two weeks is Only a Cionci James faces charges he abused boy abuse alleged to have occurred in 1971 when youth was 14 by Doug police reporter tt10rmer hockey coach h Graham James is heading to Al court to face allegations he sexually abused a boy in Winnipeg 26 years James will this morning to face charges Oti decent assault on a male and Gross indecency based on allegations he abused a youth in 1971 when the complainant was 14 years old and James was Only based on the results of our investigation and consultations with the Crown officers abuse wit went to tames this afternoon and he was charged and youth division Ken Biener said the incidents of abuse Are said to have taken place in although police would not confirm James was involved with the youth As his hockey a press con Ference is scheduled for this morn but police say they Are not planning to release Many details of the charges in an Effort to protect the identity of the alleged investigators confirmed yester Day that they believe several instances of abuse took place Between june and september of James was a minor hockey coach in Winnipeg at the he coached a James triple a ban Tam team before moving on to a midget club and then Junior hockey with the fort Garry blues and the Winnipeg South he continued coaching until is currently serving a sentence in Rockwood an Annex of Stony Mountain after being convicted earlier this year of Abus ing former nil player Sheldon Kennedy and another Man More than 350 the assaults against Kennedy took place in the 15 years after the cur rent incident is alleged to have Hap James was transferred from the minimum Security facility at Rock Wood to the More secure provincial remand Centre last police say the latest complainant came Forward in january after James trial grabbed National head the who now lives in a Rural Manitoba made his original complaint to the the was later transferred to the Winnipeg investigators in regi Swift current and Moose jaw were also involved in the sources familiar with the investigation said any evidence against James is based largely on the word of the Man making the the Crown has been extremely cautious in handling the and sent the file Back to police times to have Loose ends tied up after the initial investigation was completed in the the Deci Sion to go ahead and Lay the charges was made late this although there has been wide spread speculation some of it from Kennedy himself that other people would come Forward and make allegations against Biener said there Are no outstanding investigations under Manitoba player advocate Don Smith could not be reached yester but had previously stated be was not involved in bringing Ward the mans escort zx2 mf150 mf1n pickup 96 Lincoln town car service 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