Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local october John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currle email a3 sponsor a give Bug your name staff reporter dont kill that Bug you could be squashing a fare Bill such protests Flay be heard if a plan to name insects after people specifically donors to Bug research takes Robert an entomologist at the University of floated the plan at an entomologists Confer ence in Edmonton this people who help fund entomological expeditions could have newly Dis covered bugs named after just As entomologists did for benefactors in the Ith and 18th that practice was part Ayed if the Byatt novel Angels and recently made into a a lot of people wanted their name attached to a biological roughly there Are an estimated insect species in with to yet to be he and if they Arent researchers cant Start listing their traits and sharing research notes on the in my own Back i can find about two unde scribed species per roughly new species when t find a new that always a what am t going to name it its considered bad form to name them after for a dung Beetle named after Brian Mulroney after he slashed Federal research funding is called a Mulroney approved the name to promote biodiversity in a Tenet of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de its easier for roughly to get Money from one of the multinational pharmaceutical companies to explore insects in Costa Borneo or than it is to fund expeditions in the reason is there is a denser concentration of bugs in the increasing chances of discovering a new pharmaceutical but if Manitoba has a surfeit of it would seem to be there Are so Many areas of Mani Toba that Are completely unix roughly Are there opportunities for Bio prospecting Here you bet there roughly said it would Cost from to to fund an expedition in in an unexplored Region on the West Side of Lake he believes he could capture 20 new species on such a tie would then name the species after the charitable teen develops severe allergy to Mould in House flood creates allergy problem by Melanie Verhaeghe staff reporter John Wiens and his family endured two homeless months after their House was flooded in followed by Long weeks of undrinkable Brown and now his daughter has developed a severe allergy to Mould growing in their provincial health authorities warned yesterday that allergy prob lems in the flood area Are bound to Rise As colder weather forces people to close windows and doors and turn on the living in a House with Mould is definitely a human health said Jim medical offi cer of for the the Furnace pushes the spores around the Wiens painted the upstairs Walls in his but the greyish Green Mould keeps popping up in closets and in the humidity caused All this Mould to in i thought our House want that he Wiens oldest who also has was diagnosed with chronic allergic rhinitis Runny nose and topic dermatitis dry skin caused by prolonged exposure to Shes always stuffed up when Shes in the House but when we go away for the she clears Wiens we try to stay out of the House and we keep our windows its getting expensive to a provincial health inspector told Wiens there was a serious Mould problem in his House and hell Likely need to lift his Home and pour a full Concrete basement Over his part basement with a mud Popplow said allergic reactions to Mould dont go away unless the Mould is it Doest get you have to find the cause of the he North braces for flooding on Churchill unusually High water Levels threaten two communities by Alice Krueger legislature reporter Phil free press Wiens with children it top and symptoms of an allergic reaction to Mould Are sore achy Runny nose and sometimes fever and As the Mould it becomes air borne and can produce in they get fever and flu but they can also get bleeding lungs and they can cough up Popplow Noel provincial health said at least a dozen families have complained about reactions to in most the children have asthma or other breathing prob lems like he there complaining about sore Durand anyone with health problems live in the affected the Rural municipality of Ritchot purchased moisture meters and lends them out to residents free of the houses were rebuilt and they we rent dry said pm of Ritchot Reeve Bob the Moulds Are quite the province is also recommend ing any homeowners with Mould problems should have a heat Exchange system installed in their the which costs about to to heats fresh air from the so other methods of reducing humidity such As dehumidifiers have not its very difficult to reduce Durand if you do any cooking or take showers it increases the Wiens said Hes not sure yet what his family will do about the Mould id like to just but who wants to buy around Here now Manitoba May be facing its second flood of the this time in the where unusually High water Levels on the Churchill River Are threatening the livelihood and water Supply of More than residents in two comm Alf a provincial Natur Al resources said recent heavy rain in Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan will produce near record High Levels on the Churchill from the Saskatchewan Boundary to Leaf he said some buildings in the Community of Pukatawagan already Are threat and the residents have been put on notice to sandbag to protect their water Levels Are expected to Crest Between mid octo Ber and Early Crest elevations will Likely exceed those of and and May reach As High As those the 1949 the provincial official Community leaders say diking is going to be near impossible because of the Way their Homes stretch along the Warkentin said fishermen and those living along the Churchill River should be aware the High Levels will also produce dangerous As an Early freeze up could create additional difficulties due to Channel water Levels in Saskatchewan have been rising steadily in recent especially on the Reindeer a there will be quite a disruption to the and theres a possibility that the water Supply might be affected although they might be Able to prevent that with some major tributary of the Churchill River in Eastern Warkentin said Levels in Pukatawagan and Leaf rapids have already risen up to two feet in the past few and will Likely Rise a further three from speaking to band members at therell be some Homes affected but not on a Large he he said the major Impact will be on the commercial fishery in the affecting a commercial fish processing boats and there will be quite a disruption to the and theres a possibility that the water sup ply might be affected although they might be Able to prevent that with some diking he said Cornelius bight flood coordinator for the Mathias colomb band in Pukatawagan said several Cabins already Are flood although most Homes Are on higher he said sandbagging int feasible because of the Way the Community is built along the big Hetty said the areas wild Rice Harvest already has been and he predicted most of the commune Tys docks and boats will float Leaf rapids mayor Calvin Boyd said although the residents of his town should remain High and the major worry now is for the com munits water theres already some Silt coming up in he it does concern us because its the River our Only source of water dont have Wells or anything like Walby gets rings Back in Las minute Rescue by Doug nil rns police reporter Chris Walby has his prize Cal rings hours before they were to have been melted Down into Gold lumps and sold for drug acting on a tip late sunday of duty officers from the vice Divi Sion rushed out and found the rings stashed in a bag in a North end say the four rings and a Gold Coin were in the process of being sold in Exchange for and would have been destroyed if the officers haunt acted so they were Only hours away from ending up in the Walby said am a very Lucky and very Happy Man right the former Blue bomber Star had put out a plea to the burglars who broke into Bis North Kildonan Home and stole his 1984 and 1988 Grey cup his 1983 outstanding Toeman ring and Bis 1987 seb Enley along with a Gold Coin presented to in players a Grey cup although other things were taken during the 20 Walby said the rings were and he offered a oquestion asked Deal to whomever returned the bombers even offered a Reward of free season but the Heartfelt plea and Promise of Reward didst tug at the heart strings of whoever had the and didst motivate the informer who tipped off the vice this was just a Case of someone wanting to get on the Good Side of a couple of not someone who Felt pad about the rings being melted Down for drug vice Gary Walker said yesterday Walby said be had Given up Hope of Ever seeing Bis prize possessions and was surprised monday when police Eon tasted him with the i was hoping someone would bring them pack at but alter u Days went i had pretty much Given up be when i got the it was like i had to Pinch myself to make sure it was l there have been no please support the if you Haven checked today forecast better Check the win Driver guide in 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