Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 9, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba To tit flood free october a7 flood Way Facelift set to begin next duffs ditch to get Hydraulic Spruce up month by Jiff Jet staff reporter the first stage of a Facelift Tot the Winnipeg flood Way should begin next month after almost a year of the natural resources department will Call for tenders on the first phase of the repair work within two said water resources Branch spokesman Larry the to focus on aboveground structures of the flood Way Inlet sys is expected to begin in november and take four years to the first phase was to have started last fall but was postponed because an engineering study took longer to Fin ish Thanes consultants were hired to examine the system and make recommendations both on the work necessary and the time frames in which it should be carried in the the Inlet and control located a few metres North of the flood Way i remain in working order Wafic capable of handling the demand placet Whitney said aboveground work this Winter will Ift Olve electrical sys tems and Hydraulic controls of the there Are two other contracts to be let but they will wait because you have to build Koffer dams to dam the water off so you can get at the Gates below and do the then do the same on the other the heavy steel Gates Are shaped like giant pie when they Faise their curved backs toward the upstream Side of the red their Points Are fastened to the axles on which they As there More of their curved Back surface is exposed to the Onrush big part of which then backs up and spills into the when workers go below ground Dur ing next years work will involve the giant Gates Whitney they must be seals which prevent massive spills Between the Gates and the Side Walls of the Inlet May have to be and River bed erosion just North of the Gates will have to be dealt its like any other facility that 30 years the water resources offi Cial after that much use youve got to go in there and take a Good look and then fix what needs completed in 1958 and used for the first time during the Spring Runoff the following the flood Way has beef used during 19 years since its in Augu mayta6 no a Tab at Kiwi members of parliament applaud Quebec maps thank Quebe cers for work in battling threat from Rivers parliament hails valiant efforts of flood fighters contemporary style or Coffee table and two end mattress t 3 piece Contoni Pony 3 Patci includes triple Cash a carry Mirror and 5460 night table Armora to Medford Oak finish with solid Oak from Glass do not pay for not even the no payments no Down no no processing fee by Paul Samyn National reporter Ottawa it was a handshake Elias Kleinsasser will not soon amid the pomp and ceremony of a Gold gilded parliamentary reception yesterday for floodlighting there stood the Gray bearded Klein Sasser in his Hutt Erite Black and As soldiers and volunteers and politicians sipped wine and munched on fancy hours prime min ister Jean Chretien suddenly walked in and extended his thank you for your Good Chretien told for meeting the prime minister was a Bonus part of his first visit to the nations it was Nice to say hello to said the Secretary tree surer of the Crystal Spring Colony near but what really brought a smile to Kleinsasser face and a sense of Pride was remembering How everyone pulled together to fight the flood of the we in Canada dont need a War to bring us this shows that people and that Canada Are it is the Canad an during the men from Klein passers Colony near Agathe did All they could to help their neigh Bours fight Back the red Kleinsasser was one of 40 civilians and 30 Canadian forces members flown to Ottawa to be honoured for their efforts fighting the red River flood and last years flooding in que becs Saguenay thank Merci and congratulations to All of you who pulled together and worked said defence minister Art Jeannine Ayotte also got to meet Chretien in recognition of her efforts Manning the telephones at jeans flood Centre for 373 hours during the five weeks her Community fought the it was an she i never thought id get that close to added Jerry Howie who stayed behind in Morris to feed those protecting the evacuated Community Tell the people Back Home we Are having a drink for Larry the provinces flood said he was impressed by the response the House of commons gave the flood fighters following question period in not much for pomp and circumstance but the reception we got in the the sustained standing ovation was Whitney closing out Sale discounts up to 92 Higgins 943 1455 h o to r moved free we a Mew and Law air 18 is aft Cutre Ped Sustai and delivery he Fresie removal Stu Foff a a sex Guy Cash s Capy Timmy ;