Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Whf pig free of Fober a9 students race to fill carts with food Sujay Wittet far press the goal was Square foot strained beets As James students faced through Superman Ket aisles yesterday filling shopping carts for hungry win it was really fun and it went to a Good said Erin a Grade 6 student at Hedges Junior High to gives people who dont have the Money Good food for the with the help of Media personalities and Blue were divided into four teams shopping Safeway new James superstore trying to be first to fill 60 food appropriately named the hungry Slatcher and teammates free press reporter Martin Cash and Blue bombers Centre Dave Vank gathered cart loads of Gro Ceries and sorted them into to paper bag packages containing Spaghetti noodles and break fast and baby Ken free press Katie wife of bombers quarterback Chris Vankoughnett and Slatcher fill Winnipeg Harvest executive director David Northcott watched As the participants worked toward what would be a Safeway these kids Are learning nutrition and learning to Northcott its such a great experience for since its Conception 11 years Winnipeg Harvest has received help from Safeway through food drop off boxes and the donation of surplus to the week leading up to thanks Winnipeg Safeway will donate in said John Safeway Public affairs Man Ager for the City operating because of the strength of David Winnipeg is a much stronger donor of food and Graham to makes the Winnipeg Safeway food Bank program stronger than Many others in the the packages assembled today rep resent a balanced rather than cans of strained beets while people try to Clear the he the Lombard hotel is also getting in the thanksgiving spirit with a pro Gram that will provide bedroom and bathroom supplies to the Osborne House women shelter As part of Canadian Pacific hotels adopt shelter since the programs announcement this Lombard staff have also taken donating arid Kitchen supplies to the no new Money for 300 families still displaced More flood Aid on Way Pitura by David Kuxhaus legislature reporter envy d fulfilment canals if the third largest Celebration of Portt and culture Ever held in North not in 0 where the americas come to play stuff halloween costumes decorations accessories Morel party stuff and two Traat gnat local Long 657 con Irv Stro 7867900 Burron lumber Sale shingles 20 or warranty covers 33 in Stock Only 925 Lagimodiere 2378955 autopsy report today an autopsy report is expected today on a 62yearold Man who died after the ambulance in which he was being taken to hos Pital was involved in a three vehicle Accident on police Are hoping the report will shed Light on whether Joseph a resident of the Sage eng first died As a result of the Acci Power View ramp Andrew Joyce said yesterday a report by the traffic analyst had not yet been received to determine what caused the the ambulance rolled across an oncoming Lane on Highway 11 in rolling across the bed portion of a pickup truck and then the Hood of another vehicle that was travelling behind the Par time rental landlords and owners of vacant land in the red River Valley will be next in line for flood Bompensa the package is Worth Between million and government services minister Frank Pitura said yesterday he expects a formal announcement the Aid is in addition to the Busi Ness restart which is equally cos shared by the province and the program provided a maximum of to each claimant and has helped almost but about 800 claims filed by people such As Par time Farmers have been in limbo because they didst qualify under the disaster financial Assis Tance there were some obvious gaps in the said no decision has been made on whether the maximum will remain in place for those Pitura said the two lev Els of government Are working on fur ther compensation packages covering other agricultural and business losses such As lost livestock and the Cost of transporting reimbursement for loss of supplies like fertilizer and other chemicals is also being Pitura said he Hopes it will give flood victims the financial incentive to rebuild farming and business oper none of the new Money will be available to the roughly 300 families still living in temporary so far the province has paid out a total of million in the aver age being about ;