Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 3, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday september 3,1998 a11 continued from a1 50 per cent plane crash sounded like clap of thunder5 of final Grade too much for one test by Bud Robertson regional reporter Neepawa the provincial government s plan to make final exams Worth half a student s Overall Mark does t sit Well with a local Parent who has so far collected a Tore than 400 names on a petition opposing Only Way you re going to get anything done is to go out and do some Ftp in about it said Louise Wilson a Mother of three teenage children. If i believe in a cause i go for Wilson became alarmed earlier this yer when she Learned Manitoba Edu Idoft Jpn minister Linda Mcintosh is planning to increase the weighting of eth provincial final exam for Grade 12 to so per cent of a student s Overall Mark from 30 per cent. The change is scheduled to take effect by #pd0.f if it in Oes ahead students who Are. Robt University material could find there elves with a failing Grade and Little Opportunity to find a Good Job said Wilson. Need Grade 12 nowadays to be even a labourer you need your Grade 12," she said adding students might also be tempted to cram for the finals while slacking off the rest of the year. It does t promote Good study habits said Wilson. If they re intelligent and they can swing it by cramming they re going to do Wilson started the petition in May going door to door and leaving forms with local businesses in the town located about 175 Kilometres Northwest of Winnipeg. She plans to resume her Campaign in full Force once school starts up again this week. Wilson said she plans to present the petition to the minister later this fall. A similar petition is also rumoured to be circulating in the Glenboro area Southeast of Brandon. Mcintosh could not be reached for comment yesterday. Beautiful Plains school division superintendent Dennis Wrightson said he shares Wilson s concerns about the planned changes. While there s a place for cumulative testing we strongly feel that you Don t want to have too much emphasis on a single test he said adding the Best Way of evaluating students is to have a number of different measures by which to gauge their Progress. Family forced to pay sales tax on House twice m by Hans on Sansoy for the free press Arlin flon family is feeling shortchanged after a mix up Between the Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments. Ann Pelletier says she was forced to pay the sales tax on a Home twice once to each province. It All began in 1990 when the Pelletiers bought a ready to move House from Clavet sask., after their House burned Down in january. At the time Pelletier says she paid the Saskatchewan sales tax which was five per cent on the $90,000 House. The family ended up Selling the House the next year and moved into an apartment. In 1992, More than a year after they sold it Pelletier says the Manitoba government came knocking looking for the sales tax on the House. I kept telling them we paid it we paid it " Pelletier said. This february the family s apartment was lost in a fire. They did not have insurance. A month later the provincial government ended up Garnish eing the wages of Pelletier s husband Joseph for the sales tax about $3,000. Pelletier was then informed to collect the Money from the Saskatchewan government. She says a Manitoba taxation official even sent a letter on her behalf but Only after collecting from her husband. In August the Saskatchewan finance department got Back to her. She was told it was too late the province has a four year statute of limitations for remitting tax overpayment. A senior official in the Manitoba taxation division said that if the House was headed for this province there s no question Manitoba tax was due. According to his file the official said Pelletier was informed More than once Over the years to notify the Saskatchewan finance department of the error. Witnesses described the Force of the plane s Impact As like a clap of Thunder that Shook houses. Audrey Backman wife of Harris Backman the head of the local Canadian coast guard auxiliary said she was just going to bed when the plane crashed. The plane went out Over our House Backman said from her Home in Bay Swater. There was a terrible explosion. It Shook our House. It alarmed my husband and my son. It s a really dark Black night. I see some helicopters circling off the coast. The fire trucks and ambulances Are All correction Sears Back to school flyer Sale dates aug. 31-sept. 6,1996 Pago 47 craftsman 8-1/4" compound Mitre saw. Not exactly As illustrated. To sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this May have caused Sears customers. Lined up to do what they can Backman said she spoke by radio with her husband who was offshore in his boat heading up the search. He said there was no sign of any wreckage More than an hour after the search began. There s no Oil spill on the water either. Whether it exploded in the air or not we Don t Backman said searchers at one Point believed they saw something but it turned out not to be anything. People s lives Are at stake out there she said. It s not going to be a Nice thing to come across when they Backman said the Small boats searching for the plane in the Bay Don t have the capacity to help a submerged plane but the coast guard s Cutter from nearby Sambro Bay which was Rushing to the scene does. Backman said she lives right on the coast of St. Margarets Bay and could see across the water to the Lighthouse at Peggy s Cove across the Bay. If it had hit on land there would have been a Large flame i think she said. Mieke Martin owner of the Century House bed and breakfast in the Small Community of Blandford said she heard the Jet scream overhead her residence. I had just gone to bed and i heard this tremendous noise Martin said. I did t know what it was. But i thought of gosh i Hope it s not a plane in trouble then i heard a Large bang. Then the fire department went Down the Martin said the plane appeared to have gone Down near the Seaside Community of Northwest Cove. She said the water was relatively Calm and there was no storm in the area. A spokesman at the Moncton n.b., air traffic control Centre said last night the weather was Fine when the plane disappeared from the Centre s radar about 60 Kilometres South of Halifax. Conrad Bellehumeur a Nav Canada spokesman said Moncton lost Contact with Swissair flight 111 at 10 30 Atlantic time. Scott Schnare a Blandford residents said he also heard the crash. I thought it was Thunder Schnare said. 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