Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba I ooh Al Maple Leaf managers try to allay concerns by Helen falling regional reporter Brandon the Man who will run the new Maple Leaf meats hog Plant due to open next summer got his first taste of a Home town crowd last night. More than 100 people turned out to a Public meeting at the Keystone Centre where Plant manager Dave Wood and other Maple Leaf officials did their Best to win citizens Trust. Their props included a Jar of Clear treated Wastewater from a . Meat Plant beside a Jar of murky Assini Boine River water. It has been a rough week for Maple Leaf s Public image with workers in Winnipeg burning a contract after wages were drastically Cut. Portage la Prairie officials have concerns about How the Plant will affect drinking water downstream on the Assiniboine River while a Brandon University professor says the environmental approval process is moving Way too fast. Bill Paton a member of the technical advisory committee helping design the Plant s Wastewater treatment system has sent Manitoba environment 23 pages of critical comments on the plan. Final costs for the treatment Plant to be built and operated by the City of Brandon have yet to be determined though the City originally committed $5 million and the province $2.5 million. The facility May have to expand if it proves inadequate or if Maple Leaf doubles its workforce in about three years but no one will say who would pay for the expansion. We will address that when we know it s necessary Maple Leaf s vice president of engineering Peter Smith said in an interview. The Public has until tomorrow to respond to the Wastewater treatment plan but Paton said the government should put off issuing a licence until inconsistencies Are sorted out. However an environmental consultant working for Maple Leaf said the Plant s opening could be delayed if a Lagoon is not dug before the ground freezes. Smith said it s in the company s economic interest to conserve water and remove every scrap of waste possible. Maple Leaf will co operate with the City to make sure any problems with the treatment Plant get fixed he said including temporarily shutting the hog Plant if necessary. When you look at the waste. That s going to the Assiniboine River we Are the generators and we Are responsible for it and for seeing How it s treated he said. He also stressed that water flowing out of the treatment Plant will account for less than one per cent of the River s flow. Joe bhvksa/winn1peg free press top sketch of proposed Field above eagles president Ian Brown shakes hands with Justice minister Vic Toews right. Eagles to Fly on new pan am games Field the East Side eagles football club will be getting a new Field to rumble on. Yesterday the provincial and Federal governments announced $1.5 million in funding for the artificial turf Field which will play Host to the 1999 pan am games Field hockey competitions. It will be located next to Kildo Nan East collegiate. Th6 turf will be Laid Over a Cushion base of 25,000 recycled car tires. Future plans include a new 5,400-Square-foot fieldhouse and change rooms. Aside from the eagles the facility will also be Home for Field hockey Manitoba. The Field will also be used for baseball soccer and Lacrosse. City police officer wins award for fight against drunk driving by Mike Mclntyre police reporter Winnipeg police officer has won a National award for his fight against drunk driving. Const. Rod Sudbury a 26-year Veteran who is the alcohol countermeasures coordinator with the traffic division was presented the 1998 police officer of the year award yesterday by mothers against drunk driving. Sudbury has been responsible for several impaired driving initiatives Over the past three years. They include expanding the Check Stop program lobbying for legislation to bring harsher sanctions against motorists with blood alcohol Levels Over .05, improving training for breathalyser technicians and working with the Media to promote special projects. He has made an outstanding contribution to the goal of eliminating impaired Drivers from our roads Justice minister Vic Toews said during the ceremony at City Hall. This is truly the result of Many years of innovative work that has had a significant Impact on the safety of people in Winnipeg police chief David Cassels said. We Are very proud of your Sudbury who was accompanied by his wife and two children said he was flattered by the award. This serves to reinforce the Joe bryksa/w1nnipeg free press Sudbury gets High five from son Riley after receiving award. Resolve with which i do my Job. The police department has been very supportive in giving me the Freedom to focus on impaired driving he said. Sudbury said he wished he could become the Maytag repairman of police officers by completely eliminating drunk driving leaving him with nothing to has improved the efficiency of Check Stop by targeting specific areas where drunk Drivers May be such As outside bars. He caused some controversy when the traffic division placed posters in several City bars warning patrons they would be waiting for them outside when they left. He recently launched the trans Canada truck Check program which is aimed at getting drunk truckers off the Road after an Alberta police officer was killed after being hit by a Semi. The Driver has been charged with impaired driving. Please support the a. Sheena s pm r r up to 25% off Complete custom picture framing 942a St. Mary s Road 255-3534 pre arrangements we offer you. A we make House pressure or unwanted solicitations. 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