Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press Sunday (Newspaper) - September 27, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Owl eyes the skies Michelle Bloom holds one of the great horned owls that will be released at the Manitoba wildlife rehabilitation organizations open House this afternoon. The Public is Welcome to witness the Birds of prey return to the wild Blue yonder at the organizations research Road facility. Mayo clinic offers Saviours second opinions by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter three years ago Lawrie Kessler was feeling horrible. What had been diagnosed As a stomach ailment had nauseated her for three weeks and the medication she was taking did no to help. Kessler now 36, decided to get a second opinion and went nearly 1,000 Kilometres to get it a to the renowned Mayo clinic in Rochester Minn. A it saved my life a said Kessler who found out the problem was in her Small intestine a which explained Why her treatment Hadnot worked. Canadian health insurance does no to usually cover treatment South of the Border unless the treatment is unavailable Here. Kessler a computer Programmer with new West metals inc., which is owned by her family spends a week a year being treated at the clinic. It costs her and her family $7,000 to $10,000. Kessler is hoping to get a pancreas and kidney transplant which can to be done in Canada but which would Cost about $250,000 can at the clinic. She Hopes to get Manitoba health to cover at least part of it although a when its your life you done to put a Price tag on Kessler was one of More than too Manitoban who turned out for a clinic information and appreciation session yesterday at the hotel fort Garry. Tom Huyck a clinic communications officer said about 250 Manitoban go to the clinic each year for diagnosis treatment or surgery. Research at the clinic consumes about $200 million a year he said. Or. Sandhya Pruthi a native Winnipeg Ger and internal Medicine specialist who has been with the clinic since 1990, said the clinics operation is organized efficient and includes a lot of teamwork among physicians All designed to act in patients Best interests. Pruthi said some Manitoban go to the clinic just to get a second opinion. Georges leaves a Eggers in dark by Holli Moncrieff for the free press the Canadian team handball squad went to Cuba to match their skills against rival players but ended up battling a much bigger foe. The team watched the ceiling of the cuban gym they played in collapse on wednesday As the after shocks of Hurricane Georges hit Havana. Water poured into the room and soaked the players moments before the lights went out. The loss of electricity literally kept the team in the dark for Days. Two handball players and an assistant coach from Winnipeg Are part of the National team competing in the qualifying championships for next years pan american games in Winnipeg. The team left on sept. 20 for Cuba. A Trees Are falling apart garbage is flying everywhere a Georges reloads in Gulf a6 and there a a lot of mud in the Road a assistant coach Gerard Masse of Winnipeg said yesterday. A leaves Are All Over the place a it looks like floodwaters have formed huge Waves on the roads and covered the tires of cars completely he said. None of the players were Hurt by the storm and have Only suffered discomfort. Until last night no one could take a Shower and there was no Power in Havana until late Friday Masse said. A you can to even buy candles Here a its pretty bad but its a very poor country a he explained. Havana a response to the hurricanes Wrath was a Shock to the Canadian team Masse added. A they done to concern themselves much with it and done to react like it was a disaster a he said. A the people done to com Plain and no one seemed families of the Winnipeg players were relieved to hear everyone was of. They Hadnot heard anything from the team since wednesday and feared the worst. A a in be been having stress headaches a said fee Kendall Mother of handball player Chris Kendall 24. A i was hoping that no news was Good Dawna Hales masses wife was glad to finally hear from her husband last night. A a it a not like him not to Call a she said. A i was More anxious than anything else a i just wanted to know that everything Sall the cuban National civil defence issued a warning for Havana Friday morning when Ocean swells started to flood coastal areas. Telephone communication with the City was Down temporarily due to the heavy winds and Rains from the storm. Names we know keep on winning familiarity Breeds votes say election experts by David of Brien City Hall reporter its that time again time to let the politicians at City Hall know what you think of the Job they re doing. You wont get another Chance for four years. If people Are Happy with their records they re re elected. If not the bums get tossed out. But is that what really happens during civic elections one thing is Clear. The City will have a new mayor and a new councillor for fort Rouge the Ward Glen Murray gave up to run for mayor. But there a a Good Chance most of the remaining 14 councillors will be Back. Three of them have been at City Hall since the Early 1970s. Several others have been there for to or 15 years and it looks like nothing Short of death will keep them from taking their seats again. There might be one or two upsets but done to look for wholesale change. That never happens at City Hall at least not in living memory. A a it a like being appointed to the Senate a Bernie Wolfe a councillor in the 1960s and 1970s, said commenting on the tendency of voters to keep electing the same old faces. A once you re in you re in a he said. A there seems to be a National malaise about civic government a Wolfe said noting that Winnipeg a experience is not unique. A change in the face of City Hall tends to occur when incumbents leave to pursue other goals _ rather than through defeat at the polls. In 1995, three incumbents were Defeated and two others decided not to run again a not a bad record of change by City Hall standards. But few of the other Ward races were even close with Many councillors winning by huge margins. This year coun. Garth Steek River Heights Isnit facing any opposition and could sail Back into office by acclamation. If that happens about 40,000 people in the City wont have a ballot to fill out for councillor. And that a not unusual. Councillors Bill Clement Charleswood fort Garry and Harry Lazarenko Mynarski both won by acclamation in 1995, leaving 80,000 people without a Choice. In some Council races this year the incumbents Are facing near acclamation because their opponents Arentt Fielding Strong Well financed campaigns. There Are several reasons for the slow Pace of change at City Hall according to councillors and other observers. First few High profile people want the Job. Councillors earn about $50,000 a year and work Long hours frequently taking Calls about garbage and pot holes late into the evening a hardly a glamorous political career. A lawyer businessman or any other professional would have to abandon their career and take a drop in pay. Federal and provincial politicians done to earn too much More but their jobs seem to carry a higher social status. Bigger egos like bigger houses. A a let a face it. Not too Many people want this Job a said coun. Mike of Shaughnessy who has served since 1974, except for a Brief absence in the Early 1980s when he left to pursue business interests. Of Shaughnessy old Kildonan added he finds City Council a Challenge and pointed out its a level of government at which politicians can really help their constituents. In the absence of High profile candidates who Are prepared to spend Money to win incumbents its like being appointed to the Senate. Once you re in you re a Bernie Wolfe former Winnipeg City councillor have a powerful advantage in civic elections partly because name recognition counts for a lot when there Are no political parties. In provincial and Federal elections candidates ride the coattails of political parties. They have Access to Money and research and Benefit from Campaign advertising even if their names Arentt mentioned. However once elected City councillors get far More Media exposure and scrutiny than their counterparts at the Federal and provincial level. A visibility counts for a lot in municipal politics a Chris Leo a political scientist at the University of Winnipeg said. A it gives incumbents a big Edge Over any the reduction in the number of councillors in 1992 to 15 from 29 has also meant that the wards Are Large which makes it expensive to get out your message Leo said. As Well voter interest in municipal elections tends to be Low a fact that helps incumbents unless they face High profile opponents or the councillor has taken unpopular stands on issues. A City Council is not perceived As a vital instrument of change or Democrat by a Leo said offering a possible explanation for Low voter turnout. One of the most important things councillors can do to ensure re election or at least deflect criticism is return phone Calls from constituents who Call about everything from asthma and marriage problems to the fact the zoo has no zebras. All of the City a 15 councillors said they or an assistant return every phone Call which can average about 30 a Day. A people appreciate that you get Back to them a coun. Bill Clement said. A you May not be Able to help them with every problem but they know that you called them Back and they remember in the this May count for More than issues like High property taxes and poor roads which voters seem to understand May not be the fault of any individual councillor coun. Garth Steek said. Steek said he Defeated incumbent Sandy Hyman in 1995 for several reasons. First he spent about $20,000 on his Campaign plastering the Ward with signs to build name recognition. As Well Hyman was vulnerable because she flip flopped on the Issue of building a new Arena to keep the Winnipeg jets. Coun. Dan Vandal Defeated incumbent Evelyne Reese in St. Boniface in the last election. He also spent a lot of Money getting his name out to voters and capitalized on Reese a unpopularity Over local zoning issues. St. Boniface seems to be one of the More volatile wards with incumbents being Defeated More often than in other areas. Vandal is facing two determined candidates this time Gerald Duguay and George Provost. Both men Are Well known in the Community and plan to run credible campaigns. In Transcona Shirley Timm Rudolph Defeated Rick Boychuk in a hard fought Campaign in 1995, winning by 500 votes. Timm Rudolph who had been Defeated in the past by Boychuk said she believed she won because of what she called her opponents negative Campaign style. This time she is facing Russ Wyatt who also plans to launch a serious Effort to win the seat. In Elmwood Lillian Thomas is once again facing former councillor Ray Brunka whom she Defeated by More than 800 votes in 1995, but few observers expect her to lose her seat. Amaro Silva faces three challengers in Daniel Mcintyre including former councillor Harvey Smith and ted Marceline an insurance Salesman who is popular in the filipino Community. 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