Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian focus vim pro free press fief Tembs columnist captures tragic life Seldom have 1 been so moved by the writings of a cel Mnist Froni the fuse press but Luidor Reynolds touching and poignant Destef option of the tragic life of Diane Grisdale and her family must be is Reynolds has captured the heart of this Story without being Sel serv ing or judgmental in any she has written from her heart As a Mother and As a very talented thank is and thank free for putting this Story where it should be on the front Page and not buried and forgotten Winnipeg lower standards Hurt key jobs in saturdays letters Ray Kat Haroon complains about the Hir ing practices of the City of saying that just a few Token nonwhites Are hired for the general Public to i am a six Foo three 25yearold White male with a College education accounting and Psychol class a licence and was also a on a number of Occa i applied to the City of Winnipeg fire department and Winnipeg police service and each time t was told up front that in wasting my time because Only minorities were being whats hiring wheel chair bound people to fight fires i May be but who would you sooner have carry you Down the lad a smaller be it a visible minority or or someone who could carry you Down and go Back for your kids without stopping for a break How about you Wake up with a Home invasion taking who would you want to show up someone who has a hard time opening a Chip or some one who can defend not Only himself or her but your family As Well there Are too Many government particularly ambulance and military where Stan Dards Are being lowered constantly in order to give someone a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that they became a police so who cares if the peo ple hired had to have the standards lowered in order to make it you when you apply for a you have to bring certain requirements that they cannot As you have to meet certain standards in order to qualify for the for am sick and tired of hearing All of the Minori ties complaining that the world revolves around the Middle aged White male like Kat Haroon maybe when you or your family Are trapped in a burning being beaten by a gang or our nation is at War will you wish that rather than the bar being lowered just to let in minorities of one sort or it was raised for your than trying to Embarrass this great maybe you should try to make it even better by doing things to improve your per Sonal marketability to improve your Quality of you Are in charge of your not Garth Shostal Winnipeg parking advice picks wrong spot i am writing in response to the 21 article by Bartley Gridiron gridlock to grip stadium my comment is in regards to the statement if you dont like to pay for parking and dont mind a Short consider parking on the Side i am a resident of the aforementioned Side streets and do not appreciate the i live in this area for my not for the Niece of perfect you can say that the Grey cup is a once in a lifetime but what about All the other sports concerts throughout the year the line please respect the rights and privacy of area homeowners is rather if our rights were being strangers would not Park in front of our Homes each and every time there is an event at the Staci i have always wondered How people manage to come up with the Money to attend these expensive events yet the Cost of parking seems to be a major the next time there is a major event at the i invite Kives to visit however i wish him Luck in finding a place to Jan Badham a mpg Issue of death covered Well Teab w article sum a briged Well the spectrum of views m morality and practicality of where and Why our human Bod ies Rosy gut the Mast important issues has been overlooked in resent How to reach us the res times my ind lode s Learty punted Ana Telephone names will be published a 4 spiritual immortal Oer son in a Matching unique to style end Short letters am less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 19ss Mountain Winnipeg letters Ean be Sunj to out fax number letters maybe submitted though the internet m l.etters@fre6press.mb.ga. Letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone nothing from an idea up to a person Hood can Ever die once they can Only be for through the soul of each of us is in charge of the moral aspects of our like a compe tent keyboard operator is to a computer that is functioning both normally work in the body As the equipment base for our soul Dur ing our Brief unknown term on unique work assignments in this As the creators children and it obeys our decisions through its automatic actions in Many within its inherent and functional but the operator remains Well when their equipment problems in our body cannot morally or spiritually harm our As any a caregiver of the sick or handicapped knows but faults in our As moral can and must appropriately harm our bodies As per verse addictive habits of All kinds the body must Wear out in distinctive ways in due depending on How Well we have managed under its genetic limitations and environmental in accordance with our makers instruction summarized by the 10 and completed by the Sermon on the and then it must finally to expel our immortal soul Back to its the of which it is an image in nature and then we will face the most awesome moment in our existence at our final Oral under our merciful that will determine what Grade we will have earned by our during our lifetime on hence the most important thing in life is to choose to act always in ways that honour our by trying to live up to his great expectations of each of for which we were specifically created in the Beautiful tapestry of creation to play our roles in this tem Pora eternal grand and As the death of our bodies the most important matter for our Atten Tion should be the state of our Jive direction of our will at our bodily n for or against our decides our eternal we cannot help ourselves Only others we All need repentance and forgive Ness for our failures to live up to what is expected of veterinary Medicine is concerned Only with bodies but human Medicine deals with a souled there has been too much veterinary talk about and far too Little respect for our primary deep Cho logical especially when our bodies Are obviously on the dying making our peace with our our families and our other human Neighbours should be put once our bodies have been made reasonably while still con then it does not matter or our bodies May naturally die in minimal discont in such a the the the family and can and even Welcome Nat ural bodily knowing that All is now and most of what have been perennial tragic dilemmas can then be to the Benefit of All i have seen Many Good people die in such a with a in a body racked by infirmity and my dear wife is in a blessed state despite 10 years with her soul is obviously As Beautiful As in her now impaired she is being Given the gentle end that she deserved by her Fine and my sadness is farted by the knowledge that she May soon be called by her Loving Cre where she now Dpra Gallop Winnipeg web coverage called poor i am writing to your newspaper for the second time we Are in the process find Jioji of the area very poor coverage by the workers Cowpens Al the this is because we live out Side the Perneter we Are Meg it hard to find Epe if Ilyf 9 by Nusl Waif f to 8 year to get appoint Aielts lowering standards for jobs such As firefighters is a a candidate on we will be advertising in the local newspapers in both areas and also making use of the radio and to stations in the area and also Hope to develop a weekly to program on West Man Access Brandon extend exams to politicians i think examination of ice doctors is a Good now if we could extend such a process to our politicians and them on election honesty and maybe writing and some Good May come out of Winnipeg tax hike Prospect no cause for alarm take heart All May not be the recent controversy sur rounding the announcement that mayor Glen Murray May very Well be raising property taxes two per cent should at least be cause for consider the following the great president Ronald campaigned in 1966 for governor of California on several key at the the matters of taxation and government spending were and remained for him a matter of High on taking office As governor he found Cal Fornias financial state to be far worse than the previous administration had led All to inaugural address was highlighted by the embarrassing admission that As the hew Gover would have to raise despite his Campaign pledges to the i do not hold that there Are Many similarities in my mayor Murray is no in sure Hes willing to graciously concede that not the upon taking regardless of Ideal May very Well be faced with a situation not of their own mayor Murray commitment to lowering taxes May very Well prove to be hol even a staunch opponent of mayor i should be willing to concede and graciously give the Man the Benefit of the mayor Murray will soon be making decisions that will indeed reflect his commitment to lowering property taxes by 10 per the upcoming budget May very Well hold a tax so be his commitment to Lon term planning will be the Bench Mark on which his administration will ultimately be for this following the upcoming Over the next 12 months his commitment to lowering taxes will become nakedly the upcoming budget is nor should it the sole basis on which we judges him on his i Only wish that mayor Murray would learn this much from Rea do not get mired in debate Over what promised or not promised during the con cede that despite a is raising do this and focus on what he is fundamentally right in saying lets look Long term and get on with it is time for the mayor to Lead and prove his there Are reasons for the cites financial but no excuse it is time to move beyond our myopic focus on this years Dennis Guy Desrochers Winnipeg Eye care needs improvement this is the first time i have written to your i lost the sight in my right Eye to Macular degeneration a year and a half because i am High i can get to see my ophthalmologist on i would like to comment on the thousands that must wait six or More months to see an ophthalmologist in this the loss of sight is very traumatic and i believe the health care in this area must be improved How about health minister Darren Praznik Otto Wimberger Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau isl Hui an body b arises by my is parental urn Siy win m our Flop jog jul and Winnipeg Send in this is has caused of us to have to go ;