Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba City teacher among elite group by Nick Martin prime minister Jean Chretien May think Jay Willman is a big Deal but Willman would much rather talk about the hundreds of students he a helped at . Russell High school. Willman was one of 16 teachers from across Canada to receive the certificate of excellence from Chretien in Ottawa this week. A we have students who be been to 17 different schools third generation social assistance single mothers kids who Are hungry Quot said Willman who turns 45 this week. A some of my Best students have been a former Rock musician who became a . Russell instructor honoured teacher seven years ago Willman specifically asked to do his student teaching at . Russell and then sought a Job in the inner City school. Quot i grew up in the North end. The kids know that about me a said Willman. A a in be been through the same things they the schools technical resource teacher and resident computer expert Willman teaches drama and is coordinator of the Community action program funded by the Manitoba schools improvement program it takes Streetwise inner City students into neighbourhood elementary schools to talk about poverty drug and alcohol abuse and gangs through the medium of drama. Every session begins with a sharing Circle in which students Are Welcome to talk about themselves if they wish said Willman who is Metis. With 85 per cent of the schools population aboriginal he relies a big time on native culture in his teaching. A in a year Well do workshops that take in Over 1,000 elementary kids a he said. A we make some pretty intense relationships. They take a lot of risks there they discover themselves there. This is a Healing the drama and Community action programs take up enormous hours after school but through them the . Russell students confront their own problems and give Back to the Community said Willman a a it a a cathartic and didactic sort of Many of those students have turned themselves around and finished school he said but the prime ministers award should be treated As a Celebration of the profession rather than any individual achievement on his part Willman said. He a not a traditional classroom teacher Willman said but most teachers recognize that their teaching methods must reflect their students needs Quot Many times meeting those needs it Means thinking outside the Box. Its a challenging atmosphere for any teacher Quot his wife Kathi Mccall and daughters 10-year-old Nina Mccall and 12-year-old Kelsey Mccall were just As thrilled to meet Chretien and be photographed with him Willman said. A it was a blast Man for our family. Willman honoured by Chretien we re West end hippies Quot hobnobbing with Cabinet ministers senators and corporate leaders laughed Willman adding that he credits his wife with convincing him at the last minute that he needed to be dressed up for the occasion a a in a not a suit Manitoba lotteries killing shop owner says by John Lyons the owner of a North end shop says Manitoba lotteries corp. Is driving him out of business because they refuse to let him sell lottery tickets. Chris Cho who runs Salter fresh food plus says he needs a lottery ticket Centre to stay in business. A i want to survive Here a Cho said yesterday. A they done to even give me a Chance to Cho said he is working around the clock to help run three family owned stores in the inner City. A a in a working 7 . To to . I never have a break a Cho said. More than 450 customers of his grocery store at Salter Street and Aberdeen Avenue have signed a petition for a lottery Centre Cho added. He said his sales drop on wednesdays and saturdays draw Days for 6/49, because customers shop at other neighbourhood convenience stores that have lottery centres. Manitoba lotteries spokeswoman Susan Olynik said the abundance of other nearby lottery centres is part of the reason Cho Isnit winning a lottery Centre. Chops store is unlikely to generate enough sales to make it viable for lotteries to loan it a ticket dispenser she said. A Revenue a there has to be Revenue a Olynik said. A if we feel there will be Revenue earned then an application is Likely to be the dispensers Cost $18,000, Olynik said. Lotteries Hopes each new machine in Winnipeg generates $25,000 in new sales within a year. The sales cannot simply be siphoned from an existing outlet she said. Criteria vary in Rural areas she said. Dozens of stores Are refused machines each year in Manitoba. In 1999,115 requests were made for lotto centres but Only 24 were approved she said. In 1998,49 of 143 requests were granted. Across the province 850 outlets Are approved to sell lottery tickets. Retailers get the machines at no Cost and get to keep five per cent of Gross sales. As Well they receive a two per cent commission on Cash prizes redeemed at the outlet. Chops store is located in a former 7-eleven outlet. The Chain store had a lottery terminal when it shut Down in 1998. Spokesmen at the time cited a Lack of business for the closure. Cho first applied for a lottery outlet one year ago. Olynik said lotteries officials will meet with him on monday to review the decision. Cho said his family a other stores on Bannatyne and Talbot avenues have lottery centres. Marc Gallant Winnipeg free press a warm and eight months pregnant Tanis Hykawy watches Boyfriend Matty Mac Nasty and his Mother Janet Reid Load up a rental Van in the inclement weather. Weather chills season openers a dusting of Snow fell on Winnipeg yesterday As two popular outdoor summer pastimes a fishing and camping a opened for the season. The Mercury Rose to Only 8.5 c yesterday Well below the seasonal High of 18 c. There was a smattering of Snow in the morning and Frost was expected overnight. Weather should improve today with a High of 12 a according to environment Canada. Temperatures were Low enough to keep campgrounds All but deserted yesterday. A there Are a few campers in each Campground. Generally speaking there a very Little use out there and the weather is a prime Factor a Parks spokesman Mark Clarke said yesterday. Several campgrounds including grand Beach do not open until next weekend. There is no Way to gauge the number of fishing licences sold so far but Carl Wall head of the provinces Angling program said there weren to Large numbers of people out on lakes and Rivers. A the weather is going to put a Damper on it no doubt about it. It has an fishing season opened yesterday in Southern Manitoba and opens next saturday in the North. Last year about 145,000 Manitoban bought a fishing licence and an estimated 50,000 children under 16, who done to require a licence also cast a line. Another 34,000 licences were sold to non residents. Despite yesterdays Snow no records were set. The lowest temperature on May 13 occurred in 1888, when Mercury fell to -7.8 c. A its a move that a Long overdue doctors applaud provincial a Dpi a cigarette tax hike by Mia Rabson the provinces move to bump up taxes on a pack of smokes has been Given the thumbs up by local doctors. Or. Mark Taylor chairman of Public health issues for the Manitoba medical association and president of physicians for a smoke free Canada said its about time cigarette taxes went up. A a it a a move that a Long overdue a he said. A in my opinion there is no amount that is High Taylor would like to see tobacco taxation rates returned to 1994 Levels a when they were Cut in an Effort to curb smuggling a and then adjusted upwards for inflation. He said he believes there is a direct correlation Between cigarette prices and the number of people who smoke. A if you make the Price High enough you can prevent children from smoking a he said. Federal taxes in 1991,21 per cent of youths Between the Ages of 15 and 19 smoked and in 1995, after the tax cuts 35 per cent of that age group smoked. The Manitoba government included a 15-cent tax increase on cigarettes in wednesdays budget and Federal finance minister Paul Martin has called for a meeting of Federal and provincial representatives in Early june to discuss Federal cigarette taxes. Martin is looking at raising cigarette taxes to pre-1994 Levels. At an average of $47 a Carton Manitoba already has some of the highest cigarette prices in the country. Most of the Cost is tax including approximately $16 in provincial tax $5.35 in Federal tax and $6 in sales tax. In Ontario where cigarette prices Are among the lowest in Canada provincial tax is $4.70 a Carton and Federal tax is $2.65 per Carton. Provincial taxes Are highest in Newfoundland and British Columbia at $22 a Carton. Cigarette tax rates vary across Canada Federal tax by province per Carton of cigarettes Man., sask., alta., ., fld $5.35 ont $2.65 que $2.25 provincial tax by province per Carton Man $16 nfld., $22 sask $17.20 ont $4.70 que $8.00, finance department spokesman Jean Michel Catta said the june meeting will be looking at All sides of the Issue but no decisions will be made there. A essentially this is for health policy reasons Quot Catta said. A but we also have to keep an Eye on several Winnipeg smokers said higher prices will affect their wallets but wont change their smoking habits. A a it a going to Hurt but i probably will still keep smoking Quot said Craig drives. Marilee mus Wagon was indifferent to the Price increase. A it does no to really matter to me because i Only smoke to relax a she said. Gerald Charron who has been smoking for to years disagreed believing higher prices could change his habits. A i think the More cigarettes go up the better Chance ill quit Quot Charron said. Commercial vehicles subject to inspection at police Check stops on monday Winnipeg police will begin their annual inspection of commercial vehicles making sure the units Are roadworthy. Const. Bob Johnson said the departments vehicle inspection unit along with traffic officers will be pulling Over vehicles from monday May 15 to monday May 29. Vehicles that done to pass inspection can either be issued repair notices or pulled from the Road. Gate West Coin Ltd. 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The first few Days the combatants the City and the garbage Guys sparred and cockeyed for position with the Media but after a while it became quite Messy both orally and figuratively garbage began piling up All Over the place the regular Sites were full and people Begarif dumping their trash in other Choice locations such As lonely stretches of City streets in Parks and any isolated or abandoned Sites. It was terrible and the ghastly spectre of possible disease soon raised its head and settlement As i recall soon followed what made this terrible situation memorable for some people in and outside of new York were the incredible anecdotes coming out of this fiasco. For me one of the Best ones played on the inability of Many new yorkers to walk by a car without trying to steal something from inside the vehicle. One Clever fellow taking advantage of this a unique Quot trait trussed up his daily garbage in gift wrap and left it on the passenger seat when he parked the car. The door was left open and without fail when he returned the garbage was gone now even though we Ain t new York City the same thing happens Here Many people and businesses leave things they can to get rid of outside their Homes or buildings. Things like used lighting fixtures tools that have had their Day and boxes and boxes of assorted flotsam and Jetson the treasures of our contemporary opulent society. Voila by morning they re history my Nephew s unnamed buddy Howie told me that he had three to sets a a die within a week but when he left them outside overnight nobody took pm he also it me know that Quot they Don t take no garbage cans either a a i did no to know that. Even my dog Roxy did t know that thanks Howie for sharing Fred Brick owns bricks Fine furniture 5 la Heiftz a a noses Brick s k Fine furniture i Lombard ave. 957-/2. Molicki Terrt is no association Between bricks Fine furniture Ltd. And the Brick or the Brick warehouse <1 ;