Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a15 Winnipeg free May 2000 letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email . Cyclists must obey too As an avid automobile i would like to Point out to Curtis m Gui Boche cyclists must follow free May 8 the most frustrating part of motorists and cyclists sharing our i agree with All of the state ments made by including his closing note that automobile Drivers must allow bicyclists a full half Lane in which to is frustrating is when a motorists and carefully moves around a giving him plenty of room to travel Only to have the cyclist Whiz Between the motorists car and the out to the front of the pack at Winnipeg carefully tuned Stop then the Driver can again wait for another courteous Driver to allow him enough space to again pass the cyclist who now feels free to exer Cise his right to half of the if bicyclists want respect on the they too must Shiv respect for others using the Road and wait in line like the rest of bicyclists following rules Only when convenient for them does not Foster or promote respect by automobile Hiebert Winnipeg much to learn from Werier As Val Werier writes with intelligence More with heart and the Point of his column City Hydro blazed the free May 4 that there is far More to the life of this wonderful City than Bankers and financial wizards understand is so refreshing to it is lamentable that your so assured and often seem oblivious to the need for Wisdom when forming useful perhaps there is much More to be Learned from Werier than you Winnipeg work an be done in timely manner we learn again about the apparent province wide shortage of pathologists slam proposed cuts in lab ser free May technologists and support staff have noticed for years that pathologists have special Hospital this May include no checks on work monies found for legislated Days off without pay Filmon and conflict of interest by some pathologists and scientists consulting at other institutions during paid Hospital with no checks and balances in there Are always individuals who will take advantage of the Situa whatever their educational Back one coworker was right in if every pathologist would sit on his butt and work like the rest of the work would be completed in a timely manner with no extra pathologists Ole Hellsten Winnipeg Currie has role As educator we have been delightfully entertained and abundantly informed during Roger curries time at Job and his stint at always gracious and Roger has served his audience there is another Side of Rogers Media life that Many people May not be aware and that is his contribution to broadcast i speak with some knowledge from my Posi Tion As a Media communications instructor at Assiniboine Community College in and As a member of the broadcast educators association of As Prairie director of i had the honour of presenting Roger with our organizations broadcaster of the year award in it in a recognition of his untiring and unpaid involvement in Industry advisory committees for the University of Regina school of journalism and the creative program at red River it More a tribute to Jyh Ever willingness to help in aay Way be who expressed even a flickering desire to find a m the Roger Currie is a big in stature Ana in and the folks in Kenora have gained a great Deal by having him become part of their thank its been i flow that All your fans Jow me in wishing you and your wife a the Best in Pur new you will be bib Crighton v military reorganization move not Best for families Transfer to Shilo has Domestic implications members of Winnipeg based 2ppcli take part in major training exercises on Shilo military training the letter on May 6 titled move to Shilo Best for should have been titled move to Shilo Best for Jean i dont blame is Drysdale for being concerned about the Quality of life for herself and her just As i am concerned the Quality of life for me and my own her letter very clearly stresses the concern for herself and Rural Manito not whats Best for there is no Best for All in this As a spouse of a member of the 2ppcli and there Are More of us than 235 civilian moving the entire to Shilo would not be the Best option As stated in the editorial dont Force the forces on May 8 for the it would certainly be the worst option for the members and families of 2ppcli As the loss of household income due to spouses having to leave their jobs would have a huge Impact on As would limited Job opportunities in Rural uprooting children again and Selling our Homes we dont All live in Mili tary the list goes on and Quality of life would drop for nearly 200 homeowners in the battalion since the majority of us would be forced to sell our Homes and Likely would not be Able to afford suitable housing due to loss of household this would mean living in extremely cramped quarters on the base in some members would Ken Violiotti Winnipeg free Prem opt not to sell their Homes and would commute Home on which causes Many other stresses on the the end result is no Best for just a Best for what makes sense is whats Best for Canadas the the military and then1 families not whats Best for the civilian workers and their local Caroline Whitelaw Winnipeg honour Penner for right reasons Jacob Penner dedicated his life to fight for the improvement of living conditions for Canadian he was ahead of his time in advocating univer Sal unemployment insure pensions for Day care for equal rights for women and minority Public the right for workers to and he fought against discrimination policies that were then directed at almost everyone except White Anglo it was because of his strength of character and willingness to fight for such progressive measures that the people of Winnipeg North end elected him to civic office for 28 years until his retirement at age 82 in he was a not unlike Norman who is now regarded As one of Canadas Bethune devoted his life for similar progressive and gave his life in the fight against it is totally appropriate for Pur City Council to name a Small Park in memory of Jacob and in this manner to recognize his efforts to improve the living conditions of people in this particularly the on the other to totally ignore Jacob Penners lifelong selfless Devo Tion to bring about progressive changes in our society and instead Dis miss him As some evil monster who was allegedly unrepentant in his sup port for the soviet Union is mischievous and intellectually the recent articles by Tom Oleson honour the victims of May 13 and Allen Mills former councillor was apologist for killer May John Ryan Winnipeg dont subvert labs purpose As a member of the Community Wai son committee Csc of the Canadian science Centre Csc for human and animal health and As one who has been concerned with the safety aspects of the virology Laboratory since last i have to respond to the front Page article m the Winnipeg free press of april 28 City wonders what oils new virology the general perception of the scientific Community about the Csc Corre sponds to that contained in an Art Joje of mine published in the free press on the primary focus of this Laboratory is the my arcane disease vectors that require the maximum safety a pubic health approach to understanding and develop org treatment modalities Ftp deadly disused viral and other As this Laboratory has a significant role to play in Safe guarding the Public health of Canada and the world in these Days of inces Sant air any research Laboratory incidentally creates additional jobs in the Community As a spillover effect and this would create such jobs As a Welcome secondary contribution to the Economy of Winnipeg and Mani the primary focus of this Labora tory should be scientific and it should stay that Way and its purpose should not be Dakshinamurt emeritus professor of biochemistry and molecular biology faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba secondhand smoke Survey biased when my Mother opened her water two Small sheets of paper were it was a Survey that was put out by an and hoc review committee appointed by City Council to study the secondhand smoke Issue and eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke in Public i could not Complete since i am under the age of the Survey was a simple yes or no question if secondhand smoke should be banned in All Public including restaurants and the problem with this Survey is that it will create biased before the question was the respondents of this Survey had a Sheet stating secondhand smoke is a health it also mentions in secondhand smoke causes and ear infect in secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and heart More information is provided about the negatives of secondhand if the and hoc review committee and chairman Mark Lubosch want unbiased the committee would have to give the same amount of information about the positives of second hand perhaps restaurant and bar owners could have put in a Para graph about All the business they get from of people will be More inclined to to ban smok ing in Public if they Only hear one Side of the since the results of this Survey will be the commit tee should not use the results to make a final it does not truly reflect what the population Ryan Melnyk Winnipeg dont replace local Csc news since moving to Winnipeg almost nine years i have always preferred the Csc local news Over other i believe that it would be wrong for the decision makers to replace it with a National i especially have appreciated their investigative Richard Killey Winnipeg maintain rare Canadian Gem nobody likes the idea of cutbacks and nobody likes the idea of losing a locally produced Csc news it diminishes our Community in our own but it in the Long be the Best maybe what Jane Chalmers and Harold Redekopp wont Tell you is that they really dont the problem is that the Csc is a pub Lic broadcaster without in this age of Csc manage Csc members of parliament and the general Public All have a different when decisions should have been they were put off because consensus was too and in fair the Structure of the Csc contributed to but for the Mother the result has been its been a slow Haemorrhage for 10 its like watching a beloved rela Tive slowly the Csc needs a White paper or Royal commission on its Munfor it cant be left to do it it is time for Sheila Copps and her heritage department to step it needs a lot of Public a Long Range plan needs to come supported by Csc management and the political to ensure that Csc survives and meets the modern needs and expectations of Canadian Only then can a realistic decision be made on the future of local Csc news what is happening now is the result of years of making the wrong decision now can be costly to the lives and careers of Many dedicated employees and it runs the risk of alienating the very Public support so badly needed to maintain this rare Canadian Mike Shea director of Csc radio in 198890 Stop Job anarchy before it spreads i was delighted to see Gerald flood and his subject John armatas decry the Lack of respect afforded to the trades by our society in and by opining mentors in particular the dignity of work gets no free May but the essential Point was missed if armatas is not an information technology and if he gets no Why will he be earning a year perhaps mechanics exist in a rogue Price setting and labour Loving in direct resistance to the teachers and counsellors who predict the social and financial subordination of the Young and those who would see the global Economy expand through information technology must lie awake at dreaming of ways to Stop armatas anarchy before it spreads to Bakers and other no Mobile i Hope their cars break on the Way to the John Jacobs Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau ;