Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vii Nam rim May 2000 local a11 Grants help Golf courses reduce use of pesticides by Candice Bodnaruk a new project by the Manitoba Golf superintendents association Hopes to reduce pesticide use on the provinces 130 Golf the association has received a Grant from eco action an environment Canada to reduce the amount of chemicals sprayed on those Green greens and and to raise we want to be As environmentally Friendly As said Bob executive director of the Hamm said superintendents who Spray Golf courses Are learning How to manage with fewer Rob coordinator of the red River colleges Gree space manage ment said golfers have not accepted courses with weeds or every single acre of a Golf course does it need to be he officer said until people see the Money that May be saved by reducing they will note two years the association created an environmental self assessment checklist about Hamm last the association had a sem Inar on Hamm said the project is set to begin Between now and exactly which Golf courses will be part of the project has not been the Grants Are Given to nonprofit groups to focus on clean climate clean or endangered each group also had to match the Interlake clash senior staff transfers spark bitter disputes by Nick Martin senior staff transfers in two Interlake school divisions have sparked disputes Between parents and trustees Over How much authority the Community has in running members of Parent advisory councils in Lakeshore school division where half a dozen principals Are being reas signed next fall have complained to education minister Drew Caldwell that they should have a much greater role in hiring and assigning school and in neighbouring Evergreen school parents whole previously been at Odds with trustees have launched a petition to object to trans Ferring the Vic principal of Gimli years school to a teach ing position in Winnipeg Hes the stabilizing Force in that said one Gimli who asked not to be its really a Sticky situation were being threatened by lawsuits All Over the the woman refused to say who is threatening whom with but said disgruntled parents will either bus their children to Inwood in Lakeshore under schools Choice next or Pool their Money to hire a teacher to Homeschool their same ones Evergreen Board chairwoman Ruth Ann Furgala said the parents Are the same ones who complained this past Winter Over Lack of consultation and notification about a so called hugging ban at the Gimli Furgala said the principal had banned a group hug by Grade 7 girls in which a clique both caused hallway congestion and excluded other girls from the Active Furgala refused to personnel but said the major Issue at stake is the parents belief that they should have a much greater say in run Ning the Treyve caused a lot of destructiveness in the she said Furgala said her Board will discuss the petition Campaign tonight but emphasized repeatedly that the division has not threatened anyone with Inwood school principal Tom Kowalchuk and Lakeshore superintendent Barry Nodolny said there have been no Transfer requests from parents in its just extremely difficult to go into any Evergreen teachers association president Gail Eliasson said from Lakeshore school Board chairwoman Betty Green said All the affected administrators had accepted their the school Board but makes the final she nip Aims to restrict Access to info by Doug Nairne after losing the first of a series of complaints to the ombudsman the nip is moving to restrict Access to government info critics culture minister Diane Mcgifford announced Friday that there will be a review of the Freedom of information and Protection of privacy with a focus on balancing the Public right to know with what she limited government resources available to Mcgifford said there have been a Large number of Nippa requests in the past few months that she said have put a Strain on but she did not know How Many requests have been Mcgifford said nothing is set in Stone for How the Access Laws will be i encourage people to make presentations about what they want to she but advocacy groups pressuring the nip to live up to promises to make gov Freedom of information act to be reviewed due to Cost Ern ment More open to Public scrutiny were saying Mcgifford is head ing in the opposite to talk about tightening up restrictions after All that was said and done by the nip in opposition would represent the greatest level of said Vic Tor a member of an open government coalition representing numerous Manitoba they Are about to take what they called the worst legislation in Canada and make it even the nip have floated the idea of establishing a privacy but Vrsnik and others say that is a red her ring to draw attention away from greater Overall the review comes on the heels of the labour department ignoring ombudsman Barry Tuckett direction to respond within 15 Days to a free press Access request for information held by the Becky Tuckett ruled that the made six months has been unnecessarily delayed by Barretts staff and finally told department Access officer Tom far Rell he had to reply by the new Farrell did not comply with Tuckett Tuckett also found that doer govern ment officials gave fee estimates that were far higher than could be asking hundreds of dollars for information that should have been provided for requests for an interview with bar rett went most other government departments face similar rulings from the ombudsman in the coming and will Likely be found to be violating Nippa As Well Given that they used the same arguments to refuse Access requests thai labour Tuckett said bureaucrats fear lipid can be used to give the Public More Access to the inner Workings of govern where senior mandarins prefer to work in strict Confidence with their min it sounds like they might be a Little he our office has not been very pleased with the extensions and the delays the government has taken in getting things Paul Nielson of the Manitoba libraries association said Mcgifford review looks like an attempt to protect bureaucrats and he said the doer government Lias bogged Down the system on its own by spending so much time finding ways to deny Access the nip were the major users of Access to information Legisla Tion while they were in Nippa statistics show political parties make More requests than any other were always been Good at overcoming Csc Jimmy 2door 4x4 vortex 4300 v6 190hp engine 4speed automatic transmission air conditioning Power door 4wheel Antilock braking system steering cruise control stereo with cd player Locking differential pick the lease that right for Jimmy 2ooor Down due at signing charge Over pm for 36 option to Purchase at lease end plus applicable includes freight administration and taxes not other lease options available for or Purchase finance month Soflak tease or Cash Purchase Pri Par Down payment Chrity Deposit up to 48 months includes freight Bic 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