Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May 2000 local a3 City edit Oft Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 Marc Dumiak Winnipeg free press archives Neil shown with daughter left an impression on thousands of once played piano for Frank wrote own obituary True Renaissance Man had an incredible zest for life by Kim Guttormson Neil a True Renaissance Man who once played piano for Frank Sina tra and left an impression on thou Sands of the provinces musicians and died yesterday after a lengthy Battle with Lou Gehrig was a to and radio pro red River journalism architect and musical theatre director and and was also the free press classical music reviewer for More than a until a diagnosis of Amy trophic lateral sclerosis pushed him into retirement in but even As the disease took the use of his arms and legs and his As he ate through a tube and used a machine to he still continued to compose and used email to keep in touch with friends around the i think what i want people to know is the incredible zest for life Neil had and absolutely kept until the final his wife Diane Keating it was overwhelming to me to see somebody with such an extremely unusual drive to continue to he was very very kind obituary and Long time Friend George West said Over the past three since har Ris was confined to his West and a few other close friends would visit every in friends threw a party for him at the International where hed produced hollow Mug specials for 20 twice As Many people As expected and 400 saw Harris Given a distinguished citizen award from the City and inducted into the provincial order of the Buffalo in his friends arranged for the recording of a 21song collection of Harris compositions and arrange under the title Neil Harris his his Harris moved to Winnipeg from Saskatoon in it was six years ear Lier that he one night played piano for a no yet famous Frank Sinatra in an Ottawa three years West mentioned to Keating that a choir would like to play at any service that would be the response dont you know Neils already written his funeral Keating said Harris left instructions for his funeral under the heading final a final message from a it included the duties each Friend was to take care and who would sing he also wrote his own the service will be held Friday at 7 at Sturgeon Creek United in Harris wrote a letter to the free after Jack Kevorkian assisted the death of someone with Lou Gehrig three years ago i was diagnosed As having Lou Gehrig disease two years because of a living i had to choose Between life or i chose he then mentioning some of the things hed accomplished and experienced while living with so when the Light new Day Sil vers my i Siy not yet not there is work to be songs to be laughs to be and a life still to be Harris leaves his wife and five daughters Jen Nifer and court told cemetery desecration like holocaust by David Kuxhaus its been almost a year but Many Mem Bers of the Beth Israel synagogue Are still trying to come to grips with the desecration last August of their we were All Sharon president of the told provincial it was like the victim gets Lawn Cut a Winnipeg boy has been charged with Public mischief after a Rock was tossed into the window of a City police say a boy was coerced into throwing the Rock by friends and Felt guilty after breaking the according to police the boy returned to the Home to get the Rock fearing his fingerprints would be found on but when he returned he left foot prints on the grass in front of the Home so he got his Lawnmower and Cut the Vic Tims grass front and police officers trial starts the trial of a Winnipeg police officer who allegedly beat a prisoner will go before a jury Grant Eakin is charged with assault causing bodily harm after a 24 year old South african Man complained he was beaten while handcuffed follow ing a noise complaint at a fort Garry Winni Eggers want to help stories about the plight of Sierra leonian refugees have raised interest from Winni Eggers who want to know How to John refugee sponsor coordinator with the International says the two Best options Are to either con tact the International or the denominational office of your Faith group Peters said most Faith groups have longstanding agreements with the Federal government to sponsor the International Centre serves a Simi Lar in 315 headstones were total damage is just Over Shawna pleaded guilty to mis she will be sentenced next in a videotaped statement to police which was played in the Young woman said she and four other accused went to the hebrew sick Benefit Ceme Tery last August for a she said they had also been we All got a bit Rowdy and started knocking Over Lehr told she said it was not racially motivated and apologized Crown attorney David Rampersad called for a jail it is a horrendous thing to do to the one of the other accused is scheduled to be sentenced this week while the courts Are awaiting pre sentence reports for 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before his Sis was taken to Hospital wednesday in the Coli infection was confirmed the source of the contamination is but Brandon medical health officer Elise Weiss is investigating food sources and the farm family Well the children also might have picked up the bacteria from direct con tact with livestock or she one child could have infected the but no one else is believed to be at Weiss we know of no other Emmett who saw the boy in Brandon before he was airlifted to Winnipeg said the children Are in Sta ble theres still a ways to go before there out of the most serious the childrens parents declined com ment most people whose kidneys fail after an Coli infection regain Normal kid Ney although some suffer Long term known As hamburger Coli infections Are fairly but rarely cause life threatening children and the elderly Are More in five people have died and up to Are ill after the most toxic Strain of Coli contaminated the towns water about 10 per cent of people infected with the 0157 Strain develop serious kidney most Coli infections Are caused by contaminated ground about half the health officials Are unable to identify the elves one year we had 11 cases Here in the the doctor we tie them in to any common Weiss is reminding Manitoban to Wash their hands after handling raw meat or girl feels like a starb1 City skips water warning due to Walkerton tragedy by Alexandra Paul Winnipeg water is but dont expect any Public notices about possible dangers especially following the Coli scare in every Winnipeg water and pub Lic health departments Issue notices Ori the dangers of the parasites cry top iridium and Guardia in drinking water after Spring chronically ill and immune sup pressed patients Are Given the Choice of boiling their drinking water and every one is reminded of the possibility the two organisms could be in the water every time you turn on the but this there will be no City officials believe the less said the Given nationwide Public tension Over the tragedy in where col infested the drinking water in the town of five people have another nine Are in critical condition and others contracted symptoms from Coli Bac which can cause bloody kidney failure and the tragedy has left environmental scientists anxious to reassure the pub Lic that accountability and Public safety go hand in Winnipeg water is but officials Are concerned a notice about an annual precaution for parasites could backfire and perhaps mislead people into con fusing the situation Here with that in anything right now people would tie in with and we dont want to alarm said City water Engineer Kelly Public medical health officer mar Garet with the Winnipeg regional health said health officials May Send notices to physicians with patients who have severe immune sys tem problems to Tell them to boil tap water which is stepped up every Spring from once a month to once every two has shown very Little or Guardia in samples from Shoal Lake and from Kitchen and bathroom Kravco All i Stock 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