Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 6, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 local Winnie he junk 2000 Ken Ai Ouetti free press Mason with son Dean and portrait of herself at age 3 with father Lacroix in military Peg 11 others honoured for Day sacrifice by Martin Zeilig Arlene Mason stood before her fathers grave yesterday in the French Village of Vaast in auge and she was there for a memorial ser vice honouring her Winnipeg Ger George Richard and 11 British servicemen who dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy 56 years ago today on its very Mason said struggling to describe her visit to the 30 Kilometres South East of the City of everyone in the Village has been the service was organized by Young local French businessman Ludovic who decided More than five years ago to honour the 12 Allied sol Diers buried he purchased and renovated an old building by the Church cemetery for a and then proceeded to interview old timers in the town and other Day veterans to find out who the soldiers though Mason was Only five years old when her father she says Shell never forget the Day the notice came by was with the first Canadian paratroop Bat Talion that dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy june he was shot by the germans after they and was treated with mor Phine by one of his fellow Mason but he died soon never lost Hope Over the Mason never lost Hope that one Day she might visit her dads final resting then about five years her younger Dale received the letter from he was asking for confirmation that we were the family of Richard said who presented Louis with a letter of appreciation from the department of veterans affairs in Ottawa As Well As a Small plaque from the Charleswood Branch he also asked if we had any photographs of our my brother then sent Ludovic an enlarged reproduction of a photo of our father in uni a couple of years went by before we heard Back from but they eventually in that whose web contains information on the Village As Well As photographs of most of the 12 soldiers buried in the explained How he pieced together the events of that Long ago Day in he sent us another letter telling us that he had purchased and renovated an old building in the town for the Pur pose of making a memorial to the 12 then just last he wrote us a letter inviting us to attend this memorial service in the Village said who is staying with the Louis family in Vaast in the Winnipeg resident and her old est have been in Europe since last Dean and i went there to the Ceme Tery by ourselves the first Mason it gives you a peaceful feeling because its a Beautiful resting heading Ley Casino All but dead doer Community wont deformed to accept first nations gaming Premier vows by Dan Lett and Doug Narne plans for an aboriginal Casino in the Rural municipality of head Ingley were All but killed yester Day As Premier Gary doer promised not to Force casinos into any Manitoba Community that is heading Ley in my Doest meet the doer we will not Force a Casino on to peo doer said a proposal from Swan Lake first nation to build a hotel and Casino in heading Ley does not have the necessary support from the Community to doer said an april in which heading Ley residents voted 85 per cent against the is a valid expression of Community sentiment that need not be revisited in another doer and his government have been scrambling since late last week when an Independent selection committee picked five successful proponents out of a Pool of 12 first an implementation committee will work with the five proponents to ensure each meets a Long list of conditions before any licences Are two of the committees recommendations would see casinos built on the Opas kayak Cree nation in the Pas and broke head ojibway nation North of both involve on Reserve Sites that have the support of the Host com three Are More problematic for proposed for the no aboriginal communities of head Thompson and the projects would be constructed on land hot yet designated with Reserve none of the three Community councils officially supports the Casino a key condition of the licence approval Thompson Council has indicated its intention to hold a plebiscite on the Cree nation plan to build a Casino next to the mystery Lake which the band already Brandon mayor Reg Atkinson is Vehe travel tips for summer trips important advice for our 35 million customers july and August Are the most popular travel months of the and you can be sure our professionals will be working All summer Long to help make your journey As smooth As despite All our we know its going to be a Busy period at airports across the so if youre planning to heres our Best advice to help you on your Check before you Check in when making your please make sure you know which airline is operating your flight in order to know where to Check in please note air Canada tickets with flight numbers ac3000ac3999 or ac8300ac8699 Are flights operated by Canadian please Check in at Canadian Canadian airlines tickets with flight numbers 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Swan Lake members of Council have been less certain about whether they would reconsider their support for the project should Swan Lake be Able to swing Public opinion to its i really dont know what to said heading Ley Reeve Wilf we would have to leave it up to the first nation if they want to have some Public meetings and talk to the they can do the province has also decided to make the members of the selection commit lawyers Ron Nadeau and Martin available to answer questions about their Nadeau and Freedman refused All inter View requests out of a concern they could be sued by unsuccessful promo Nadeau and Freedman will face the Media this the nip came under fire again yesterday for gambling with their treasure Rove of annual Revenue from Manitoba lotteries the provincial government admits it has not studied what the Impact of five native casinos will be on its own million gambling even though Mac officials believe the Market is already tory la John Loewen fort Whyte hammered doer on the Issue demanding to know when the nip will get around to finding out what damage the gambling expansion will he said there should be an economic Impact study done before any new Casino licences Are Neville urges trustees to reconsider computer Deal by Nick Martin Winnipeg school division finance chair Anita Neville will try to persuade trustees tonight not to Send a computer contract to the at stake is the Deal to Supply and ser vice about 300 computers a year to the provinces largest school the administration has recommended awarding the contract to Dell com although local firms Power land computers and mind computers both had lower the most recent contract said yesterday it will Lay off 15 people if Dell gets the Deal i have questioned since Day 1 that we were not going with a local Neville said but Board chairwoman Lori Johnson said trustees have to make a political decision whether to Back the expert advice of their senior our preference is always to support local where things Are Winnipeg one will do that every Johnson it is the assertion of the administration that All things Are not Dell was the Only company that was Able to meet All of the specifications that were Johnson said staff assure her the specifications were written to meet student this is an area where we absolutely must rely on the expert Opin Ion of our senior she Neville would not speculate on tonight but said Winnipeg one should help develop the local information technology Industry and keeping Young people working in Power land will Lay off 15 people if Dell gets the president Kevin pen Ner said his firm has had the computer contract for several weve been winning it for the last Sev eral Penner even when other local firms won the he Laid off staff could move Between companies because they knew the Winnipeg one contract needs so Neville said that when she looked fur ther into the she found that pow Erland supports division scholarships and is helping build a new play Structure at Glen Elm school near its main ;