Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday Magazine focus win pc Khi 2000 wired Home a contrast old country House conjures up past an old country House hike ours can be an antidote to living in a society that forgets its and if the House is really then the contrast is greater when original homesteader Nicholas Harrap built this place Early in the it would have to wait nearly half a Century for electricity to come along and relied on candles and Coa Loil lamps for in addition to All the electric there is the Telephone answering the the connections to the and the the old House from the aches and pains and is nicely plugged into the the Var is Brand and id like to know Why those japanese decided we would like to see it acknowledge being turned on or with the messages i and How old Nicks eyes would have widened if he had been with us the other i was upstairs Beth was Down watching specifically that gift to Canad an broadcasting from balanced in a Way Csc programming will never even with Jim Shilliday in keeping with our record of hav ing three times the Normal precipitation this it was then the Thunder rolled flashes of and i unplugged the Telephone last my Modem was burned out by a close lighting i went Down and joined Beth watch ing those outstanding hosts and inter viewers Steve Paikin and Paula Todd on tvs studio a crack of lighting close lights save for the fading message on the Var Bye lights Back i clicked Tyrlick went the answering trying to figure out the latest electronic impulse Gugh growled the fax chewing strips of paper and spitting them out 0 said the clock on the lights out Black save for the pounding of rain a diffident drip which seemed to come from inside the Chimney of our Kitchen Franklin then our world lit up i from the Arr go i reset the microwaves we settled Back to watch Boom that lightning strike sounded and Felt like it had tried to get in the we Are trying to re establish satellite please wait instructed a message on the television whether from the lighting Bolt that just missed or from a strike far ther up the Power the lights stayed off this i got one of the Coa Loil lamps that came with the not enough Beth put a Candle in the Hurricane lamp and lit we sat staring at flick ering shadows until Beth muttered famous we played that running through Violet big Stockwell Wilfred Laurier and other famous canadians until it glanced at the ceiling and saw the giant Shadow arcing across the Ceil no matter How old your it can be wired for sight and ing cast by the Tiffany Type Small chandelier in the Candle i had the feeling it was the ghost of old the lights came Back i slice of life is a weekly column featuring Manitoba Jim Shilliday is a retired writer and 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 . Teachers bravery deserves credit i think that All of Winnipeg and Manitoba would like to give a huge than you to Carole Christiansen for disarming a youth during her Drivers education class in she did not think of her own but instead led the youth away from the other people in her care to take them out of she is a hero i Hope that her her Mani Toba government and the Canadian government will recognize her Brav Ery in some god bless Carole Christiansen Tanis Kolisnyk Winnipeg too Many willing to ignore life i would like to thank you and congratulate you for the courage shown in pub Lishing Tom Ole sons column cries of the inconvenient children sadly too few Are aware of the grisly horror of partial birth and tragically too Many Are willing to ignore Ole sons logical arguments and pointed examples expose the fallacy that human life has no value until after he shows that our responsibility to protect the unborn begins Well before even the Date of so called mentioning that doctors believe abortion to be a painful experience for babies As Young As 12 weeks at every stage of his life from Conception the fetus is frankly in the same Pickle As All the rest of us just another per son totally unable to survive without the love and support of John Cortes Winnipeg Low minimum wage contributes to poverty for the past 33 i have worked in fast food working Condi especially during hot can be it takes skill to properly produce Good meals for a knowledgeable the editorial minimum wage 30 describes restaurant employees As lows kill i respectfully disagree with this whenever an increase to the mini mum wage is there is immediate opposition from the fast food in recent we have seen a greater percentage of fast food jobs paying at or near the mini we should have annual reviews of the minimum the fast food Industry does not complain about regu Lar reviews of supplier contracts or building their employees deserve similar the working poor Are the fastest growing group in our this increase has contributed to the increase in child according to an article May families with a work related income using Winnipeg Harvest have increased from 18 per cent to 32 per cent since we Sim ply cannot afford to see this trend con working people in a Rich country should not live in we must question any business practice that May be contributing to this fast food restaurants should remember that their employees Are also their Fred Morris Winnipeg provide training for emergency workers the recent funding that has allowed the City of Winnipeg to open Job opportunities for emergency medical ser vices Ems within the perimeter is a fortunate stroke of the pen for Winnipeg my concern is where the human resources Are coming from to fill these for the second time in less than a year the Gimli and District ambulance service is losing the bes trained and most qualified Ems personnel to fill these positions or fill the gaps created in larger Ems services like the Selkirk with this Drain on our our ambulance director will be hard pressed to keep one ambulance on the Road per this leaves the Gimli area open to disaster if the 40minute response time from the Selkirk Mem Bers is required to attend to Gimli area residents with medical being an in in Rural nursing for 18 i am extremely saddened to observe the local Ems service heading in the same direction that has befallen the nursing profession Over the past i implore those who have the ability to allow training dont repeat the mistakes that were made with the nurses in please open up the appropriate pocketbooks to overload the system with training opportunities and allow Rural Ems systems to compete with the scheduling and wages offered by the bigger dont allow budgets to Cost taxpayers their Sandy Gimli Fred Ore Eksue Winnipeg free press Jessica enjoyed meeting Winnie during Pooh Friendship Scooter craze victimized children although the article hot new scooters injuring thousands 8 May represent an there can be no doubt that the relatively new Scooter craze is victimizing while the recommended protective equipment like knee and Elbow pads May help to Cushion the Impact of any it does not Correct the faulty construction of the As a once avid Scooter rider myself in my Young i noticed what probably other readers May have Dis covered too the Low friction wheels mentioned in the article Are far too they May be literally stopped dead from full Speed should they happen to strike a relatively Small object like a Little Rock or it is easy to imagine what May happen to the rider when his Scooter comes to a sudden while protective gear is it is even More important to Correct the faulty construction of these also Over priced which should be recalled Wilhelm my Winnipeg volunteers made festival a Success As co chairs of the steering committee responsible for assisting with the Pooh Friendship Day we would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers and supporters who made the festival such a we would also like to thank the tens of thousands of win nip Eggers who came out to Assiniboine Park to enjoy the Days we recognize that due to the Over whelming number of Long lineups were an we Are pleased to that All suggestions and comments Are being carefully noted so that future festivals will be even Gail Hartley Richardson partners in the Park Winnipeg read with dont ban books once again the voice of unreason Bel lows Ontario trustees let parents put hex on threatening the future of the the Harry Potter series of books Are being censored because of references to witchcraft and the Here it is the year computers Are the Norm in most mid to upper class Homes and the internet Mon is the game of Choice and there is a Small portion of the population that feels that it is their duty to protect the universe from being they seem to think that the most important Issue of the Day is that the books responsible for getting hundreds of thousands of kids off their game boy for a few hours May be putting ideas into their kids lord help us All if these Little Hopes of the future Actu ally get to use their own minds to con Jure up images in their Heads instead of game boy or playstation doing it for Hitler banned books because he feared an educated what Are these people truly afraid of encourage your children to and if you Are truly concerned with what they Are read it first and form your own dont let the Witch finders of the new millennium do it for Kevin Kodak Winnipeg time to Settle flood lawsuits while Harold Clayton has been Dis missed by the Many flood victims remain embattled with the province Over flood some of these people received absolutely no compensation for losses others May want too i personally know of some who benefited greatly from the while others were and Are devas perhaps it is time to Settle the flood of lawsuits that resulted from Harold Clayton John Wiens grand Point Winnipeg free press Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 vou28n027q 2000 Winnipeg free a division 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