Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a13 winning sip Timber 2000 Small newspapers pinpoint our place by Susan Evans Shaw How Many of you open your morning newspaper to the birth and deaths Page or scan the social notices Page on saturday to look at the then and now of those celebrating Golden anniversaries or Check the photos in the fashion looking for familiar faces at Charity arts shows and the like and then there Are the human interest the social columns and Short reports of robberies and Good Winnipeg is a Large place and you cant expect to know but the local news does keep one in touch with tragedies and comings and important until i started working on a history of the pre first world War years of a Small Prairie i didst appreciate How important this kind of reporting can newspaper headlines Are by nature As Are the events they events you will read if you Are so in history books can be placed in its the local news preserved in old papers that is irreplaceable and so How else can you look into the past to get a feel for the humdrum that has no place on the world stage historians Are professional gossips but the Tittl tattle must be culled and there is except surviving correspond that beats a Small town weekly Long ago i used to laugh at the triviality of reports in those same who wants to know who visited whom on the next Concession now that i have this project under i find i to Complete editing a volume of let ters written during the first world in trying to piece together the Early years in Miniota of Jim and Edith my before Jim went off to so what do i learn from the Miniota Herald about my family i read about the visits Edith and her Sisters made to each to and fro Between Hamiota and another sister is reported to have come on a visit from Wales in time for the birth of my Uncle during the Coronation summer of Edith took her two Small children on an extended visit to was she in London for the Coronation ill have to use other Means to satisfy my curiosity on that in issues published in the summer of 1907 Are two Long and amusing reports of the Miniota commanded by Jim and their first Field Camp with the 12th Manitoba having a Ball i found articles on costume masquerade balls and military held each Winter in Miniota and neighbouring to which it seemed everyone turned no Pho tos of but the costumes and gowns Are described in admiring what better Way to get through a bitter Manitoba Winter Miniota had a symphony a brass a chamber quartet and a comedy troupe called the sons of Harmony in which Jim played the slide i right from the first Issue of the Miniota Herald in october All the weekly ads for Evans in contrast to the restrained ads of the Brando based the Manitoba hardware and lumber become increasingly Early in 1907 the ads Dis appear altogether and a month a notice appears that the premises have been let to a Jim Evans did not end in the poor that same month he bought two lots across the Street from the Vic Arage on Louisa Street and started to by the House is Complete and declared one of the most picturesque in but Jim and instead of moving find a Early in 1909 a column headline announces that Evans is leaving he has found a better Job in so week by Page by Page the Story but to find out How it All comes youll have to wait until i finish my As i read through these 90yearold i recognized a Strong feeling of from the consecration of the new anglican Church to performances at everyone was for most of if we Are our is minutes of Fame will be within the family and Community a a a a Scholastic a sports Victo a passing these homely events celebrate the fabric of our form the Core of a newspaper and Mark our pinpoint in us Sci Evans Shaw is a Hanilton 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 fax email rent increase Welcome but it wont cover costs on the minister for con Sumer and corporate affairs poured a Hal empty Glass of wine for the rental accommodation Industry in by announcing the 2001 rent increase guideline of per the provincial government gave notice although it has begun the process of understanding the serious Ness of the deterioration of rental Stock throughout it has yet to formulate any real the per cent announced although 50 per cent higher than the legislated increases in each of the past seven will be of Little Comfort to building owners facing increases among other Nat ural Gas prices of 14 per cent to 28 per cent in the existing rent control legislation does Little to induce owners of rental property to reinvest capital in their properties for refurbishment and has not attracted construction of new rental apartments in Over 10 none of the political parties seek ing election in 1999 made rent control an Issue in their once the did under take to review the process and receive representation from stake holders in the this govern ment has Laid out the Welcome mat for business and Industry to relocate to it is therefore incumbent upon it to also address the Issue of where the new employees coming to our province will without a concerted program targeted at pro Viding comfortable and affordable the new population will be confronted with the same problems As the current population historically Low vacancy no construction of new rental and a rental Stock in need of the provincial government must spearhead a proactive plan in con Junction with both the civic and fed eral governments to coordinate the formulation of real Lon term solutions to these real it is also incumbent upon the stakeholders in the private sector to arrive together on the issues and challenges that affect the lifestyle choices of an Esti mated while it is conceded that the abolition of rent control is a political hot it is also recognized that the Lon term detrimental effects of pro longed rent controls can no longer be the Glass is half void of immediate solutions for sustainable Lon term Marc Winnipeg free press apartment building owners face mounting operating the Glass is half full of optimism that this in announcing an increase higher than legislated in the past seven has also announced that it is willing and ready to work with the private sector to seek out and put in place real solutions to a very real Bob Shaer Winnipeg teachers Lack respect its Good to hear that Manitoba teachers wont be writing Standard tests any time As a retired it was my experience that it want a Lack of teacher evaluation in the school system that was a it was a Lack of support for the classroom teacher by principals and superintendents that was the instead of being a presence in their schools and being supportive of administrators were More often than not to be found in their offices with their Heads buried in paper work or were away at Board offices dreaming up the next Way to evaluate those who were supportive of who booked no non sense from and who believed that schools were More a place to learn than a place to play were treated As neanderthals while who saw themselves As intellectually Supe rior to classroom used schools As a research Laboratory to get their doctorate none of us who have taught set out to be anything but Good teach we a school system whose administrators had the guts to stand up for us instead of a system where More often than administrators hid in their offices and blamed any behavioural problems on Many teachers knew better than to complain to the office about unruly students because if they they would be the ones to not the unruly instead of spending so much time evaluating administrators need to be Active in the process of educating they need to be Mas Ter people with ideas who can use their knowledge and experience in a positive manner to aug ment the learning administrators ought to be sup ported by school boards to take Back control of their schools and encouraged to be no nonsense leaders who support their teachers and who care most about students learning arid becoming Good Citi Given these conditions and a positive learning Stu dents will learn and grades will take care of standardized tests have never been the support for teachers and some Good old genuine respect for teachers and students alike has always been the answer and always will Brian Norris Winnipeg higher education fuels growth in a 20 Lead editorial called mar tins the free press Calls for paying Down the Federal debt and tells an endless queue of the aboriginal organizations and others to wait for their i must say i found this a heartless of course we need to reduce the debt and can and should along with most i would argue with my heart and my brain for a balanced one other Point your editorial places universities at the head of this and that puzzles it is not Only University presidents and professors who insist that the investment so sorely needed in higher important for Many Reasch is an investment offering High it is absolutely critical to the growth of our dollars spent there will Speed our capacity to pay Down the debt and provide bread for the Hun i Constance Rooke University of Winnipeg Early delivery of the news in this age of instant Media coverage of world j must commend the Winnipeg free press and your sports Scott on the instantaneous delivery of news from the opening ceremonies of the olympic Here i am in Winnipeg at 6 on Friday morning is watching the ceremonies live on television and Reading about what a wonderful ceremony it was at the same time take part in stun Ning olympic opening in the Winnipeg free in fact Taylor was Able to Tell me what had happened and i kept Reading in anticipation of finding out who was chosen to Light the olympic flame at the Syd Ney 2000 olympics As this was of great interest to it want As obviously Taylor is not Only your sports Guy but also the Resi Dent mystery writer what a shame he could not finish the article due to the pressing deadlines set by his Edi or have we All been conned by the Csc to believe that we were watching live coverage instead of a tape delay i know that you have to meet and i also realize that you want to be the first with the but that does not allow you to knowingly print an article that is written in such a Way As to give your readers the perception that what was written about was actually witnessed by the he May have been to the dress rehearsal the night before and he May have the Media notes in front of him but that does not allow As suppose responsible journalists and Edi tors to deceive your Philip Munro Smith Winnipeg Media ignored leftist meeting three Well known and distinguished canadians Judy Buzz Hargrove and Leo Panitch spoke at the labour Temple on the situation of the left in not a word of this event sponsored by Canadian dimensions Magazine was mentioned on any Media outlet in the including the free nor was the event i is unbalanced and paradoxical when we can read in the paper com plete coverage of Brian Mulroney daughters extravagant in sure the people eating Macaroni and As that All they can enjoyed this item if they can get hold of the it seems that the Media in this City Candle appearances by people like Judy Maud Linda Jim Laxer and others who disagree with the dismantling of Canada and speak up for the poor and disenfranchised by ignoring them while serious coverage is Given to the Canadian the Fraser Institute and other righting groups that Are becoming so influential due to the selective reporting and spin Ning of the Joe Segal Winnipeg study didst pinpoint Needle Exchange site this is in response to the article by Kim Guttormson clinic wants health authority to manage Needle free the article refers to a review of Street connections conducted by Prairie research although the article accurately reflects some of the study it mistakenly reports that the which canvassed Community found the Only acceptable area to place a permanent Home for the Needle Exchange was and the locations close to mount Carmel were in the Pra review reached no such it did recommend that multiple Sites be considered for the Needle but did not spec Ify where these should be it also did not much less draw conclusions the costs of Possi ble locations for the Needle the findings in question Are the result of a Community consultation process undertaken by mount Carmel not of the Pra Rita partner Natalie project manager Prairie research associates Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau ;