Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba September 2000 Winnipeg free pre f Loti he 5 if i flails 9256824 1877achieva Hooray for High school sports Check out the debut of sports writer Ashley press weekly column on High school sports c10 Adt Mcva diamonds Are a girls dress jewelled gown priciest frock Ever to prowl the catwalk d6 the 40 Chance m morning showers mainly hlgh12low4 school Day 3 fuel budgets blown eve rising fuel prices Are squeezing Manitoba i divisions and Busi nesses7ahd in some pases the is already being passed on to customer a3 i or it t 1 crisis looms at u of m i 1 be unable to Recruiter retain younger Teachum Vitah the u Board of was warned yer Protection wanted Jeff tougher rules to protect Lone workers Viher life in a1 video store Holdup s mar Davjd the Man who killed John says l the Vej Beatte would want him release to from prison p1 protests turn ugly police use tear Gas and Aja poured personnel Carri ers to control violent demonstrations at the Prague Summit of the International monetary fund and world Bank b1 athletes Are living in doping denial celebrity lawyer Johnnie Cochran at his shot Putter Hunter held a news conference in a downtown Syd Ney hotel yesterday to deny he had used if the purpose was to convince listeners of Hunters to deflect attention from sprint sensation Marion who is Hunters or to allay doubts about the integrity of anti doping it was a failure on fall the 330 Pound shot putters bizarre and sometimes incoherent performance raised put the spotlight on Jones and underlined charges by the International olympic committee that the has a Long history of hiding its athletes drug it was the usual Ioc vice president Dick Pound told his own news athletes who use these substances always its not followed there must be some mistake in the followed i must have got it from the toilet followed heres a writ for million from my continued please see denials a2 inside i fight for dream Over c1 l cheating Way of life at drug olympics c3 i Brunet paddles to pair of finals c4 teens death tied to ecstasy family in Shock after Grade 12 student overdoses at House party by Leah Janzen and Bud Robertson Friday 16yearold Becky Ducharme primed and excited about the weekend said goodbye to her Grandfather and headed out with it was the last time anyone in her family would see her the next police officers arrived at Ducharms Home with the grim news that the High achieving Grade 12 student was according to officers were called to a party on Wellington Avenue Friday night after people in the Home Rouse she died at the health sciences Centre a Short time but its the cause of Ducharms death that has left her family in according to the medical exam Iners it appears Ducharme suffered an Over dose of the Street drug an illegal stimulant with some hallucinogenic properties that has gained popularity at Al night dances called we dont have the final toxicology results said Johanna director of the medical exam Iners but we suspect ecstasy was Ducharms aunt said the girl want the Type to be taking she was Young and she she could brighten a room she was a great lifelong Friend Maryna Meinyk remembers Becky Ducharme her voice she was incredibly popu Lar and was into pretty Well she might have taken a drink Here or there like All but this was something totally Dif at the time of her Ducharme was a Busy student at Gordon Bell High she was actively involved in her ukrainian orthodox ukrainian theatre groups and figure the girls who did not want her name said Ducharms untimely death has devastated the girls who raised the child from and because the family Doest know who was at the they Are left to wonder about what and How Ducharme got the she must have got around someone she if she knew what it she have taken her aunt continued please see ecstasy a2 Golden retriever on Campaign hot seat by Helen fall Dong three times a elderly Winni Eggers gather i the lobbies of seniors apartment complexes across vital to wait for the Golden retriever a bus service that cements their Devotion to former councillor Al As Golden tries to win Back his seat after being forced to resign last month for income tax questions Are being raised about the role the buses play in keeping Golden in his supporters see the 11yearold Golden retriever service As the hallmark of Golden extraordinary while critics wonder if it is a Way for the Maverick to circumvent the known in vital As als the 25seater 1997 flyer bus ferries seniors twice a week to vital Centre and once a week downtown for shopping and medical older buses Are sometimes used to carry seniors to special we do without said Jean whose fractured ankle makes it almost impossible for her to walk to a City bus Hes been very Good to the buses Are technically owned by the Transcona Lions but club president Ron Jones said he has no role in the we dont get actively involved in continued please see contribution a8 meet the vital candidates 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