Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba B it m j september 2000 s Winnipeg free pre Hourish with Iti daily Inre Rosl Suvi 1877achieva a Mcva the 40 Chance morning mainly High 12low 4 garb age Day 3 school Day 3 fuel budgets blown eve rising fuel prices Are squeezing Manitoba municipal divisions and Busi and in some cases the higher Cost is already being passed a3 crisis looms at u of m k funds Are Down and of unable to recruit teaching Itaf is Board of governors was warned Protection wanted jew Smyth tone workers t after she to beg for t her video store Holdup beatle killer Speaks the Man says the a Beade would want him released from prison b1 t protests turn ugly police use tear Gas and armoured personnel Carri ers to control violent demonstrations at the Prague Summit of the International monetary fund and world Banket on with the show desm Putin heading toe new called fire works television is Robb formerly a25year vet eran of the is to network 17 Hooray for High school sports Check out today debut of sports writer Ashley press weekly column on High school sports 010 diamonds Are a girls dress jewelled gown priciest frock Ever to prowl the catwalk d6 athletes Are living in doping denial Sydney with 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 All 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 i 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 Melnyk 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 happened 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 in 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 Jeff de body Winnipeg free Prim Jean Benjamin we do without 1641 put your leaves to Good use ;