Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local Fin 2000 give us a Jingle and turn our Bills into Bells by Lindor i need your there Are 22 shop Ping Days until three weeks to Brave the do the baking and gather with families and friends to share your there Are just 22 Days left to help Kai Madsen make a Miracle the Christmas cheer Board needs to raise this year and in committed to tossing in the the pennies have been dribbling in at the free press and in theres Snow on the its Santa has been at the mall for a couple of weeks and his Parade takes place what Are you waiting for the families who need the hampers cant nor can executive director of the cheer its Ware House is packed with knit Ting and the Assembly line is up pennies from can in and staffed by volunteers who Are putting All the necessary food into the lists Are made and the cheer Board volunteers Are checking them now we just have to pay the youre helping half of them there your your fellow the people you see at Kai Madsen wants you to know there just Ordinary people who need a hand in not an Madsen i dont want to in just Here to make sure the kids have a Nice of the hampers delivered this year will go to the working folks who have minimum wage jobs and cant afford the number of working poor on the cheer boards list has doubled in the last three helping your fellow Winni Eggers gets easier each year As More and More companies and individuals get on Board the pennies the Bank of Montreal remains As a huge corporate Helper by agreeing to receive pennies and other coins at their Canada Safeway is Back for another year and has offered us their Check stand boxes for Coin there also helping by providing the Safeway cheer Board grocery something youll find in the free press tomorrow and fill it up and drop it off at any Safeway for our the big thing is the need in the says Dave vice president of retail operations for a lot of the people who receive help Are the working there our but its not really the that concerns its the on december the Good folks at q94 Are holding their annual Christmas there asking folks to drop by with a unwrapped toy for the cheer there also collecting pennies for ill be Nair 14 to say on december Branigan is hold ing its annual cheer Board dinner at vital tickets Are the food is great and ill be one of the bring your pennies and ill give you extra i want to thank those of you who have already trekked out to the free press Don fiddler dropped off a Glass Jar of pennies and Alan Dyck brought in a Gal Lon Steve Houston arrived with a cof fee Jar of rolled pennies and Dave Lee donated a Large Jar of Bratton gave us a tobacco tin filled with pennies and a bag of Silver to Valerie Watt from Inwood had a Jar of Pat who lives at Luther is working As a pennies Elf again this last she gathered up in Coin for she has already raised this free press staffers Gary Jacobson and Angie from circulation sales have dumped their donations in the pennies John and Charlie wrapped up in pennies for and George per Reaux from Breadner trailers is collecting at his Cathy Friesen from Neil Campbell school wanted to pass along a thanks to the Anonymous gentleman who dropped off in Silver and its a Good Start for the schools amazing fund raising add your name to this 0 for her All j Tommy Hilfiger coordinates 2030 3040 off off for the adventurer Ron indigo knitwear and washable silk 50 off mens and women misty Mountain adventure clothing 10 off for the golfer ladies Hyp Golf i travel Golf bags up to from 30 off for the Sun seeker Coppertone and banana boat Sun care products 20 off designer sunglasses Calvin Nautica 25 off mens and women Tilley knits and endurable Eagle Creek travel accessories and up journeys travel Leisure super Centre for the Amateur photographer mens Golf shirts from Tommy Urban starting at i indoor tanning minutes packages available from new swimsuit and resort Wear sizes 424 Canon sure shot 76 includes Case Battery Kodak Pentax Espoo 105g with Date free film and processing with every camera Purchase for the skier film single use cameras 20 off exclusive Iceland fleece vests and jackets 40 off for the business traveller smart fold Luggage crease free travel packing journeys travel Leisure super Centre much More than a travel Agency Oart carry sizes starting at Donald at Wardlaw 9829494 open until 10joo too gift certificates available Check Stop weeds out drunk motorists the police kicked off their annual Check Stop pro Gram yesterday aimed at keeping drunk Drivers off the this the Winnipeg police River patrol will also take part and will enforce drink ing and driving Laws among Snow mobiles on win Nipges the Check Stop program will run seven Days a week from now until Fri Day and saturday evenings officers will be on the Road from 6 to 4 sunday through wednesday Check Stop officers will be out from to anyone caught with a blood Alco hol Content Between and and driving a car or offload vehicle will face an immediate 24 hour licence sus if the Driver has a blood alcohol level Over or refuses to provide a breath or blood Sample to they face a three month licence sus having their vehicle impounded for 30 to 90 Days and a licence surcharge Premium of up to drunk Drivers face penalties including fines from to imprison ment for up to 14 years and a court ban prohibiting them from driving for up to 10 estimated costs associated with health dam aged property and lost wages result ing from collisions involving alcohol impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death in i i Hui Mil West com ;