Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 4, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg free december 2000 arsonists inflame victims resolve you have to wonder what dark place they come the arsonists who take such Joy in lighting up Winnipeg night sky with they were at it again late last this time the target was the 52yearold upholstery Busi Ness of an elderly Winnipeg couple whose lives were already singed by the fires from an even Darker place Ted and Marie Muller were orphaned by the holocaust Ted when he was 12 in Marie when she was 10 in both saw their parents taken later to perish at the the in the concentration Camp in Ted and Marie were introduce Lda world away in the summer the Pritchard Pool in she spoke parisian romanian and they communicated in broken that was a year after Ted opened his upholstery business out of a broken Down North end Maries father had been an before the nazis took him Over the Art As teds business came to be moved around a mostly in the North once they lived behind their main Street and Inkster Boulevard in a garage where Ted built a bed Frame just big enough for the two of them to squeeze on he made it extra Small to fit in this Little the couples Laya was saying last Ted and Marie still sleep All snuggled up on the same bed it was Only seven years ago that the mullers moved Art upholstery Down town to Cumberland Avenue near Don Ald my dad always wanted Laya so did they thought it was important to keep that part of the City the mullers took Pride in tidying cites cube push May leave Many obsolete Union cup fears Large staff dislocation by Bruce Owen Boris free press above moved Art upholstery downtown seven years ago their Cornero cum Kjerland the place they referred to As the it was so important for her to keep this Little part of Cumberland neat and Laya just before the Laya had been composing a letter to me about her mothers ongoing Battle to keep it Marie had placed silk Flowers in the Large window Box outside their office but every other morning when she arrived at work the Flowers were and every other morning she would replace the silk that War of the roses and wills went on All and into the there not going to Marie assured her exactly a week before their building and their business were reduced to charred Marie arrived at work to discover this the persistent thieves had taken More than the flqwers7 somebody ripped off the10foot Flower that didst Stop Marie and her Mission to keep the Island she had made an appointment with the mural artist who painted the wide eyed and wondrous baby on the Side of Polo Park Manitoba Hydro Marie wanted paint something on the West Wall of their two Days before the scheduled a dark soul with fire in his eyes made sure there be any Wall to Marie wont say whether she thinks theres any connection Between the escalating vandalism and thefts and the arson that destroyed their very is All Marie would say about of the mullers told the arson strike Force about the War of the she was someone who was really trying to make downtown Laya said of her i does she regret mov ing the business downtown not at Marie As for her Ted Muller refuses to let the business be teds going to use the Money to help his Foreman resurrect Art you came out of the reminded her parents last youre coming out of the ashes 3 101 works of Art Brac Haguy Jon Rattenbury Alexander Calder Amos Gaskill old Roubin Samuel Teller Jean Pau Riopelle Pablo Picasso Norval Morrisseau Morley Kak Peetum Daphne Odrig Ray Baptiste Collins Campbell Joe Potempa soapstone auctioneer Terry Wachniak Wood disorders Assoc anon of mahi Toia inc free admission unreserved t important infant safety Hazard notice in the Zellers circular dated november 29th through december the Cosco new option High chair Model described on the Box and elsewhere As the Cosco option 5 is offered at off Zellers regular Price of due to a product safety Issue this product will not be we apologize and thank you for your the City of Winnipeg push into Mak ing its civic government More computer Friendly could mean Many City workers could lose their jobs to the head of the cites largest Union Paul president of the Canadian Union of Public employees local said the cites desire to integrate All of its computer software Over the next two to three years May see workers replaced by keyboards and computer moist represents about City work this initiative will Cost a lot of Money and it May not accomplish moist the Union is concerned jobs could be lost As More people Access City services eliminating the need for Low level clerical Mois also said the High Cost of acquire ing new software and so that they have the necessary skills can be moist added what concerns the Union most is a plan to Combine All of the cites internal computer functions into one uni fied the initiative is called Enterprise resource a growing Field in the private and Public sectors looking to be More computer and if accepted by Council later next it will allow City departments to communicate More effectively electronically with each other and allow for the quicker flow of it will also allow for even More Public Access to online automate systems its All part of a push into what mayor Glen Murray Calls part of which involves making City services available to the Public Over the examples Range from renewing a dog licence online a child in swimming lessons rom a Home com v Murray said earlier this As he unveiled the cites 2001 operating Bud that the City wants to spend million Over the next few years to Auto mate the cites computer systems and retrain City staff to use the new tech Murray said the Hope is that the Only Job loss will be through attrition and retirement not Over the next two to three years Well be experiencing More than retire he it will be a period of transition As people move into new areas and As we become More Peter the cites manager of corporate information said the City is currently starting tit look at How far it wants to Jolt Effate operating systems there has to be Bennett there How far do we improve automation or do we pave a Street growing Bennett said a potential Benefit is that a number of City staff who Man coun ters or process paperwork in Back offices will be this is something that growing and we have to Star thinking How we want to use it to provide to our Citi he chairman of the Public works said the City is also investing in retraining staff whose jobs become the City has budgeted million in 2001 to improve its computer services and Angus said because of the new tech More people could be hired to maintain and provide Security for the cites but this will not happen he its not going to be like buying a new car and driving it out of the Bennett added the City is improving its computer and internet capabilities almost for he said in the new year property owners will be Able to get tax assessment information online after City officials begin the property reassessment in the new services will allow homeowners to see what the new assessed value is for their Home and be Able to compare it with nearby Homes before the assessment notice is mailed Bennett said the new service will minimize the of appeals that typically occurs after a he also said people will be Able to Book tee times online for City Golf find out when their garbage will be picked up and be told when Snow lows will Clear their give us a restart Date and you could be one of our daily winners plus youd be helping a needy family every Day from december 1 through december 2000 a daily draw will be held for a Granny valued at plus one of equivalent value will be donated to Winnipeg Harvest on its f own give us your restart Date when stopping your paper and your name will be entered once into the daily subscribers who Stop their paper with a restart Date and donate their papers to our newspaper in education Nie program will have their name entered twice into the daily subscribers who have not stopped their paper the previous 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