Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 2000 Canada b3 Walker tons former utilities manager found mentally will testify by Colin Perkel Stan the Man at the Centre of the tainted water has been found mentally competent and will testify later this week at the judicial inquiry into the the decision came As the inquiry heard yesterday about the area health units increasingly urgent scramble in May to solve the mystery of what was making so Many people a mystery complicated by Oebels reassurances the towns drinking water was the former utilities manager who was responsible for the towns drinking water that killed seven and sickened last Spring is anxious to Tell his Side of the said his Bill i think Hes relieved and he wants to testify and move Trudell we feel on the basis of the situation were in now that he can do Koebel could appear at the inquiry As Early As in his testimony Public health inspector Dave Patterson choked up As he recalled con fronting Koebel with the awful truth that had taken his team four Days to uncover that the water was overrun with deadly it was Only then that Koebel began crying and confessed to having known for Days the water was but Days before the suspicions about the water Lead the health unit to begin an invest questions Rose on May when a paediatrician in nearby Owen sound called to report two cases of bloody a possible indication of Coli Patterson started calling schools and hospitals to see if others Felt learning of More illnesses and questions about the but Koebel told him the water was that same one of the towns nursing Homes called Patterson to say three residents had fallen Patterson relayed Oebels reassurances about the even the Home began boiling its by May hundreds of people had fallen ill and officials confirmed one of the Owen sound children was sickened by the other was Likely suffering from Patterson recommended a boil water even though the source of the contamination remained a who has been described As had been on compassionate leave since the crisis started in May until he resigned 17 with a Severance and the Peg fat present the i Winnipeg free your Chance to a lunch for you and your entire staff heres How to enter just fax us your phone number and number of co workers to then listen to Ron Able and the waking Crew every morning to see if youre a daily winners will receive lunch Courtesy of Robins donuts and of qx104 pm workforce mugs Courtesy of Agni spam and associates and will be entered to win a weekly office party at the Pony water for life a m m m Sara crestaurantc2balo m m m m m m m m to a Rogers forget Black give a gift everyone on your list can appreciate including a Nokia 5165 digital now you can Exchange text messages with your friends and you gain Access to Canadas largest digital no wonder its better to give than and vice Rogers wireless imagine c shop online at calf 1 800 imagine or visit a dealer near future shop Rogers office depot Sears Winnipeg 2599 Pembina at Bison 2611234 Tyndall Market mall 6971234 Rogers express Polo Park 7742412 air source vital Centre 9892939 air source 9892927 air source 1500 Regent 9883080 air source 212 Henderson 98929s4 air source Marion 9892944 air source Portage place 9460721 air source 2609 Portage at Moray 9542939 air source Linden Woods Market 9542929 1026 marys 9873444 to Centre 9873443 crazy crazy 1509 Matthews 7720461 prime time communication 671 Pembina 9251260 West can cellular 251 notre Dame 9823600 mind computer products 1745 Ellice Avenue 7832001 vip worldwide second level Canada Post skywalk 9479570 Forest computers 1111 Henderson 9456590 Brandon sobering communications unit 18th Street 7260088 sobering communications 10th at Victoria 7250088 Imperial radio 324 Richmond East 7284134 Beausejour Beausejour tire 751 Park 2682826 Dauphin Ricks electronics 213rd Avenue 6383699 lunar Portage la Prairie sobering communications 234 Saskatchewan e 8573309 will compute 16 Saskatchewan 2390810 Russell Hometown electronics 154 main 7733448 Selkirk Blaines 366 main Street 4823657 sobering communications 144 Highway 12 3264186 Virden sobering communications Virden shoppers mall 7483003 Winkler Southland mall 3255001 a credit on future monthly for existing hardware offer May not offer expires december offer apples on two year term plans starting from Long roaming and applicable taxes Are offer is available on select communications used under used under License ;