Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Dfcia mbah 2000 local a3 City editor Sieve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo goodhano1 6977292 on intercity kids offer a lesson in the True spirit of Vul a group of intercity Many of them among the poorest in the have opened their hearts to the Christmas cheer the students at David Livingstone school have spent months collecting coins for the pennies from heaven at an exuberant they donated More than pennies to help other Winnipeg theirs is a lesson in the True spirit of this is our Way of saying to the kids that its of to get but its expected you would help out As says principal Angeline they took it for granted that someone would give them Twenty per cent get hampers from the cheer others get them from Church Community groups and aboriginal we want them to know you have a responsibility to give school Secretary Barbara Schneider spearheaded the she put a Jar on her desk in March and began to Tell Stu dents How they could make a difference in their the Jar began to at they kind of for any its hard to hand Over your but i made announcements and talked to them when they came they understood this was a Good thing to says the enthusiasm of the Stu dents had to be Ive even had kids give their quarters and i Are you sure because they have so says they want to for an intercity school this is just to build interest in her Schnei Der held a contest to guess How Many pen Nies were in the David Livingstone 385 students guesses ranged from 300 to 20 Mil Schneider took the pennies Home and counted them by contest winners Bradley Squires and Brian Campeau presented the schools efforts at an the two boys smiled shyly when asked about their Christmas wish a Grade 2 whispered that hed like a game boy and a who is in Grade wanted playstation they nodded when asked if they understood they be helping other children with the Christmas cheer Board executive director Kai Madsen said the efforts of the David Livingstone students define what the pro Gram is All 1 think for Little the whole idea of Christmas is theres a sense of that wonderment is there whether or not youre these Are children and there helping other children have Christ o James businesses levelled three stores in strip mall destroyed in evening Blaze by Holli Moncrieff a raging fire destroyed at least three businesses in a James strip mall last thick Grey smoke billowed out of the building at 2091 Portage As about 30 people from an adjacent apartment Block shivered in the bitter Chris a tenant of the Man Deville towers joined forces with two of his Neighbours to evacuate the apartment id asked a firefighter if we should go and he said it was a Good said who was concerned for the safety of his common Law wife and two Eskold i grabbed a couple of Guys and we started knocking on everybody you never imagine that something like this will come this close to traffic slowed to a standstill As police closed the westbound lanes of Averlue for several fifteen fire Crews were called in to Battle the Medway said he first noticed Flash ing lights outside his Home at i was at first i thought some kids had got arrested for drink firefighters try to douse a Blaze that destroyed three businesses in a James strip mall last Jeff de body Winnipeg free press ing and but then i saw the fire he i was a Little bit Wor ried about my family they police should have at least come in the build ing and said something to located in the strip mall were soot ers bridal boarders anon a skate and Snow boarding and a pet Supply the arson strike Force and the fire investigator were at the scene last the cause of the fire is still under the amount of damage caused by the fire was not known by press wary Public added to Sopho nows pain prof by Leah Janzen shots fired into car in North passengers flee by Holli Moncriel gunfire rang out for the fifth time since saturday in the North end yester a Maroon four door Sedan was about to turn the Corner onto Bur rows Avenue from Powers Street about 6 when a Black Cherokee jeep Cut the vehicle off and fired several shots into the police were still Hunting for suspects last night and it was not known whether anyone was the four men who were in the Sedan jumped out of the car and started run Ning from the said area resident George who witnessed the shoot ing from a Gas station on Salter a Block i saw the jeep Cut them and then i heard this pop and i thought Treyve got a gun in not going said who witnessed the shooting from inside his they shot out the front and rear wind Shields the holes were As big As the tip of a Winnipeg police said last night they had two suspects in for questioning who they believe May have been in the Chero Kee during the As of last no charges had been Laid and the incident is still under invest police Are still searching for the four men in the Maroon said duty Rick police found an apparently abandoned Cherokee on Royal Crescent last handmade native moccasins 3 in 1 Winter mitts All new Winter clothing up to pour fleece but confirm it had been involved in the like Many in his Pirrie said his family has been terrorized by the recent rash of shootings in his neigh i think its Gan related that the Only thing that makes sense to he last nights shooting is just another example of the violence that has terrorized the cites Northend neighbourhoods shots were fired along the 400 Block of Alfred Avenue at it was the same Home that gunmen attacked saturday wounding a 19 year old who had to be treated for Pellet wounds to the on a 19yearold Man was shot in both legs and a wrist As he walked out of his Alexander Avenue Home to meet a Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press police inspect a jeep Cherokee found on Royal Crescent last they wont confirm if it was used in the drive by on saturday at about a Shotgun blast awoke the residents of a Home on Logan no one was the Public atmosphere of doubt and scepticism that surrounded Thomas Sopho nows acquittal added to the mans pain and suffering and should be considered when determining Bompensa an inquiry heard his innocence was not fully embraced by the Community after his testified Sheilah a tort Law pro Fessor at the University of Martin noted highly placed Justice officials publicly questioned Sopho nows release in she said the Manitoba attorney Gen eral Roland Penner made comments after Sopho nows acquittal that suggested he was not eligible for compensation because he want and the police chief of the Herb publicly announced after Sopho nows acquittal that police still believed they had arrested the right those comments influenced the Public perception of the said and should be considered in the final tally of Martin also acted As an adviser to David Molgaard when he negotiated a lion compensation package from the Saskatchewan government last year for Milga Ards wrongful murder she testified yesterday during an inquiry struck to determine How soph now came to be wrongly arrested and imprisoned for the 1981 strangulation murder of 16yearold Barbara Stop Martin told commissioner Justice Peter Cory that the terms of reference of the commission allow him to apply his own standards to determine whether soph now is eligible for compensation and to determine the amount of com a task Force report on compensation written in 1985 ruled its not appropriate to compensate individuals who were acquitted by an Appeal those guidelines also put a limit on the amount that could be paid for anything that want easily such As lost Martin noted the guidelines were never enacted As Law and said they pro vide Only a Good starting Point for Cory to begin his but she noted soph now endured a two convictions and two appeals before finally being acquitted of Stop Pels murder in 2000 Malibu 2000 grand prix be 4 Auto overdrive Power mirrors cd player bucket split folding rear Bench and More 4 to choose from Auto overdrive pal Power bucket Power Drivers a and Wjk 5 to choose from 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