Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg december 2000 wanted aboriginals to reach for the stars Northern legend a Friend to All obituary by Bill Redekop Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press archives Bob a former free press correspondent and order of Canada died he was a and a he always wanted aboriginal peo ple to reach for the said Long time Friend Margaret passed away in a nor Way House first nation care Home Early yesterday he was the Only no aboriginal patient in the Facil to which he was admitted a year he chose that care Home because he had so Many aboriginal said who along with her Hus band William Are Cree indians from Northern both work As aboriginal education consultants in the Thompson Lowery moved to Northern Manitoba in 1969 for a career change at age becoming a free press correspondent based in Murray Mackenzie was his photographer until he retired in above All Bob was a religious he believed in his fellow he was a 24houra Day said Lowery was born in Winnipeg Bob with his photographer and Best Friend Murray displays his order of Canada North end on to Newt and Gertie he earned a philosophy degree from the University of Manitoba in he served As a Seaman with the Royal Canadian voluntary Reserve in the second world after the he and 70 other Canadian and Ameri can veterans joined the moral re armament crusade to help rebuild War torn Lowery would not end his work in Germany until Lowers generosity and Good will touched Many people in hed give you the shirt off his said Heather who met Lowery through the United Church they attended in he lived a very simple and he gave to peo ple that needed Lowery never he channelled his time and Energy into Community projects and helping he had a Bent to be a Church min ister at one but i think he decided it would just be too said his Niece Sandy who now lives in he was everyone from the Inco executives to the Union Bosses to the aboriginal she one of his projects was to establish the operation world scholarship with a local an Exchange program that has sent Northern teens to coun tries like South Africa and Italy in the past 25 one of the first recipients was then High school student Steve nip la for Thompson and current highways Lowery and Mackenzie produced a Book in the Early 1980s called the unbeatable Breed people and events of Northern it has sold More than in Mackenzie invited Lowery along to for a show ing of Mackenzie photographs depict ing the faces of Manitoba the order of Canada in 1996 recognized Lowery for his Community in Lowery was honoured with a Silver Eagle outstanding citizen award for his work with aboriginal by the indigenous women collective of Hes a said everyone knew and he was like everyone Grandfather or big he just took you under his Zero Down deliver Mac no get no payments for 10 Day 2000 grand caravan be 1998 Neon 4 to choose 2000 Chrysler Neon of 1998durangoslt 7 1998 Lxi and Infinity 1998 caravan sport rear pm 1999 caravan 1996 voyager 1998 grand Cherokee limited loaded with factory 1997 Csc Jimmy set 2000 Dakota sport Low 0 up to Down payt i payment Down 1000 Down 2000 Down 369 341 Down payt 312 Down 1000 Down 2000 Down payment 299 278 Down payt Down 1000 Down 393 Down 1000 Down 499 te4 s it 1 i a 4fl no r Dodge Chrysler jeep Pembina 284665o i Brief parking ban is on City Crews Are scheduled to begin blowing residential streets starting tonight at As a there is a parking ban on All streets not designated As Snow routes from Midnight until 6 for the next three or four vehicles parked in violation May be a City of Winnipeg press release the City planned to plow major streets marked As Snow routes last night and into this that Park ing ban was to be lifted at red nose gets Busy Winnipeg roads were made safer Over the weekend by operation red nose volunteers who braved frigid weather and Volunteer Drivers safely transported 299 people during the people who drive to bars or restaurants and drink alcohol Are Able Casino continued from Page a1 were behind said the Pas mayor Gary whose Council passed a Resolution in support of the Casino proposal before it was submitted to the province last i received Zero nobody questioned in the town asked if it could be a partner in the ase Nestak pro but was turned Down because the consortium of six Northern first nations was already Large the first nations expect to obtain Bank financing once agreements with the province Are in Hopper said the Casino is one of Sev eral new developments that Are turning the Pas into More of a regional service he is shaking his head Over heading Leys rejection of a much More extravagant Casino proposal from the Swan Lake first the ase Nestak Casino is expected to create at least 150 new making it the second largest employer in the Pas area after Zolkos pulp and paper about a Quarter of the patrons Are expected to come from the Pas population the rest from across Northern Manitoba and said president Philip to use the service by dialling 947 nose volunteers meet them where they Are celebrating and drive them and their vehicle its but a donation is All donations go to the Manta swim volunteers can offer services by calling operation red nose operates 1823 and it runs from 9 to 3 each and until on new years glitch hits its internet Manitoba telecoms services experienced another glitch in its High Speed internet service this customers were warned the service would be Down from 5 to 7 for regular but following the 25 per cent of mass High Speed internet customers had ongoing problems until just before confirmed its spokeswoman Michelle a month at least 20 customers in the Charleswood area called the Utility after their modems were damaged during a Power the Bingo Hall will be renovated to House eight gaming tables and 177 Slot machines slightly More than at the painted hand Casino in the ase Nestak consortium is consid ering having Manitoba lotteries which runs Winnipeg operate the Casino outside the Pas for the first year or Casino proponents Are waiting for the province to release a framework agree ment that will recognize the provinces right to control gaming in Manitoba notwithstanding aboriginal sovereignty on Reserve Luke said the problems that have plagued the Saskatchewan Indian Gam ing authority will not happen in the Pas because the right to provincial audits will be enshrined in agreements and profits will go into a Trust the broke head ojibway first nation and its partners Are waiting to Complete agreements with the province before securing financing for a Casi but Sioux Valley Dakota nation and the Cree nation have an extra hurdle to the first nations plan to build casinos on lands in the Brandon area and in Thompson that Are not yet designated As Caprice distributors total i liquidation1 Check these additional discounts off our already love Low prices 25 off furniture 20 off mattresses 15 off appliances 20 off Vinyl flooring 20 off carpet 25 off remnants 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