Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 26, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a9 flick i Iii Irvin 2001 letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be edited letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email Napster offers important service concerning i find their ser vice quite being in a French Canadian in Able to obtain songs that we by listening to we can study different styles by other artists and practise at Home for our Many of our songs Are Over 40 years old and would be difficult to obtain in a record if we did find we would have to Pur Chase a Complete cd just for one i am sure that Napster is helpful to Many other musicians who dont have the Means to get their music else i dont think that All people who download their music from Napster Are Only trying to avoid buying Hast the exposure helped Many singers and such As music videos on the television music Chan Nels the recent offer by Napster to offer millions of dollars yearly to the recording companies seems very fair to Napster is offering an important service to Many even if it comes to the Point of charging people for the privilege of downloading songs to their i would still continue using the John Bacik Winnipeg Levy drink tax to help fas kids fetal alcohol syndrome fas has reached plague proportions in Manito up to five per cent of our Popula Tion people is Likely suffering the ravages of in parts of the Childs brain Are dissolved by alcohol while in the mothers the damage is locked inside their ravaged each fas child will require million in support during his or her but far too Little Money is being made available to help these these poor Chil Dren Are being sadly often the Only support they get comes in or by being placed in Foster school dropout rates Are alarmingly depression and suicide numbers Are astonishingly they need Early diagnosis of having respite for fas classes for the Many who can not survive in regular ongoing support and counselling after school programs to Stop inter Genera tonal education to reduce the number of fas research to find better ways of helping these children to find Success in it is of no help to blame the mothers of fas if i choose to and sometimes i i will gladly pay a Small Price to help those damaged by the Manitoba government can impose a two cent tax on every drink of alcohol sold in Manitoba to be used exclusively to help people suffering from no one will complain of pay ing an extra two cents for a drink if it will go to helping these the Manitoba government needs to act now and place the interests of these Chil Dren Orin Cochrane Winnipeg sex Sells message a superficial one i would like to commend Linda Rosbor Ough for her Well defined and Well rounded article titled the Power that drives technology i one of gods first proverbs be fruitful and when i look at features such As Linda has no Choice but to conceive a sad truth in our which in turn depicts ill conceived notions of the fact that sex Sells is a testament Given the right set of heralds to be a superficial i for am not going to be the Coyote trying to catch the Road i and plead with my fellow Man to think the same Marco Almeida Winnipeg Call in loan if Buhler wont Settle John butlers position on his labour dispute with the employees who Are members of the Canadian Auto work ers Union is full of threats that Range from destroying the employees senior Ity to moving the Plant to the the Caw has agreed to respected mediator Wally Fox decent report and the employees of Long service have Buhler said he found v Large scale production hogs not always a Benefit Large scale hog production is not always beneficial to other local businesses and a family farm operator further to Marcel Hacault letter to the editor titled hog production benefits local area i Felt compelled to write a response to his letter to make the readers of this paper aware that hog production Doest always Benefit the local my personal experience with a Mega hog operation proposal took place in the of which is located in the Southeast Corner of on july Hytrek put Forth a proposal to the of Pines Council for a Mega hog opera this operation consisted of 15 four lagoons and sows in a Farrow finish which at any Given time there would have been approximately six Miles from Buffalo Point resort located on Lake of the 2 Miles from the simply natural water bottling facile 2 Miles from my family two Miles from the town of Middle less than a mile from the nearest residence and on half mile from the Minnesota prior to Hytrek submitting its proposal to not one of the imme Diate communities or states were contacted by Hytrek withdrew the proposal on july 19 due to Strong opposition from the residents of the of the residents of the of Piney Are still feeling the aftershock of Hyt eks proposal for a Mega hog operation As it has pitted Neighbour against Neighbour and Farmer against according to a 21 Manitoba Cooperator Hytrek is listed As the 34th largest hog producing com Pany in North having the article goes on to that within five 35 companies will be controlling 89 per cent of the based on these i dont think family farms should be threatened by neighbouring Resi dents preventing them from their nor do i think most Resi dents Are opposed to family farms expanding within another growing concern associated with vertically integrated corporations having their own barns is All the Absentee these Compa Nies build their Mega barns on any available Quarter of land with no intention of moving near the they and their shareholders do not have families attending the local shopping at local stores or being seen within the As for my family depending on yourself and the Manitoba pork Council to save me from financial ruin will Only happen when pigs can Curtis Kwacha Farmer Winnipeg support from the three Levels of government and secured a loan or Grant of up to or maybe this amount must be made and As a i ask that if Buhler does not accept Fox decent report As the appointed medi then the three Levels of government or the level of govern ment responsible for the loan or Grant should Call it Albert Cerilli Winnipeg i Tody a principled Canadian politician congratulations on the very provocative 18 David i Todys shining in speaking of a parliamentarians it makes me think of All the talk we hear these Days about rights and so Little mention about responsibilities As your concluding paragraph is a pow Erful statement on being elected to by canadians to represent to exercise their judgment and to act on their when they sacrifice that responsibility to the vagaries of Public opinion or the influence of party discipline or political they effectively forfeit their entitlement to thanks for the affirmation Given to David i Tody As a principled and dedicated Canadian Stanley j Winnipeg Snow sculpture removal a sad affair i read Gerald floods making mountains Oyt of Snow Hills great interest and i remember a few years ago taking an outdoor portrait near Ruskin Row in Winter which always makes me think we should receive medals to live to my wondering eyes appeared the most marvellous Snow sculptures in a Yard even a kayaker it looked i finished my film on this wonderful Yard and sent a photo postcard to the a to thank and the City will have him destroy his How very sad Jan Romaniuk Winnipeg keep room for recycling bins there is much discussion on what happened to the recycling boxes Between winners and Safeway on pern1 Bina i live in Silver View apartments and use to take recyclable especially to that location in my winners is so there is no room for the recycling i am sure theres room Meritta Davis Winnipeg some councillors in touch with citizens i would like to Send my congratulations to a few City who have represented the citizens of win for a Fine Job they have per formed on mayor Glen Murray trash tax the following councillors have shown vision and Are in touch with the citizens of something that has shown to be lacking in our Leader of this City Bill Garth John Harry Lazarenko and Mike Oshaughnessy know How the majority of people feel insulted at being portrayed As irresponsible towards their own Environ ment and treated like a Bunch of kids who have to be punished in this Dennis Saltel Winnipeg Graffiti photo encourages copycats the free press has done it by publishing a picture of Graffiti on our heritage you have provided the notoriety that these morons As Well As ensured that numerous copy cat idiots will splatter More of our buildings with their the City Doest do the but i together with countless other Busi Ness victims of the cites through our Biz Michael Stevens Winnipeg Council bylaw a smokescreen what a smokescreen City Council has so generously handed the citizens of with the vast majority of Winni Eggers asking for nonsmoking Public this is All that the City can come up with and to further Cloud the the bylaw will take until june 2005 to be fully implemented get with the program mayor Glen Murray tobacco is a multimillion Dol Lar elephant on medicare my family and i have been waiting 10 years for the Opportunity to Dine out with clean our healthcare system is a with a punchline aimed squarely at nonsmoking for am tired of paying taxes that support smoking related Tracy Taylor Winnipeg councillors elected to make Tough decisions Well Nicholas Hirst no Compro Mise with dead our councillors were elected to make Tough decisions and create positive change for All of their not sit on the Fence and delay those decisions time and time i am disappointed that the seasoned veterans on City Council refuse to do the right thing for it is hard to believe that our civic leaders have any vision for our cites future when they demonstrate such a fear for perhaps the pension plan will be Worth it if it pro Vides the Security required by some of these councillors to make their exit during next Falls election and make room for some fresh faces with new ideas and the conviction to see them adopted into Jack Slessor Mynarski Ward resident Winnipeg Carstairs appointment undemocratic congratulations to Paul Samyn for his thoughtful articles and columns about Federal politics and their Impact on the Competition for Power Between Ron Duhamel and Sharon Carstairs is a Good As admirable As Carstairs May have been when she was the Leader of the provincial she should not have been appointed to Cabinet when she is not there is simply no excuse for this recent appointment by the prime i have dealt with Duhamel and find him to be a politician with Interi who will represent this province thanks again to Paul Samyn for raising this important i Hope that Manitoban will let Ottawa Power brokers know what they think of this undemocratic Ruth Swan Winnipeg Safe trails need maintenance sports minister Ron Lemieux said in the Winnipeg free press that snowmobiles have to compete with hospitals and All we Are asking is for some of the tax Money that is collected from the snowmobiles to be put Back into the Trail not for the government to take Over the Trail if the Trail system is not visitors from other provinces and states will Stop coming less tax Money and More accidents will occur from the Lack of maintained if you May have not one snowmobile death has occurred on a Sno fund this will change when the trails take a nosedive in Ion Parrish Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau eve Fly your Pappy to up the most in Lik you to play t ;