Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 26, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg Fth Kahy 2001 their futures gone to pot flin flon Hopes Legal marijuana lights up Economy by Tracy Tjaden a few people Are not really Happy about they think were Glamour zing Chris Pilz flin flon there mining dope now in flin and the Quirky new claim to Fame was just too sexy for one local entrepreneurial couple to Ronna Whitbread and Chris Pilz Are raking in the Cash after sales of their shirts depicting a Doz looking Miner pushing a cart of marijuana out of an underground Tunnel took off with a the couple designed the image two months ago just Days after hearing health Canada awarded flin flon with the country Only licence to grow Medici Nal marijuana for research and had a Van Couver artist draw it were still trying to figure it Pilz said in his store last stuffing seven shirts into a bag for a senior everyone thinks its the couples Down town flin flon Novelty shop has been packed with shoppers since the first order arrived in late since radio and television coverage As Well As a web site have boosted interest and kept the couple running off their they started Selling crazy right Whit bread in two Days the first order of 200 shirts was and currently Treyve sold Well Over including mail orders to All Over Canada and the United states As far As the Cay Man a few people Are not really Happy about they think were Glamour zing said who worked As a Baker at the cafeteria next door for 20 years before opening up the but the criticism has been drowned out by growing interest in the which sell for for a sweat its great for said flin flon has never had this kind of a second design featuring a cultivator is currently on order and will be extended to mugs and even Back and the Fervour might Only be the couple has sent shirts to David letter Jay Leno and the Csc comedy Crew on this hour has 22 were mining dope Pilz no ones Ever done anything like it Chris Pilz is raking in the Cash after sales of shirts depicting a Doz looking Miner pushing a cart of marijuana out of an underground Tunnel took off with a he and partner Ronna Whitbread designed the image two months ago after hearing health Canada awarded flin flon with the country Only licence to grow medicinal marijuana for Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press about 180 metres under the dirt above a mine seven Kilometres outside flin the ground is being transformed from a abandoned mine Shaft into a Sweet smelling in a few work Crews will Clear the Way for gardeners of a special kind As the coun try first Legal marijuana grow operation takes the first seeds Are expected to be planted june 1 with the first shipments to be delivered 13 weeks Brent president and ceo of Prairie Plant the Saskatoon based company health Canada picked to grow the pot for research into its medicinal said once there in the grow workers could forget they Are its going to be like an underground Green House blanketed in rows upon rows of pot just slightly less potent than Street Weed will be grown in soil filled containers in the combined space the length and Width of three football Fields in an abandoned portion of Hudson Bay mining smelting Trout Lake the Tennis court flooring and dirt Walls of the lab will be painted Bright White for additional reflection of the powerful Metal halide and High pressure sodium lights that will Blaze from said health Canada picked the flin flon project As the country first Legal marijuana grow opera Tion last the announcement was cheered in flin a Northern Community Des Perate for new economic prospects to offset its Reliance on while 10 jobs will be Only two or three will go to Zettl since staff must have a Strong pharmaceutical what helped Prairie Plant systems Clinch the Federal con tract to grow medicinal marijuana for five years Are the Builtin Security benefits being 180 metres underground is a Strong disincentive to any one considering poaching some free while he give Zettl said Secu Rity around the site will be it will be monitored and secured with sever Al layers of electrical and anyone who Tours the lab will need special ramp clearance and in Case of a Security a team including local ramp and Security guards would be immediately based on the company 10year experience growing produce Zettl said Hes predicting a bumper its going to be like an underground greenhouse blanketed in Brent Zettl its trials in mine shafts began in when a flin flon economic development Agency contacted the company to grow plants underground that would enhance the Quality of life in flin by the time vegetables get to the Northern Community from California in the Quality is sometimes for its first Tri the company grew roses and Saskatoon berries and the results were stagger Zettl after three the 80 Rose plants produced roses and the Saskatoon berries grew three times faster than in surface Green he we can control All the parameters tempera Light so its a stress free he when you reduce they shift their Energy from fighting stress to Plant the five year contract requires the company to deliver both in bulk and Cigar to health so it can test the medi Cinal value of the the evidence is anecdotal but for years peo ple suffering from multiple cancer and other debilitating diseases causing chronic pain claim marijuana increases their appetite and reduces in 145 canadians have exemptions to smoke the marijuana supplied by the flin flon crop from health How it works for them will be monitored As part of the clinical Aztec god of v i y ft1 our god of executive chef Tom 26 time Gold Oftedal Welcome to the Royal Palms Sample delicious treasures from exotic lands prepared by our award winning All served in a Jungle atmosphere that has to be seen to be then you too will come to believe in the Powers of the its one of the most unique dining experiences youll and its right outside your the Royal Palms restaurant at club Regent Casino 1425 Regent West How far would you go 4 Green group 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