Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 19, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local win Nib Fakki Macii 2001 special needs student says yes i can Iga says no you cant work was a Joy now its gone by All Katherine Manwaring was an Ideal employee for the five months she was a Courtesy clerk at the Linden Woods Iga Garden she was punctual and eager to do her she worked five Days a eight hours a her december evaluation called her a a Delight to be it seemed the ebullient Manwar had settled in Well at the thrilled to have a real full time there was just one is mentally Chal when Iga act ing manager Rebecca Grenkow agreed to give her a try in everyone under stood this was to be a work experience pro Gram with the Chance of eventual paid Manwaring says Grenkow agreed that the teen would be on the books by january if everything went last Joyce Manwaring pulled her daughter from the store where she worked 40hour weeks for five months with virtually no it just want fair any says the angry Grenkow wont discuss Katherine Man Warings employment referring inquiries to head the Winnipeg head office wont talk about it passing Calls to the company head office in Alber Wayne company is on no one else from the company was willing to All the Way along we asked How she was says Joyce the school was in Contact with the we had spies going in just to keep an Eye on her and see if she was doing everything seemed at Katherine is caught in a sort of special needs students have the right to remain in school until they Are governmental work Assis Tance programs dont kick in until that John Taylor Katherines Ken Giuliotti Winnipeg free press Manwaring and Mother Are puzzled and disappointed by grocers has a work experience program but Joyce Manwaring tracked Down the Iga place ment Mary a John Taylor staff says these sorts of work experience programs can be difficult to set Joyce Manwaring contacted 130 employers before Iga agreed to accept who cant read or most Job placements last four to six says five months with almost no pay is almost unheard we probably have invested so much time and Energy if employment was it going to be she describing a january conversation with Grenkow As very Mccormick says Katherines difficulties illustrate the problems Many special needs students have when they go looking for on the Job this is like a sales she youre going to the employer and they might look a Little different and maybe sound a Little different but they have a lot to i think a lot of times employers just say they cant without think other times its i dont have to pay them sure Mon Down Mccormick says employers dont realize How much special needs individuals have to there there every they love to go to there never going to once they get out of school they dont have a Cir Cle of these jobs Are so Katherine is Back in school says her bewildered that she no longer has a this has been really Crummy for Shes normally really upbeat but she thought shed be getting paid and she cant figure out what she did shed like to be Back at Manwaring says Grenkow now refuses to discuss the situation with i really thought we were going to have something to Katherine just won a yes i can award for extracurricular i thought Iga would be proud of in so sad this and the Young woman who a played a part in her schools who confesses she might like to be an actress some says she misses doing something most of us take for new 2001 Nordwind Starly 4door Wagon v6 enhanced seating Power Power privacy Luggage rack and Over 40 Standard safety features n8w2001 Ford Taurus lx4door new 2001 Ford focus se4door now 2001 Ford i explorer sport new 2001 Ford f150 super cab 4x4 5speed manual trans plus cd player and Morel automatic Power locks plus cassette and Morel soc 5speed Premium sport cd Morel Efi automatic electric cassette Morel see the Many internet specials at m Clark Ford open monday and Tuo iday from to and wednesday thru saturday from to 6 our prices include freight 3636 Portage West phone 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editorial called Hanky the unnamed writer somehow fumbled the details of a free press article that ran earlier about one of pins a Winnipeg Man who pleaded guilty to having thorough sex with his the woman had consented to being beaten on her but Tocks with a table leg and whipped with a leather she suffered welts and her 58yearold Lover pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm because the criminal code Doest allow consent to being after the National posts Pinx immediately consulted lawyer Robert who informed the Post of their they agreed to run a correction the next but Pinx and Tapper we rent satisfied with the placement and Content of the apology and demanded i was Given the impression it would be a dramatic i didst find that it was very tap per the Post agreed to run a bigger apology including a boldfaced headline on Page 2 of their paper every Day for a it is similar to the initial apology in but adds that Pinx is a lawyer with a National reputation for excellence in criminal for whom this error would be particularly i have never seen an apology or retraction of that but i think its Given the nature of their Tapper he said a final decision Hast been made on whether to file a lawsuit against the ill let some water go under the Bridge and then ill talk with my said Given teens study Charity 101 what would you do if you had to help some one that what a group of students need to decide As they Ponder which charities will receive a Money in the Winnipeg foundation launched the youth in philanthropy designed to encourage Stu dents to learn More about their Community and How to help the less the foundation gave each school which is then used to make Grants to the Chari table organizations of their choosing a suitable Charity int As simple As open ing a phone teachers help guide the but its the youth advisory committee which research is the charities and decides which Issue to focus the students cant move on to the next step until a consensus is its amazing to 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