Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weve got local news Winnipeg free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Carolin Vesely 6977292 Farmers Plant seeds of reconciliation with leaders by Helen fall Dong activist Farmers have taken a step toward reconciling with their elected farm leaders so they can launch a United Campaign for More help from we have to focus on getting a commitment from Keystone agricultural producers president Don Dewar said he was on the hot seat tuesday at a meeting in Shoal where hundreds of Farmers close to walking away from their Fields vented frustration that Kap was not doing enough to solve the people were feeling the Ordinary Farmers interests we rent being looked Debbie rooting of rapid City Dewar has agreed to meet next week with Murray the Leader of a farm rally last week at the Manitoba leg Downing and a group of Farmers who May be unable to Plant any crops this Spring slept in the legislative building for two Days until they had met with every politician whose attention they could Downing and his band of followers Are calling for More than billion in farm Aid across the Kaps demands have been More the organization is distributing form letters addressed to prime minis Ter Jean Chretien demanding More help for Farmers than the million offered by Ottawa earlier this the Large subsidies paid to agricultural producers in other countries make it impossible for the family farm in Canada to survive without timely and adequate financial support from your the letter Premier Gary doer wrote his own letter to Chretien asking for an additional million to be distributed doer said the province has already contributed More than its share million annually in direct sup port and tax Dewar said he will speak to the pre Mier about the possibility of a delegation to Ottawa led by Western Rural municipalities Are also joining the the of Miniota passed a Resolution last week declaring the area a financial farm Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Tracy celebrating with her daughter says the award will help treat her permanent for injuries suffered in fall from horse wrongly saddled by guide famous cowboys testimony helps Tenderfoot win award by Mike Mclntyre Tracy Konopada counts her blessings every knowing she is Lucky to be alive after a freakish fall from a now the 42yearold woman has another reason to after a Winnipeg judge awarded her this week for the permanent injuries she suffered from the 1989 the Long awaited judgment came after a trial last fall in which Konopa Das Story was Given heavyweight sup port by a famous Leonard a member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame who appeared As a stunt double in Western movies for Hollywood actors Harry Morgan and Walter Brennan backed up her claim that her Saddle want cinched its finally this has been really hard for but Justice has been Konopada said yesterday in an interview from the Northend restau rant she Ludas her last Means fall from a horse in her daughter in just thankful in not in a wheel i came so close to being Paral said Konopada was left briefly comatose after her Saddle slipped during the leisurely ride in the country with her then at the Wagon wheel stables in she struck her head on a tree and crashed to the blood spilling from her Mouth and i remember waiting for the horse to be and then i woke up in the Hospital one week later won Dering where i was and what Hap said she suffered a Skull fracture and traumatic brain injury which still haunts her Konopada left leg is permanently numb and her hearing has been greatly in the decision released this Queens Bench Justice Lea Duval found her Trail Ferdinand Joli failed to properly Saddle the horse or used defective although the ranch was closed for the Jolicoeur whose aunt and Uncle owned the business agreed to let Konopada and her Daugh Ter go for a at the Jolicoeur blamed Konopada for her claiming her weight and inexperience pulled the Saddle to a 45degree Duval dismissed his saying it was often evasive and she cited testimony from the legendary Cowboy in reaching her Deci appeared to be a commonsense person with a wealth of horse and ranch exp he had no personal interest in the he was not prone to exam she the Wagon wheel stables shut Down years and lawyers for the owners did not return phone messages yes in addition to the Konopada was also awarded nearly to finance a lifetime Supply of hearing she said the award will provide peace of mind for her As she worries about her ability to remain in the restaurant business Given her per manent in on my feet All Day and always so said who had planned to extend their hours of operation to include dinner service prior to the in just glad the judge believed in All i did was go for a horse i did nothing she councillors fed up Over property tax school boards negate City Effort to ease homeowners9 they charge by David Obrien City councillors went on an anti government tax rant blasting school boards and the province for sticking Winnipeg with the highest school taxes in Canada and Wip ing out their own efforts to lower the Federal government was raked Over the coals because it collects billion in taxes from but according to councillors gives residents Only a pit Tance in the City has lowered property taxes by four per cent Over the last three but steady increases in school taxes 16 per cent on average Over the same period have obliterated the highest property owners in Winnipeg one school division Are the Only ones who will see their combined tax Bill decline this year by per while everyone else will see their taxes Winnipeg school levies for residential property Are the highest of 10 major cities surveyed last a full 67 per cent higher than the 10city the municipal tax portion once the second highest in Canada is now on the Low end of the 10city but school taxes have eliminated the Adan As a Winnipeg still has one of the highest property tax rates in the Garth Steek said he was so Dis gusted with the relentless increase in school taxes that he voted against approving the school levies even though Council is required by Law to do i intend to be civilly Steek were losing All the savings weve mayor Glen Murray lament Council passed a motion urging the were losing All the savings weve achieved mayor Glen Murray province and school boards to establish multiyear budget strategies with a Clear plan to bring education property taxes in line with other Canadian the results of a provincial review of education funding Are expected later this Bill Clement said 85 per cent of school Board budgets Are eaten up by leaving trustees with Little room to he said the province has to Start funding a larger portion of education from general instead of which is taxed to the subsidizing the provincial Educa Tion Levy effectively a third tax on property raises about million across the including million in yet Only million is actually spent in the Clement were subsidizing the Rural areas with our tax he no won Der their taxes Arent As Murray held up a Chart showing the City accounts for Only per cent of the billion in taxes of All forms collected from Winni Eggers in about 87 per cent went to the Provin Cial and Federal were getting the table Mur Ray saying the City supplies a lot More than per cent of services in the Jae Eadie noted the province has downloaded health costs onto the school divisions by requiring them to care for special needs Eadie said this kind of support should be funded by the health Canadas mayors have been raising the heat on Ottawa and the provinces to recognize that the country cities Are starving for Cash and new Revenue sharing formulas Are Murray is hosting a conference of mayors in Winnipeg this Spring and the Issue will be at the top of the workers to walk picket line Dominion Tan Ner employees were to Start walk ing the picket line Early this morning after refusing to accept a raise freeze and pay Roll eighty eight per 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