Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tin May 2001 local a3 editor features editor Carolin Veseli 6977292 nov doer pushes Power Grid to link West Call to build network to carry our electricity to gains support from premiers by Helen falling Jeff de body Winnipeg free press Jorge Amado created a massive 272kilogram Oak table that disappears into the ceiling when not in City Man a modern Day a Vinci by Kim Guttormson the folks at Mona Lisa Are calling Jorge Amado a mod hernday Leonardo a and its not because of the in his spare the up rail car Man has crafted a 272kilogram Oak table that can disappear when its not being i did it for Amado Giuseppe co owner of the Corydon Avenue restaurant Mona wanted to convert a new Addi Tion into a multiuse space with a table Large enough for business meetings or big family dinners As Well As a space for the he would be a his disappearing table to be used at Mona Lisa table that they could hide when it was it being but carrying a table that seats 26 in and out of the narrow room didst make much Grande first turned to about a million people who do this sort of thing for a before turning to the Only person i found crazy enough was Leonardo Grande Amado came up with an idea that would have the table suspended on the ceiling when it want in then lowered when it was the project was overseen by an Engi Neer to guarantee its Amado worked on the project in his spare time Over a year and a he constructed the table with legs that fold up and carved its underside so it resembles a boat when Hung from the then Amado started working on the Frame and wiring that would raise and lower the table and keep it suspended above the he even built a Model to demonstrate How he thought it would they picture he the table is raised and lowered by eight each of which can hold once its at the steel Hooks hold it in 2 slain woman family seeks answers at trial a Boyfriend expected to face sentencing today by Mike Mclntyre for More than a friends and fam ily of Cory Lepp have agonized Over How and Why the Young woman was strangled and buried under a Winnipeg Beach they May finally get some answers in a Winnipeg courtroom this afternoon when her a Boyfriend is expected to plead guilty to the grisly 2000 Stephen James is scheduled to be sentenced today for killing the 20yearold Queens Bench associate chief jus Tice Jeffrey Oliphant will hear details of the events leading up to and following the slaying during submissions from Crown attorney Ken Champagne and defence lawyer Greg the parents of the slain Art and Marj said yesterday they will be in court to face Treller and Tell court about the emotional toll their daughters death has taken on the they declined to comment further until tellers sentencing is police found Corys body stuffed in a crawlspace under a cottage about 24 hours after her parents reported her the Lepps grew concerned after find ing Corys three Earold alone in her Fairlane Avenue she was supposed to drop the boy off at their Home but never police launched a full scale investigation and interviewed several people who knew the Young Treller was quickly arrested and charged with second degree police were also led to Corys an autopsy revealed she had been Stran Treller was also charged with breach ing an order not to Contact his former Girlfriend due to an earlier the pair had a relationship that was on and off for about a according to family pregnant at Cory completed her Grade 12 and her pregnancy at the Villa Rosa Centre for unwed they taught her such Beautiful Val Moose jaw Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is hacking Manito Bas Call for an East West Power Grid that would carry hydroelectricity from Manitoba to Alberta and we support anything that will achieve a reduction in electricity especially for our Klein said As he arrived in this Saskatchewan City for the opening of the annual Western premiers weve looked at that and were willing to share and participate in an East West Manitoba Premier Gary doer has come to Moose jaw determined to draw the premiers into a discussion about Canadas Lon term Energy needs at a time when Power hunger is threat ening to take Over the Saskatchewan Premier lome who is hosting the said his province has been relatively Well equipped to Supply its own Power with natural Gas prices higher than they used to More hydroelectric links Are an idea Worth consideration and close he Manitoba Hydro already exports some Power to Premier waiting Gordon Camp at the conference As an said he looks Forward to discussing the East West Power Grid with Little work has been done to identify any gaps that would need to be filled Between existing Power lines and How much the construction would but Ottawa help would Likely be Energy policy tops the Agenda at this years premiers with Klein set to Lead a discussion on the role provinces should play in Ottawa pro posed negotiations with president George Bush Over a Continental Energy Klein is Adamant that Energy Export ing provinces need to be at the negotiating table because they own the resources Bush Campbell agrees with but Saskatchewan Calvert said it is up to Ottawa to negotiate inter National agreements after getting input from the doer said Manitoba expects to continue negotiating Export deals directly with the Issue revealed a potential Ideo logical split at the conference the alway Blunt tory Klein described Campbell As a Premier of like Hes a but Hes a if you know what i doer and Calvert Are Canadas Only nip Manitoba will also use the conference to push for a United front to pry More Money out of Ottawa for Grain and oilseed but Calvert is not optimistic the Federal government will come Manitoba agriculture minister Rosann who accompanied doer to Moose Hopes to meet fed eral agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief when he visits Winnipeg the premiers conference continues 2 judge tosses out lawsuit challenging expropriation by Paul Mckie Lepp body left under cottage Marj Lepp said after the with them she Learned How to be such a Sweet and Loving at the time of the her Daugh Ter was working at Oakview place As a nurses aide and was thinking about Tak ing an in course at red River College to be a nurse like her own Mother and to provide for her she was fiercely Art Lepp said of his she wanted to make it on her not count on anybody she was work ing to get everything together so she could look after her Little d a Winnipeg business will Appeal a judges ruling yesterday that tossed out his Law suit challenging the cites expropriation plans for construction of the new Down town Campus of red River Cosman realty is fighting the cites expropriation of a vacant building it which is on property that would become part of the new in a written decision released yester Justice Holly Beard used harsh Lan Guage to describe cos mans i have also concluded that the application has been brought for an improper that being to improve cos mans bargaining position with the City and extract a greater Price for the proper wrote Beard wrote that the court was shown no indication the property in question holds any special significance for cos Man and that the buildings property value has by stalling the Cosman is holding the City up for attempt ing to Force it to pay a Premium for the property to enable the province to meet the construction she she also noted that one Way or another property was going to be expropriated and that if the City didst expropriate then the province i see no likelihood that this application will Stop this development other than temporarily or enable Cosman to keep this property in the Long the judge Cosman lawyer Chuck Chappell said his client has instructed him to Appeal the Bob project manager for the red River Campus said the court Case has not delayed any aspect of the development so the building has concentrated on areas that do not include the Cosman property on the Northwest Corner of 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