Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winniw Fri 2001 schools trying to customize their curriculum critics fear courses will be watered Down by David Kuxhaus l Auren Santiago has a leg up on her High school the Grade 12 student from Maples collegiate is finishing off a firs year University English her efforts will earn her a High school its part of larger scheme under Way to allow students and teachers the Opportunity to customize their students can get credits for taking part in science singing tack Ling a University course or doing Community this adds some said Edu cation minister Drew it will include More locally developed one example is Maple a singing group at Maples they prac Tise a couple of times a week and per form at music they also listen to and Analyse said instructor Dorothy she said students Are evaluated and Given a Grade at the end of the Morley chairman of seven Oaks school said there try ing to make school an exciting place to he said with less Money to go schools have to look at creative ways to hold students interest and at the same time give them a Good there has been some criticism that such a move would water Down High school curriculum and that kids should spend More time on Core Caldwell said that Many of the option Al courses being designed incorporate traditional Core subjects like math and he pointed to a project in which Maples students constructed a Mars landscape from Chicken wire and paper then assembled a computer Model that simulates the operation of an actual Mars that involves both physics and Caldwell while schools have a greater say in developing any new credit courses developed still have to be approved by the education and training there Are some checks and balances built into the Caldwell the changes will be phased in Over the next couple of of the 28 credits students need to 15 Are they include i language social and phys education in each of grades 9 and 10 i language math and social stud ies in Grade 11 i language arts and math in Grade Santiago said taking a University course while still in High school has had a lot of Ive Learned the importance of time management and have a better understanding of what University life is said who will attend the University of Winnipeg in the transit buses to take riders Doort door in new service residents of old Boniface will soon be Able to have a transit bus pick them up at their Doorstep and take them grocery shopping or to a local restau Dan Vandal who has been working on the idea for eight says the Doort door service has been tried on suburban routes but didst work very Well because most peo ple in those areas used but he thinks it will work in this area because there is a Large population of seniors who would be More Likely to use transit any youll be Able to Call the service and connect you with the Driver and he can say i have three other ill be there in 15 Vandal he envisions seniors using it to grocery shop or get to a friends Home and not have to walk lengthy distances to the regular bus hopefully till build ridership while moving people Between their chosen locations within the old Boni face there will also be three regu Lar stops at Boniface general the Forks and Graham Vandal said the bus will run on route from to monday to Friday and from 8 to 7 on sat during Peak periods in the morning and late route 56 will operate As Vandal said the Cost will be the same As if route 56 ran its regular but ridership should increase because few people use that bus outside of Rush the buses will be Vandal so the Dart route May take some pressure off the hand transit the service will begin june 18 and can be accessed by calling 287dart Phil Hossack w1nnipeo free press Hugh Crockatt checks a Fence submerged on his one of 35 farms to be swamped by North Shoal flood continued from Page a4 Manitoba in a wet Cycle about 35 farms have lost land roughly Manitoba Agri culture estimates to North Shoal the flooding affects about head of Farmers Are eligible to receive Little government Aid for their says then theres nearby East and West Shoal which Are More Marsh than they have also sub merging an estimated More acres of farm in the High Waters have Virtu ally joined the three Shoal creating a new 60kilometrelong Lake that stretches from Woodlands to we almost have a third great Lake in the says Phil councillor for the pm of if this was happening in the red River governments would be Quick to but because this is the people consider it mar Ginal farm says the who is also a cattle maintains the land Here has been More profitable than Grain farms in the red River Valley because farm ers Here raise which have seen Strong prices for the Interlake is also one of the few places where smaller family farms still exist because of the relatively cheap Cost of land an acre in Many says flooded Farmers maintain the province has also allowed too Many Farmers upstream to dig new ditches to Drain adding More water to the Shoal a plan has been drafted to dig a 22 Kilometre ditch that would Drain North Shoal Lake into Lake Cost estimates vary from to the Drain would raise Lake Manitoba just a Quarter says but provincial officials say it May take years to find the Money for a immediate assistance int going to be made available because of Manitoba has been in a wet Cycle since about heavy Rains descended on Winnipeg in the sum Mer of but that was an isolated says Manitoba water services the major flooding the past six years includes 1995 Assiniboine River West of Brandon had its worst flood since the and Roseau Rivers had some 1996 red River flooded a Large part of Southern water Levels were comparable to just below the 1979 some flooding of Assiniboine Rivers and in the 1997 the worst red River flood the Large demand around the province for limited said Branch spokesman Larry nikkei says Farmers like Crockatt cant wait five they talk about these things Tak ing years to do but they built the z Dike during the 1997 flood in two nikkei i feel peo ple in the Interlake Are treated like second class the entire Interlake is said John Manitoba conservation regional water you pick a spot in the and its got moisture the Region Hast had a dry period for 1012 he just 25 per cent of crops had been seeded by the Start of seeding is finished by said James lunar a the crops Are already Hurt due to the shortened growing Mason the excess moisture is a prob Lem for Farmers in areas like Fisher Teulon and he while cattle producers Are losing valuable pastures and Hay wet Ness is increasing diseases like foot since some flooding on Pembina and Assiniboine Rivers and in the 1998 no 1999 some red River nuisance flooding Between Morris and High water Levels on Lake 2000 fall flooding on Many red River tributaries including rat and Roseau 2001 some flooding on and Winnipeg heavy flooding of White mud River and the big grass and in the West Lake Manitoba climbs to feet above sea source Manitoba water services rot in its also boosting the insect which can stress animals and reduce weight Mason Lake Manitoba has risen to Over 813 feet above sea that not a record the record is feet in the mid 1950s but its High enough to submerge the three metres of Sand Beach frontage most cottagers usually enjoy at the twin weve had a helluva said Fred pm of Laurent coun Many roads were impassable in late and some kids were off school up to tworan Dahal weeks because buses pick them said whose crawlspace was provincial roads 415 and 229 still have parts Highway 6 has been torn up in some places due to the Spring Meindl said the pm will spend at least a third of its operating budget on fighting the flood this for tractor Road Grav and Bill Winnipeg get to the Point for a lot f i v Ai Calgary Toronto new York Newark Gander Edmonton Johns Sydney new York los Angeles Well get right to the affordable Canada 3000 will take you to More Canadian vacation spots for and weve just added More summer 1 888 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