Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press june 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Carolin Vesely 6977292 worlds fastest truck to Challenge planes at air show by Melissa Leong what weighs nearly moves twice As fast As a space shuttle and spews fire its the super Shock wave double engine Jet truck and it will clock speeds of More than 560 Kwh this weekend while racing air planes at the Winnipeg International its a big adrenalin you dont have much time to let any mistakes Hap said Scott who will be driving the it puts Back in the seat at four is in a second youre going eight is in the other direction when the parachutes it feels pretty the 1957 designed by Les Shockley and equipped with is listed in the guinness Book of world records As the worlds fastest at the super Shock wave has enough Power to accelerate at three is vertical that three times the Powert weight ratio of an f14 tomcat Scotts Les a Veteran of motor spent More than hours building the valued at obstacle courses Shockley truck int the Only one that will be making noise this monster trucks will be racing through obstacle courses and rolling Over we try to change the airshow every said organizer Barry other shows have used the monster trucks and Treyve been it gives people a bit of the feeling of what the Drivers Are feeling and How rough the ride said Brad Wester who will be driving the Tonka monster a 2000 Ford f150 which seats 12 people and weighs kilo other wheels on the ground at the air show include the Ford thunderbird and Mustang bullitt the Ford which is not officially on Sale in Canada until later this sum will he making its first Public showing in admission to the air show is for adults and for Ages six to children five and under get in Advance tickets Are available at Safe Way for Gates open at 9 and the main show begins at 1 d Abby Lorck Canadian press photographed before her hear transplant Andrea Froese of Roblin is her family heart transplant successful Roblin girl awakens briefly after surgery a Roblin girl who received a new heart from a seven Earold Accident victim of a fiery police crash in Edmonton was recovering yesterday from trans Plant Andrea was Given a new heart in a tworan Dahal hour opera Tion Early yesterday morning in Edmonton just hours after Giovanni Aleman was removed from life sup Andrea had been in an Edmonton Hospital waiting for a transplant since last her grandmother said yesterday the surgery went this morning when they changed the Sheet on Andreas she opened her eyes and they told her she had a new they asked her if she had any pain and she said then she closed her eyes and went Back to Susan Froese said by phone from her Home in his brother and the boys Grandfather were in a car trying to turn left on a Busy Edmonton Street last saturday when an unmarked police car slammed into them the car burst in Jonathon is expected to live but remains in critical condition Froese was born with holes in her heart and at the age of three months she had surgery to Patch them in her family expects she will remain in even if All goes for at least three months to ensure she is recovering of course it will depend on How Well she it could be a Long time before she gets Back to Froese Centra gets 4th rate hike in 10 months average residential customer facing increase of on june natural Gas Bill by Mia Rabson Manitoban May want to Start hoping for a warm after the Public utilities Board granted Centra Gas its fourth rate increase in 10 residential Consumers can expect an average increase of on their june Centra spokeswoman Marjorie Pat Terson said or another Over the course of 12 the aver age yearly Gas Bill for residential con Sumers will now be Centra said this latest hike is to cover increases in the Cost of delivering Gas to customers As Well As the rising Cost supplemental or Gas used in cases when primary Gas is not enough to meet demand the last three rate hikes were for primary Gas including this last residential rates will have gone up in the last 10 the latest increase was offset slightly because the Cost of transporting Gas from Alberta to Manitoba went a 16percent increase from last August and another nine percent Rise from november were finalized in this most recent while a 32percent february increase is still waiting for final Centra is also waiting for a pub Deci Sion on a annual increase to help Cen tra collect the difference Between the actual Cost of Gas and what its rates were during the past Patterson said she Doest know when the second based on hearings held in will be we were hoping to have both orders at the same but they didst and were living with she Gloria executive director of the Manitoba Branch of the Consumers association of was but not just because customers Are pay ing we Felt they had not done everything they could to keep customers costs she the association had asked the Public utilities Board not to allow Centra All of its requested Desorcy said she was Happy to see that the pub has asked Centra to investigate ways to ensure it is utilizing its storage capacity and equipment in the most Cost efficient but she int sure that will make much weve seen this Type of thing and if that certain amount of Money had been disallowed it might have been an incentive to Centra to follow she so we Hope they do but How will the pub ensure they do it Patterson said Centra expects certain amounts of nobody likes change and anytime there is an increase there is going to be some she o vital residents win fight against adult video store by Kim Guttormson vital residents have won the Battle to keep an adult video store out of their More than 70 people turned out for an Appeal hearing yesterday Bear ing letters from hundreds of others complaining that a proposed adults Only video in an existing Annes Road strip would be within 15 metres of the vast majority think its said Korenna we dont want it smack at the end of our Street by the Corner there is a City bylaw stating that an rated store cant be located within 305 metres of a residential but in april the Board of adjustment approved a Vari allowing the adults Only shop to go the Law says 305 Glenn Korman this is not a this is throwing it this is not a minor Changa this is throwing it in the councillors Mike Shaugh John Angus and Shirley Timm Rudolph agreed that the variance was too reducing the Buffer from 305 metres to 15 Harry who also sits on the appeals had declared a conflict of interest and didst Many residents were angry that the Board of when making its didst seem to consider their which included a 263name avs lawyer Vince Bueti tried to rebut Many of the Points residents made in 90 minutes of offering a history of the citing the chains Manitoba members and trend towards serving at one Point he said nov wants to run the Type of Busi Ness that fits in with its to laughter from the would be neigh Bours who gathered to oppose Bueti also cited other video stores that have Back rooms with adult videos that Are located within 305 metres of residential and he questioned whether the problem was the bylaw variance As he Peoples moral objections to the Type of business nov after the nov ceo Randy Jor who flew in from said the committee made the Deci Sion it had to a lot of residents were opposed to the basically they do anything Jorgensen said he has no plans to Chal Lenge the 305metre bylaw and continue to try to work within the 3 klm.guttormson@freepre8s.mb.ca Durham furniture suite Pali clearance bedroom suites Only a few examples solid Pine 5pc set Sleigh Chest night Sumter solid Oak set panel Chest night Lexington Oak set night Sale Durham solid Maple White 5pc set Plantation Chest night Saie furniture Fine furniture since 1883 280 mall 9434411 custom order your new or individual at great Sale prices Durham Gibbard now 20 1 off dots vol apply to previous Friday sunday noon5 ;