Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 10, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Win nip jink 2001 local a3 Ken of Gulotti Winnipeg free press spinning and knitting at top a Winnipeg team races to make a sweater from raw Wool in the full Day sweater race is wild and wooly Fleet speedy nifty knitting by Mia Rabson if you ignored the Blue jeans and Birken Stock it was like going Back in time 100 years at the International Bac Toback Wool Challenge in Boniface the spinning wheels and knitting Needles were going full gear inside Chaboillez next to fort Gibraltar in Whittier As 14 Manitoban raced against the clock to turn raw sheets Wool into a Joanne a member of the in Seine yarn said the idea is simple its to see who can get the fleece off the Back of a sheep and onto the Back of a person in the shortest amount of the held in about a dozen including new Japan and the United sees teams of eight seven spinners and knitters and one Shearer shave the Wool from a spin it and then knit it into a sweater As fast As their Fin Gers will each team is required to use the same Pat Tern and double threaded the times of All teams worldwide will be compared to declare a a former Winnipeg the red River yarn whose sole remaining spin Ner now knits for the in Seine holds the americas record of seven 55 min utes and 53 which is Good enough for 12th place the world five nine is held by a team from the Shetland islands in last years Winner from Australia won in 6 17 the in Seine from Winnipeg and the Wool gatherers from Oak Lake and started spinning at 8 yesterday and continued spinning and knitting until 6 Jean timing for the Wool said her teams Best time was their first year in the Back in that year they created a sweater in 9 47 but weve been getting slower Ever Smith this years event is doubling As an aware Ness and fundraiser for the Manitoba epilepsy 3 meningitis victim on Long Road Back to recovery by Kevin Rollason Raquel Godin lost her feet and sever Al of her fingers after complications from meningitis earlier this even she and her husband Rob have reason to be Shes still and fellow employees at a River Heights Day care where she works rallied together to raise More than at a recent fundraising social to help her her almost considering All the other issues was in a twisted Way a Good said Rob when the doctors expected her not to make kidney failure and amputation is easier to Deal he added it could have been i cant imagine a world without we were High school the couple has been married for nearly three we All Felt we needed to do something to keep ourselves said res child care director Linda if we haunt organized this fundraiser i dont know what we would have done because we were All Down in the the workers began with the dream of raising enough Money to Send the couple anywhere they wanted to go in the said adding she looks Forward to the Day Godin comes Back to Shes coming Back Here its not a matter of but she Well have to seek out Grants to put an Eleva Tor donations Are also being accepted for a Trust fund at any Branch of the Royal Bank until june at the time she contracted Maningi just before Raquel was the provinces 10th victim of meningitis this year and All children at the Day care had to receive antibiotics to prevent them from contracting the there has since been three More cases diagnosed in the province and Winnipeg teenagers have received who was a Media spokesman for Gary Filmon when he was said the couples lives changed when he came Home from work on april and found his wife lying on the Couch saying she had a stiff Felt nauseous and had a she was sicker than but it was just flu he i went to the store and got she went to bed that but because meningitis was in the Media so i actually went to one of her med ical manuals and read up on Godin said when his wife get out of bed the next he called an by doctors at the Grace general Hospital had diagnosed by 10 Raquel blood pressure had dropped to almost she had suffered kidney she was on a ventilator and she was being rushed to the health sciences centres intensive care it was pretty Damn it was hour by hour and not knowing what was going to for the next six he no one knew whether Raquel would live or Raquel did but last month both her including part of her As Well As All her fingers on her right hand and varying amounts of All the Fin Gers on her left had to be amputated because the meningitis had caused a blood infection which Cut off blood flow to her Raquel latest surgery on Friday involved taking muscle from her Abdomen to replace some that had been damaged on her Arm As Well As future but even with that Godin said has improved so dramatically in recent Days that doctors believe she might be Able to skip a stay in the rehab Hospital receive therapy on an outpatient basis from her Godin said Raquel upbeat nature will see her through whatever happens in the theres no reason she cant do any thing she did he 2 Mike Deal Winnipeg free press giving her a hand without a sue Proctor shows two rapt fans the quiet attraction of she was a Handson Favourite at the Winnipeg International childrens which ends in its 19th the festival featured 150 performances by stars such As Fred Al Sim Robert Munsch and Dennis a Imit 69 of Winnipeg adults Ivri that in Canada among major Gays fight for parental rights petition Calls for adoption act to be added to Bill by Leah Hendry Manitoba Gay and lesbian Community has mobilized to con Vince the provincial govern ment to include the adoption act in its same sex Legisla a petition is being circulated in Winnipeg demanding the nip Amend the permit Ting both members of a Gay or lesbian couple to have adoptive Parent a Booth will be set up at the Gay Pride March and rally that starts today at the legislature and volunteers will collect Signa its an Opportunity to let the government know who supports said Kristine who is coordinating the we represent a Large segment of society and expect Basic human last Manitoba introduced legislation to Amend 10 provincial statutes including pension and death Benefit Laws to include same sex the province did not follow the Lead of British Columbia and which have gone one step fur ther and legalized adoption by both members of a same sex those provinces based their decision on the m h a Benchmark Ontario supreme court Case that granted spousal support to same sex attorney general Gord Mackintosh said last week that the Case was about financial support not Chil adoption or Barr said there Are ongoing discussions Between the nip and Gay and lesbian some caucus members have made an error in judgment at this Barr we Hope to change their formal committee hearings will be heard in the next few weeks after the Bill goes to second the Public Phil free press Barr Basic human can Register to present suggestions for improving the Rob Macklin int sure the petition will change the governments but said the adoption act is a crucial Issue in the Gay and lesbian com the fact that Gays and lesbians cant adopt their part ners children is almost a said who will help distribute the petitions it effects Quality the Quality of life and fam ily single people including Gays and Hetero sexual and common Law Cou Ples can but child and family ser vices agencies Only accept applications from one Mem Ber of a same sex this Means Only one member of the couple has parental it should be an Issue of con Cern for everyone who wants to see the family life regardless of whether they Are homosexual or heterosexual Macklin although the adoption act is their the Gay and lesbian Community also wants the government to consider a number of smaller statutes such As the wills in cases where a proper will int drawn property and possessions usually go to a same sex partners dont qualify because they Are not recognized As 3 fruit the old world Market vegetable Market Juteik Sim whole Emmelon new York loin Steak with the Purchase 500 Grams of offer expires june Coupon per person Pink Grapefruit Braeburn extra fan Chicken wings Jpn mov Salami sponsored by bricks Fine furniture just cant wait to get in line by Fred Brick i just got Back from Toronto and in still trying to figure out Why seemingly sane people spend half their lives in freeway line ups and by the the 407 freeway in Toronto is no longer a free its 22 cents a Kilometre and a Buck a month for a a device that helps big brother track Youl we actually spend a lot of time waiting in traffic on Telephone lines or waiting for someone to show doctors offices Are notorious for Long waiting it happens cause emergencies happen and they must attend to those but it dont make the waiting any then theres the time we spend watching the Boob that too for its the Only other thing alive at two or three in the morning when i cant sleep and Ive noticed that to commercial Breaks Are gutting not Only does a break last too they repeat the not just in the same but in the same break and then theres the hold not a wrestling but the one where youre left holding the bag or the waiting for someone to Ive waited on hold any where from 5 minutes to Over an hour it sure aint a Good Start to the Day if youre calling any government office or big business without Benefit of a speaker you really gotta be out of your or you soon will be being put on hold and haying to hold that instrument against my head for any length of time drives me bananas and whats worse than being on hold its hearing that caring Over and Over telling you How important your Call is that like your Friendly Bank telling you that we do it All for you or is that Macdonald next time i Call someone where this May ill have a stiff scotch on the or at least a Gin and tonic and Roxy my dog beside me to talk to email fax 9421200 Fred Brick owns bricks Fine furniture Fine furniture in Lombard 9571211 Nulk i Hirv b no Ufton Matlou Between flue 1 ural Turc Brick or the Brick Urvi Tuum ;