Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba To Jim 2001 local a Jeff de Boot Winnipeg free press Gle Lawn student Kayln Hanuschik right plays a game of scrabble with special needs student Melanie special needs students love staying after school there thrilled with activities in Pilot program by Nick Martin Alison Priscott Mother has to practically drag her out of Gle Lawn collegiate each Day at 6 that because Alison is having such a great time in a new Pilot program to open up afterschool activities for kids with severe mental and physical Spe Cial this is the Best darned school pro Gram Ive Ever been the staff 18yearold Alison said with a Hearty laugh she and buddies Melanie Boux and Jenna Fyfe from along with Sonia Kingra from Dakota used to be bused Home every Day at they miss All the action that goes on after not this since Treyve been hanging out after school every thanks to a coalition of 10 Community organizations that have banded together As the vital Spe Cial needs sometimes we go to the sometimes we do make do mothers Day Alison Sonia is a big fan of the Friday movies and i like to buy drinks on i like All these peo i like to have she the girls have All just loved they get an awful lot out of the said Darlene it started with two of the mothers talking to their kids social and quickly evolved As agencies and activists jumped on Manitoba family services and housing provides three staff who would otherwise be working with the kids one on and the vital Yemc Ayca and Gle Lawn provide the space and activities such As swim Reading and Treyve gone swimming at the y next my daughter was Able to take part in the drama Priscott the kids watch band practice or sports even they didst have she loves coming its just All the different things there said Michele Boux said her daughter loves the interaction with her friends and other Gle Lawn Shes just smiling to have All of these extra things happening in her its also allowing their own friendships they can hang together As a the program has already been renewed at Gle Lawn for next but Boux said it would be great to see other High schools establish similar pro Grams for their special needs 3 memories of Stepsons drowning put Beach patrol under scrutiny by Mike Mclntyre the safety of Manitoba Public beaches is under a Microscope in a Winnipeg court As an inquest began yesterday into the drownings of two six Earold boys at Birds Hill Park last the two week provincial court hear ing got off to an emotional Start yester Day when the Stepfather of one victim described his frantic search for his Donald Lee said he was enjoying ice Cream and a splash in the refreshingly Cool water Only moments before his step is i disappeared from his sight last the along with Lees had come to the provincial Park to take in the Winnipeg Folk they decided to go for a Quick dip on the hot and muggy joining More than other Zeng had recently come to Canada from China and did not know How to swim so they stayed in the extreme Shal Low Lee he didst really seem to like he just wanted to get there didst seem to be any Hope of teaching him to he As they left the the Little boy spot Ted another youngster playing in the Sand and asked Lee if he could join Lee but said he kept an Eye on the boy As he returned to their shaded spot under a tree to dry i told him to stay on the i did it specifically Tell him not to go in the but to it seemed like the last place he would moments Lee said he lost sight of Zeng on the Jam packed he began an intense search for his Winnipeg free press archives Zakaria All Amin was one of two children who drowned at Birds Hill Park last and noticed a Large crowd had gathered nearby about fifteen minutes there were a lot of people on the Beach and a lot of people in the said who thought Zeng May have joined in the group out of As he got Lee realized the group was watching members of the Beach patrol working to revive a Young child who had been pulled facedown from the shallow the child was i got thinking i might be Able to talk to i didst see him moving and said this really looked Lee an ambulance finally arrived after a 30minute Lee Zeng was rushed to Hospital but pronounced the death raised questions about How that jingling sound Likely made in Manitoba four in 10 people in the world have had Money made in Winnipeg jingling in their that the estimate the Royal Canad an mint came up with yesterday As it celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Winnipeg since opening in the City Plant has produced More than 51 billion coins that Are used by billion people in More than 60 countries generating about million in Export Revenue for Canada in 25 the joint in which is competing in a global is among the Best in the said president Danielle wether up spoke to a crowd of 300 past and present employees at a two hour Celebration at the Winnipeg Complete with wine and after she helped Cut a cake in the shape of the the Winnipeg facility has 209 earlier this the Winnipeg mint Manitoba Public beaches Are a former lifeguard called the current Beach patrol system criticism grew even louder when another Young boy drowned six weeks Zakaria Ali Amin had come to the Park with a group of children on a commune Tyg roup Outing on like Ali Amin was an inexperienced swimmer who was found in Shal Low the Young somali boy was pronounced dead in Lee said yesterday he and Zeng saw no posted warning signs or visible Beach patrol members while at the Beach that he told court he had read several years earlier that the provincial government had phased out stationed life guards in favour of a roving Beach i want certain what Type of service that i believe they be stuck in they would be More on the Lee an Oak Bank ramp officer testified there Are several visible signs on the Beach dealing with water safety and announcing the presence of Beach patrol at least 20 witnesses Are scheduled to testify at the provincial court judge Mary Kate Harvie will then Issue a report that can recommend any change she feels could help prevent future there Are lawyers at the inquest rep resenting Ali amins the Transi Tion Home for new immigrants that took him to the Beach and the private com Pany that patrols the Public omike.mclntyre@freepres8.mb.ca was recognized by report on business Magazine to be among the 35 Best companies to work for in else could a Young Man coming off the Street with a Basic Edu receive a pretty Good starting wage said Peter a retired Lead hand employees earn Between and wether up the facility was designed to replace an aging Ottawa Coin production pubic open House to share plans and answer questions regarding the True North sports and entertainment Centre project the partners of True North entertainment centre1 will Host an open House to share and discuss concept plans and information and receive comments about the proposed new entertainment its design potential and environmental june 2001 millennium 2nd floor the Winnipeg convention 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