Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 697729 features editor Carolin a finely 6977292 nov my Ca Phil Hossack Winnipeg f flee press there Young and there having fun Young fans rave about wave last night at the Winnipeg Arenas concert wave was one of four Canadian kid pop acts to perform As the Psyk oblast tour came to the City please see Hartley Sivess review on Page Marc Gallant Winnipeg free press Takashi of Smith Carter explains Arena project to Ope House visitors critics View Arena plans hundreds turn out for open House extra Cash will paint pretty picture for four Winnipeg organizations arts groups get funding boost by Paul Mckie by Melissa Leong four Winnipeg cultural and Art groups got a boost yester Day with in provincial Manitoba printmakers the Muddy Rivers music the Osborne Village cultural Centre and the West end Cul Tural Centre received Money through the Urban development what were trying to do is highlight the fact that in our own we really have something culture minister Ron Lemieux Manitoba printmakers association received to support its new Centre at 11 Martha in the East Side of the Exchange the Square two Story building Cost the association provides traditional and state theart printmaking capabilities to the Community As Well As instructions to schools and printmaking involves creat ing Art with Ink and using techniques such As silk screening and Block the will be used to hire an executive staff to look after fundraising and the Norfo profit association relies on sponsors and Grants for said Mary president of the what were trying to do is highlight the fact that in our own we really have something special minister Ron Lemieux printmaking artists can rent the studio a yearly rental fee is about a month As some artists dont have Access to their own equipment because it is Large and said some printing presses at printmakers Cost about the Muddy Rivers music part of the spirit fest concert will use the from the province to hire artists for its three stage music 24 to the Money will also be used to develop the festivals North site in the Exchange a focal Point for festival the West end cultural Centre received to do a needs assessment to deter mine How to better serve the its an Opportunity to do what weve always wanted to said Centre manager Tracy the Osborne Village cultural which owns and operates the Gas station also received Debra Vic president of the centres said the organization will use the Money to hire consultants to consider future programming for the the Gas station theatres operational costs Are about a 3 hundreds of people turned out for an open House yesterday to View plans of the proposed Down town Arena and question the people who put the project the True North project held the pub Lic forum to comply with Federal environmental assessment True norths Jim Millican said opinions have been largely in favour of the and the group has had so Many of its questionnaires filled out that it has had to print new a second floor room at the Winnipeg convention Centre was filled with about 50 people As More streamed in and out in the Early evening Large boards with sketches and details about the project lined the Manitoba Moose season ticket holders Ron and Faye Wirch said the City needs a new we feel very strongly there Are enough heritage buildings in Faye Wirch referring to the plan to demolish the Eaton building to put up the which has raised the ire of heritage this is going to bring people into Dave Mousseau also supports the project and said it will improve the new building will improve the entertainment life of the said for the most the open House brought in the committed whether for or against the Arena even Julie Van de who earlier this week lost her Battle to save the Eaton showed up to criticize the project and fill out a questionnaire for the environmental i had to participate in 1 absolutely had she Van de Spiegle criticized the calling it very others Grum bled about corporate welfare and the Breaks the project was Mousseau said the tax Breaks didst bother him and that it was a Small con cession to revitalize the you dont get anything for he Rudy Peters still had an open mind about the project when he walked his concern was that it didst go far Peters wanted More of a multipurpose such As those in the it Doest look that different from what weve he the True North project is funding 70 per cent of the with the remainder coming from the three Levels of in order to get the Federal the project must under go environmental last night was the Only planned open but Millican said the Community wont be we intend to be a very Community minded he 2 York boat Crew toughens up As quest launch looms by Dinah Clarkson entertainment reporter Roseanna Schick is catching up on loading up on healthy food and adding a few Miles to her daily the 33yearold Winnipeg Ger will need All the Energy she can Muster Shes the sole woman on an eight member team that will paddle a 900kilogram York boat from the Forks to Hudson Bay this summer for the history to quest for the its says a publicist and avid when i heard about something told me that i had to go on this its almost like in the Back of my i knew id be Schick is one of six Manitoban Cho sen yesterday to make the Kilometre trek 19th Century with no modern Ken Albert a Cree York boat lives in Norway the Jour Neys Halfway the rest live in Winnipeg Paul a 29yearold triathlete and wilderness guide Marits a 42yearold Carpenter Randal a 25yearold recreation studies student at the University of Manitoba and Geoff a 31yearold u of m student completing his masters degree in architectural the trip has a family link for his Isaac worked for the Hudson Bay company and in 1867 did the same trip in reverse he paddled from York at the Mouth of Hudson to the Junction of the red and Assiniboine Geoff never met but read the Book his great Grandfather wrote about his experiences with the Hudson Bay the trip will really allow me to have an experience beyond just Reading the Cowie said the Large and sturdy York boat was introduced by Hudson Bay company employees and replaced the Canoe As a Means of on some of the such As Lake Winnipeg or along the Saskatchewan the two remaining quester Are Kevin Muster of and Rob Clark of Muster is a history teacher Clark a financial both Are 45 and avid out the quest for the Bay journey begins july 1 at the Forks at quester will spend 12 to 14 hours a Day paddling the 12metrelong wooden haul pkg of provisions will reflect the historical period boiled potatoes and Bannock no no no modern maps or navigation the trek is expected to take eight to 10 weeks and each Boater who completes it will receive nearly 500 people applied for quest for the brainchild of Winnipeg Ger Jamie Schick catching up on sleep Kravco All i Stock Patio Rattan furniture an elegant dining experience adjacent to the Exchange districts newest High Energy dance club 291 Bannatyne ave Winnipeg my 2o4 907 3399 open wednesday thai ooh saturday tile warehouse 2334418 50 Archibald is the Winnipeg school division 1 congratulates Ecol River Heights schools Signy Holmes Signy scored the highest Mark in the province on the Canadian Scholastic achievement league a Scholastic Challenge out of the students who wrote the Signy tied far second with a score of right behind the Winner with a score of 921 investing in the future ;