Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 province Winnipeg free press tuesday june 22, 2004 Manitoba sends 13 reservists to arabian Gulf will help provide Security at base by Paul Egan t Welve reservists from Winnipeg and one from Brandon Are part of a platoon headed overseas for six months to support Canadian Mil itary operations in Afghanistan. Along with 25 other Canadian reservists the 13 Manitoban will help provide Security at Camp Mirage the base in the arabian Gulf that Canada uses to support its troops in Afghanistan. About half including six Winnipeg Gers leave today. The rest leave next tuesday. So Many things Are going through my mind right now said Cpl. Jeison Santaniello 19, who leaves Winnipeg today for Canadian forces base Trenton where he will Board a plane tomorrow bound for Southwest Asia. Its really exciting for me he said yesterday. I a just anxious to see what a waiting for me out Canadas operation Athena part of an International coalition in Afghanistan is using a mix of regular forces and reserves. Reservists typically Are part time soldiers who hold regular jobs through the Day and train and work with the military after hours or on weekends. Santaniello a graduate of Daniel Mcintyre High school is in his first year of business administration studies at red River College. Another member of the platoon is a teacher. The platoon commander Lieut. Jim Davis works As Phil Hossack / Winnipeg free press a Security guard. Santaniello is single but one of the reservists being deployed Gorman left and Santaniello Are among 38 Canadian reservists heading for the arabian Gulf this month. Is leaving a wife and seven children at Home in Saskatchewan. The platoon is part of the 38 Canad an brigade group which is headquartered in Winnipeg and includes 16 Reserve units throughout Manitoba Saskatchewan and Northwestern Ontario. The brigade provided vital assistance during the 1997 Manitoba floods. It was formed in 1942 and its members have received 10 Victoria crosses during wartime. Extreme desert heat at the Camp is expected to be the biggest Challenge said Santaniello adding his parents Are concerned but supportive. Its expected the platoon members will be Able to stay in regular Contact with their friends and loved ones by email and Telephone. Its Gratifying to feel you Are doing until recently Canada had about 2,150 Good in a foreign country said Cpl. Troops deployed in operation Athena Michael Gorman 29, of Winnipeg a with about 1,900 in and around Kabul member of the platoon who earlier did a and the remainder deployed elsewhere six month stint in Bosnia. In Southwest Asia to support the Mission. I a not As excited As the first one but deployment has been decreasing in this one is going to be a different exp recent months a department of nation Rienche for me he said. Al defence spokeswoman said. When he returns Gorman wants to. train for a career in Law enforcement. I Brief mennonite u professors launch new books two professors from Canadian mennonite University have recently launched new books. Karl Koop associate professor of historical theology has written Anabaptist mennonite confessions of Faith ? the development of a tradition published by Pandora press. The Book sets out to recover the theological tradition of mennonites and other communities within the Anabaptist Stream. Moving beyond Early Anabaptist beginnings and giving attention to the mennonite confessions of Faith of the Early 17th Century Koop discovers an identifiable and coherent Anabaptist mennonite theological tradition said a cum official. Jerry Buckland associate professor of International development studies at Menno Simons College has written ploughing up the farm neoliberalism modern technology and the state of the world s Farmers published by Fern Wood publishing. The Book examines Rural depopulation in the North rising Rural poverty in the South and environmental problems All around the farming world. Market driven growth and Trade liberalization have encouraged production for agricultural Export and Buckland argues that the growing use of Chemi Cal inputs Are often biased against third world Farmers and Small Farmers everywhere. He also presents possible solutions for sustainable agriculture. Group buys time to Purchase St. B Plant the deadline for local cattle ranchers to Purchase a St. Boniface meat Plant has been extended again to give the group More time to raise the necessary funds. The ranchers Choice beef Coop Ltd. Was to have made a final offer on the St. Boniface slaughterhouse yesterday but cattle producer David Reykdal said the group is still work ing to raise its share of the investment. Reykdal said the group will make a final decision on the future of the venture later this week. Last week Manitoba threw More Money at the project after Ottawa refused to contribute funds to the venture. The province provided another $1 million to the ranchers on top of $2.5 million in Cash and $6 million As an operating loan it had already committed. The total contribution covers about two thirds of the total Cost. The ranchers continue to scramble to come up with $3.5 million to cover their share of the investment. Ranchers need $14 million in total including $6 million to buy the Plant $6 million to retrofit it and $2 million in seed Money to run it. In addition to provincial funds ranchers have pledged to raise $1 million leaving them $3.5 million to raise in Bank and credit Loans. The group had hoped the Federal government would also contribute to the project but those Hopes were dashed earlier this month when Ottawa announced no funds were coming. Manitoba s cattle Industry has been devastated by a . Ban on Canadian cattle that dates Back a year with the Dis covery of a single cow in Alberta with mad cow disease. Manitoba producers have been particularly hard hit As the province does not have a major beef slaughterhouse. Ramp identify Man charged in Road death ramp identified a Man charged in a fatal Accident saturday night that killed a 28-year-old Norway House Man. Oliver Gordon scribe also 28, is charged with impaired Dri ving causing death drive Over the .08 Legal blood alcohol limit and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. Brian Luke Anderson was struck and killed while walking on provincial Road 373 on the Norway House Cree nation. Portage Man killed by train a 20-year-old Portage la Prairie Man was killed saturday morning when he was hit by a train about five Kilometres Northwest of Portage. Ramp say the body of John Paul Moose was found about 11 . He had been struck by an eastbound train on the up rail line. No foul play is suspected. Alcohol is believed to be a contributing Factor. An investigation is continuing. Carberry Man Dies in farm mishap a 21-year-old Carberry Man was killed saturday after a Large diesel engine fell on top of him at a farm 12 Kilometres West of town. Ramp were called to the farm at about 12 . And say the deceased was working on the engine when it shifted pinning him underneath. The mans name is being withheld pending notification of next of Kin. No other information was available. Rollover kills 45-year-old Emerson Man a 45-year-old Emerson Man was killed saturday night when he flipped his car South of notre Dame de Lourdes. Ramp say at about 10 ., Daniel Vandenbussch was northbound on provincial trunk Highway 244 when his vehicle caught the shoulder of the Road and rolled into a ditch Landing on its roof. Vandenbussch was rushed to notre Dames de Lourdes Hospital where he died a Short time later. He was not Wear ing a Seatbelt ;