Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 City / District Winnipeg free press monday june 28, 2004 a few times of the Day May not require it. I understand the parents Are anxious. We have the Best of intentions. There will be two teachers in the class instead of one. There will be a redistribution of resources Johnston said. She said the division plans a forum on special needs education in the fall. summer continued from Page b1 Farmers who got a late Start planting this year will be praying summery weather stretches into the fall so their crops have enough heat to mature properly and produce decent yields. For those with less weighty concerns about what to Wear to the Beach this week environment Canada is warning of a High ultraviolet Index today that could quickly Burn pasty skin that has it seen much Sun since last summer. Most Manitoba beaches Are Well within water Quality guidelines for Safe swimming although Sandy bar and Gimli beaches briefly spiked Over recommended Levels for e. Coli bacteria this month. Retesting showed the numbers have returned to Safe Levels. For the latest results Check about one or two people in a Hundred May get an upset stomach when swim Ming in water above the guideline of 200 focal col forms per 100 my of water. promotions continued from Page b1 i want to be a positive role Model to other women and men in the police ser vice said Corrine a police officer for 23 years. I want to show that through hard work you can achieve a leadership Posi Tion in the Corrine who has a Bachelor of com Merce honours degree and is working on getting her master of business administration was formerly an inspector in charge of District 5 and now will help oversee the administrative Side of the police Force. Her husband leaves behind his old Post of staff sergeant in major crimes. I am very proud of my wife Al said. We be always had a professional work relationship. We keep work and Home separate to avoid any conflict. I think Well be Able to continue Al on the Job for 27 years said the couples seven year old daughter always reminds them what a important when they get Home. Children have a Way of focusing you he said. They keep you grounded. When we re at Home we re at due to the nature of police work each has had a variety of assignments and run the Gauntlet of shift work. In 19 years of marriage they be Only worked the same Day shift for the past 10 months. That changes today when Al goes Back on rotation. It also Means this summer they will Likely have split holidays. The Scotts Are two of seven recent pro motions made by Swatski to fill gaps within the command and control Struc Ture of the police service. They will allow me to do my Job Swatski said explaining his focus can now be More on Long term issues facing the service not the daily minutiae. The citizens of Winnipeg Are getting Good service for their Money. This will reinforce that. I think Well just continue to get better and better As we go the other promotions Are z Doug Webster moved up to Deputy chief from inspector. He is the senior officer in charge of organizational issues like recruiting for the service. Deputy chief Menno Zacharias is in charge of the operational Side which includes investigations. Gord Schumacher and Art Stannard were also promoted to superintendent positions along with Corrine Scott. They la Divide up operational responsibilities. Dave Thorne and Randy Benoit were also promoted to inspector positions along with Al Scott. Insiders say the promotions serve two purposes officers like Corrine Scott and Schumacher a lawyer Are put into positions where they can use their brains and second people like Stannard and Thorne can have greater influence rep resenting concerns of front line police. special needs help being Cut parents say Louis Riel division redistributing resources by Nick Martin the families of two severely Handi capped children claim their kids will have fewer services and supports when they return to Shamrock school in september. Anne Ray and Brad Sacher said Louis Riel school division is reducing the number of classroom aides and will not guarantee one on one attention for level 3 children ? the category reserved for the most severely Handi capped children. But the school division insists that the changes it is making will Only be for the better. Some children do not require Assis Tance on a full time basis superintendent Terry Borys said. Will children who need an instructor with them at All times have one of Borys said that the division is trans Ferring four children from Hastings school to better facilities in a larger program at Shamrock in september. We have increased the teacher time in the classroom and we have decreased the Para professional time in the classroom a Little bit. There will be a team in charge of the classroom he said. Ray said her seven year old son is hearing impaired has a chromosome deficiency and has behaviour prob lems. If not accompanied at All times by his own staff member he will walk out of that school onto the Street Ray said. Sacher said the four children com ing from Hastings like his nine year old son David who is already at Shamrock Are severely autistic. The number of the aides at the school is decreasing he said. Shamrock will have nine aides and three teachers for 16 severely Handi capped children he said although Borys said staffing has not been set. We be been working with the sys tem As Best we can but we have a lot of problems Sacher said. Support in the classroom is being determined on a formula that raises some really fright ening issues for us. We Are literally afraid for their safety and for the level of their development. They need As much help As they can get he said. School Board chairwoman Louise Johnston said the division will ensure the special needs children Are Safe at All times. Level 3s that require one on one will have it Johnston said. But she acknowledged there May be a few kids who be had one on one at service continued from Page b1 Schneider said the Utility which was acquired by Manitoba Hydro several years ago Cut service to 2,991 residential Gas customers Between May 15 and june 18. During the same period last year 4,235 customers lost their service he said adding the average amount owed by Dis connected customers this year is $1,109. Schneider said the Utility a offices Are always busier at this time of year with people trying to pay off their Bills or make other payment plans to avoid loss of service. This Spring has been cooler than usual but Schneider said its been warm enough that no one would have died from the cold. They be probably spent a few Cool evenings with blankets but they re not one woman who recently lost her Gas service called the Utility a behaviour robbery but Schneider questioned who was the thief and who the victim when services Are contracted but not paid for. No one is Cut off without several warn Ings followed by a phone Call or personal visit warning them to pay up or else he said. Some people get so behind they just can to afford to pay he said. A lot of those people just do without until the Schneider said about two thirds of those Cut off will pay up before Winter but the rest will be forced to consider other options when the Snow flies again. Asked How people survive in the win Ter without a source of heat Schneider said i assume either the residences have been vacated or another form of heating such As Wood burning stoves or electric heat is being Rev. Harry Lehotsky who operates an inner City ministry said he a noticed some people using their stoves to heat the House in Winter after the Gas service was Cut off. Other people try to rent other apart ments or Homes but ask the landlord to cover the Utility Bills Lehotsky said. They know they can to get service from the utilities but sometimes they just end up staffing the landlord too he said. Manitoba Hydro also disconnects electrical service for non payment of Bills but figures weren to available yesterday. Schneider said Hydro is allowed to Cut off electrical service at any time of the year because the rules Arent As strict. Colour to win weekend passes 4 for your family plus a Folk festival ;