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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 City / District Winnipeg free press saturday july 10, 2004 aboriginal continued from Page b1 when they have positive outlets for channelling their Energy the kids and the Community both Benefit she said. A previous statistics Canada study on Canadian children in Gen eral found that those who participated in organized extra curricular activities such As sports arts music and clubs were More Likely to have greater self esteem better social interactions with their friends and relatively higher Marks in school. And it connects kids to their Community said Boivin. It Fos ters a sense of belonging and reduces isolation for the Sta scan report released yesterday examined data from the 2001 aboriginal Peoples Survey aps that covered children and Young people aged 14 and younger identified As aboriginal by a Par ent and who lived in non Reserve areas. The Survey was conducted by statistics Canada with National aboriginal organizations following the 2001 census. Across Canada parents of aboriginal children rated their kids health slightly lower than did parents in the general population Sta scan said. The report released yesterday does to Tell the whole Story of aboriginal kids health and activity Levels because it does to include on Reserve children said Chris Henderson grand chief of the Southern chiefs organization. Its incumbent upon govern ment to go out of its Way and do these reports to paint a True Pic Ture he said. Poverty is a major indicator of health and a Way of life for Many on reserves said Henderson. In Urban centres where there a a thriving Economy and jobs available people can pro vide for their children.?. slaying probe continued from Page b1 Contact ramp serious crimes ser vices at 984-6447 or Manitoba crime stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. A Man who lives on the River Access Road where tanners body was found said police questioned him sunday morn ing about whether he heard gunshots saturday night. Yesterday Keith Skiba maintained someone in the area was blowing off callers continued from Page b1 and Crocus ? the venture capital fund that owns a chunk of the Gold eyes ? has people like you As investors paying Katz for being Boss in name Only. Or perhaps there a another Way of looking at it. Katz did to return my phone Calls wednesday the Day i wrote the Origi Nal column. So i asked my colleague City Hall reporter Mary Agnes Welch to Button Hole him for me yesterday. Here show the mayor responded to the Gold eyes salary question. I Don to think there is anything to discuss on that Issue. Its not an next question what Are you doing to earn your Gold eyes salary its not a matter of what i a doing its a matter of what i be done. What a the difference whether i a getting a dividend or an annual salary i made an investment. And if i a getting something Back then i a getting something Back. But it has nothing to do with what i do at City Hall he meant. Actually there a a big difference Between collecting a dividend and earning a salary. If Sam were collecting a dividend on his investment i would have no prob Lem and neither would any of the Cro Cus investors who have contacted me. I suspect the problem is the Way Ven Ture capital investments work. Sam can to collect his dividend before Cro Cus gets All its Money Back plus inter fireworks Between 9 and 9 30 ., and then he distinctly heard two loud pops around 11 That he believes were gunshots. Skiba 36, also said he saw two vehicles Between 10 and10 30 Heading to the area at the end of his Road ? also known As a lovers Lane ? where the body was found. Although it was dark he believes one was a truck and the other an Sun. Colwell has said he could not comment on How ramp became aware of the Pathfinder. Est. Hence the Money for nothing salary arrangement. But i a getting All bogged Down in Bucks. Lets try a less complicated Issue. The morality of what the mayor is doing. Ill leave that to a minister of the cloth. Rev. Stefan m. Jonasson who is also a Crocus investor listened to question Naire yesterday and then wrote this following the . Civil War the former Confederate general Robert e. Lee was offered a princely sum to serve As president of an insurance company in name Only but he refused responding i cannot consent to receive pay for services i do not As a shareholder of Crocus invest ments i object to Sam Katz being paid for services not rendered if that is what is occurring. Although there Are Many noteworthy exceptions too Many elected officials Lack the judgment to distinguish Between the Public Good and their Pri vate interest. Even if or. Katz were Able to fulfil All of the demands of both the office of mayor and that of the chief executive of the Gold eyes base Ball club there would still be an irreconcilable conflict of interest Between the two roles owing to the extraordinary relationship Between the City and the baseball club. If we were talking about a family business that had limited dealings with the City that would be another matter altogether but such is not the Case when it comes to the Gold eyes. Relatives of Tanner have said they believe he and a Young Friend were involved in a fight with several men at the Forks saturday evening. Police were called but Tanner and the men had disappeared by the time they arrived and no arrests were made. Tan ners Friend was treated for some minor injuries the source said. We think he might have been taken away by the people attacking him a source told the free press. Police have already questioned bar staff at the Forks in connection with the despite new Job As mayor Katz still collects a salary from the Gold eyes. Tanner investigation. Its believed Tanner became involved in a dispute with Young men involved in the City a drug Trade. A memorial service for Tanner will be held today at 11 . At Glen Lawn funeral Home 455 Lagimodiere blvd. South of the Royal Canadian mint. The family has asked that in lieu of Flowers donations be made to the Manitoba organization of victim advocates or to cancer care Manitoba. Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg free press sadly most of those who called questionnaire seemed unable to grasp the important issues you raised although they should have been obvious to anyone no matter who they May have supported in the recent race for i could to have written it better myself. But there a something that keeps ringing in my ears. Something Sam said when he Call 697-7063 for Complete details Ore mail . Announced that he was running for mayor. Its time for me to give i would humbly suggest that its time for him to do likewise with his Gold eyes salary. There Are Only two reasons i can think of Why he wont. Need. Or greed. free press photo reprints make unique an personalized gifts every Day the free press publishes dozens of photos most available for reprints. reprints available in sizes 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 8x12 and up including full pages. prices starting at. & up $9.12 for a 4x6 print ;