Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 11, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Canada / world Winnipeg free press sunday july 11, 2004 by Eilis Quinn Montreal ? when it comes to body Art Tattoo fan Miranda Griffiths is sure of one thing ? no Skull and crossbones thank you very much. I see a lot of people that have got things like bloody faces said the Washington d.c., artist who sports self designed stained Glass window tattoos on her lower legs. When they get older there a definitely going to be a lot of funny looking older people walking around. Hopefully i wont Ever have some Fly ing eyeball on fire on me and regret it when i a 80.? Griffiths 20, browsed body Art and mingled with 200 Tattoo artists from around the world yesterday at the Mon Treal Art Tattoo show. With artists from As far away As French polynesia and Japan promoter Pascal Richard expected attendance at the three Day event that wraps up today to top 5,000. ? tattoos Arent marginalized any More Richard said. Its in fashion and people Are used to it. There a a wave of Young people using it to express themselves More than although heavily pierced Punk kids mingled easily with Middle aged Man agers at the conventions 84 kiosks some artists said Tattoo stigma remains. In june Toronto Blue jays Pitcher Justin Miller was told to cover up the Multi coloured tattoos on his left Arm after umpires ruled they were a Dis traction to hitters. Gets a bad rap David Green 35, an artist from sacred heart Tattoo in Vancouver said Miller was one example of How body Art gets a bad rap. Its a Little ridiculous Green said. Mainstream Media portrays tattoos with less of a negative Light but you can still get the same old people had less sympathy for Mon Trealer David Lefebvre Dupre 26, who said last week that the tear Tattoo on his left Cheek keeps him from finding a Job and he a asking medicare to pay the Bill of several Hundred dollars for its removal. The permanence is part of the strength and Beauty of tattoos says the artist known Only As Safwan. Its a responsibility you take on. You can to then go and ask other people to take on that although artists often get requests for facial tattoos in cities like Montreal and Toronto most studios refuse. Polynesian or tahitian cultures do it but if you research it its significance is about taking away the persons humanity said Safwan 32, who works at the Imago Tattoo studio in Montreal. I Don to want to take away from anyone i want to add to but for artists outside major cities such requests Are few and far Between. Dave Munro 31, an artist based in St. Johns nfld., said nautical designs still Rule in Atlantic Canada. As stereotypical As it sounds its the reality. Your father had a Schooner on his Arm so you do ? Canadian press search widens for missing Regina girl police unable to Rule anything out As dozens sweep neighbourhoods by Bob Weber r Egina ? for Days sometimes 15 hours at a stretch Jillian Eidem has been poking into dumpsters peering into crawl spaces and shining her flashlight Down Man holes in a futile search for five year old Tamra keenness. I take a deep breath every time i open a lid says the civilian search and res Cue team member. I Hope i Don to find Eidem is one of dozens of trained volunteers police officers cadets from the ramp training Academy and canine teams looking for the Regina girl who has to been seen since monday night. Officials broadened i take a their search yesterday deep breath to include More than 100 City blocks just every time i East of the downtown open a lid Core and a boat was cruising Regina a was ? civilian Cana Creek. Search and res hundreds of Arti Cue team Mem cles have been col Ber elected and examined with none being linked to Tamra. The five Day Effort has begun to exhaust the most Likely places where the girl might be found. Even though its a More Remote possibility that she a further away we have to examine that and broaden the search said Regina police spokes woman Elizabeth Popowich. With every Day that goes by it becomes More difficult. Eventually you run out of places to although Tamra is still considered a missing person police have been unable to Rule anything out. Popowich acknowledged investigators Are considering the possibility the girl was snatched by someone cruising the nearby Hooker stroll in Tamra a Down at Heel neighbourhood. On the other hand they still can to entirely Rule out the Chance she a Sim ply at the Home of friends or family. What makes it difficult is that we Haven to been Able to Rule out that this is anything but a missing persons Case Popowich said. It still leaves All the possibilities and the entire investigation remains very Broad in for now matters remain in the slow meticulous hands Tamra keenness of people like Eidem. Ski poles in hand searchers beat Bush is peer into unlocked garages and parked cars and Check out every win Dow Well. Dumpsters Are stirred around until the Bottom is visible. Many of the old Homes in Tamra a neighbourhood have Coal cellars or woodshed. Yards Are often overgrown and piled with debris. Urban searches can be harder than Rural ones says fellow searcher Vanessa Bulwer who has come from nearby Moose jaw to help. Its harder to find clues because there a so Many people around to disturb them she says. It takes about 90 minutes for a team to Complete the search of a single Block. All the civilian searchers Are Volun Teers. Eidem who put in 28 hours of searching on thursday and Friday took unpaid time off her Job. This Little girls life is More important than working at a department store she said. Still if Tamra remains missing the focus at some Point will shift to a Crimi Nal investigation. I know that those discussions Are Hap pening Popowich said. Police tape has been removed from the family Home and investigators have removed material for possible future use. No signs of forced entry or Strug Gle were found in the Home. Hundreds of tips have been phoned in. Virtually the entire Regina police Force is helping in some Way Popowich said. Its the City a most extensive search in recent memory. ? Canadian press Garfield peanuts get fuzzy the family circus ;