Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 4, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday april 4, 2005 City / District a11 new Deal promises Cash for francophone education by Nick Martin the province is very close to signing a new minority languages education Deal with Ottawa that has education minis Ter Peter Bjornson smiling. I a quite pleased with what i see on the table ? it does look Good. I a quite pleased with what i see this time around Bjornson said in a recent interview. Bjornson refused to say How much Money Ottawa is promising in a renewed five year funding Deal for the division Colaire Franco Manito Baine a Sam. The previous Deal that expired last year gave the a Sam about $2.5 million a year in Federal Money. Which serves 4,500 students in 23 Federal heritage minister Liza Frulla schools scattered across Southern Man was in the City on the weekend for the Ito a. Juno awards though Bjornson said foul last fall Bjornson quietly advanced the la has not indicated Shell join him for a a Sam $2.8 million to cover Ottawa a a Sam funding announcement. Anticipated share of the last five year the Deal is very very close. Its still Deal which expired a year ago. The not formally signed off yet Bjornson province matched the $2.8 million though said. Bjornson had no idea at the time How he was grumbling Only a few months much the renewed Federal provincial Deal ago that he was very unhappy with what would cover. Ottawa was then offering. He had accused that was part of an $8-million Provin the Federal government of playing hard Cial bailout of the a Sam a operating Ball on French language education fund deficit including a $2.4-million increase ing. In annual operating Grants to the fran the Federal government has pumped co phone division. About $2.5 million a year into the a Sam Bjornson said this week that he was not Brandon Breaks even on fair poor year on farm but Gate holds up by Ian Hitchen b Randon ? organizers Are optimistic the 98th Royal Manitoba Winter fair did Well enough to cover its $1 million Price tag despite a couple of serious obstacles. There was concern that the fairs attendance would be Hurt by a poor year for agriculture and renovations at the Keystone Centre that would scale Down some events. We were a Little concerned that people would be expecting a downsized show and not come but that certainly has to been the Case provincial exhibition of Manitoba general manager Karen Oliver said of the fair that ended this weekend. We be had marvelous attendance and terrific no specific attendance figures were available but Oliver puts the fairs attendance at about the same As or better than last years 117,500. The Winter fair is the largest of three hosted by the provincial exhibition each year. When the three events Are averaged together the exhibition has to broken even on them in the last five years. The group has had to rely on inter est from its Reserve fund to stay in the Black. Thanks to the 300 volunteers they be managed to keep ticket prices for the Winter fair Low at a maximum of $13, Oliver said. We know that the agricultural Economy is not in a real Strong position right now we want to continue to make the show accessible she said. Oiiver is hoping that will change once the Agri culture Centre of excellence is Complete at the Keystone site supplying a Chance to add More entertainment to the Winter event. I think that a really important particularly to the Brandon people who have probably been Here several times before and might be thinking there a nothing new to see she said. On saturday evening the first Kubota cup grand prix show jumping event was pure Perfec Tion. After a clean first round Michael Grinyer posted no faults in a six Way jump off to win the event. Super Grinyer said of the win. My horse really jumped Well Grinyer said he got a Little close to one of the jumps in the first round but his horse Alcatraz pulled it off. Then during the jump off Grinyer noticed rival parents opposed to closing collegiate seek to halt Mot Balling of Silver Heights by Nick Martin Don to be so Hasty to close Silver Heights collegiate ? slow Down and Stop ignoring other options a Small band of Silver Heights mothers is imploring parents of the threatened school. They re trying to Rush it All through Parent Marilyn bullied said this week. We want More time ? what a the fast track about they re pushing it through As fast As they can so people will give up and go bullied is working with Heather Yates and Tish Johnson ? All of whom live within sight of the school ? to organize parents to pack an april 14 Public meet ing at 7 . At Sturgeon Creek collegiate. They re trying to halt what they see As a runaway train ? a Rush to close Sil ver Heights and move its academic Stu dents to the vocational Sturgeon Creek collegiate. The reason we re together we Don to want Silver Heights to close Yates said. We really Don to have anything against Sturgeon Creek bullied said. They Arent giving out any St. James Assiniboia school division announced in Early february that they were launching a review of the future of the two schools that will culminate in a school Board vote around May 31. A committee of parents staff and Community members is studying the two schools future. The april 14 meeting is intended to discuss Progress so far. The division says Silver Heights is overcrowded has aging and inadequate facilities and would be costly to repair or renovate. On the other hand officials say Sturgeon Creek is newer has far More space and is shrinking to one third of capacity. Bullied said that the divisions own projections show Silver Heights at 87 per cent of capacity and continuing to grow while enrolment will decline steadily at Sturgeon Creek and will drop even faster at St. James collegiate. Nevertheless she said St. James Assiniboia in to even looking at fixing up Silver Heights or throwing St. James collegiate into the mix As a possible merger partner with Sturgeon Creek. They re purposely trying to run Sil ver Heights Down so it la look bad Johnson said. People look at Sturgeon Creek from the outside they think it looks great. They have no idea How rundown it is Yates said. Yates said St. James collegiate has two new gymnasiums while she claimed Sturgeon Creek has outdated vocational aware that the a Sam was considering a $2.3-million deficit in its current draft budget but warned that the province will not allow any school division to run a deficit two years in a Row. Its like any division ? if they run a deficit in two consecutive years we have to develop a plan to balance the budget Bjornson cautioned. We expect All school divisions to operate within their a Sam school Board chairman Bernard Lesage said from notre Dame de Lour Des that trustees have not yet decided if they will try to balance their budget when they meet to pass it april 6. Well see what the school Board wants to do he said. We be got to look at some Karen Cudmore had turned her horse moxie a Little soon As she headed into one of the hurdles. Grinyer and his 14-year-old Holsteine Steed pounced on the mistake and Rode to Victory in 28.698 seconds. I just said that a where i a going to get her said Grinyer who hails from Campbellville Ontario. I just turned Nice and smooth into it and that made the Grinyer 52, picked up $8,750 for the win the first Stop on the Kubota cup Canadian show jump ing series making for an exciting finish to the win Ter fair which started March 28. ? Brandon Sun the division says Silver Heights is overcrowded has aging and inadequate facilities and would be costly to repair or renovate. Programs that need new facilities. Has anyone looked at sending vocational Stu dents outside the division to Tec voc or other Large and Well equipped vocation Al schools she asked. Why would they Combine education Al and vocational its not As Good a fit As technical and vocational bullied said. They have no idea what the Cost would be added Yates who said that her younger kids coming through the areas feeder schools will go to West Wood collegiate rather than Sturgeon Creek. numbers yet. We be still got a lot of work to do As a school Lesage has said that last year a Sam trustees decided to spend the amount Nec Essary to provide a Quality education to children in the division instead of pass ing a balanced budget. Unlike other school divisions a Sam has no taxing Power. It is financed by provincial operating Grants the Federal provincial minority languages funding agreement and prop erty taxes transferred from the 10 divisions in which its students parents live. ticket continued from Page a10 instead of verifying the information they sent it right out Mealha said. This is ridiculous. Any idiot can see there a a trailer Mealha a truck Driver said he went the next Day to traffic court at 373 Broadway to get things straightened out with a magistrate. It did to happen. They told me i had to go court he said. I Don to have time to go to the next Day he received another let Ter about the ticket. It said i had to go see a magistrate he said. I could to believe it. Its like no one cares. Its costing me Money to do this. I be got to leave work Early and no one is doing until now. Winnipeg police const. Jackie Chaput when told of the mix up told the free press shed Check it out. A half hour later she admitted the ticket had been sent out to Mealha by mis take. This is very rare she said. We have policies in place to avoid this from she said All Mealha has to do is Call police at 986-5445 to verify some details and the ticket against him will be rescinded. Anyone else with a similar problem or question can do the same thing. Chaput added since the photo enforce ment program started Jan. 7, 2003, fewer than a dozen tickets out of the More than 320,000 issued went to the wrong peo ple. And As for the White Gumc Jimmy that sped by the camera at Munroe and Panet will the real registered owner get the ticket no Chaput said. Because of the error the tickets no Good. Lucky for him Chaput said. geography continued from Page a10 throughout the Competition Stu dents answered questions about poli tics Trade disputes history and literature. One question about which City won the 2004 world series follows directly after a question about ethnic warfare in Sudan. You can tie everything that happens in the world to some aspect of geography said Grade 8 teacher and quiz master Daniel Bette. It takes every thing and tries to make sense of Carl Hyde a 13-year-old student from Shoal Lake school placed third in his first attempt at the provincial com petition. He san avid Reader of his family a National geographic subscription and was surprised by his Success yesterday. I know i had dreams of winning he said but i Don to know if i expected the great Canadian geography Challenge is organized by the Canad an Council of geographic education which is the education Arm of the Royal Canadian geographic society a 220,000-member group that promotes knowledge of Canadian geography. Try your hand at geography Challenge a selection of questions posed by the great Canadian geography Challenge a what French term is applied to the raised Banks of a River formed by the deposition of sediments during flood ing b what one word term is applied to the mountainous landform Region located on the Western Edge of North America c this Island in the North Atlantic straddles the mid Atlantic Ridge. D what is the term applied to bends in a River As it wanders Back and Forth across a floodplain answers a levee b Cordillera c Iceland d meander Sci continued from Page a10 the cutoff is a 3.48 spa. That a a very self selecting area Reece said ? jargon for students not bothering to apply because they can to meet the minimum. In dentistry 277 students sought 29 spots. If they miss out the first time some apply again. I encourage them to find out Why they did to get in Reece said. One Low Mark might have doomed the student she said but that could be overcome by repeating the course. Often students Are successful the Sec Ond time nevertheless Reece said when its nine students for one spot its always Good to have a plan b that a a career path you a really there were 997 applicants for 106 seats in Law. Business has a Little More than two hopefuls for every seat while social work is closing in on three for one. Music had 165 people seeking 75 spots but Many would be applicants probably weeded themselves out ear Lier when they saw the Talent it takes to get through the door. Generally you Don to apply to Fine arts unless you have a lot of Talent she said. Engineering takes students straight from High school but they need a minimum 85 in Grade 12 pre calculus chemistry and physics. Students who fall Short can take a heavy Load of Engi Neering first year courses in University one and Hope their Marks improve for a second shot. Education interviewed 258 applicants for the 140 spots in senior years but there were Likely three applicants for every one of those interviewed Reece said. They have to have Good Marks to make it to the interview and at the interview you have to show nursing applicants were up 42 per cent this year with 535 people pursuing 240 spots. In the regular category you had to be at 2.81. That a a pretty decent student. That same student May also apply to pharmacy. That a one faculty that because of All the press has become a hot faculty Reece said. Forensic science is not the Only career path a student cannot walk at the u of m. There Are some younger students who might want to be a fashion designer ? its an underdeveloped knowledge of the profession and training said Reece who pointed out that the u of m does offer textiles courses. Reece does not like the term hot faculties though she hears it often just As she hears the term hot we try not to get on that bandwagon of hot careers. It tends to encourage trendy thinking Reece said. Its hot today ? will it be hot five years from now when you graduate. ;