Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 16, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday april 16, 2005 City editor Steve Pona 697-7292 family notices b11 City & District b1 thank heavens for Lucky pennies m Ost professional actors ? never mind the rest of us pre tenders ? will never get to Star in a Hollywood movie. But we can always dream. So it was that last sunday i flew off to do a Little California Vineyard hop Ping with my pal and tour guide Winnipeg wine merchant Jim Jaworski. The idea was to re enact the wine sipping male bonding Academy award winning Sleeper sideways. We went sideways All right. What was supposed to be a five Day trip to los Angeles began hopefully enough. I found two pennies Jim proudly announced As we lugged our Luggage into Winnipeg International Airport. Its a Good Luck sign for our that was 7 20 . By 8 10 . I had been put through my first Ever body Pat Down by a Secu Rity officer who when i thought about it later probably mistook my spare tire under my Blackt shirt for something even More potentially lethal. By 8 20 . Or thereabouts Security personnel had found the Luggage i had forge fully left behind and were think ing about blowing it up. And by 8 39 . I was phoning my wife from the pre boarding area to say that what was supposed to be a five Day trip might not even last one. Denver International Airport where we were supposed to make a United airlines connection to los Angeles had been shut Down by a raging col Orado snowstorm. An air Canada ground hostess cheer fully announced that even if we took off we might have to divert to grand Junction. Where a that i asked. I was hoping you could Tell me she said. A couple beside us who were visiting from Jackson Hole wyo., knew the answer. About six hours by Road from Den ver the husband said. Through a blizzard. Eventually we took off about 20 min utes late. It looked like wed spent the first Lucky Penny Jim had found. Now if the storm would just Abate Long enough for the plane to land in Denver in time to make our connection to . About two hours later we were Over Denver and the Pilot was telling us there want enough visibility to land but they a give it one More Circle before diverting to grand Junction. It was 11 07 . Denver time when we Cut through the Low Cloud and Snow and touched Down. We did to know it then but we might have been the first and last plane to get in or out of Denver International air port on sunday. The next morning the Denver posts front Page would Lead with these words no Way in. No Way but our plane landed. Continued please see Sinclair b2 suspended bus Driver defending himself by Patti Edgar the City temporarily suspended a bus Driver without pay after a tussle with a passenger that the Union said was an act of self defence. The tension started last week when a Young Man and woman got on an after noon bus in West Winnipeg and the Dri ver questioned whether the Man had paid enough fare. During the ride the Man threatened the Driver and swore at him according to Union president Keith Scott. The Driver tried to Call Winnipeg Tran sits control Centre to Alert them but his radio want working. By the time the bus reached the end of the line the two passengers who had watched the dispute unfold had gotten off. The bus Driver was alone with the Young pair when the upset Man attacked him and the Driver was forced to fend him off Scott said. When Winnipeg transit initially found out about the confrontation it suspended the Driver without pay. I think to suspend someone without pay pending investigation is undue hard ship said Scott. Especially since in my opinion the individual was defending himself. He was just checking the fares. I Don to think anybody deserves to be assaulted when they Are doing their the Union filed a grievance and the Driver was returned to his Job and Given his pay Back once the City got witness statements from the two passengers who had watched the initial argument. by Patti Edgar the Sun might be luring Winni Eggers to Corydon Avenue patios this month but what the wind is whipping up in to appetizing. Starting tomorrow night Street sweep ers will be out across the City gobbling up the Sand left Over from Winter ice control. Its hoped the cleanup will give pedestrians and Patio diners a break from mini sandstorms. At popular Saffron son Corydon Avenue owner John Kolevris is hoping the previous two weeks of warmer weather is a signal that this summer will prove More profitable than last. 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