Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Monday a gust 14, 2006 b1 flight Testa first Winnipeg aerospace firm scores with Colorado airline. City business business b5 City editor Steve Pona 697-7292 i the Outlook a look at the week ahead in and around Winnipeg free outdoor concert grammy nominated Christian rap Singer fresh . Wilson will play a free outdoor concert tomorrow evening at the nor West Coop Community health Centre. The concert will be held at a Park adjacent to 1 35 Gilbert ave. The show at 6 ., is a Chance for the neighbourhood to see one of its own Success stories return to showcase his Talent and demonstrate How everyone can make positive life changes. Driskell inquiry resumes the inquiry into the wrongful conviction of James Driskell in the 1990 Mur Der of Perry Dean harder resumes today in the pan am room of the Winnipeg convention Centre. The inquiry is scheduled to continue All week. Oly West open House oly West the company that wants to build a $200 million pork processing Plant in St. Boniface will hold another open House wednesday. The results of an environmental assessment will be unveiled and engineers and Plant officials will be on hand to answer questions about the plants smell its Impact on the sewer system and other con Cerns. The open House begins at noon and runs until 9 At the Oxford Heights Community club in Transcona. Gathering at Stony prison the ninth annual chief big Bear gathering will be held on the grounds of Stony Mountain and Rockwood institutions on Friday. The event is an Opportunity for Community and family members to support aboriginal inmates. It includes traditional aboriginal dances Square dance groups Jig Ging contemporary entertainers and spiritual rituals such As a smudging and sharing Circle. The opening prayer is at 11 30 ., followed by a tradition Al feast speeches and activities. The event is named after chief big Bear who fought alongside Louis Riel during the Northwest rebellion in 1885 and was incarcerated at Stony Mountain following the struggle. Calling All actors the Manitoba museum is holding an open Call for actors on Friday for a new program that will open to the pub Lic in january called Sci Manitoba museum. The program involves a fictional murder that can be solved by investigating the crime scene and Ana lying evidence in the museums Sci lab. Actors Are needed for the video and photographic components of the program. They Are Volunteer positions. The open Call is scheduled for 10 To 4 ., and those interested should bring a head shot photo and a resume detailing previous acting experience. Got a news tip or Story suggestion Call the free press tips line at 697-7292, email it to , or Send a fax to 697-7412. ? compiled by Kevin Rollason and Jason Bell hearing closely watched 2 men serving life for murder see similarities with Driskell Case by Bruce Owen the t women serving life for murder Driskell Are eagerly watching the inquiry into the conviction of James inquiry Driskell in the Hope it Sheds Light on their own claims they were wrongfully convicted. Frank Ostrowski was convicted of first degree murder in the 1986 slaying Waluk said. Everything is the same in of a Low level drug dealer and Jon Waluk Jim Scase As mine. They did to want the was convicted of second degree murder truth out. They Only wanted convict in the 1987 killings of a Winnipeg or and her two children. There a too much Monkey business both men now inmates at Rockwood Ostrowski added. Institution said they re following the Driskell hearing carefully. Continued the inquiry will get the truth out please see hearing b2 avoid the Jimson teen tells Peers High led to frightening stay in Hospital i took it monday and tuesday and on tuesday i Odd. I blacked out and i woke up strapped to a bed in Hospital Johnson said. For the next two Days Johnson was on a Respirator that breathed for him because he could to breath on his own. And he was Blind for a Day and a half he said. He was the Only one of the group to become critically ill. Datura is a Plant with centuries of history according to entries on inter net websites that pop up with any browser search. A member of the nightshade family Datura a poisonous reputation is so much a part of the worlds history that literary greats from the greek poet Homer to the Bard himself have writ ten about it. People did warn me Johnson said. He looked up the Plant on the internet. And Johnson admitted he knew he was chewing Way More than he needed to get High. A few seeds Are enough to create a sense of euphoria. The near Brush spooked his Mother too. Debbie Dutka wants the Plant removed anywhere it grows in the City even though she said her son must shoulder the blame for seeking out the deadly High. Street signs lost in City bureaucracy by Mary Agnes Welch lost there a finally Hope. The City a Long delayed Way finding signs could be in place by the end of september meaning win nip Eggers and tourists baffled by confusion Corner or the mysterious route into the Forks will get some Relief. That a the word from the City a planning depart ment which has been promising a revamped sys tem of destination signs and curbside map kiosks for More than three years. John Kiernan of the City a planning department said a contractor will be hired next week to install the Eye catching Aqua Street signs. Concrete piles should be poured in Early september and the poles and signs installed by the end of the month at about 60 locations downtown around the Airport and through confusion Corner. But that a what the City said in the Spring of 2004 and again last summer. Then City staff promised the traffic signs would be installed by the end of 2005, but that never materialized prompting some to wonder just How hard it is to install a few new Street signs. Its been a Challenge acknowledged Kiernan. We be hit the Point where we just had to move it along because there a a real the sign Saga began in 2003 when the City spent $250,000 to hire an american expert to design the new system of Way finding signs. Bob Firth the Pittsburgh based expert who has designed maps and signs for major , had a three pronged plan. He said the confusing Maze that is the Down towns overhead Walkway system needed a series of signs pointing walkers to their destinations and hinting How far a hike to expect. That a the Only ele ment that a been completed after Long negotiations with each building owner along the weather protected Walkway system. Continued please see Street signs b2 by Alexandra Paul a teenager who ended up on a Respi Rator in a Hospital bed after getting High on an hallucinogenic Plant known As Jimson Weed is urging other teenagers not to do what he did. I want other kids to realize this is a Plant that is not be fooled around with Cory Johnson 16, said yester Day. I knew there could be Side effects like hallucinating. I did to know it could affect your hearing your Respi ration or that it could make you Blind the chastened teen said. Last tuesday Johnson ate seven bulbs each filled with hundreds of seeds from an ornamental Plant called Datura ? also known As devils Trum pet devils Apple and Jimson Weed. Its a Plant that grows a metre or More High with big trumpet like flow ers an intoxicating scent and a reputation for even a few seeds being a toxic Hallucinogen. Johnson and seven other chums including his Girlfriend were trying to get High on the potent seeds. Johnson said his Girlfriend landed in Hospital with him for a Day. Another two chums sought out med ical advice after seeing what happened to him the boy said ;