Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 4, 2009, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a5 Winnipeg repress. Com Manitoba Winnipeg free press sunday january 4, 2009 a 5 sunday papers with Beau & Tom sunday mornings 10am noon hear All about it As Beau and Tom take you Back to this very month and year in the 1980 s. All the music and news that fits get your Chance in 4 Days. A guaranteed millionaire a Heartfelt thank you to All who hold events in support of cancer care Manitoba foundation. All funds raised support Manitoban and their families living with cancer. For More information on these and other events or for assistance in creating your own event please Contact us at 787 1800 or special. Events cancer care. My. Ca january 1 31 faces of courage 3 breast cancer has not been conquered by All of her subjects. Some have passed on. Betty Smiths lovingly rendered portraits of courageous women Are part of their legacies. Each and every one a face of courage drawn and gently painted by a fellow traveler. Mennonite heritage Centre gallery 600 Shaftsbury blvd Contact Mac gallery Ray Dirks 888 6781. Dirks mennonite Church. Ca proceeds to breast cancer. January 7 a affronts ice bar and fashion show come outside and enjoy our annual ice bar on the Patio with fur coat fashion show. Doors open at 4pm with fashion shows at 4 30 and 6 30 pm. Cover charge of $ 15.00 up includes a bowl of soup and a Glass of wine $ 10.00 of each ticket will be donated to cancer care Manitoba foundation. Youll stay warm with three fires going and Hay Bales to sit on Contact Natasha Baranyk a affronts restaurant 681 Corydon ave. 284 2602. Baranyk hot mail. Com. Proceeds to general cancer. January 10 Mother daughter locks of love Thompson my Mother and daughter team Patra and Tamara Kitzul will lose their locks at this Benefit in support of the cancer care Manitoba foundation. Northern spirit Manor Thompson Manitoba 867 Thompson or. S. At 2pm. Proceeds to general cancer january 24 annual Winnipeg minor hockey All Star event this years event showcases female players in 9 divisions playing in a North is. South or East is. West format. Approximately 270 plus players will be on the ice throughout the Day. The age groups will be from 9 to 17 years. Younger teams will Start the Day with the older teams finishing in the evening. A raffle will be held for a team Canada Pink Jersey. St. Norbert Arena 8 00am 8 00pm Contact Roger Fraser 475 8816, Fraser Metal Pac. My. Ca. Proceeds to breast cancer january 30 to february 1 ladies wellness weekend at the Lakeview hotel & resort in Gimli the weekend will include keynote speaker Erin Postle finding your North Star breakfast lunch and dinner massages spa pampering cardio classes shopping and More. Starting at $ 195 per person including taxes and gratuities. For every guestroom booked Lakeview hotels & resorts will donate $ 10.00 to cancer care Manitoba fun. Book now to Reserve your room for the weekend Contact Lakeview resorts 1 204 642 8565 or toll free 1 877 355 3500 or visit the web site at wow. Lakeview hotels. Com. Proceeds to breast cancer. June 13 cancer care Manitoba Challenge for life 20k walk Register today you have the Power to make a difference for More information Call 927 life 5433 or visit wow. Challenge Forlifer. Ca m Orris roads have always figured prominently in Hollywood movie titles Road to al Dorado Road to perdition and current Oscar candidate revolutionary Road to name a few. But if you had to give a movie title to the portion of Highway 75 that runs through the town of Morris it would be a Road picture More in the Hope Crosby tradition comedy. Thatus because the Road through Morris has become a joke. Every Cut Between segments of pavement a segment is just Over a car length has buckled and heaved. The effect driving through town is like Riding a galloping horse. Really. Yippie i to that comparison has been out there for quite a few years conceded mayor Dale not Dustin Hoffman. With Morris Home to the Morris Stampede one might even suspect it was planned that Way. Hand rubbing town planners met one fateful night in a shuttered Home on the outskirts of town to devise a unique scheme among Small towns vying for attention turn main Street into a version of the mechanical Bull in the movie Urban Cowboy. Not so says Hoffman. Those Road ridges were earned honestly from Frost heaves. That plus the provinces infrastructure deficit that some blame on the doer government. The town has been petitioning for Road repairs for a decade Hoffman said. You assume its going to get onto the provincial budget every year but it never made it until it got to the Point where everyone was crying about it he said. Now that its made it onto the budget there Are delays. The stretch of Highway 75 through Morris its Only two Kilometres Long was finally supposed to be repaired in 2009. But there Are now rumblings from the government that work might not Start until 2010. Its expected to Cost about $ 9 million. As Hoffman Points out this is not a lightly travelled Road. About $ 15 billion in Trade passes through Morris each year truck cargo Between Manitoba and the United states. Then theress All the tourist action. It sends a different message to our friends in the United states. You get into our town and As far As ism concerned the Road is an embarrassment to the province Hoffman said. Some people might say the people of Morris should pay for the Road themselves. After All Federal and provincial highways become the responsibility of Winnipeg taxpayers once inside the perimeter Highway. However provincial highways Are provincial responsibility in the Countryside with Good reason in Morriss Case. Most of the Wear and tear on Highway 75 Isnit caused by the 1,700 town residents but from the 400,000 Semi trailers per year plus tourist traffic Between Winnipeg and the United states. Manitoba highways has moved to mitigate the bumpy Road for the Short term. It has lined each raised Ridge with Asphalt to Blunt the bounces. It masks the problem somewhat but theress still enough of a Buckin Bronco effect to remind you you re in Morris. And you can expect the drive to get Wooller in Spring when the Frost comes out of the Road bed. Its certainly frustrating for the town and regular users and hopefully Itell be fixed soon. But for the infrequent traveller like me i have to admit the infamous stretch of Road always Springs a laugh or two. It seems like a sport. Your steering wheel is the horses reins like in some wii game. Yee Haw Heigh to Silver away Bill. Redekop free press. My. Ca its a Rodeo drive in Morris open Road Bill Redekop the main drag All chopped up no injuries in two fires firefighters were called to a pair of Early morning fires saturday. A Winnipeg fire paramedic service spokesman confirmed no injuries resulted from either Blaze. The first Call came at 4 08 a. M. To the 100 Block of Thatcher drive near the University of Manitoba where fire in a bungalows attic caused $ 40,000 damage. An hour later firefighters were called to the 1600 Block of main Street to extinguish a basement fire in a three Storey apartment building. Damage is estimated at $ 8,000. Snowmobiler killed a 25 year old Man from Oakville was killed Friday after he lost control of his snowmobile and hit a tree. Ramp say the Accident occurred on the la Salle River in the pm of Macdonald. The Driver was travelling East when he was thrown from his sled after careening around a Corner and colliding with a Low lying tree on the Riverbank. Emergency services personnel were called to the scene and the Man was taken to Grace Hospital with serious lower body injuries. He was pronounced dead a Short time later. The victims name has not been released. The owner of a website where photos of an aboriginal Man beaten on new years Day were posted is outraged at claims his site promotes racism. Kelly Marsden the owner of Winnipeg Heights. Com is upset that local aboriginal organizations without Ever contacting him claimed his site promotes hate crimes. Being Metis myself i obviously dealt with him after i found out what was going on Marsden said. Ism not saying nobody was being racist but at the same time i dont like How people were jumping on us and claiming that the site itself promotes racism. A Man was beaten Early in the morning on new years Day after he was allegedly caught trying to break into a car near 457 Horace st. In st. Boniface at about 2 a. M. Initial reports indicated that people in the area believed the Man May have been trying to scope out cars to damage or possibly steal. The Man then tried to break into a car with a child and woman inside prompting her husband to take action. Const. Jason Michalyshin said that on arrival at the Home officers found a 21 year old Man who was clearly Hurt. The victim was taken in for questioning and released into the custody of a family member after being cautioned but he was not charged with any offence. Photos of the victim with a bloodied face and hands As he Lay on the ground were posted on the internet along with racist comments. Marsden said hers not sure what measures hell take to ensure similar comments dont make their Way onto his site again. If someone comes onto my website and says something dont assume that i promote it he said. Obviously ill Deal with it when i can. In Brief racism claim riles website owner a 05_ Jan 04 09. Ind a5 1 / 3/ 09 10 32 11 pm ;