Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A3 35 Melnick Road, Winnipeg MB www. guertinequipment. com ph: 204- 255- 0260 * for 240 months @ 5.50% OAC or buy for $ 38,900 150 Mercury 4- stroke, Mooring Cover, Ski Tow, Vinyl Floor with snap in carpet and much more 200 Cabana Triple Toon ONLY $ 125 B/ W ( plus tax)* A tornado touched down in the Interlake area Saturday afternoon. Environment Canada confirmed a funnel cloud touched down between Winnipeg Beach and Teulon for 20 to 30 minutes. The twister first touched ground, then made its way onto Lake Winnipeg, where it became a waterspout, meteorologist Mark Melsness said. Images posted on social media suggest there were two waterspouts on the lake at the same time. No injuries or major damage related to the tornado had been reported as of Saturday evening. All of the severe weather advisories issued for Manitoba had ended by early evening. Melsness said the tornado was a bit of a surprise, but Environment Canada had predicted there would be funnel clouds in the area - they just didn't know how strong they would be. Many Manitobans took to social media to share photos of the funnel clouds using the hashtag # mbstorm. While the submitted photos can help weather forecasters determine the severity of storms, Melsness said people should take caution when capturing them. " Our advice would certainly not be to run out there and take pictures, but we certainly do use the pictures that we receive," he said. " As long as they're safe, if it's from a distance. But they have to be aware that more ( funnel clouds) can form behind them, and watch out for lightning." Tornado makes its way onto water TOP NEWS CITY EDITOR: SHANE MINKIN 204- 697- 7292 I CITY. DESK@ FREEPRESS. MB. CA I WINNIPEGFREEPRESS. COM SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015 A 3 T HE family of a Winnipeg woman who's been missing for more than a week organized a walk " to light the way home" for her Saturday. Thelma Krull, 57, was last seen in north Transcona the morning of July 11. Police, search and rescue crews and the community at large have been searching for her ever since. People gathered to comb the areas around Harbourview, North Kildonan and Valley Gardens last week. So far, all that's been found are Krull's glasses, which were recovered near the Valley Gardens Community Centre. Krull is believed to have gone out for a long walk around 7 a. m. on July 11 and had plans to meet with her husband later that morning. She never met him at Canadian Tire around 10 a. m. as planned, nor did she pick up a birthday cake for her grandson as scheduled. Both actions were uncharacteristic of the mother and grandmother, her family has said. On Saturday, Krull's daughter, Lisa Marquis Besser, said the walk was symbolic of her family's unwavering hope. " It's something to keep the story in the forefront and let the public know we're staying positive," she said. Family, friends and strangers made the approximately 2.6- kilometre trek, carrying flashlights, candles and lanterns. The walk began behind Kildonan East Collegiate at 9: 30 p. m. and wound towards Concordia Avenue. It was not a search for Krull, but a way to keep people thinking about her, Besser said. " We want my mom home safe, and we're not going to stop until we find her," she said. " If somebody has her, please give her back." A single mom and her son get to move from their cramped apartment to a spacious new home at the end of the month, thanks to the fundraising efforts of 49 strangers. For 22 years, Habitat for Humanity Manitoba's Cycle of Hope campaign has helped build a new house for a family in need every summer. This year, 49 cyclists collected more than $ 226,000 in donations and set off on a marathon 1,600- kilometre ride. They began in Niagara Falls, Ont., wound through the United States and ended in Winnipeg Saturday. The trek took about two weeks. Sandra Kozlowski and her 10- year- old son, Aba, get to move into the side- by- side built with the money raised by Cycle of Hope and were in awe of the strangers who took time out to help, they said. The mother and son have been waiting patiently for a new home for 6 � years. In that time, the rent in their apartment block has increased 30 per cent, Kozlowski said. " They got an OK for the rental increase, so rent is almost as expensive as it is to own ( a house)," she said. " Now our money is stable, and we have a yard and a playroom and our friends." The two- block radius around Nairn Avenue where the Kozlowskis will be living is populated by many familiar faces. Many Habitat for Humanity homes are in the area, and Kozlowski already met some of her neighbours while putting in the mandatory 350 hours of volunteer work building others' homes before getting keys to her own. The Kozlowskis are eager for moving day at the end of July. " There's going to be more room, which is nice. I'm not going to have to go up and down tons of stairs," said Aba. The family's current apartment is on the third level of a building that doesn't have an elevator. " I'm just glad we're moving out of our apartment," Aba continued. " It was worth the wait." " Very, very much so," his mom added. Sandy Hopkins, the CEO for Habitat for Humanity Manitoba, said events such as Cycle of Hope are more necessary than ever with the increasing costs of building homes. " Every year it's more expensive to build, so you need more cash just to stay in the same place," he said. " The number of homes we build is based on how much cash is available." The Manitoba charity usually builds between 20 and 25 homes per year and always has a long waiting list for more, despite the fact they never advertise their services, Hopkins said. " There's hundreds of families that come, and we don't advertise. It's just our connection to the community," he said. " It's a great organization to work for... it's an organization that has lots of sunshine. Even today, there's lots of sunshine," Hopkins said while standing in the rain. jessica. botelho- urbanski@ freepress. mb. ca Walk to ' light way home' for Krull Jaunt for Habitat, hope Home for family in need By Jessica Botelho- Urbanski PHOTO BY HANNAH DIAMOND A tornado is photographed from the land Saturday. RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Charlie Onyske smiles as he leads a pack of 49 Habitat for Humanity Cycle of Hope cyclists Saturday. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Family, friends and community members during a walk on Concordia Avenue to ' light the way' for missing woman Thelma Krull ( inset) on Saturday. A_ 03_ Jul- 19- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A3 7/ 18/ 15 10: 53: 04 PM ;