The Windsor Star from Windsor, Ontario, Canada • 3

43! THURSDAY SEPTEMBERS, 1991 Gruesome November awaits job war casualties I from those companies alone will run out of unemployment Insurance benefits in November and early December, LaPosta said. Assisting are a number of innovative Canada Employment Centre and union programs, as well as others from organizations such as the Unemployed Help Centre, geared to improving laid-off workers skills. It wont be enough to completely stem the tide of jobless going from UI to welfare. Both the Canada Employment office and city social services department agreed there will be a surge in November. But, said a confident Peggy Davis, social services director of special services, that upswing can be handled.

"We are geared to emergency situations," she said. "It's why were here. We're geared to providing service immediately. We're the last step in the safety net," She said the numbers may not be as significant as they appear on paper. 1 NOT EVERYONE coming off an unemployment insurance claim is eligible for social assistance.

Some are in two-income families, some are retirees, some are on maternity leave. Davis said that in July, while there was a decline in unemployment claims of about 2,000 cases, social service caseloads dropped by more than 50. And both LaPosta and Rick Williams, area See GRUESOME, A4 Shelter Globe workers who faced joblessness for the second time. The list doesn't include a host of smaller companies, such as the Stanley garage door plant, which shut down in the early fall, nor several other permanent or short-term layoffs during the year. IN FACT, by January 1991 Windsor's unemployment rate was 14.1 per cent then the highest in the country.

At the top of those deeply involved in finding solutions is Local 195, which has been fighting to support its unemployed members attempts to find new jobs. Were expecting between 1,300 and 1,800 back production in the last quarter or so of last year reads like a corporate Grim Reapers death list. A sampling: Kelsey-Hayes shut its doors for good as its parent, Varity Corporation, skipped across the border; Ford of Canada killed Engine Plant 2, putting hundreds on permanent layoff; GM Trim cut back production as contracts were instead given to U.S. and Mexico-based subsidiaries; Wickes Manufacturing closed its bumper plant; Welles Corporations Wayne bus plant closed. Among those affected were former By Lee Palser Star Staff Reporter No one is looking forward to the fall.

Thats when the butchers bill for 199fls plant closings comes due, with hundreds of jobless exhausting their unemployment insurance benefits and facing the grim prospect of welfare. "November will be pretty gruesome," said Nick LaPosta, financial secretary of CAW Local 195. "If we can't reroute those people into something else, Im afraid they will become social assistance candidates. Its just not looking good. Companies that went under, moved or cut Second slashing at city schools By Mark Stewart Star Police Reporter A 15-year-old girl faces assault charges after a classmate was slashed in the face with razor blades Wednesday at Herman Secondary School.

The 16-year-old victim required nine stitches after she suffered a 10-cm gash to the left cheek, police said. The Herman attack occurred shortly before morning classes, the second stabbing in Windsor high schools within two days. Tuesday, two 19-year-old men suffered knife wounds to the hands after a knife fight in the hallways of J. L. Forster Secondary School.

Both men were non-students and required stitches. One man was charged with aggravated assault. Staff Sgt. Bob Moon said the most recent attack at the Rossini Boulevard school began after an argument between two female schoolmates. The accused reportedly pushed the victim then swungat her with a sharp item in her hand.

The victim told police she suddenly noticed a strange sensation then realize blood was pouring from her face. A NEARBY teacher broke up the fight which allegedly began over a disagreement about a boy. The victim was taken to Metropolitan hospital where she was treated and released. Police said the weapon seized at the scene was a combination of two razor blades taped together. The 15-year-old Windsor girl was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of assault with a weapon and will face trial in youth court at later date.

The identity of the assailant and victim are protected under the Young Offenders Act. School board officials have expressed concern over potential violence in city schools but insisted the attacks were isolated incidents. Ti'' f'Jl viS Star photoTed Rhodes JERRY VVOLOSCHUK addresses his followers Wednesday as he kicks off his campaign for the mayors chair. Looking on is his wife Elaine. Woloschuk rips fiscal shell game Police shot triggers ,) few verbal barbs at Councillor Mike Hurst, his main opponent.

I believe its going to be a close race probably as close as last time, within 1,000 votes, he told reporters after his speech. "But its time for change real change, he told his supporters. I think we as a city can do better." It was a poised and confident per- By Chris Vander Doelen Star City Hall Reporter Jobs and taxes" are the issues facing Windsor voters, Jerry Woloschuk told supporters Wednesday as he formally kicked off his campaign for mayor. After a month of consulting with voters, jobs and taxes are the major issues" that have to be addressed by the mayor Windsor will choose in November, Woloschuk told about 100 supporters. The municipal campaign trail of 1991 began with a 15-minute speech from Woloschuk in which he compared himself to outgoing Mayor John Millson, distanced himself from the Conservative party, played up his business experience and launched a ex-runners response Election field slim, so far By Ian Timberlake Star Police Reporter Bang! Troy Fountaine was off and running.

Like the starters pistol in the high school track meets he once raced in, a police officers warning shot sent Fountaine into action Wednesday. Fountaine, 20, said he was sitting on his couch directly across from the open door of his Caron Avenue house just south of University Avenue when the drama began about 4:30 p.m. He said he saw one plainclothes police officer run from an alley, chasing two men running south on Caron. AS THE OFFICER passed Foun-taine's front door, he fired a warning shot, and Fountaine joined the chase outside. I heard the cop go, Stop, police, and the cop fired Fountaines mother, Shirley, told him not to leave the house but the for mer track team member at W.D.

Lowe Secondary School ignored her. I was gonna go catch the guys, said Fountaine, a first-year engineering student at the University of Windsor who later explained that he wanted to keep trouble out of the neighborhood. His bravado scared me half to death, said Shirley, afraid police might think he was one of the suspects. As the suspects seemed to pull away from the officer behind them, two unmarked police vehicles joined the chase and caught up with them just east of Caron on Park Street, Fountaine said. In seconds, several marked cruisers converged on thq scene and officers arrested at least two men, witnesses said.

Fountaine, sounding somewhat disappointed as he recounted the tale later, said he went home after he turned the corner to find the suspects already in custody. See POLICE, A4 By Chris Vander Doelen Star City Hall Reporter Candidates for municipal government have been a little shy about showing themselves in Windsor this election year. As of late Wednesday, 51 people have declred as candidates for municipal office in Windsor about half the number of candidates that make up the usual field. Twenty four of the candidates are seeking seats on City Council, six want to be mayor, and the rest are seeking school board seats. Lee Avram, elections supervisor for the City of Windsor, said he expects dozens more candidates will come forward before the Oct.

11 deadline for registration. The election is Nov. 12. I think youll see them' coming out of the woodwork in the near future, Avram said Wednesday. "Its only Sept.

4 summer vacations arent over for everybody," Avram said from his office in the city clerks office. AND SOME candidates don't want to announce too early and get lost in the media shuffle. But I think most people will start the ball rolling by around Oct. 1. Sixteen candidates have registered to run for the Windsor Board of Education, nine for the Windsor Separate School Board.

The record number of candidates in Windsor was 136 in 1976, when the ward system was abolished and candidates were elected at large. The field was so big that a ballot 22 inches (55.8 cm) long was required. Ninety-six candidates ran for office during the last municipal election in 1988 thats a typical number, Avram said. Mayoral candidates so far are: Mike Hurst, Jerry See ELECTION, A4 formance from Woloschuk, a 45-year-old magazine publisher who came within 900 votes of Millson in 1988 THE CHALLENGES to his opponents rolled quickly from Woloschuks lips Wednesday. He attacked as a shell game" councils Herculean budget efforts this year.

After months of struggle, council had to loot reserve funds and postpone other financial commitments to keep the mill rate increase to 3.8 per cent this year. To do it, council deferred $1.1 million in payments promised to the University of Windsor and Windsor Western Hospital this year, postponed a $l-million contribution to capital reserve funds and took $2 million out of the funds to balance the budget this year. It was a matter of moving numbers around because it was an election year, Woloschuk said. "But it means we start off next year with a four-per-cent mill rate increase to pay for the low increase this year, he said. The public should have had the choice" of a budget cut or a larger tax increase, he said.

He compared himself to Millson, whose gung-ho style and team approach earned him almost unprecedented public support in the last year of his term. Im a promoter. Im a sales person thats what I do best. Im probably much closer to John Millson in that way than Hurst is, he said. Critics of Woloschuk most often point to his lack of elected experience and the lifelong membership of the Conservative party, which ended two years ago.

"I want to put that to rest, he told the crowd, which included several well-known Tories as well as members of other parties. "Windsor has had lots of mayors with council experience and theyve been good mayors, -mediocre mayors and even ineffective mayors, "Probably one of our best mayors was Senator (David) Croll, and he didnt have any experience. So council experience in itself isnt a litmus See WOLSCHUK, A4 Sex, gambling and fpg bacon? Heres Ernie By Chris Vander Doelen Star City Hall Reporter Windsor would be a very different city if Ernie (The Bacon Man) La-mont is elected mayor. Gambling and prostitution would be legal. Tecumseh and LaSalle would be annexed and toll booths would be erected at the city limits to charge county residents who commute to city jobs.

The size of bingo jackpots would be increased and Lamont says he would help solve high unemployment by hiring 800 people to sell bacon and other products door-to-door. "I want to be The Man, Lamont, a 44-year-old autoworker, said Wednesday after becoming the sixth declared candidate for mayor. LAMONT, who has never held elected office, had intended to stand as a candidate for a council seat in Ward 3 until Mayor John Millson announced he would not seek re-election. Lamont said he sincerely believes his ideas would work. The Ford worker has no of election planks which sound fanciful such as reopening CBET-TV by See SEX, A4 ERNIE LAMONT: Running Malden shudders over Boblos blues The closing of Boblo Island would be a bitter pill to swallow for Malden Township taxpayers, Reeve Carl Gibb said today.

On Tuesday, the amusement parks owner requested bankruptcy protec tion against its creditors with assurances the park will remain open for the immediate future. Boblo Island will contribute about $270,000 in taxes in 1991 to Malden, the most of any township taxpayer. Bank employee jailed 4-' X- not be reached for comment this morning. On Tuesday; IBC president Thomas Scallen said Boblo would not be affected by the bankruptcy request, and payrolls would be met. The 93-year-old park, which employs about 200 people, mostly Canadians, was bought by IBC in 1988 from the Michigan AAA for an estimated $21 million.

The park had been on the verge of bankruptcy in 1983 under the ownership of seven private American investors. Gibb said the township had taken legal steps to take over ownership of the park in 1983 for unpaid back-taxes, but Michigan AAA stepped in. The township can't give Boblo a tax break, Gibb said, though it would try to help find another buyer if IBC wanted to sell the island to help pay off its $80-miliion US If its debt ridden parent company, the Minnesota-based International Broadcasting Co. (IBC), were to close the park to stem the financial bleeding, about eight per cent of the townships taxes would be dumped on the remaining taxpayers. "Certainly its a concern to me, Reeve Carl Gibb said today.

Its a ma- jor source of our tax base. The township is without any Industry to contribute substantial tax dollars and has been struggling in recent years to build on its small tax base. This year, Malden boosted its taxes 15 per cent, the most of any municipality in Essex County. Gibb has been trying to get in touch with Boblo management to see what the situation is. We want to see what Boblos plans are for next year.

Boblo manager David Brown could laSIlst A bank employee with no previous criminal record was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for stealing money from her bank. Lina Fedele pleaded guilty July 15 to stealing $7,200 from the Ottawa Street-Gladstone Avenue branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank In 1990. Fedele, 25, whose Job made her responsible for "clearing" cheques against customers accounts, cashed cheques written to herself and then "pulled the cheques so no money was taken from her account, Mr. Justice Lawrence Morin of the Ontario Court general division was told. Crown attornejTDenis Harrison said Fedele came under suspicion when bank officials noticed a missing sum of money matched the exact amount of a personal cheque she had written.

He said the Pierre Avenue woman pulled the theft 21 times over a three-month period. Star photoNick Braneaccio WALK THIS WAY Robert (Ducky) Duck, 15, found a new use for a re cycle box as he demonstrates a handstand. The Kennedy Secondary School student performed his trick at Mitchell Park on Giles Boulevard..