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PHIL HOSSACK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - Steve Vincent, (lawyer with Pitblado Law); Carpathia School, grades 4-6, 1969 to 1972: John Eirnarson story. Major Work, “The curriculum did offer more than the regular stream. The class involved additional instruction in French, Reading Club (advanced reading) and the vocational skill of typing. Some of the kids at school were military kids from the housing west of Kenaston Boulevard and they didn’t appreciate the special class in the school. I recall some regular skirmishes at recess. But I think things got better. We played on some school teams (speedskating) together and became friends by the end of it. The program probably had very little career impact from what can I tell. We were such little children. I suppose there might have been a life lesson there in that if you did well academically they would actually try and make school more interesting. One significant life impact seemed to be being in a class with the same kids for three years. Some of us still keep in touch all these years later.” Steve Vincent. September 26, 2016