ws Castlegar News December 10, 1986

COMMUNITY NEWS

Funeral
services

held

Gary Samuelson MacDon-
ald of Calgary, beloved hus-
band of Lois MacDonald, died
suddenly Dec. 1 at age 36.

Mr. MacDonald was born
in St. John’s, Nfid., but has
been a resident of Calgary for
the past year.

He is survived by his wife;
his mother and grandmother,
both of St. John’s; two
brothers, Les of Edmonton,
Alta., and John of St. John’s;
three sisters, June, Arline
and Debbie, all of St. John's.

A private family service
was held Wednesday, Dec. 3
at Pierson's Funeral Chapel
in Calgary.

Cremation followed.

A memorial service was
held Friday, Dec. 5 in St.
John's.

Lois MacDonald is the
daughter of Bill and Joan
Marks of Robson, B.C.

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AWARD

native Connie Cowan

. . . Castlegs
recently won four different scholastic awards from her
studies at MacDonald College in Quebec. Eric Norris,
chairman of the scholarships committee presents

Cowan with the Eliza M. Jones award. The other
awards she won are The Class of ‘53 Book Prize, J.W.
McConnell award and the Stewart Medal.

Recreation news

Santa's
Santa and Mrs. Claus are
coming to the Community
Complex Sunday. The whole
family is invited to visit with
Santa, sing Christmas carols,
roast hot dogs, drink hot

chocolate and go ice skating.-

All this takes place between
1:30 - 4 p.m. Just $1 for hot
chocolage and a hot dog and
50 cents per child and 75
cents per adult for skating.
So bundle up the family,
bring your camera's and
come catch all the action.
Stocking Stuffer

It's a great gift idea for
the one you love. Buy your
sweetheart a fitness pass for
the month of January. The

cost is $12.50 or $15 for any pf
the following fitness classes:
morning aerobics, morning
aqua fit, circuit training,
Tarrys aerobics, downtown
aerobics, power aerobics PM,
tone-it-Up plus p.m. and no
bounce aerobics. Plan to
work away those Christmas
celebration pounds.

Registration is now being
taken for the Jackrabbit Ski
League. This program is for
children ages five to 15 years
and runs for eight Saturdays
starting Jan. 3 at the Castle.
gar Golf Course. The cost of
the program is $12 plus a
Nordic Ski Club membership
which are available at the re-

creation office.
Brochure

The winter recreation pro-
gram brochure is in the pro
cess of being planned. If you
have any suggestions for
programs you would like to
see offered, or if you have
expertise in any field and
would like to instruct a class,
give us a call at the rec
reation office at 365-3386. We
are particularly looking for
people who could instruct
microwave cooking, bridge
and an Easter candy-choco
late class.

Bartending for the Home

Are you entertaining over
the holidays? Well we are
offering a bartending class

Auxiliary gets new board

Twenty members of the
South Slocan chapter of the
Nelson Hospital Auxiliary
elected their 1987 executive
at their Dec. 4 meeting.

The new slate of officers is,
president Joan Millard: vice-

Your satisfaction is our main concern

festive favourite

president Ida Kosiancic; sec
retary Betty Ridge and treas.
urer Hazel Varney.
Appointments included:
phoning duties — Bobi Mac.
Kay and Estelle Barton; his
torian Merla Ridge and

plus many more
low prices

throughout our store

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reporter — Sadie Hammond

Past-president Mary Ax
worthy will remain on the
executive as an assistant to
the newcomers

The financial report was
encouraging, with more than
$1,200 raised in November

Following the business
meeting the entire member
ship journeyed to Nelson
where they enjoyed a Christ
mas luncheon and wind-up

Two guests, Mrs. R. Ste
wart of New Liskeard, On
tario, and Mrs. V. Kosiancic
of Crescent Valley, joined the
party

The next meeting will be
Jan. 7 at Mary Axworthy's
home.

Local man
passes on

Oliver Dube of Castlegar
passed away at the Castlegar
hospital on Saturday, Dec. 6
at the age of 86

A private funeral service
was held on Tuesday with
Pastor Ira Johnson officiat
ing.
Burial took place at the
Park Memorial Cemetery

If friends desire, donations
may be made to the Ex
tended Care Unit at the
Castlegar hospital

Funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
the Castlegar Funeral
Chapel

Christmas
Trees
for
Sale

3,000 bushy Scott Pine and
Coloredo Spruce to choose

Slocon Pork
your own.

PHONE

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Dec. 18 at the Sandman Inn.
It will be a two-hour session
starting at 7 p.m. that will
show you economical ways to
put on a cocktail hour or open
house. Participants will learn
how to mix favorite holiday
refreshments for a cost of
$10. The class is limited to 20
participants, so register now
at the recreation office.

Parent and Tot Skating

Parent and Tot Skating
takes place at the complex
Mondays from 1-2 p.m. and
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 11 a.m. - 12 noon. It only
costs $1.25 for a parent and
all the kids. Come on down
and teach your little ones the
fun of skating.

Castlegar lady
passes away

Mary Pereverzoff of
Castlegar, formerly of Ootis
chenia, passed away Dec. 4 at
the age of 82.

Prayers will begin Sunday
at 7 p.m. at the Castlegar
Funeral Chapel and funeral
service will continue Monday
at 10 a.m. at the Ootischenia
Russian Hall, with bureial at
1 p.m. in the Ootischenia
Cemetery.

Mrs. Pereverzoff was born
Nov. 25, 1904 in Saskat
chewan and came to B.C.
with her parents. The family
settled in Ootischenia.

She married William Per

everzoff at Ootischenia and
lived there most of her life.
She was a member of the
USCC and enjoyed gardening
and knitting.

Mrs. Pereverzoff is sur-
vived by three sons, Mike of
Kelowna, Peter of Blueberry
Creek and Bill of Nelson; one
daughter, Olga Polovnikoff of
Maple Ridge; 10 grandehil
dren; four great-grandchil-
dren; and one brother, James
Sapriken of Nelson. She was
predeceased by her husband
in 1979

Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of the
Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

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Christmas party
set for Sunday

The May Day Social Club
and the Castlegar District
Unemployment Action Cen
tre will host their annual
“Peace on Earth” Christmas
party Sunday at the Com
munity Complex.

This year the doors open
early enough before supper
to decorate the Christmas
tree and get into the Christ

mas spirit. After a potluck
dinner, Santa will call with
gifts of oranges and candy
canes for the children.

The party features live en
tertainment, with music for
young and old and dancing.

Suggested potluck items to
bring are vegetable dishes,
salads, favorite family cas
serole, or dessert.

December 10, 1986

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for the Handicapped. For a donation of $4 or more, the Society
will publish your name in issues of the Castlegar News just
prior to Christmas. (For a donation of $5 or more, the Society
will issue a receipt, if requested.)

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HILD ABUSE
TESTIMONY

VIDEOTAPED

By ANN DUNCAN
In Toronto, a 3'/-year-old girl began having bad
dreams, wetting her bed, kicking up a fuss about going to
sleep and shying away from men — all men.
Her mother, Mary (not her real name), suspected
that something was terribly wrong, but couldn't figure

Then one night, while the two were lying together,
Jessica blurted out — in so many words — that she had
been raped a year earlier by a teenage boy who had been
her babysitter.

Summoning all her self-control, Mary calmly and
cooly questioned her about the incident, and then called
the police, who did the same.

At the end of the interview, the police advised Mary,
a single mother, to take her daughter for counselling and
to forget about laying any charges.

NOT ADMISSIBLE

The problem, they explained gently, is that it is
virtually impossible to get a conviction in a case where
the abused child is so young and there were no older
witnesses. Unlike some U.S. states, they said, Mary's
testimony would be considered by Canadian courts as
hearsay, and therefore inadmissible as evidence.

“I was so angry, hurt and upset that this guy could
rape my child and get away with it,” Mary said. “This is
something my daughter and I have to deal with for the
rest of our lives, and he doesn't even have to have a
second thought about it.

There is a bill now before Parliament that would
broaden the type of evidence legally admissible in such
cases.

But for now, “it would be highly unusual for charges
to be laid in circumstances where the child is very young
— say a pre-schooler — unless you have a confession by
the accused,” says Robin Vogl, former senior counsel for
the Children’s Aid Societies of Toronto.

Children of that age can't express themselves
adequately for legal purposes and they often recant
under the pressure of cross-examination, Vogi said in a
telephone interview

USE VIDEOTAPES

However, an increasing number of child-protection
officers are relying on videotapes of the child's version of
events to make out some sort of justice.

In Montreal, for instance, the Jewish Family
Services is one of three social service agencies that makes
a policy of videotaping all sexually abused children, who
explain what has happened to them with the help of
anatomically correct dolls if need be.

The tape is then shown to police, social workers, and
the alleged offender. In the case of incest — believed to
account for roughly half of all sexual abuse cases
involving children — the tape is shown to both parents,
explained Steve Solomon, the Jewish agency's director of
youth protection.

“The video is the most powerful tool that we have,”
Solomon said. “The parents are often unwilling to believe
that their child has been attacked. But they stop denying
it once they have seen the video.”

As well, police are more likely to take action once
they have seen the tapes, he said. Traditionally, he
added, police were apt to view incest as a family matter,
but increasingly they see it as a criminal matter.

“They can't just shrug their shoulders after seeing
the horrors on the tapes,” said co-worker Howard Nadler.

SPARED ORDEAL

As well, the video spares the child the ordeal of
having to explain time and again what has happened to
him or her, Solomon said. “It saves the child a lot of
trauma.”

Most surprisingly of all, he said, the offender often
confesses after being confronted with the tape or agrees
to undergo psychiatric treatment.

At present, such tapes are not admissible in a law
court. But the federal bill would allow them to be entered
as evidence.

Still, the bill is seriously flawed, some experts said.

Lorna Grant, of Toronto's Special Committee on
Child Abuse, said that even if videotapes are allowed in
courts, children will have to bear the full brunt of
cross-examination, thereby forcing them to relive the
horrors of the crime long after it has occurred

TOTAL UNKNOWN

No one knows exactly how many Canadian children
are sexually abused each year, nor does anyone know
how many people go unpunished in such cases

Grant said that last year, Toronto's Sick Children’s
Hospital treated 182 cases of sexual abuse of children
under seven years of age, including 69 cases of children
younger than four. The total represented almost a
five-fold increase in only three years.

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