a Castlegar News September, 24, 1986 CHILDREN your advertising dollars do betterin..._-_ BUSINESS DIRECTORY TELL OF HORRORS HAMILTON (CP) — A child wardship case notorious for allegations by two young sisters of graveyard murders, cannibalism and sexual perversion has entered its second year with no sure end in sight As the sensational case which has cost the public about $1 million so far — continues, child welfare authorities are preparing for a similar hearing next month. Two of four children making similar allegations of abuse stayed with the same foster family as the girls in the current hearing. Originally expected to last 10 days, the sisters’ hearing has resulted in three ‘separate court matters. Another legal issue involving polygraph evidence lies ahead. The hearing began when the Children’s Aid Society applied to have the girls made permanent wards of the Crown after a foster mother reported their bizarre tales. A hird child, born in February to the same mother and Jifferent father, has been added to the wardship application A psychiatrist has testified that the foster mother. although obsessive and compulsive, shows no sign of mental imbalance TO BE CALLED Several witnesses have yet to be called, including the parents and a manager from CHCH-TV in Hamilton, where he girls testified child pornography was filmed The girls also alleged their parents killed and ate people, that they were sexually violated with objects that included living birds and that they were forced to eat feces and drink urine. They also said they participated unwillingly in satanic rituals in graveyards and that some of the parents victims were dismembered and buried, in some «ases in their backyard ‘The girls also alleged their parents killed and ate people... and they participated unwillingly in satanic rituals in graveyards’ No criminal charges have been laid against the parents and police will not comment on any investigation. The credibility of the sisters’ chilling, often revolting. testimony has been evaluated from the stand by dozens of experts, including Dr. William Wehrspann of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. “If (one girl) is making this up, she’s either ‘Tennessee Williams or William Shakespeare; the Characters are wonderful,” Wehrspann said. MUST DECIDE Now Judge Thomas Beckett must determine whether results of lie detector tests taken by the girls’ parents should be admitted as evidence by their lawyers. The first step is to decide whether a voir dire hearing a trial within a trial — should be held to hear arguments about the admissability of such evidence If Beckett rules in favor of admitting polygraph evidence, Children’s Aid lawyer John Harper says he will appeal. If he rules against it or refuses to hold a voir dire, the father's lawyer, Michael Hartrick, says he will recommend that his client appeal The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 20 years ago that polygraph results are not admissible as evidence. Although that ruling has never been overturned, some lower courts have since allowed lie detector tests to be used. This wardship hearing, closed to the public and all but six media representatives, has cleared numerous legal hurdles since it began Sept. 17, 1985. A number of precedents were set when Judge Beckett allowed some hearsay evidence and videotapes of the children in play therapy sessions to be used as evidence HAVE GON ON Other issues arising from the wardship hearing have gone on to other courts In the Ontario Court of Appeal, police department lawyers are appealing Beckett's decision to allow the media access to details surrounding contempt charges laid against two policemen testifying in the hearing. The judge was withheld the information pending that ruling The policemen have yet to be tried on the contempt charges laid last May All of the lawyers involved agree the cost has been high n both emotional and financial terms. The last time my client saw her kids was Christmas time,” said the mother's lawyer, Arthur Brown, adding his client lost custody in March 1985. CAN VISIT BABY The mother, who has overdosed several prescription drugs and has disrupted court proceedings with times on her outbursts, has received a court order which allows her to visit her newborn baby once a week The children, who have testified briefly. are adjusting well and are unaware of the continuing courtroom drama upon which their fate depends, said Don Trebilcock, acting managing director of the Children’s Aid Society hearing will end says Willson No one knows when the This is an unusually lengthy hearing,” McTavish, Ontario's Official Guardian. “If every case were this lengthy, the system would grind to a halt Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 WANTED CLEAN COTTON RAGS Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave., Castlegar Auto Rentals MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Brian L. 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The $500,000 winning number in Friday's Provincial lottery draw is 2864745. Fall fair nen Robson Fall Fair attracted more than 270 entries, and ee oust of all the SUNDAY Vol. 39, No. 78 CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1986 neaenmenecieaaniiiie _ FOR MID-NOVEMBER WEATHERCAST 60 Cents 3 Sections (A, B & C) OFFICIAL OPENING . . . Mary Kerr, chairman of the B.C. Housing Management Commission, cuts ribbon to officially open Rosewood Manor senior citizens housing complex. Also on hand for Friday's opening were (from left): Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, Bill Zarikott, president of Doukhobor Benevolent Society, society member Pete Oglow, Leslie Brochu of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. and Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy. Coshews Photo by Chery! Colderbank NEW _ PRINCIPAL PROVIDES NEW LOOK AT SHSS By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer There is a new face in the principal's office at Stanley Humphries secondary school and with it is coming a new look fc: local high school education. Gordon Shead, who has worked extensively throughout B.C., wants to see the community more involved in the education system ‘If you are a member of this community and want to take an active interest in this school, you are welcome,” Shead said in an interview Thursday The 38-year-old principal sees a lot of potential with community involvement in the school system “There is a lot of expertise in this community, a lot of know-how,” he said. “If we could tap that resource we could certainly have the potential to improve on some programs.” Shead says already he has people working with the swim team, the grass hockey team and possibly the basketball team. “We would also welcome and even in the classroom.” Shead says he still prefers volunteers at school dances The club's sponsoring teacher would be present but volunteers on field trips GORDON SHEAD community involvment But Shead was quick to add that PTA meetings are not to be meant simply as fund-raising events “The main focus of elementary PTA’s is often fund raising,” he said. “Here I would like the PTA to serve as a the rest would be from the y He said at the last dance the volunteers had a very positive experience. They were given a chance to interact with the students, to see what was happening and they said they would “do it again in a flash.” Shead is also implementing one of the first Parent Teacher Associations the district has seen in several years. g | hope to have good representation at these meetings.” said Shead. “For me they are a necessity They can play a very positive and major role for the school's programs.” board for school policies.” Shead would like to see the association help decide the school's direction, to focus on the enhancement student activities and to consider such school policies as discipline, attendance and even grading procedures Shead believes the absence of a PTA in recent years was merely a relection of the times, but he hopes the open meeting will change his attitude. “It was a result of the mood in the province, people watching out for themselves, a feeling of selfprotection There was stress at home and in the schools,” he said continued on page A3 Transit system given go-ahead By RON NORMAN Editor Municipal Affairs Minister Rita Johnston gave Castlegar’s long-awaited transit system the green light Friday, and said area residents could be riding the new bus as early as November. “I am pleased to announce that the B.C. Transit board of directors will be able to fund bus service for this important West Kootenay community,” Johnston said in a prepared release. “The transit service is expected to start operating by late November,” she added. The one-bus system will serve Selkirk College's Castlegar campus, the high school, hospital, the major shopping areas, most residential areas within the city and parts of Area I and J Mayor Audrey Moore welcomed the new bus service, but gave much of the credit to Selkirk College student society vice-president Chuck Rose. “Chuck Rose put it all together for us certainly superb,” Moore said. Rose, Moore and members of Castlegar council met with Johnston at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in 595 MILLION he was By RON NORMAN However, Editer Westar Timber Ltd. sold its Celgar Mitchell said the sale, which followed lengthy negotiations, must still be formalized. Vernon earlier this month to press the minister for a transit system. Moore said at the time that Rose’s presentation helped convinee Johnston of the need for a bus in Castlegar. Moore, Area J director Martin Vanderpol and Area I director John Voykin will meet with officials from the B.C. Transit Tuesday to discuss the new system. Moore said that as far as she knows, everything is in place to allow the bus to begin operating Nov. 24. However, Voykin said Saturday-that while the bus is “welcome news”, he is still not happy with the proposed cost-sharing arrangement or the bus route. “Because it’s two or three years too late, three issue: have to be re-addressed,” he said. He said the bus route should include Shoreacres, Pass Creek and possibly Krestova. As well, he suggested that if the bus route isn’t altered, then the tax structure should be revised. Voykin said his whole electoral area will be taxed to help pay for the bus, while the route won't service all his residents. Voykin also said the three-zone fare structure needs to be re-examined “I think it's discriminatory to have zones,” he said. “We are already discriminated by the service we get.” ‘Celgar pulp mill sold supply the pulp mill with wood chips. Westar will also retain all cutting rights to its huge Tree Farm License Pulp Operations Saturday for $95 million to a consortium of two Montreal companies and a Chinese bank. “This sale really marks the exit from our direct participation as a company (in) the pulp business,” David Mitchell, Westar’s general manager of industrial relations, said in a telephone interview from Vancouver. Mitchell said Westar, a subsidiary of B.C. Resources Investment Corp., signed an agreement of sale with Consolidated-Bathurst Ltd. and Power Corp., both of Montreal, and the China International Trust and Investment Corp., the merchant banking arm of the Chinese government. The Chinese will have 50 per cent of the acquisition and the other two partners will split the rest Power Corp., controlled by Paul Desmarais, head of the Canada-China Trades Council, owns 40 per cent of Consolidated-Bathurst D’Arcy to carry NDP banner By MIKE KALESNIKO Staff Writer MLA Chris D'Arcy spared nothing in his criticism of the Socreds at the Rossland-Trail NDP nominating meeting in Trail Friday night, com paring the spending practices of the present government to the extrava gance of ancient Egyptians. D'Arcy, who captured the nomi nation by acclamation, wondered aloud in his acceptance speech if things today were anything like times thousands of years ago. “I wonder if this is something they did in Egypt, in ancient times, where the king built monuments and the rest of the country was living in poverty,” he said. “It sure looks good 5,000 years from now, but it probably wasn't very much fun being an Egyptian then “What we need in this election i isa government in Victoria that cares,” he told about 100 New Democrat mem bers at the United Steelworkers of American Local 480 hall D'Arcy pointed out a few of the many changes the Socreds have made since 1983, saying there have been “savage cuts” in education — especially “We would expect and believe an agreement would close by mid-Octo- ber,” he said, adding, “The agreement is not closed yet.” The purchase price is subject to adjustments in working capital at closing Under the agreement, the three firms will be joint owners of the mill through a company called Power Consolidated (China) Pulp Inc. Shok K. Narang, senior group No. 23. Mitchell called the sale “an impor. tant step” in rebuilding the company’s solid-wood fibre business. Celgar was the company’s last pulp mill. In July Westar sold its Skeena Pulp Mill in Terrace to Repap Enterprises Ltd. of Montreal for $100 million. Wilf Sweeney, general manager of Celgar Pulp Operations, welcomed the sale. “I think there’s going to be some vice-p of C Bath. urst, will also serve as president of the new company Narang said in a statement the acquisition of the mill is the Chinese's firm's first major investment in Can ada The $95 million price tag includes an estimated $25 million in working capital, Mitchell pointed out. Westar will continue to operate its Southern Wood Products sawmill and g options for the pulp mill with the new owners,” he said in an interview Saturday. Sweeney was careful to point out that he is in no way critical of Westar's ownership. “We've got a fair degree of op timism,” he said, but added the mill has always been optimistic. “I think in a sense it’s business as usual,” he said. ELECTION . . . Rossland-Trail NDP MLA Chris D'Arcy and wife An drea Hall ore all smiles following successful nomination Friday night in Trail at the college level, but also at the university and grade school levels. “New Democrat MLAs have con stantly spoken out on behalf of the young people and the students and the children and the educational system of this provinee.” he said D'Arcy said no Socred MLA has ever stood up in legislature to speak out against these cuts. We even have one prospective MLA, who shall remain nameless say that all those cuts were correct. the only problem is they didn’t hire enough Contews proto by Mike Keteand public relations people.” he said. “Otherwise. we would have all understood just how great those cuts were. and nobody would have minded having schools closed and teachers fired and seen class sizes grow.” D'Arcy said one of the most tragic results of having the Socreds in office was the loss of B.C.’s educated pro fessionals. “Our best and our brightest most imaginative and productive young people are leaving the province.” continued on page A2