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editorial comment.
Proof beyond
a reasonable doubt

In the end, the accused was the victim — and always will
be.

Although the verdict in the recent S! e Court sexual
assault trial involving a local man was Not Guilty, he will
always be haunted by the spectre of the charges laid against
him.

Prior to the start of the trial, the presiding judge placed a
ban on publication of any information that would lead to the
identity of the complainant.

However, it seemed that the use of the name and occupa-
tion of the accused was fair game to most media sources.

On the other hand, details of court testimony, as unsavory
as they may be, are a matter of public record, and, reported as
such, are the only way the credibility, or lack of it, of any
See ee ee nema of the public.

of ii is most in
our combat lan stated the judge in his charge to the jury
before they began their deliberations. “The accused does not
have to prove he is innocent.”

‘The defense counsel was even more eloquent on the sub-
ject in his closing statement.

“There are two legal concepts in place,” he pointed out,
“the presumption of innocence and proof beyond a reason-
able doubt. They form the very foundation of our criminal

justice system. The presumption of innocence is the cloak
that protects us from false accusation, gossip, innuendo, and
speculation. This man wears that cloak until his guilt is
proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”

:|.-. ‘That.““cloak”. was.ripped away from the accused-by the

+| «media who, throughout the trial, used the accused’s name on

tbe. aicip broadcast média, or in black and white —complese

-with photo — in the print media.
the

who has
at least a good Portion of this man’s life and etait his
career, remains anonymous — protected by the system.

Depending on plot and

Ron‘
Jeffels ..

Syndicated
Columnist

Greek and Gaelic have them. So do
Spanish and Swahili, English and

Arabic and all the other languages. _

Call them gradations: quiet, subtle,
sly, often imperceptible, sometimes
satanic shifts in the tone and the
meaning of words depending.on the
speaker's plot and BUDO

Here's an

{ slosh, , . and I can’t think of the other’
two. Not immediately, I can’t. But that
doesn’t mean that English can't do'a,
snow job when it wants to change,

“conceal, adapt or distort meanings,

Let's take as'a p

somehow chaste, dispassionate and
neutral, with a certain grace and essen-
tial dignity ‘about it! That's why the
people who flog, nurture and tend cars
» for a living use it in the titles of their

that single object in Westem civiliza-
tion we worship, honor and vencrate
above all others: the car, Be honest!
Most of us would sell our first-bom into

bondage or give granny to the grave to,

protect the health, welfare, security and
happiness of the car, The car is Westem
civilization, for heaven's sake!
Anyway, staat with the simple
word car: a metal, glass, chrome and
plastic shell, mounted on four wheels,

on language tell me that tA Eskimo
bave at least 50 gradations on the sim-
ple word snow. They need them, Win-
ter is always there: a brooding,
lurking, malevolent giant — present

P d by an engine gas,
propane, diesel or Chanel No. Five,
and driven by an idiot, fool, madman,
tubblehead or polite, courteous and
gracious human being.

Circle the appropriate response

now, slowly
gone, about to ‘return. So different
words are required to describe the
infinitely subtle, varied and capricious
swings in the giant's moods. *

A cold and quick dip into the mind
tells me that in English we have per-
haps a half a dozen: snow, sleet, slush,

di on your most récent
encounter on the roads, Some of you —
afew, not many — may even be tempt-
ed to choose the Iast on the list. If so,
you’re rare, rare as a phoenix rising
from tbe ashes of its incinerated self.

Now begin to change the word
slightly. Automobile seems — well —

official iz Can't have the
B.C. Hopped, Chopped and Dropped
Association, y'know: that would be
inf dig, well below the salt:

arn ;

power, control and status to most of
us. Not to me, it doesn’t! Dark, cabal-
istic secrets — secrets known only to

purpose

If you "re bold and courageous,
with an epidermal layer like the blunt
end of a'battle tank, consider the sly,
changes of meaning in words used to
describe those who govern us: States,
man, politician, political hack, party,
favorite, paeman, blue-cyed boy, old,
school friend, I can think of only one
Statesman in the recent past;
Churchill, I have no trouble atiaching
names to others on the list.

Or what about money? Think of
the various auros and so the social
judgments attached to these words:
Bree (ig. .. bis), wage (small. .

by. And only,.the gods on Mount Par-
nassus know what strange and inven-
tive behavior goes on inside that
curtafned:seraglio. That's what the
word limousine says to me.

Now move to jalopy, hot rod, hack,
souped-up job, bucket of bolts, bug,
lemon or the more remote flivver: all
gradations, slurring gradations, on the
same thing. Until they appear for sale
ona used-car lot, of course Then,

they becom
selected, pre-owned, Tovingly sven,
moderately-priced automobiles.""

mine), i wage (it is to
laughl), fee (probably legal and there-
fore fortknoxian), honorarium (fee for
nothing, honor doubtful), royalty
(minuscule: you're a writer), Or Sen-
atake and Ottaward: my tems for the
infamous $156 the boys want for
being limo’ed up the Hill that day.

Gradations. . . Take this one: “I am
open and honest in speech. You are
brutally frank and tactless. He is rude,
crude — probably stewed.” Make a dif-
ference, now doesn’t it?

RR. Jeffels is.a Richmond free-
lance writer and former principal of
The Open Learning Institute.

The argument, that “everybody knows who is
anyway,” is simply not valid. Or wasn’t prior to revelations
otherwise.

It would seem more than wise to preserve the anonymity
of the person who “is imed innocent until proof of guilt
beyond a reasonable doubt” is established at least as well as
the person who has made the accusation.

That way the “presumed innocent” cannot be judged on
the streets and the verdict that comes from the courtroom
would be a valid one.

“. what they, want to.

If one wanted to get mugged, there
are a few streets in Vancouver where
one could hang about and probably

find oneself parting with one’s wallet

in short order. As no sane person
wants to get mugged, those of us with
no busi in such

prudently avoid them. «

It’s common sense to be prudent.

This week, a judge is receiving an
earful from feminists bécause his rul-
ing on a sexual assault case set the
accused free. Further, the judge
declared that when the plaintiff said
‘No’, it could have meant ‘maybe’ or
‘not yet’. There is today no shortage of
commentators who are prepared to say
the judge was mistaken in his opinion
and has a neanderthal attitude to sex.

Well, it’s a judge’s job to be just
and that means reviewing the circum-
stances of the case before applying the
law. What were the circumstances
here?

Man goes to bar, woman goes to
bar. They have never met before.
However, he chats ber up, buys her a
drink - a number of drinks, in fact.
She says, “Let’s go back to my place.”

1 would say the she was not pru-
dent. She did not display common
sense,

That is not to say she asked for it,
or that date rape is not a criminal mat-
ter. Butit is to say that for a woman to
invite a man she hardly knows, and

has met over drinks in a bar, back to ~

ber apartment, is ah act of egregious
folly on her part in which she need-

lessly exposes herself to risk.

One might with equal logic, hitch-
hike on the freeway or pack a picnic
lunch and go for a stroll through a
minefield in Iraq,

Being a bit of a neanderthal
myself, I would also suggest that for a
woman to go to a bar unaccompanied
Strains common sense. She may only
have gone in for a drink. However,
there are far too many men who
would assume that a lone women in a
bar was looking for a man. Not a good
idea. If you stand in a swamp, expect
to be bothered by mosquitoes.

Finally - and here I quote from an
account of the ruling as rendered in
Thursday" s Times Colonist - the
accused ‘started Hobutoning the
woman's jeans and the zipper
down. She did not tell him to stop,
grab his hand or try to stop him from
lowering the zipper. After this, the
woman undid the pants herself and
said this was because she was hoping
“whatever he had on his mind, he'd
snap out of it”.”

T would say this was a serious mis-
calculation. It was not prudent and it
was not common sense. It seems the

judge thought likewise; he found the
woman voluntarily assisted the
accused.

When feminists declare that
‘women are at greater risk today than
ever before and enjoy less respect
from men, they may possibly be right.
(Ironically, their own doctrine of
equality, which spums the protective
instinct in men, contributes to this
problem.) -

It would be wonderful if men were
as genteel as the characters on a

British PBS movie, but most of those

are set in the thirties in a different
country. And that’s only celluloid.
anyway. This is Canada, this is now.
and the reality of our society is all too
sordid.

There is every reason, surely, fora
‘woman to exercise the greatest cau-:

+ tion in her affairs and if women tuly
wish to be equal to men, then they
must accept some responsibility for
their actions and the situations in
which they place themselves.

And if men are as predatory as we
are said to be, some of that old-fash-
ioned wisdom from Grandma would
be a good first line of defense.

He said it like it was, no matter the cost

Richard Hatfield goes to his final
Testing place in the rolling hills near
Hartland, N.B., May 1, leaving his
province, his country and his fellow
_ Canadians better for his life in politics.

current battle for Canada.

Hatfield would have undoubtedly
picked as his first targets the Reform-
ers and the Bloc Quebecois. The

gloom ‘and foreboding. And that wor-

tied mood was reflected a few days

later by a group of young 4-H’ers
ding a citi 2

Bloc for feeding Quebecers’ suspi-
cions that TROC — the rest of Cana-
da — doesn’t respect them; and the
Reformers for quietly telling English-
speaking Canadians we'd be better
off in a Canada without Quebec. *
The recent upsurge in:the polls by .
‘both these radical fringe parties sug-
gests it will take Satniordinary politi-
cal to

Much has been written about Hat-
field’s political career, but what
struck me most about this rare Cana-
dian was his commitment to doing
what he believed was correct, no mat-
ter how it differed from conventional
wisdom, or how great the Potential
political cost. :,:)>., ;

“Political leadership i is ‘telling ‘your
people the bad news, Duff, not just
he told me
once years ago.)

‘That's exactly: the approach’ he'd

have taken, had he lived to'see out the

the option is ‘oily.
A month’ ago, about the time
Gallup found 16% of Canadians said
they ‘supported, the Reform Party, if
was convinced we were sleep-walk-
ing to disaster,‘the breakup of Cana-
days
That.may still happen, but if it
docs‘it won’t be because peopie in the
moderate middie, Canadians of good
will, didn’t fight to keep the nation
united. :2i:)
Speaking to Independent Grocers a
couple of: weeks ago'in-V 1

here
in Ottawa.

But by last week, the mood in the
country seemed to be changing for
the better,

Canada’s Realtors have ‘set upa
itical action charged

ne ols of te ane Uo ete
all points of view,” he said. To “pro-
Mids a Sowe of perspective «. to help
Canadians understand the headlities
in the context of our history.

“Journalist ... hold enormous

wer.
“We have seen how passions can

with helping pus' unity. ‘Aind thé Sal-'
vation Army has joined in, adding
healing the wounds of the nation'to
their already full agenda of belping
the less fortunate. These are ‘encour-
aging signs. .

But, like a flower in’ springtime,

‘these positive movements remain

fragile, and could be easily damaged.
That message was brought home
by Gov::Gen: Ray Hoatyshyn. *
In a ‘forceful speech to the dds
x Awards for ex
Canadian joumalism, the G-G Pa te
media on notice, indi

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an anthem” he

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think today more than ever, the media’
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Wednesday, May 1, 1991

The Castlegar Sun

Fege 7A |

aLetters to the Editor.

“Feedback” ae gets fed back

‘To the Editor: |
One of your readers sent ina
copy of your “Feedback” article

_ about ‘hunting ‘as reported by

Nancy Lingley, It da great

Gun Clubs, Be 3
The BC Wildlife ‘Fed

') These groups:also call them-

which represents the Rod & Gun
clnbs in the province and The
dian Wildlife Fed:

durtiber of comments by the bunter
F ing the West K
Outdoorsman. I am glad that Ms.
hides pointed out clearly that
ich a group is fepresenting Rod &

cas these nice sounding titles.
Many of thé public are not aware
that these groups are strong lobby-
ing groups for ‘bunting, trapping
and

selves 0 up just as
Mr. Davis refers to himself as “an
active conservationist.” The trick
then is to define conservation in n

special unique way to justify hunt-
oe "They define “conservation” as
“the wise use of wildlife" — ic.

killing.
‘These same groups are critical

Detailed story found inappropriate

‘To the Editor:

1, Apparently the statement of
“Freedom of the Press” gives jour-
nalists the right to add more injury
to the already suffering parties
involved in criminal cases.

1 am referring to an article in the
Castlegar Stin which appeared on
the front page of this newspaper on
‘Wednesday, April 17, 1991. I real-
ize that the newspapers have the
right to report on all ongoing court
cases to inform their readers of the
progress. I also know that this can
be done in a more acceptable man-
ner than was done in this case.

Any potential witnesses in simi-
lar cases are cértainly going to
think very long and hard about
coming forward if they think that
all the graphic details are going to
be splashed all over the front page.

Both the accused and the witness
have families that have suffered
along with them in cases like this
one. Sensationalist type joumalism
like this ‘only adds to their pain and
suffering. If we as readers enjoy this
type of writing we have only to a
to the store and buy an
Star to bave access to this kind of
cruel and uncaring reporting.

« My children read the

‘of g groups who are opposed to the ,
unnecessary killing of wildlife and
often refer to them in derogatory
terms such as “a terrible preserva-
tionist," As if that was something
to be ashamed of. -

To pretend to ‘save’ animals or
‘protect’ them and then shoot them
dead when particularly they have
become big enough,. healthy
enough, or old enough to be consid-
ered a good trophy, is bardly the
(ruc meaning of being a Conserva-
tionist.

at night to take news clippings to
school for their newstime, I.am
upset to think that as a parent we
now have to start screening not only
TV and movies for our children but
the local newspaper as well.

‘The damage that has béen done
to all parties involved in this case
can not be repaired but I will make
sure. that this type of reporting does
not find a place on the coffee table -
in my living room.

Sincerely,
Bev Casler

The iful ograph of all
the stuffed animals that was used in
this full page article is testament to
this whole meaning of conserva-
tion. All those beautiful animals
were “conserved” by the hunters
who killed them, So much for con-
servation,

No wonder Canada does not
even bave an Endangered Species
Act. We have been too busy ‘con-
serving’ everything that lives in the
outdoors.

Yours truly,
George V. Clements

Calling all Robson, Raspberry residents to attend

To the Editor:

~ Some 5 years ago the trustees
of Robson-Raspberry Improve-
ment District made a decision to
raise the taxes and tolls of the
water users to provide funds to
clean up the water source as rec-
ommended in a results of an

Through to the end of 1988, as
funds became available, work con-

tinued towards getting the source ~

of water improved, In the spring of
1989 the engineer (that had been
commissioned by the trustees at
the time to provide guidance in
cleaning up the water intake) was
issed and to date no further

i ing stu
by the ReBional Disnnet of Central
Kootenay approximately 15 years
ago.

work has been done. ‘
I would like to appeal to the
Robson and Raspberry water users

to come to the.Annual General
Meeting tonight, May 1, 1991 at
7:00 o'clock at the Robson Hall. If

the water users are satisfied with
the quality of their water, and do
not mind boiling it prior to using it,
and do not mind having their tax
dollars used for other than what
they were intended for, then let-us_
give the trustees a vote of confi-
dence. However, if the water users
are not satisfied with what is hap-

pening to their tax dollars, then
such a message should be very
loudly conveyed to the trustees.

I urge all those concerned to
come out to the meeting and exer-
cise their democratic rights, hear
the trustees annual report, and elect
trustees to replace those whose
terms have expired.

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City Council

Stanley Humphries Senior Sec-
ondary school students were hon-
orary members of Castlegar City
Council for one night on Monday,
April 22, as the City of Castlegar
kicked off Municipal Awareness
Week.

Mayor Audrey Moore wel-
comed the two acting mayors and
six alternate aldermen to the fold
of Council Chambers.

Acting Mayor Sonoka Kambata7
of SHSS proclaimed the weekas>*

Week oe to a full house at City ©
Council Chambers, and ber student
counterpart Acting Mayor Vaughn
‘Welychko introduced Citizen of the
Year, Jim Waldie. Waldie spoke to
Council members on the importance
of Day Of Mourning, April 28.

2 Waldie said that about 160 B.C
workers have lost their lives through
accidents at their wore place and

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14, at the Community Complex. She
asked Council to set up a booth of
their own at the Fair so that the
seniors would know what services
are available for them from the City.

Garrett said that the fair will
have various display booths
describing the different services
that are available to the seniors.
These areas include housing,
health, and transportation. Garrett
explained that these booths will be
open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

‘The fair has 10 confirmed dis-
plays to date and they are looking
for more. She stated that there has
been lots of interest shown thus far.
Alderman Jim Chapman said that
B.C. Tel will have a display booth
at the fair, and that it would feature
all equipment available to the bear-
ing impaired.
ecpiom 11:30 am. to 1 p.m., we
will be holding a pot luck. This is
a brown bag lunch type

overall met the Sime fate.

“It is because of this that the
trade movement has put forward a -
proposition to have a national day of
mourning, that we may all take a

moment to remember these people

are unable to work,” he said.

Waldie told all those, at the
meeting, it is was in their memory
that “Day of Mouming” was given
Royal Assent on February 1 of this
year. :
one

After reading proclamations oa
Summer amd ‘Week, May 1-7;
Pitch-In Weck, May & 12; and

Month of May; acting 5 Mayoras
Kambara and Welychko assisted
Mayor Moore in presenting 23
members of the Ist Girl
Guides with their Citizen badges.
Jacquie Craig, Guider in Charge,
explained to Council that one of
the prerequisites to obtaining the
badge was that the girls had to
attend a government meeting, and
last night's Council meeting ful- -
filled that part of lg criteria. :

© Seniors Health ‘pair and Forum
n Lorraine Garrett

; Bro-
Ried pomeil with valuable infor- °
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and Forum slated for Tuesday, May

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of thing so that people can enjoy
with one another looking

through the different displays and

hopefully stay for the forum,”

Garrett.

She informed council members
that the forum will take place from
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“7d like to invite Your Worship
and Council members to the forum
because this will be a discussion
which will bring out senior survey

stated.

She explained that some of
those recommendations will need
funding, while others would not.

: “After we have discussed the
survey and the recommendations,
we are hoping that we can develop
a Senior Action Committee to help

the

‘Garrett said that it was impor-

tant for the seniors to know that

from filling out the survey that
there is action being taken, taken, that fill-,

ing out the survey was not just for
the sake of filling out a form and

Happen

that work is underway on imple-
menting the concems they have.
Garrett made a plea to citizens
urging those who see the posters
circulated around the city, to tell
their friends about the forum and to
attend if all possible. She said that
sooner or later, the recommenda-
tions of the survey would benefit
everyone as we w" i all become
seniors one day.
jome of: sige poconace
tions I'd like to seb in place for
when I get there,” "she mused,
:
Council pee a resolution that
would enable the City to a senda
letter to Martin Thomas, Adminis-

* porraweditr the 8
'

ines @

over the years,

Although Price has been per-
forming clerk and deputy clerk
duties, the title will give. her more
authority in business-related mat-
ters.

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in no position to begin those pay-
ments until after the Celgar expan-
sion project is completed.

trator of the Ministry of icipal
Affairs, Recreation and Culture
advising that Council of the City of
Castlegar applies for the continua-
tion of the Downtown Facade
Improvement Program for 1991.

Once the letter is received,
Thomas will provide the City with
information regarding the conver-
sion of entrance doors to make
them handicapped accessible as
this is part of the Facade Improve-
ment Program. The conversion pro-
gtam provides funding in the
amount of 50 cents on the dollar to
a maxi of $1,000 per

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Castlegar City Deputy Clerk
Betty Price was re-named Castlegar
City Clerk by Mayor Moore. Price,
who has been performing the duties
of City Clerk for many years, but
did not hold the title, was very
appreciative and happy with Coun-
cil’s decision. Mayor Moore
praised Price adding that she has
done ari outstanding job as a clerk

is proposing that
Castlegar begin Annual payments
in 1992 of $100,000, $10,000 to
the principal and $90,000 to a

reserve fund that would be uséd to .

pay the outstanding balance in the
year 2005.

In a memo to City Council,
Castlegar’s director of finance,
Jacquie Hamilton said that the City
cannot afford to make larger P pay-
ments on the Industrial
near future because of the addition:
al costs to be incurred during Cel-

‘ gar’s construction phase. She went
on to write that there will presum-
ably be increased revenues after
construction has been completed to
allow the city to finally address its
debt.

City Council voted April 22 to
continue negotiations with the
province to try and minimize the
interest the city has to pay and

Postpone payments to the reserve
fund until the City’s cash flow

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9am.to6pm- 9am.

through Saturday, May 4, 1992

Mon. to Wed. & Sat. Thursday & Friday

We reserve the right to limit sales to retall quantities.

SAFEWAY

Effect Sunday, April 28

Sunday

.to9p.m. 10a.m. to 6 p.m.

We bring it all logether ¥