Molly in the agriculture hall of fame By RIC SWIHART stops on the street to discuss "busi­ of The Herald ness." Lethbridge's Molly Coupland has In fact one friend used to say "she won many awards for distinquished knows everybody from here to hell," service to Southern Albertans, but although she prefers to think of more when she received the letter inform­ on the heaven side. ing of her pending induction to the When it came time to move from the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame, she farm 23 years ago, Vancouver was her couldn't believe it. first choice. But tonight, at a galla banquet in Calgary, she and three other distin­ "I knew about 150 people out there," quished Albertans will join a growing she said. "But you know, there are list of who's who in agriculture in the only two left. And some say that if I province. had moved out there, I would have Coupland, who claims to be "49 and been gone by now too." holding" has a list of local awards By staying in Lethbridge, she has from various organization that would managed to accumulate about 60 be the envy of most, including last years of service to farm and commu­ year's Volunteer of the Year award nity organizations. from the Lethbridge YWCA. After joining the UFA, she held 35 It was that award that prompted positions from local president and Joyce Templeton and Katharine Rus­ secretary to director of women in the sell to start the nomination wheels in region, provincial vice-president and motion that would put Coupland in the convenor. Agricultural Hall of Fame. She has been secretary-treasurer Templeton, the regional director of for four mutual telephone companies Women of Unifarm, and Russell, as well as secretary for the Wilson- immediate past director, have McNally Blue Cross and the Coaldale worked with Coupland for years in school fair. various farm organizations. In 1981, she was one of three charter "We simply believed that women members to receive a plaque for serv­ should be in the limelight as much as ice on the 25th anniversary of the for­ men in these kinds of things, and there mation of the Lethbridge Auxiliary was no doubt Molly had all the qualifi­ Hospital Association. cations," said Templeton. She has been president of the auxil­ But Coupland was still pinching her­ iary association, and has served also self for weeks after the letter, and as vice-president, buyer for the can­ only when officials at the Alberta teen, helper at special events. She still Agriculture Department asked for makes cookies and cakes for several pictures, did the pending patients. MOLLY PINS CYRU. WICHERS DURING FARMERS' BONSPIEL She is active in the St. Andrew's award hit home. Presbyterian Church. She was elected Her family roots start in Southern house and weekends helping mother ter delegates to go to the week-long an elder in 1979, and was first presi­ Alberta in 1910 when her father moved with the family washing, using a convention, a fact that stands out in dent of the church's local Women's to Bow Island with the Southern scrub board. her mind as one of the highlights of Federation. Alberta Land Co. "There were no conveniences in her organizational life. Besides farm, church and auxiliar, When a move to Medicine Hat was those days," said Coupland. "It took She also shook hands with the she has been a director of the Leth­ proposed in 1912, the family chose all day just to wash the clothes for Prince of Wales during a fleeting visit bridge Red Cross, a member of the instead to come to Lethbridge. such a big family." to Lethbridge and was elected to women's committee of the Lethbridge In 1915, the family settled on a farm The family moved to the McNally attend the Associated Country Women and District Exhibition Association, a in the Crystal Lake area north of the district and she became more active of the World convention in Oslo, Nor­ member of the McNally Home and Lethbridge Research Station. That in the community. way. School Association (desite the fact she district has since be renamed Sunny­ In 1921, because there were many But it has been the continued asso­ never married), and received in 1958, side, and the Sunnyside School sits on young people in the district, they ciation with farm people that has kept after 25 years service, the Queen's a part of the original Coupland farm. organized a junior chapter of the her looking and acting 25 years youn­ Proficiency Medal as a serving sister Coupland was the first of nine chil­ United Farmers of Alberta, the only ger than her age. in St. John's Ambulance Nursing dren, and the only girl. She says she farm organization to form the Alberta "I've gained a lot of good friends Division. often told people there were eight government. from farm organizations," she said. "We think Molly is an excellent boys in the family and they all had a "We sure made a lot of signs in "We've always had something in example of a person, who through vol­ sister. those days," she said. "It was hard common." unteer work, has had a rich and fulfill­ Her early life consisted of school work helping get that government In fact, she knows so many people ing life and has been an example to and hard work. Summers were spent elected." her mother used to dislike shopping ethers in love and service," said Tem- helping in the threshing crew cook She was one of the first junior chap­ with her because it would mean many jileton. _

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Canada total: $5,294,881 (Donations to May 28) Journey for Lives cost about $450,000 Oa. VICTORIA (CP) - Steve more and more popular," Roberts his needs in a little more effective Fonyo's Journey for Lives cost said. "We're hoping that the other way/' about $450,000, which comes out of parts of the country who never However, he noted, there would almost $9 million raised by the had the chance to acknowledge still be problems. cross-country run, the Canadian Steve with the warmth tnat he got "When a young fellow like this Cancer Society said Wednesday. in the western provinces may still gets on the road at 4:30 in the :>"*_> The society also made peace want to do that." morning, we can't order volun­ with the Fonyo family at the end Roberts denied rumors that the teers out there," he said. of the one-legged runner's 7,924- society would sever its relation­ "And sometimes, in certain kilometre trek, which was ship with Fonyo now that the run parts of the country, it was diffi­ marked by occasional feuds dur­ is over. cult because of the weather or ing Fonyo's 14 months on the where he was on this trip. And I'm road. "We had a really fine meeting not so sure that we had sur­ with Steve Sr. this morning and it rounded him with the quality and Terry Roberts, the society's was all based on the fact that they the number of volunteers that national chairman for special are really valuable volunteers for would have made the trip a lot events, told a news conference the Canadian Cancer Society," more comfortable for him," that the $450,000 in expenses — Roberts said. Roberts said. just over $1,000 a day — amounts The society will not object if to five per cent of the total private "When they are ready to be Fonyo capitalizes on his fame donations and government contri­ involved again, we'd certainly with commercial endorsements. butions raised so far. welcome that opportunity to have "When the run is over, what­ Qa. The expenses were for hired them with us. I think our relation­ ever Steve Fonyo and the family staff, travel costs, secretarial ship is excellent." do in terms of memorabilia is help "and whatever it took to keep Roberts said the society was not entirely up to them," Roberts the run moving," said Roberts. entirely satisfied with its handling said. Most of the work was done by of the Journey for Lives. Its sup­ "I think Steve Fonyo is defini­ volunteers across the country. port initially was lukewarm, and tely a new Canadian hero, and he The society expects donations to Roberts suggested that if society is marketable." Oa grow. officials knew then what they Fonyo said he had not yet signed "This guy just keeps getting know now, "We'd probably meet any contracts. a* Cy

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^ _>/ T iripoff : , _*_._ -'_ • • ,„_,... „. .iji.. • I pay no heed to the fact Conway Twitty is a country music legend. Quite frankly, his first of two shows Friday night at the Jubilee Auditorium stunk — it insulted the 1,500 fans present and disgraced his reputation. DAVID Twitty arrived on stage 30 minutes later than his band — and during this time, a drummer named Porkchop tried his darndest to keep the restless crowd entertained. VEITCH He told stale jokes. He swayed with the music. He sang an out-of-tune O Canada. He swayed without the music. He tried a George Jones impersonation. He swayed standing up. He played Mary Had A Little Lamb on his drum set. He swayed sitting down. Hell, he introduced every member of the band, all the And Twitty didn't so much sing as read lyrics on key. t monitor men, all the sound men, all the light men and No real feeling went into his vocals — possibly because even the guy who drives the equipment truck! he was reciting lyrics by memory, not comprehension. 3* The woman behind me — probably peeved at having Thus it wasn't surprising Twitty refrained from all be- spent $16.50 to hear a drummer waste her time and tween-song banter. Other than his song lyrics, the only money — kept repeating: "This is ridiculous." words he said to the audience throughout the whole first The crowd turned nasty — clapping, stomping and yell­ show were three thank you's, two I love you's and one ing in hope the Twit would hear the ruckus, rush to the Thank you for coming. stage and sweep them off their feet. But when he arrived, he could barely stand on his The show lasted less than an hour with no encore. No­ own! body complained about that. Twitty didn't so much hit the stage as he stumbled over By show's end, Twitty was so bent over he was singing it, immediately planting himself in front of the micro­ to the stage floor. phone where he stayed and swayed for the entire perfor­ And he was singing: "Lord, help me Jesus." CONWAY TWITTY insulted his concert audience. mance. Indeed. 2* Conway Twitty short on showmanship I About the nicest thing I can say about fanfare. In fact for that four.;minutes on the Conway Twitty show at Lethbridge stage, with the hall lights sill on, they Sportsplex, Thursday, was that it was didn't play anything, but tried to enter­ disappointing. tain by telling jokes. a* There was nothing wrong with Con­ Unfortunately they wer| tasteless. way's voice. He They aliened with was in fine fettle as "are Jhere any he churned out his Indians, in the hits. John crowd?- There a* But there was no Farrlngton were many Indians showmanship. He at the SSportsplex a- was on stage for and the^must have only 50 minutes, Managing Editor been eitlbarrassed did 15 songs, but by the uncalled for a* didn't talk to the __tt "jokes." audience until he finished a few bars Maybe there are some afeas wnere a* of It's Only Make Believe — the first the audience doesn't mind raking fun at number-one hit from the '60s — and then the native people, but irf Southern it was a terse "thank you very much. I Alberta and to an audience liberally a* love you. Goodnight everybody." sprinkled with native people, last night I wasn't expecting much more of it was inappropriate and tactless. And to a* Twitty. He's a recording artist — and a launch into an Indian chant Was awful. good one — rather than an entertainer. It was far from being a professional I was expecting a more professional night. The whole concert -was more show to compensate for Conway's shy­ suited to a rowdy bar. ness. Maybe we have been spoiled lately in 3* But the opening act, Double Eagle Lethbridge by the excellent entertain­ Band was pathetic, and the audience ment — Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys, deserves the kudos here for being very Roger Whittaker, Nana Mouskouri — _fc* polite. and even Glen Campbell allowed his There wasn't any warmth generated class to shine through when only a hand­ by this warm-up act. Their half-hour on ful of spectators showed up to see him. stage was a waste of their time and There was a brief standingovation for TWITTY ALL BUSINESS, NO BANTER ours. Twitty at the end, but. he didn't seem to 3* There was a 25-minute intermission as care. He left the stage quicklf, the lights the technicians moved in to get ready came on and the master of ceremonies for Twitty and his backup group the thanked everyone for attending and Twitty Birds. looked forward to seeing them back The Birds came out three or four again next year. minutes before Twitty arrived, to no Fat chance. I

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Park work Continues r By LOUISE MARSHALL for The Herald SHAUGHNESSY — Work continues on Shaughnessy Park as heavy equip­ ment from Wells Construction prepares ground for the tennis court and skating rink. Earth is being excavated from an area of 75 feet by 150 feet to a depth of six to eight inches. Loads of pit run gravel trucked in, are being dumped and lev­ eled for a base. Asphalt finish will be poured later this week. The excavated earth has been used to build up a sled and ski hill along side of the rink. The tennis court was designed to be used as an outdoor skating rink in win­ ter, cribbing set around the court, then flooded will give Shaughnessy children HERALD PHOTO BY LOUISE MARSHAL a winter playground. MERLE GOODE, LEFT, SHAUGHNESSY PARK COMMUNITY CHAIRMAN, WITH WELLS FOREMAN A tearful goodbye By KEVIN MARTIN Part of the program consisted of a film of Staff Writer the Lougheed years which included com­ Peter Lougheed bade a fond — and tear­ ments from many of the Canadian politi­ ful — farewell to about 4,000 Tory faithful cians the retiring premier has dealt with as the PC party said a final goodbye to its over the years. leader for the past 20 years. Noticeably absent from those was long­ Lougheed — often holding back tears — time Lougheed nemesis Pierre Trudeau. thanked those who showed up Friday night, Included among those who did comment including former federal Tory leader Ro­ were Newfoundland Premier Brian Peck- bert Stanfield. ford and B.C. Premier Bill Bennett who He also told the party to continue with the thanked the Alberta PC leader for his work tradition that has kept the party in govern­ in provincial-federal relations. ment for the past 14 years. "There's no "I don't think that we would have been magic out there, it was just hard work," he able to accomplish what we accomplished told the crowd. without a man like Peter Lougheed in the The outgoing premier — who hasn't West," Peckford said. backed any of the three candidates during The evening also included entertainment the convention — avoided talking about the from the Tommy Banks Orchestra, the campaign, but did say the party should Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede avoid "change for the sake of change." and the Cheremosh dancers of Edmonton. Of the three candidates, Calgary lawyer The largest applause for the entertainers Ron Ghitter has supported change the was saved for the Ukrainian dancers who most. thrilled the audience with a number of spec­ But Lougheed did say the party had to tacular dance moves. move towards the future with new ideas, The tribute was also broadcast live removing any thoughts that he was telling across the province on television and TRIBUTE brings a tear to Premier Peter Lougheed as wife Jeanne sits beside him. people not to vote for Ghitter. radio.

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LOUGHEED WAVES to a standing ovation in Edmonton. A PENSIVE moment for Lougheed as he stands against a backdrop of fields, mountains and an Alberta oil well. Last term for Mayor Andy Two big honors for him before the end of the month By GARRY ALLISON Sherring, the city was about half its of The Herald present size, he said. Most people retire to a hobby but next Mayor Anderson is pleased with the October, Mayor Andy Anderson of Leth­ role he played in bringing fhe university bridge will retire from a hobby. to the city. The City of Lethbridge is his hobby, he "When we started, a group of us were says. involved with the U of L and the develop­ It's been a 20-year hobby, and he's ment of the west side — that's probably been mayor for more than 15 years — the main thing," he said. "Second, the longest anyone has served in the would be the relocation of the railway city's top spot. and now we're beginning to see the The 76-year-old mayor's office is full advantage of the traffic corridor. of memorabilia, ranging from an origi­ "There are a number of large con­ nal CPR clock to a hockey puck pre­ struction firms still interested in devel­ sented at a minor tournament. oping the land, but we're not worried Also, there have been honors and about that at all. There's very little land awards. left in the downtown area and this city is Oct. 25, Mayor Anderson will be in going to continue to grow. Edmonton for a 2 p.m. investiture, at St. "The secret of Lethbridge's success Andrew's Roman Catholic Church, for a has been its slow, steady growth each promotion to officer of the Order of St. year." John. Lt.-Gov Helen Hunley will pre- He recognizes the fact agriculture has ^ side. played a major role in the city, adding Oct. 30, he will be at Government he hoped next year the situation on House in Ottawa, for a 5:30-6 p.m. inves­ farms would improve. titure service, precided over by Gov.- Irrigation, says the mayor, is the rea­ Gen. Jeanne Sauve, as he receives the son Lethbridge's manufacturing total is Order of Canada. so high, and new dams will put even Both services will be followed by a more acreage under irrigation. reception and banquet. He won't speculate who the new "These are really very high honors — mayor will be, but says the decision to I'm quite proud," the mayor said. run shouldn't be made until the final six "While you have to be nominated for the months prior to the election. Order of Canada, the decision is made Advice? by the officials of the Order and they Well, he believes the new mayor make the recommendation. should develop his own plans for what he' "I had become a member of the Order thinks should be done in the city — or of St. John in 1983, and this presentation maybe even follow the same plans that is a step upwards. It is granted every have been in place for many years. "It few years — if the citizen continues to will work well," he said. make contributions." "I think we've got a very fine city An Order of Canada membership is here. Lethbridge is one of the finest cen­ given to those who strive for the better­ tres in which to live — so many who ment of their immediate communities come here say that, calling it beautiful or devote their talents to special causes and progressive." and stand with people who have gained He says he really won't have too much high distinction on the national or inter­ spare time when he steps down as national scene. mayor, but he will devote a little more Mayor Anderson will work a holiday time to his business. in Oshawa into his Eastern trip, giving Most important, his health is good —• him some time with his grandchildren thanks to the "splendid accomplish­ and a chance to enjoy his award before ments" in medicine. returning home. "I have one year to go," he laughed. Everything Mayor Anderson does "But there comes that time when you seems to have a degree of longevity. should retire. Besides being on city council for 20 "We haven't made firm plans yet for years, he and wife Rheta have been retirement, but there are enough other married 47 years — they were wed in interests to keep me busy. We'll do a fair Champion. The couple's son Murray is HERALD PHOTO BY KEVIN KOOY amount of travelling, through Canada in his second year of pharmacy at the and internationally — the Far East and University of Alberta and daughter ANDY 'AT HOME' IN THE MAYOR'S CHAIR Europe. I would like to visit China. We'd Marilyn is married to Lew Hutchison, fly over and then take a boat along the president of Lake Ontario Steel. They Mayor Anderson, or Andy as most of to-be-completed traffic corridor are coast, with day trips into China." and their two sons reside in Oshawa. the city's 60,000 residents call him, says among the mayor's prides. Mayor Anderson says the new Mayor Anderson has spent 51 years in this is definitely his last term in office. "As we finish one development the regional hospital will create additional the pharmacy business in this city as . He called it a challenging and interest­ next one complements the previous employment opportunities. One of his well. . - ... ing era and said he was pleased with the one," he said. ."We set policies in the main objectives was reducing unem­ "I guess I've probably generated co-operation he received from citizens early stages and have arrived at them — ployment and he was pleased Friday •some amount of longevity," he laughed. and with the responsibility of council. in industry, culture; recreation, retail, that the unemployment rate in this city "I even have 50 years in service clubs He acknowledged the city also received- marketing and parks and open spaces. was 6.3 per cent, while the national level here — the Kinsmen and Rotary. a "large anount of money" from the pro­ "I wouldn't say I've had.any major was 10.1 per cent. "Pharmacy has made some remark­ vincial government as well. disappointments — but we certainly are ' "We've noticed a fair improvement in able progress during my time in medi­ going to have to build a city hall some the economy here," Mayor Anderson cations. As well, there are general Development of the city's west side, day." . said. "The figures for retail sales are health and social service areas that the University of Lethbridge, downtown When Mayor Anderson assumed his very steady. Lethbridge can look have been excellent for the city." upgrading, rail relocation and the soon- office from departing . mayor Frank forward to the future with confidence." A quick look at a great man — Andy Anderson Following is a list of some of the achievements and • Elected mayor of Lethbridge in 1968 '• Served on executive of the Alberta Urban Municipal­ awards of Lethbridge Mayor A. C. Andy Anderson: • Was commanding officer for three years of Leth­ ities Assn. for 10 years • Born in Shabbona, Illinois bridge Sea Cadet Corps • Director of Canadian Western Natural Gas Co., 1965- • Graduated with Pharmaceutical. Chemist degree • Honorary Colonel of 20th Independent Field Battery 1979 from University of Alberta, 1934 (appointed 1977) • Honorary president of St. John Ambulance since • Opened own pharmacy in Lethbridge in 1948. 1979 . . • Elected Lethbridge Public School Board in 1950 and • Received meritorious service award, Canadian served 14 years Pharmaceutical Assn. in 1977 • Past president Kinsmen, Rotary and Shrine clubs i» Member St. Michael's Hospital Advisory Board, • Received Queen's medal in 1977 • Honoray member of Royal Canadian Legion, Army, 1968-1984. • Received St. John Ambulance Award in 1983 Navy and Airforce and Polish Combatant's Associa­ • President Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce in • Received Alberta Urban Municipalities Assn. Award tion 1963. Awarded life membership in 1978 . of Excellence in 1983 • Jaycee Citizen of the Year in 1985 • Received Robins Community and Professional Serv­ • Received Degree of Doctor of laws from the Univer­ • Honorary life member of Lethbridge and District ices Award in 1963 sity of Lethbridge, May 25,1985 Horticultural Society, 1985 Priscilla's book — just trash « w.- Elvis and Me scilla, totally frustrated by not having together. There's no coarse language. While his courtship with Priscilla was Elvis make love to her. It's just like a 'soap' script. in full swing, Elvis was making a movie By Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Sandra It's on page 239 before you get to the with Ann Margaret and there was talk Harmon wedding night scene. The every-page reference to Elvis not of romance, even an engagement. Putnam's, 320 pages, $23.95 Don't get me wrong. This isn't a sex performing makes the book boring Nancy Sinatra was another star whom Reviewed by John Farrington book. There are no vivid descriptions of drivel. It would have been much better Priscilla thought was trying to snare Elvis and Priscilla's 'private' times if the sex had been played down. Elvis. There's no doubt that Priscilla loved The reviewer is mensging editor of The Hereid Elvis and Elvis loved Priscilla. It was such a different life for Pri­ The king is dead — long live the scilla and such a strange life for Elvis king. — they were prisoners in Graceland. While his music will go on for ever, Elvis couldn't go out without his Elvis Presley must be rolling over in his entourage. grave with the publication of this book Priscilla didn't want to go out without by his former wife. Elvis. It is an intimate — but totally unnec­ Fans camped at the front gates to essary — look at Elvis, who was so their mansion every day and night. beseiged by fans when he was alive, he Elvis turned day into night and night lived almost as a recluse. Surely, now into day to try to get some freedom. He that he's dead, he deserves some pri­ and Priscilla took pills to keep them vacy. awake at night and more pills to put «- I'm not suggesting we don't want to them to sleep by day. know how Elvis lived, or what enter­ Eventually they separated, then they tained him or reviled him; what made divorced. him happy, what made him sad. Elvis continued his strange lifestyle But there is just no need for a book until it eventually cost him his life. that chronicles his sex life. It is cer­ Priscilla went off with another man tainly worth mentioning that Elvis, and then went on to become a star of while sleeping with his 14 year-old television's Dallas. sweetheart for many years, refused to go all the way with her until their wed­ And now the book about one of the ding night. greatest stars and one of the most That's commendable by today's bizarre marriages of all time. There's moral standards. no doubt it will be a big seller because of It's also worth mentioning the Elvis and because of who wrote it — strange sexual hangup he had about Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, now a star making love to a woman who had had in her own right. children — including his wife after she But even if it does sell a million, and a gave birth to Lisa Marie. movie is made of it, that doesn't make, But the book is filled with page after the book any more than what it is, page of unnecessary comment by Pri­ WEDDING DAY - SHE'S ABOUT TO FINALLY GET HER MAN trash.

Driver had unique excuse A Victoria man was charged with dan­ run around the interior of the car. When gerous driving when he smashed into a Eppstadt asked his friend to put the live CANCER (June 21-July crabs back into their box, the friend 22): Stress independence, car in front of him. But he had a unique creativity, originality, wil­ excuse. Michael plopped one of the lingness to display courage Eppstadt testified crabs right into of convictions. Romance is in court that he was Eppstadt's lap. In highlighted and a glamorous driving his car the ensuing panic member of the opposite sex safely until his and confusion to plays key role. You could hit friend dropped a get rid of the crab, the jackpot! live crab into his Eppstadt lost con­ lap. He stated that trol of the car and he became dis­ ran into the vehicle tracted and pan­ in front of him. icked, which caused the accident. The An understanding Judge Green stated DINGO judge bought his story, and acquitted that this story was "the most unique I him. have heard in my 15 years on the bench." But he gave Eppstadt the bene­ Eppstadt told the court that he and a fit of the doubt and acquitted him of dan­ friend had purchased three live crabs gerous driving. Having a live crab on his 13 17 39 60 63 and were taking them home for supper. lap was a reasonable excuse for his driv­ Eppstadt's passenger was apparently ing misconduct, according to the judge. drunk and began taking the crabs out of their box while in the car. The passenger Eric W. Peterson is a lawyer with a 10 22 45 54 67 was playing with the crabs, letting them Lethbridge law firm _____ 3 28 148 57 66 Mansion up for sale CALGARY (CP) — A secretive millionaire's 4,810- 11 27 42 49 74 hectare (11,886-acre) Airdrie-area grain farm and elaborate mansion, complete with private car wash and 13 staff houses, has been put up for sale two months after it was placed in receivership Calgary receiver Deloitte Haskins and Sells Ltd., acting for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 6 30 35 56 72 is putting the estate of Baron Carlo" von Maffei up for sale in five parcels of land.. Agricultural land experts say the land could bring more than $13 million. The main house, built in 1975 for $2.5 million, con­ tains five fireplaces, a gynasium, a squash court and a 222-square metre master bedroom. 0h FARRAH FAWCETT'S MINOR

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(laughter) ... but just imagine what Who would have thought His Royal might be here had. they Jniilt this hotel s. Highness was going to talk about wearing last year. nothing under fur coats, being toasted "We arrived here after a train trek with black currant juice and having to across the country (pause) . . . that's rent a room just to get a drink? when they still had trains here," he said. Who would have thought he is as good a Everyone in the audience let out a big master of the comic pause as Bob Hope? howl. The prince blushed a bit, but kept But the audience should have guessed going. You could hardly hear him for the something was going to happen — the laughter — there wasn't a person who Right Honorable Joe Clark and his wife didn't love what was happening. Maureen McTeer were flanking the "It was late September. You saw what prince at this dinner filled with PC the weather was like here yesterday, in supporters dressed to the nines in August (pause) . . . like winter," he said. tuxedos and evening gowns. "And to put it in perspective. We had Something comical had to happen — arrived in Canada by sea (pause) . . . and it did. that's practically like arriving by the It was the second night of the duke's ark. We were even refused special Banff tour to help celebrate the 100th permission by the British government to anniversary of the Canadian park system fly to Canada by plane (pause) . . . that's — the prince had had a chance to catch how much confidence they had in certain his breath, spend a day in the mountains modes of transportation. and refresh himself. "So we made this wonderful trip across Dinner started off as usual. Canada by train. You have to imagine that; truly interesting. It's a view you Thoughtful look don't get from the air. "We had this train with one of those cars where they have a platform (pause The after-dinner speakers, all serious, as His Royal Highness looked at Joe praised Philip, who sat quietly with a Clark) . . . the kind politicians like to thoughtful look on his face. make speeches on. Joe Clark complained, in his inimical light way, that he had to clear his speech with the palace and everyone laughed. Fur coats It was all nice and safe — until the Duke of Edinburgh got up. "It was cold outside and we pulled into "Well, I must say Mr. Clark, I did not towns like Swift Current, Vernon, Banff, clear my speech with the Secretary of and Revelstoke. People would rush up to State. But that's the difference Between see us and we would throw on a fur coal being the husband of the Queen and being with little underneath and stand on the an elected official," he said. platform (pause; .to listen to people The audience laughed, politely, not sing God Save Tne Queen. sure what was going to happen. "It was marvellous. "I usually never say anything (long "I'll tell you, this flying age has pause; . . .upsetting." nothing on the railway age," the duke The audience cracked up. said. Joe Clark laughed loudly — relieved. "I'm here-to declare the four Rocky And then the duke loosened up Mouintain parks as world heritage sites. Without a written speech, in less than "I certainly don't want to get political five minutes he had everyone in the (pause) ... or even ethnic. So I want to audience almost falling out of their praise the founders of the parks even if chairs — Clark couldn't contain himself they are all dead (pause) . . . even if they and Alberta treasurer Lou Hyndman was were more interested in the economics of almost choking from laughter. the sulphur springs than wildlife. Everyone was waiting for the serious "But let's praise them. They started stuff about preserving the parks, the something wonderful. environment and the future — major "And I hope we will continue to develop themes in the prince's life. that great idea of the national parks But this night was a true happening. system," said His Royal Highness. "This is the third time this year I've By that time Joe Clark was almost been in Canada. I'm not sure what I've having a heart attack while laughing — a done to deserve this (pause) ... or may I thrill of a lifetime. THE DUKE of Edinburgh destroyed sriyths add, what Canadians have done to And the entire audience of PC bigwigs of royal stuff...ass with chatty after-din­ deserve this. was in love with the prince. "And it's the third time since 1951 that Everyone agreed it was one of the best ner wit that knocked 'em dead in banff. I've been in the Banff Springs Hotel. It's speeches they had ever heard — Bob better now (pause) . . . there wasn't a Hope could not have done it better or bar in the hotel then. in a more princely style. A Chorus Line — a hit Centre Stage Productions launched It's not all song and dance; there are itself on the Lethbridge amateur stage, some stand-up comedy routines — as Tuesday, in fine style, singing and danc­ well as some dramatic and heart-tug­ ing its way into the hearts of a packed ging moments — as the auditioners one- Yates Centre, with A Chorus Line. by-one bare their souls for the direc­ . There's no doubt the company will tor/choreographer Zach, played by become a tradition in the city, similar to Mark Litchfield. Lethbridge Musical Theatre and Leth­ Marcel Khan gets the show off to a bridge Playgoers which have enter­ rousing start with a terrific dance num­ rffa tained local theatregoers'for years. ber, featuring tap and breakdancing. He A Chorus Line, the smash Broadway had the audience clapping several times ____ hit about Broadway auditioning was the during the tiring routine, in which he first time the musical had been pro­ also sang solo, I Can Do That. When it duced by an amateur theatre company was over- he had obviously given it his in Canada. all, but never once And what a job did his voice or his feet fail him. Fran Rude did with John it- Kim Ully; just As the modern Farrlngton back from a couple shows become of years in Toronto available for ama­ where she danced teur stage, artistic Managing Editor professionally, directors are going showed her stuff in to have to clean up ^^^~^™"^~ The Music and The the language and the sex to make them Mirror and the other Ully girl in the cast, presentable for the small town audi­ Terri-Joe, did a great job with Dance ences, far removed from anything-goes Ten; Looks Three, one of the hits of the Broadway. show. Fran Rude showed, us Tuesday that Lethbridge lawyer Rhonda Ruston did much of the smut can be removed with­ a marvellous job singing At The Ballet, out affecting a good night's entertain­ and, especially, What I Did For Love. ment. And her timing was perfect on a string of What she left in is not offensive, one-Jiners. although some will be a little shocked. And the orchestra, led by Don Robb, When certain words were mentioned in sounded just like the real thing from the the theatre Tuesday the audience original Broadway recording. reacted with a few titters, particularly A Chorus Line is a show without a star. when they came out in song and proba­ Everyone plays an equal part. The rest bly because they were mainly coming of the cast was Deb Waterfield, George from the cast of good-looking girls. Gallant, Tim Jones, Bob Ackroyd, Kath­ leen Simmons, Narda McCarrol, Can- Fran also showed us that she can dice Elzinga, Randall Bennett, Bill Law- make singers into dancers and dancers son, Keith O'Sullivan, Rita Peterson, into singers with her patience and per­ Elizabeth Day, George Szilagyi, Trenton sistence. And, no doubt, with the assis­ McQuarrie, Jeff Carlson, Megan Sulli­ tance of choreographer Candy Williams van, Leah Kelly and Brian Solberg. and vocal director Aria Burbank. The orchestra is made up of: Tanya All the weeks of sweat and hard-work, Arnold, Barb Darby, Lori Porkka and practicising night after night — espe­ Bruce Redstone in the woodwind sec­ cially on those long, hot summer nights tion; Tracey Lowe and Chris Lee on when the rest of us were enjoying the trumpets; Jerry Rogers and Ken Rogers exceptional weather — paid off for Fran on trombones, Randy Seines, guitar; and her company. Neil Sheets, drums; Richard Ericksen, bass; and Brenda Shaw, piano. The two-hour show is set entirely on a If you haven't got your tickets yet Broadway stage with 21 dancers audi­ there are still some left. tioning for a spot in a four-man-four- It runs each night this week at woman chorus line. There's no intermis­ 8.30p.m. and there's a matinee on Sun­ sion and most of the actors are on stage day. for the entire time. Don't miss it.

Copping a quick practice Special Constable Kerry-Anne Kutz, vocalist and only female member of the RCMP band, looks on as Constable Andre Frechette warms up, prior to a Tuesday performance at the Yates Theatre. Lethbridge was the

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DANCERS BILL AND EVELYN YORK LEANA WEBBER READS HER PROGRAM

The North County Figure Skating Ice Carnival presented "Peter Pan" Saturday at the Sportsplex in Picture Butte. Skaters participating in the event were dressed in an array of colorful costumes. Above, Tabetha Renning, 9, dressed as a leopard has her skates tied by Jody Lewis, 10, in a parrot costume. Bottom photo ballroom dancers Brandi Watson, 10, (left) and Karen Dowhaniuk, 11, wait their turn to take to the ice. yyyyywy^ysmyyy.

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IAN MANDIN OF MIXMASTERS QUARTET ,,.n.v/iWK=nii V/MNMUM ..-_ ...___.__• «-»_._-oo Cover lifted on centennial celebrations! Two-how smash opens 12 months of festivities to mark city birthday By DEBBIE STOLTENBERG Following a 10-minute intermission, song Photos by JANET ROGER and dance helped Elisha Rasmussen narrate r of The Herald a history of musical entertainment in the Lethbridge officially opened a year of cen­ city. tennial celebrations with a two-hour enter­ Musical fare varied from the late 1880's tainment extravaganza Saturday at the and the Clodhopper Polka (demonstrated by Sportsplex. Al Greenway and partner), to the recent More than 5,000 people, including digni­ break-dancing craze. The Pioneer Pemmi­ taries representing civic, provincial and fed­ can Club, dressed in period costume, eral governments, were on hand to enjoy the reminded oldtimers how to dance the Heel official opening gala, which featured musi­ and Toe Polka, another hit of the 1880s. cal entertainment, ethnic groups and pipe With a medley, The Mixmasters showed bands. why barbershop singing thrived in the 1890s, The Golden Mile Singers, directed by when distances between homes were not Alberta Clarke, opened the celebration with jt a 15-minute musical medley. It was about this time Lethbridge was Alastair Gilchrist led the General Stewart incorporated as a town, said Rasmussen. Branch No. 4, Royal Canadian Legion, the However, the introduction of news maga­ official color party and pipe band. zines destroyed this form of entertainment Following it was a troop of cadet corps, and soon dramatic groups were big. including the Navy League Cadets, led by In 1923, Playgoers was on the scene with its commanding officer Lt. Cdr. John Coombes; melodramas and exhuberant gaiety. Then Navy League Wrenettes, led by Lieut. came the drought, The Depression and radio, Doreen Gray; No. 34 Royal Canadian Sea said Rasmussen. Cadet Corps, led by Lieut. Dennis Todd; Lethbridge's first radio station was only a Royal Canadian Army Cadets, led by Capt. shed on 5th Avenue S., but it helped to spread Dan Wyrostock; and No. 11 Lethbridge BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH LOGO the love of pop music. The Centennial Danc­ Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets, led by including Mayor Anderson, who started by ers helped demonstrate the music of these Jim Donaldson. congratulating the Centennial Society on its times with The Charleston. Arriving in early 20th-century carriages excellent work on the pageant. The Depression ended with the outbreak of were Mayor Andy Anderson; MP Blaine Anderson also read the mayor's proclama­ the Second World War in 1939. Lethbridge Thacker; Lethbridge East MLA Dick John­ tion, which proclaimed the week of July 21-27 responded when 1,700 men and women ston; Tannis Hargrave, Miss Lethbridge as Homecoming Week, and Sept. 22-28 as enlisted. Spirits of those left at home were 1985, and Lethbridge Centennial Society Centennial Week. Sept. 24 was also pro­ bolstered by music that belied tempers of the president Judge Ron Jacobson. claimed Centenhial Day and declared a civic " time. The carriages were loaned by the Reming­ holiday so the citizens of Lethbridge may The Big Band tugged at heart strings with ton Heritage Collection in Cardston. partake in that day's activities. a 1940s medley, to which Doug and Sheila Rev. Ken Morris read the invocation, urg­ Thacker, the ninth person to represent Petherbridge danced. And the Centennial ing those present to be thankful for the fore­ Lethbridge in Ottawa, said the celebrations Jazz Choir gave a bubbly rendition of Boo­ sight of early settlers and reminding resi­ are a great honor to our ancestors. He then gie Woogie Bugle Boy. dents to be conscious of their heritage. gave a letter of congratulations from Prime Lethbridge experienced a phenomenal The Legion Pipe Band's rendition of Amaz­ Minister Brian Mulroney to Mayor Ander­ growth in the 1940s, and was soon introduced ing Grace was followed by singing of 0 Can­ son. to a new type of adult — teenagers. With ada, God Save the Queen and the raising of Johnston, who said the evening was a great them they brought a new form of entertain­ the flags. In addition to the traditional Cana­ event that reflected the tradition of history ment — cruising the strip. Remember Rock dian and Alberta flags, members from the and culture, urged residents to look back Around the Clock? It was performed by the LISA WEBBER and David Kurkilahti of Girl Guides of Canada — representing with pride and to look forward with a sense of able Centennial Dancers, complete in 1950s Centennial Jazz Choir do 194Os number. Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers — raised determination. cars. the Lethbridge centennial flag for the first Judge Jacobson told the sell-out crowd the Television arrived in Lethbridge in 1955 time. society's goal in 1985 is to make the centen­ and once again music disappeared from The history of the land in the 12,000 years nial a people's celebration. homes. However, teenagers soon found their since the melting of the glaciers was traced "We want everyone to get involved. It is a own methods of expression. Bridge City by narration, with various ethnic groups in year for everyone to laugh and sing; and Breakers showed what teenagers across full costume demonstrating as each was when events bring sorrow and grief to our North America have been studying the past mentioned. All were included — from the fellow man, to show sympathy. By playing year, when they danced to Freak-a-Zoid. arrival of the Blackfoot Indians to the Irish, and praying together, we will strengthen the The extravaganza ended with St. Mary's Lithuanian, Japanese, Tibetan, Ukrainian, bonds of our community." Centennial Choir singing This Little Light of Polish, Italian, Hungarian, Greek, German, Residents were then asked to take the Mine and a singalong — including oldies like East Indian, Dutch, Croatian, Czechoslova- "Triple A approach" in celebrating the city's Tipperary, Button Up Your Overcoat and kian, Scandinavian, Tibetan and Welsh centennial — with an appreciation of the Winter Wonderland. groups. past, awareness of the present and anticipa­ The lighting of the candles on the centen­ Unfortunately, time didn't allow for each tion of the future. nial birthday cake, and a hearty rendition of group to demonstrate their individual The trip for two from anywhere in Canada Happy Birthday to You, marked the end of dances. It was a shame each just stood and to Lethbridge and return, via.Air Canada and the evening but only the beginning of what walked offstage when the narration ended. Time Air, was won by Carol Allen of Leth­ promises to be an exciting year of celebra­ Messages were read from dignitaries bridge. tion.

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MAYOR ANDERSON AND WIFE RITA IN REMINGTON CARRIAGE DRAWN BY CADETS

HERALD PHOTO BY MARGARET WARD WATSON POURS A CUP OF COFFEE FOR JEAN OLSON Opening her own business means a'dream come true9 By MARGARET WARD has difficulty knowing how much food for The Herald to prepare each day, but she's optimis­ VAUXHALL — Opening her own res­ tic her business will thrive. taurant is what Liz Watson would describe as a dream come true. The restaurant enjoyed a busy open­ Liz's Kitchen, formerly Oasis Cafe, ing, heightened by business of a hungry is the result of a little encouragement seismic crew. While recent cold tem­ from family and friends and Watson's peratures have kept customers at vision to one day have her own busi­ home, Watson expects business to pick ness. up. Arriving before 6 a.m. and rarely She's planning a special lunch menu leaving before 9 p.m., Watson acknowl­ each day and plans to try new dishes as edges the long hours and admits she time goes on. _e Thatcher mystery F remains unsolved Colin Thatcher's murder trial dominated Canadian headlines for almost a month over a year ago and Thatcher books still contin­ ^_=i. ue to pour off the presses. Shortly after Thatcher's conviction for murder, To­ ronto reporter Heather Bird wrote Not Above The Law, a It also contains a quote I Indeed, only Colin "quickie" book which was haven't seen anywhere else. Thatcher and iy-a few basically a regurgitation of Thatcher is quoted as say­ the: ianswer . the sensational trial. The ing: "Has Greg been arrest^ A CANADIAN TRAGEDY book didn't contain much ed too?" when he was ai] rested. by Maggie Siggins, Macmil- background about the lan, 497 pages, $24.95 Thatcher family or insights Thatcher was convicted or" into the personalities of the either killing his wife or ar­ II, DEiMl, DE1M¥ by main persons. ranging to have it done. Garrett Wilson and Lesley Neither does Thatcher's Neither book attempts to Wilson, Lorimer, 340 pages, own book, Backrooms, A say which it was. * $16.95 POLICE KEEP a close eye on Colin Thatcher during his sensational murder trial. Story of Politics. It's basi­ cally about politics and hardly mentions his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson. A Canadian Tragedy by Maggie Siggins and Deny, Deny, Deny by Garrett Wil­ son and Lesley Wilson are much more satisfying books Court reporter takes stand for those still interested in Thatcher. Deny is faster moving but Tragedy has more gossipy, Infant swallowed chili powder fascinating details. For instance Siggins tells are charged with man- j CRANBROOK, B.C. langelo Provenzano that the substance was .not us that Thatcher always put chili powder was also found in the pot where the slaughter causing death Grecian Formula hair dye (CP) — A chemical analy­ in the 13-month-old baby's sis of Diedre Bohnen- found in the baby's vomit, baby's evening meal was on the shopping list for "vis­ heated. death. kamp's stomach contents the bowl she was fed from itors" but denied ever using just prior to death, and in The baby's parents, The baby collapsed at it himself, that he lied about showed the infant girl had home during her evening swallowed chili powder, a stains on clothes she wore Linda Bohnenkamp, 22, his age and according to an and her estranged hus­ meal of creamed corn and ex-mistress who testified county court judge was when she was rushed to Cranbrook Hospital Jan. band, Cory, 23, as well as did not respond to resusci­ against him he was "terrible told Thursday. their former roommate tation efforts in hospital. in bed." Crown prosecutor Mike 19,1984. However, Petrie said, Corey Grant Soper, 22, The Crown contends She also tells us about Petrie told Judge Michae- Soper shook the baby so Premier Ross Thatcher's violently while feeding constant belittling of his son her that brain damange — as do the Wilsons. Both resulted, causing the books lay some of the blame baby to choke on her own for Thatcher's bad temper vomit. at the feet of his father. In earlier testimony, Ross died of a heart attack Victims' parents forensic pathologist Dr. before Colin could prove James Ferris told the himself. But he left his 32- court he suspected a meal year-old son cash, land and equipment worth over a containing hot chili would $250,000. have caused the baby to taking last step vomit. However, he noted Colin increased the land the child's stomach was and wealth and gained polit­ VANCOUVER (CP) - The parents of Rosenfeldt said the case already has still fairly full at the time ical power for himself. In seven children murdered by Clifford Olson cost the parents more than $100,000 and it fact he became known as the of death, which indicated will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to will cost a minimum of $70,000 to go to the brain injury, not chili, J.R. Ewing of overturn a lower court decision they are supreme court. He is hoping for donations. Saskatchewan. caused her to vomit. not entitled to the $100,000 RCMP paid for The RCMP, with the approval of then > In a surprise move, the Both books detail his mar­ information about Olson's victims. attorney general Allan Williams, paid riage, adultrous affairs, di­ court reporter left her Gary Rosenfeldt, stepfather of Daryn $100,000 into a trust for Olson's former seat below the judge vorce and child custody bat­ Johnsrude, one of Olson's victims, said it's wife and son in return for information tles and the eventual Thursday and took the a matter of principle to the parents. about where Olson buried his victims. witness stand to give evi­ murder of his ex-wife "It bothers us immensely that a convict­ Last week, the B.C. Court of Appeal JoAnn. CLIFFORD OLSON dence. ed child murderer would be able to profit ruled the parents were not entitled to the Joyce Anderson told the The books imply that a ... profits argued from the deaths of our children," he said. money. change in the Saskatchewan court she met Soper in Matrimonial Law Act could November 1983 in the rec­ have been one of Thatcher's reation room of her apart­ motives for murder. ment complex. Although This law stated that in a there was a court order in divorce the wife gets half effect banning Soper from the value of the husband's contact with Deidre until farmlands so the only way January 1984, he had the for a "land-rich but cash- baby with him. poor" farmer to come up "I asked, 'are you her with the cash was to sell his father?' and he said: land. 'Kind of,'" said Anderson. Both books went into de­ "He said it was a weird tail about the trial — bring­ situation." ing back the emotion of the Anderson said that courtroom, the electrifying while the three of them battle between the Crown sat in a whirpool bath of and the defence and the ob­ 102 degrees she noticed session of the local populace Deidre was not acting which was willing to line up normally. at 2 a.m. in -30C blizzard "She wasn't crying weather to get courtroom because there were no seats. tears, but when I Deny contains some inter­ approached her . . . she esting speculation that cringed and would make a Thatcher could have gotten strange little noise." rid of the murder gun with hydrochloric acid. The book says his housekeeper bought some hydrochloric acid for the swimming pool in the middle of the winter. Thatcher appeal set

REGINA (CP) — Former politician Colin Allbright and Crown prosecutor Serge Kujawa Allbright will try to introduce new evidence Thatcher returns to court tomorrow to appeal his have filed a heap of documents with the court. showing it would have been impossible for conviction last November of the first-degree mur­ The defence has 10 arguments why the conviction Thatcher to have committed the crime. der of his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson. should be overturned. Each is rebutted by the Thatcher, son of former Saskatchewan premier Crown. The five appeal court judges can reject, the ap­ Ross Thatcher, was arrested a year ago for the peal, declare a new trial or exercise a rarely Jan. 21, 1983, slaying of Wilson in the garage of A key argument for Allbright is that Justice used power and overturn the conviction. her Regina home across the street from the Sas­ J. H. Maher improperly charged the Court of Thatcher — now writing a book in prison on katchewan Legislature. Queen's Bench jury at the end of Thatcher's Saskatchewan politics — received the automatic His Saskatoon trial began last October under trial. life sentence for first-degree murder and must tight security.The proceedings developed like a In his summation, Maher told the jury they serve 25 years before being eligible for parole. . TV drama, with surprise witnesses and the the­ could find Thatcher guilty if there were reason­ A former Saskatchewan energy minister, atrics of defence lawyer Gerald Allbright. able grounds to believe Thatcher either killed Thatcher was stripped of his seat in Legislature COLIN THATCHER Tomorrow's hearing in the cramped, second- Wilson himself or participated in her death "in last November. .. maintains innocence floor Court of Appeal at the Regina courthouse the sense that he tries to make it succeed or ac­ A decision by the appellate panel may take will likely be dull by comparison. tually encourages it." weeks or months.

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COLIN THATCHER, in handcuffs, is escorted to his appeal hearing in Regina.

Thatcher demands retrial : £- REGINA (CP) — Flamboyant defence Before Allbright launched into his 10- police deny that Jenner phoned them part of the judge's statement to the jury. i *y- lawyer Gerald Allbright spent yesterday point appeal, the court heard arguments about his sighting soon after Thatcher was Allbright also suggested there wasn't a pinned behind a wooden podium arguing about a May 15 affidavit filed by a Moose arrested May 7, 1984. fair review of the defence evidence — ad­ why his client, convicted murderer Colin Jaw businessman. The appeal panel decided to "dispose of ding the judge spent more time detailing Thatcher, should get a new trial. Frederick Jenner said he saw Thatcher the Jenner application" after the main ap­ what the Crown had produced. "I am not asking for you to acquit Colin driving a pickup truck west of Moose Jaw peal. Their judgment on the matter likely He said the Crown alleged Thatcher Thatcher," the lawyer told the five-mem­ shortly before the time police believe Wil­ won't be made for several weeks. killed JoAnn Wilson — and then argued he ber Saskatchewan Court of Appeal panel. son was murdered 70 km away in Re­ Allbright built his argument for a new hired someone to do the job. "I ask that a new trial be directed." gina. trial on the key premise that Mr. Justice Thatcher — son of former premier Ross J.H. Maher of the Court of Queen's Bench Allbright said the judge erred by in­ Thatcher — was convicted Nov. 6 of the Jenner's^new testimony should be ad­ erred in charging the jury. structing the jury to consider the verdict brutal 1983 slaying of his former wife, mitted as evidence, Allbright argued. Allbright also strongly maintained the with reference to a law under which some­ JoAnn Wilson. "If this is true, Thatcher couldn't have trial judge was unfair to Thatcher. one is guilty if he aids or abets someone in Her body was found in the garage of her committed the murder at 6 o'clock in Re­ "Thatcher was on the witness stand for committing a crime. home across the street from the Saskatch­ gina," he said. three days and he doesn't comment on Kujawa responds to Allbright's charges ewan Legislature Jan. 21, 1983. Crown prosecutor Serge Kujawa noted that at all," the lawyer said — referring to when the hearing reconvenes today. _—.—— ~__I_J___Bmmmmst CAMERAS MONITOR SUSPECT 24 HOURS A DAY SILENT WAIT The lights never go out in the cell of Charles Ng. a six-year veteran of the Coldstream Guards, an elite They merely fade. British Army regiment. And the video picture from the camera scanning One guard #who works in Ng's isolated unit says he's directly into his heavily-barred 60-sq.-ft. cubicle is mon­ Suspected mass murderer Charles Ng was "always polite" and willingly obeys every order. itored 24 hours a day. arrested in Calgary July 6 after being the Ng — facing two murder charges in California in con­ subject of a massive manhunt in Canada and He also keeps his cell tidy and his hair cut short. nection with 25 suspected sex-and-torture slayings — is the U S. Ng has been in custody at the Cal­ On Ng's arrival at the remand centre, security ar­ in the maximum security section of the Calgary Re­ gary Remand Centre since his arrest and is rangements around him were even tighter than now. mand Centre. A Sun source close to city police says a guard was The 24-year-old martial-arts expert was also charged MIKE BYF posted directly in front of Ng's cell 24 hours a day. with attempted murder and robbery after he allegedly Each man on duty did nothing but watch the prisoner tried to shoot his way past downtown Bay department and gathered this information on a day in the for eight hours at a stretch. store detectives arresting him for shoplifting July 6. life of Ng behin: "That was really tough on the guards. After a while At 6:45 a.m. radio they were switched to music pipes into Ng's four-hour shifts to ease cell. His lights, dimmed the pressure," says the at night, brighten to sig­ source. nal another day. It was a striking illus­ The cell consists of a tration of Ruddy's be­ concrete floor, three lief that "the guards are walls of cement blocks, serving time here, too, a barred door, a steel in a way." bed covered by a thin Now Ng is monitored mattress and a by television, with the toilet/washstand. guard encased in a Unlike any other pris­ nearby maximum secu­ oner, Ng has a "range" rity control room whose — a self-contained sec­ half-inch glass windows tion of six cells — all to can withstand shots himself. He cannot from a heavy calibre speak to any other in­ pistol at close range. mate. A teacher working in Bill Ruddy, assistant the remand centre com- director of the remand ments that Ng has centre; says Ng's tooth begun studying an in­ brush is inspected troductory course in Ca­ every day to see if it's nadian law. been altered into a Ng is permitted into a weapon. larger but strongly-se­ cured dayroom for Chained three hours daily, not in chains but always "If he's to be brought alone. out of the unit, leg shackles and belly Calls allowed chains are put on him in his cell," Ruddy told the "Like any other in­ Sun. mate, he's allowed an The prisoner's hands unrestricted number of are chained to a broad phone calls," Ruddy belt girdling his waist says. while the leg irons re­ In fact, remand strict him to short staffers are not permit­ steps. ted to monitor the calls. Accompanied by two The prisoner has placed seasoned guards at all long-distance calls. times, Ng is allowed to Ng has never re­ shuffle uncomfortably ceived a personal visi­ out to the exercise yard tor though he would be for an hour every day. permitted one, Ruddy He doesn't go to the adds. regular prison exercise At times the scream­ area, equipped with ing of other inmates weights, volleyball nets does penetrate Ng's and other recreational isolation. gear. In the cells nearest The much smaller Ng's unit are housed isolation exercise yard other maximum securi­ consists of windowless ty prisoners, all of walls. whom stand accused of Overhead the still- exceptionally vicious shackled Ng can see the crimes. the sky through a heavy An ex-prisoner told wire mesh sealing off the Sun of an incident the top of the exercise CHARLES NG spends his time alone in his jail cell as he awaits his trial for attempted murder and shoplifting. he s^ys occurred re­ compound. cently in this unit — a One recent remand centre inmate told the Sun Ng is lean-to in Fish Creek park before he was caught alleg­ fracas between two alleged multiple murderers. exercised alone, and he generally chooses to do nothing edly shoplifting food from The Bay. Very late at night, one insomniac inmate called the but hobble slowly around the compound in his jail-issue But a registered' nurse working with the prisoners other's name, deliberately waking him up. blue, sneakers. says Ng was in excellent physical condition when he ar­ The second prisoner asked irritably why he'd been A prison recreation supervisor says Ng's exercise rived and remains in fine physical health. disturbed. The other man laughed. "I can't sleep," he time is changed each day as another security pre­ yelled. - • caution. "He's short but his arms and legs are extremely well- Realising he'd been woken as a tease, the second Ruddy says the prisoner is permitted books from the developed — by his martial-arts training, I guess," the prisoner hurled himself into a frenzy of shrieks and im­ prison library. nurse says. potent threats. A Sun source says Ng has taken to reading material Ruddy says the prisoner is visited daily by the re­ That's not the style of the lone prisoner in the next about the Canadian bush and seems interested in sur­ mand centre's staff psychologist and twice a we,ek by a range. vival literature generally. psychiatrist. Nothing shakes the disciplined patience of Charles Ng spent an unknown period of time camped out in a "Ng's a model inmate. He toes the line," says Ruddy, Ng. m Life term for wife killer m JURY TAKES 24 HOURS

By DARYL-LYNN CARLSON Staff Writer Wealthy Calgary businessman Richard Ferber was convicted yesterday for the second-degree shooting death of his estranged #r¥* wife and sentenced to life in prison. A ten-man, two-woman Court of Queen's later and was "sweating," one of the boys Bench jury deliberated for almost 24 hours, testified during the trial. sifting through evidence to determine The youngster told the court his dad said whether Ferber was guilty of first-degree he was perspiring "because he had the heat murder, second-degree murder or on" in the car. manslaughter. The trio had lunch and the two boys were -••• -<... ••' It was the second trial for Ferber; the taken to a relative's house. . •'._ 5> first was declared a mistrial. Ferber turned himself in to city police iiSy III ^l_____ 'iBBBBBB Patricia Ferber, 38, was found shot to shortly afterwards saying he'd shot his wife • " . ..•••/ :•.•• m :':& ... • • ..• : .. : : • death in the couple's Springbank home April by accident. •..BB BB 20, 1984. Defence lawyer Brian Devlin said he'll 1 . . • :.•••' • ::•• ...'..- appeal the sentence. Relatives of Ferber wept openly as they • •. . . •:.•••• . •• • • BBBBB.BB: Shots outlined left the courtroom. jsliiii »BiB.i_B BB-BsB: J . ' Patricia's mother, Frances Hope, told the Sfllll yygyyyyp*'.:••'.••. She'd been shot four times. One bullet Sun last night: "At least he got . • I ••: : penetrated her hand and liver, two went yyifmy us something." . ;-' •*.»•_ ..•'"'. through her chest and lodged in the floor ilillHf ^.sy&yy '•,.\.if!~ .:•:•• B and another shattered her skull, the court She said she wanted him convicted of first- heard. degree murder and added her family's life y^wy^£ "hasn't been the same since Pat was killed. -My£y Ferber had visited his sons aged 11 and 13 "She brought so much joy to our lives. He that day. The boys took their motorbikes .•• •'•'.• ••: . . • was a cruel man." she said of her only ^•%.^i-§p^- down the road, where they were to be picked daughter's husband. l^^tM up by their dad to go for lunch at McDon­ The jury refused to recommend a sen­ emmm HI ald's restaurant. tence and Justice John Bracco said he'd im­ BB?pS»«¥W_s«S»sS!l Ferber and his wife had been fighting that pose a sentence of life imprisonment with day and while tlie two boys were gone, court eligibility for parole in 10 years. I||f§||§ was told he shot her to death. Ferber remained expressionless as the He picked up his sons about 15 minutes verdict and sentence were read. WEDDING DAY when times were much happier for Richard and Patricia Ferber. 'Do not stand at my grave and cry' _s. Almost 15 years ago, Patricia Ferber sat in the corner of They had the appearance of the perfect marriage; two Once the priest even brought Pat to the hospital for treat­ her aunt's living room and wept. sons, now 11 and 13, and an upper-class home. ment after the couple had argued, she says. "I'm afraid. I'm afraid to marry him," she told her aunt, But things weren't as they appeared on the outside. "Pat just didn't deserve to get dragged through the mud Eileen Garneau, just weeks before her marriage to wealthy When the couple lived in Acme, 60 miles north of Calgary, like that," says the mournful grandmom. businessman Richard Ferber. Pat made Richard destroy his guns with welding tools. "But I guess a lot of women take it for the sake of the But the wedding went ahead and, according to her rela­ After their separation, both Patricia and Richard ac­ children." tives yesterday, led to years of being a battered wife and to quired restraining orders against each other. Pat's mom, Frances Hope, was near tears as the verdict the ultimate tragedy of her murder. Often the couple would try in vain to repair their shattered was read in Court of Queen's Bench. "I said to her before she got married 'Why Pat, then why marriage. After the trial — Ferber's second — Hope, walking from marry him.' It was pitiful to see her like that. I don't know "Richard was a big shot, a smooth talker," Garneau says. the courtroom, muttered: "It's not enough. It's just not why she did," says Garneau. "And Pat was so sweet and sincere. It was too late before enough." On April 20, 1984, the marriage ended with Pat, then 38, anyone realized how bad it really was." A poem written by Pat a few years before her death may lying dead in a pool of blood in the couple's palatial Spring- Patricia's grandmother, Bernice Rushmore, 87, recalls be of some comfort to relatives: bank home. neighbors and a priest from a nearby church having to at­ I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my Richard, now 45, has been jailed for life. tend the Ferber's home to assist Pat. grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.

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Buxbaum's wife 'unappealing ST. CATHARINES (Special) - Helmuth Buxbaum com­ plained his wife had a "fat ass" and was sexually unappeal­ ing just months before her murder, Ontario Supreme Court heard yesterday. TRIAL IS TOLD OF HUBBY'S COMPLAINT ** John Barrett testified also his brother Rob, now serv­ He learned his brother was arranging the murder Under questioning by defence lawyer Eddie Greenspan, £2 ing 10 years for his role in the murder, told him he'd shortly after the two went to Florida in May 1984. Bar­ Barrett admitted he knew Buxbaum was behind the murder been hired by Buxbaum to arrange the slaying. rett said he became suspicious when he found Rob plan but lied at the preliminary inquiry because of fear. Buxbaum, 46, of Komoka, is charged with the first-degree had an envelope full of cash. murder of his wife, Hanna, 48, who was shot by "At the time, I was under quite a bit of pressure — having a road near London on July 5, 1984. "He said he received the money he got for a contract threats, gunshots outside my door. Under cross-examination by Crown attorney Mike Martin, to kill Hanna Buxbaum. "It was very intimidating." Barrett told the court Buxbaum complained to him about his "He said he never intended to have Mrs. Buxbaum killed. Mr. Justice John O'Driscoll advised the jury "there is no wife during a cocaine-filled trip to Detroit in April, 1984. He was just scamming Mr. Buxbaum." suggestion" Buxbaum was behind the threats. "He told me his wife was a good mother to his chil­ dren but she wasn't sexually appealing and he had But the jury heard that at the preliminary hearing, no interest in her," Barrett said. Barrett said he was told the money was for a cocaine d "He said that she's got a fat ass ... and that he liked deal and that Rob never mentioned that Buxbaum Q_ slim, attractive and sexy women 16 or 17 because they were wanted to kill his wife. naive." The defence has maintained Robert Barrett planned the Soon after the trip, Barrett said, he heard rumors murder on his own and only framed Buxbaum to get a lighter Buxbaum was looking for someone to kill his wife. sentence. BUXBAUM MURDER TRIAL HEARS Wife 'begged' for her life By MICHELE MANDEL er of five natural children and one adopted child was shot He told the jury the man — who wore a potato sack ST. CATHARINES (Special) - In a desperate bid for by the side of Hwy. 402 near London, Ont., July 5,1984. over his head — pointed the gun within an inch of his her life, Hanna Buxbaum begged her killer: "Please, I Roy Buxbaum, of Abbotsford, B.C., told the court his right eye but then left him to go to Hanna. have five children at home," an Ontario Supreme Court aunt and uncle offered him a summer job at their Komo­ "He took my aunt by the hair . . . and he said again heard. ka nursing home and after he was picked up at the Toron­ give me your money and your jewelry. He told my aunt to Roy Buxbaum, 16, testified his aunt made the plea to airport his uncle went to make a business call. get out of the car." shortly after an apparently stranded motorist dragged They then left for Komoka. He fell asleep in the back Roy said his uncle remained in the driver's seat and her by the hair from their car and demanded her money. seat but awoke to his aunt and uncle discussing a stopped told his wife she'd "better do what they say." < "He kept telling her to shut up," Roy said. "Then I car ahead, court heard. After three shots rang out, Roy said one man shouted: heard three shots." "I started to put my head up and my door opened and a "I have her purse, let's go" and a blue Nova screeched Helmuth Buxbaum, 46, of Komoka, Ont., is on trial for man put a gun in my face and told me to keep my head away, its rear licence plate covered. the first-degree murder of his wife, Hanna, 48. The moth­ down," Roy said. The trial continues. MILLIONAIRE'S LAWYER TELLS JURY: 'Dope dealer planned killing' / By MICHELE MANDEL Greenspan said Hanna Buxbaum, 48, learned Barrett w^s ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (Special) — A murder trial was supplying her husband with cocaine and hookers and/or­ told yesterday the accused's dope dealer planned the killing dered him to "get out of our lives." / of the man's wife because she cut off the lucrative relation­ She tried to distance the two by convincing Buxbauip/to go ship with her husband. for drug abuse treatment and by blocking Barrett's/alls to Millionaire Helmuth Buxbaum, a nursing home owner, is her husband, Greenspan said. / charged with the first-degree murder of his wife Hanna. He accused Barrett of being "one upset person"/when he "You saw your relationship with Mr. Buxbaum as money realized his rich mark was about to get away. / from heaven," defence lawyer Eddie Greenspan said to Greenspan then accused Barrett of fabricating'the $25,000 chief Crown witness Robert (Squirrel) Barrett during elec­ murder contract he said he got from Buxbaumf trifying cross-examination. Buxbaum gave Barrett $5,000, not as a doWpayment for "You had found yourself a lottery ticket. .. but you knew the murder, but for a drug deal, he said. you were being removed from your close proximity to Hel­ Barrett insisted there was a contract, but said he only muth Buxbaum," the Ontario Supreme Court jury heard. intended to collect the money, not go through with the mur­ Greenspan painted Barrett as a "sly, very cunning" drug der. pusher with a "motive ... to kill Hanna Buxbaum." Barrett testified that while Buxbaum appeared to be an Barrett denied the charge, saying it was Buxbaum who upstanding citizen during the day, "he was in the motels at HELMUTH BUXBAUM hired him to arrange Hanna's, July 5, 1984, roadside slay­ night. ... 'two people' ing. "There's two people in Helmuth Buxbaum," Barrett said. Accused framed, court told By MICHELE MANDEL Barrett, 25, is serving a 10-year sentence at Laval after ST. CATHARINES (Special) — The man who arranged pleading guilty to conspiring to commit murder. Hanna Buxbaum's murder confessed to a fellow inmate that Allen is serving an eight-year sentence for conspiring to he acted alone and then framed her husband to save himself, commit murder. a court was told yesterday. Barrett has told the Ontario Supreme Court trial that Bux­ And with that bombshell, contained in a surprise affidavit baum hired him to arrange the July 5, 1984, roadside slay­ signed by the inmate, defence lawyer Eddie Greenspan dra­ ing. matically ended his three-day cross-examination of key But Borland said in his statement that one evening in Crown witness Robert "Squirrel" Barrett. April, 1985, Barrett told him he had lied to police about the "Barrett told me that he had arranged for the murder Buxbaum murder. himself and only told (Pat) Allen and the others that the "Barrett then told me that.. . Buxbaum's wife had found murder was at (Helmuth) Buxbaum's request," Greenspan out Barrett was supplying cocaine to Buxbaum and had read from the statement signed by Laval prison inmate threatened to report Barrett to the police. Daniel Borland. "Barrett told me that as a result he had arranged the "Barrett told me that, in fact, Buxbaum had never re­ murder." quested the murder." As Greenspan read the statement, Barrett just shook his Helmuth Buxbaum, 46, a wealthy Komoka, Ont., nursing head. home owner, is charged with first-degree murder in the "I don't know how Daniel got a lot of that information but death of his wife Hanna, 48. it's all lies," he told Greenspan.

Black Diamond backs Niesman By DAVID NAYLOR and MARK MILLER Giffin at the Black Diamond Hotel on Aug. 31 after Giffin "He didn't even know which camp he was going to." Staff Writers molested his 6-year-old daughter. The Calgary Correctional Centre, also known as Spy The residents of the little community of Black Dia­ Giffin — whom Niesman referred to during his own Hill, operates three work camps throughout southern Al­ mond, 30 km southwest of Calgary, are rallying around trial as "scum" — was later convicted of assaulting the berta. Roger Niesman — the father jailed for stabbing the little girl and jailed for 18 months. "It's not very nice to be sent to a work camp but I'll try "scum" who sexually molested his daughter. He is at present free pending an appeal against his sen­ and find out where it is and visit him when I can," said The news came last night as his family learned Nies- tence and conviction. Ripley, 31. man's being sent to a work camp today. On Sept. 15, Niesman went to Giffin's house and at­ During sentencing Judge John Waite said Niesman was Staff and patrons of the Black Diamond Hotel are rais­ tacked him with the knife, court heard. "a solid, stable and responsible member of his communi­ ing money to help pay the tormented dad's legal costs. Niesman wrote a full page letter to the Sun, published ty" and recommended he be put on a program of tem­ 'He must have a lot of debts and the family can proba­ yesterday, telling of the "hell" he and his family have porary absence — serving his sentence on weekends — as bly use the money," said Edna MacDonald, a hotel gone through. soon as possible. bartender. The Sun received a number of calls from readers ex­ In a recent interview with the Sun, Lloyd Erickson, The hotel has set up a collection jar beneath a Sun story pressing support for Niesman. director of the Calgary Correctional Centre, said being detailing Niesman's plight. His sister, Cheryl Ripley, said she returned home yes­ transferred to a work camp is a "privilege. He was convicted in Court of Queen's Bench on Oct. terday to find a message from her brother on her answer­ "Work camp is not like a chain gang. You're paid for 9 for assaulting Bernard Giffin with a knife, and sen­ ing machine. the work and you don't have any personal security." tenced to 10 months in jail. "He said he was being shipped out to a work camp Erickson was out of the city yesterday and unavailable During the trial, court heard Niesman had beaten up tomorrow (today) at 5:00 a.m.," she said. for comment. A LETTER FROM THE SO-CALLED VIGILANTE' Let's protect our children Roger Niesman, a 29-year-old Black Dia­ She has to feel protected and safe if she mond man, was jailed for 10 months on is ever going to get over any of her trau­ charges of assaulting a man later con­ matic experience. victed and jailed for sexually assaulting It seems to me that the system is pun­ Niesman's 6-year-old daughter. The man ishing her and the rest of my family as convicted of the attack on the little girl is well as me. I really wouldn't wish this on free at the moment pending an appeal any other family. This has turned into a against his conviction and 18-month sen­ nightmare. tence. Meanwhile Niesman is in jail — but The only difference is, when I wake up still managed to get a letter to the Sun. in my cell nothing ever goes away. What I The following are excerpts from the as­ did, I did for the protection of my family tonishing letter he himself headed: and my innocent daughter. Now I'm in jail "THE SO-CALLED VIGILANTE." when I could help her the most. She really • • • needs her Daddy. This is an open letter to the public from (Niesman then refers bitterly to the fact me, a very, very concerned parent! that the man convicted of assaulting his I am writing this letter with the hope daughter is presently free on bail pending that the citizens of this country will come an appeal and refers to his own assault to be better concerned about our legal trial.) system, the victims of crime and their fa­ milies, the emotional health of victims Well one thing I know is that obviously and especially the children. he's healed from his injuries. He walked The strain that has been placed on my in and out of the courtroom a free man, little daughter is just breaking my heart. with no walking aids, no tell-tale signs of I still feel my anger is justified and I'm injuries. extremely proud my little girl — who is Vet my poor little girl will be psycholo­ only six — had the strength and courage to gically scarred for the rest of her life! Will open up and tell me about the traumatic she ever again live a normal life! I won­ assault on her. der if she will ever feel comfortable No child should have to suffer the indig­ enough to have a relationship with a man nity or experience the trauma both physi­ . ..: or get married or be able to give me cal and emotionally that my daughter is grandchildren when she grows up? even now still going through! She has been taking counselling for over a year now and if it.has made changes in her, I can't see them. Despicable acts The rest of her life It's very scary and disheartening to re­ alize there are people in this country ca­ Her counsellor said sometimes these pable of committing such vile and de­ children may never get over it and if my spicable acts. -%.y daughter does it will take a very, very It seems so many times those who are long time. tried and convicted of these crimes are In my opinion she will live with it for the handed such lenient sentences and are A- rest other life! I hope the people out there soon on our streets again with little or no will write to me and let me know how they effort made to prevent the same thing feel and how I might be able to help. from happening again. I'll do my best to answer any questions So often these incidents never come to they have. I sincerely hope this letter light because the child is convinced he or opens some eyes and gets more people she did something dirty. How many times thinking. This situation is not a novel one. are parents told of their child's plight and It's been going on everywhere for years choose not to believe them? and it's just got to stop! In some situations, these gross assaults So please people start writing letters to can and have carried on for years. I really your MPs. Don't give up. Let's fight for don't feel this has to happen. If parents what's right! Let's take the time to talk to would sit down with their children and our children and implement some safe­ have a heart-to-heart talk explaining to guards to help prevent this from happen­ the children they have the right to say ing to all of those poor little children out "No!" there. If it has happened already they should Do it now. Don't put it off. Let's try to explain to the child that it's not the child's educate them, let's do our best to prevent fault. Try to remain calm, talk it out and this garbage from preying on our poor lit­ get them help. This way the child can tle children! And with God's help, you'll deal with the problem easier. never have to live through the hell with There are certain tell-tale signs every your child like I am right now — with my parent should watch for, such as problems daughter. with schoolwork, distant behavior, anti­ This sort of hell is hard on every mem­ social behavior and a score of other indi­ ber of the family. Don't ever think that cations. your relatives and friends don't hurt too. If you suspect something is wrong do This has been absolute hell especially on not show your anger . . . try to calmly my daughter. Please people guard your handle it. At least until the child is away children more carefully now. from the scene . . . where you lose con­ trol. With much Concern Above all, your child needs all reassur­ Roger Niesman ance that you understand that it's not Calgary Correctional Centre their fault. Be sure they know that you'll protect them and give them lots of sup­ ROGER NIESMAN and his jail cell letter. port. If you suspect sexual abuse of your derstand the judge carrying out the "Let­ child, try not to panic, look to someone ter of the Law" in imposing a jail sen­ else for an objective point of view. There tence upon me, I fail to comprehend how are agencies and groups out there for your they can call this justice! support. The Calgary Sexual Assault I feel they have failed miserably to con­ Centre may be able to help or be of assis­ sider the victim here. A very sweet little tance. Another group I might suggest is girl who is very confused by all that has Mothers Against Abduction and Murder. happened to her. The president of this group is Sharon Ro­ My poor little girl doesn't have her senfeldt. Daddy at home anymore. She feels guilty Who knows, if there are enough people because she's convinced it's her fault I'm who phone or write their MPs they might in jail. just bring back and pass the once pro­ She has it in'her head that if sh posed "Missing Children's Act." Lord wouldn't have told me about the sexual knows that something has to be done and assault on her, I wouldn't have gotten the more voices raised the sooner some­ into this situation. thing just might be accomplished. As it Now she's scared and feels alone be stands now, the laws in this country just cause I'm not there to help he- aren't fair to our children. through this. I believe she really needs Although I broke the law and I can un- her Daddy right now. mmmmiyi^-yyy •J.:...- •;;:•:; •••••••:.":•..••:•.'•.•••..••.. : . '$______! fill ______•______& ______• __ SH_

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david OICCKO, son BLACK DIAMOND residents pitch in to help defray legal costs for Roger Niesman — jailed for assaulting the man who sexually molested his six-year-old daughter. RESIDENTS SUPPORT JAILED FATHERS ACTIONS .S^.^V^._S^A-*B^.\^ c Towmam n behinm g m di f vigilants i ^ e J By MIKE BOARD you with your car. There are a lot of people around here Our laws are archaic though," says one man who doesn't Staff Writer burned up about this. want to be named. BLACK DIAMOND - A "vigilante" father has put this "He's inside and the other guy is on the outside. It's In a town where most live off the land and one that is tiny farming community on the map in the quest for his been the talk of the town for 10 days now." known for the brawn of rodeo rather than the brains of own brand of justice — and the townsfolk are proud of Woods said Niesman helped out many stranded motor­ the justice halls of Calgary — Niesman's name evokes him. ists and often didn't ask for money in return. "He's a emotion. They make no bones about it. They'd have done at least helluva guy," says Woods. To them he is a hero — a man who stood up for what he the same as Roger Niesman — and maybe more. Dave Brown, 27, Niesman's business partner who is believed in. And they vehemently say they'd have taken the law currently looking after the Niesmans' modest home, is Now the town has started a fund to help defray Nies­ into their own hands the same way Niesman, 29, did after like many of Black Diamond's residents in believing man's legal costs and hopefully help support his family learning his six-year-old daughter had been sexually mo­ Niesman was right in what he did and that his punish­ while he's behind bars. lested. ment was too harsh. The hotel, through bartender Edna MacDonald, has set Niesman — who "I don't think he should've got anything out of it. They up a jar above a Sun story outlining Niesman's plight. So operated his own towing had to give him something because they proved he far, about $100 has been collected in the watering hole company in this town of stabbed Turn," Brown says. and Peter Woods will soon set up a collection jar in his 2,000 nestled in the back­ Brown figures too much pent-up emotion got the better grocery store. drop of the Rocky moun­ of Niesman and he eventually couldn't take thoughts of Alongside the collection jar is a card for Niesman. tains — was jailed for 10 his daughter being assaulted by a man he knew — a man It reads: "I thought I'd Send you this Card to Brighten months. who'd even done the occasional job for him. Up Your Day . . . After All, What are Friends For?" A Court of Queen's So far there have been no takers for the home — Nies­ It is signed by numerous residents whose feelings are Bench jury found him man's wife and two daughters have moved to Saskatche­ summed up by one inscription: "We are all missing you guilty of knifing and wan to live with relatives — but as Brown puts it: and rooting for you." beating the man convict­ "There's no use getting rid of it. He only owes $18,000." MacDonald, visibly upset, says she has lost faith in the ed of sexually assaulting Canadian justice system. his little girl. Justice's warning "The way I figure it the girl came out with the worst Yesterday, Niesman sentence. She got life. She's got to live with it," MacDon­ was shipped to a work ald says. camp. Praise of Niesman comes despite Justice John Waite's stern warning: "Vigilantes cannot ride in Black Dia­ Niesman called the hotel Wednesday and when told of What bothers the nor­ mond, Calgary or anywhere else," when he sentenced the fund he said: "Stop. You're going to make me cry," mally quiet, serene town Niesman Oct. 9. says MacDonald. -,v...... :.,,-. . is the fact that Niesman However, Justice Waite, in his sentencing, recommend­ A close friend of Niesman's, Dennis Lawrence, 27, calls ROGER NIESMAN fe in jail and Bernard Gif. ed Niesman be put on a program of temporary absence — Niesman's actions "a crime of passion." ... has support fin _ described by Nies­ serving his sentence on weekends — as soon as possible. By Black Diamond accounts Roger Niesman is a good, man in court as "scum" — is out on the streets pending Waite said he considered the "psychological impact" on family man who became enraged at what had been done an appeal against his conviction and 18-month sentence the family in his sentencing but that Niesman "had no to his daughter. He reacted, at least in part, on the advice for assaulting the girl. right to interfere with the law." of friends who to this day stand firmly behind him. The town buzzes about the Niesman affair — be it in the But — among the folk of Black Diamond at least — They aren't appeased and are even more confused by coffee shop, the Black Diamond Hotel or the grocery there is a sinister and frightening view that Roger Nies­ what they perceive as an unjust justice system. store. man was correct in taking the law into his own hands. But no matter. Neisman is one of their own. And in And the townsfoiks' verdict is clear — Niesman and his "It's a shame he got the time but the law is the law. Black Diamond they look after their own. family have been given a "raw deal." Says local grocery store owner Peter Woods: "I know what I'd have bloody well done if it was my daughter. I'd still be walking around with aching knuckles. This really makes you think about the justice system. 'It was a crime of passion/ "Niesman is a nice guy. He was always there to help Merry Xmas MERRY from Heninger CHRISTMAS TO YOU The excitement and happiness improving. of the festive season remind us May the joy of the Christmas again that this is a very special season remain with us, and may time of year. 1986 be a prosperous and pro­ While the past year has brought gressive year. problems, there are many reasons Morgan W. Heninger to hope that conditions are Mayor MORGAN HENINGER

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The Christmas season is a time of joy and sharing. We have faced many challenges during 1985, and through determination, coopera­ tion and caring, we have persevered. We have much to be thankful for in this County and many opportunities to make the future very bright indeed. On behalf of County Council, I wish you a holiday season filled HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND with the warmth of family and A RICH AND REWARDING 1986 ii friends. .1 - Deanne and Leroy Fjordbotten, _ a Let . us reflect upon the MLA - Macleod .1 _ , significance of the season and enter into the New Year renewed to*^*.^*^« in spirit and dedication. R.W. "Dick" Papworth Reeve WfSmm County of Lethbridge No. 26 DICK PAPWORTH

With every good wish for happiness throughout the coming year. BLAINE A. THACKER, MP MM I

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"What I do is I say 'I set you free', you know, 'I "Good," he says "It doesn't change a thing. set you free and your soul will either go to God or again, almost to himself "It just seems to keep going on and on . . ." the Devil, whoever chooses', and then a great sense this time. I leave her to search once more for whatever peace of of relief fills me." "If there'd been capi­ mind she can ever hope to find. He raves on, babbles on, pathetically to police. tal punishment in the For that is the awful legacy left by the bestial He says: "Pat (his wife) never understood why I first place it would've Brown and Peters. would sit for hours and hours and hours in the bath­ saved the taxpayers four Nice everyday folks' lives were shattered by the room. I would talk with the Devil, eh? years of money." perversion wrought by the killers' unholy alliance. "You know, we'd have good communications." He's reluctant to talk He says it doesn't matter whether God or the Devil about his new life. He The world of darkness in which Brown stalked is took the soul. really just wants to be captured in tapes made during his post-murder in­ He says: "To kill people is wrong, but to free them left alone. terviews with RCMP officers. is good . . . people talk to me . . . voices ... I com­ But he does tell me Brown, who lived in Blackie at the time of the municate with the Devil and he tells me lots of times he remarried in Febru­ slayings, says he had set the souls of Stevens and what he wants me to do and I do it." ary — this time his wife Boyd free. He talks of "the thrill and the excitement and the is a Saskatchewan girl He even refers to the last words of Boyd before he joy that the Devil brought me." called Barb who used to stabbed her. It is towards the end of the statement that the be a friend of his and Debbie's. In the tape, he claims: "I told her, I said 'I'm peculiar, the particular, form of 'sane' madness that Naturally they talk of Debbie from time to time — sorry, but you have to die'." was Brown manifests itself. "but not too much," he says. Brown says that as the girl lay dead afterwards, He says: "And I descended into the Gates of Hell. His Caterpillar excavating business has been "quiet" "I told her that I was freeing her soul and that she "I am a serpent of evil and I shall return again recently, his new life on the whole is "fine." was ... no longer a product of this evilness, this from the depths of Hell. A short distance away, Boyd's mother Darlene picks wicked world we live in. "My soul will never die, only my body and my evil up the phone. "And then I felt good again." is yours." I can almost feel her unwillingness to do so. I can only guess that in his own perverted way he If there is any form of ultimate justice, if there Thankfully, she's already heard the news from far was 'blessing' the girl and trying to salve his non-ex­ really is a Hell, Bob Brown is talking to the Devil ;s,X»|f,Kingston. istent conscience. again. IT- __ *._. n_„—*.:— u„ i._._i __,a fu^ <*nmn Vikop tn _f_ - i " TWO MEN THRUST TOGETHER BY FATE Trie wHOPKbcPcR Inner tension grew with hold-ups By BILL OVEREND and LORNE MOTLEY Spika said Kesler and his family lived on the prem­ Staff Writers ises of the pharmacy for the first few months of 1985, Steven Kesler — charged with second-degree murder until they moved into their current home. following the Nov. 8 drugstore shooting — is a hard­ working family man, says a physician who works on the Kesler's lawyer, Jim Ogle, said the couple put in same block. 12-hour days, six-days a week establishing the business. •Their daughters helped out when not in school. But Kesler, the owner of the South Calgary I.D.A. pharmacy on 33rd Avenue S.W., had grown increasingly Kesler still works at least 72 hours a week, said Ogle. tense in the months leading up to the incident, says Dr. "He lifted the business up by its boot straps," said Otto Spika. Spika. "I've known Mr. Kesler for two years, ever since he "He is a hard-working, clean, constructive citizen and took over the drugstore. He's an exceptionally consis­ a good family man." „ i tent worker. He's one of those people — when some­ But a change came over Kesler after an attempted thing needs doing — he does it." holdup this April and another in June, said Spika. Kesler, 40, a mechanical engineer by training, had "In the last three or four months, I saw a constant been married seven years and had two small children worried look on his face. When you were talking to him when he decided to emigrate from Yugoslavia almost 10 he would often turn and give an anxious look towards years ago. He couldn't speak English. the entrance of his store. "I came to Canada for economic reasons. I wanted "The man was under constant terror. There is nobody (to work) where I could get paid adequately for my used to this." trade," Kesler told the Sun. Spika thinks drug abuse is primarily responsible for Kesler found work in the oil industry but like many the recent rash of robberies in Calgary. Albertans ran into difficulties when the recession of the Although Calgary Police Service statistics reveal the early 1980s struck. . \ frequency of reported robberies has been declining since At the same time, his wife Mary had been working in 1982, it is still double the 1971 total. other drugstores as a pharmacist. The two decided to And 1986 has been a particularly bad year. Police combine efforts and open up a store of their own. report 432 robberies to the end of September, up 39% They took over the pharmacy on the corner of 33rd over the same time last year. Avenue and 20th St. S.W. in February, 1985. Pharmacies in Calgary have been held up 17 times so "The store was in a shambles when he bought it," far in 1986, compared to only three by the same time in said Spika, who has practiced medicine on the same 1985. They've also been broken into 55 times. business block as the pharmacy for 31 years. The most recent drugstore robbery was Friday's hold­ "I've watched his progress. He has remodelled this up of the Value Drug Mart in Calgary's northeast Trans- store with an immense amount of effort. He has made Canada Mall. A lone male escaped with an undisclosed an efficient, modern drugstore out of it." "mount of cash say police. The investigation is continuing. STEVEN KESLER worked hard to build his business. THE BANDIT... Questions remain as to motive By BILL OVEREND Smith was involved with motorcycle bike gangs, said Staff Writer Mitchell, but wasn't a member of any one group. The man killed in last week's drugstore shooting — Timothy Smith — was probably just trying to get rent "He was an independent biker. That was the only way money before going straight, says Smith's former he'd go." roommate. Mitchell, a northside resident who says he "can fit in "He wasn't too bad — but he wasn't into put­ with pretty well all the groups," said he didn't know ting up with all the bull," said Calgarian Andy Mit­ Smith's companion in the incident, Steven Bruce chell, who shared a basement suite with Smith and his Fleming. girlfriend in 1985 after Smith was paroled from the Fleming, who was slightly injured in the incident, Edmonton Institution. faces charges of armed robbery, being masked in the "He was probably trying to get some money for rent commission of a robbery and unlawful use of a firearm. — and then get into a decent job." He was denied bail last week. Smith, born April 13, 1959, died at the age of 27 from Although he hadn't seen Smith for several months, shotgun wounds after fleeing from an alleged rob­ Mitchell said he had spoken with him a couple of times. bery attempt Nov. 8 at the South Calgary I.D.A. drug­ "From what I heard, he'd calmed down since I lived store at 2039 33rd Ave. S.W. with him. It shocked the hell out of me to see him in the He was from Langley, B.C. paper." "He was like any other guy who comes out, tries to Mitchell said he wasn't surprised to hear reports that get some easy money going and then gets by as well as Smith wasn't carrying a gun. TIMOTHY SMITH was 27 when he was killed Nov. 8. he can," said Mitchell, 22. "He kept one in the house for his own protection, but he'd never take one out on the street." But the other details of the alleged drugstore holdup — or _hat he knows of them — still puzzle Mitchell. "I doubt if Tim was after drugs, because there's enough crooked druggists around that you can get it Night mechanic 'fought hack' right over the counter anyway. And one thing I know with Tim — if he needed cash he could get hold In 1977 Amin Mohamed Hussein turned a gun on Toronto gas station and demanded money in the of hot bike parts and make his money that way." two men fleeing a Toronto robbery attempt - and early morning hours of Dec. 4. 1977. Mitchell said he suspects Smith was trying to raise .BBB', B-BBB^/BB-B^B^BiB-BB^jllftg As the men waited for their loot. Hussein quietly some quick rent money, then continue his efforts to find honest work. Now he lives in Calgary. Last week, after reading loaded a 303 rifle and then fired a single warning shot through the window. "Tim could have worked around any bike shop but about the drugstore shooting and alleged robbery. they just aren't hiring much now." The men tried to flee. When die turned and And he doubts Smith's biker friends are responsible relate raised his gun. Hussein fired more shots. Lawrence for the death threats which came to the home of Bulpit died five hours later on the operating table. "I told him if my case would in any way help in his drugstore owner Steven Kesler. But although police detained Hussein for 12 case. I'd be there. He felt a little comforted I think. "If any of those guys were going to do anything, hours, he was never charged. they'd just come right out and do it instead of phoning." because he knows there was somebody in the same > "They told me whatever happened it was self-de­ Police are still investigating the threats which pla­ •" 'yyyyyy^y-y. \y.yyyy fence. How else are you going to repel a person and gued Kesler and his family after he was released on Hussein was a 28-year-old night-shift mechanic not use this much force?" mused Hussein as he re­ bail last week. when two men, armed with one handgun, entered a clined in h's northeast home last week. Kesler's next appearance in court on second-degree murder charges will be Nov. 21, to set a date for a preliminary hparinP 'I WENT INTO SHOCK' ...... , ...... '. • yy •••',.. "• ". . .• ,•. i yyy •-;,/. yymy;ymyym:^-yyyyy-r^;.m~ Bandit s gal mmam:mmmmmmmmy speaks out

By RAYMOND SMITH to Holy Cross Hospital where she was told Staff Writer Smith, 26, was dead from shotgun wounds. The last thing slain would-be robber Tim­ But another man, Steven Bruce Fleming, othy Smith said to his fiancee was: "I'll be 32, had been shot and maybe there had back in a couple of hours." been a mixup in identity, thought Doyle. That was about 2:15 p.m. on Nov. 8 — 15 So she walked to police headquarters on 7 , minutes before the attempted robbery of an Ave. S.W. and then to the homicide depart­ I.D.A. drugstore, Shannon Doyle, 19, told ment office on 11 Ave. S.W. where detec­ the Sun yesterday. tives confirmed Smith was dead. Doyle and Smith lived together about a Now, wherever Doyle goes, she said she five-minute drive from the store, she .said. hears about "Kesler the hero and Smith the On that fateful day, Doyle said she bandit." sensed trouble and warned Smith not to do "That's not fair. Kesler shot an unarmed anything stupid. man in the back," she alleged. "He was Later, she saw a TV news broadcast going after the wrong man. The other guy about the attempted robbery of Steven had the gun." Kesler's South Calgary I.D.A. pharmacy It's alleged that Fleming had a handgun on 33 Ave. S.W. and recognized Smith on a and was threatening Kesler's wife with it in stretcher. an attempt to get drugs. It's also alleged "I went into shock," she said, and rushed that Kesler shot and killed Smith and —: wounded Fleming. Kesler, 40, is free on bail on a second-degree murder charge. Fleming, 32, is in ___ custody facing charges of robbery, using a handgun » while commit ing a crime and disguising himself. Wit­ nesses say the two robbers - wore masks. ^ Doyle said she doesn't know why Smith took part in the botched robbery. "We had paid the rent. We were eating," she said. And she worries about the way people might be think­ ing about the man she still -michael drew, sun loves. SHANNON DOYLE holds a picture of Timothy Smith the man she says she still loves

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OFFICER BAIL #* By KEVIN MARTIN will be set when the accused returns to court Staff Writer next Thursday. A teary-eyed Const. Roger William Low­ den — the alleged Baseball Cap Bandit Crown prosecutor Manfred Delong, who charged with 21 robberies — was denied conducted the bail hearing, said outside the bail yesterday in provincial court. court that it hasn't yet been decided who will prosecute the case. Lowden, 33, of Irricana, leaned forward in his seat, tears welling in his eyes as He said usually a Crown attorney is Judge William Troughton informed the pris­ brought in from another city when an offi­ oner he wouldn't be able to rejoin his wife cer is charged, but wouldn't comment on and seven children. whether that will be done in this case. There was a ban on publication of the Lowden was arrested after a robbery at hearing. the Toronto Dominion Bank in the Northland The 13-year veteran of the Calgary force Village Mall Wednesday morning. is accused of 18 financial institution rob­ beries, two attempted robberies, the robbery In that heist the culprit handed the clerk a of an apartment manager and using a hand­ holdup note, left with an undisclosed amount gun while committing a crime. of money and was arrested a short time later. The offences were alleg­ edly committed between ©H April 1 and Lowden's arrest Wednesday. His wife sat watching the proceedings with other fam­ City's finest ily members in the second &* row of courtroom 407. When her husband was &* returned to his cell, she reached in her purse and quiet on pal &* pulled out a package of Police officers packed provincial courtroom 407 yes­ Kleenex. terday for Const. Roger Lowden's first court appear­ While in court, Lowden ance in connection with 21 robberies. was carefully guarded by Some were friends, some were investigating officers. two police officers — one None would comment for the record. more than normal — who After being denied bail, Lowden was taken to the cut off his view of the audi­ Calgary Remand Centre where he was to spend his ence and the crowd's view second night of incarceration. of the prisoner. When Calgary police Supt. Frank Mitchell was asked Outside the courtroom if Lowden would be in protective custody he said: "I lawyer David Stillwell re­ certainly hope so. Police become vulnerable targets in plied with a terse "no com­ prison." ment" when asked if Low­ Mike Dunge, secretary for the Calgary Police Asso­ den's detention would be ciation, said Lowden was "no longer a member of good appealed in Court of standing of the association" and would be paying his Queen's Bench. own legal fees. Stillwell earlier elected a Ironically, Lowden was one of the police officers the trial before a Queen's association went to bat for in an attempt to retain the Bench justice sitting with­ right to have certain secondary jobs. —illustration by Jackie Beaudion, CFAC-TV out a jury. John Gradon: Page 46 CONST. ROGER Lowden in provincial court yesterday. A preliminary hearing

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By DARYL-LYNN CARLSON Staff Writer Roger Lowden faces charges in connection with robberies or attempted rob­ beries at the following fi­ nancial institutions: April 18 — Bank of Mon­ treal, 1110 Centre St.N. April 30 — Toronto Domin­ ion, 50117 Ave. S.W. May 9 — Toronto Dominion, 6707 Elbow Dr. S.W. (at­ tempt); Bank of Montreal, 1200 37 St. S.W. June 16 — Canadian Impe­ rial Bank of Commerce, 1800 4 St. S.W. June 25 — Toronto Domin­ ion, 1125 8 St. S.W.; Bank of Nova Scotia, 3820 17 Ave.S.W.; Bank of Montre­ A al, 302 10 St. N.W. (attempt) July 30 — Bank of Nova Scotia, 1111 33 St. N.E. JZ Aug. 20 — Canadian Imperi­ al Bank of Commerce, A Arrest shocks small town Chinook Centre Aug. 27 — Toronto Domin­ By DAVID NAYLOR The owner of the Irricana general store said "But we will pull together and get behind the ion, T.D. Square A Staff Writer people were so interested in the case the Cal­ family to help them through it." Aug. 28 — Toronto Domin­ IRRICANA — Roger Lowden is a quiet family gary Sun was sold out 10 minutes after she She said there is already talk of starting a ion, North Hill Centre jft man who helps organize the cub scouts in this opened her shop. fund to help Colleen manage with her seven Sept. 10 — Toronto Domin­ *"* small rural town, said shocked neighighborb s "A lot of people in this town are sad," said the children. Eight months ago, she gave birth to ion, 3625 Shaganappi Tr. yesterday. store owner, who did not want her named used. twin boys. N.W. ^9* The news spread like wildfire Sept. 22 — Canada Trust, in Irricana — their friend and 120117 Ave. S.W. jg neighbor had been charged Jim Haggerty doesn't like being pushed around — Oct. 14 — Bank of Nova ^* Wednesday with 20 counts of particularly at gunpoint. Scotia, 8120 Beddington robbery and one count of armed The 35-year-old, 220-lb. apartment manager recounted Blvd. N.W. ^5 robbery. Manager for the Sun yesterday being robbed April 1 of this year. Oct. 30 — Toronto Domin­ Lowden, 33, a 13-year veteran Haggerty said it was a rent day about 10 p.m. when ion, 521 54 Ave. N.W. j% of the Calgary police force, and someone banged on his door at 1829 11 Ave. S.W. Oct. 31 — Bank of Montre­ *-* his wife Colleen, live with their recounts At the time he said he had about $1,700 locked in al, 4111 St. S.E. seven children in a fashionable his desk drawer in rent money. Nov. 24 — Bank Montreal, JS house in this community 60 km "I opened the door and a man said: 'I want to talk 3625 Shaganappi Tr. N.W. ^^ northeast of Calgary. to you about some rent' and stuck a gun in my stomach. Nov. 26 — Toronto Domin­ ~ "The whole town is in com- robbery "I was flabbergasted for a second, but I don't like ion, Northland Village ^8> plete shock," said Gladys Tay­ anyone pushing me so I grabbed the gun by the barrel and He's also been charged lor, the owner of Irricana's started wrestling him out the door," he said. J£ weekly newspaper. with the armed robbery of attempt Haggerty pushed the man out but the culprit kept apartment manager James "It's the only thing people trying to push the door open. ' jk lere are talking about." Haggerty, of 1829 11 Ave. S.W. on April 1.

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wete. uuusiui. m mt uunuui. *. City man describes stabbing A young Lethbridge man who sur­ aftermath of his surprise birthday assailant's hand, but was in return tried to talk to Burt when he surmised Sir* vived, a severe stabbing last year has party, told Mr. Justice Clarence Yano- stabbed a half-dozen times in the chest, she had stayed there the night. described the events leading to the stab­ sik the accused had previously broken stomach and back. When he fell to the Because Horsman had broken into &_• bing death of his girlfriend. into the victim's apartment — so he floor, the attacker left. Burt's ground-level suite in the College Keith Norman Bradley, 22, led off tes­ checked most rooms of her south-side The witness named Horsman as the Mall-area apartment building, Bradley ^ timony Monday in the first-degree mur­ suite when he took 22-year-old Burt assailant because he'd seen him on a said he helped Burt move up to a third- 5Sr"" der trial of Frederick Thomas Horsman home from the party. number of previous occasions — and floor unit. But he said Horsman had of Lethbridge, charged in the June, 1985 The attack, he said, took place because street lights outside the build­ apparently entered that one as well. »_ death of hospital worker Barbara Shelly moments later as the couple began ing sent enough light into the darkened Bradley and Burt contacted city w Burt. making love. bedroom to allow identification of some­ police, he said, when they found that Horsman also stands charged in Court A piercing blow to his back came one at close range. some beer and a cake marked "Happy $*"" of Queen's Bench with attempted mur­ first: "It went right through me." On one previous occasion, he said Birthday Keith" had been taken. der in the attack upon Bradley, a co­ As he rolled from the bed, Bradley under examination, Horsman — Under cross-examination by defence _^ worker and then boyfriend of the vic­ testified, he saw Burt sit up — only to be described as Burt's former boyfriend — lawyer Richard Gariepy of Edmonton, T*^ tim. felled by repeated stab wounds to her had come early in the morning to a hos­ Bradley said he needed glasses to see at The slender witness, who recovered stomach and chest. pital-area suite Bradley and a room­ a distance. But he said he had no doubt §^« from a number of wounds inflicted in the Bradley said he tried to grab the mate shared, entered it uninvited and about the identity of the man with the knife. ^_ Bradley got up from the floor about 20 sPf* seconds after the attacker left, he said, but did not see the assailant again. He »-52 a*. 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"I would ask the court recognize I've been put into an absolute discharge in three months. carry on his business," said Judge Wambolt. Paziuk said Kotch's theft of the lights was through considerable hell already," he said. Judge J.P. Wambolt gave Kotch, once a may­ Crown Prosecutor Richard Paziuk disputed 'the last straw of a prolonged matter where Following his conviction, Kotch said he was oralty candidate, a conditional discharge and 90 the discharge, saying it was not in the public's there had been a great deal of haranguing." "disappointed" with the judge's decision and i days to pay $1,314 or give back the light fixtures interest. But Judge Wambolt said it would not "I was mad at the Kanes, there's no doubt said the crown had not proven "beyond all rea­ he stole from his former home at 18 Queens Rd. harm the public and would be to Kotch's bene­ about that," said Kotch. "I don't deny that, but sonable doubt that I was guilty of theft." West Lethbridge. He was evicted from the home fit. that was not my last 'kick at the cat'," he said. Judge Wambolt said he would not tolerate' by Richard and Darlene Kane through a provin­ The judge dismissed a charge of possession of He contended he took more than 20 fixtures from Kotch condemning the court's decision. cial court order last April. stolen property, saying the crown did not pres­ the home, valued at about $1,300, because he "It is not proper nor will I accept you dis-1 If he complies to the terms of the sentence, he ent enough evidence. believed they were his and held sentimental agreeing with me. That is for a higher court," he will be given an absolute discharge, said the Speaking in his own defence, Kotch said he did value. said. Medicine Hat judge. not steal the fixtures to vent frustrations or The judge disagreed. "I do not find it credible Kotch, who acted without a lawyer during the ' The discharge would clear Kotch of his Crimi­ anger against his former friends the Kanes, who that Mr. Kotch believed these were his property. three days of trial, was frequently told by the nal Code conviction, allowing him to cross the bought the home from him in 1984 when he could Any fixtures in that house were the property of crown prosecutor and the judge his comments i border into the United States for business with no longer afford to keep it. The Kanes were Mr. and Mrs. Kane and nobodv else." were unacceptable. Kotch claims he was assaulted An assault charge was to be laid today by Lethbridge The bus, in the compound since Dec. 19, would not businessman Steve Kotch who claims he was assaulted start. Kotch said he was offered a battery boost at a fee while attempting to remove a futuristic double-decker of $50 cash. bus from the Bridge Central Service and Towing com­ Following an angry exchange, including cursing, pound Wednesday. Kotch said he moved toward the bus when the employee Kotch claims an employee of Bridge Central Service lunged at him. He followed Kotch into the bus, where and Towing used physical force to interfere with the Kotch claims he continued to abuse him physically. removal of the Neoplan tour bus, despite clearance With the scuffle proceeding, Myers accidentally papers from Canada Customs and Excise. touched a button which shut off the engine. Kotch said Clearance to remove the bus was given after Neoplan the towing employee left the bus and, after locking the U.S.A. paid a fine of $800 levied against Kotch for ille­ bus, Kotch and Myers in the compound, agreed to allow gally using a bus imported into Canada without paying the pair to leave. import duties. Kotch then asked one of his staff members to call the The dispute started when Kotch and Craig Myers of employee to ask, as a personal favor, if he would let the Denver, Col., a driver sent to Lethbridge to bring the bus bus leave. The employee demanded another $30 for a back to Neoplan headquarters, arrived at the compound second battery boost. Kotch said the bus was removed in North Lethbridge. from the compound about 11:15 a.m. Took her jewels A Lethbridge man who took three necklaces and $200 cash when a common-law relationship broke up Six men fined Decision June 5 Wouldn't give sample Entering guilty pleas to charges of A retired Picture Butte resident with was sent to jail Monday for 90 days. A decision will be handed down June a prior record was sentenced mischief to private property, six men 5 by Judge Brian Hogan for Brie Roy Thomas, 50, a former truck were fined and placed on probation by Wednesday after he changed an driver who most recently worked at Jensen on a charge of assault. earlier not guilty plea to a charge of Judge Ron Jacobson in Provincial Jensen, a teacher at Picture Butte Fort Steele, told court he returned the Court today. refusing to provide breath samples. jewelry to the Medicine Hat woman High School, was charged after a civil Lyle Cortland Shearer, 62, was Court heard that Dirk Bexte, 20; suit brought against him by a former he'd lived with for six months. Karl Bexte, 25; Paul Bergen charged after police found his vehicle student was dismissed. The incident with its front end in a snow-covered But Judge Hoyt, taking into account Henegouwen, 18; Rodney dates to November, 1984. a criminal record of theft and fraud Oosterbroek, 18; Jeffrey T. Klooster, ditch near Picture Butte last stretching back to 1972, ordered the Jensen testified he struck the December. Shearer — who showed 22; and Gary Lynn Tokai, 25, stood on student the first time in a reaction; and jail term for the theft charge. The Main St. in Picture Butte between 2 signs of being impaired and accused was already in custody, a second time to try to cool the student subsequently refused to blow into the and 2:30 a.m. Aug. 24 after a night of down. After that, he said, he was calm completing a short jail term on drinking. breathalyzer — was unsuccessfully another theft charge. and apologized to the student. trying to back the car out. The men spied a Volkswagen van Defense witnesses attested to parked nearby and decided to try to Defence counsel Don Moffatt Jensen's calm demeanor. One witness submitted his client had hit the ditch 14 day sentence push it over. All six rocked the van called him a "gentle giant". A Picture Butte man who brought back and forth until it fell on its side, while going home that evening and Former teachers of the complainant was just deciding whether to walk back a pair of licence plates from after which Bergen Henegouwen and related incidents in which the British Columbia — with different Oosterbroek left. The remaining four home when the police arrived. complainant had attempted to Counsel added Shearer — convicted numbers — was sent to jail for 14 days men then tipped the van back onto its provoke them. One fnstance, a concurrent on each of two charges. wheels. Damage to the vehicle, owned of a similar offence in 1984 — lives on a mathematics teacher, told the court veteran's pension and has little in the Roy Joseph Thomas, who'd stayed by Richard Valley, was $2,041. the complainant made a racial slur out of trouble for the last three years Crown prosecutor Robin Dann way of assets except for his own home against her.. and car. after amassing a lengthy record, was called the action a "totally senseless • Crown Prosecutor Robert Coleman given the brief terms after pleading act of vandalism" and recommended said abusive language was the Judge Ron Jacobson considered guilty to two charges of theft involving that part of the penalty include full student's natural way of Shearer's financial circumstances and plates taken in the Cranbrook area. restitution be made to the victim. communicating, and said it was no age in assessing a penalty of $500. In "You have been behaving yourself Judge Jacobson handed each of the reason for provocation. addition, Shearer's licence was recently," Judge Hogan noted, in six a $100 fine as well as an 18-month suspended for at least six months. opting not to impose a heavy penalty. period of probation and provide Thomas, who was working at Fort restitution to the victim. He said Steele over the summer, will return to rather than split the damage costs six court to face a minor theft charge next ways, that each offender should be week. responsible for the full amount, and that they could work that out between themselves. None of the six have any previous criminal record. Must pay $500 A charge of impaired driving was A 25-year-old city man was fined withdrawn by the Crown. $500 or face a sentence of 30 days in jail Davies also had his driver's licence after pleading guilty in Provincial suspended for a three-month period. Court to failing or refusing to provide police with a breath sample. James Allen Davies was driving west June 12 on Whoop-Up Drive towards Jerry Potts Blvd. He struck the meridian and ended up on the fire station lawn. He told Judge Gerald DeBow he fell asleep at the wheel on hjs way up Whoop-Up Drive. When police arrived on the scene, he refused to give the police a breath sample. Damage to his car as a result of the accident was reported to be $4,000. The Labor Day weekend resulted 845. The two-vehicle collision in two tragedies in the Picture claimed the life of Nina Hewitt, Trial dates set Elks member Butte area when two people lost who was a passenger in a vehicle Roy Cleland goes to trial April 13 for a charge _iderJheJJankruptcy Act their lives in separate accidents. driven by Barbara Hewitt, 34, of - - _ Nina May Hewitt, 67, of Brandon, Man. sentenced Boissevain, Man. and Edgar John Barbara Hewitt and another Davis, 63, of Picture Butte both passenger, John Hewitt, 71, were to 90 days died in accidents on August 31. hurt and taken to Lethbridge A former officer of the Elks Club of No charges had been laid relat­ hospital for treatment of unde­ Lethbridge was given a jail term Friday for theft of club funds. ing to either accident as of termined injuries. September 3, according to a Pic­ Ian Dudley, 30, was sentenced in Leth­ The driver of the other vehicle bridge Provincial Court to 90 days in ture Butte RCMP spokesman. prison, the time to be served week­ The accident involving Davis involved was Walter V. Boras, 62, ends. occurred at about 3:30 p.m. on of rural Picture Butte. He was Judge Ron Jacobson also placed Dud­ ley on three years probation, ordered Highway 25 near Diamond City. treated at the Coaldale hospital for undetermined injuries and was him to repay the theft of $1,494 to the Davis, on a motorcycle, was in Elks Club at $100 a month, to refrain collision with a car driven by a released last week. from using alcohol and drugs except for youth whose name was not releas­ The Boras vehicle was east- medical reasons, and to have assess­ ment and counselling for alcoholism. ed. The car was owned by Kenneth bound on a district road when it Dudley once had charge of $11,069 of Dale Russell of Diamond City. was in collision with the Hewitt Elks Club funds, to be turned over to the The motorcycle was southbound vehicle which was southbound on provincial Elks organization. He didn't Highway 845. The investigation forward the money. on the highway when the car Club officials pursued the matter. entered its path, an RCMP report into the matter is also continuing. Dudley issued the club a cheque for said. The youth in the car was $11,069 but it bounced. Some time later a shaken up but had no injuries. bank draft for repayment was obtained but it was $1,494 short. Davis died of his injuries in St. In passing sentence, Judge Jacobson •Michael's Hospital in Lethbridge. said it was a "shock" to find a member An investigation into the matter of the Elks Club had "betrayed the trust continues. and confidence of fellow Elks and the Narcotic charge laid public." Earlier August 31 RCMP He said the club has a long history of attended an accident two miles The Picture Butte RCMP On April 1 in Picture Butte financial contributions to community north of Highway 519 on Highway projects in Lethbridge, and ongoing reported charges laid this week Lethbridge resident Wendy Lee public respect that earned public sup­ against Gary Lyn Tokai, 24, of Pic­ Dykslag, 23, was charged with im­ port of club projects and programs. ture Butte. paired driving and refusal to pro­ Judge Jacobson said the pre-sentence vide a breath sample. She is report on Dudley was favorable. He An RCMP spokesman said noted Dudley had.made "a substantial Turns himself in scheduled to appear in court on A former Coaldale man who- Thursday Tokai was charged contribution of time and devotion to the surrendered to police after supporting" March 27 with possession of a nar­ April 29. Elks and has benefited the organiza­ a girlfriend and her children through tion." The judge added that Dudley cotic in Shaughnessy. He is RCMP continue to investigate "must have had a great influence on rough financial times, was given a stiff reports on willful damage to park­ fine and warned he'd be going to jail if scheduled to appear in Lethbridge brother Elks" because they were pre­ he gets into any further trouble. Provincial Court May 5 to face the ed cars in Picture Butte, the pared to loan him the money to settle the "You came awfully close to going to spokesman said, but so far no loss. charges. Judge Jacobson said Dudley was not jail," Judge Hoyt told William charges have been laid. K.Munro. "One step (more) and you'll About $5,000 in damage lazy and had been steadily employed be sitting." resulted from a two vehicle colli­ since becoming an adult, but generally had a low income. He said Dudley He also prohibited the accused from sion March 29 in Picture Butte, driving anywhere in Canada for two apparently was not a "high spender," years, after accepting guilty pleas on the spokesman said. Changes plea \ but on a net income of $1,000 a month charges of driving while already Vehicles operated by John A Picture Butte man changed his\ could not afford a lifestyle of consider­ plea to guilty on three charges and was' able spending on drinking. disqualified, possession of cannabis Trechka of Picture Butte and Bon­ resin, failing to appear in court — and fined a total of T" An "unsettling" part of the report, his third drinking-driving conviction in I nie Lewis, also of Picture Butte Gary Tokai was fined $350 or 30 days said Judge Jacobson, was Dudley's just over five years. were in collision at about 6:30 p.m incarceration for dangerous driving, denial of an alcoholism problem, and his insistence on self-sufficiency. Munro, who told court he has now on Rogers Ave. $75 or seven days for failing to appear faced his alcoholism problem and is and $30 or three days for speeding. The report indicates Dudley has a The Lewis vehicle was turning "compulsive need to be self-sufficient," attending AA meetings, was working The court was told Tokai was in Calgary until he came to Lethbridge left when in collision with the said Judge Jacobson. "He did not even spotted May 16 doing a "brake stand" wish to retain a lawyer — not that he to turn himself in and deal with the j Trechka vehicle. Lewis was charg­ in a Picture Butte gas station. Loud outstanding charges. was obliged to. But this is a serious situ­ ed under the Highway Traffic Act noise and white smoke from the He had decided to put them of f while ation, and he has not sought assistance* squealing tires attracted the and has essentially remained silent in he was the sole support of his but the spokesman did not say policeman's attention. girlfriend and her young children, his own behalf." what charge was laid. Tokai took off to Highway 25 going defence counsel said. But when she west with police in hot pursuit secured regular employment, he was reaching estimated speeds of 120 ready to accept his punishment. km/h. The accused took turned off He was fined $600 or 90 days for onto the golf course road, then went impaired driving, and $200 each for into the golf course parking lot, going possession of cannibas resin, driving into a four wheel slide, narrowly while disqualified and missing a court missing two people. appearance here earlier this summer. From there, he drove parallel to the The fines totalled $1,200. railroad tracks and in the fields near Shaughnessy with speeds estimated at j 100 km/h. Impaired driving He finally skidded to a stop near the A motorist pulled over by police who ; Shaughnessy Hotel, leaving rubber for noticed an erratic driving pattern was 50 feet Crown Prosecutor Robert fined $500 Thursday for driving while j Coleman told the judge. impaired. Tokai also had his licence taken I After being stopped, 34-year-old away for a six-month period. Daniel McCaw allegedly showed signs of being impaired but refused demands to provide breathalyzer readings. In defence, McCaw admitted being stopped prior to the incident Oct. 21. "I got lucky, I guess. . . (although) I've been making a sincere effort not to do that anymore.'' McCaw added he 5 wasn't thinking at the time and admitted "it'll hurt to lose my licence — almost like getting my right leg cut off." In addition to the fine, McCaw had his licence suspended for at least six months. ,M___M______B___MMM_—_—_i ______•»______•___•______i_ iir ______^_i Victim was a loving mom ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) - While Helmuth Buxbaum was holding centre stage in his dramatic trial for first-degree murder in his wife's death, little was said HANNA BUXBAUM'S ROAD TO TRAGEDY about the victim of the tragedy. From all accounts, Hanna Buxbaum was a remarkable person. couple amassed in a string of nursing homes. her country late in the Second World War, the Schmidts The woman whose life With that prosperity came a sumptuous home in Komo­ were taken prisoners, their land and belongings confi­ ended face-down in a muddy ka, Ont., including an indoor swimming pool, which she scated. ditch, a bullet wound in her opened once a week to the women of the community. Her father died in a labor camp south of Moscow and head, is remembered as a "It was a very loving move on her part — it was so her sister Martha fled and emigrated to Canada. But deeply religious, forgiving typical of Hanna," said Diane McCann, who lived next for five years, Hanna, her mother and brother re­ person whose role as wife door and knew her for 14 years. mained slaves to the Poles and Soviets, living in squalid and business partner to a concentration camps. Her lifestyle was far different from that of her Released to East Germany in 1949, the three final­ millionaire was never so philandering husband, patron of prostitutes and cocaine grand that she would forget ly escaped into West Germany and eventually joined dealers, who was sentenced last Thursday to life in prison Martha in Canada. A year later she got a job at the J. M. her humble beginnings, and for hiring people to kill his wife because, witnesses said, she devoted much time to Schneider Ltd. meat-packing plant in Kitchener and she was no longer sexually appealing to him and wouldn't saved money to buy a house for her mother. charitable works. give him a divorce. After struggling in the Her formal education had ended at age eight with her early years of their mar­ Like her husband, Hanna Buxbaum spent her child­ imprisonment in Poland. In Canada, she learned to read riage to finance her hus­ hood in the ravages of war-torn Europe, although the by studying the Bible and became a devout Christian, band's way through univer­ couple didn't meet until years later in Canada. first in the Mennonite faith and later as a Baptist. sity, she was gradually able She was born Hanna Schmidt to a well-to-do farming Her love was boundless for her six children, including HANNA BUXBAUM to share in the comforts that couple of German descent in the south of Poland in 1936, an adopted Costa Rican girl. And by all accounts she had .. humble beginnings came with the fortune the the youngest of three children. With the Soviet invasion of been just as loving of the husband who had her killed.

LAWYER SAYS BUXBAUM INNOCENT Crook planned killing mm ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) — Drug dealer Robert Barrett hatched a plan to kidnap and kill Helmuth Buxbaum's wife and then extort ransom money from her husband, Buxbaum's de­ fence lawyer told an Ontario Supreme Court jury yester­ day. Buxbaum, charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death, had no reason to have her killed, lawyer Edward Greenspan said. But Barrett — who was selling cocaine to the ac­ cused — stood to make a gr _.t deal of money on her death. Buxbaum, a millioinaire nursing home owner at the time, was an easy mark for Barrett, who had been rip­ ping him off in drug deals __s and ha-' easy access to him until Buxbaum's wife, i^. Hanna, threatened to report him to the police. The kidnapping plan fell Qgg through, but Hanna Bux­ baum was shot to death less than two months later. Barrett testified earlier in the trial that Buxbaum hired Gat him to arrange the killing, but Greenspan pointed to evidence suggesting Barrett instigated the plot and Bux­ baum had no knowledge of Q_ it.

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":y$. ••••py-^ finally ends Roger Niesman the 'vigilante' dad had just got out of jail. He was wandering alone, aimless, doing some shopping in the drugstore in Black Diamond, the little town south of Cal­ gary, where events and his reaction to them had changed hiHse lifwaes sstilo lviolently seething, re. ­ sentful at the fact that the man who had sexually as­ saulted his 6-year-old JOHN daughter — and who in turn he assaulted twice, once i^B^P with a knife —was still at ______GRADON S3 large pending an appeal. H He'd come home to face the fact that his wife had left him while daughter's sake I said to him 'Plead yy _• he was inside taking his two daughters guilty, goof!' No one heard me but Ro­ Jill with her to Saskatchewan. chelle and Giffin. "She told me straight out. It was be­ "He covered his face with his hands. I cause I'd. gone to jail," says Niesman, think he thought I was coming after him y>yyyymmMmyy y shaking his head. again," he smiles. ______•• ••••:• ' _- •:••':; . . • • • ....••.•'. j , • - •, , . •• , j ,| -dave olecko, sur In fact suicide had begun to flutter Niesman says: "He pleaded guilty ROGE•fR_ NIESMA_iiii_-r v-f-_^TrN and i_T^-Trnew sweethear[i t Rochelle plan to start life anew in B.C. through his mind more than once. though. Give him that. But then I had to Niesman, 29, tells me: "I didn't want sit and listen to people saying how much to go on living. But you know what? he'd suffered because of his guilt and all "I didn't have the guts to kill myself. I that crap. Sex assailant jailed know the pain is bad —^mmm^mm —— "What about my daugh­ enough when I hit my ter, my family, what^about By MIKE BOARD stabbing Giffin about two weeks after thumb with a hammer. me?" his daughter was assaulted. Staff Writer J "Now, if a truck had The bespectacled Nies­ A-Black Diamond man has been sen­ Court heard Giffin was visiting the Nies come by and hit me in the man's when he pulled the young girl's Wife left man, his post-jail blond hair tenced to three months in jail* for sex­ road I'd have said 'Right now-shoulder-length, is not ually assaulting a young girl — but the panties down twice before carrying her to on!' That'd have been her bedroom while her father was asleep a large man but his eyes sentence is "too lenient," says the girl's different." when he have enough chill in them father, who spent time in jail for as­ in the living room. But that changed the mi­ He then put her on a bed, pulled down to make the biggest man saulting his daughter's attacker. nute he looked round in the shake in his boots. her panties — which she was wearing drugstore and saw Rochelle was sent Bernard Giffin, 44, who has moved to His talk is vicious, dan­ Ontario since the charges were laid in under her nightgown — and kissed her Murray, 25, an old friend of in the genital area, said prosecutor Larry four or five years. gerous, when it comes to Aug. 1984, pleaded guilty Friday to sex­ to prison child molestors. ual assault of a six-year-old girl. Stein. "Rumors in Black Dia­ Court heard Giffin was convicted in mond always had associat­ For his sake, I'll translate ' loosely: "In the States guys The girl's father, Roger Niesman, 29, 1967 in Kingston, Ont., of indecent as­ ed the two of us together. ______— was sentenced to 10 months in jail for sault on a male, for which he received But the honest truth is that ^•™™^ who did what Giffin did to assault with a weapon last October for two years probation. my daughter get 15 years. Child mo­ we really were just good friends. lestors should be charged with attempted "When I saw her I just said 'Come murder. Who knows what these scum here, gimme a hug' and we hugged right could be carrying . . . AIDS, anything. there in the drugstore." "Something really has to be done about It turned out that Rochelle, mother of a sentences in Canada. I'd really like to young son and daughter herself, needed see them upped, somebody take an inter­ a hug too as her marriage was beginning est, something done." to show heavy signs of cracking. His daughter? "She'll never forget. Of In the last month, the two have finally course, she's changed. She'll never trust moved in together and are laying plans another man for the rest of her life. to get out of Black Diamond, out of Al­ "And I won't either. If I'm with her berta, and move on to start a new life and there are some of my friends there together — hopefully with some or all of when she says goodnight, she'll ask me if their four children — in British it's okay to give them a kiss. Columbia. "It's time to get out. I'm _____"_____• » •'" j ' ,i "I'll say 'yes' and I'll find fed up with people nudging myself watching them even me and cracking jokes, if I've known the guy for making remarks. Maybe years. I really am over-pro­ they don't mean any harm 'I'd do tective now. And I'd do the but it niggles. I still think I same thing again if any­ did what any other worth­ body ever touched either of while dad would have exactly my girls again." done." As he sits holding Ro- the same Niesman says he has to chelle's hand, he speaks of live with scars of his own. his dreams of some sort of final peace . . . again' "I used to be willing to ... Of a log cabin in the help anybody out. I used to mountains maybe, of start- _ give seniors free tows, that ing up a new towing busi- ^^«^» •"••^™^ sort of thing. Now I just get ness away from the shack­ on with my own life." les of his fame or notoriety, depending on Niesman's salvation, I think, occurred your point of view, away from people during that brief meeting in the who recognize him, who bug him. drugstore. Rochelle is soft, caring about him, and One weight was lifted from his shoul­ they'll start new life together I'm ders Friday when Bernard Giffin was fi­ nally jailed fqr three months nearly two sure. years after the sorry saga began when It's just as well. Niesman vengefully stabbed him. Roger Niesman, a perhaps over-devot­ "I guessed right. I said he'd get 90 ed father who took the law into his own days, but because he's already served 21 hands and paid his dues for it, would be days on appeal. He'll probably only do 9 dangerous on his own, dangerous to him­ to 19 days now. self that is. "That's good enough for me. It wasn't Rochelle has stopped him pushing the the time that was important. It was the 'self-destruct' button. fact my daughter didn't need to testify again. I'm glad, because Niesman has a lot to "In fact before Giffin appeared we offer — if only he can ever learn to ™~ ~~~ —— •;—•-•—• were outside in the corridor. For my trust again.. gj-ft'sxt: __,, —"-w. " '—= Sorrow engulfs mom Libuse Dolejs, above, sobs in a car out­ side Cochrane's courthouse yesterday. A few minutes earlier, her husband, Alois Dolejs, right centre, was led inside for his first hearing on charges of killing the couple's two children. The search for the kids' bodies continues. Full story: P. 4. -dave olecko, sun DAD APPEARS .H COURT ON MURDER CHARGES Hope for kid By DAVID NAYLOR Staff Writer BRAGG CREEK — The search in Kananaskis Country for two missing Calgary children was fruitless again yes­ terday — and police say their bodies may never be found. "Every day that goes by makes it Late last night RCMP and Forestry Of­ more and more unlikely that they will be ficials decided against down-scaling the found," said RCMP Cpl. Barry Hornung. search. They've set no limit or deadline Pavel Dolejs, 12, and his 10-year-old for finding the children's bodies. sister Gabriela, haven't been seen alive since July 27 when they were picked up However, new teams of search person- by their father for a one-day fishing trip el will be brought in today to relieve the to Canmore. people who've been searching. for the Alois Dolejs, 42, appeared-in Cochrane past four days. provincial court yesterday on two counts The father's abandoned truck was dis­ of first-degree murder. covered last Thursday 11 km south of He is also charged with abduction and the Mclean Lake camping area. Blood breaching a custody order. Those and articles of children's clothing were charges are to be heard in Calgary later. found in the vehicle. Yesterday, the search by 50 members of the RCMP, the Forestry Service and Dolejs was arrested Friday while Fish and Wildlife officials continued in hitchhiking near Bragg Creek. 100 sq. km. of rugged terrain in Kanan­ "We don't want to come out point askis Country. blank and say it (that the children are dead) but the father has been charged with two counts of first-degree mur­ der and we're looking for dead people," Hornung said. "But we are continuing to check out all angles — we don't have tunnel vision." Const. Paul Ariss said that four Calgary Fire De­ partment divers also joined the search, scouring beaver dams and marshes. The effort's being ham­ pered by wet, marshy ter- rain and swarms of mosquitoes. Some areas on the search grid are only accessible to all-terrain vehicles. Police are still seeking public assistance in locating the bodies. Anyone with in­ formation is asked to call the RCMP in Calgary at 230-6447 or in Cochrane at 932-2211. SHOCKED LIBUSE Dolejs leaves court flanked by RCMP escort, left, and her mom. Mother's tears flow By JOHN BACHUSKY wife sat intently with her mother and gripped a glass of Staff Writer water while the charges were read to her expressionless Libuse Dolejs broke down in tears yesterday after husband. seeing her estranged husband charged with the first-de­ The grief-stricken petite mother stared at her hus­ gree murder of their two children. band throughout the hearing. Alois Dolejs, 42, was escorted in handcuffs by RCMP Outside court she broke down in tears as she was led officers for his brief appearance in Cochrane provincial away through a throng of reporters and photographers. court. Judge John Riley said Dolejs faces two counts of He was charged last Satin-day after being arrested for first-degree murder, with the offences having allegedly the alleged abduction and disappearance of the children. occurred between July 27 and August 7. Riley ordered that Dolejs return to court tomorrow Dolejs, dressed in a red and blue lumberjack shirt, when he will elect whether to be tried by a judge blue slacks and running shoes, stared blankly in space alone or by a judge and jury. -danny riedlhuber, sun as he was led into the courtroom. It's expected that Dolejs will be examined-by a psy­ SEARCHER CONTINUES hunt for two missing kids. - Inside the packed court, his 37-year-old estranged chiatrist before his return to court.

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Gemmel said Alois sent Paul to hockey school every After all, Libuse was "my first love," he explained. year. "He was going to start Monday (tomorrow)." "I feel very sad for her," he According to the coach, Alois went added, although he has made no ef­ to many of the team's games and fort to contact her because he most of the practices. doesn't feel "it would be proper." "He was very quiet and didn't He told the Sun how the couple speak English very well. At hockey defected from Czechoslovakia, mar­ parties he'd chain-smoke and have ried and came to Calgary. an occasional drink. He was a bit of "I've been reading what's hap­ a loner." pened and I've been praying for Gemmel said Paul's mother used her," said Zak, 44, from his Ontario to go to the games — but not the home. same ones as her husband did. Dolejs' two children are missing "She was more outgoing and and Libuse's second husband, Alois friendly," he explained. Dolejs, 42, has been charged with For Rob Verbuk, Paul was more their murders. than just a team-mate on the Blaz­ The children — 12-year-old Pavel, ers — he was also a close friend. known as Paul, and Gabriela or "After hockey, he and Gabby Gabby, 10, — haven't been seen would come over to my house and since. July 27, when Dolejs picked we'd play games on my computer," them up from Libuse's house at recalled Rob. 39 Woodglen Rd. S.W. for a day of The youngster said the Dolejs' fishing in Canmore. moved into Woodbine in 1982. The A family Alois Dolejs was charged with two two boys have played hockey togeth­ counts of first-degree murder Aug. 9 er for three years. and is being held in custody in Rob said Gabby liked gymnastics in ruins Calgary's Remand Centre. and played soccer but was "very The life that was to His 4x4 truck was found stuck in quiet." the mud ll km south of the Mclean "I don't know what happened to have been a fairy-tale of Creek camping area in Kananaskis them, but I'm going to assume the Rocky Montain freedom Country. Children's clothing and best," he offered bravely. has ended in sorrow for blood were found inside the truck. Rob's mother, Inna Verbuk, said Libuse (above) and But a week of searching in the the situation is "breaking my Alois Dolejs, and their area has failed to locate the heart." children Gabby (above children. She recalled Al Dolejs as "a very left) and Paul. The kids Zak met Libuse Svrcinova in 1965 pleasant man" who "was always are missing and their in the small Czechoslovakian town driving the kids to hockey father charged with of Frydek-Mistek. She was study­ practices." ing mechanical drafting; he was an She said the children's mother, Li­ their murders. engineering student. buse — sometimes called Liba — They were in love and wanted to was "really the man of the house" happen in the quiet, suburban Woodbine neighborhood. escape to the West — to Calgary in because she made most of the Nestor Yaremko, principal of Southwood Elementary particular, because they thought money. School, agreed that Paul protected Gabby. they'd like the mountains and the Libuseworks as a realtor and as a "If there's any hope for these children, it will be climate. draftsman. because of Paul's intelligence. He's very smart and "We both liked the outdoors and I used to ski," Zak Shannon Harrop, 12, who lives a couple of doors from would look after his sister." explained. the Dolejs home, said: "Gabby was friendly but sort of He recalled Gabby as a "bubbly" person and thought "But it was hard to get out of the country," he said. shy. Paul stuck up for her and protected her when other both children were popular with the other kids. The couple made good their escape through Copenha­ kids tried to tease her." The search for the two youngsters continues today in gen — defecting after they got permission to travel to She said it was "scary" for something like this to the dense bush west of Bragg Creek. Denmark as part of a tour group. Zak and his lover were sentenced in absentia to eight months in jail for their political crime against the Communist regime, although there has since been an amnesty. On Jan. 15, 1970 the couple was married in Copenha­ gen. Looking to establish a new life, they headed for Calgary six months later. But the romance that survived the Iron Curtain was not fated, for a fairy-tale in the foothills. According to court records, they ceased living together in Aug. 1970 and were divorced Dec. 3,1971. Zak said he and Libuse met Alois at English language school — and that's when he "began having prob­ lems" in his marriage. "She liked Alois better," he explained. "I had bad feelings for about four months, but I got over it. That's one of the reasons I left Calgary." Zak has remarried and has two children, aged six and 12. Libuse married Alois Dolejs on Oct. 13, 1973. Court documents say they ceased to live, together some 121/. years later, on March 30, 1986. Alpis sought help from Fathers Alberta after he split up with his wife. Fathers Alberta co-president Theron Craig said: "Our Qggj support group was trying to help him, but I didn't meet him." Neighbors and friends say that Alois, a self-employed carpenter, continued to visit the children and took Paul to hockey games. coa Boh_Gemmel ched Paul's bantam hockey team _ to hockey gamec_pgMi's jn Nn IS. with Coach R"h gp^^**1 J_ >Jght ______BM_n_aa_ MOM'S DESPAIR

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Gezinus Brouwer took up paint­ ing as a hobby after retirement, and he says it's become very re­ warding. Some of his paintings were among the many displayed at the Picture Butte Municipal Library Art Show which opened April 16. Brouwer was born in Holland and imigrated to Canada in 1949. He went to work in the beet fields before moving on to other pur­ suits. After his retirement in 1966, 1 Brouwer took up painting. iMW_rMirf_ O"IS SLfYl_ tO ^"^JU |3*!Yi_j 1¥I0_1_'™ 1 fli ' Now he paints for two hours every day, starting the scene with pencil, going over it in pen and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturdays then painting it in oils. Brouwer has completed about 70 paintings, he says each of dif­ DO YOU HAVE All THE INFORMATION ferent subjects. "When you do it you learn," he YOU NEED TO CAST YOUR VOTE? says. "You learn each day, and each day you do a little better. When you learn yourself, you learn If you have any questions concerning the election, such as: the best." Brouwer has never sold a paint­ ing, nor has he tried. He prefers to • Am I eligible to vote? • If I'm physically unable to give them away to relatives and get to the poll, may I vote? good friends. • Am I on the List of Electors? • May I vote at an advance poll? Pitch-in • How do I get my name ® on the List of Electors? • Am I entitled to time off from work to vote? • If I'm going to be absent AGT1 from my polling place on • Where do I vote? mTelecommunications polling day, may I vote? I Telecom I GOOD NEWS "PLEASE CALL I PARTY LINE • 1ST COALDALE BROWNIES & 422-VOTE Guides on April 26 will be going around to the stores to wash win­ (422-8683) dows for a small donation. We will also be having our Cookie Day May 3. We would appreciate your For toll-free access during help. normal business hours, consult PATRICK D. LEDGERWOOD • ANYONE INTERESTED IN C0ACH- your local telephone directory ing a Summer Games Rep team 1 for soccer please submit name and under "Government of Alberta' qualifications to Mark Sayers, or call collect. Phone: 327-9673 before May 5, ydlbcrra 1986. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER PUT IT HERE CALL Ofl WRITE THE EDITOR OF THIS PAPER TO INCLUDE GOOD NEWS OF EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS TOU WANT TO SHARE. COURTESY AGT J The following businesses offer their congratulations to the Sugar Beet Growers and their Board for the new contract and wish them all the best this growing

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