~ Legislative Library, oT. I Parliament Buildings, 0 ; Victoria, B.C. V8V IX4 t I °,.t WEDNESDA~ , ... ~f • m '• -___'_ ~ lk !:! Fax. • 05~ ~ I~OY ::: t I . I f . • - . •- • , -W,HO SHOT i- COCK RAVEN? Between the hours of 6 and,7 bird had been shot. He warned p.m. on. Tuesday, July .4,. a: t he, coach and the ~team was Terrace Youth Soccer. team. Of. moved back .to the east side of eight-year-oids,.Sponsored, by'..• the. playground while Sandhalls Ken's Photo, was holding a :phoned the,RCMP before going practice on the grounds of E.T.: back to the dead bird to deter- Kenney Primary School. mine just what had happened, At. E.T. Kenney, •there ate Sandhais says he couldn't three parailel;soccer fields, and find a bullet wound but it was as a part of the "practice coach obvious to him that the bird Cathy Highe:had.her team run- "had been hit with something pretty hard". "From the direc- "..~;: ning from the eastern boundary r, of field number one to the tion of the sound, his location as western boundary of field a witness, and the location of number three• and back. But as the bird, Sandhals calculated the youngsters cl"ossed fields that there were only abotlt three number one and two and were or• four windows in an apart- just entering the third, three of a ment block overlooking the field flock of four crows about 50 feet from which the shot could have away at the center of the field been fired. A softball backstop flew away -- the fourth, re, .-xuled out0ther possibifities, and mained on the ground,quivering he,estimated the range of the slightly. shot:t0 beabout 250 feet; Highe, who was close to the Sandhals says that the RCMP noisy children and concentrating Constable who answeredthe call on their performance, was un- didn't look at the bird but prom- aware of what was happening ised to do a "drive-by" and he~ Y but there was one witness to. the says that's exactty ~ha~_sh~_~d! "~': scene described above who saw drove by the buildin'g t~i~.~d:i arid heard more. then left. ,'She didn't ~v~ ~get John Sandhals' daughter is a out of her car," 1~ say~. Sand- member of the team,• and• he hals waited for about 45 min- watched the event from a van- ute's expecting the constable to • tage point between the center return, and.when she didn't he lines of the first two fields: This took the "evidence" -- the dead placed him about 150 feet from • bird --to the police station. the action. Sandhals says he has a num- The first indication of some- ber of years experience as a thing wrong, says Sandhals, hunter and owns a variety of was the sound of a small calibre compressed air, CO2 andsmedl and large bore rifles. And he weapon. "It was something with Miss Halrwaves, Rhonda Butler, is one of nine charming Miss Terrace 1989 con- POwder behind it," he says. It says that his best guess is that the bird was killed by a .22 testants. Butler is seen here during the pageant fashion show last week modeling was at this point that three of business attire. For story, see page 23. the four crows flew away and he says he realized that the fourth continued on page 2 Day of decision for Shames Blood donor alert Board recommendation goes be- Martin said, however, that Despite concerns as late as portant because, due to fore Cabinet. there is no possibility Shames last weekend that it might be many regular donors being will be open for skiing this Cabinet to rule Skeena MLA Dave Parker cancelled due to the labor on holidays, B.C. blood said in an interview from Vic- winter. "It's too late to finish disputes involving health bank normal reserves of two today on road toria at noon yesterday that the the road this year," he said. care workers, organizers to three days requirements The remaining four kilom- matter will be de~t with one way have announced that the often fall to one day. eters of road will have to-be building funds or another by Cabinet and an summer Red Cross blood Only four percent of the blasted out of a solid rock announcement will be made donor clinic will go ahead Canadian population do- mountainside. Estimates in- shortly after the meeting ad- today. nates blood on a regular A proposal for the Ministry of journs. dicate a cost of $1.2 million, but The clinic will be open basis. Highways and Tr,~<sportation. Shames Mountain Ski Cor- in the interview yesterday Parker from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the The process of giving one said "there are several millions to complete the building of an poration director Gerry Martin gymnasium of Skeena Junior unit of blood takes about 45 of dollars involved here", but access road to the Shames said if the road building pro- Secondary School at 3411 minutes from registration declined to elaborate further. Mountain • ski resort develop- . posed is approved it .will free up Munroe St. through the after-donation •Martin said his understanding ~JJ~ ment receiv~ approval from the $500,000 in Tourism Develop- Red Cross representatives relaxation, and it's virtually is that Highways will build and Treasury Board last Thursday, ment Agreement funding and say that summer blood do- painless and completely risk- maintain the road if the pro- and today the funding faces its allow work: to begin immediate- nations are particularly ira- free. final hurdle -- the ~Treasury ly. posed goes through. k. Attorney.Gen In addressing a problem,, that can come forward without feel- " .. " .-,. - " Attorney General Bud Smith ing some sense of guilt about ;::::: describes as "an issue that is -theirown victimization and this . _:..~.: very important in our society is very, very important." :.:,'*,.~.. ~:~:~:*~':~ today" the provincial govern- Smith explains'this feeling, of ..,': .~:~,,~::.:~..~:. ment has come up with $227,000 "guilt" and.says it occursmost = ~,.~:.::~ to augmentthe current $1 rail- often in spousal ~sault or wife lion/budget set aside to assist/!:beati~g ':-,-"acrimeiforWhichhe vi~sof child sexual abuse and has ins~yucted c.r.own:~pz;os~u::: spodsal:assault. Of this money, tors t~eat nOdifferently than : $15,000 has been given t0/the :-4f th~victim were assaultedbya~ Terrace Sexual Assault Centre/'stranger. "It's :very offensive ~:~. :~, . raising their 1989 funding from behavior," he says. ~:'.: f.,> -!.... $48,000 to $63,000. "What happens typically," ........ :~:~,.~:-;:. ~'~;~:G~,.~~!:~ Smith said while in Terrace says Smith, "is someone will get all juiced up on a FridaY' night. last week that there is a growing i need of assistance for victims of The wife and the family will be ' :', ~ ~";,:'~i~:~ ~ i;, * ~:~7 these and related ~rimes, largely physically abused over the week- end. And by Monday morning, due to the good work done by .~ • grouPs such as the Terrace cen- after the perpetrator's guilt has ter in educating the public. manifested itself, the spouse or "You've done it so well that the kids somehow feel they were Attomey General Bud Smith gave the Terrace Sexual Assault Centre a funding boost Of you've almost become a victim the ones who caused the prob- about 30 percent last week. Above are the center's executive director Shelly Lachance, of•your own success," Smith lem --and nothing's done about Smith, and Terrace Sexual Assault Centre coordinator Lois Stoner. told Terrace Sexual Assault it. Then the pattern repeats itself Centre coordinator Lois Stoner. at,he next payday." simply means that there's more fact that the victims are not the Smith, they provide public He explains that through educa- The Terrace Sexual Assault need for the services that are ones on trial. They describe the education. • tion, crimes of family violence Centre- and similar centers being provided and this assis- court system and the role of the are on the rise -- not because the throughout the province, says tance reflects that." RCMP and lawyers and go with "It's a tremendous public ser- situation is getting any worse Smith, offers women a place The need for more assistance them as they visit various agen- vice, and it's not an easy one," but because more victims are where they can~ find support. is also obvious when Stoner cies and officials. They coordi- says Smith. "It's not a pleasant being encouraged to report vio- "They have somewhere to go describes what one full.time and hate with other community area in which to work but it's lent or abusive incidents. where they can discuss these one half-time employees at the agencies and offer assistance in one that is real and it's one ,'People are coming out of the issues and have some sense of Terrace Sexual AssauLt Centre filling out forms such as Victim that's very rewarding because closet and out from under the protection," he explains.-must face every day. They pro- Impact Statements. And most the issues are very much all carpet," says Smith. "People "Where witnesses who are going vide a 24-hour emergency crisis important of all, according to about humans." are talking about these things into the courts get assisted in line and counselling services that because there are support sys- terms of giving testimony. discuss feelings rather than the ...: -\'~ Where children have some sup- details of what happened. tems in the community such as ii I " we have here.