f ' é... ” " eee tee» ee ee @ 2 eee es oe eee ow y A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 1, 2008 ; From front — | Lifting ban brou ito sex crimes trial testimon Though Tupman was a ‘student of the program in . Grade 11, her, involvement with Ellison began after she had completed the year, ° . Tupman approached po- lice in 1993 after-a~chance =. Meeting with another'victim, Laura Anderson, at a dinner - party the previous year. _ * While . talking, the two women realized they’d both been students in Quest. - ‘ When Anderson’s hus- band, Dave, asked Tupman Outright if she was also one ’ of Ellison’s victims, she says she felt blind-sided. ° . Despite widespread ru- mours that Ellison’ had ro- mantic, interests in his stu- dents, Tupman’ says ; : She - deluded herself for.16.-years into believing she was the only one who had an ongo- “ing: sexual telationship: with = the man... | - She was 17 years old” “when Ellison first madé sex- ual advances toward her on a 13- -day boating trip in the summer after she’ d been en- .- “rolled i in Quest. * On that trip were three boys: ~ aged 18 and 19, El- lison and four girls ranging. . in‘age from 15 to 17. «. Ellison’s advances . led. a secretive relationship, ‘to’ that: lasted several months [4 and Tupman’ says now she — understands how Ellison se- ~ lected female students who _ were shy and naive. :. Ellison has testified the » relationships he had with the young girls were consen- _ ~.Sual, but. that doesn’t hold - one about their relationship, she said. “T feel what he did to me »Was wrong and it has had she: long lasting effects,” says. , She called. the relation- ship’ off near the end of her: Grade 12 year after los- ing touch with friends and: - «missing out on typical high school experiences because of the relationship. ., . The biggest fear she had _in going public is that people ' would think she went to po-: ‘lice out of jealousy that her relationship with -Ellison wasn’t unique, that he had been with other girls. | ,-. . That's just not the ’case, dent, a 19-year-old boy. who ‘says “the . mother of. three teenagers, ..who said when | she learned of the other vic- tims ‘and knew that Ellison was sull chartering boating trips with young girls, she couldn’t let what happen ‘to her’ happen to any other young women. =~ If anything, she says the response’ she’s had from people she knows, former . Students and even complete “Strangers has proven her» ‘fears wrong: In fact many people have thanked“her for being” brave enough to speak out about the situation. One former Quest stu- a) ght credibili was on the’ same ‘boating ’ trip as she when Ellison first made ‘advances, contacted her after he read her name in the paper. “He said up Fanti) he, read “the article he was having ‘trouble reconciling the girls were saying about the teacher he knew and re- spected,” she says. For that student the ano- ‘nymity protecting victims’, ‘names meant he had no con- nection to them, Tupman adds. ve! She said he was shocked when he discovered she was one of the victims and that he had been on the same trip" with her when it began. . . of a “Tastes from around the world. .An evening of delicious gems. - from. many cultures. Friday, November 10 at t7y pm _ Where: Terrace Campus » 9331 McConnell Avenue, Birch Building Enjoy an exquisite array of hor d'oeuvres and canapés prepared by Northwest Community College 2nd-year Culinary Arts students. A Scholarship and Bursary Fund Raising event. Ticket cost: $50 ~ No-host bar. : oan ° Tickets available at Misty River Books, The Artful. Cup, UN WCC Bookstores. or call Northwest Community. , College at 638. 5491 to reserve, what _ “He said he ‘read my name in the article and it all became clear to him,” Tupman says AS tough as it has been | ‘to speak publicly about her experiences, Tupman feels blessed that her decision has © * somehow helped ‘other peo- ple in similar situations. “It’s amazing how. many - people say, ‘that happened to me too,” she says. Ellison’s trial is expected — to resume Nov. 20 when . lawyers for the’Crown and accused will make final ar- guments. 8 Elfison spent fast week testifying ‘in his own. de- fence. ° St. John Ambulance SAVING LIVES — mat work, home and play Courses in Terrace _ OFA Level 3 Alberta Endorsement (AED) November 3 Emergency First Aid Safety Oriented for industry ‘(Equivalent to Level 1) November. 4, December 2 & 20 | Spinal Immobilization (Transportation Endorsement] | November 5, December 1 OFA Level 3 Renewal November 6-10 Emergency First Aid for Adult Care. 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Be sure all windows,,lights, mirrors. and licence plates are free of snow. -. o. iieibenaad ee eed SN OP wo eee ere: whe he ee oie he tee Oe ie eater be Ate ten ati ete Matar One eres eee on ee hee ee See ed water for Tupman who says. he should have known better. than to prey.on young, im-_.. - pressionable girls. : She was. shocked when . she discovered several other. | ‘girls at the school had also been-exploited: “I. thought it didn’ t hap- pen to anyone: ‘else because’ T kept telling myself, ‘Tm okay,’ but I wasn’t,” she said, adding once she found _ out in that other young girls had fallen victim to his ad- vances she broke down. |. “I went from a perfectly well adjusted adult to feel- - ing like I wasn’t able to cope with daily life,” she says, adding after 16 years of - keeping the secret she began. obsessing about it. ay Tupman went to police in 1993 — she was the first = complainant. “Ip “93. when I” finally - got the courage to go to the ’ police I thought they would have a big file on him,” recalls. They didn’t. . “It’s almost eerie that he could control people for that many years.” Tupman describes her- self. as a geeky, insecure and naive teenager who was - seduced by the handsome teacher and told to keep their relationship secret from her friends and family. ‘Ellison threatened that. her father, an administrator for the Vancouver School - Board at the time, would lose ‘his job if: she told any: she a. ~~ Standard features inctude: vo. € . : 2007 RANGER ‘SPORT 4x2 } 7 "4.6L SOHC V8 Engine, Electronic 4- _. oe ‘Trans -wi0D, Engine From front. ~~ wae _ Tears” probe. oP as . This time RCMP said they were assigning eight investigators to the review under the overall command of Superintendent Leon van. de Walle, an experienced” homicide investigator. who has spent time in the north- west. . Ward said RCMP i inves- - tigators have never confined themselves to the nine wom- en on the Tears list. | “They’ve been grouped together for us by the cir- cumstances, if you will. 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