Dead boy was pushed in drainage chan nel . at the scene were questioned. Juliette Lottes, By GAIL DOTINGA Herald Staff Writer Jurors at the inquest into the death of three- year-old Jason Weins, ruled that the boy was pushed into a drainage ditch in Kitimat. ‘The person or persons responsible for pushing the boy remains unknown at this time, said Coroner Bob Milmine, Jason was ‘ pulled from a weir in the drainage channel - Sept. 10, 1980 and wag pronounced dead on arrival at Kitimat General Hospital. Another. boy, Shane Simard, was also found in the _ water but he survived.” _ Init statement, the jury recommended the municipality maintain fences on the concrete weirs regularly and that'a footbridge be built across the ditch near the site where the two boys were found, It was abo recommended a . hole be left in the fence on the west side of the ditch so that children from Kildala School have access to — the: walkway. . * LEGISLATIVE LIERARY, Lona . ty 4 COMP. 77/78 PARLIAWENT bULLULNUS, VICTORIA, vev-1 X4 Thursday after two nights of hearing statements from 15 witnesses. ‘Those taking the stand were questioned by Crown Counsel Carlie Trueman; legal representative for the parents, Jeff Arndt; and lawyer Carl Douglas, hired. by the District of Kitimat. Although none of the witnesses had seen the -boys actually enter the water, evidence was brought out that they had been forced in. . Rosemary Simard, mother of Shane, testified ‘that when he woke up in the hospital after the _ incident, he told ber> he had been pushed in. © John Weins, father of Jason, said his older son Jonathan bad told him that he had been pushed in the ditch the same day his brother drowned. Jonathan had come home Sept. 10, soaking wet but had not seen Jason at the. vo ; ditch, During his investigation, Constabie Wallace B.C. ‘ #61 possibility that two small boys had been ° forced into the water. “The condition of the fence on the school grounds was brought up throughout the two - nights of the inquest. Most witnesses said it _hadholes in it and in some places panels of the chain-link fence were missing. Kipp: Guadry, municipal engineer for Kilimat, told the five jurors 150 man hours a year were spent on ' repairing the fence. The fence appears to be the constant vietim of vandals. ~ It was also pointed out that the ditch area tad become a playground for children in the area. As one juror pointed out, water is like a . + magnet for children, they can’t seen to stay away from it. “Both mothers of the boys who fell in felt that * sGmnethitig should be done to make the area * safer. Jacqueline Weins said the whole thing ’ ‘should be covered. me On the first night of the inquest, those first a 12-year-old student at Kildala School, told ° jurors she had been walking home from school that day when she heard boys yelling that . someone was in the creek and saw a child in the water. She ran toa nearby soccer field and alerted teachers Bill Hilborn and Donald Mah. oe The two men went into the water, to look for. the boys, with Hilborn finding ‘both of thems . minutes later. ‘ Artificial respiration was applied until the police arrived shorily . after... Mah was able to get: Shane conscious: but - ‘Hilborn bad difficulties with Jason.: The: teachers ." then ~ switched boys. There were several incidents of ‘conflicting - testimony on the exact details of what hap-. pened with the boys until they were placed in ' the ambulance. Although some members. of the jury tried to clarify points, witnesses could not remember every action or where not’ aware of other events Going on at the same : time. . A on *| The inquest ended in the early hours of Scott concluded that there was ao good Open = Westend Food Mart 6:30am-1ipm 635-5274 - Westend ~ 635-7228 “We Satisty Tummy & Tank 365 DAYS A YEAR" 7 days a week Service A Vatume 75 No. 12 a ? TERRACE-RETIMAT Monday, January 19, 1981 , LTD “Complete Office Coffee Service”, codhcst: 638-1825 7 Wianerew TERRACE - dife~ outside sdjenid to Carter cut short his’ weekend at Carhp David, Md., Shaw on South Kalum on' fire Thursday at 11:10 a.m. Firemen extinguished the ~ fire, started by hot coals froni the fireplace being withbeld until the case : -went to court. Police spokesmen said extenuating circumstances - could have a bearing on any sentence, The previous longest year. while robbing a credit union fled to a house in northeast Calgary and held its residents captive before in) the front seat, kept her being forced out by Police. and. returned to - tnade by Carter: . . Washington .. to. fly. to Washington | on Sunday to repeated dinappointments, country » alter ‘an- ~ “We try not to get up, be- : cause these crazy people nouncement of a set- can do an as the last tlement in Algiers ything "minute. But we can't belp . it. We're up,” said John : Sauith of Rising Sun. Ind, - . the stepfather of . hostage The agreement as Coals start . by US. officials house fire - ibe frst Teena in. \the first Iranian ouse tire denaids Terrace firemen . The chief one had been ‘responded to a call - that the U.S. . deposit $24 reporting the home of Rick billion in’ an escrow ac ‘left in a combustible and $10 billion. an. a. container on the porch. The © guarantee for delivery to wood pile caught fire: therevolutionary regime of © there was no damage tothe ‘ the foreign holdings of the structure. The fire alert late’ - deposed ahah was phoned in bya B.C.Tel Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, employee who saw the Instead .of $24 billion, "smoke while pessing the Iran is reported getting house. Residents are urged about $9.5 billion in blacked to be extra careful when Iranian funds and gold. smoking or -dumping This has been put in estrow ashes; accidenis like this in the Bank of England and oue are too common: ” ters in one car, followed by go aloag.with any- deal.