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Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Apri 4, 1990 — Page AS

None of our
business, OK?

Dear Sir:

Murderer still sought
- 1yearold case im :
__ has police stumped

contractors to do road ‘and

Recent editorials in your bridge maintenance, has pro-

a newspaper have commenced vided written standards. for

“TERRACE — A snowy underneath, Woodhouse ex- on the standard of winter them to follow and has put in

_ December night in 1974 was the. plained. Five inches of snow fell highways maintenance, and place area managers to en-

“last time 15-year-old Monica Ig- . the night she dissappeared, he suggested that the travelli sure thet those standards are
"> ‘las was seen alive. The Terrace noted, so police believe she was public would be better equip- me.  §  — -

killed and her body dumped in
the bush that night.

“We feel she was picked up
by a stranger. Whoever picked
her up knows something or had
something to do with her
death.’*

Ignas had experimented with
LSD, but wasn’t a street kid or
prostitute,; Woodhouse said.
“It’s sad — because of the
violence and because of the age
of this girl.”

RCMP have investigated

ped to evaluate the level of
maintenance if the i
were to publish cards on con-
tractor performance.

You have argued that
because public funds are in-
volved, the public should see
performance ratings of
maintenance contractors.

The relationship between
the ministry and its contrac-
tors is not unlike the
employer/employee relation-
ship the ministry has with

“'gitl’s nude, strangled body was
_ discovered four months later in
-a wooded area of Thornhill, :—
‘*: ‘Since then the case has led in-
- vestigators to dozens of suspects
— and just as many dead-ends.
»Police have interviewed more
than 1,500 people and have fill-.
_¢d up two tall filing cabinets
"and several boxes with informa-
_tion relating to the case.
_. Now more than 15 years later
‘RCMP are still trying to solve -
Terrace's longest-running un-

We are actively monitoring
the contractors’ perfor-
mance, and will do whatever
has to be done to ensure that
road maintenance
throughout British Columbia
is carried out at an. accep-
table level. As I have said
repeatedly, contractors who

We will do whatever
has to be done to ensure
that road maintenance

solved murder, several suspects over the years, : ritish Colurn-
“Someone in Terrace at that he said, but all have been re- members of its staff, who are through Britis
| - time — who may still be here —__ jected. also paid out of public funds. Dia is carried out at an
| knows something about this," ‘One possibility is a highway You would not expect, nor acceptable fevel.
RCMP Cpl, Don Woodhouse killer,” he said, adding many am sure, even ask for the per-
7

said last week. ‘What we would young girls have gone missing in formance appraisal of en in- don’t measure up will be

like is for that person to now a string of B.C. highway killings : a : the ane ge member, For replaced. © Yours sincerely,

eg in the 1970s and 1980s. ae : a reason, we do no ours sin >

come forward. to classes at But officers feel it’s more MONICA ignas went missing on a snowy Friday night in December, Propose to publish perfor- Rita M. Johnston
Caledonia Secondary’ School likely someone living here killed 1974, When her body Was found in the spring, police began the ci mance appraisals for con- Minister of Transportation

| Dec, 13, 1974,.and her parents Ignas, Woodhouse said, and ‘Y's largest and longest-running murder investigation, . tractors, and Highways,
| _ Mever saw her again. Police say that person cowld still be here. The minisiry has hired Victoria, B.C.

“It’s been a dead-end case for
us so far, but information keeps -
trickling in,” Woodhouse said.
“*The Crystal Hoge murder in- .
vestigation last year triggered

of the things we’re countin
on,’’ ; -

And even if the person
doesn’t decide to come forward
and confess to police,

And the long time since the
killing doesn’t. necessarily
eliminate the prospect of mak-
ing an arrest in the case now, he
said. ,

‘she was seen downtown that
night, and was last spotted near
_ the Terrace Hotel when the bars
closed trying to get a ride to her
‘home in Thornhill.

Democracy not

She didn’t get a ride there,
and walked oul into a
snowstorm and was never seen
again.

*“We believe she was killed
‘sometime that night — the night
of the 13th,’’ Woodhouse said.

When her body was found the
following spring there was snow

all around her body, but none

“A lot of times people over the years feel guilt and
want to get it off their chest. This is one of the things

were counting on.”

Woodhouse said the murder

might tell a close friend about

killing in a bar.

three or four new suspects in
this case — all of which have
been eliminated.’

could happen here,’’

““A lot of times people over
the years feel guilt and want to
get it off their chest. This is one

up the investigation can be
opened and charges laid.

Last seen
seeking ride

think she was murdered.

to go to classes at Caledonia Secondary
School. Her parents never saw her again.
© Witnesses say she visited the Pizza
Parlour and Red’s Billard Room in
downtown Terrace during the evening. She

very poor that night, with nearly five inches
of snow failing in about four hours,

navy duffle cost with wood buttons, blue
Jeans and brown wallaby-style boots with
wooden soles. She wore silver wire-rimmed
hexagonal eye glasses,

nas’ naked body was found in a bush area
100 metres off the Celgar logging road —
‘ about one mile from her home. She died of
if strangulation.

if

it, or perhaps brag about the

“Those things have happened
in other investigations and they

When new evidence does turn
re.

“TERRACE — Witness sightings last put !5 ©
15-year-old Monica Ignas at the Terrace Hotel °
trying to get a ride home on the night pollce

* Ignas left home at 7 a.m., Dec. 13, 1974

was last sighted at the Terrace Hotel when the

* She was wearing a black wool sweater, a

* Four months later, on April 8, 1975, Ig-

at the college

Dear Sir:

I am writing this letter
because it is apparent that
many British Columbians are
illiterate ta how colleges are
governed. What I am
alluding to is the lack of
democracy in B.C.'s post
secondary system,

This absence of recognized

‘democracy manifests itself

through The College and In-
stitute Act: legislation which
sets out the rules and pro-
cedures for governance,
"” ‘This act effectively disen-

franchises the community, |

faculty and students from
any input in college gover-
nance. in fact, the people
who do govern colléges are
appointed. Yes appointed;
there are no ballots cast, no
scrutineers, no electoral pro-
cess, the central part of what
would define as

are not accountable to the
community. This is quite
ironic when Northwest Com-
munity College has the word
““community”’ in its name.
The community does not
participate in developing
program offerings, does not
have any input on deciding
‘tuition levels, and is excluded
from long term priority set-
ting goals. Isn’t the existing

Why is post secondary
education governed in this
manner when elemen-
tary/secondary education is
governed democraticaly with
the election of school
trustees,

The community is disen-
franchised, yes, but students
and faculty are worse. off
because Ciause II of the Col-
lege and Institute Act
specifically excludes students
and faculty from being ap-

-. pointed .to,.or conjinue. as.a

member of the board. Why
does the College and In-
stitute Act exclude student
and faculty representation
when board decisions affect
these two groups the most?

The community does
not participate in
developing college pro-

bars were closing, trying to get a ride home we i ig py-

with tae democracy is gone. aan ofrerings and is ex
* Police believe Ignas couldn't get a ride Those individuals ap- SUded Iraj long term

home and decided to hitch-hike. Visibility was Pointed to the college board Priority setting goals.

T am not disputing the fact
that the majority of the
board members are responsi-
ble individuals committed to
education. What is in dispute
is the inadequate structure
not the substance. What the
Northwest Community Col-
lege needs is a triple E board:
effective, equal, and elected.

a 7 Investigators have no informati Sincerely,
INVESTIGATORS have filed two four-foot filing cabinets and several boxes with files, happened after she lefl the Termere Hivier | Stfucture of governance Allan Ballinger
photographs, statements and other information in the course of their 15-year-long Police say any tips thal come in will be kept essentially the opposite of the N.W.C.C. Students
search to find the killer of Monica Ignas. confidential. munity ctllens, Association

1988 ALCOHOL KELATED ACCIDENTS

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ICES ‘of having’ an alcohol related vehicle acct.
jent; as indicated by the chart, increase dramatically as mid. ‘May
‘night approaches. The chart is based on the 24-clock, making Ing last year's spring period, police stopped 321,925 vehicles
ihe minute before 1 a.m. as 0059 hours and one minute to? -In B.C. ‘nd laid 930 drinking and driving charges.

a.m. as 0659 hours. t's also a reminder that ROMP will be out
on a spring CounterAttack campaign April 23 to.May 4; Dur-

Don’t judge,
support teens

machines in high schools. I
am one of the parents who is
in favour of installing the
machines — as a mother of
four, I have a vested interest
in keeping my children fee of
unwanted pregancy and
AIDS.

I am also a certified
childbirth educator, and I am

ee Dear Sir: extremely well informed on
es Tam writing in response to the subject of AIDS in preg-
~*10 the question of condom nant women, infants and

children. It is an established
fact that the age group most
at risk for AIDS in this
decade is — you guessed it —
teenagers.

I would love to ‘“‘make’’
my children remain chaste
during their teen years, but I

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