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LEGISLATIVE Agsenary.

| PARLIAMENT
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The ‘school: board's order
banned’ Kenny from being: in’

r schools after: regular. hours and
from being. ‘alone with any stu- -

deni ‘in a. School. during regular:
‘hours. ' Piro
‘Prosécutors’ ‘handling. ‘the

: Kenty pase last week confirmed. °

* the existence’ ‘of: the order, which’.

‘they: ‘subpoenaed.. from. the
tible-registered let- :
fol lowing an inter-
strict ’ investigation _

school- district: Offices, -. -along ©:

file there.
-Trustee "issued: ‘the order

. 5 - after’. allegation: “from the:

“parents:-of -two girls who. said
Kenny ‘molested them in-a: Tere"
race school on:a ‘weekend.

- The - ‘allegations, were jin-

but no chargé: ‘Were laid. Kenny”
wasn't charged ' in. connection

- with the incident until 1988, en-

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ding in: his conviction on 1 two
charges. of indecent. assault: dast
‘month:

One, of the "Teriace RCMP of-
_ficers who investigated Kenny.in
1978 . said ‘there; was: “‘insuffi-
t that. time to
Jay: charges: against him; «:

«Sgt: Ken'Liebel; now based in
“Kelowna, ‘said’ the’ victims were.

‘very young. ‘girls: ~ about seven

-unlikely.: they; would ‘have

bee! allowed : “tO, téstify.: under

-the. rules, of- evidence regulating

‘that time... jo;

have witnesses

these things -weren *t- dealt
- with,?” Liebel said.-“"Tt's not the
first: investigation where: the i in-

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vestigator may suspect or feel he
knows what's going on, but he’s
asked to-elther put up or shut
up. And when you can't. ‘put up,
you have to.shut up and wait for
a rainy day.’”

* Liebel said the ‘school ‘board
knew about the: investigation
and was ‘‘concerned because of
the: allegations,’ But -without
‘Charges being laid by the police,
he said, their” Options were
restricted.

- “People may: want. to’ ask.

* how could this possibly be,’’ he
.. court, ‘testimony. iby, children: at "

said..*'Well, . here’s “the -system

we: live-in arid you' re innocent .
“In. tlose® days: you. had to -

and” Strong,
lot Of ‘trustees:in-1978 said ‘last’ week:

until proven puilty.7":’
One ~of the school board

“the board's only ‘apparent
“recourse al that time was “to
issue the order restricting con-

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ey ‘want #° treaty-

l|atives want unit

. Tegult in sharing of information,

when ‘native groups negotiate’

. negotiations: atts
“ That’s impostant’” 10" the

y treaty

conquer," ‘said Robinson. __
“Governments, like dealing in

Thornhill, surrounding Terrace.

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tact under a section of the old
Schools’: Act. Dennis. Brewer
said the board could then later
take stronger "action against
Kenny if he‘ ever violated the
order,

“There was nothing we could
‘put ‘our :finger on and you had
to. be so Teally, teally careful in
those days in particular because
of. the repercussions that came
‘back with the protection under
the BCTF (B.C. Teachers
Federation), Brewer added. “I
know we acted: ‘as quickly as we
could,’” .;

“Schools supetintendent Frank
Hamilton declined to comment
while the case is still before the

" courts.

"We -did lots Of agonizing:

"over it,’ added Elaine Johnson, °
another trustee | on the board at,

Esc orts. :
get city.
licence —

TERRACE — A Fort St. John
escort service now has a
business licence to operate. in
the city.

The $85 licence fee was paid .
last week by Tiara’s. Finest
Escort Service two weeks jig

ending “a period.’ beginning t ls: m

fall-when it -began: opetating®:
without a licence, - ~~

The licence, said city licensing
inspector Paul Gipps, is good
until the end of year when, with
other business licences, it comes:
up for renewal. :

At that time, said Gipps, he
expects a new business licensing
by-law to be in effect which, in

Come one.
come all

TERRACE — An all candidates
meeting featuring the eight peo-
ple who want to fill the city’s six
aldermanic seats takes place
tomorrow at the R.E.M. Lee
Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m.

--At press time, there was also.
the possibility the meeting will
include the three people running
for the regional: ‘district seat in
the rural area; not including

‘The 'meeting is sponsored by

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the time. ‘‘No charges had been
laid and that tied our “hands ‘a
great deal, We.:were on. the
horns ofa dilemma and we tried
to-do the best we could.’".

‘We did what we thought we
could at the time — : Fightly or

wrongly, Maybe: wrongly. from

what we now kKnow,’" she. said:
“But hindsight.is. great." ...
Liebel said he doubts Kenny

would have been convicted if

the case had gone to court in the
late 70s. ©.

_ “Sex assault’ in ' the. "708" was.
dealt. with’ far; far: ‘differently

‘than it is‘today,’ he explained,

‘Wt'sa night and day difference.
Ten yéars, ago people didn’t
believe this stuff was going on.”

But it’s not something peo-

“ cont'd A2

the case of Tiara’s, could-raise
the fee to as much as $2,000.

“‘That’s a standard fee (for
_ @scort services) applied by other
“Aminicipalities,”” -said Gipps of
the ‘amount,

Other escort service licensing
_Petjiiirements,; if! passed by

‘council, would include having’
“employees go- through criminal
_Tecord checks and keeping a list

of clients and what kind of ser-
vice. they requested...

Tiara's spokesman’ Marie
Gelinas in Fort St. John said she
was happy with the current
licensing fee.

“The city hadn’t passed its
by-law so it couldn’t charge the
$2,000 it wanted to,’ she said.
‘*We’ve been operating all this
time.”

The service does not have an
office here and instead books
clients who call a local number
that is patched through to Fort
St. John. There are two Tiara's
employees in town. |;

‘. Gelinas said the sérvice has
been as busy as she ‘has expected
it to be,

Pato Pere

. their land - claims, added Cliff. .
Bolton, chief’ of the ‘Tsimpshian
. village of. Kitgumkalum: |: ae
“We've” béen: running in -
t circles, "said Bolton. “We want
in... to.make-sure ‘we're heading i ‘in:
the’ ‘amie. direction. and: not.b
picked of; one by one.” ..
Gerald Amos,’ chief ‘of nee

- Nisga'a,:.. now. the only nor-
“fhwest © native: ‘group: in ‘land :
: Claims ‘negotiations,.: because
“they have an. Overlap: with the
/Gitksan.. ts,

the Skeena Valley Rotary Club ..
and takes place two days. before. .
the Nov. 17 elections, °° o
Those running for council j in-.
clude the six current: aldermen
— Bob Cooper, Ruth. Hallock, .
Danny.‘Sheridan, Dayid Hull;
Darryl! Laurent ard: Mo. Takhar
— and two newcomers, Adrian’
Van . de.. -Mossalaer and Rick

inaps. and boundaries. But we
had “no borders. Every nation
has their. own laws and tribal
Jaws: are. consistent with -each

recognizing, common principles
and; goals .
The

“It's n matter. of settling
“yhiat they call an overlap, but to
resolve’ it,?” abi

At the Meeting last week were

i, ©
ecutive: director: Rod: Robinson
said the | governments have told.
thent overlaps’ misst be resolved

negotiation: on
the: ‘federal i

gs Nisga’a natives recognize the need fora | Mt, ” Tepresentatives of the Haidi, the King,
Tiel Council: official Harry commion front now that, govern-. . But he said the word overlap Tsimpshian, the -Haisla, the . The regional district can-
Nyce ‘Said the’ treaty“ “would” ments “say «they want ‘ta: - isn’t recognized by natives who Nisga’a,*: . the didates for Area C are incum-

.’ have established ways of travell-
: ing to other. territories and using

bent Gordon Robinson and
newcomers Sandy Sandhals and

Gitksan- Wer'suwer ‘en and an

either: recognize traditional use Aegotiate and settle claims, °
observer from the Tahltan,

oft Tesources and land or set up a. One tof: the:

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pracess to deal with Suton
issues. i ce

yes their’ ‘effect

* discussion’ is that “of overlaps

between” ‘native ® territories and
n. sland, claims

TERRACE ~> Negotiators on
th: Nisga’a. land. claim have.
begun talking on how to Involve |
_-Fegource companies . and other
interested parties, «.

The. subject of. what is. called.

sat

second. round of -
tweén: 'the..

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td. land ‘ahd resources dovering :
“5,000. square miles, centered « on.

the Nass Valley to companies

‘and other‘users, . _..
: Involvement. of thitd parties °
in some fashion is a key: position

came up in Terrace “of, the . provincial ‘ “government

since it: decided in’ October to
take part in’ ‘negotiations,

; Cbuneil yo thOs 4: Provision: fof third parties is.
1. provinclal te

‘be included i a-framework
cement that:will” form the 4
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the resources...
“It’s being: blown, aut of pro-

‘portion asa Mearis to divide and

A draft treaty will be ready

for consideration, here in Ter-
race Nov; 30:

Bill Hayes,

The meeting will be televised

on Channel 10.

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