ie hte apne man 6 abi Pe atdilliped Wife HE Vi cedecbt dunt peme Gunner Bee ie sari me ase emit TERRACE. ~ Forests minister. Claude Richmond has cancelled | plans to award cutting rights to’ - nearly 16. million. cubic- metres ‘-- © B. of pulpwood in‘the northwest. |". ‘©: One of thase companies is going ahead with Plems i to build In a letter sent‘last -week to. ca'pulp'n mill. That story also on Page AdXM the four companies h shad. ©. Three of the four companies which had applied for cating. - rights under Pulpwood Agreement 17 say they aren't unhap- py the plan has been cancelled. That:story on Page A2. ‘reasonable efforts ta purchase supplies : from ‘other: sources “before ‘being given permission: to% “cut” under the Pulpwood: agreement. - 2Pulpwood. agreements : are. also’ ‘considered -a. security « «by which to obtain backing for’ new - projects; ae hes .-Pulpwood Agreement | 7 in the northwest covered “areas “The wood: would have been’: : assigned ‘rider ‘what: is ‘called a‘: Pulpygee ‘agreement, °. mpanies take on new initiatives given, th security of access and of siipply ppl . without competitive bidding’ {0° requests ‘by Richmond ‘earlier. "tions, this fall to. have the’ companies gece fil ‘appllcénté: ‘ust - ‘vst have used all: wood ‘urider - existing cutting rights and make’ ; Claude Richmond i Pven E AS Ae CARIN ae Cen “rangifiig from west: and tothe - . “she. is seeking clarification as to if, and when, that would be done. in’ this case: ; With one ‘of. the iwo Hazelton - spols and the native reserves seats’ uncontested; the school board will slart he new session with only s six Of its: ning seats filled.” Bay did 1 ‘even ey : Kia Stkie ron aisiet 2 -” seats:of: local ‘interest, has ‘Les. didalés’ ‘to. fill the: ie ‘alee Walmough back unopposed, as, . [i ". Thomhill’s director'but there wil i be an election in’ electoral aca C ia d. .where. incumbent Gordon Robin” son is: being. challenged’ by, Vidar i Sat te one going to soe mB hi year's ‘local. elections: = ae candidate to. ‘put ‘his. name, forward: : for: tt ‘mayor's *s "spd ‘ north of Terrace to Burns Lake: The agreement was for 25 years at 623, G00. cubic metres a year. “Richmond's ‘cancellation decision also followed what one . spokesman: called a “or less. unsolicited” | _statemnent to the minister, that it was. ulling out of the applica- tion process. “Skeena Cellulose. vice presi-’ -dentReg Lightfoot: said last : week it could not: justify ‘asking for the wood — it wanted all of the 623, 000 cubic metres a year TERRACE - A B.C. Supreme Court, jury here deliberated more than six hours Monday night be- fore handing down a verdict of . guilty on all charges against a former Terrace teacher on trial for sexually abusing young girls he taught, Gcorge Kenny —, who taught here from 1966. until 1981 al ° Cassié Hall Elementary, Clarence - Michiel Elementary, Thornhill ° Primary and Kitt K°Shan Primary .-. “two, counts of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age ‘of 14. The 59-year-old- man had earlier counts of indecent assualt. : The offences relate to hundreds of acis of sexual fondling and sexual intercourse, Most of the victims were students of his — all between six and 12 Years old at the time of the offence — and are now adult women in their 20s and early 30s. - . Supreme Court. Justice Cathy undergo a psychiatric assessment, and released him on bail until he is sentenced, , Women testified at the trial Kenny sexually abused them in incidents they-said took place in his classrooms, in Terrace ~ Vehicle TERRACE . RCMP recovered a:stolen car west of town last week ‘and say they’re still looking for the thieves. Police said the black four- door 1980 Ford LTD was found abandoned 42 miles west of Ter- race on Hwyl6 on Oct, 21. It was previously reported stolen to Prince Rupert RCMP. Police here say they have in- vestigated the theft of 85 motor vehicles in Terrace ‘so far this year, and say they. remind owners to make sure vehicles are secure before leaving them unattended. A police spokesman said many of the 85° complaints related to motorbike and motorcycle thefts, convicted of sex abuse . ~ schools “was found guilty on” pleaded guilly to three other A..Ryan ordercd Kenny to. because of a declining interna: j tional pulp and' paper market: “Business has. been gaod: ‘for four years (but it is) falling’ off. very quickly,’” said Lightfoot.” He called the company’ g° withdrawal: from: the applica- : a tion process a postponement i in - adding it -wouldn’t: be -wise to. commit monies to a major pro- - ject during a time: ‘of: declining” “cont d ‘AZ schools after hours, in his vice! principal’s office at Thornhill Primary, in school basements and storage rooms, at a theatre while taking children ‘to a movie, at his home while babysitting, and in public swim- ming pools while giving children -swimming: Jessons, -The court heard one-woman “describe” how “Kenny — her Grade 5 teacher at the time — taped her *¢ “hundreds ‘of. times!’ .when she was 11 years old. - The woman. testified that he ‘had sex with’ her, “three or four ‘times a. week"” in his classroom after school -throughout her Grade 5 year. . She said he frequently sexual- ly touched her while class was in session when she had to ap- proach his desk. “When you stood up at his desk to get your papers. marked, he would put his fingers inside your under- pants,’” she told the court, ‘‘it happened all the time — pro- bably every day.’” She said he also once had sex with her in the public swimming pool while giving the children swimming lessons.- One other alleged victim said cont'd All Sandy" Sandhals:and Bill ‘Hayes. Area’C covers the © ‘southern’ portion of: the! attri. “excluding Terrace and Kitimat, Stieridan: and:Mo- “Takhar ° vem A secking. re-election: ‘and will be going up ‘Bgalnst. Iwo new. faces, Rick ‘King ‘and ‘Adrian’ de! This year's. election’ ‘marks the onthe school. ‘boatd are.” beginning of. thenéw, system: . 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