files to
appeal —
- | Douglas
/ : sentence

Defence attorney Mark
Takahashi of Smithers has filed
for an appeal hearing in an at-
_ tempt to have the nine-year

sentence handed down to con-
victed sex offender William >
Gareth Douglas reduced. No
' date has been set, but Takahashi
believes the hearing will be
scheduled for sometime next
fall,

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Douglas was sentenced to nine
years in prison by Judge George
Lamperson in March after being
found guilty on 12 counts of
gross indecency involving seven
native boys between the ages of
eight and 12 while he was serving
as the Salvation Army Minister .
in Canyon ‘City during the Fs
1960's. :

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‘Terrace flrefighters were on the scene within minutes of being notified, but they still couldn't save this storage
shed on the Cote property at 4523 Scott Ave. A member of the Fire Commissioner's office from Prince George is

- SUSPICIOUS BLAZES UNDER SCRUTINY smear:

he said he may file an appeal due
to the brevity of the sentence.

-six-block section of Kalum St. Douglas could be released on

9:05 p.m. the same day and re- vestigation. chemicals were released into the

during a six-day period last
week, and two of them are still
under investigation.

. The first occurred on Tues-
day, April 26 at 5:10 p.m. A
grass fire was reported at the

- Olson Ave.—Hanson St. inter-
-section near the base of Terrace
Mountain. According to Fire

Chief Cliff Best the fire would |

have rapidly spread up the

hillside if it hadn’t been for
some quick-thinking teenagers
who started a ‘‘regular bucket
prigade’’ and had the fire under
‘control before the fire depart-
ment arrived. Best said the fire
was started by children playing
with matches.

The next two fires occurred
last Sunday and both are regard-
ed as suspicious in nature. At
2:30 p.m. a fire was reported in
a storage shed at the rear of the
Robert Cote residence at 4523

Scott. The fire spread rapidly .

and iotally destroyed the struc-
ture.
According to Best, there was a
hole burned in the floor just in-
_side the entrance to the shed and
the RCMP are investigating the
cause of the fire. Cote and his
wife are both non-smokers and
the shed was noi wired for elec-
tricity.
The rear of the Cote property
borders on a grassy lane right-
_of-way which is frequented by
_ children, and Cote says it’s a
_potential hazard that should be
addressed by the city. He said
that only a few weeks before,
- children had started a fire in the
. grass behind the shed. The fire
was extinguished by neighbors,
Cote said that he had been
cleaning the shed on Saturday
and had removed most of his
belongings, but items stored by
-friends and a motorcycle were
<> destroyed. There was no esti-
°~ nate of the damage.
“The final fire occurred at the

little
released until a member of the

sulted in damage which prelimi-
nary estimates have set at about
$20,000. Best said the cause of
the fire was ‘‘suspicious’’ and
information could be

Fire Commissioner’s office in

He said Co-op staff arrived at
the scene quickly and warned
firefighters of possible danger
due to pesticides stored in a
metal, fire-resistant room.

However, Best said the fire
was halted before reaching the

atmosphere. .

According to Best, the Ter-
race Co-op was the victim of
vandalism earlier in the year. On
March .12 a wooden garbage
container near the Builders Cen-
tre was set on fire.

parole as early as March, 1991,

_and Frolick fears he could still

be a danger to society at that
time, .
Takahashi had suggested
earlier that a one to two year
sentence would be appropriate.

Weather

Forecast: Mostly unset-
tled and mainly cloudy
with a few sunny morn-.

ings and afternoon
showers. Clearing with
sunny periods near the
end of the week. After-
noon highs of 12 and over-
night lows to 0.

Real Estate

- By Hans Stach

REALTOR

DANGER OF
WRONG PRICING

Since human nature is predictable, there is a better than
even chance that you'll put the wrong selling price on your
home if you arrive at it yourself.

You may price it far above its fair market value because
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or by heeding a well-meaning friend's advice. A home re-
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a much lower figure than it would have brought originally
—. had it been priced realistically. .

On the other hand, you might under-price it because of
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