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LeBeau appeal
• From Poe*
after drinking over a seven -
hut period with five_passengers
in her vehicle designed to carry •
. four people.
LeBeau, who stated she was
aware of the dangerous curve on
Cotinty Road 31. drove .rio less
than 150 km/hi...through the
curve when she lost control and
. crashed at the bottom -of an
• embankment. At that time.
LeBeau.'s blood alcohol level
was. mare than double the legal
limit• •
• • “Thicwas not a momentary.
lapse on the part of Ms. LeBeau.
but rathei a chosen course, of
_conduct in the face of known
•" dangers. stated Granger. • "
• While sending a message to
satiety. Granger said he. has not
forgotten that LeBeau has
shown remorse and -has lited. a
useful life up to the tin of the -
accident. He also added that
LeBeau will suffer. from her
injuries and from_the guilt for
the test of her life. , •
. "I am. satisfied that the
. • •sentence -I. intend to impose will
a -A as a general deterrent. allow
Ms. LeBeau hope forthe future.
• and will provide for her
xehabilitation." said Granger.
"This sentence must not crash
Ms. LeBeau's hopes for the
. -.future." • -
-Following the -sentencing,
LeBeau. tears streaming down
her face. was taken into'custody.
She will be held in jail in
. Stratford. before being placed in
the federal penitentiary system
inOntario. • - • ..
..'"Ilie judge warned to send a.,
• clear message to the community
about the dangers of drinking.'
'and -thriving. stated_ Crown
attorney Bob Morris. of the
sentence. Moms had requested
an eight-year prison term and a
lifetime suspension. of her
: - . license.• . •
• . • LeBeau's 'lawyer. Glen Carey. •
•
had asked. for .a conditional
.Sentence that •Would. have..
LeBeau travel throughout the
County addressing the dangers
• of dnnking andshiving. Granger
• •
stated that he -Telt this message
• would have a greater impact
with youth if it came from the
. • parents and siblings' of ..the
• deceased. .
"This might be something that -
.•
_
you:asparents might consider
-doing in memory of your .
• - children". Granger talc' the
families and friends of the -
victims who .filled The
• courtnoom. • .
"I wish the judge could have
sentenced . herto have a
•conseience." said Harvey
Atchison. whose son Neal was
• killed in the crash. He added that .
he -was disappointed the judge
statcd• LeBeau has sho.wri
TeMOISC.
"We haven't • seen any
indication of that. said
•Atchison: after sentencing.
noting that throughout the trial .
- the defense has tried to shift the
blame for the accident on Neal.
"We haven't seen her take any
• responsibility for her actions."
Atchison added that. given the
opportunity. he and his wife
Would share their tragedy with
others in the hope of preventing
• anything like this from
'happening again.
• "I would hate to see others go.
through what we've- gone
• through." he said.
• Careysaid he has
reconunentied an appeal to his
client. He noted that in
-• particular there were areas of
defense expert evidence that
werrn't.dealt with appropriately.
"There are several areas of
• significant COIXXM," said Cary.
The LeBeau family thanked
supporters for the. prayerand
letters they have irceived. •
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• .
keeping the local high school.open.
kon --flgenclorff photo
Education minister
contacts area parent
Teacher and Agriculture federations launching
campaigns directed toward province
•
From P 1 • know theie are..people trying to
ag4!
•• • • • They Might decide not t cc
jacket. If the school board and localparents
.. are positive tnoVe made a, -
fighting, the government has succeeded. he gaes..." says- Regele.
Bill'Huzar, pre,tdent of the
Secanddry "SchoOl Teach-ers
.10SSTF). ;ay s he launehed an a-7
Huron and Perth:CouritieS reCenti7..•
believes not enough attention is he:7 ;
.on the education funding 7.. r-7
IS the source. of schoi.: .„
says. ,- .•
Heidi koldSworth. school Council chair of
Falstaff Public School.a Stratford school that
is also threatened closUre Feb. 22. says the.
phone call. she -received from: -education
Minister Janet Ecker Friday is connectedto the:
fact that...her-group met with Kennedy
ThUrSdaY, • . . -
B. -cry little bit helps. We'll get (Perth -
MPP) Bert (Johnstonirand the Conservatives
juniping." she- says of the -Falstaff group's
plansio hold a district -wide rally to save -the
schools. • •• . •-
Holdsworth says_ she was-inspired•bY the.
meeting with .Kennedy because, it reaffirmed
her belief that Lobbying the pros irke for a rural
•
designation fortheAvon Maitland District
.School Boadis the right track.
-"The .-EIC (Education -IMprovernent
Commission i pointed out.that its wrong (that.
- the Avon Maitland board- doesn t receive .a.
rural and remote.granti and the province,
knows the funding formula doesn't work. We'
have to. get on them." she says. • • • •
Charles Regele, Vice-president of the Huron
Counts Federation of Agncultiiresays he Is in
the process of organizing .the rental of. three
buses ltWo for Seaforth and one for Walton to
•travel to Queens Park to protest the education
funding formula. • •
"If we could give Janet Ecker a Valentine.
I'd love it." he says.
Regele says the impetus toorganizethe.
buses came out of ..arecent meeting he
participated in between the Avon Maitland
District SchOol• Boards and the Huron and
Perth federations of agriculture.
"We've done enough bombarding of 'this
• board. If they're going to change their mind
about school closures by Feb. " they have to
The intent of the ad 1, - L us -or
problem.'" say Huzar --We can -cont17
lobby the school board but ultimately
going to be -a Severe financial crunch Jr,: --e
only wdy -to solve that is to go to
prov ince." ' '
,-
• Huzar says:he's been very saproinred
the A‘ On Maitland board has7 2
partnership With parents to lob)-. 17e 7 -
"I honestly believe the trustee ,7
.taking an active leadership role Anu. •
no indication that•(education dirirethr L.
Rachlis hay the -blame on :IL: 'renj
• government like other direet,,r•
have done." he says.: adding that ne hoces
ad will getthe board and parents work:-
together.
Huzar says secondary teacher,' arc
10 lOtsti!. the province and agrees :7 - .-, • -
Queen's. Park would be a
idea that was also raised:at the
meeting with Kennedy. .V'.11/4:h R1/17 -
':Kennedy listened ‘er
seemed very know iedg...11sie:. s..* • H.. . He
• wanted to take back the nn:!••a:.:
• pro‘ ince that weani have :_st •
model.that it's detnmental to •
Hazar says he sees :he ._.rren: • ;
formula•for education as "blatantly- - -;
"It seems,like a master plan tO do a A A • -
• the heart of rural Ontario 1..
• Toronto•say trig they're going to ..
rural Ontano' he sass.
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