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March 8, 2000
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Low 4.
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Low -8.
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int Canada
In brief
Fifth
Estate
to air
Mistie)s
story
The story of Mistie
Murray's disappearance
will be featured on "Rhe
Fifth Estate.' CBC
Television's weekly
investigative journalism
program. tonight, .Much
8.
Mis>ie. -the daughter .of
Steve and Anne Murray,
formerly of St.
Columban, disappeared
in May, 1995 and became.
the . start of what has •
become a long .:,catch for
the missing girl, delayed
by a trial when Steve was
charged with her murder
and later found not guilty.
While -police maintain
Aisne Was murdered and
her body is in Lake
Huron, her parents have
continued to search for
her and have begun a
campaign that- has led- to..
criticikm of bow the
police investigated the
carie.
A promotion for the
program describes the
story - as
"every parent's secret .
-terror.- to,bave a child
disappear.
"Then, • while you are
out of your mind with
despair and -heartache,
the. police charge you
with her murder, No body
has every been found but
iI s no use: overnight
you've gone from victim
to villain. Now, you must
prove your
innocence...aad if you
can. you , toast • still
somehow find your
missing daughter --by
yourself," the promotion`
says about the events
Steve has gone through.
The Fifth Estate was in
Goderich. where Mistie
was last seen and the
Murrays had been living .
at the time. and this area
last month, filming the
story.
"Misde is missing- the
deeply disturbing story of
a father who is living a
parent's worst nightmare.
Twice over," airs tonight
at 8 p.m. and is
rebroadcast on CBC
Newsworid on March 9
at 10 p.m.. March 10 at 3
a.m. and March 11 at I
p.m.
By Sam Hilgrndurff
Judge to rule onboard injunction
Justice Heeney to decide by noon today whether or not
to keep board from taking school closure further
until a judicial hearing, rescheduled for May 19
By Scott Hagandortf
• Expositor Ednor
Seaforth residents were waiting for
viord the death nell of Seaforth
District. High School would not be
sounded with. an injunction stopping
any action tow and closing the high
school.
The _Avon Maitland District School-
Board
chool
Board was waiting for word it could
begin planning- to redistribute
students and teachers and prepare to
shut the school dos►n. •
That -was die situation late Tuesday
afternoon after a lawyers representing
the community and school board
made submissions in a Stratford court
Monday dealing with the board's
Feb. -22 decision to close the school.
Originally. Justice Thomas Heeney
was expected.to. conduct a•judicial
review. on Monday into. the fairness
• offthe board's process .and rule on
whether or not the community should.
be given more time to off the -board
other cost saving plans rather than
closing the school.
The board hopes to save S300.000
by closing the school to help replace
money lost through a provincial
funding formula.
Members of the community
launched a civil -suit against the board
earlier thiswear. saying the process
was ntg fair. •
Last month. Justice Heeney placed
an order on the board it could not
take any steps toward redistributing
teachers or students from Seaforth
until• noon today.:March'8. By that
'time. Heeney had expected to make a
decision on the case.
However. the case will now come
before a full judicial reviewby three
judges in London on May 19.
. That left lawyers arguing. Monday.
On why the' injunction should or
Should not be upheld until then and a
decision was expected between
Monday and today's noon deadline.
One had still not been made at 5
p.m. in time for an extended Huron
Expositor deadline.
In court Monday. Lawyer Fred.
Leitch, for the community members
who launched the law suit. said
allowing the board to take steps
toward closure would be -a "self-
fulfilling prophecy."
He told the court there were
approximately 50 Catholic students
loyal to Seaforth that. if they are
asked by the board to select a new
school for next year, would choose
St. Anne's in Clinton.
He argued that without an
injunction, once students are asked to
pick new schools. they would -not be
returning to Seaforth District High
School if the community was granted
a chance to come up with new
proposals for the board, and. if the
board selected an alternative to
closing the school.
He said the same would occur
under the teachers' collective
agreements. Once teachers are told of
their reassignments to other schools.
they have two days to accept; Leitch -
argued if that is allowed to happen.
those teachers would be gone.
whether or not thehigh school closes.
All of the arguments assume the
judicial hearing will grant •the
community more time to come up
with a better plan to that of closing
the high.schbol.
The school board's lawyer. Barry
Brown. said one of the reasons the
injunction could be granted would be
if harm could be proven to the people
who filed the civil suit. - -
He argued there was no. harm
proven to them in the submissions
made by Leitch and. in fact. it would
be the school board that would suffer
harm by an injunction.
Brown said if the Board is to be able
to close the school, it needs to be able
to schedule students in classes at new
schools. prepare new busing
schedules. renovate the school for the,
elementary students that would be .
•
moving there .and other tasks that
would be too difficult to do in May. if
the judicial hearing results in the
board's favour.
The submissions made for the
injunction included many arguments
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• Theresa Price and Jen Binnendyk of Seaforth get autographs from Olympic gold medal's. Mork Tewksbury
'Squeeze life' was Tewksbury's lesson
Olympic swimmer shared inspiring words at job fair
Sy Scott Hlgsndorff
Esposito( fdtoc
Everything is possible.
Squeeze life. -
Make the • best of
everything.
Those. were the main
lessons in life Canadian
Olympic :+trimmer Mark
Tewk'sbury.learned in bis
quest for a gold medal..
And he shared those
messages.wilb some of the
more than 2.000 students
who attended the largest job
fair in Southwester Ontario
tact Wednesday at the
Seaforth Agriplex. h was the
first of its kind in this region
and mote than mei the
expectations of organizers
from Huron Employment
Liaison Program, funded by
.the Rural Youth lob Strategy
of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and .Rural
Affairs. •
"I'm going eco make a,
commitnient to live for
today," said Tewksbury of a
past decision to change his
personal 'philosophy and
bring him closer to winning a
medal.
Tewksbury described
himself as a nerdy little eight-
year-old little kid who
watched the 1976. Olympics
in. Montreal and decided he
wanted to be an Olympic
swimmer.
And at that age. starting
out, he thought he could be
there in four years. At 12, he
wasn't but thought he could
be there by the time he turned
16.
"But when I was 20, I
qualified to represent Canada
in my first Olympic games,"
be said.
"I imagined when 1 was at
the Olympics, it, would be
this perfect day," be said of
his expectations for what was
becoming a dream come true.
But when he got to Seoul,
Korea, he realized he was one
of 1,200 athletes and shared a
room with 15 other
competitors in bunk beds.
And he was surprised to
realize that at 6 -foot, 2 -inches
tall, he was shorter than some
of the women competing.
The reality of the Olympics
was far from the ease and fun
he expected.
Tewksbury described how
he became intimidated by the
other athletes.
"1 lost the belief in
myself," he said of what he
called his most important
belief if he was ever to win a
gold medal.
In his event, the 100 metro
backstroke, he placed 5th and
thought it was all over.
"On the most important
day of my life, I had given up
on myself," he said.
But the coaches cams to
him the next day and ;skid if
he would be one of four
athletes for a relay team.
He was afraid and
embarrassed by his last'
performance and thought he
would make a fool of himself
competing again.
The team was made olp 4f
fourth and fifth macs
finishers and Tewksbury
remembers • thinking ,that
together, they should ally hs
Soo NABS. POW
Luciano
charged
with
murder.
after
forensics
reveal
Cooper
was
strangled
A first-degree murder
charge has been made in
connection with the
death of the
Peterborough man whose
body Was found in. a car
parked i n • an
Egmondville driveway
on Jan. 23.
Apichael James .
Luciano, 38, of -Vaughn,
who is already in custody
on a charge of the second
degree murder of his
wife Colleen Richardson
Luciano, was last week
charged with the first
degree murder of 38 -
year -old James Cooper.:
While an autopsy
conducted after the
discovery of Cooper's
body. was inconclusivee•
further testing indicated
the man • died of
asphyxiation by
strangulation, says' a
press release.from the
• Huron OPP. •••. .
Cooper's body Was_
found in the backseat -of
a car parked in the
driveway at 49 William
St. in Egmondville when
an OPP officer answered
a call to the residence in
the early morning hours
of lan.'23. The vehicle
belonged to Luciano, the
uncle of the woman
• living at the residence:
Luciano will be
appearing in court in
Newmarket on March 17.
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