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i The Citizen, Ottawa, Thursday, April 12. 1984, Page 27 Wail nl es Man sets 2 years Tupper wins Tory nod on third ballot I for sexual assault of his stepdaughter i i ft: fx, I of testifying in court and provided another mitigating factor, Merredew said. "This man's acts are serious I can't see any other type of denunciatory sentence that will serve as a deterrent to other parents who may breach their parental trust," Merredew said. "The type of crime will be brought to the attention of other inmates and make him the subject of revulsion from them as well He will serve hard time." The girl said in a statement read in court the man regularly forced her to have sexual intercourse from the time she was about six. Charges were laid against the man by the Ontario Provincial Police after the girl complained of painful bruises to a school nurse.

The girl said her stepfather had whipped her with a length of rubber gas station hose as a disciplinary measure. The girl later told authorities that her stepfather frequently demanded she have sexual intercourse while her mother was away from home. Evidence showed the final sexual incident between the girl and her stepdaughter took place in February, 1983, a few days before he whipped her with the hose. The girl's mother told court her daughter "deserved" to be beaten by her stepfather because she was "mouthy" and "very nasty" to him that day. The mother said while she "suspected" an unusual relationship between the husband and daughter for several years, she never questioned or confronted her By Carol Doran Citizen staff writer BRAESIDE A man who sexually assaulted his stepdaughter and beat her with a gas station hose was sentenced Wednesday by a provincial court judge to two years less a day in jail.

Judge Russell Merredew sentenced the man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the girl, to reformatory on the sexual assault charge. He was also given two years for indecent assault, one year for assault causing bodily harm, and three months for failing to appear in court, to be served concurrent- A charge of sexual intercourse with a person under 14 years was withdrawn by Assistant Crown Attorney John Pepper. Probation was not ordered because the man is to be deported from Canada upon his release from jail. The girl now lives in a foster home. Judge Merredew said the prison sentence reflected the man's age and his poor physical health.

The man suffers from cancer, which is in remission, and had a heart attack late last year following surgery to remove his gall bladder. Merredew related this instance to other Canadian sexual abuse cases involving children where sentences ranged from suspended sentences to life imprisonment. He said the man's previous good character and clean criminal record were in his favor. His guilty plea to all the charges spared the victim the necessity The new Tory standard-bearer in Nepean-Carleton says he intends to follow in the footsteps of the late MP Walter Baker "even though I'll never be able to fill them." "I'll be motivated by the example he's set," said Bill Tupper, the former Rideau Township mayor who won the right to represent the federal party when a byelection is called. Tupper won on the third ballot, announced at about 2.45 a.m.

Wednesday. It was Tupper, Kay Stanley, 1,091. There were 13 spoiled ballots. More than 4,000 riding association voters turned out at the Civic Centre Tuesday for the seven-hour marathon. It was by far the largest nomination meeting seen in the region, and exceeded last June's Tory leadership convention by about 1,000.

Nepean-Carleton's seat has been vacant since Baker's death last November, but no date has been set for the byelection. The NDP has chosen Bea Murray, a 65-year-old retired Agriculture Canada geneticist, as its candidate, and the Liberals have yet to select their nominee. Tupper said in an interview several hours after his victory that organization and a desire among party members to choose "a good MP" were the reasons he won. Tupper said he didn't think issues played an important factor. "We went into it in a strong position and we knew we had a lot of support and enthusiasm," he said.

Tupper, a 50-year-old economic-geologist who teaches at Carleton University and is co-owner of Thunderwood Farms nears Kars, 20 kilometres south of Ottawa, led on all three ballots. The result after the first vote showed he and Stanley were well above the rest, with Tupper at 1,413 and Stanley 1,060. After the second, Tupper's support increased to 1,560, Stanley moved up to 1,111 and third-place John Balkwill declined to 583 from 676 on the initial vote. Other second-ballot results were: Kanata Mayor Marianne Wilkinson, 277; Nepean Hydro chairman Martin Montague, 84; Nepean Aid. Frank Reid, 80.

Art Campbell and William Van Westerop tied for last place on the first ballot and were forced to withdraw. Tupper and Stanley were alone on the third ballot after Reid, the low man on the list, was forced out and Balkwill, Wilkinson and Montague withdrew. Once the final result was announced, the seven defeated contenders lined the stage behind him as Tupper thanked supporters and campaign workers. "I felt it was a good grassroots campaign and now we must get ready for the federal election that's not far ahead," he told some 3,000 who waited for the final vote count. In addition to his experience in teaching and in municipal affairs, Tupper has been involved in a range of community and regional activities.

He was vice-chairman of the 1983 International Plowing Match at Richmond, has been an executive member of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, chairman of the Rideau Township Heritage Board, a past director of the Commercial and Industrial Development Corporation, and a United Way organizer. Elected mayor of Rideau Township when it was formed in 1973, Tupper was a member of Ottawa-Carleton regional council for five years and was chairman of the regional transportation committee in 1977 and 1978. An important factor in Tupper's victory was 1 h- -J ft Maxville school's closure postponed for three years Paul Latour, Citizen Bill Tupper, left, acknowledges cheers. At right, Marianne Wilkinson, left, confers with Kay Stanley and Flora MacDonald. ties committee.

The parents raised several valid points, Buckland said, adding the key objection was the school will be needed to accommodate late-French-immersion classes for the area's Grade 7 and 8 students. The Maxville school, which this year has an enrolment of 71 Grade 7 and 8 students, was one of three elementary schools discussed at the meeting which possibly face closure. Parents of students attending Sir John Johnson School in Cornwall were not as jubilant by trustees' 7-3 vote to close their 20-year-old school in 1987. By Dan Karon Citizen staff writer CORNWALL Persistent parental opposition has won a three-year reprieve from the chopping block for Maxville Senior Public School. "We are delighted and it shows that persistance on our part to save the school has paid off," said parent spokesman Fred Cappucino after the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Board of Education decided Tuesday to defer the school's closure to 1987.

''There is no doubt in my mind that the widespread support of community made the difference," said Trustee Art Buckland, chairman of the board's school facili third-ballot support from Balkwill. Each of the candidates was given 15 Sources said Balkwill had backed Brian minutes for a speech to delegates. Mulroney in last year's Tory leadership while Tupper spoke of a need to support small Stanley, the 42-year-old president of the businesses and increase research and Teachers' Federation of Carleton, had been an development. ardent Joe Clark supporter. He said 800,000 new jobs could be created Stanley said she was not surprised by Tup- by spending 2.5 per cent of the country's per's early lead.

Gross National Product on research and "I knew when I was shaking hands in the development, lineup even before the meeting started that Stanley, the national president of the PC Bill had a lot of support. But still I knew it Women's Caucus, said a federal Conservative was going to be a race to the end." government would bring vitality and prosperity Tupper and Stanley had staged the most to the country, create new jobs, ensure the flamboyant showing at the Civic Centre arena, universality of health care and introduce pen-Low-key presentations were delivered by sion reform. Balkwill, the party's national vice-president for The riding of Nepean-Carleton, a tradition-Ontario, retired armed forces officer Cam- al Tory stronghold held for more than a dec-pbell, Montague, and Reid. ade by Baker, has about 125,000 people. STITTSVILLE, KANATA Ualley briefs Developer takes aim at farmland Eastern Ont.

municipalities form group TORONTO (Staff) Fed up with being ignored by Queen's Park, municipalities in Eastern Ontario plan to form an association to fight for their interests. A steering committee of mayors from seven municipalities will meet in Brockville May 16 to set up the Eastern Ontario Municipal Association. The association is the idea of Leeds Conservative MPP Bob Runciman, who said Wednesday the eastern region needs an organization to address its concerns with one voice at Queen's Park. The idea has the backing of the majority of municipalities in Eastern Ontario, including Ottawa, Vanier, Prescott, Belleville and Pembroke. Runciman said a similar association from Northern Ontario has been extremely effective in respre-senting that region's interests with the provincial cabinet.

Many of the Eastern Ontario municipalities have the same concerns and speaking through an association will be more effective than going individually to government for help, he added. But he also said he is not suggesting Eastern Ontario has been ignored in the past, "but we've tended to miss the boat because we didn't have our act together." He declined to say when or over what the east had "missed the boat." Members of the steering committee include Ottawa Mayor Marion Dewar, Vanier Mayor Bernard Grandmaitre, Belleville Mayor George Zegouras, Pembroke Mayor Angus Campbell, Brockville Mayor Steven Clark, Gananoque Mayor William Code and Prescott Mayor Sandra Lawn. Kemptville Town employees settle The town's work's crew, members of Local 434 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, have accepted a new contract providing for wage increases of five per cent. Union steward Bill Barnett said the 10-member crew felt it had to accept the low offer because of wage restraints placed on municipalities by the provincial government. They had been asking for a 1 5-per-cent increase.

The new wage scale ranges from $6.36 to $8.78 an hour. The union was also trying to get the town to agree to a clause forbidding use of non-union labor, but Barnett said that issue hasn't been solved yet. Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton Delegate vote Lanark-Renfrew-Carleton Liberals will be first off the mark in Eastern Ontario to pick delegates for their party's June leadership convention. i Close to 500 party supporters are expected to attend the delegate selection meeting at St. Mary's School in Carleton Place Saturday afternoon.

Association President Mike Quigley said 465 members had signed up by Wednesday's 1 p.m. cutoff. Immediate past members can renew their memberships until 1 p.m. Saturday. Quigley said about 225 new memberships were sold, giving the party its highest total ever.

It's estimated 15 to 20 people will be running for the five delegate positions available, of which two must be filled by women. The Young Liberals will select their two delegates at a separate meeting earlier in the day. Quigley said there's been no evidence of candidate slates. Most candidates will be running as uncommitted delegates, he said. The Liberals in neighboring Leeds-Grenville riding will select delegates May 3.

Kingston and the Islands will be May 1, and Hastings-Frontenac May 2. Cornwall Jail work begins in May CORNWALL Construction of the controversial $350,000 addition to the Cornwall Jail will begin next month. Members of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry county council "have been contacted by phone and they agreed to drop their opposition to the project," said county administrator Raymond La-pointe. The province requires county approval because the 21 -bed detention centre is located in the county's administrative complex here. At first, council said the 10-bed addition is simply a bandage measure and insisted that a new facility be built.

But the province said it doesn't have the money for such a project, and at a meeting in Toronto last week Warden Bill Dillabough and Correctional Services Minister Nicholas Leluk worked out a compromise. In return for the county dropping its opposition, the province will provide a written commitment to make further improvements at the 151-year-old building. "Getting the green light for the project is good news," said ministry spokesman Tom McCarron, adding the work would be completed within six to eight months. Cornwall Jail Superintendant Richard Dagnais said the addition will relieve overcrowding. By Mike Hayes and Elaine Flaherty Citizen staff writers Fernbank Estates an area developer, is planning a second bid to have 400 acres of agricultural land between Stitts-ville and Kanata rezoned for housing.

But although the best farmland in the company's parcel has been excluded this time to make the plan more acceptable, officials from area municipalities say the request will likely be rejected again. Spokesmen for the affected municipal jurisdictions Goul-bourn Township, Kanata and the region all said they're determined to preserve the land for agriculture. All three councils have rejected similar applications in the area from other developers. Fernbank is the latest in a series of developers to own the land since 1968. It hasn't being farmed recently.

"We don't have that much good farmland around here developers should go on the non-farmland," said Kanata Mayor Marianne Wilkinson. Goulbourn Mayor Anton Wy-tenberg said the land which is his township close to the Kanata boundary is also important as a buffer zone between the Goulbourn village of Stittsville and the west Kanata community of Glen Cairn. Fernbank first applied to the region and Goulbourn for the zoning change in the fall of 1983. The company wanted to rezone 600 acres of land on the north side of Fernbank Road east of Stittsville to a designation which would allow housing. The municipalities were opposed to the application and the ministry of Agriculture and Food recommended rejecting it because it would mean the loss of good agricultural land.

Since 1971, Ontario has been Fernbank's land, including Greater Realcorp's former parcel, comprises 600 acres. The most easterly third has been dropped from the latest proposal. istry and all three municipalities. The company appealed to the municipal board, but before the appeal was heard, Realcorp fell apart and its lawyer was disbarred in the wake of land-fraud investigations involving lot 26. The case was never heard and Babcock said someone from Greater Realcorp must withdraw the appeal application before the region can decide on Fernbank's latest proposal.

The fraud investigation resulted in the arrest of a Kitchener man. He was charged in 1982 with 11 counts of fraud involving promissory notes and mortgages. The investigation dated back to 1969 and involved more than $1.74 million in Goulbourn farmland. losing farmland at a rate of 12 acres an hour. In its latest proposal, submitted last month, Fernbank has deleted 200 acres of the best agricultural land the easternmost portion.

Katiata council has recommended rejecting this application, and Goulbourn is expected to do the same. But Fernbank spokesman Bill Buchanan said development is inevitable in the area. Janet Babcock, a regional planner, said Fernbank's latest request may be in limbo until a 1980 appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board is resolved. The now-defunct Greater Realcorp Properties submitted a proposal for rezoning lot 26 (part of Fernbank's present property) in October 1980, which was rejected by the min.