The Sault Star from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada • 11

Editor TOM MILLS Day 759-3030 NIGHT 759-3035 SlmDil Stisur MONDAY APRIL 4 1994 M- ft rJ ft ir tu fw f4 vii job kept her hopping on Easter Karen Kennedy ha two Mm according to one of her little house an Shoreview to share Easter and other children in Sault getting another sports in new OLC president "The NBA had the ability to restrict a teem By LYNNE OLVER Kennedy's family and circle of friends also get an annual visit One yeer she was running behind schedule and bounced into church without taking off the fussy bunny suit worked into the sermon really she recalls "He said one side of 'friends First her day Job Hun her reel job -'delivering chocolate goodies '-icolond eggs and who knows rwhat Yep the Easter Bunny been dressing up in a pink and yellow costume ever since four-yearold Marc DaAmorim was bom "He figures because Itn so busy with two jobs I should iJuye called Him to ask for help said she i DeAmarimi filling the -laughing showed up at is sitting at the back of the The other side is The Sault Star The incoming president of the Ontario Lottery Corp describes himself as a "real sports and says he's looking forward to living in the Sault Garth Manness currently president of the Western Canada Lottery Corp in Winnipeg will begin his new job May 2 The Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Blue Jays fan says he Ska participating and watch- ing sports adding with a laugh that ily not aa much a jock as I should The 32-year-old dental hygienist says keep up the hopping good fun indefinitely (Hey that a conflict for a dental hygienist to promote chocolate? from moving into Toronto Manness is married with four children He'll succeed former OLC president Ian Nielsen-Jones who accepted a position with the Rank Organization of the United Kingdom in November last year Lou Feta the corporation's vice-president of human resources filled the gap during the search far a new president Service begins for disabled Although it was a holiday April 1 marked the first day of action for Community living Algoma the new service for developmental disabled people in the district made up of two former agencies: the Sault Ste Marie graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Physical Mnratiim in 1971 pursued an MBA in 1975 and says he just fall into the lottery business Ha was working in the Department of Fitness Recreation and Sport in 1980 when the minister of the day wanted someone to assess a thorny lottery Association for the Mentally Retarded and the Algoma District Mental Retardation Service The transition's been slow and gradual said chief executive officer Glenn Rampton and about 10 yean in the making Parents of mentally retarded people were confused about where to turn for help because of the different groups existing ana Community living Algoma should provide resources at one stop he added Programs operated by Sault College in Wawa White River and Homepayne and by the General Hospital in the Sault will also be transferred to Community Living have a budget of more than $12 mil Left: The Easter Bunny visits with Marc and Matthew DeAmorim In the home on Shoreview Court Above: The Easter Bunny hops along with Marc DeAmorim while making the rounds said do you know anything about lotteries? I said and he said Manness then held variety of positions with the lottery corp which covers Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta the Viliam and Northwest Territories He plana to work with the board of direction talk to senior managers and find out where tiie Ontario government wants to see the business go before making any decisions about future directum of toe OLC As for the recent scuffle between Ontario and the National Basketball Association about withdrawing the NBA from Pro-line sports betting games Manness said the province was in a tough spot and probably made the best decision Other sports associations that have also stated they want to withdraw aren't in the same position as the NBA was he says Photos by Stan Stratichuk lion to provide direct service to 550 people district and indirectly to the 1500 disabled people in in the district and indirectly to the 1500 developmentally Algoma Husband haunted daily about murders at rest stop 3' ELAINE DELLA-MATTIA i Sault Star robbery attempt turned murder whan nan killed Jackie and wounded stopped Police also checked 13000 licence plates between Sudbury and the incident tips from around the district are still trickling in married with and four-year-old child wee returning from British Cnlnmhia and only about half an hour from home when he happened upon the i The OPP are working on a reward poster that will be distributed through police offices The OPP will reward a tipster for any information that may lead to the arrest and conviction of the killer However the award sheet have a composite drawing of the suspect McAllister described "We want information that only the killer would Davis said McAllister said not giving up hope "Somebody knows this man Somebody knows what ha has done How can they let him loose knowing this? I still think the chances are good of finding this man My feelings are that he has killed before and could kill Sault Star vriflmatphi i- Wawa Although the side of the highway and ditches were combed fin evidence the guns an article of clothing or a stolen item nothing was found Police reported a light gray leather McAllister was two-toned fabric wallet and a brown wallet Nothing has ever been found But that have McAllister discouraged He believes doing a fabulous case and that caught McAllister has fully recovered from the two bullets that lodged on either side of his spine and another that hit hie foot He said ha even realize he was shot until ha ran towards the highway to flag down a motorist to get help Last March the slayings were featured in a segment on Unsolved Mysteries and more than 600 tips resulted Over 300 more came after a rerun hit TV viewers in July Police are continuing to check out the leads although none appear particularly strong said OPP Const Jim Davis Evan now almost three yean after -Gold McAllister is the only who can identify his wife's killer For almost three yean he's been living with the memory of the lone gunman who claimed he was a police officer when he knocked on the camper at a Blind River rest stop on June 28 1991 "I think about it every day Every morning I get up have my coffee and cigarette and I still get it out of my he said in a telephone interview from his Lindsay OnL home Hie double homicide left Jackie McAllister 59 of Lindsay OnL and Brian Major 29 of Elliot Lake dead McAllister now 64 recalls how after travelling about 480 kilometres on a sunny day he and his wife parked their camper for the night at a net stop along the Misrissagi River They walked along the edge ate dinner watched the sunset and went to bed never suspecting it would be their last evening together The couple awoke when they heard a knock at their door Jackie climbed out of bed and opened the camper door at 1 am cm a man with long blond hair who said he was going to rob the couple The bungled He was killed as he parked his car just after the gunman snot God The gunman approached car and shot through the front window Two guru woe used by a single assailant police believe Forensic reports indicate a 22-calibre Lakefield Mossberg rifle and a 20-gauge shotgun won fired in the shootings The Ontario Provincial Police received information that the murderer a slim white male about five feet 10 inches tall had headed east on Highway 17 in a blue or brown model Chevrolrt or General Motors van He's never been seen since and the murder has stumped police Police encountered their first difficulty less than an hour after the murder Rain had already washed away some of the evidence Roadblocks were set up along the Trans Canada highway ana 32000 blue and 4300 brown vehicles were "One way or another they're going to get Meanwhile McAllister took up ing last summer and tries to keep to zero his mind off the incident still afraid that hie assailant will come back and try to kill him again despite security precautions he's taken Next: Body found by the highway near Wawa experience in land air and as one of the lead- Oliver Lehto A BRIAN BROOKS is one of those entrepreneurs that you could say goes against the grain This farmer Sault Star advertising layout designer decided to branch out on his own 10 veers ago opening Brooks Marketing Resources in the Sault with his wife Deborah It was the kind of business that would ordi-narily locate in southern Ontario where all the big 'accounts businesses and opportunities ware usually located But Brian fek there was a place for his type of business in the Sauk serving Northern Ontario and set out to prove just that with alot of hard work in 1984 There were those who said he was going batty and betting the farm that it be done ne said at the 10th anniversary party of his firm last week at the Kivi Restaurant But with the north starting to open to new business and government relocations including the Ontario Lottery Corp head offices in the Sault which was to come later he started to get the opportunities and exposure he needed Brian says it took a while for people to know he was in the advertising production business in the Sault He remembers attending a Sauk Chamber of Commerce meeting where the then president of the OLC Norm Morris was the guest speaker He spoke about the poe-jsible relocation at the time but added that it would be nice to have some of the services available here that With close to 36 sea operations SSAR is ere in its field across the country Recently president AL LANG was invited by the national secretariat of the RCMP to make a presentation on fund-raising to a rescue unit in St John's Nfld JOHN GHOMNLAK the unit's marine rescue specialist was in in Sarnia to coordinate a water training program Also on the same weekend an airplane crew from SSAR's MAC NKHOLSQN main operations base in the Industrial Park was in Chapleau fin training purposes A United Way agency SSAR devotes a lot of its time to community relations and fund-raising The support has been excellent but a problem at times is lack of exposure As an example when they're not mentioned in news stories as being a part of a search people may ask what been doing lately when theyre looking far support Dennis said SSAR interacts with law enforcement agencies and other emergency personnel when called upon for assistance The rescue unit has about 250 volunteer members to i service that we hope never have to use can help or find one person in time to avoid a ly it's all worth while A1 and Dennis said during an Interview after the sports show both been with the organization for 25 yean Retired columnist Oliver Lehto writes three times par week and can receive messages at 759-5822 Eat 382 Brian was quick to remind Moms after his speech that his services ware available the kind of thing that we had to keep hammering away at he recalled He now has a staff of 10 with Deborah handling the business office at their location at 488 Albert St a team effort on the computers with the design work says Brian who adds that their computer program is second to none Besides his work with local corporations Brooks also does a lot of outride business including other lotteries across the country A Vancouver native who worked in a lot of big cities before coining to the Sauk in 1975 Brian says he has no intentions of ever moving his growing firm As far aa concerned die Sauk is the moat central and advantageous location ha can think of wimhining technology at the work shop with the great outdoors which he and Deborah enjoy whenever they get the time AMELANIE KURZUK media relations officer with the OLC says since Brooks Marketing Resources Lac began its business relationship with the lottery it has bocome an active member of the OLC advertising pool the only agency of the five in the 1" pool based outside iff southern I She says Brooks baa been responsible fin designs of the OLCTs $5 Instant Millions gams and its $1 Instant Lucky Bucks game His designs are also on retailers support material corporate signage and several of the lottery publications including its annual report Melanie says OLC has also put Brooks to the task cm a number of special events Brian designed the $5 billion logo for the milestone in profits last year A ONE OF THE more interesting demonstrations at the recent spring sports show at the Pine Street Armoury was the Sault Search and Rescue (SSAR) climbing and descending techniques with its latest equipment DENNIS (FREDAY past president of the rescue unit says while always prepared far searches and other emergencies they're also called upon for many other functions including making presentations and offering assistance to other emergency groups des the type of work that Brian did with his new A SPRINGISPECTACUL'AR A i.