Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba 36 pages vol 122 no 289 publications mail registration 0286 Bojsa my Winnipeg free press get Post 60c get Psi weekly Home t 21 september 1994 hundreds search for missing girl in the Pas Sybil Redekop and Glen Mackenzie staff reporters about 300 residents of the Pas joined an ramp search yesterday in wet Bush for a straight Junior High student who disappeared sunday if sarahs out Well find vowed the girls Ken ramp Are considering calling in a special militia unit trained in ground search operations today to help them find Sarah Dawn up to 800 residents have taken part in the along with local and Winnipeg search dogs and a helicopter from Dave Mancini of the Pas ramp detachment said Kelly went out for a walk Between 3 and she was last seen at approximately 4 walking on a gravel Road about a Kilometre from her Mancini Kelly said his who is in Grade can read As Many As two books a Day and debate Success fully with an Shes definitely he he also said Sarah always told her Roy and Mary where she was going and when she would be Kelly said the entire fam ily remains optimistic the search will be who is in French Immer Sion at Opasquia Middle has one ramp said yesterday there is no indication of foul some residents fear the girl was we Haven had anything like this for a said one who suspects foul its hit pretty its set this town on its resident Valerie Chartrand said people cant help but think of eight year old Ashley Kristianson who disappeared from in july and has not been Tisdale is about 290 Kilometres Southwest of the the a town of about is 600 Kilometres Northwest of i think everybody feeling sick and worried about Chartrand ramp spokesman Wyman Sang Ster said theres no connection with the Tisdale there was a lost girl in theres a lost girl the Only similarity is there is a lost Geo its a three hour drive to he Kelly is five 98 Cau with Light straight hair and Blue she was last seen wearing a White shirt with a Crest on the front and Green Jim Bridson took the most precious gifts from me and left me with be arabs Bridson gets 25 years Jim Bridson found guilty son jury says by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter Philip James Bridson sat Stone faced As he was found guilty last night of first de Gree murder in the shooting deaths of the Mother and brother of his 13yearold former a two woman court of Queens Bench jury took Little More than three hours to find Brid son guilty of the slayings of Marjo Rie and her son in flin in the hushed associate chief Justice Jeffrey Oliphant told the slightly bespectacled Bridson that he automatically gets two concurrent sentences of life imprisonment with no Chance of parole for 25 was also found guilty of attempting to murder Mccon Nells 15yearold daughter Shan he will be sentenced on that conviction wearing the same red White Marc free press Kim Shannon and Meaghen said last night the two girls will always have the fear of Jim inside Story pal says he misread killer preventing such violence b3 dress shirt and Grey Slacks Hes been wearing since the trial began almost two weeks Bridson was led out of the courtroom wearing leg shackles and in an interview from Randy Mcconnell said his Daugh ters Shannon and sons former Girlfriend Are very its a Start for he its a new life for them no body can know what Treyve gone through and what go through who was divorced from said both his Daugh ters will be living with him both Shannon and Meaghen have adapted but they will Al ways have the fear of Jim Brid said Kim the girls he said his family will have to live with Bridson going to but they wish hed been our family Are Strong believers in the death penalty for premeditated he defence counsel Richard Wolson said its too Early to say whether the convictions will be i hoped the verdict would be Dif Ferent than it Wolson he Bridson was very Digap its a terrible blow for a Young Bridson had pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree murder and one of attempted originally Bridson was also with abduction and numerous weapons but those charges were stayed at the preliminary Bridson was found four Days after the May shooting deaths in flin hiding in a Cement mixer with then court has been told the shootings took place after Marjorie Mccon Nell forced her daughter to Stop seeing Bridson and took her to the ramp to complain about his sexual relations with the underaged Bridson testified he remembers nothing about the hav ing blacked out after smoking mar but both Meaghen and Shannon testified they saw Bridson shoot their Mother Point Blank and then turn his Rifle on Shannon survived being shot twice in the she has under gone three including one to rebuild her Eye last Bridson had to be transferred from the Pas correctional institution to the Winnipeg remand Centre because hed tried to commit suicide by setting his clothes on he later attempted to kill himself at the remand Cen Sarah Kelly last seen sunday thieves drive insurers9 costs up by David Kuxhaus staff reporter Busy burglars Are being blamed for a jump in the deductible on Basic Home insurance in according to Industry most insurance companies and brokers in the City have increased the deductible from the Standard to Over the last few by the end of next the Industry expects nearly All City homeowners to be liable for the 150 per cent its due to the Large number of break and enters in the said Edna a manager at Wawanesa Mutual insurance excluding those who filed for sewer and water damage from last years flooding which officials say was not a Factor in the increase the Winnipeg Branch of the com Pany handled about claims from homeowners last about half were because of breaking and which insurance brokers say is a significantly higher proportion than in previous its the bulk of our said claims manager Joe according to Winnipeg there were breaking in 1993 a six per cent increase Over the previous the average insurance payout for each breaking was More than to cover loss of damage to Homes As a re sult of for Bro Ken windows or kick Din averaged about Hughes Rick of Wellington insurance said increasing the deduct Ible should help eliminate some smaller such As those for Sto Len Golf clubs or a swiped Mountain we have no control Over the Large losses like fire but hopefully this will encourage people to take care of the smaller losses and not rely on us As a maintenance councillors face Day of judgment in the cites great Arena debate quote of the Day by Stevens wild and Nick Martin City Hall reporters City Council will be asked today to authorize the expenditure of million for the de sign and marketing of a new Arena by a group of Winnipeg business some City councillors say the pro by the so called group of is the Best Hope for saving the Winni Peg others say the Deal will Force them into making decisions about a site for a new Arena that they dont want to if we dont make a decision to Morrow there is no Mike Oshaughnessy old Kildonan emerging from a three hour meeting with the Busi Ness consortium last dont 1 the Forks versus downtown 81 see anyone these Are the peo the group of 44 wants to use million of million raised to Date by private sector funding they also intend to raise an additional Mil lion on their own the City must authorize the expenditure because the group is seek ing guarantees from government if the project fails and the jets Are they will be allowed to re coup their losses from the proceeds of that consortium spokesman John Loe Wen said the Manitoba entertain ment Complex also needs a site Deci Sion from Council by the end of sep his group plans to have design development by March is and needs preliminary de signs in by the end of the they want construction by next fail and an opening Date of councillors in the meeting said the group was clearly More interested in a site at the Forks than a previously favored location next to the Winnipeg convention Al though they indicated they could live with mayor Susan Thompson said a special Council meeting to select an Arena site May be held As Early As next wee that makes Public consultation extremely said who still prefers the convention Centre area As an Arena Terry Duguid North Kil Donan predicted Council will direct the group to concentrate on the can a entity Forks is a very with the population of Deputy mayor George Fraser said he will support the motion to Autho Rize the expenditure of the Mil i think we have no Fraser Charles we know its not going to Cost the taxpayers but Glen Murray fort Rouge complained that Loewen did not explain How governments would Divide the carrying of Lon term its really dreamland Murray no ones explained How this would be i4luan Thomas Elmwood said she is concerned that the group made it Clear that they expect fur ther commitments of land and Money from Bath the City Ait the Days we were told torn All we know now is that we Are not to frustrated american Soldier explains Why he just watched 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