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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 29, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba D4 Winnipeg free october 2000 books Morley Walker 6977307 email absorbing account of tangled murder tale wolves among sheep the True Story of murder in a Jehovah witness Community by James Kostelnik 197 reviewed by Douglas Johnston on in Jeff Anderson blasted a sawed off Shotgun into the head of his estranged he reloaded and shot her Lightyear old also in the he then reloaded again and fired into the head of her 10yearold All died All victims and killer were Jehovah wolves among by Winnipeg Ger James the childrens father and a husband of Kim is an absorbing account of a tangled history that culminated in triple two narratives the Book is composed of two parallel the principal one is Kostel Nicks firs person Story of his marriage to they and their childrens lives As Jehovah and his subsequent estrangement and divorce from both his wife and erstwhile the other is a mini Bio of Jeff Ander it offers an account of his marriage to Kostel Nicks a wife and Baleful role As Stepfather to the and an examination of the part Jehovah wit Ness beliefs and elders played in the tragedy enacted that summer night in a Burnaby a Jehovah witness who lost his belief in witness doctrines at the same time As his marriage was unravel was Dis charged from the Faith by order of the Church in by then he was already separated from his when two years later the watch Tower society promulgated a new doctrine precluding the faithful from any association with a he became a kind of infidel in the eyes of his True believer doctrine she followed doctrine to the letter and refused him any Access to his abetted by witness she deliberately severed Kostel Nicks Loving relationship with his kids and left him in the dark about the alternating Domestic abuse and neglect that constituted her and the kids lives with coupled with that policy was another doctrine that sanctioned witnesses being dishonest with nonbelievers All justified by a psychology that teaches wit Jeff Debooy Winnipeg free press James Kostelnik lies next to the Headstone of his murdered Ness faithful to see themselves As sheep among a besieged Community of the righteous amid a larger ungodly in a bizarre motivated by Kostel Nicks desperation to fathom the Wanton Slaughter of his following Pat persons murder conviction the two Cor responded at length about the kids and events leading up to their Kostelnik even visited Patterson in prison it took Kostelnik a Long time to clue in that Patterson ostensible remorse Over the slayings was a ruse to get sup port for an application to court to win eligibility for parole under the criminal codes so called faint Hope Patterson was convicted of three counts of first degree murder and sentenced to life in with no eligibility for parole for 25 the Book might have benefited from a primer on the history and beliefs of the Jehovah witness Faith to place what Kostelnik Calls its extremism in a broader nor is there anything finely wrought about the writing in wolves among but Kostelnik tells his Story in a Clear and engaging transparently fuelled by equal measures of sad 1 Ness and Douglas Johnston is a Winnipeg lawyer and poet Catherine Hunter recorded by Pat Carroll Reading poetry is one but win Nipges Cyclops press has taken the genre a step further by recording a num Ber of Canadian most recently Winnipeg poet and teacher Catherine Rush hour Cyclops 77 is a cd of Hunter Reading her own the poems have been selected from her previous Hunters Reading presented a forthright savvy that might not be evident on the her voice moves calmly through thir teen lines in order to forget you before nonchalantly concluding that if i were the two headed the cover of the National enquirer would for get you the True Gem on this cd is the second version of the title Rush with musical accompaniment by local band the the piece is imbued with an unaccountable Energy As if like is hearing the track for the first it is the music adds an ethereal dimension that compliments the haunting nature of the it makes one wonder How we have dared to listen to poetry without musical renowned As a literary John Newlove is among the most influential Canadian poets to emerge in the second half of the 20th he is also know to take a Long time to finish a the tasmanian Devil other poems 20 is a Welcome this Small chapbook contains 10 poems not yet published in Book form and follows his previous collection by seven the poems Are typically a 57th birthday is a time to reflect on a Loone tune prompts a medi tation on existential these 10 poems also quite new loves classical sense of and of self and selflessness which warns the Reader that the makes us what we although the streets of where Newlove currently Are full of overweight sad Grey com Puter captains who remind him it is not illegal to be his Home town of Canada remains a More accept ing world where Trees fill the people look at me sideways and a listing of the titles of poet Susan Musgraves individual books gives some idea of the poet she is songs of the sea Witch grave dirt and selected Straw berries Entrance of the celebrant a Man to a Man to Bury cocktails at the but a simple list fails to express the wonderful diversity one encounters in what the Small Day cannot hold collected poemsl9701985 Beach 406 underlying Many of the poems is a grasping need for order and which is readily diffused by an infectiously manic exuberance As it becomes Clear these things Are not possible in her or not As we usually perceive what dominates this collection is mus Graves quietly assertive individuality of voice and in the her Friend and Fel Low poet Sean Virgo describes mus Graves poetry As ironic and her skill As a poet has made the work in this collection As fresh and intriguing today As it was groundbreaking when these books were first like Good her poems transcend com Pat Carroll is a Winnipeg poet and Beste eders o based on sales at Mcnally Robinson 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writing that could be works Well this Book is Worth not because the author is mar ried to a Well known but because it has an absorbing plot and is Rich in Liz Corbett Robert Browning elementary school in Reading dressing up for the by Carol its i read everything she in also Reading american psycho by Brad Easton Hes a Young new York author and i wanted to see what the fuss was meet Duff Roblin in person Robertson screwdriver fan chronicles history one Good turn a natural history of the screwdriver and the screw by Witold Rybczynski 176 reviewed by Douglas Edmond Witold a Mon Trealer living in the is an outspoken fan of the Canadia invent de Robertson screw and the Square shaped head never cams or slips out of the and rarely strips the screw socket like the american invented Phillips while the Robertson screw May be better in Rybcznski attributes its current limited use outside of Canada to Robertsons initial desire to manufacture his own while his american Henry successfully licensed his Patent directly to screw the seeds of Rybcznski illuminating new Book were sown by the new Yorac times Maga whose editors asked him to write a Short essay on the Best tool of the the award winning architect author of Home a Short history of an idea most a Clearing in the Rybcznski once built a House using Only hand with a knowledge of the Toolbox Only a True craftsman would he shares with the Reader his initial dilemma Over deciding which tool was the tool of the the final decision was sealed by his wife with the you always need a evolutionary Amble Rybcznski purposefully ambles through the evolution of the providing engaging por traits of who invented the water screw Leonardo who designed a machine to carve Wood screws and Henry the mechanical Genius whose Many inventions included the screw cutting the Book is cunningly taking the Reader on a voyage of discovery from ancient Greece to Small town the location of pm Robertsons first screw with a rambling campfire Rybcznski relates some amusing and even fascinating Side trips in demonstrating the critical role of the screw in the advancement of science and the improvement of Day today through Brief biographies of such men As Henry Chapman the prominent Amer ican historian of hand Rybcznski convincingly demonstrates like All great mechanical geniuses possess an intuitive spark and burning desire to create Solu you will be pleasantly surprised by this the author generates an inspirational appreciation for a Good hand reminding the Reader that the foundation of our current Way of life and Complex technological infrastructures is an outgrowth of mechanical Home Handyman Douglas Edmond is president of the Manitoba association of school superin ;