SUNDAY July 14, 1996 See Page UOT TERST, Upset seniors ELMA Glimore (left) and Esther Butterfield hate any notion that their non-profit apartment complex is a “housing horror.’ They say Siiverlynn apartments got tarred with an undeserved siurm-like reputation this week. See story page 3. Bright Lights....................... 10 Olympic feature US. funds 5.25% daily - Can. funds 4.5° daily Do yours? For more information call 925-92 10 West Vancouver offire an MIDLAND WALWYN @Luk CHIr THINKIN G™ BY AKMA MARIE D'ANGELO News Reporter TWO North Vancouver men accused of a brutal triple murder in Washington state were ordered extradited fur a second time on Friday. Justice Minster Allan Rock ordered the pair extradited to face possible death sentences in ithe United States. Atif Abmad Ralay, 20. and Glenn Sebastian Burns, 21, are accused of the planned murders of Rafay’s parents and handicapped sister on July £2. 1994, The justice minister said Canada cannot 4 nee Monday: Sunny, cloudy periods, High 32°C, low 20°C Former fire chief blasts medical system BY IAM ROBLE News Reporter SOUTH Pacific traveller Archie Steacy brought unwel- come guests home to North Vuncouver in early May. They made their presence known through headaches. delusions, aching joints and nasty cred splotches on his limbs, stomach and back. Steacy wasn't sure what caused him such grief. And after two months of see- ing doctors and having tests done, he still doesn't know. He believes the help he received fram the North Shore medical community and provincial and federal labs wus stow. insensitive and frustrating. “Powas the sick guy and nobody seemed to care.” said the 66-year-old for- mer North Vancouver District fire chief, “Nobody's perfect but there's something wrong in this systen 7 Steacy’s problems began atier a three- month trip to Australia, New Zealand, the Couk tslinds und Hawaii. “Felt great, great time.” said Steacy, On bis May 2 return flight trom Hawaii, Steacy suffered from stomach cramps. That evening he felt cold and shivery. The next day he was in Lions Gate Hospital's emergency room with headaches, chills, and the beginning of the rash. Steacy and Sis wife Dynda c¢phaned to doctors they had been in the South Pacific and blood samples were taken for malaria. They proved negative. Dizziness and fip ulcers appeared and the rash got worse. On May 6, Steacy’s family doctor referred him to an internal medicine specialist. Chest x-rays and blood tests proved negative. After that, a Lions Gaie Hospital skin doctor took swabs of the blisters and conducted a biopsy. Meanwhile. Steacy experienced delu- sions. “E felt terrible and EF was lighthead- ed half the time. It felt like my head was swelling up and that [ had a neon tube inside my head and there was something going around inside the neon tube and it was going bang. bang, bang. It’s the anty way I can describe what it was like.” Time went by, Steacy’s headache and sore neck disappeared, but the rash con- unued and his joints were bothering him. Doctors weren’t sure what the proh- fem was, but the Steacys had heard of an Australian disease cafled Ross River virus that provoked symptoms similar to what he had. Doctors ordered tests for the virus and said the results would be back in one to two weeks, said Steacy. They weren't. Steacy culled the internal specialist. His receptionist said wait. A worried Steacy called North Vancouver MP Ted White, former MLA David Schreck and his MLA Dan Jarvis. Jarvis did't call back, Schreck left a messape a few days hater and White tried hard to help, said Steacy. By June, steacy’s rash was disappear- ing but he stil had noe lab results from the centre for disease control in Ottawa —- a lab his brother had helped set up. The specialist's office said he would get the results on June 15, Vhey weren't ready on the )Sth or Monday the 17th. The next date given bi, the specialist's office was the first week of July, Then, the specialist told Steacy to phone his family doctor. Steacy didn’t call ~ he doesn’t know why -— but final- See Perturbed page 3 Rafay and Burns to stand trial in U.S.A. become a safe haven for suspected criminals secking to avoid the death penalty, regardless of their nationalities. Rock said Canadians can't be allowed to come home before arrest so that they can then- selves determing penalties they will fice else- where. Rock could have requested an assurance that the death penalty would not apply when he ordered the pair's extradition. In Washington state a convicted killer has a choice of execution by hanging or lethal injec- tion, Rafay and Burns were initially ordered extradited in February in B.C. Supreme Court. Their lawyer Pat Beime appealed the ruling to the justice minister. Beirne was unavailable for comment to press time. Previously, Beirne said the duo, who are in custody, were too young to face possible death sentences. Beime has 30 days to launch an appeal of the justice minister's decision in the B.C. Court of Appeal. He is already appealing the finding of the original extradition hearing. The case could end up ia the Supreme Court of Canada. Rafay’s parents, Tang and Sultana, both 56, and sister Basia, 21, were bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat in their home. Extradition hearing information included confessions that Burns wielded a baseball bat while Atif Rafay watched his family being killed. The alleged motive: $350,000 in insur- ance and inheritance.