February 13,1985 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 56 pages 25¢

NEWS photo Stuant ‘Davis

PASTORAL ASSISTANT dune, MeMordie holds the scorched Leeturn Bible, found in
the rubble of St. John’s Anglican Church. Investigation i into the cause of bast week's fire

is continuing. (See also : story page 19).

Sex crimes sentence

THE LONG-AWAITED decision of Judge R.D.
Grandison in connection with the sentencing of
44-year-old Ian Bleasdale, charged with 16 sex-
ually-related counts, will be delivered Thursday,
February 21.

y ; each of the five cases, deal-
MACDONALD | ing with five different girls
between the ages of nine and

By JOAN?

The case has already been
adjourned twice since the
start of sentencing on
January 18.

Crown prosecutor Ellen
Gerber has called for a
sentence ranging from seven
to 12 years, arguing that

14, should be dealt with sep-
arately, with the sentences to
be served consecutively,

She told the court the best
way to protect the public

See page 3

NIG HT IN CAVE
Hikers
rescued

THREE
night in an ice
Saturday before
members of the
Emergency

EXPERIENCED
rave on the slopes of Mt. Seymour
walking out to
North
Program combed the avalanche-prone

climbers spent) the
safety while

and West) Vanceuver

mountain area in search of them.

Deut Dean, 20.) Dave
Want. 30, and Frank Wieler,
26, had completed a climb
on the iey east face of the
second peak of | Matin
Seymour Saturday aftemeon
when heasy snow, ap.
proaching darkness and the
increasing danyer ol avalan-
che convinced them to dig
for the meht.

Meanwhile Triends had
contacted authorities Satur-
day evening when the three

climbers failed to return
home.

A) full-scale search and
rescue operation was laun-
ched wich a ream af 30
members of the emergeney
progeam heading to the De
Pencier Blut ts area — where
the Ciree had reported thes
would be climbing — in con-
Hinuing heavy snowlall.

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