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Botha residents speak their minds Debra Johnston
ECA Review Reporter Around 50 residents gathered at the Botha Community Hall Mar. 31 to join the discussion on whether the village will remain as a municipality or opt for dissolution. Residents met the Viability Review Team, which consisted of members from Botha council, the County of Stettler, various administrative organizations as well as Team Chair Linda Reynolds and Project Lead Debbi McCaan, both from Municipal Affairs. Turn to Groups, Pg 5
Logan Spady, header of Castor and the heeler (unknown as of press time) were one of 391 teams entered in a team roping jackpot on Sun., Apr. 2 in Stettler, Ab. Taylor Brower of Gadsby and Jason Resch of Fort Assiniboine, Ab. each won $2450 for first place. ECA Review/D.Clark
Trial by judge and jury set for October 2017 Lisa Joy
ECA Review reporter Seven weeks is set aside for jury selection and a trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench in late 2017 for coaccused Jason Gordon Klaus, 41, and Joshua Gregory Frank, 31, on three first-degree murder and arson charges. Frank and Klaus were arraigned in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench April 4. The court has Oct. 10 to Nov. 24, 2017, booked for jury selection and trial. They both elected to be tried by judge and jury. Jury selection starts on Oct. 10. The two men are charged in connection with the Dec. 8, 2013 deaths of Gordon Klaus, 61, his wife Sandra, 62,
and their adult daughter Monica Klaus, 40, in a fatal fire at a farmyard east of Castor. In February 2014 police announced that the three victims were targeted and called it a triple homicide. Klaus and Frank were arrested August 2014 and charged with triple homicide. Police said Frank is a friend and associate of Jason Klaus. But since their arrest, Klaus and Frank must be kept apart at the remand centre because of a security risk. “It is my understanding that my client and his co-accused are considered ‘incompatibles,’ which is a term used within the jail system for individuals who should not have contact with each other for a variety of reasons,” Jason Klaus’ defence lawyer Allan Fay
of Calgary, previously said in an interview. “The usual reason is that there is hostility between the individuals, which might lead to confrontation,” he added. A preliminary hearing was held last month to see if there’s enough evidence for Joshua Frank and Jason Klaus to stand trial on three counts of firstdegree murder. After the hearing the two were ordered to stand trial. In a phone interview with Klaus from the remand centre after the preliminary hearing in March, Klaus said the preliminary hearing answered a lot of questions he had. There is a ban on publication on the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing.
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