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am tribune march 22 1989 jvews follow parolee raped girl at college durham region back in the fall of 1987 a 22yearold durham college student was ac costed at knifepoint and raped while getting out of her car to at tend classes douglas barnes 29 of oshawa later charged had been released on parole ll months earlier for a similar crime that offense occurred toronto on jan 27 barnes was declared a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeter minate penitentiary term the ruling by judge ben hurley means the former auto mechanic will be imprisoned in definitely until psychiatrists determine hes been cured said judge hurley the violence and terror caused to his victims has been escalating one wonders what comes next earlier judge hurley found barnes guilty of sexual assault and possession of a dangerous weapon the accused was mask ed at the time of the attack the victim was preparing to at tend evening classes at durham college on nov 25 1987 barnes was enrolled in a welding class at the same school throughout the hearing the barnes claimed hed been wrong ly identified because of these denials den nis albertini a correctional ser vices canada worker said it was difficult to help the man in kingston penitentiary he was placed in segregation for three months after a prison com mittee identified him as a disruptive influence following a hostagetaking incident the dangerous offender designation was sought by pro secutor susan maclean she argued the attacks and previous convictions that included assault and burglary showed a pattern of repetitive violent behavior and an inability on his part to control his sexual impulses editors mail mobile phone a hazard dear editor i must respond to the letter written by robin c sparks public relations manager for bell cellular in response to car phones not constituting a hazard some of mr sparks comments sound very much like the saying guns dont kill people people kill people sgt rodney sine of the york regional police department is correct when you drive a motor vehicle you must keep your mind completely on your driving you are in control of a potentially dangerous weapon the suggestion by mr sparks that any driver involved in an ac cident while using a car phone is a bad driver anyway defies logic the general idea is that you have a fulltime job when driving and any distractions reduce the ability to do it properly sometimes with tragic results this means you dont have time to throw your arms over the back of your seat and talk to your friends you cant eat a donut and drink a coffee while driving in the fast lane of hwy 404 and you cant drive a car with one hand and talk on the phone with the other by the way how do you signal for a lane change how do you glance to the left with a phone receiver in front of your face distractions such as these make bad drivers worse and good drivers bad recently i observed a gentleman in a business suit driv ing on the left lane of hwy 404 a receiver in his left hand pen in his right hand jotting down notes on an open briefcase lying on the front seat he was obviously using the op portunity to make good use of the lost office time that mr sparks was talking about mr sparks responsibility as a bell public relations manager is to make sure his product has a good name and sales continue to climb however were not talking minor errors or correctable wrong decisions here were dealing with human lives maybe someone you know two hands are needed on every steering wheel keep them there sincerely robert maclaren 10 byron street rr 2 stouffville i su