CASTLEGAR NEWS, Friday, November 12, 1976 Pro-life Speaker Makes Week-Long B.C. Tour A-former Rossland woman ‘and now a Toronto lawyer, Gwen Landolt will be con- ducting a week-long speaking tour in British Columbia to focus attention on the were as large as $800. What they didn't know : was that Henry, whose real : name is Eugene Mah, was the . eldest son of one of Hong with large restaurant and rea! estate holdings in Vancouver, They also didn’t know that Mr. Mah had moved to Van- couver from Hong Kong in 1978 after escaping from kidnappers who held him for a $2 million ransom. . And what Mr. Mah didn't know, West Vancouver pro- vincial court was told recently, was that much of what he ac- cepted as security for loans was really stolen property. which operates one of the world’s largest restaurants *:there, and was himself a man at Mr, Mah's trial on 23 counts of possessing stolen property had to view the proceedings over two rows of piled high with Pick The Car That Hits You If for some reason one has the choice, it is better to be hit by a Jaguar than by a Rolls- Royce or a Mini. . This is the helpful opinion of Dr. Ian Maxwell, a Halifax pathologist. Dr. Maxwell said the im- pact of a Jaguar is likely to cause the person struck to be swept onto the long-nosed hood of the vehicle, thus bettering his chances ‘of survival. The Rolls, on the other hand, has a squared-off. front which would likely cxteh the + pedestrian at about’ mid-thigh and knock him down, causing him to be rub over in the process. ‘As for being hit by a Mini, the victim is likely to be lifted upward and knocked over the small car. *- Dr. Maxwell said head injuries.are the dominant cause of death of persons who die within 24 hours of being struck by ‘automobiles. Chest and abdominal injuries rate second and third. He said in all categories of traffic accidents, head injuries occur most frequently to car passengers and to bi and motorcycle riders. television sets, telephones, of- fice calculators, suitcases than $800 worth of watches, recording machines’ and other valuable items, all of which was taken from Mah’s British Pro- perties home in police raids Dec. 24, 1975, and April 22, Total value was estimated by Police at $30,000. Following the day-long trial, Judge Wallace Craig missed all 23 counts on grounds of “reasonable doubt” in favor of Mr. Mah, ‘ During the proceedings Judge Craig was told that Mr. Mah, 34, got into difficulty through lending money to the less fortunate who came into the restaurant, At first he was constantly hit for $5 and $10 loans but as demands grew for bigger loans and handouts, Mr. Mah began accepting goods as security. Mr. Mah's wife, who sup- plied the court with his back- ground in Hong Kong, said that after his arrival in B.C., he bought two homes in West Vancouver, paid $400,000 cash for the White Lunch building and spent $1 million renovating part of the building to create the Golden Crown Restaurant, The court was told that Mr. Mah took niany of the “security” items to his home because he ran out of storage at the restaurant. Defence lawyer Robert j Gardner, in his said Come to |, Calgary ChiidrenFree Present this coupon upon arrival. Expires May3t (403)253-1101 OO PERO! atl SHOUSE woron wn there was “no evidence that any of these things were ever fenced.” : « During his examination of Mr. Mah, Mr. Gardner asked if he thought the items were stolen goods.. “I don't think so," Mr. Mah replied. “These people were so poor and I have no knowledge | that they were stolen items.” t Davies, a worker in the emergency housing sec- tion, of \the Vancouver Re- sources \- Board and one of several “character | witnesses told the court Mr. Mah was “a compassionate man.” SALES & SERVICE Sewing : a Machines: . ypewriters, TV's) B&W and Color TV's for rent by. week-ormonth: Union Peters 1334 Cedar Ave., Teall Telephone 36846331 ail Simpsone-Sears stores: ths very can maka to bring you merchandise Simpsons-Sears Ltd?" Castlegar 4 Lagistative Lib. Parliament Bldgs Victoria, VBV 1X4 B.C. ASTLEGAR NEWS Feb. 28 Published Every Thursday Moming-at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” VOL, 29, No, 47 bis ad es 25 CENTS (HOME DELIVERY 22 CENTS} < sa ¢ The Ever Familiar Remembrance Day Parade, CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1978 Race for Trustees Only; No Takers for Council eine, was the ‘Thursday to One of Castleg PABA ISIE Kids Can Write Santa ClausCare Castlegar News Hey Kids! Here's your chance to en- sure your letter getting right to Santa Claus at the North Pole.” Just write your letter to: “Santa Claus, care of Castlegar News, Box’ 3007, Castlegar, B.C.” and we'll do the rest, Your letter will be published in the Castlegar Nawa and.a copy. of-the papers will go airmail special delivery, direct to Santa Claus..° 5 Don't forget. to’ remind.» Mom and Dad,’ though,’ that your letters must be mailed to the Castlegar News’ so that they're received no later than noon on Monday of the week in which they should appear in the paper. siemens Road Block |. Surprises Motorists Early rising motorists at Blueberry Creek on Thursday of last week found themselves involved in a road block that had all appearances of being more than a routine check. A police spokesman told the Castlegar News the road block had° resulted from a report of a break in whicl proved. unfounded. : She's Still Castlegar’s - Sweetheart DONNA TOWNSEND, as Miss Interior B.C., went down to defeat Tuesday evening when Yvonne Foster won the coveted Miss Canada title during the . Miss Canada Pageant held in Toronto. Miss Townsend is still the sweetheart of Castlegar and was recipient of flowers from the city and received the best wishes of many of the local eftizens and groups. First runner-up was from Quebec, second runner-up from Ontario and the third was a young lady presented under the Miss Ottawa Valley banner. ‘Non-Residents to b e Charged ‘User Fee by Castlegar Library ; The. regular monthly meeting of the Castlegar and District Public Library was held on Wednesday of last week with reports presented from the treasurer, librarian, and the nominating committee. The librarian reported on the recent British Columbia Library Association conference held: in. Vietoria/\the'isubject being : “How .. B.C. ‘ libraries are faring in.times of tight financing.” ‘ The -Provincial Advisory Council on ‘audio books for the handicapped also met, the major points of discussion being selection and a‘‘National’ Li- brary proposal of. cooperation with public libraries‘in all pro- vinces, “ “Canada Book Week was held the week of Nov..1- 6 and The city is seeking an of- ficial logo and is looking for local input from the students of Stanley Humphries Secondary School. At the last regular council meeting a motion’ was passed that allowed for $100 to be al- located for. disbursement to inquest Calls for Media Help. . . Head Injuries an ‘Russell Beattie, 18, of Castlegar died as a result of. injuries sustained in a single: car, accident in the | early*: morning of Sept. 25 at or near Goose Creek as the result of both head injuries sustained and exposure to the cold causing severe shock, This was the verdict of the six-man jury which deliberated for 40. minutes. before telling coroner, Richard Van Patten that no blame can be attached to anyone. The jury, however, did re- commend that the media be urged to assist the inquest “in educating the public. of moral and® civic | responsibilities’ in aiding all people in: need of help.” Tt also recommended that the highway where the accident occurred be reviewed and posted with cautionary signs. During the three hours of testimony 10 witnesses: were called. Cst. John Nykiforuk was. the first. ‘He stated he arrived at the scene at. 7:45 a.m. “Cst. ‘Sid - Breckenridge,” he said, “was already'there and in the creek holding a male body. “There were six to. eight people standing around and I ordered them into the ditch to help.” he said, It was very shortly after this that the ambulance arrived and took over. Cat, Nykiforuk. displayed eight photographs» which showed the two-seat 1972 Triumph Spitfire following the accident. The convertible, he stated, was registered to 22- year-old Philip Calderbank of. Castlegar, the survivor of the accident. : Cst.. Nykiforuk . also dis- played a rough sketch of the accident scenc. He described the pavement as dry, stating there were no cautionary signs, “There was nothing on the pavement to indicate braking. I ean only conclude they drove straight off into the creek,” he said. The convertible was in the creek approximately 30 feet from the: paved highway. The motor was out of the vehicle and ‘was: also in the creek. He ‘noted the convertible roof, was down, Bea ach Cst. Nykiforuk ‘said he went over the motor. vehicle personally to check for blood, halr, etc., to determine who had been operating it at the time of * the incident. - He could find no concrete evidence to bear out who was ‘driving. Mechanic Clint. Scanton, “who performed a check on the damaged vehicle Oct. 7, stated it was in well-kept mechanical order at the time of the accident, Cst, Breckenridge said he arrived on the scene approxi- mately 7:40 ‘a.m. and found several people at the scene. One person was lying at the side of the’ road covered with blankets. i “When I asked where the other person was, they said in the river. One said he thought him dead,” stated the con- stable. | Cst. Breckenridge said he went immediately: into the water to Beattie and put his hand to the neck area. “I could feel a faint pulse. One strong pulse then nothing for 30 seconds, then one.more, I then gave a couple of shots of air mouth-to-mouth,”. he said. He said no one came to his aid‘as he. struggled to pull Beattie from the water and began artificial respiration. 580 school children came. through the ‘library-in. their: classes to be shown use of the library. Stories were read ‘to’ the younger set and all were x served refreshments. i ‘The puppet ‘show-story: time held on Nov. 6 with Ms, Nancy Levesque of Fruitvale: giving. the » puppet,.show, » al: tracted 150 children and adult; + After the judging of all’én- tries of art’;and children's stories, prizes will be presented at the schools. ‘The next pro- gram will be the decoration of a Christmas tree, puppet show and songs, to be held on Dec. 18, A brief was presented to the Commission on Continuing and Community Education by the librarian. Chairman of the $100 Approved by City As It Seeks New Logo those students of SHSS whose ideas, and or design, for an official city logo are accepted for use by. council. Disbursement of the award is to be left in the hands of an acceptable committee to appointed at-a later date. “Did you holler at them,” asked Calderbank's ‘lawyer Mickey Moran, “It seems to me that would be your immediate reaction.” “No I didn’t,” said Brecken- ridge, “I just asked for help.” reckenridge said he re- ceived assistance. only after Constable Nykiforuk arrived seconds later and repeated the request for help. , Two individuals then as- sisted in carrying Beattie up the bank and a number of others aided when they began messaging the victim in an attempt to improve his circula- tion, * Ambulance attendants later testified they arrived at 7:52 a.m. and could find no sign of life in Beattie. He was pro- nounced dead shortly after ar- rival at Kootenay Lake District Hospital. ‘The jury heard pathologist Dr. Otto’ Brych testify that Beattie had been killed mainly bya fractured skull and re- sultant brain damage, but also due’ to shock caused by ex- posure to cold. +) Asked by crown council Wes Morrow if he could pin- point the cause of death, Brych “board Don Jones, attended the Ig chearing. As of January 1, 1977 the non-resident of Castlegar will be charged a $10 per year user- fee. This nominal fee had been * ,waived prior. to’ July, 1976 ‘because residents in Areas I id 'J and elsewhere had had wry, service, subsidized, by grants “from: the “Kootenay -Li- ‘brary: System Society. It is hoped that a full and cooperative library system will soon be a reality in the Koot- enays, at which time, of course, the service will ‘be ‘assessed from“the tax-base. The Robson Branch, which was'kept open for 18 months due to Area J ‘subsidization, will be closed. at the end of December, ‘failing the con- tinuance of monies from: the regional district. It is hoped, naturally, to be able to serve those patrons using it in some other manner. The large: air brush ab- stracts currently on display in the: Kinnaird. Branch are the work of Ward Estes. Mr. Estes has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado and he has exhibited paintings at the prestigious Isaacs Gallery in Toronto. The annual — general meeting and dinner will be held on Jan. 24, said: “It's a chain, It starts with the head injury and shock... shock has two stages,’ reversi- ble and irreversible . . . by exposure too long he reached a point that was irreversible.” Brych said he had original- ly reported that Beattie died from ‘drowning, but later had retermed it ‘reflexive drown- ing’ to be more technically’ correct. He said that a victim of reflexive drowning character- istically has no water in his stomach or lungs, as Beattie did not, Brych said, however, that his ‘final’ diagnosis was that Beattie’ died from shock, and that while exposure contrib- uted to-it, the shock was also attributable to head damage. “If +I) drove along there immediately after the accident and pulled Beattie out would he have survived?” asked Moran. -“There’s a fair. chance,” said Brych, “he would have had a fair chance at survival.” Asked’by Morrow if Beat- tie's death had been sudden or lingering, Brych said he couldn't determine that be- cause he didn't know the vie- Only the interest of in- dividual citizens in the educa- tion of their children will be the drawing card at the nolls this Saturday as inadequate nomi- nations were received by City Hall to make an aldermanic contest, Voters Saturday should be facing mild temperatures for thia time of the year as they go to the polls, Moist, warm Pacific air continues to flow through the area with the weatherman predicting cloudy " skies with a mild chance of some showers. Those voting for the city’s representatives on the board of trustees will be choosing from three candidates, Ernie Mills, whois seeking re-election, Jack Nichvalodoff and Stewart Web- ster. There are two seats up for election, one made vacant when trustee Eileen Hughes made known her decision not to seek re-election, In Area J there are three candidates seeking the one seat. Long-time trustee George Rilkoff, who has allowed ‘his name to stand for re-election, James Lenihan and Vera igan. Polls open at 8 a.m. ‘and close at 8 p.m. with the polling stations for the city representa- tives located at the City Hall and the Kinnaird Fire Hall. Voting for Area J trustee will take place at Blueberry Creek Elementary Schoo}, Ootis- chenia Elementary Schoo! and Robson Elementary School. The city’s advanced polls took place last week but voters for Area J trustee still have today to utilize the advance poll Board being held at the School B Office from 10 a.m, to:2" p.m: ~Onvelection “day ‘a’ mobile .. pall for patient use only will. be conducted from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Castlegar and District Hopsital. It will not be until the new year that the ‘electorate - will A Year Ago Headlines from the front page of the Castlegar News of Nov. 20, 1975: eee IWA Strongly Displeased With Recent CanCel Layoff eee Mayor Mosby Gets Full Backing of Electorates . oe 8 Rossland-Trail NDP Gives Backing to Chris D'Arcy + 8 CanCel Plans $205 Million Expansion at Pulp Operations eee Burt Campbell Wins + Socred Nomination tim’s physical condition before the accident, Brych also’ testified that Beattie had a blood alcohol content of 11 per cent, but said that, “This amount would be a minor clement (in his death), It might work both ways, it might swing you up depending on the person.” Crescent Valley resident John’ Hiookoff said he had driven by the accident early in the morning, but was, at that time, unaware anything was wrong. Tt was about 6:30 a.m. on his way to his in-laws when he saw. Calderbank. on the’ left- hand ‘side of the road but thought he was a hitchhiker. He said there were always hitch- hikers on that road. It was only on his return, about 30 minutes later, that he noticed the car in the creek and realized why Calderbank had been sitting by the road. Ir. Hiookoff said he ran down to the wreck and saw Calderbank. sitting next to Beattie, shaking him and saying “Wake-up Russy". * He immediately ran home (only about 1,000 feet down the road) and ph the Crescent know who will be filling the one vacant. seat on city council. Nominations closed in October with only two didi ‘The third seat will be filled by council following the in. augural meeting in January. If council falls t t seeking the three available seats. Veteran alderman G. 8. Rust retained his seat by going back into office by acclamation. Len Embree, gaining an un- eventful victory, was also put in by acclamation. this position it will be filled by government appointment, Area I representative John Moran also found himself un- apposed and returned to office by acclamation. Teachers Given Six Months to Return Pay Monday is the deadline for voluntary appointment of arbi- trators in negotiations for teachers’ salaries, Local teachers, according to secretary-treasurer John Dascher, have reached minor agreement on clause changes but the balance of the clauses and the salary grid are to go to arbitration. These will not be dealt with asa zone but with an individual arbitration board. If the local teachers’ as- sociation fails to appoint an arbitrator Monday the depart- ment of education will do so by Nov, 27. : Last year's salary increase, which experienced a rollback by the anti inflation board, was “ the topic of a meeting held Monday by the board when re- covery of overpayment was d The board. has a motion which will allow re- covery of overpayment for 1976 to be spread over a six-month period from January to June of 1977. If a teacher leaves the district prior to June of next year any unrecovered over- payment is to be deducted from the final pay. A letter is to be sent to all teachers who have left the em- ployment of School District No. 9 since Jan. 1 of’ this’ year setting out the amount of over- payment and asking them to remit the appropriate amount. Where no answer is re- ceived that’ letter is to be followed with “a registered letter to-the person's last sg known address, Slocan Mayoralty Race Holds Valley Interest. "All eyes'in the valley's on Stocan. this: Saturday’ as Slotan's ‘Mayor Agda:, Winlé;., who has: already served that’. village for five years:as mayor, is being challenged at the’ polls this Saturday by Steve Cooley, presently an alderman with two years service. There will: be no alder- manic race as Stan Doi, who has had previous experience on council as an alderman, joins incumbent alderman Louis Adams, filling the position being vacated by Stephan Cooley. i The Slocan school board seat has also been filled by ac- clamation by incumbent Mrs, Nan Hendrie. The only other election in the three villages of Slocan, Silverton and New Denver is the seeking of school trustee in Silverton. Incumbent Dorothy C. Frank and Dana R. Hamilton are vying for the available spot. * At Silverton no’ one is challenging incumbent Mayor Robert Fairhurst for his posi- tion, and two aldermanic seats have been filled by acclamation, ; as {One is: a new member,’ Lee -Hammond, who will be taking his position as alderman in the new. year beside incumbent Glen Overholt. Acclamation has filled the two council seats at New Denver. Incumbent Walter G. Thring, who is. also regional district representative and newcomer Arthur T. Frank have filled:the two posts. ‘Selkirk Awards Ceremony Held This Afternoon Selkirk College will be holding its Awards Ceremony this afternoon in the college lounge when 42 awards will be Presented. The public is wel- come. A reception will im- mediately follow the ceremony to enable guests to meet the donors and recipients of the awards. : lighway to be Reviewed and Posted Valley police. There was no answer so he then phoned Nelson. They told me to stay by the phone so I woke up my boys to get help,” said Mr. Hlookoff, He said when he got back to the scene he founda number of his neighbors there and they had wrapped Calderbank in blankets. Hlookoff’ said he under- stood “one of our people” had checked Beattie in.the creek but, “as far as I was concerned he was dead,” he said. He said they kept Calder. bank warm while waiting for police. and an ambulance to arrive, which was more than half-an-hour later. He said they were afraid to put him in a car ‘ and take him to the hospital because they didn't know how badly he was hurt or if it would safe to move him, “We were going to haul this guy (Calderbank) in (to the hospital) but then figured he might be in pretty bad shape— we aren't experienced and we were concerned that movement might cause further injury. “Everybody helped get the, guy out of there and helped rub him down when they said to. d Severe Shock Said Cause of Beattie’s Death The minute he (Breckenridge) said ‘get him out of here’ a whole bunch of boys went down.” When questioned as to why he didn’t go down to help Beattie before being asked by Police Hlookoff said, “Because 1 didn't know what to do. It's easy to say, but when you don't have any medical experience, you wonder.” Bill Posnikolf, who lives directly across the road from the accident site, said he ar- rived on the scene at about 7 . a.m. to find two men down in the creek next to the wrecked car. “One was sitting on a rock grabbing the other by the hand, saying ‘Com’on Russy,’ ” Posnikoff said “he then helped Calderbank up the road where he wife was waiting with some blankets, § He added: “I glanced (at Beattie) and I figured the way he way laying he was dead.” Posnikoff said it was de- cided that the body shouldn't be touched because the police would probably want to see how it was positioned, and “We (continued on page 2A)