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IT JUST SO HAPPENED

Canadians upset over
search for treasure

- VANCOUVER (CP) —
Plans by an American trea-
sure hunter to search a sun-
ken ocean liner on the U.S.
side of the Strait of Juan de
Fuea has raised the hackles
of a Canadian group inter-
ested in preserving under-
water wrecks.

Bob Mestet of Tacoma,
Wash,, has contracted Can
Dive Services of North Van-
couver, to dive on the wreck
of the 8.8. Governor, which
sank 66 years ago shortly af-
ter leaving Victoria.

He hopes his salvage at.
tempt will yield as much as
$10 million in gold, silver,
coins, jewelry and marine

(he chun

But Tom Beasley, chair
man of the 100-member Un-
derwater Archeological So-
ciety of B.C., is angry about
the project, set to begin next
week.

“As I understand it, he's
stripping the shipwreck of
anything of value and paying
no heed to how it’s removed,”

passes
away

John David John of South
Slocan passed away Wednes-
day, July 29 at Kootenay
Lake District Hospital at the
age of 37.

A memorial service will be
held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at
the Castlegar Funeral Chap-
Cremation has taken
place.

Mr. John was born Aug. 5,
1949 at Trail. He grew up in
Salmo and Castlegar and
graduated from Stanley
Humphries Secondary school
in 1967. He married Gwilyn
Morgan on Nov. 9, 1973 at
Kamloops where they lived
until 1977.

He worked for a short time
at Clearwater moving to
Nelson’ in 1978. He began
working for Maloney Pontiac
GMC in September of 1983 as
an accountant. He enjoyed
fishing, boating, hunting,
badminton and most sports.

Mr. John is survived by his
wife, Gwilyn of South Slocan;
one daughter, Amelia Mor-
gan John at home; parents,
Kris and David John of
Castlegar; one brother, Hen:
ry of Castlegar; sister-in-law,
Heather Morgan of Vancou-
ver; grandmothers, Mary G.
John of Nelson and Amelia
Hamberg of Trail; and many

uncles, nieces and
nephews.

In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions may be made to the
Cancer Fund, Box 3292,
Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H6.

Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of the
Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Bondaroff
graduates
from SFU

Rick Bondaroff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Bondaroff of
Castlegar, graduated from
Simon Fraser University
June 5 with a degree in
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As in the hour he possed away
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When we are all alone

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A 1982 graduate of Stanley
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said Beasley, himself a diver.
“My thought is to leave it
alone.”

Although there's nothing
his group can do about the
project in U.S. territory,
Beasley said the federal and
provincial governments
should tighten up protection
of sunken wrecks in Canadian
waters so important arche-
ological evidence won't be
destroyed by treasure hun-
ters.

The Governor sank just af-
ter midnight April 1, 1921,
with the loss of at least six
and possibly 10 lives, after it
was rammed by a freighter
four kilometres north of Port
Townsend, Wash.

The ship, carrying 237
people, sank in 28 minutes,
settling in 73 metres of
water.

Mester said five other at-
tempts to take valuables
from the wreck have failed,
some nearly with tragic re-
sults because of the depth
and the treacherous current.

But Mester’s company,
Maritime Ventures, has rai-
sed $600,000 from 30 in-
vestors for the 10-day expe-
dition. He said he's spent
$17,000 on legal fees and ad-
ministrative costs to obtain
the necessary abandonment
and salvage rights.

“I see the pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow,” he said.

Mester, who learned about
diving while in theU.S. Mar-
ines Corps, said Can-Dive's
first “target” will be the pur.

“ser's safe, which he believes

contains valuables worth $1.5
million. .

“That would pay for every
thing and put a little in my
pocket,” he said.

Other targets include the
casino safe and the galley
where silver settings were
stored. Divers will also con-
centrate on the stern of the
ship where first-class pass-
engers congregated, looking
for anything of value.

Meste said he has psed
scuba gear to inspect the
Governor 16 times. Can-Dive
will conduct preliminary
dives next Thursday and “go
for the gold’@n Friday.

Can-Dive project manager
Peter Phibbs said the key to
the operation is the com
pany's $1-million saturation
system. The system, mount.
ed on a barge, consists of a
main chamber where the di-
vers live when not working, a
diving bell, and a transfer
lock which includes a toilet,
shower and passageway.

The system allows the di
vers to live and work in at-
mosheric pressure equal to
the 70-metre water depth

which holds the wreck, al-
lowing them to go down and
stay down as long as the job
lasts, he said.

The saturation system is
part of the reason y's
group is pressing for more
protection of wrecks. Beasley
said increasingly sophistica-
ted diving technology’ will
prompt similar salvage op-
erations in B.C. waters un-
less legislation is passed to
thwart underwater treasure
hunters.

Governments must do
more to protect valuable un-
derwater history, said Beas-
ley.

Clauses in the Canada
Shipping Act and the Crim-
inal Code make it illegal to
take anything from a wreck
but the laws were passed
long ago and were framed
with floating wrecks in mind,
he said.

Beasley said it is essen-
tially open season on B.C.
wrecks because only six out
of more than 1,000 known
wrecks are designated as
historic sites. But enforce-
ment is weak and there's al-
most nothing to prevent div-
ers from pilfering.

Beasley said most wrecks
should be fair game for initial
salvaging but after a reason-
able length of time the vessel
should revert to the Crown.

Shipwreck diving is a
growing recreational indus-
try which makes a valuable
contribution to the provincial
economy, he added. If the
wrecks are stripped there is
no incentive for divers to
plan trips to B.C., he said.

“People are intrigued by
shipwreck stories,” said
Beasley.

“Shipwrecks are romantic,
historic adventures and
drams which appeal to a wide
cross-section.”

Scientific experiment
halted due to mouse

OTTAWA (CP) — A mouse
has stalled plans by federal
government scientists to be
the first to launch an airplane
powered by microwave ener-
gy sent from the ground.

Spokesman Ronald Bar.
rington says the rodent found
its way into a hanger near
Ottawa about a month ago
and chewed through part of
the wooden frame of the
experimental craft. Barring:
ton says repairs are under
way, and the launch should
come within six weeks.

The glider-shaped plane is
made of balsa wood, and has
a wing-span about twice the
length of an adult’s out-
stretched arms. It’s one-
eighth the size of the planned
full-size aircraft that would

RICK BONDAROFF
.. SFU grad

197 Col

Ave., Castleg:

fly 20 kilometres above the
earth and could stay up for
months.

Designed to act like a low
flying satellite, the full-size
version could be used «to
transmit radio and television
signals over a far wider area
that can be reached using a
transmitting tower, at a far
lower price than a satellite,
says Barrington.

It could also carry radar
equipment, and could be used
for surveillance, possibly to
monitor ships in Canadian
waters.

Operated by remote con
trol and equipped with a re-
ceiving antenna, the model

turns microwave energy sent
from the ground into an elec:
trical current that powers a
motor and propeller.

Microwaves are very short
radio waves that can be fo-
cused into narrow beams.

The prototype is so light it
can be launched by hand. It
will be hurled into the air by
a scientist who happens to be
a good runner, says project
manager Joe Schleskak.

For 10 minutes it will soar
about 100 metres above the
ground — higher than a 30-
storey building.

The great thing is, it
doesn't have to carry fuel,
says Barrington.

and
fer

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ages of 25 and 45, re:

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