CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 10, 1981 Police officer's Open Letter To parents of young This is an open letter to parents of all young people. 1 am not one police officer, but I represent every officer in every city and town in Can- ada. You may only know me as. the cop who gave you a ticket last summer, but I am also the guy who lives down the street from you. I am a parent of three children and I share with you the same hopes, ambitions and dreams that you have for your children, I am faced with the same problems you have. I share with you those moments of agony and es- ctasy. I share with you the feeling of shame, guilt and disap- pointment when my boy and girl get into trouble. STRUCK A TRE! ATI3KPH The scene is a long stretch of highway, with a sharp curve at one end, It had been raining and the roads were slick. =” A car travelling in excess of 180 Kph missed the curve and plowed into an embank- ment where it then became airborne and struck a tree. Two of the three young passengers were hurled from the vehicle, one into the tree, Two champs to wed in July TORONTO (CP) — Two champions will exchange wedding vows in July after an ‘unpredictable six-year love affair. . Jocelyn Lovell, one of Can- ada’s top cyclists and a resi- dent of the Metropolitan Toronto borough of Etobi- ‘coke, and Sylvia Burka, a ‘speed-skating star from Win- ‘nipeg, met at the Canadian ‘cycling championships in Cal- gary six years ago when Lovell blurted a rude remark to Burka. Burka said after they met, they both received “strange memos” from the cycling association, warning “us to stear clear of each other, but that. t just made it all the more intriguing. “After we met in Calgary we became pen pals and only saw each other when we stopped at airports'on our way to competitions all over the world,” Burka said. the other into the roadway where the car landed on him, snuffing out his life like a discarded. cigarette on the asphalt. He was killed in- stantly, and he fs a lucky one. The girl thrown into the tree had her neck broken and although she was voted “queen of the senior prom and most likely to succeed, she will spend the next 60 years of her life in a wheelchair. Unable to do anything else, she will relive that terrible moment many times. When I arrived, the car had come to rest on its top, the broken wheels stopped spinning. Smoke and steam pour out of the engine ripped from its mounting by a ter- tible force, an eerie calm has settled over the scene and it appears deserted except for a Tone traveller who called it in. He was sick to his stomach and leaning against his car for support. ‘The driver was conscious but in shock and unable to free himself from under the bent, twisted steering col- umn. His face will be scarred by deep cuts from broken glass and jagged metal. Those cuts will heal, but the ones inside can not be touched by the surgeon, ‘The third passenger had almost stopped bleeding, the seat and his clothing covered in his blood from an artery eut by the broken bone end that protruded from his fore- arm, just below his elbow. His breath came in gasps as he tried desperately to suck _ air Past his blood-filled air- He was unable to speak, and his eyes, blue and fixed on me, were the only com- munication that he was ter- rified and wanted my help. I felt a pang of guilt and rec- ognized him as the boy I let off with a warning the other night for an open container of alcohol in his car. Maybe if I had cited him then he wouldn't have been there. HEDIED IN MY ARMS He died soundlessly in my arms, his pale blue eyes star- ing vacantly as if trying to see into the future he would never have. I remember watching him play basketball, and won- dered what would happen to the scholarship he would never use. Dully, my mind focused on a loud screaming and I iden- ICBC wage dispute enters 11th week VICTORIA (CP) — The next move in the 11l-week labor dispute at the govern- ment-owned Insurance Corp. of B.C. is up to the 2,200 striking employees, Agricul- ture Minister Jim Hewitt said Tuesday. Hewitt, the minister res- ponsible for the corporation, said management is asking the Office and Technicial Employees Union to sit down, negotiate and settle the non-monetary issues, and to “bring the employees back to work and put the wage issue to binding arbitration.” He said this has been re- jected by union spokesman Fred Trotter who instead suggested intensive negoti- ations for five days, and if there is no settlement, then binding arbitration on all is- sues. “I don’t see binding arbi- tration because non-mone- tary issues are between the and employees ith hours of work, ete., etc.” the minister said. “For that little difference, considering that wages are 90 per cent of the issue, I think Mr. Trotter should sit down and negotiate those non-monetary issues, have the employees back to work and let the wage package go to binding arbitration.” Hewitt said the decision to offer binding arbitration was a major concession by man- agement and “once ICBC Your Carpet Headquarters ... Carpets by Ivan Oglow 365-7771 employees should be very pleased to see happen.” The minister said the hot edict by the B.C, Federation of Labor on insurance issued since early May is having little effect on him or man- agement, ‘He said any firms hit by pickets as a result of this, such as West Kootenay Power and Light, may apply to the Labor Relations Board to have the edict lifted. The union is seeking a” 32.8-per-cent increase over two years and management has offered 23.8 per cent. tified it as coming from the girl who was thrown from the ‘vehicle, I raced to her with a blanket but was afraid to move her. Her head was tilted at an exaggerated an- gle. She seemed unaware of my pressence there and whimpered for her mother Sike a little child. In the dis- tance, I heard the mournful wail of the ambulance wind- ing its way through the rainy night. T was filled with incredible grief. at the waste of so valuable a resource... our youth, I was sick with anger and frustration with parents and leaders who think thata little bit of alcohol won't hurt anything. I was filled with contempt for people who propose lowering the drink- ing age because they will booze anyway, so why not make it legal. I was frustrated with laws, court rulings, and other legal Mmanoceuvering that restrict tay ability to da my job in preventing this kind of trag- ly. The ambulance crew began scraping up and removing the dead and. injured, I stood by watching as hot tears mingled with the rain and ran off my cheeks. I would have given any- thing to know who furnished those young people with the booze. ‘As I cleared the scene, I knew I would spend several hours ‘on reports and several. months trying to erase from my memory the details of that night. I will not be alone, The driver will recover and spend a lifetime trying to forget. T know that eventually the memory of this fatal accident will be deleted and mixed with other similar accidents I will be called upon to cover. ANGRY AND SICK Yes, lamangry and sick at heart with trying to do my job and being tagged the bad buy. I pray to’ God, that I will never have to faco another parent in the middle of the night and sayyour son, or your daughter, has just been killed in a car accident. You ask why did this hap- pen? It happened because a young person stoned out of his mind, thought he could handJe two tons of hurtling death at 180 kph. It happened because an adult trying to be a “good guy” sold to some minor a case of beer. It happened because par- ents weren't concerned enough about their children to know there they were and what they were doing, and were unconcerned about minors and alcohol/drug abuse, and would rather blame me for harassing them when I was only trying to prevent this kind of tragedy. It happened because you believe this sort of thing only happens to someone else. — Author Unlnown Foulup causes red. faces at ceremony VANCOUVER (CP) — The Canadian snowmobile that went to the South Pole got lost in Vancouver. The result was an empty space on the presentation podium, red faces all around — and four busloads of restless school children who had been bused to the mu- seum to watch. It was supposed to be a kind of Thank-you-Canada affair in praise of a Canadian product which helped a group of British explorers cross Antarctica. . But the vehicle was re- routed by Canadian truckers. “It was a foulup,” spokes- man Gerry Lenoski admitted, “It went to the pole and across the world in 18 months — and some people think that’s slow — but it. took three hours to get it to Robson Squre, which wasn't ite intended destination. Meanwhile, at Vancouver Museum, the kids were ready and the cameras were poised, Sir Ranulph Twistleton- Wykeham-Fiennes, leader of} the British-sponsored. Trans- globe Expedition (which is circling the world from bot- tom to top and has arrived in Vancouver en route), was all set to make the presentation to Ald. Warnett Kennedy. There was even.a special written citation ready: “The first open-cab vehicle to car- ry the smallest number of * people over the greatest dis- tance in the shortest time _ Beross Antarctica,” Eventually, after 45 min- utes of fidgeting, the cere- mony went ahead without it. Kennedy was handed the ~ keys. Sir Ranulph went back to his ship. The kids got back on the bus, And the snowmobile, which mistakenly became part of a display of Trans- globe equipment at Rebson Square, will be delivered to the museum when the exhi- bition is over. Post-Inventory Clearance 10% to 40% OFF Check the Bay for special buys in these departments. 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The report said all Can- adians .are ig more. than ever and suffering from. alcohol-related health prab- ‘lems, but the sharpest in- grease in alcohol use has oc- ‘curred aniong teen-age girls, Despite the large pos: sibly...ncreasing.- number :. of. feriale ‘alcoholics, : facilities for their treatment‘are few compared to those for men « and comparatively little re- search has been done on women alcoholics, experts , Saye Inflation brings ‘about new trend “TORONTO (CP). — Infla- tion is forcing more and more Canadians to repsir. their’ clothes and go to second-hand shops, garage sales or rel- atives for clothing, shoes, appliances and furniture. In many cases, they end up with'a better quality product than they’ could buy new to day. 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