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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, seereme 14, 2005 - A13
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| Man died of exposure

THE CAUSE of death for a local man found dead in a
Thornhill park last winter has been determined.
Lyle Edward Beauchamp, 41, died-from exposure to cold

"as a result of severe alcohol intoxication at about 3 a.m. Dec.

21, 2004..
The B.C. Coroners Service ruled that his death was ac-

cidental.

The coroner’s report said Beauchamp was last seen leav-
ing the residence he’ shared with a female companion after
a disagreement; ‘between the two around | p.m. Dec. 20,

~ 2004.

He was under the influence of alcohol and took an un-
specified amount of alcohol with him.
. He was found in a wooded area close to the residence in a
makeshift camp that showed evidence of continued alcohol
use.

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clothing for the weather.

| | after drinking too much.

The temperature had dropped below freezing during the
night of Dec. 20 and morning of Dec. 21.

The report said that witnesses established Beauchamp
was a known binge drinker with a history of going to se-

- cluded locations to continue drinking alone.

The report said Terrace RCMP had reported that Beau-
champ had previously beeti treated for exposure after being
found intoxicated outside the previous year.

The coroner and RCMP determined no foul play was in- . |

volved in his death.
On Dec. 21, 2004, around noon, Beauchamp’s body was

discovered in the greenbelt beside Hemlock Street and Haw- '

thorne Road in Thornhill? according to Terrace RCMP who ©
attended the scene with their plain clothes unit, police dog
services, forensic identification and the B.C. Coroner.

' Beauchamp’s name and cause of death was withheld
pending notification of next of kin and the completion of the,
coroner’s inquiry into his death.

Fewer students In Kitimat

.By DUSTIN QUEZADA
THE FIRST week of school ended with 150 fewer students
enrolled than was projected, report school district officials.
Assistant superintendent Rob Greenwood had estimated
a student population of 5,791 when he drew up projections

‘in June.

But fewer high school students than expected in Hazelton
and in Kitimat put a dent in that number.

Greenwood cautioned that enrolment numbers the first
week of school often paint an inaccurate picture.

“In the first week, there could be any number of things

happen,” said Greenwood. “In the second week, (numbers) .

often come up.
During the first week alone, Greenwood pointed out that

. between Tuesday and Friday, enrolment went up by a 100

students.
Greenwood’s initial estimate for the year, made in 2004,
had 5,540 students enrolled for the 2005-06 school year.
But, from January through to the spring 2005; the district
saw. a lessening of the enrolment decline and Greenwood

-adjusted his projection to 5,791.

Enrolment projections are used to estimate the amount of

~ money the district will get from the! ‘provincial government.

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~ Marcel Georges, the school district’s secretary treasurer,
used the predicted loss of 300 students when he drew up the
annual budget for the 2005-06 fiscal year.

While the first weeks are crucial in determining how ac-

curate enrolment projections are, Georges is looking to the
end of the month.
“The only day that matters is Sept. 30,” Georges said.

* The number on that day is the determining factor for pro-
vincial government money of classroom instruction and spe-
cial education. °

“It’s crucial for us that the kids be there Sept. 30,” said
Georges, adding that if students move to the local district

- after that date, the district where they moved from would

still get the money.

Georges and Greenwood said they are hoping togettothe |.

initial projection numbers by the end of the month.

This district had been going through substantial enrol-

ment reductions since the start ofthe new decade.

A forest industry hit hard by the closure of Skeena Cel-
lulose’s northwest mills and a general decline i in the student
population combined to make matters worse.

_ | The resulting drop in student numbers caused the district -
to close some schools. 5

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