A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 31, 1996 STOP Press Only 20 show up LIBERAL CONSTITUENCY president Sharon Taylor says she’s disappointed only 20 people turned out for a Saturday night meeting which saw Kitimat mayor Rick Wozney acclaimed as the Skeena riding’s Liberal Party candidate. _ ; Taylor says the party has about 400 members in the riding and she speculates that the cold weather may have kept folks at home. a Terrace mayor Jack Tualstra officially nominated Wozney to the position, Council member David D. Hull wils ulso at the meeting. Woaney said he'll continue to serve us Kitimat mayor until the election is called? ane “We will need all our resources to go through the election,” he sail, “But we will elect the first provincial Liberal that this riding has seen ina while.” Wozney outlined his party’s platform, saying the Liberals would cut government spending, reduced the debt and deficit, and cut taxes, Fle also promised a Liberal government would work toward protecting the local economy find resources. “I strongly supported the Kemano completion pro- ject.” he said. “And [ was very disappointed it was can- celled because it was fish friendly.” Wozney also pul preserving funding for health care and education at the top of his list of priorities. Logger injured A TERRACE man is in hospital in Vancouver after a louding accident with his logging truck in Prince Rupert on Friday, RCMP Staff Set. John Veldman says Hans Vandenboon wis attempting to load the logging trailer on to the main tractor unit when something apparently slipped and nearly took off Vandenboon’s arm. He also suffered serious facial injuries, but he is con- scious, and doctors are still trying to determine how seri- ous the injuries are. It?s not yet known if he will regain full use of his arm, Lock it or lose it TERRACE RCMP are warning vehicle owners to be on the lookout for suspicious people hanging around parked cars. In the past ten days mounties have received numerous calls about people having their unlocked vehicles broken into during the night. The thief or thieves seem to be concentrating their efforts on Loen, Davis and Soucie Avenues. The hot items appear to be stereos, cash and any items left lying out in the open. RCMP are also investigating two reports of stolen vehicles. The thefts seem to be taking place between mid- nicht and about 8:30 a.m, Driver hits pole A 25-YEAR-OLD Terrace man escaped injury early Sattirday morning when he lost control of his pick-up on Graham near Sparks. RCMP Staff Sgt. John Veldman says the crash hap- pened at about 3 a.m. when Derek Phillips caught the edge of a snowbank, lost contro! of his truck, and sheared oll BC Hydro pole. . Staff Sgt. Veldman says alcohol may have been involved, but no charges have been laid yet. A passenger in the truck also walked away unharmed. Thief jailed two years A TERRACE man has been sentenced to two years in jail for a number of charges of theft and break-and-enter. Brian Wishard pleaded guilty to three charges in ‘Terrace provincial court last Wednesday. His latest crime involved a theft from the Seaquest Restaurant last week when he took some cash from the till RCMP Staff Sgt. Veldman describes Wishard as a repeat offender. Fireball arcs across early morning sky A BRIGHT BALL of fire shot across the skies of Terrace Wednesday morning. Peter Marshall, an employee of Nechako North Coast, saw what he thought was a meteorite at 6 a.m. as he turned onto Park Ave. ‘Tt was white with orange sparks shooting off the back,’’ said Marshall. ‘Was it ever moving fast. I slammed on the brakes to watch this thing.” He estimates it took just over a second for the object ta move west from the Copper River val- ley and disappear towards Rosswood. ‘I've never seen anything like that in my life.” Brian McNair, an astronomy columnist for the Weekend Advertiser, thinks Marshall saw a fireball, Fireballs are made from the same composition as meteoraid, but they enter the atmosphere ata lower point. Therefore they appear to move slower, and seem closer, They also create a lot of friction and flame. “Chances are pretly high that it would have skipped back out inte space,’’ said McNair. MeNair said that since he’s moved here from the lower mainland, he secs many more fireballs than he used to. He's not sure whether it’s the latitude, or just the lower light polfution. MeNair says the fireball wasn’t part of any scheduled meteor shower, The last shower was on Jan. 3 — the Quadrantids shower, It aver- aged 60 meteoroids per hour. A few thousand fireballs appear cveryday over the carth, most in uninhabited areas, WEEKLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT Jan, 19 20 21 22 "23 24q 25 “New Record ars aT ROAD MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS With winter now on us, watch for blowing snow and limited visibility. During § warmer periods watch for slush when salt is applied. | reduce speed during winter conditions. 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