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LOCAL LIBERALS are
confident MLA Roger Har-
ris, who suffered a heart
attack’ Feb. 2, will make a:
full recovery and be ready’
to campaign in time for the

‘““He’s resilient and he’s
said Skeena Lib-
eral c constituency.a association
president Lael McKeown
who visited Harris ‘several
times’ in| Mills Memorial
Hospital before he was flown

pital in Vancouver Feb. 4 for

more treatment and tests.
“It’s really a- ‘decision

he has to’ make, but we're

ahead,” said McKeown of
the association's election -
planning. .

- Harris, 52, was taken to
the hospital the evening of .
Feb. 2:after becoming dizzy
and nauseous while. playing

arena.

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Libs confident Harris will return:
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SKEENA MLA Roger Harris was flown to Vancouver Feb. 4. for treatment rand testing a after suffering a heart at-—
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“His: heart attack ‘actually

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - A3:

News In Brief

occurred while in the hos-
pital.:

. Roger,
McKeown who. noted that

services available at Mills

‘“Nobody: ever said

was. dumb,” said a small town.

~ “E-don’t know how really
to put it, but living in a small

but to the reality of living in

the nurses and*physicians at.

hand. responded quickly to

town, everybody knows ev-

his condition.

excellent care here, a factor

erybody and they all pull to-

gether,” McKeown said..
She said Harris was in

good spirits when she saw

. She said Harris received

“she attributed not only to the

“He told me he really
wanted to have an oppor-

_lunity to come and see the

nurses, but he really hadn’t
planned to do it in this way, ”
McKeown said. ‘
Ironically, Harris was at
Mills just two days ‘before
his heart attack to announce
that the city will be the home
of a Bachelor of Science. in

; Nursing degree program be-

ginning this fall.

In a-written statement,
Premier Gordon Campbell
looked forward to Harris

recovering and returning to.

-make a full and quick recov-

ery,” said Campbell.
He said the Harris fam-

ily appreciates the calls that

have been coming in .and

‘thanked Mills Memorial's

“ning of haggis. scotch, bag

work. .
“Roger is a-man with a

strong character, a strong .

will and a strong body, and
Tm. confident that he will

‘nurses and the doctors who

treated him here. .
Harris was in May 200]
and became a cabinet minis-

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him the morning of Feb. 4.

ter in carly 2004,

_ They knew something was wrong >

AT FIRST it just seemed Roger Harris was a little ;

winded.
The Skeena MLA was coming off a shift play-

_ ing hockey with the Terrace Timbermen oldtim-,

.ers the night.of Feb.2. :

’ Harris wasn’t a regular with the team. The j ju-
nior cabinet minister in charge of forestry opera
‘tions played only occasionally depending on .the
~ demands ‘of his busy schedule. "

Harris skated ‘off-the ice ‘and walked through

~ the’ other players on the Timbermen bench to sit

off to the side in the spectators’ area.

That’s when his teammates and others at the
arena began to suspect something was wrong.

“] noticed that Roger had left the bench and

was - laying down on the bleachers beside the .

bench,” recalled Steve Smyth, the organizer of the
oldtimers hockey tournament. ° 5

Timbermen acting-coach Ted Taylor said he
noticed two other players - Graham Bayles and

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Dallas Stevens — were standing next to Harris.
He joined them and helped remove the MLA’s
helmet and skates, while ‘Bayles checked his

pulse. “Roger was. having trouble. breathing and. .

_ his chest hurt,” Taylor said. “He was very pale.”
By the time Smyth reached the trio huddled .

over Harris, they had already - decided Taylor

would calf an ambulance.

_. Terrace doesn’t yet have 911 service, although
the: regional district is working ‘on having it-in
piace within a year. It turned out Bayles was the:
only one there who had the ambulance phone
number memorized. “If Graham hadn’t-known
the number, Steve would have had to go running
to try to find it,” Taylor said,

That. could easily have'cost-precious minutes

in getting medical help.. ‘Even with: the number, it ;

. Was tense enough for Taylor, Who fi rantically tried

to explain Harris” location to Kamloops- based
ambulance dispatchers.

“She? s asking me how many arenas there are in

_ Terrace and I’m telling them © ‘Just one. Tell them:

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to go to the arena.’

To his fellow skaters, the wait was uncomfort- .
ably long. “It-was a little brutal, actually,”.Taylor

said, “He flatlined after.10 minutes of being at the
hospital. If these guys had taken‘ a litle more time.
it would have been too late.”

They: say Terrace Fire: Department first re-

sponders were the first to arrive, bounding into the os
-arena to aid Harris several minutes before ambu- ‘

lance paramedics ; arrived..
“The fire department guys were there substan-
tially before the ambulance,” Smyth said. “I won-

_der why it took so damn long for the ambulance to

get theres! Although. the- heart: attack happened af-

_ tera at. the ‘hospital, she said; Harris ymp ms made **
it clear time was of. the essencé. -

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“It sure looked ‘like one coming on,” Smyth |
said.

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School break in

A THIEF broke into Clarence Michiel Elementary
School overnight between Jan. 30 and 31.
The unknown suspect, or suspects, broke a classroom
window, entered and left with stolen property. —
Anyone with information is asked to, call Terrace
RCMP or Crime Stoppers. -

Fed gov't items taken
FISHERIES AND OCEANS*Canada lost several pieces

30.
Culprits entered the compound, located at 5235 Keith

AVC.. after cutting through padlocks.

~ Power tools, electronic equipment and winches from

‘several vehicles were stolen.

Pipe pilfered »

TERRACE RCMP are looking for the person, or -per-

sons, who made off with two-inch copper pipe from the »
Boston: Pizza construction site between 5: 30 p.m. on
Feb, 1 and 7 a.m. Feb. 2. ;

The pipe is worth about $5, 000. °

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Liberals raise money

- LIBERALS here say a Robbie Burns night fundraiser’i ine}
support of MLA Roger Harris’ campaign went well, but
final numbers weren't yet in. . ;

Constituency association president Lael. McKeown .
said organizers sold‘more  _. Se

.than 100 of the $65 tick- g

ets for the Jan. 22 event,
which promised an eve-

pipes and poetry.

“It was really success- .
ful,” she said. “It was a
very positive closer to a:
very eventful day.”

_ Three visiting ministers .
= energy minister ,Rich-
ard Neufeld; minister of
state for mining Pat Bell

management minister
George. Abbott — attended
the.event.
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of Stewart, also. altended, McKeown said. are

NDP organizers have also been stockpiling, ‘campaign:
cash, raising $10,325 with an appeal to members the day .
they.chose candidate Robin Austin. ©" © .

McKeown said the organization is now gearing up for..
the May provincial election, adding four large signs have
gone up in Terrace and Kitimat. 8

oe’ re in.campaign mode,”

““Mona’ ‘Nester, “who works i in H
fice} ‘isithe: campaign’ manager “She?ll* ‘be: taking: a leave
from that’ position whet’ campaigning “intensifies.”

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