Told. SNe TR A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 22, 2006 “News In Brief ‘Window smashed A MAN shattered a window at Elan Travel with a rock _while arguing ‘with his ex-girlfriend during the evening of March 13. i A witness told police that, around 6:40 p.m., the °man, who was walking east along Lakelse Ave. near Elan ‘Travel with two young’ women, was angry with one female, who had ended their relationship. Terrace - RCMP say the witness believes the man called’ her. “Kaitlin.” ‘The suspect is described as about 18 years old with short hair or Possibly a shaved head and.a slim build.__ - He was wearing a dark baseball cap and a green jacket. . The young women are believed to be about 16 years Anyone who has any information about this crime is pers at 635- 8477." Fish ladders filched “TERRACE RCMP need help in finding four aluminum, fish ‘weighs/ladders stolen from the Ministry of Transportation yard on the south Thorihill frontage ‘road some time during the first two: weeks of March. Police say the thieves cut a lock on the gate to enter the yard. Several people would have been.involved to. “carry the heavy, bulky ladders, and a larger: truck, was ‘Tikely used to haul themaway.” -, .% ‘Thiee of the Jadders,; which are constructed out of. -Vé-inch aluminum, are five metres long and one ladder “is one metre long. They are about one. metre square and “each has numerous fins built in to slow water flow and assist fish with swimming upstream through culverts. Terrace RCMP say it’s believed the ladders will be cut up: swith a skill saw or plasma cutter and resold as scrap. And police say there’s a growing amount of met- al theft owing to an increase in its value: ~_ RCMP or Crimestoppers. - Damage occurred in air THE INVESTIGATION into the crash of the Navair ‘Courier flight here Dec. 20 which killed its, two pilots indicates the plane sustained damage prior to ‘impact, _ says an official with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB). . “There was propeller damage: consistent with the left engine not supplying full power,” said Bill Yearwood, “cident investigations with TSB... Investigators also found‘a hole in the left engine. . Yearwood said the MU-2:Mitsubishi airctaft would not : have been able.to take off with that type of damage. “Tt -happened prior to impact,” ’ said Yearwood. “It’s consistent with. power loss prior to impact.” ‘The plane’s engines have been analyzed by inetal- -lurgists and engineers at TSB’s engineering laboratory in Ottawa. A complete investigation is expected to take a year to complete with the post-field phase and the re- port production phase still to be finished. , missing in Prince George . Valley after putting his ’ belongings in storage, but - asked ot call Terrace — at 638-7400 or " Crimestop- . Anyone with. information is asked to © call Terrace * the. Vancouver-based regional manager of aviation ac- - _ tall. He normally wears the kind of glasses that darken in the Service Canada nea i ali i Silica A, SO SO Sete a, 72 Missing relative sought by family THE RELATIVES of aman have returned to the Nass they still hold out hope he’! be found alive and well. Randolph Peal, 55 and legally blind, was last heard from on Feb. 4 when he spoke to a sister on the phone. He has lived in Prince George. for the past 10 years. A white cane, similiar to the one known to be used by Peal, was subsequently found on the main bridge that cross- Randolph Peal _ es the Fraser River just south of the city. » . A’helicopter search of the Fraser from Prince George to ‘Quesnel did not turn up any further evidence of Peal. ; ‘Peal's sister, Fredelia. Moore from the Nass Valley, said she talked to her brother during the day of Feb. 4 but that he did not answer when she called again later that evening. ' “He took his mom’s passing away. really hard. She passed . away Jan. 7. He did that once in awhile, not.answer the phone. But I kept calling and calling and calling for days - and he did not answer,” she said. ‘They finally phoned the RCMP who entered Peal’s apart- ment on Feb. 15 but found no sign of him. Family members: ff " were in Prince George the next day to begin looking. __~ Moore said there was nothing i in the apartment to indicate " where her brother might be. ; * His’ glasses were ‘still there, they were the really thick a | “ “ones. His wallet and his IDs were there and his watch — he has a watch that speaks. My: brother smokes quite a bit and there was half a package of cigarettes there,” she continued. Peal’s cane, of the same type found on the bridge cross: ing the Fraser River, was missing. But that puzzles his sister ° as she said he did not use it much. Also gone was a small packsack Peal used and his hiking boots.. oS As many as 18 family ‘members have been in Prince : George lookiig for Peal off and on. They’ve walked around, © driven:down as far south as Quesnel, out to Giscome and Shelley and have put up posters everywhere, including 7 Hwy 16 west toward Terrace. ; : “He walked around. He had a routine. He’d go downtown. : But he never liked to be out after dark. He’s always be home before that,” said Moore. * Peal lived in housing provided. through the B.C. Housing ; agency. Moore said the rent on the unit is now past due. and B.C. Housing wants it vacated. ; ; The family decided the money it was able to collect” should be put to search costs instead of paying rent, to keep the apartment. “When we find him, we want him to move — _ back home,” 'said Moore. BC, Housing was going to hold Peal’s effects fora period - and then sell them but it is turning them over to the family after being persuaded to do so. : That’s-so if a settlement feast has to be held, Mr. Peal’ sef- - fects are then distributed in the traditional fashion to defray expenses, said Moore. Randolph Peal is a Nisga’a and i is five feet, eight inches sunlight. welble | is your source for information. on Government. of Canada programs and services. If you are looking for a social i insurance number or a ~. passport application, want:to apply for pension or employment programs, or just want to find out more about services for seniors, youth and families, Visit our r Web site, call us or drop in. : | ; :. .. 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