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By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN

ED KENNEY Will continue
tiding B.C. Ferries despite
‘the. ordeal he and his wife
experienced after being »
evacuated from the doomed

“ Queen of the North ferry

‘which now sits on the ocean
floor near the small coastal

» village of Hartley Bay.

~ Kenney and his wife Barb,
‘both from Terrace, were
among the 99 people who
escaped the . Sinking vessel’.

in the early morning hours"
of March 22.

“These things’ happen,
they: happen, that’s all and
it seems to me that it’s a
“number of factors that come
together that each alone
wouldn’t. make much of a’
difference,” says. Kenney.
“It’s nobody’s fault, it’s just.
a chain of’ circumstances.
. that all come together a at one
. time.”

“The couple were in their
“cabin just settling into bed .
when they. felt:a little bump.

‘andthe ‘engiftes go dead. .

By his-watch, it was 12:04 .
a.m., just a few hours after
the ferry. had left Prince Ru-
--pert heading to Port Hardy '
through | the Inside Passage..
_.At first, Kenney says he
-, thought the boat had arrived

in Bella Bella but when sev- |

eral more. unusual: bumps
followed and the ferry began

'* to rumble; he, knew. some-

thing was amiss, °

Just as he left his: sleeping |
“cabin to see what: was going
“on crew. members began
"evacuating the boat.
A crew ‘member came.
_ by. and ‘said ‘get out right

”. recalls Ed Kenney.

assengers praise
Juring ship evacuation ©

“The ship was listing, about

‘oh, 10 degrees.”
Crew members combed
the hallways, |

' ward life boats.

Kenney praised the effi- ;

ciency and Jevelheadedness
of the workers saying he

. didn’t seé_ anyone who: was

traumatized by the event, °
comparing the evacuation to
awell-timed drill.» ‘9

“Everybody's been abso- |

lutely terrific, the: ferry em- -
-ployees. were: very profes- .
sional,”. he said, adding he .
can't understand how: two.
people went. unaccounted: -
_ for with all the commotion.” -

‘As of last weekend pas-

sengers Gerald Foisy and’
Shirley. Rosette, both of 100 -
Mile House, «still, had .not .,
“been located and were pre- nn
7 them. * _
. Foisy’ Ss. brother George . oe

~ sumed dead:

‘Hives i in Terrace.’ .
‘Once in the .life boats
passengers were taken to”

nearby Hartley Bay, a Tsim-.
shian village.
_Kenney. - , was over-

whelmed by the kindness of

the people. of the -tight-knit _

. community, saying evacu-

ees. ‘immediately received |

“warm clothing,. blankets,
hot coffee and cakes after

. arriving at the tiny village’s

community hall. ‘The’ next:
day they were transported. -
to Prince Rupert on a coast
guard vessel.

Premier Gordon Camp-
bell and B.C. Ferries presi-
_ dent David Hahn were there
to. greet’ them. Campbeil

_ asked the passengers if there .

was anything he could do for

THE OWNER of the Copperside store’ and Shell station on
Highway 16 says he’s not thrilled with a plan for.a protest to
take place outside that store this Friday.

Supporters of Giannino Pretto, who owns the only other
Shell station in Terrace plan to rally.in front of the Hwy 16
~ location to draw more attention to his ongoing. battle with
Shell. Pretto’s been unable to sell gas since November 2005 °
after suffering financial hardship stemming from the dis-
covery of contamination on his Kalum St. Shell station in

2001.

“We're not excited that they are going to be showing up
on our doorstep,” says Copperside general manager Fraser
Mackie. “We're a customer of Shell’ s as is Giannino we just

buy our gas as he does.”.

Pretto has been unable to continue purchasing gas under

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“When I. was ‘past | him I.
- thought oh yeah, you could
give us all a free ferry pass
for the rest of our lives,” he
recalls, adding it wouldn’t
take much for’ the ’corpo-
‘ration ‘to .offer that to. the

roughly: 50. _passengers ‘on:

_the boat'at the time:

The . Terrace couple lost .
their Toyota Corolla:in the:

accident but. ‘have already
purchased its replacement, a
‘new Toyota Matrix, thanks
‘to’the. pay out they received

‘from ICBC the day after the -

sinking of the ship.

Passengers were each’

given $200 cash as soon as

they arrived in Prince Ru- |
pert to cover any immediate
costs and Kenney says they

met with ICBC officials that
‘ni ight to establish an estimate

- for their vehicle.

on

crew

“They. ‘only had: 16 - ve-.

: hicles on. board, so. they
_worked on that all night and
" by the time-we came down °
the next’ morning ‘they had

already: verified our infor-
mation,” he says. “The next |

‘morning they: had’ already -

cut a cheque for us. They
were very generous.”
The Kenneys were on.

‘their way. to: visit’ friends
on Varicouver Island and a?
_ daughter who - lives. in: Port’

Townsend.  ~
Kenney says losing the »

vehicle was .no big - deal

compared to the sentimental “
items which went down <
“The worst. thing is the
things that we lost that were’
irreplaceable,” he says. Barb

lost a diamond ring and oth-

er family heirlooms.

ell protest move a worry |

his contract with Shell because he can’t get financing from a

_bank because of the contamination on his site.

He believes that contamination predates his purchase of
the site from Shell in 1982 and is therefore Shell’s responsi-

bility to clean up.

» “We empathize with his difficulties,” Mackie’ "says, but

worries the rally could be damaging. “I’m concerned that.

it might impact my employees and our business i in general,
these guys are working just as Giannino’s were.”

And Shell officials are. concerned the action will just
serve to jeopardize another local business.

“He’s also a local businessman he’s not involved with |
Mi. Pretto at all ,” says Shell spokesperson Denita Davis.

“T would just hate to see another businessman suffer.”

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