“By CARLA WILSON
-”, Herald Staff. Writer :

~The’ ingueat, ‘which began
Monday, was adj ti

wn

" . Thesecond Inquest-Into the - Vietor Bilison returns to B.C.

January, 1979 death of Lars |:

son was. personally.

Eric Elde was: put .on hold served with.a coroner's
_ until one of the key witnesses summons on May 23 .to at-

can'be'located: . *

iend the inquest in Terrace. .

“The jury on the Inquest of Lars Eric Elde

decided to go to the area he had
_ night he‘d died.. Coroner

been on the
Doug Jacks points out

“However, he didn’t show up
il :and-tias left Golden, the town,
he was living in, said Cathy
Ryan, the crown counsel for
the:. attorney-general’s
depdriment:. |.

Ryan said Billson’s mother

the area. The inquest hasbeen adjourned until a

key witness appears.

*

hasn't seen her son since
June 19 and that he'd left the
province and ig looking for -
- another job, 0

coroner's inquest doesn't
extend

A’ summons from. as

into. another.

Photo by Carla Wilton

‘ . “The -1980-81 hunting.
_ regulations synopsis, usually
available to the. public by
mid-July, will “not be
available for distribution
..this year until the end of
‘. July, “says , environment
-toinister Stephen Rogers...
=eqnBogers® --eald. "yz, that
arpublication se§: theosynopals
: had been delayed about two
weeks dite to. an increase in
_the. number of regulation
‘changes in the 60-page
brochure, which is used as a -

“guide by hunters. - and
* fishermen ‘throughout the

province. os
The’ minister said. that
igdespite the ‘delay. in
cpublighing the brochure,
__-most fof the information
_ contained in this year's:
synopsis is available at fish
_and wildlife branch offices in

British Columbia. -
‘Rogers also asked hunters
to pay particular attention to
the “endorsement system”,
which has again been im-
plemented in certain game
management areas to enable
‘the branch £o tightly control
the number of animals ta
by hunters in certain critical

$90,000

paper delayed

areas. Sportsmen in “the
affected areas must mail in
their applicable species:
licence with: an “an ap-
plication ‘for endorsement"
to the regional branch office
in the: area in which they
he endorsed and. on
a “first come, first’ served”
hasis, up to the um
number permitted ‘far. each
area, aod

Wish to. hunt au mces, Will al
, uldgence

Endorsements ate
required. for .the following
animals and areas:

(a) antlerless’ deer and
apike bucks in a portion of
M:U. 1-5 Cupper Nanaimo
River); . ae

(b> antlerless deer . in
Region 4 (Kootenay);
. (ce) antlerless elk in.
portions of M:U.’s 4-20, 4-21
and 4-22 .(Cranbrook-
Kimberly area);

"(d) antlerlesa deer'in M.U.
6-8 (Gaspard-Chara Creek),
an . Lo

(e) mature bull moose
M.U.’s 6-1 (south of . the
Kenney Dam), 7-7 to 7-9, 7-11,

een. to. 7-16, 7-24,7-27, and 7-28

(Region 7 - Omineca-Peace).

here.

in job scheme —

The provincial Ministry of

Labor's 1980 Youth Em-

_ ployment Program has

- allotted §90,132 to provide on;

‘the-iob training © op-
portunities in Terrace.

The ministry has helped
create 69 jobs in Terrace and
funding has been approved
for 51 positions in businesses,
il in non-profit
organizations, and seven in

local government.
- Another $3,328 has been
available by the Youth
Employment Program to
- share the cost of three jobs
an farms in’ the Kitimat-.
‘Stikine region. These
Lares allow students or
ind viduals from 8 815 to 24
‘to apply. - ! .
a io edition, nine work in
wernment . projects in
rpace have beet approved
4 -

for funding. The work-in-
government. program
provides employment op-
portunities :th different
government ministries. .

-Gale Hoffman, fleld co- |

ordinator for the Youth
Employment Program.
stresses the job: training
aspect of funded positions.

: ne program emphasizes
providing work, experience
and developing skills which
-will better equip youths for

‘ Qntry into the labar force.”

‘“Hielfman also says that
many of the positions
created during the summer
are strictly summer em-
ployment. However, some

inesses and farms .,in-
corporate their youth em-
ployees into their full and
part-time staff in the fall.

Rullph's ‘Chevron Service

‘Station in, Kitimat: was
Fepdried’ broken .into. last,

“hight: The thieves ‘made. off “Street Tuesday. Saree
with $40@ jn Cash. ' ‘A .. 19-year-old Kitimat
“Tad bare collided near the .. youth was charged last night

Highway: 25. Tuesday
ning: Long
i ' jated

“POLICE NEWS |

j

- , Kjtimat ‘received an.
andnymous complaint about ”
a. loud party near Widgeon

“due to erratic driving on
~ Highway: H50aR, the Alean

’ highway-betweeén the service

ccentre.ayd Alcan.

re: The charge was dangerour

sagen.

. The. weather. forecast for -
Thursday, calls for. mainly
cloudy -skles. | Friday,
however, sees some clearing
and sunny: periods.

The high for ‘Thursday -

is

on ‘mol

Omni Resources Inc, of .

Vancouver announced today.
that the .1980. diamond.
drilling program on its”
molybdenum property
commenced July: 9. .
This season’s program
calls for between 6,000 fo
12,000 feet of drilling. The
initial work. is to deepen a
hole‘that was left at 656 feet
last year (0 2,000 feet. -
The target is a “significant
newzone” discovered during
surface exploration late last
season. T'
approximately 3,300 feet
southeast of the area that

zone is tocated —

me .

should reach 18 degrees
Celsius and the overnight
low down to 12, Friday is
‘expected to be a little

warmer.

extensive.”
‘prospecting, mapping and
geochemical sampling.

: Bergvinson said the work
‘carried out on the’ Mount
Ogden property last year
‘demonstrated ‘the. prospect
does: contain «a

-that many aspects ‘of ‘the
deposit.are similar to the
deposit: of known large

- one

| ( a large
molybdenum system and

most of the attention was producers, =.
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province, 80 Billson will have

‘to come back to’B.C..if he’s

to be served with one. ~~

“ig he's out of B.C., our.
summons are - worthless,”.

said: Coroner Doug’ Jacks.

.’ Jacks suggested the court

reconvene in. Kitimat if

_ Billeon can be persuaded to.
i return to the province when ©
“he's located and mentioned

Billzon would be informed of

. the new location.

Currie, counsel for

the Bide family, was assured ©
. by Jacks the adjournment

would not- continue: in-
definately if Billson is not
found soon,

"Bide was not atisfied with

‘the reaultsof the firat inquest .

and was granted a second
following an in-
vestigation in June, 1979 by
Tan Marshatl of the atterney-

general's department...

Since. the results of the

*. Rebruary, 1979 inquest, Eide -
was determined there would -
beanotherone. He went first
to the crown -counse] in

‘Terrace who advised him to

see a lawyer.ywho sent him to ‘

es 28: ot

phone

BaF pipes ot ge Be gn rene ae ad p nt wn Ji

the altorney-general’s

department who ‘peferred -
him: to the B.C. Police’
‘Commission, he said.

didn't feel he was ‘getting
anywhere, 50 Frank

. Howard, Skeena MLA, wrote

a letter to the attorney-
general's department on this
matter; which brought.
results, said Eide,
He hasn't calculated the
amount of money he spent on
e calls, legal fees and
plane fares to work towards
anew inquest. . 0°:
Eric Eide died on January.
1, 1979 from hypothermia, the
first inquest ruled.
The jury ruled then that

someone should have taken,

more responsibility far what
happened after a fight at a
New Years Eve’-party in
-which Eric was

walked to nearby railway
tracks ‘where Bric had

collapsed, =. 2
Ericwas exposedto a wind.
chill factor of approximately’

-4§ degrees Celcius: for

He’.

involved, -
- After the fight, Eric. and
: Stanley George Bevan ‘had °

“Bric attended.“

roughly 1% hours, according
to evidence presented at the
first inquest. ;
Billson was the only wit-
ness not {0 appear; seven-

teen witnesses testified at -

the second inquest. .. ~
“Delores Eide, Eric's
‘mother, was called on to
identify her son and to.
‘describe his general state of
health. .
-. Dr Peter Hoy attended

’ Brie when he was brought —

into Mills Memorial Hospital
on New Years Day, 1979. He

. a.

said that hypothermia was.

the cause of death.

Dr. Lawrence Day was the
‘pathologist who did the
autopsy. He also said that
hypothermia caused Eric’s
death. ee

Constable’ Gordon Hills

-conducted the investigation .

into this matter in January,
1970..': Terrace coroner,
James:Lynch, took the stand”
jo. go over: the emergency:
call he'd reaponded to as 8
volunteer firenian for help at
the New. Years ‘party that

The: Herald, Wednesday. July 16, 1980, Page 3

eath inquest

7 gos

Erle's four friends, , who

had all been with him for .

part of Dec, 31, 1978 and Jan.
1, 1979, testified: in court.
Stanley
Kevin Edward Gleason, Roy
Mozzora and Wiley, Brad
‘Hogan all spoke in detail of
their association with Eric
oa New Years, 1979. -
Robert Kirkaldy, who

drove Eric to the hospital

when he was found, testified.
_ The nuraing supervisor .at
‘the hospital on Jan. 1, 1979,
‘Ellen Bentham; described to
the court what procedures
were. followed and the cir-
cumstances of Eric's .ad-

mission. ~
Shirley Smith, Debbie
Foote, Kathy Morrison and
Earl. Barber testified on
what they, saw at the party, -
Madeline La France called
‘the RCMP, on New: Years
Eve, 1979 about the activities
at the party and she took the
stand Wednesday.
‘- Phe last witness. was
Michael Ford who had put on
the New Years: party in his

_ automotive repair shop.

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