7 Lome Sexton: jose: 2004

’ ‘tics here. for more:than a de- :

: Aiticat, reform:
“Sept: 26 of pancreatic. cait-

been. under: palliative. care :
. for three months:

ak who; made, history’in :
©, [997 by. launching the first:
~ ever: recall campaign. ° to...
unseat NDP- MLA. Helmut:

- politics much, earlier,.in the :

> Party.took root‘in the:-west.;

dee of the: fledglirig move: -

_ ty’s ‘founding organizational
“meeting and remained active

 LORNE SEXTON out on the campaign trail, putting up signs during the 2000 election.» FILE PHOTO".

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a “Manning and Stephen. ‘Harpe:
er, leader of the ‘now- merged livatci, out of malice.” ;
-” Conservative.” Party, - ‘both |, «He» Wasin’t » vicious,"
“os sentmeéssages that Wereread: Parker sdid."He had a'set of
at Sexton's memorial service’ _prifciples: and. be followed. *
> heellast: Tuesday atthe Tere: them.”
oo race Pentecosial Assembly. ;

-fitical change and increased.” colléct the: required num-
a accountability | to voters, the™

“soft-spoken: “Sexton’ “never:
~~. stdod for public “office... .

7 encountered: Séxton in “his “the average voter. oy
role as” “Skeena’s MLA ‘in: § Come what may, tie’ tee —
the late 1980s. Later.the two ~~ mained’ a. committed voice

ners,

the. Reform Party right from

a socialism,”

a

ERRACE has lost” ;
the man who Was. °
the. backbone’ of,
conservative. “poli: :

cade and one of-the’ region ‘s.
‘strongest advocates: for. Po:

‘Lofne.’ ‘Sexton ‘died. here A

cer at the age of 56..He had.

Heil is. best. known ‘as the .

Giesbrecht., ‘
But ‘he: became: active’ in,”

late 1980s: ‘when the. Reform:
Sexton was-at’ the Jeading -
ment: He: “alténded thé. par-

until the'end:=
Party. founder” ‘Preston

“. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - AS oe

_News, In Brief_

- Unemployment dips. fg

LAT EST statistics show: thé northwest's: ‘ubernployment

) rate ‘ticked | ‘dowi’ more - than: another. half point. in}

September. 1011.6 per cent. ;

1. -Ivs.still by far’ the highest in B. on but the jobless rate?

vin the region is. now ‘down. afull- 15 percent, front: 13 per:

} cent in July,’ according | 19 Staiistics. ‘Caiada, YT.
"The'same stals show 1 every; ‘other region of'the provin e.

has now achi¢ved aimuch more moderate. unemployment

rate — ranging from-a low of 5.9 per cent in Victoria to a,

high of8.3. pet, cent in the Kootenays. ’ ; lp

.. The. Cariboo; wwhich“at one’ point, tind” a. bleis rate: ros

higher than the northivest? es cropped to7. 5 per cent.

Cyclist collides with car.

A CYCLIST who wasn! ‘te wearinig a helmet collided vith: a i
a vehicle at. the, intersection of Sparks, Street and. Greig :
. Ave, around dinner lime. on Sept. 28:° 3°) ;

A 39-year-old | feinale’ cyclist riding on the, sidewalk on’
the. left side of the road faited to stop: at the intersection’
and smashed into the’ passenger side of the vehicle braked. ”
al the stop sign: es peo

‘The eyélist sustained minor ‘iad nj ater banging —

her head into the Vehicle! s window: inh in

Neither she: nor: ‘the driver: require mme iate medical “

“attention. 20 : me

Police éailtioned her: biit’ iio. ohirges. were laid. a

a The; RCMP. reminds: cyclists: to obey. the rules of the 1
‘toad and for motorists to: tse extra caution. al: pedestrian ,
crossings. a aon,

ASE Sexton “wasn 1 fazed by’
. ‘Despite his interestin po-.

‘ber of signatures.”

tions as “unworkable;- but.not “
the underlyii ng concep,

“When- b: “first: ‘talked. ce
him ‘I; had ‘no. idea ‘hewas’-

says Dave Parker, who first. common’ sense possessed by

‘men -becaim business, part: for: -electoral= ‘reform, .pro-:

out’

~ “He was. very. ‘much
wortied about.

the begitining,” Parker: says

Sexton’ suse. oO} 3B rvatives, and weig

“new, Recall : and.” ‘Initiative ont diversé “political issucs
: Jegistation fo: try to unseat. like.federal electoral bound--

3 two-time MLA Giesbrecht ary changes’ ‘and voting re

~cheekily calléd‘the “Crash |< form:in B.C.
elmut” campaign : = was ule... With-his. trademark, ball.

imately. unsuccessful. cap. and infectious laugh, he ,

ot was"a-tense and divi- “somehow rarely. alienated
sive. time- here. But Parker his political foes. It was hard.
ays’ Sekton was, never MO. _to argue with him..

o corisitueney: association. ‘in, “project management. _ “y acé, Parker. says, Sexton. i iT DIDN'T j just rain - it poured over the skies of Terrace

~ early: this year —and’ contin-: -Bob Quinnairstrip, couniless’

the, recall. campaign: Ss: failure 7 Conservative: Party. 2 ASSO-

“elation | going into ‘this year’s

-- He” blamed . the *regula- ae

‘Sexton: was’ a--firm be
such ‘a political: animal,” -liever‘in t the intelligerice and

_ Sento was. “president His.--work “centred “on “reali

“the, ‘Canadian: “Alliance ‘seofistruction surveying ‘and ot. Before’ coming. to" Ter if Rain event’ soaks city

Skeena up until-the: merger. * The:.company built the,” sank into.alcoholisin: and lost. T last Wednesday, in what Environment Canada is calling.
chis.first. wile before beating a“heavy rain. cvent? : " L.
the diseases. 5 |: ‘The ‘day-long. downpour saw 65: mn ror i tain fall at the:
“One: of his first’ major jobs’, Terrace airport ‘Oct, 6 = with: “47: ‘mms-of the wet" stuff J
safer: Starting’ the: ‘business. coming: down’ in just? 12 hours, ‘bétiveen’ ‘5. aim:and 5..°
*P “To pam. sending ; soaked residents i in search ‘of cover, | nee
Bil Miller‘of. Meteorological: Services of Canada said :
an. intense -fow, ‘pressure: centre moved: from: over fhe,
_ Pacific Ocean-and onto the Alaskan’ Panhandle. yee
ie “That sent a-very moist, ‘unstable flow of ocean air. cnto
| the coast, spreading heavy t rain inland’ the system. rose
[lois the mountains.- : :
The: long: duration” 0 ‘moist: aif, Tunneling into: ‘the:
“Terrace « ‘area ‘brought a torrent of radi n-down here: that:

ued (on as head of the:.new, : “logging roads and: bridges i in
the north; and.worked' on the.
rane Crook ming sie The :

Ri “Parker -said he never:
knew that: until: fie: ‘visited ..

~ vided the. north, didn't lose:
arisk he always keenly’ :
jo. Sexton: worked 10 bridge ‘but left'school before: gradu-” «Parker, who was defeated
~ “He had a Sirong aversion. to™ ‘the: divide :on ‘the! tight: be-"-’

~y tween, Reformers ‘and: Con- ing construction. industry in.

“dro’s. Mica Dam’ project and Project Services in: £995, '
later the B.C. Rail extension.“ The. company ‘employs.
~ to Fort Nelson before buying:
«a freight] business-in ‘Atlin, =

‘Services, ference outside: the Political.” Cariada,

heard about. ity

‘ort’ in New. West- eluded. quality control on the eda : Curiously, the clowdburst: Seemed. rt single "Terrace: ot
_ minster,’ “Sexton «. repaving of: sections of Hwy 2 ple out- in: this’town, With, out, With. Prince Rupert, only. receiving 2. mm of tain Lo
& studied <civil’-en- “-37-between. Terrace and On. -alcoholism,” Parker. said. :
gineering at UBC. "sion Lake, > “He! $s eaten up pe

aling to leap intd the boom, is" ‘a’ Social \Credit“MLA in,
1991. - by. NDP- challeriger ~ P
iesbrechi, we | {G, join
“He worked: on: B. C: “Hy- Sexton as aparinerin Skeena

“VANDALS: WRECKED: ‘the: inside of two: buildings a at: .
¢ ao New Skeena Celfulose last iveeks wo
5 -belween, al: lease six: date ‘antec’ ‘ouliship ‘He: leaves” . ‘Someone. entered: iyo weigh stations and extensively: ao
consistently; - ‘and up toas “behind, his wife Randi, iwo® . | games the interior of. both structure's sometime before ;
“Sexton sold that business. - dozen during peak. corjstruc: adult’ sons ‘and “a daughter, |" the morning of Oct: 4)". | |
and -moved {0° Terrace in ©. tion periods, =: J bwo grandchildren, ‘and oth. J =. -RCMP. are ‘asking: atiyone “with information’ io call
1986 to form Skeena a Project . Sexton ‘also’ made'a dit. eT. family, across B.C, ame | them : at 638- 7400: oF Crime Stoppers al 635- BATD

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