Al14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Clown’s car goes up in flames

PEPPI the Clown from Ki-
limat wasn't smiling when
her car caught fire April 7
in the Shames Mountain
parking lot.

Hired to entertain at
Shames Mountain for its
last day of operation,
Suzie “Peppi” Valgren’s
1989 Ford Taurus station
wagon wenl up just as she
arrived in the parking lot.

She stopped the vehicle
and saw flames coming
from beneath the front end
of the car.

“T thought it was going
to blow up when I saw the
flames under the car since
I had a full tank of gas,”
she said of the car which
is a total write off.

The car sat barely three
feet fram packed rows of
skiers’ vehicles as officials
from the ski resort quickly
tried dowsing the flames
with fire extinguishers.

The fire, which ap-
peared to be electrical in
nature, persisted and offi-
cials called in a front end
loader to dump snow on
the burning vehicle.

The weight of the snow
shattered the windshield
and snow filled the front
end of the car.

Valgren, a devout
Christian, said the snow
saved the most precious
item in her car.

“Because they dumped
snow all over the car my
Bible was safe,” she said.

Hundreds of onlookers
gathered in the parking lot
and watched from the
balcony of the lower cha-
let as volunteers fought the
stubborn flames.

With the fire still burn-
ing under the hood, the
front end loader was used

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ALL THAT Suzie "Peppi’ Valgren could d

o was gather props from her vehicle

after it caught on fire Aprit 7. The clown was to entertain people on Shames
Mountain but her vehicle went up in smoke just as she got to the parking lot.

could be extinguished.

Mountain officials used

a fire hose drawing water
from a hydrant located in
the chalet to put out the
blaze.

Skiers at the hill could
see the large grey cloud of
smoke and smell the fire
from the top of the chair
Lift.

After 45 minutes the
fire was finally put out and
Valgren was able to re-
trieve balloons and other
props from her vehicle.

“T cried all the way
back to Kitimat,” Valgren
said. “I try to think of the
things that are positive. It
could have happened a

Plate owner sought

TERRACE RCMP are trying to find the owner of a de-
corative plate they believe was stolen.

Several items were recovered from a group of young
people an Kalum St. and Scott Ave. in the early morning
hours of Apr. 7, said Constable Tom Kalis.

Among the items recovered was.a decorative plate
labelled “Legend of the Spirits” whith.a picture of a
soaring eagle on it. The plate has gold trim and a woo-
den stand was also included with the dish, police said.

Police say they have reason to believe the items were

stolen. “The person who had the property could not ex- .

plain where it came from,” Kalis said. “I figured it was a
pretty distinctive plate and I was hoping someone would
come forward and identify it.”

If you have information about where the plate came
from contact the Terrace RCMP detachment at 638-
7400.

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