CORONER'S JURY -

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A seven-man coroner’s .

jury decided’ March 1 the
deaths of the 12 people killed
in the Twin Otter aircraft
. January 14 on Little Her-
man Mountain were un-
natural and accidental.
_ _Thejury recommended an
improvement of search and
rescue services including a
night-flight helicopter (the
jury was informed there is
no search and rescue air-
craft operations after
dark); a review of
emergency procedures and
facilities at the airport, a
full Instrument Landing
System at the Airport an
the installation of a fan
marker on top of Little
Herman Mountain for in-
strument reading to help
i avoid hitting the mountain.
Coroner’s juries deter-
; mine cause of death, not the
; cause of plane crashes and
. tonly the bare facts were
' revealed during the six-hour
, proceedings March 1.
: Sylvester Dzus, a civil
‘aviation inspector, said he
; was still picking up pieces of
? lost instruments on the day
‘ of the inquest, He said they
i were scattered over 100 feet,
i He said there was no
‘evidence to indicate the
aircraft was not fit for
flight. Norman Rogers, the
31-year-old pilot, was
competent. .
Dzus said there was no

evidence of engine failure-

although the proper

maintenance schedule had
been overlooked and the
plane’s certification was
slightly outdated. He added
this does not mean the plane
was unfit for passenger
travel, ,

Dzus said there were thin
layers of ice along the edges
of the plane but these were
only the thickness of a 25-
cent coin, laying flat and
would not have hampered
the flight.

The report from Ministry
of Transport investigators
will be released in two to
three months. -

POOR
COMMUNICATIONS
The flight of the Twin
Otter aircraft began with
the lack of proper com-
munications and the pilot
appeared to be having in-
strument difficulty as he
approached Terrace air-

port.

Al MecArty, from the
Prince Rupert Airport
weather office, said shortly
alter CP Air landed in
Prince Rupert the teletype
for the weather readings
went out of Service.

He said at 4:30, one hour
before the plane crashed,
Rogers came into the office
and checked the weather
data from the last results.
After 10 minutes he left the
office and at 4:55 p.m. he
left the airport, Rogers did
not report his 11,000 foot
level which is used by the

airport to plot his flight in
case of other air traffic.

George Blakey of the
Terrace Airport weather
office said there were ob-
scurred weather conditions
at 5 p.m. with a ceiling of
1800 feet and occasional
snow. Visibility was 14
miles from the airport.

According to MOT
standards 1600 feet is the
minimum height-a plane can
approach the airport. This is
#0 feet above the airport
and the tip of the mountain
is between 500 feet and 600
feet above the airport.

‘Ben Wittke, a pilot, said
he has found the Twin Otter
plane a very comfortable
machine to fly and it is the
best plane to fly under icin
conditions. The plane has al
the best kind of instruments
pilots want. when they are’
flying.

Wittke noted when he was
on a Northern Thunderbird
Air flight to Terrace the
crashed plane was 600 feet
below the regulation height.

He said a fan marker
which measures distance,
on top of Little Herman
Mountain would give pilots
the precise point of the tip
and they would be able to
remain at 2100 feet until
they were over the top of the
mountain.

Wittke said he would have
carried on to Terrace under
the weather conditions of
January 14. The pilots

in Otter deaths unn

always call the airport for
weather conditions before
beginning their approach of
the airport and at the very
first hint of freezing
precepitation they abandon
their approach.

According
Prokopchuk, radio operator
at the airport, Rogers fir-
st contacted him when he
was eight minutes from the
range of the runway. He
received the weather report
at this time.

At.5:22 he radioed to ask if
the localizer was on and
then said he had it on in-
strument. Prokopchuk said
he only gave his range in-
bound,

At 5:42 Prokopehuk tried
radio contact and received
no reply. At 5:43 he con-
tacted Vancouver to see if
Rogers was in com-
munications with them. At
5:44 he tried-to contact the
plane again. At 5:45 he
contacted the fire depart-
ment to stand by. At 5:46 he
contacted the air traffic
supervisor. Between 5:50
and 5:52 he again failed to
make contact with the
plane. At 6:05 it was

reported missing and
overdue.
- Dr. Geoff Appleton,

reporting on the autopsy
findings, said all 12 persons
killed in the crash died in-
stantaneously of brain in-
uries resulting from skull
ractures.

‘Child Development Centre

construction starts

A large group of people
involve
campaign to get a Child
Development Centre for
Terrace gathered on
property leased to the
Terrace Cerebral Palsy
Association by District 88
School Board for 35 years
for the official first sod
turning ceremonies.

The sun was shining
brightly although a bone
chilling wind swept the
construction site.
departure from the ordinary
marked the ceremonies as
instead of a political figure
being invited to officiate, the
people actually doing the
sod-turning were a large
group of children who will
benefit from the new centre.

The turning point in the
long struggle came on
Friday, February 18 of this
year when Cyril Shelford,
MLL.A. Skeena, advised the
Construction Committee
that the provincial govern-
ment will contribute the
sum of $80,000 to the project.
Since construction cost as of
March this year stood at
$124,000 the government
contribution plus the $44,000
raised or pledged by local

organizations and in-
dividuals allowed the
committee to start con-
struction,

Hand H Construction will
underlake the construction.
The foundation has already
been dug out and concrete
pouring should be underway
any day if it is not already
started. Manuel da Silva,
Chairman of the Con-
struction Committee, will
look after sub-trades and
construction supervision.
UTILIZATION OF THE
PRESENT CENTRE

It is of interest to note
that, although the centre is
run under the auspices of
the Terrace Cerebral Palsy
Association, only a minority

of referrals are children

with the actual syndrome of
cerebral palsy. A full list of
the various problems
handled by the Terrace
Child Development Centre
would be almost impossible,
but the major categories
would be tte following:
Mental * Retardation,

Cerebral Palsy, Hearing:

and Sight Loss, Down’s
Syndrome, Hyperactivity,
Neuromuscular disorders
without cerebral palsy,
Developmental Delay —
caused by social and
emotional problems, Infant
Stimulation Program for all
the. above, Fure Speec
Problems. © ~ '

Although the main bias of
the centre is to the pre-
school ‘child, the Terrace
Child Development Centre
has provided a significant
service to the local school
district (School District 88).
Many children, for example,

in the two year.

with pure speech problems,
attend the centre on an out-
patient basis, and this
aspect of the program is
especially significant in
view of the fact that the

_ school district at the present

time does not employ a
Speech Therapist.

The Infant Stimulation
Program has up to the

present ime . been largely
“neglected because of lack of

physical space and pressure
of work from the rest of the
caseload. However this
program is now being
developed and it is felt that
this will provide a vital
service in the community:

The Terrace Child
Development Centre has
served children from as far
east as Houston, west to
Prince Rupert and north to
Aiyansh, Out of town

‘children are referred to the

Centre for assessment and
parents. are given home
treatment programs to
follow. In view of the
number of small com-
munities in the region and
therefore their inability to
provide equivalent services
themselves, this aspect of
the centre’s function is of
prime importance. It is
anticipated that over the
nextfew years this aspect of
the centre’s function will
increase significantly.
ESTIMATED FUTURE
NEEDS

It has always been an-
ticipated by the Terrace
Cerebral Palsy Association
that the number of children
admitted to the centre would

increase. What was
basically always  un-
derestimated was the

rapidity with which the
referral would increase.
With the increased
realization of the work done
by the centre, more and
more professional hedies,
for example Public Health
nurses, general prac-
titioners, etc., have begun to
refer more patients to the
centre, In addition, with
increased public exposure,
more parents are willing
and anxious to bring their
children forward for
assessment, Over the past
two years we have come to
realize the significant
‘iceberg effect” of the
problems with which the
centre is dealing. More and
more children are being
referred by various agen-
cies for assessment and the
standard procedure of the
Child Development Centre
is to admit the majority of
such referrals for a period of

assessment averaging from _

three months in duration,
Some of the referred
children are not admitted
further to the programs but
a significant number con-
tinue on for either further
assessment or treatment.

MANUEL DA SILVA, construction chairman flashes

to Jose h-

the “V for Victory” sign (left) while Vic Hawes,
representing Terrace Kinsmen and Dr. Geoff Ap-
pleton of the Cerebral Palsy Association, show the
first cheque for $10,000 towards the new — Child

Because. of the economic
situation in this region at the
present time, it is extremely
difficult to predict what the
future needs of the centre
will be. However, the area
has been encouraged
recently by the efforts of the
present provincial govern-
ment to stimulate em-
ployment and growth in the
region and it is felt by most
residents that because of the
geographical location of
Terrace the city will un-
doubtedly see the end of the
present slump and will

gin to expand once again.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Inall previous approaches
to the provincial govern-
ment for assistance in
funding the .new Child
Development Centre,
evidence of community
support has always been
requested, The Board of the
Terrace Child Development
Centre has made over the
past 12 months, a strenuous
effort -to achieve such
support. Through exposure
in newspapers, local radio
and local television, the
board has through its own
efforts obtained a gratifying
degree of public support.
The board itself has un-
dertaken many of its own
fund raising ventures and
has obtained assistance
from a variety of local
organizations and in-
dividuals. The following is a
list of the major
organizations which have
given financial support to

the Building Fund of the
Child Development centre:
The Kinsmen Club of
Terrace, the Rotary Club of
Terrace, the Terrace
Jaycettes, The Terrace Co-
operative Association, The
Terrace Centennial Lions,
The Terrace Branch of the
R.N.A.B.C,, The terrace
Jaycees, the Medical Staff
of Mills Memorial Hospital.

Individuals and smaller
organizations too numerous
to mention have assisted the
centre both financially and

_ by providing manpower for

the various fund-raising
ventures. In addition the
board is required to raise an
annual sum of $2,500
towards the operating cost
of the Terrace Child
Development Centre and it
is notable that the board has
never found difficulty in
raising this amount of
money, Another significant
donation has come from the
Terrace Kinsmen Club who
provided the centre in the
summer of 1975 with a 12-
seat vehicle for the tran-
sportation of children to and
from the centre and this has
been of extreme importance
to many families in the area
whose children could not
otherwise have benefitted
from our services. It should
be pointed out that as yet in
the Terrace area there is no
public transportation.

Through these efforts the
board has managed to raise
a total sum of $44,000

bringing along a model of

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airport facilities a petition will be made available
starting Thursday at 4646: Lakelse Avenue. The

THE HERALD, Wednesday, March 9, 1977, PAGE Ai

and accidental —

petition will urge government to act on the recom-
mendations made by the coroner's jury into the Twin
Otter air crash on Little Herman Mountain.

Jolliffe accuses Chamber of politics

The District of Terrace
Municipal Council granted
the Terrace and District
Chamber of Commerce a

joint meeting with very little.

coming out of it with the
exception of Alderman
Jolliffe baring old wounds in
which he suggested that the
Chamber was too politically
oriented to the extent of
actively supporting can-
didates in municipal elec-
ons.

Jim McKay, who is
chairman of the Chamber’s
Building Committee,
provided the only positive
material for the meeting

Development Centre building across from Miils

the Information Building
which the Chamber will be
erecting on lots on the north
side of Keith Street just east
of the Pacific Northern Gas
building.

The building which will be
of log construction will be 32
feet by 22 feet, giving about
1,000 square feet of inside
floor space. The building
will be used for providing
tourist information, high-

_ way condition and routes, a
topography display, a

resource display: an in-
dustrial isplay a
recreation facility display
and a complete range of
brochures will be available
for distribution to visitors.

i recently as

Memorial Hospital on Haugland. The important
people who will benefit from the construction stand in

front.

The Chamber is waiting
for permission from the
Department of Highways in
regards to aecess to High-
way 16 before going ahead
on construction. This is
expected before April 4.

Although the Chamber did
not ask the Municipality for
any financial assistance for
this construction it was
suggested that material
such as gravel could be
provided as well as con-
struction equipment,
elimination of building
permit costs, some labour
and free sewer and water
connections.

Although members of
Council were unanimous in
their approval of the
Chamber project they were
quick to indicate that no
inancial commitment could
be made until after the
budget is brought down in

y.

It was about this time that
Alderman Jolliffe tock the
floor to complain about past

=| treatments he has been

subjected ta by the
Chamber in his political
aspirations. Jolliffe was
armed with a pile of
photocopies of press reports
in which he claims the
Chamber in the past and as
the last
municipal election took a too
active and direct position in
supporting candidates, He
claimed that his neck bears
the scars of past attacks by
‘the Chamber.

He particularly took
exception to the bills for
advertising in the Trade and

he was blamed for
authorizing. He said such
statements were made on
the eve of the election which
saw him lose his seat as
mayor.

Alderman Bob Cooper
took exception to Jolliffe’s
statements and dressed him

dowa during the meeting

Len Harrington named to Sports Council

The Honourable Ilona
Campagnolo, Minister of
State for Fitness and
Amateur Sport, announced
the appointment of eight
new members to the
National Advisory Council
on Fitness and Amateur
Sport, All appointments are
for three-year terms. In
addition, seven council
members were re-appointed
for three years and one for a
one-year term.

The National Advisory
Council on Fitness and
Amateur Sport was
established in September
1961 by virtue of the Fitness
and Amateur Sport Act. The
council consists of up to 30
members from all
provinces, the Yukon and
Northwest Territories. Its
mandate is to advise the
minister on matters that
require the minister’s
personal attention or that of
the council.

Three committees on
fitness, sport and recreation
were set up in late 1974.
Each committee meets
three or four times a year
and submits recom-
mendations twice a year for

.the council’s approval.

The eight
members are:

Leonard A. Harrington,
Terrace, B.C., radio sports

new council

commentator and a former,

member of the R.C.M.P.
Mr. Harrington is well-
known in the Terrace area
for his active participation
in sports organizations.

Joan I. Williams,
Kelowna, 8.C. special
counsellor for School
District 23 (Central

Okanagan) and a golf and
ski enthusiast.

Thomas G. Gallacher,
Hamilton, Ontario,
Chairman of the Hamilton
Board of Education in 1975
and well-known in the
Hamilton area for his
dedication to youth sports
activities.

Joan Weir Teal, Water-
down, Ontario, active
participant in competitive
sports at the university and
high school levels and who is
currently training to
become a member of this
ear's Canadian team for
he World Whitewater
Canoeing Championships in
Austria.

William Peter Adams,
Peterborough, Ontario,
professor of geography at
Trent University and
founding president of the

-university, For many years,

Mr, Adams was chairman of
the Trent Water Group, a
multidiseiplinar facult
group interested in all
problems related to water,
‘Eric W. Morse, Chelsea,

P.Q., member of the Order
of Canada and of the London

Royal Geographical
Society. For 60 years, Mr.
Morse has practised

canoeing in the wilderness
and he once organized an
expedition from Yellowknife
to the Polar Sea to retrace
the steps of explorer Sir
John Franklin.

Rosalie Ann Donovan,
Saint John, N.B., well-
Imown in the Saint John
area for her participation in
sports programs and who
has recently contributed to
the founding of a mini-
basketball league. ,

Denis E. Murphy, St.
John’s, Newfoundland, now
in his fourth term as first
vice-president of the
Canadian Amateur Softball
Association and host
chairman for Softball
Newfoundland for the 1977
Canada Summer Games in
St. John’s.

The six members re-
appointed for three-year
terms are: Gwen Smith,
Edmonton; Henry Janzen,
Winnipeg; Elizabeth Neal,
Unionville, Ontario;
Marlene B. Mullenger,
Halifax, Patricia A.
Lawson, Saskatoon and
Mrs. Ferdinand Valentino,
Minto, N.B. . .

Mrs.- Faye Eccleston, of
North Vancouver, was -re-

Commerce Magazine which.

and took the matter up with ~

Jolliffe again following the
meeling.
The three Vice Presidents:

of the Terrace and District.

Chamber of Commerce:

continued to press council-

for concrete proposals. They:

‘asked for guidelines as to’

what is expected of the:
Chamber and what the:
Chamber could expect from:

the Municipal Council in

regards to tourist promotion’

and industria] development.

No member of council was .
prepared to give any firm-
answer. Chamber President.
Mike Tindall, in desperation |
pleaded that it would be a
shame to leave the meeting |
without accomplishing’

anything.

Alderman Sharon Biggs .

came up with a suggestion
that the Chamber look into
cleaning up the town, She
suggested that residents be

encouraged to clean up their -

properties and businessmen
asked to sweep off the
sidewalks in front of their
places of business.

Alderman Jack Talstra_

suggested that the citizens
get very discouraged
because of vandalism, He
reported that pickets from
his fence are being pulled
out almost daily.

Chamber Vice President
Dave Sparrow advised that
when he dropped off his wile
in Terrace on their arrival
three years ago she ex-
claimed that Terrace was
the dirtiest town she had
ever been in, To which

-Alderman Biggs added

“that was my own feeling

when I arrived five years.

ago.”

At Alderman Biggs in-
sistance that something be
done in cleaning Terrace up,
President Mike Tindall of
the Chamber of Commerce
said that he had written it

down and would bring it up.
at the next meeting of his

executive committee.

Len Harrington

appointed for a one-year

term.
Other members

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Montreal, Chairman of thez
Council; Weston MacAleer, =
Yellowknife, N.W.T.; Fran

Wigston, London, Ontario;

Kenneth Galanchuk,z

Winnipeg;
Whitehorse,
Patricia Boland, Montreal;
Reginald
Morell, P.E.L;

Roy Reber,
Yukon;3

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Shirley;

Campbell, Windsor, On->
tario; William McEwen,
Vancouver West; Terry-

Kelly,

Brodeur,
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Larouche, Alma, P.Q.

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