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WHO SHOT
COCK RAVEN?

Between the hours of 6 and’ 7

p.m,, on- Tuesday, July 4,. 4°

Terrace Youth Soccer. team’, of.
eight-year-olds,. sponsored. by.
Ken’s ‘Photo, was holding a‘

practice on the grounds of E.T..

Kenney Primary School...
At. E.T.. Kenney, ‘there are:
three parallel: soccer fields, and ©
as-a part of the’ practice coach
Cathy Highe-had her team run-
ning from the.eastern boundary.
of ‘field number ‘one to the
western boundary of - field
number three and back. But as
the youngsters ‘crossed fields

" number Gne and two and weré

just entering the third, three of a
flock of four crows about 50 feet
away at the center of the. field
flew away — the. fourth, re-~
mained on the ground, quivering
slightly.

Highe, who was close to the —

noisy children and concentrating

on their performance, was un-

aware of what was happening
but there was one witness to. the |
scene described above who saw -
arid heard more.

John Sandhals’ daughter i isa
member of the team, . and. ‘he

watched the event from a van-
.. tage point between the center
‘lines of the first two fields. This ©

placed him about 150 feet from’
the action.

‘The first indication of some-
thing wrong, says Sandhals,
was the sound of a small calibre
weapon. ‘It was something with
powder behind it,’’ he says. It
was at this point that three of
the four crows flew away and he

says he realized that the fourth

bird had been shot. He warned §
‘the ‘coach’ and the team was @.

moved back ‘to the east. side of

‘the playground while Sandhalls fi i

“phoned the RCMP before going

back to the dead bird to deter-

mine just what had happened.
-Sandhals says. he couldn’t

find a bullet wound but it was’ §

‘obvious to him that the bird
“had been hit with something
pretty hard’’.+From the: direc-

tion of the sound, his location as - f

a witness, and the location of
the bird, Sandhals calculated
that there were only about three
or four windows in’ an apart-
ment block overlooking the field
from which the shot could have
been fired. A softball backstop
ruled out: ‘other possibilities, and
he. “estiniated the range of the

_ shot to be about 250 feet. '
Sandhals says that the RCMP.

Constable who answered the call
didn’t look at the bird but prom-

ised to do a “‘drive-by’’ and he. . .

- says that’s exactly what. she: did:
‘drove by the building. twid é!

then left. ‘She didn’t “everi® get’ _

out of her car,” he says. Sand-
hals waited for about 45. min-
utes expecting: the constable to

return, and when she didn’t he © |

‘took the ‘‘evidence’’ — the dead
bird — to the police station.

_ Sandhals says he has a num-
‘ber' of years experience as a
hunter and owns a variety of

compressed air, CO2 and-smail

and large bore rifles. And he
says that his best guess is that

the bird was killed by a .22 -

continued on page 2

Miss Halrwaves, Rhonda Butler, is one of nine charming Miss Terrace 1989 con-
testants. Butler is seen here during the pageant fashion show last week modeling

business attire. For story, see page 23.

Day of decision for Shames

Cabinet to rule: :

today on road ~

; building funds.

- A proposal for the Ministry of
Highways and Transportation.

to complete the building of an
access road to the Shames

Mountain ski resort develop-. .
ment received approval from the .

Treasury Board last Thursday,
and today the funding faces its
final hurdle — the ° Treasury

Board recommendation goes be-
fore Cabinet. |

- Skeena MLA Dave Parker
said in an interview from Vic-
toria at noon yesterday that the

- matter will be dealt with one way

or another by Cabinet and an

announcement will be made,

shortly. after. the meeting ad-
journs. ,

Shames Mountain Ski Cor-.

poration director Gerry Martin
said if the road building pro-

posal is approved it will free up.

$500,000 in Tourism Develop-
ment Agréement funding and
allow work to begin immediate-

ly.

Martin said, however, that
there is no possibility Shames
will be open for skiing this
winter. ‘It’s too late to finish
the road this year,’’ he said.

The remaining four kilom-
eters of road will have to -be
blasted out of a solid rock
mountainside. Estimates in-
dicate a cost of $1.2 million, but
in the interview yesterday Parker
said ‘there are several millions
of dollars involved here’’, but
declined to elaborate further.

Martin said his understanding

is that Highways will build and
maintain the road if the pro-
posal goes through.

Blood donor alert

Despite concerns as late as
last weekend that it might be
cancelled due to the labor
disputes involving health
care workers, organizers
have announced that the
summer Red Cross blood
donor clinic will go ahead
today.

The clinic will be open
from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the
gymnasium of Skeena Junior
Secondary School at 3411
Munroe St.

Red Cross representatives
say that summer blood do-
nations are particularly im-

portant because, due to
many regular donors being
on holidays, B.C. blood
bank normal reserves of two
to three days requirements
often fall to one day.

Only four percent of the
Canadian population do-
nates blood on a_ regular
basis. -

The process of giving one
unit of blood takes about 45
minutes from registration
through the after-donation
relaxation, and it's virtually
painless and completely risk-
free.

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