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the most is the message the parents
are leaving with kids is that it
doesn’t matter what the police say
or what the laws are,” Rosequist
Said.

He wants the parents group that
helped organize the wet party to
understand the consequences for
next year.

“I’m disappointed that we
didn’t improve from 1989,” Rose-
quist said. “Parkland School leads
the way in so many other areas —
sports, arts, academically — yet
they're no where up to speed on
after-grad.”

A dry after-grad held for Park-
land graduates drew about 45 peo-
ple but was a great success despite

a low tumout, Dance of Your Life

committee organizer Kathy
McDonald said.

“It was super, it was really neat .
... Lhe kids that were there had a
teally good time,’? McDonald
said.

The event had the support of
about 125 local businesses and
featured carnival games, a casino
and all of the Panorama Leisure
Centre facilities.

“They lagged about 3:30 a.m.
(June 27) but then they jumped

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into the pool and revived them-
selves,” McDonald said.
Many of the partygoers watched

the sun come up together and later
had a breakfast provided by the

Lions Club and the Christian

Women’s Club:

Another breakfast for Parkland
students, at a private residence in
Brentwood Bay, went very well
with a big arch of balloons and a
complete breakfast enjoyed by
over 70 students, a parent said.

At Stelly’s School, counselor
Bill Braun said over 200 students
and guests boarded the Stena
Cruise Line ship shortly after 12
midnight June 24, arrived in Seat-
tle about 7 a.m. before embarking
on the return trip.

From 12:45 a.m. until 2 a.m. the
group sat down for a smorgasbord
dinner, then had full use of the
ship’s night club with dance floor
and disc jockey from 2 until 6 a.m.

The $20,000 event was paid for
mostly by individual students,
although fundraising netted about
$2,500.

“The grads were dancing on the
back deck,” Braun said.

“We had a great evening.”

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Firemen had the blaze under
control by 11:30 p.m. and left
between 12:30 and 1 a.m., Curry
Said.

Curry said that thin strips of
cedar lath on the walls acted like
kindling, fuelling the flames.

“It’s just like having matches on
the wall,” he said.

The house was totally gutted.

“When it is already through the
Toof when we’re called, you get a
lot of heat built up. A smoke
detector would have helped in this
case,” Curry said.

“It was one-of-a-kind. It was a
house worth saving,” said Waters,
who has restored the historic Mt.
Newton Cottage across the street.
as a bed and breakfast facility.

The Richardson’s house, known
as the Bagley House after a former
occupant, was the first pre-
fabricated construction house built
on the Peninsula.

Constructed by the Wilkinson
family in 1908, the house is owned
by John Lyle of Calgary.

Waters offered the Richardsons
shelter.

“They’re certainly welcome to
Stay however long it takes to get
established,” he said.

Brenda Richardson said her hus-
band escaped without shoes or a

shirt. She described her own
escape as “naked as a jaybird
under this housecoat, flying out
the window.”

She was able to grab jeans and a
shirt but saved nothing else.

“Our whole life was in that
house,” she said.

The couple celebrate their first
wedding anniversary in two weeks.
Gary Richardson said he has lived
in the house for the past three
years. He did not have insurance.

“I guess we don’t have to pay
rent this month,” Brenda joked
despite tears.

She has just started a job at a»

new motel in Saanichton. Gary
Richardson works as a driver for
Goodwill Industries.

_ I don’t think I’m going to work
in the morning,” Gary said. His
Keys are buried in the ashes of the
house.

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might have been a barbecue the
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