~Caged killer whale retrieved from deep Feature by Mare Davis The Review A new marine mammal exhibit will be at the Sidney Museum soon following the removal of a caged killer whale from the Saa- nich Inlet yesterday. No animal welfare activists were on hand, however. The whale was dead shortly before it was caged and sunk. All that was left was a pile of flesh-covered bones. Museum curator Calvor Palmat- eer said the remains of the four-ton whale were left in the water in Pat Bay for three months, where shrimp and sea lice have helped clean it naturally removing the flesh and meat from its bones. With most of the decaying flesh gone, work can begin to recon- Struct the whale’s skeleton for display in the foyer of the museum, he said. Ferry traffic still climbing Traffic on B.C. Ferries continues to increase with 750,000 more passengers carried by the fleet in 1990 than in 1989. In 1990 the 38-ship B.C. Ferries fleet carried 19,735,103 passen- gers and 7,703,430 vehicles. Between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen, the ferries carried 5.9 million passengers in 1990, up from 5.8 million in 1989 and 54 million in 1988. “In 1989 the corporation’s pas- senger traffic figures rose by over one million. This past year another three-quarters of a million passen- gers sailed with B.C. Ferries,” Rita Johnston, minister responsible for B.C. Ferries, said in announcing the traffic increase. The ferry corporation’s capital construction program is planned to meet the demands of the increas- ing use, she added. The latest figures for the last two weeks in January show passenger traffic on the major routes is up 1.2 per cent while vehicle traffic is up 1.1 per cent. Alarm bells An audible alarm at Rust’s Jew- elers on Beacon Avenue in Sidney alerted passersby to an attempted break-in overnight Feb. 21-22. Police were called by the pas- sersby to find the lock had been pried but entry to the store was not made. “Visitors are going to love the skeleton, especially with all those big teeth hanging down,” Palmat- eer Said. “It’s a great example of an animal that’s fairly common around our shore and it'll be very distinctive.” The skeleton of the huge sea mammal weighs about 200 pounds alone, while the rest of the bones tip the scales at about 800 pounds. The 24-foot long female whale was found washed up on a Mal- REMAINS OF KILLER whale are loaded into a steel crate and prepared for lowering to the bottom of the sea near the Institute of Ocean Sciences at Pat Bay, SIDNEY MUSEUM photo Answering service links businesses A new telephone answering ser- vice for small Peninsula compa- nies has set up shop in Sidney. Clients of Message Line include six new Peninsula businesses, said spokesman Colleen Massie. Included in the businesses the service answers for are Maxwell’s Towing, Service Taxi, Keating Road Auto Sales and Clean Sweep Chimney Services. Other new clients include Excel Fiberglass, R M Services (a finan- cial and secretarial support firm) and Neuage International, which imports and exports jewelry. The answering service is prov- ing to be popular because it helps cut the operating costs of small businesses, Massie said. The number to call is 655-4302 to contact any of the new busi- nesses. Swartz Bay Terminal Expansion On-site Information Display Trailer Come and see BC Ferries’ plans for expansion of the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. We're building for the future — to handle present and future travel demands and provide better service. Our Information Trailer, located within the terminal area, includes plans and information panels explaining the changes ahead. E33 BC FERRIES TheReview colm Island beach, near Telegraph Cove on the northern coast of Vancouver Island in mid- November, he said. The huge animal was cut up into small sections so that it could be transported by truck to Sidney, after a team of scientists com- pleted an autopsy. Work on its preservation as a museum display showpiece will be ongoing, Palmateer said. Lowered in a five-by-four-foot cage into the waters next to the Institute of Ocean Sciences” dock, the whale remains include vir- SPECIAL $45°° CUT & SET INCLUDED Regular $52.00 SENIOR’S DAY - WEDENSDAY CUT $9.00 SET $9.00 6 5b. 3622 aS Plaza Mall Wednesday, March 13,1991 — A113 All Movies 2 for 1 with this coupon Monday - Thursday including New Releases & Top 100 Expires March 31/91 _ ‘not good with any other cffer UbDED IMPACT tually every bone needed to recon- Struct a complete skeleton, he said. 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