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Herald Staff Writer TERRACE—

. was honoured Friday by the brief visit of Britain's High Commissioner to Canada,

the. Lord Moran .KCMG . (Knight Commander. of the * order of:St. Micheal and St. _ George), his wife, and the |

British Consul-General in Vancouver, Stanley.

. Stephenson. Ln _ Describing his first visit ‘to the horthcoast region as

‘lovely and very fascinating, - ‘ the former ambassador to

Ligbon spent a few hours meéting with local

dignitaries, taking a small .

tour of Terrace; and being

’ special guest at a luncheon

beld at the Bavarian’ Inn. - During the luncheon, the

- High: Commissioner was

presented with a Mr. Bark-

man driftwood carving and-

his wife was given.a hand-

woven. scarf. . Mr. Stephenson was also ” presented with a driftwood

carving. In return, the couple

presented Mayor Helmut-

“Gieabrecht with a pictorial mariuseript on Lord Moran's home: town, Lan-

’ don, England, -’

During the ‘afternoon | the couple visited the Heritage

. Village parksite and after a

brief of the buildings and ° learning of - the: history surrourding the village, the two took part in a tite | planting ceremony. - ‘Saying that he hoped the

; ‘tree would grow, the Lord

Moran and his wife‘did a —

professional job of planting . a three-year-old Cortland "Apple tree, a variely of tree . that was planted by early

settlers in the Terrace area,

Lord Moran waa born on ©

"Sept. 22, 1924 in London, ~ England, son of the late first

Baron Moran and his wife.

Dorothy.

He was educated at Eton .and King's College. in ‘Cambridge.

Ini 1943 he joined the Royal Navy and served as an ordinary seaman on

‘ Russian convoya and was also present at the sinking of the Scharnhorst on Boxing Day, 1943. :

In 1945; he began working , for the Foreign Offica and was appointed Third

Monday, March 12, 1984 -

Terrace.

Foreign Office in uently served in’

The Skeena ‘Jr. girls’

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. ;

weekend.

$875,000.

basketball team return. triumphan quickly swelled in number.

of the Americans said.

“Lord ! Moran’ visits Terrace area ; Friday

Secretary in the, Western Department in 1946, -

''-He was posted to “Ankéra

In 1948 and then to Tel-Aviv

‘in 1980'. where: he was

promoted: ‘to. * Second

-. Two-yeays later, he was transferred Janeiro but after three years’ “etummed to ‘work in the “Pertnanent: .

London. ,

As First.. Secretary ‘(ne

formation), he “went to Washington. in 1959, and,-in

. 1962, was ‘transferred ‘to

London once more.

He worked in the- per- sonnel department until in 1964 he was ‘placéd'in the

“West and ‘Central “Africa

Department 88: “Assistant

’ Head:

AB. voumpelie arta, Head of Chancery; hézseryad in Prétoria ‘for: °1985 . to “1963,

’ then, after the merger of the

Foreign Office .and the Commonwealth | Relations Office, he became head of

“West Africa and General

Department where . ‘ha served diting: most of the Nigerian Civil War. -.

In 1970, he was appointed,

additionally, to be Her

Majesty's. (non-resident) to Chad,

Ambassador

’ becoming the first of Her “Majesty's Ambassadors to

be London-based. . He was, Ambassador to

' Budapest from 1975 to 1976,’

and Ambassador to’ Lisbon from 1e7@° to ‘1b81, .

Lord Moran , was -made .

CMG in 1970 and KCMG in

1981. New Year’s Honours. .

He -becamie High | Com- missioner’ to Canada In

‘June, 1081; ‘ > Mr, ‘Stanley’ Stephsenson AG was educated ‘at: Bede

Collegiate Boys School, Sundertand. He served in the Royal

' Navy from 1944: to 1948

before entering.the Foreign Service in the latter year. ’ After a brief spell in the. ‘ London, he subseq Cairo, Jedda and Damascus before. being appointed Vice-Consul (Cormmercial) at Curacao in 194. He followed thia with temporary duty at various Latin-American posts.

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couple visited the area briefly as

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_ anual. seal hunt.

‘returned to the ‘Foreign

Office for a two-year tour of

duty in the _ Department, -

Stephenson, 57, took up -his' appointment as British Consul-General ‘at Van- couver ‘on May 7, 1983.

On promotion to Second Secretary . he became | Comiiercial . Officer. at

American Seoul until: 1959 when he LO

** Burlington, °

Vt., : * threatened.”

: "BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A woman whose last phone ~ bill-was for $109, 504.86 and had ‘to be’ ‘delivered by a . truck said Sunday she didn't - make all thoge calls and has ~ No idea who did, , “They were from ali over, ' to all over,’' Jane Lan- : + denberger” said. “Libya, . England,: Japan — you name it.” The 2,578-page bill, which arrived in five bundles tied . with rubber . bands, . described telephone calls to and from places all over the world, all. charged to

credit card. | Just who was making the calls is unclear, but New

cepted Mrs. denberger's word she wasn't the culprit. The company agreed to take off the illicit calls — all 09,457.63 worth — leaving her with a February telephone bill of a more modest $47.03. The company also changed her credit card number, and dectared the ‘old one invalid. That stopped the calls, and also ended one of the more ' "puzzling, and wearying, periods in Landenberger’s ’ Hfe. ‘ _+ The calls started in ‘ January, she said, when she began receiving requests -for authorization from operators on third-party calls to and from distant cities. She said she always dented authorization, The calls were frequently from Miami and environs.

When her January telephone bill arrived, it was for $300. The telephone company agreed to delete - the excesa charges from het

pressed with the scenery and wildlife found along the Skeena River: Being an avid birdwatcher, ‘the former ambassador to Lisbon, made many stops during his trip .. from Prince Rupert to observe the , eagles feeding along the river. Also visiting along with the couple was Stanley Stephenson, the British Consul- General based In Vancouver. :

Leaving: & permanent mark from . thelr-visit to Terrace, the Lord and’: Lady Moran planted an apple tree at the Heritage Village Parksite, ‘Friday.. The Lord Moran- is ‘Canada’s newest High Com- missioner-Designate, having been appolnted in June, 1963. The

part of a familiarization tour of | B.C. This being’ their. first visit to the area, both _ were quite im-

- "| Herald Staff Writer

' ‘TERRACE The Skeena Jr. baskeiball team arrived home Sunday as ‘provincial champs after winning the eight team: provincial basketball championship tournament in Richmond on the weekend,

‘Skeena opened the tournament with a commanding 55-23 win over Balmoral of North Vancouver: Jaci Sturn led Skeena

In. ‘he second game Skeena won 49-33 “over Dr. Knox of Kelowna to advance to the finals, Caroline Hendry had 18 points in

The protest by seal-hunt supporters began Friday with intimidation- and | erupted into violence Sunday at the airport in this Magdalen Islands community in the Gulf of St. Lawrence where many depend : ‘on fishing and the seal hunt for their living.

About 100 seal-hunt supporters crashed a protective barrier at the airport early Sunday and battered ahellcopter owned by _ the International Fund for Animal Welfare - with bottles, clubs and chains. - The protesters, some: wearing masks, ‘then tipped fhe aircraft over on its side,

” police Sgt. Claude St-Gelals said in an in- _terview from Rimouski, Que.. . Tie aircraft is valued ‘by its owners at

" Thirteen policemen — eight provincial olice.and five RCMP constables — were ‘unable tohold back the demonstrators, ‘who

‘ty-aix houra earlier, another nob had orced © the, ‘four-man American _ crew " fepresenting the’ ‘animal welfare group to _ abatidon: the aircraft and hand over film and videotapes taken of seal movements. -- “Themob also smashed about $5,000 worth

of camera equipment on the helicopter, one

~ That ‘outburst - occurred after: - airport . -attendents refused to sell fuel to the crew : when they saw the name of the anti-sealing organization on the side of the aircraft.

‘The International Fund ‘for. Animal Welfare is one of. the key groups: ‘behind a.

fish ‘products to ‘force ‘Canada. ‘to end the

No‘one was injured in either- ineident 0 on the weekend, but Dan Morast, a spokesman for the animal welfare team from Port Yarmouth, Mass:," said he and crew members photographer George Marcelonis

. of Boston, pilot. Bob-Francini of Arlington, :. -Mass., and cameraman Bill Patterson from were

: . that game. girls’

protect us.”

In the final game the zirif matched up with Kalamalka Lake of Vernon for the championship. Skeena won the fina] 43-32 to take the provincial title.”

_ In addition to the championship, the Skeena team received the most sport- smaniike team award. ‘Caroline Hendry was named most valuable player of the ‘tournament and Jaci Sturn and Val Philpot were given first allstars, Cherie Trudeau was given honorable mention. Jacl Stumm also won the hot shot shooting competition.

Sealers attack helicopter

. HAVRE-AUX-MAISONS, Que. (CP) ~- Provinelal police have bolstered the local contingent here following a rampage by militant seal-hunt supporters-who heavily damaged a helicopter ‘belonging to an — Ameyican. anti-sealing group. on. the

After the four came out of the helicopter, police moved people away from the alr- craft, “and they (the demonstrators) came

alter us in the hangar,” Morast recalled.

“There were about ‘40° guys outside pinching at the doors, punching at the —

| windows, Finally, a

: policeman came in to

Morast, who now is staying in Charlot- tetown, said the helicopter is “certainly damaged beyond a complete overhaul.” He said repairs.“‘would take days and would

. require contlouous: ‘protection, which they (police) can’t’ provide.”

Quebec police Sgt. Luc Lavoie could not -say how many extra officers have been sent ‘to the island community. Inveatigators are — ‘to begin questioning residents today, he.

said, and added no arresta had been made or charges laid Sunday,

-Morast said the environment group has turned the matter over to its lawyers. and ‘also plans to seek American diplomatic intervention.

DEFENDS SEALERS ‘ Defending the sealers, a spokesman for the Magdalen ‘Island Sealers Association

said the group can’t condone the violence

against the anti-sealing team or its ». helicopter, but called their presence at the ‘hunt “an arrogant and provocative act.”

“Donald Delaney, association president,

said in a statement the anti-sealing group “has only itself to blame for the damages caused to the helicopter.”

The group has done everything to blacken the sealers’ image, Delaney said, while endangering “an important source of revenue for the whole of the Magdalen ‘Islands’ and even blackmailing the

government by threatening a boycott af

“atl on, It's "inch more

Canadian fish products.” “Morast warned:. “ lot. only ig the boycott 1, dbvio aly’ ifolng, to a0. én with

eow?!

- In Vancouver, “meanwhile, anti-sealing

activist Paul Watson, who is irée on bail

physically o ; killed.

bill, and promised to change

‘her credit card number. But someone apparently forgot, -she said. —

CALLS CONTINUED

‘The calls continued in February.

“The operator would. call from Miami and ask if I would authorize a call from Miami {0 Libya,”- she

recalled. “And I was getting -

calls from a. man with a foreign accent who. would

dealers, .

while appealing a ’15-month sentence for interfering -with the seal hunt last year, defended the movement and expressed outrage at the attack. ,

Watson and Morast and his fellow crew members maintain the hunters are still slaughtering seal pups, but federal fishery officials say seal pups are no longer being

Sorry, wrong numbers

ask for Magdaline, Teresa, Sandra — or he would ask

“who I was.

New York Telephone sald it is Investigating the calls

to determine who made

them, The culprits — there were apparently a number

of them -- ‘could have

ranged from . college pranksters to big-time drug ‘the. New -York Times said.

_ Landenberger's telephone

York Telephone Co. ac-: Lan- -

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