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Page 12, News, Wednesday, January 27, 1988. One year over and another one to go By Ken Lusk The News Yes, another year is over and new one has just begun. What will this year hold? No one can predict the future. No one knows if it will be a happy year, a sad year, a productive year, or a wast- ed year. Only time itself will tell if we will look back fondly on 1988. But for now all we can do is look back at 1987; certainly an exciting year for area residents. = « Join us as we look back through the middle part of 1987 in this the second part of a three- part series. Look back with us as we say good-bye to another year. Enjoy! Former Model Wendy Crawford speaks here during Police Week (May 20 issue) "Persons in our area had the pleasure last week of meeting fairly-renowned speaker on the problem of drinking and driving, _ Wendy Crawford. "On July 5, 1984, at the age of 19, Miss Crawford was driving to the Toronto Airport to board a flight to Japan. ",..On that fateful. night, Miss Crawford's vehicle was hit from behind by a drunken driver. This driver already had two convic- tions of impaired driving. "A suitcase in the back seat flew forward because of the impact and shattered Miss Crawford's spinal cord leaving her a quadriplegic. She has limit- ed movement in her arms and from the chest down she is para- lyzed. . "Miss Crawford told students at the Lake Superior High School on Tuesday, May 12, that the man who hit her has suffered no pun- ishment at all- he got off on a technicality. "Miss Crawford was invited to speak in Terrace Bay during Police Week. She talked to the high school students in the after- noon of May 12 and at the Curling Club lounge in Terrace Bay that night." Le Grand leaving Schreiber for Blind River (May 20 issue) "After four years of adding their special charm to the com- munity of Schreiber (not to men- tion Terrace Bay), Bill and Anne Marie Le Grand are leaving to take up residence in Blind River, Ontario. "The reason being, said Bill, is that the Bishop does not believe in leaving a priest in his first parish for more than three or four years, " 'T've enjoyed working with people in Schreiber and Terrace Bay, Anglican and _ non- Anglican'," Le Grand told the News. ",,.Bill and Anne Marie arrived in Schreiber in January of 1984 while Bill was still a Deacon. "He was ordained in Thunder Bay in June of the same year. "Bill will be moving on to St. Saviour's Anglican Parish in Blind River, Ontario." Township seeks new clerk... (June 10 issue) "The Township of Terrace Bay is presently seeking a Clerk- Treasurer Administrator to fill the vacancy left by... Larry Simons. "The May 25th council meet- ing was Simons' last official one as the Clerk-Treasurer of Terrace Bay. (...Simons was accepted to tun his allotted distance with the 1988 Olympic torch...Simons said he will definitely be back to carry the flame)." Simons did run_ near Marathon. He came to Terrace Bay on Jan. 11 and participated in the torch ceremonies on Simcoe Plaza. Community Futures Committee now formed (June 17 issue) "The Schreiber-Terrace Bay Community Futures Committee, just recently formed, received approval for funding on June 5 by the federal government, John Smrke, chairman of the commit- tee, told the News. "The approved budget will allow this committee six months to do 'discovery work'. Smrke said in this period there will be 'critical discoveries that will determine the path of the commit- tee'. "One objective will be...to Study..., research.. and investigate the current status of local busi- ness and industry to see in what areas they are lacking in, and con- versely, what areas they are not lacking in. "...the six-month discovery work period will give the com- munity the opportunity to discov- er what areas do require assis- tance. "In this way, after the six- month period does elapse, the committee will know exactly what areas it can focus on in its attempt to realize its objectives." Police Chief to leave post (June 24 issue) "Following the resignation of the Township of Terrace Bay's clerk-treasurer, Terrace Bay's Police Chief, R.N. Phillips, has also announced his intents of leaving the community. "Chief Phillips told the News that August 29 will be his last (day) as police chief. As of September 1, 1987, Phillips will be the new police chief of Dryden, Ontario. "Phillips said his decision to leave Terrace Bay is simply because he looks forward to policing a larger centre. "Phillips, a native of Southern Ontario, said that he was offered the position, and quite simply, "accepted. " T've enjoyed my time here,' Phillips said. "The merchants and the townspeople have been very co-operative. We've had a good working relationship which made for good policing- a good atmo- a" sphere'. Five cars go off the track in Terrace Bay derailment (July 8 issue) "A derailment in Terrace Bay on June 29, which left five cars off the track, made necessary a day-and-a-half cleanup operation by the Canadian Pacific Railway. "CPR Superintendent Karl Jansenn told the News that because an official investigation has not yet been completed, he could not release information as to the cause of the mishap. "He did say that in the course of switching cars in the yard, five cars went off the track. "The accident occurred at about 2 p.m. on Monday, June 29, and the cleanup was not complete until the next evening. "Two empty tanker cars (previ- ously containing chlorine) and three full boxcars carrying pape (pulp) from the Kimberly-Clark mill derailed at the point where the track splits from all other tracks and leads toward the mill (behind Dave Desrosiers & Son Ltd.). Platform breaks at Winston Lake- 1 man dead, 1 injured (July 15 issue) "A J.S. Redpath construction worker was killed at the Minnova Inc. Winston Lake Mine near Schreiber on Sunday, July 5, bringing the total number of min- ing deaths in Ontario so far this year to 11. "Marcel Labreche, 57, of Elliot Lake, was killed when the plat- form he and another worker were riding broke plunging the men 165 feet to the bottom of the mine shaft. "The other man involved in the accident, Gary T. Dermody, 31, 0t Cranbrook, British Columbia, is listed in stable con- dition at McKellar General Hospital in Thunder Bay." Kimberly-Clark bark pile fire...(August 5 issue) A bark pile fire on Kimberly- ae: §=Peorthis DRYCLEANING SERVICES | NEW AGENT In Terrace Bay Lower level in the Post Office SEWING NOOK 825-9555 824-2617 Jan. 18th to Jan. 30th SPECIALS Men's & Ladies Topcoats - - - $5.99 Plain Pants - - - - - - - -- -- - - -$3.19 Skirts - -----------------$3.49 Heavy Winter Coats & Parkas ---------------$6.99 Travel Rest Trailer Park Schreiber NOTICE Thunder Bay District Health Unit '4, will be holding a series of Pre-Natal 4 Classes commencing on March 22. call 824-2413 mornings only. To register, please Clark property last Tuesday had fire crews and water bombers working hard to keep it from spreading to the surrounding bush. "According to Director of Industrial Relations at Kimberly- Clark Daryl Payette, the fire start- ed by spontaneous combustion. He said that bark pile fires are not uncommon in mill operations. "(Payette) said with a bark pile that size there is tremendous pres- sure. The extremely hot weather lately also contributed to the fire. "We always watch (for signs of bark pile fires),' said Payette." Local man abducted and tied to tree in area (August 12 issue) "It was like a scene out of the Burt Reynolds' movie Deliverance. "Terrace Bay resident Edmond Trapp, 61, was abducted at knife- point by a lone male and then teft tied to a tree by the man and two female accomplices later that same morning. "The Terrace Bay Police Force informed the News that the inci- dent, which occurred on Sunday, August 9, involved three persons who cannot at present be identi- fied. "Police Chief Russ Phillips said the identity of the male is in question and that one of the females is a young offender. "The News has learned that on the morning of Sunday, August 9, Terrace Bay resident Edmond Trapp was just exiting his truck on the beach when he was approached by a male in his early '20s wielding a medium-sized knife. "The man held the knife to Trapp's back and forced him to drive to the highway (this was after the man had put a bicycle into the back of the truck). "Trapp was forced to drive the vehicle from the beach to the highway, from the highway to the high school and from the high school to the Shell gas station on Highway 17. "On the corner of Hudson Dr. and Highway 17, two female accomplices came out of the bush and joined Trapp and the male in the truck. "Police Chief Phillips said that Trapp was then forced to drive west through Schreiber to the Zenmac: road that leads to Winston Lake. "The foursome proceeded for about two kilometres on this road at which time they turned into a side road. "It was at this point that Trapp's hands were bound. The three offenders made Trapp walk and they also took his wallet and cigarettes. "Trapp was then forced to sit down in front of a tree where he was tied to it with stiff cable wire the three offenders had found. "It was then about 10:30 a.m., and Edmond Trapp found himself tied to a tree. While he diligently worked on loosening his bonds, the three responsible for this ridiculous affair were on their way, in Trapp's truck, to Wawa, Ontario. "Trapp eventually managed to free himself, but in the process suffered from many lacerations to his hands caused by the friction of the wire. "After freeing himself Trapp walked from that spot in the bush to Highway 17 where he flagged down a passing motorist. It took Trapp about one-and-a-half hours to walk that distance. When he reached Schreiber Trapp informed the QPP ahont the incident "