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shirt
Quinson
teacher
Stewart
Fraleigh
helps
police
and
firemen
lift
injured
Mark
Janot
onto
a
stretcher
Fraleigh
tore
off
his
shirt
to
ft
oofced
bacf
Boy
crushed
beneath
wall
By
Rod
Mickleburgh
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
school
games
wall
crushed
a
boy
when
it
was
toppled
by
a
wind
gust
In
Wednesdays
surprise
storm
The
concrete
wall
was
12
feet
high
Mark
Janot
10
is
reported
In
good
condition
in
hospital
this
morning
The
wall
toppled
shortly
after
three
oclock
at
Qulnson
Elementary
School
Mark
a
grade
five
student
at
Quinson
was
apparently
taking
shelter
from
the
wind
when
the
wall
suddenly
fell
flat
burying
him
beneath
a
pile
of
cement
blocks
His
injuries
included
a
frac
fractured
�
tured
pelvis
and
quite
a
few
head
lacerations
Heard
noise
Another
student
Roy
Fallon
13
narrowly
missed
being
buried
as
well
He
said
he
had
been
right
be
beside
�
side
Mark
moments
before
the
wall
came
crashing
down
but
then
stepped
aside
to
retrieve
a
wind
blown
school
book
The
wall
missed
him
by
only
two
feet
The
wind
was
up
real
big
Roy
recounted
There
was
dust
In
our
face
and
it
hurt
our
eyes
so
we
went
behind
the
wall
Then
I
saw
that
my
book
was
starting
to
fly
away
so
I
went
after
it
I
heard
this
big
noise
and
when
I
turned
around
the
wall
was
on
the
grpund
said
the
shaken
j
oungster
I
started
pulling
the
blocks
off
him
Mirk
it
looked
real
bad
He
must
have
been
unconscious
because
he
wasnt
moving
at
all
Teachers
students
and
passers
by
moved
to
the
rescue
teal
in
g
the
rest
of
the
blocks
off
Mark
and
searching
the
rub
rubble
�
ble
for
other
possible
victims
Phys
ed
instructor
Stewart
Fraleigh
ripped
his
shirt
off
to
cover
the
prostrate
victim
who
was
bleeding
heavily
from
the
head
Terrific
wind
We
tried
not
lo
move
the
lad
Ills
arm
was
covered
with
rocks
said
Fraleigh
Another
teacher
Terry
Henry
said
He
wasnt
moving
he
was
absolutely
still
lie
was
sort
of
crouched
with
the
blocks
on
Ms
back
Grade
seven
student
Chris
Penner
saw
the
wall
come
down
1
The
wind
was
Just
terrific
Sawdust
was
flying
and
stinging
the
back
of
our
legs
Everyone
was
running
all
over
the
place
he
said
Trees
were
bent
right
over
I
was
over
by
the
fence
and
then
the
wall
came
down
like
this
He
gestured
with
the
flat
palm
of
his
hand
It
fell
flat
It
didnt
bounce
or
anything
There
was
a
little
humo
in
the
blocks
were
Mark
was
Roy
Fallon
was
standing
there
screaming
Its
Mark
Janot
Its
Mark
Janotl
Chris
continued
He
was
standing
against
the
school
wall
shaking
Mark
Is
the
son
of
Mr
and
Mrs
Manfred
Janot
189
Pat
Patterson
�
terson
Avenue
almost
directly
across
from
the
school
They
were
In
Vancouver
at
the
time
of
the
accident
and
droe
back
to
Prince
George
Wednesday
night
There
are
three
other
children
In
the
family
Derek
13
Renlta
15
and
Angela
16
Wall
studied
Quinson
school
has
another
wall
similar
to
the
one
that
was
toppled
Wednesday
and
only
15
minutes
afterwards
children
were
back
playing
ball
against
it
seemingl
oblivious
to
the
near
tragedy
that
had
Just
oc
curred
Three
other
schools
In
the
area
also
have
the
same
kind
of
games
wall
A
police
spokesman
said
this
morning
that
he
felt
the
school
board
should
take
a
second
look
at
the
safety
aspect
of
those
walls
Secretary
-treasurer
of
school
district
57
MA
Mac
Car
Carpenter
�
penter
confirmed
that
this
was
being
done
He
said
that
all
other
walls
of
a
similar
nature
were
being
temporarily
fenced
off
until
weve
had
a
chance
to
take
a
Rood
look
at
them
Were
also
going
to
re-examine
the
design
and
specifica
specifications
�
tions
of
these
walls
Carpenter
said
Obviously
the
first
reason
the
wall
came
down
was
because
of
the
wind
but
we
want
to
see
U
there
were
any
other
reasons
Also
of
course
we
have
to
find
out
how
much
the
wind
weakened
the
other
walls
The
walls
are
embedded
below
the
frost
line
to
a
depth
of
four
feet
The
Citizen
Forecast
Cloudy
with
sunny
periods
Cold
front
responsible
A
cold
front
travelling
from
the
southwest
smashed
through
the
warm
air
mass
hanging
over
Prince
George
and
caused
yesterdays
violent
two
hour
storm
the
weather
office
said
today
The
front
signalled
byaline
of
thunderstorms
extending
north
of
Prince
George
to
south
of
Williams
Lake
began
to
pass
through
at
about
2pm
Temperatures
dropped
15
degrees
Thunderclouds
appeared
In
the
sky
and
heavy
dust
clouds
obscured
the
sun
High
winds
with
gusts
of
up
to
49
m
ph
rocked
the
city
bringing
down
trees
trailers
and
even
a
school
playground
wall
Those
storms
are
a
common
occurrence
through
the
spring
summer
and
fall
said
a
weather
spokesman
You
can
see
It
coming
for
50
miles
or
so
As
soon
as
we
saw
it
we
were
phoning
every
everybody
�
body
In
town
to
batten
down
their
hatches
Forty
miles
an
hour
winds
hit
Hixon
about
a
half
hour
earlier
The
first
signs
of
the
storm
were
detected
the
afternoon
before
at
ancouer
Island
There
was
no
doubt
it
was
coming
here
said
the
spokesman
but
the
front
ap
appeared
�
peared
weak
The
storm
was
aggravated
by
the
violent
contrast
In
tem
temperatures
�
peratures
when
It
hit
the
Prince
George
area
Temper
Temperatures
�
atures
prior
to
the
beginning
of
the
storm
was
91
degrees
An
hour
and
a
half
later
the
temperature
was
76
degrees
The
cold
air
mass
heralded
by
jesterdays
cold
front
will
keep
temperatures
cool
for
a
few
days
and
the
weatherman
expects
another
drop
but
It
wont
be
as
severe
The
system
looks
like
its
weak
weakening
�
ening
rheatre
Workshop
has
given
a
number
of
complementary
tickets
for
tonight
s
showing
of
A
Comedy
of
Errors
to
resi
residents
�
dents
at
both
Senior
Citizens
Homes
Troblem
Is
theyre
no
good
when
the
recipients
haven
t
transportation
to
see
the
play
at
Vanler
Hall
SoWorkshoppresl
dent
Doug
Edgar
has
appealed
to
any
students
who
plan
to
see
the
play
tonight
to
drop
by
either
Senior
Citizen
home
at
Tenth
and
Laurler
or
at
Llard
and
Rainbow
and
do
a
good
turn
by
giving
a
senior
citizen
a
lift
The
Citizen
has
once
again
overlooked
the
credit
for
a
story
The
hearing
clinic
set
up
In
Parkwood
Mall
last
weekend
did
not
Just
appear
from
the
news
desk
Actually
It
was
or
organized
�
ganized
set
up
and
operated
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
THURSDAY
JUNE
4
1970
1
I
r
-wijjks
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I
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Wrjf-
cover
Mark
after
the
youngster
was
buried
beneath
a
concrete
block
wall
that
came
crashing
down
in
high
winds
yesterday
afternoon
Hydro
hit
Sudden
storm
By
Pat
Murphy
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Uprooted
trees
overturned
boats
downed
power
line
dis
connected
telephones
and
crushed
trailers
were
left
in
the
wake
of
Wednesdays
sudden
wind
squall
Numerous
small
fires
and
roof
damage
was
reported
after
the
winds
gusted
up
to
49
miles
per
hour
BC
Hydro
reported
its
first
problem
at
3
05
when
power
lines
started
to
fall
There
was
widespread
damage
to
power
lines
from
Quesnel
to
Fort
St
James
and
from
Van-
derhoof
to
Mackenzie
as
well
as
In
Prince
George
Three
main
feeders
were
out
in
Prince
George
blacking
out
30
per
cent
of
the
city
By
3
55
p
m
the
majority
of
power
had
been
restored
by
fast
working
hydro
crews
Service
restored
Complete
service
to
areas
north
and
east
of
Prince
George
and
the
Vanderhoof
area
was
not
completed
until
5
00
am
this
morning
Hydro
had
more
than
70
men
on
the
Job
repairing
broken
lines
Many
small
fires
were
started
when
the
wires
touched
the
ground
Hydro
praised
the
miny
fire
departments
Foresty
Ser
Service
�
vice
and
RCMP
units
who
con
contained
�
tained
the
fires
Hydro
especially
appreciated
people
who
prevented
a
poten
potentially
�
tially
hazardous
problem
by
standing
beside
fallen
power
lines
and
keeping
children
away
from
them
BC
Tel
reported
some
lines
through
the
aid
of
the
Society
for
the
Hearing
Handicapped
sorry
about
that
a
A
lady
rang
up
Wednesday
to
say
that
the
Prince
George
Bell
Ringers
aren
t
the
only
Cen
Central
�
tral
BC
entertainers
bound
for
Osaka
70
She
reminds
aldermen
that
the
30
glrl
choir
from
Lakes
District
Senior
Secondary
school
In
Burns
Lake
are
also
to
appear
at
the
exposition
a
Mrs
Mary
Vanderploeg
of
v
Norwood
St
was
not
charg
charged
�
ed
after
an
accident
at
Tenth
and
Laurler
Wednesday
despite
an
earlier
police
report
In
The
Citizen
Police
todaysaldthewo
man
had
come
through
a
con
controlled
�
trolled
Intersection
and
had
stopped
to
let
children
cross
the
road
when
her
car
was
struck
by
a
motorcycle
knocked
down
but
considered
It
nothing
major
TheChiefLake
area
was
withojt
telephones
for
four
hours
and
many
individual
lines
to
houses
In
Prince
George
were
knocked
down
but
no
cables
were
affected
A
game
wall
at
Quinson
Rd
Elementary
school
was
toppled
Injuring
a
boy
A
trailer
was
blown
off
the
road
opposite
Blackburn
School
Many
trees
were
blown
down
across
power
lines
fences
and
roofs
No
Injuries
were
report
reported
�
ed
from
falling
trees
or
branches
Judges
top
blown
The
roof
of
the
Judges
stand
at
the
Exhibition
grounds
was
blown
off
Many
homes
had
the
shingles
blown
off
and
plants
blown
away
At
least
one
canoe
was
blown
along
the
ground
for
ten
feet
on
Redwood
St
Blowing
dust
seeped
Into
cars
and
homes
and
forcing
people
to
walks
with
eyes
closed
Police
reported
no
traffic
tie
ups
during
the
storm
A
cement
fencing
wall
nine
feet
by
40
feet
was
blown
down
by
the
wind
on
Union
Rd
The
wall
at
the
St
Andrews
United
Church
yard
was
one
foot
thick
and
It
blew
down
to
the
founda
foundations
�
tions
No
Injuries
or
further
damage
resulted
Phono
562
2441
Sfore
hours
By
Bob
Groves
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Nine
city
merchants
were
bar
barred
�
red
from
a
meeting
Wednesday
called
to
discuss
the
citys
shop
closing
bylaw
We
were
told
we
werent
wel
welcome
�
come
said
Roy
Yip
today
owner
of
Royal
Produce
stores
Yip
who
said
he
Is
one
of
a
group
of
merchants
who
oppose
all
day
Monday
store
opening
understood
the
meeting
was
to
be
open
to
all
interested
parties
Im
not
saying
they
are
not
entitled
to
their
mpeting
but
the
report
in
the
newspaper
Indicated
it
was
to
be
open
he
said
Yelling
match
Bay
manager
Bob
Chorley
an
all
day
Monday
proponent
said
the
group
were
not
admitted
to
avoid
a
yelling
match
by
two
opposing
groups
Theres
no
sense
In
having
a
meeting
with
12
peopleon
oneslde
of
the
fence
screaming
at
12
people
on
the
other
side
People
opposed
to
this
all-
day
Monday
opening
have
their
views
and
we
appreciate
this
Ive
discussed
this
with
them
before
and
I
know
how
they
feel
We
certainly
dont
want
to
have
two
big
groups
batting
their
heads
together
Wed
rather
co
operate
and
work
out
a
solution
for
the
good
of
all
Chorley
sa
d
nothing
was
de
decided
�
cided
at
the
metlng
which
lasted
only
about
15
minutes
He
said
it
was
poorly
attended
because
everyone
was
busy
Bob
Mel
Melrose
�
rose
the
sporting
good
store
manager
who
adamantly
re
remains
�
mains
open
past
hours
authorized
by
the
bylaw
was
one
of
the
few
present
Bruce
Scholton
president
of
the
Downtown
Businessmens
Association
was
one
of
those
barred
from
the
meeting
Scholton
has
expressed
his
reservations
about
any
widening
of
store
hours
Chorley
said
he
phoned
Scholton
after
the
meeting
to
ex
explain
�
plain
why
he
was
not
admitted
The
DB
holds
an
executive
meeting
today
and
the
shopping
hours
question
Is
expected
to
be
discussed
Another
of
the
barred
mer
merchants
�
chants
was
Third
Ave
clothier
Barry
Phillips
Phillips
who
also
has
doubts
about
all
day
Monday
shopping
said
we
went
with
an
open
mind
We
were
looking
forward
to
a
real
good
discussion
of
the
situation
We
didnt
go
with
an
attitude
of
Inflexibility
Others
not
admitted
were
Del
Wendt
Percy
WllllambAlBred
efeld
Jim
Zlmmaro
Eert
Flchtner
and
Cord
Grieve
PO
pickets
out
again
SASKATOON
CP
-
Postal
workers
set
up
picket
lines
In
Saskatoon
and
eight
other
north
ern
Saskatchewan
centres
early
toaay
Norm
Nelson
president
of
the
Saskatoon
local
of
the
Letter
Carriers
Union
of
Canada
said
350
letter
carriers
and
inside
workers
were
on
strike
In
the
nine
centres
Local
citizens
comment
By
Greg
Mclntyre
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Juveniles
who
drive
and
en
Joy
other
adult
privileges
at
17
should
be
tagged
with
the
attendant
responsibilities
a
Prince
George
lawyer
said
today
City
coart
prosecutor
Ross
Simpson
greeted
anannounce
ment
from
the
Attorney-General
s
department
with
re
reserved
�
served
approval
Attorney
General
Leslie
Peterson
told
a
Victor
la
news
conference
Wednesday
that
the
criminal
age
under
pro
provincial
�
vincial
status
will
be
lower
lowered
�
ed
from
18
to
17
years
See
story
page
IG
I
would
assume
that
means
that
their
program
of
not
charging
Juveniles
with
criminal
offences
has
not
been
wholly
successful
said
Simpson
Simpson
hesitated
In
his
reaction
to
the
Attorney-Generals
announcement
because
court
and
police
officials
In
Prince
George
have
not
of
officially
�
ficially
been
notified
of
the
lowering
of
the
criminal
age
limit
The
biggest
effect
of
the
change
on
17-year-olds
will
be
under
the
government
liquor
act
and
the
motor
vehicle
act
said
the
prosecutor
It
s
well
know
here
that
a
good
percentage
of
the
Juve
Juveniles
�
niles
who
repeatedlyappear
In
court
for
erratic
driving
and
speeding
offences
arent
using
much
discretion
he
said
Simpson
said
the
responsi
responsibilities
�
bilities
attendant
on
the
right
to
drive
and
carry
on
other
adult
activities
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the
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and
Kathleen
Murray
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left
to
right
are
the
local
candidates
for
the
B
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Nurse
cap
Judges
in
Vancouver
will
select
one
nurse
out
of
all
provincial
entries
to
appear
on
a
poster
with
the
caption
Ssssh
The
Golden
Nurse
contest
is
sponsored
by
the
B
C
Hospital
Association
Pass
puck3
plea
prompted
punch
A
minor
hockey
league
director
pleaded
urgently
Pass
the
Puck
Instead
an
irate
father
punch
punched
�
ed
him
In
the
face
When
minor
league
hockey
di
director
�
rector
TJ
Hamilton
shouted
at
one
of
the
midget
players
to
1
pass
the
puck
pass
the
puck
during
a
Feb
23
game
at
The
Coliseum
ex
Canadian
National
Soccer
player
Gordon
Stewart
grew
hot
under
the
collar
The
case
was
heard
In
city
court
Tuesday
A
series
of
well
known
Insults
passed
between
the
two
Stewart
offered
Hamilton
the
familiar
invitation
to
step
outside
and
then
according
to
Hamilton
I
got
up
to
calm
him
down
He
got
up
and
struck
me
as
hard
as
he
could
The
player
as
It
turned
out
was
Stewarts
15-ear-old
son
Stewart
said
in
court
the
di
responsibility
of
being
punish
punished
�
ed
in
court
for
the
abuse
of
those
rights
Prince
George
Senior
Sec
Secondary
�
ondary
School
principal
Gor
Gordon
�
don
Ballantyne
agreed
re
responsibility
�
sponsibility
must
go
with
privilege
I
suppose
It
means
if
you
are
going
to
extend
adult
pri
privileges
�
vileges
to
Juveniles
then
ou
have
to
extend
the
responsi
responsibilities
�
bilities
as
wpII
said
Bal
lantyne
Tho
principal
said
there
lave
been
inconsistencies
In
the
law
that
allowed
i7-ear-olds
to
drive
jet
protect
protected
�
ed
them
In
a
sense
under
the
Juvenile
Delinquents
Act
Social
W
elfare
director
for
the
Prince
George
region
Yern
Dallamore
said
the
Attorney
Generals
mothe
In
lowering
the
criminal
age
rector
should
have
known
the
right
protocol
to
follow
and
complain
to
the
referee
about
his
son
s
playing
rather
than
scream
at
the
boy
Judge
Frank
Perry
convicted
Stewart
of
a
charge
of
common
assault
and
fined
him
100
or
in
default
of
payment
14
days
In
jail
Stewart
was
given
time
to
pay
the
fine
Hamilton
was
sitting
with
minor
hockey
coach
Ross
Ander
Anderson
�
son
when
Stewart
cam
over
It
wasn
t
a
very
good
game
and
wo
were
both
pretty
loud
In
our
criticisms
admitted
An
Anderson
�
derson
After
Stewart
punched
the
di
rector
he
stuck
out
his
jaw
and
Invited
Hamilton
to
return
the
blow
I
must
admit
I
found
it
very
hard
to
resist
said
Hamilton
But
he
did
and
the
law
took
over
Lower
crime
age
makes
sense
from
18
to
17
was
really
hard
to
assess
Dallamore
said
the
move
would
seem
to
be
a
response
to
an
Increasing
number
of
requests
from
court
officials
in
BC
wanting
to
raise
ju
juvenile
�
venile
offenders
to
adult
court
Prince
George
RCMP
Staff
Sergeant
Thomas
Kelly
said
police
Imenotofftclallyheard
of
the
chanse
Staff
Kelly
said
other
pro
provinces
�
vinces
in
Canada
have
lower
Juvenile
offence
ages
than
BC
There
has
been
a
strong
body
of
opinion
that
It
should
be
lower
In
BC
the
po
policeman
�
liceman
said
Staff
Kelly
said
many
ju
juveniles
�
veniles
at
the
age
of
18
are
out
of
the
home
and
working
and
its
silly
for
parents
to
have
to
appear
In
court
with
them