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Vol. 5 • Issue 101
Trekkies test out new theatre technology See Page 2
Nelson Selects mine medals at Sam Steele See Pages 18-19
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Quin Hall slides into home during the West Kootenay Babe Ruth playoffs that kicked off at Queen Elizabeth Park on Monday with the Nelson Diamondbacks taking on Grand Forks in the quarter finals. The home side won the game easily by a score of 18-7 which earned them a trip to Trail to take on the regular season champion Trail Reds.
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East Shore Plane Crash
Mother and daughter ‘Gifted’ pilot mourned recovering in hospital
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After several critical days spent in a Calgary hospital, Pat Henman and Maia Vezina are making progress in their recovery following a horrific car accident that happened June 9. The well-known locals were traveling home from Calgary earlier this month when another car crossed the centre line and struck the mother and daughter head on near Skookumchuck in the East Kootenay. Pat, a leader in the arts community, just wrapped up a successful production of Cabaret that she directed.
On Friday, Pat’s oldest sibling Jim Henman who lives in Nova Scotia reported his sister turned a corner in her recovery with doctors listing her in stable condition — in fact “very stable,” he said. “That’s a miracle from where she was on Monday,” said Jim. “We are so overjoyed but she still has a difficult path ahead of her.” Pat suffered many broken bones and has many internal injuries requiring many surgeries, almost daily, said Jim. Along the way, she Story continues to ‘Road’ on Page 16
The local aviation community is in shock after one the region’s most experienced pilots died in a crash last Wednesday. Anthony (Tony) Quibell, 53, died when his Cessna Skymaster 337 airplane crashed near Crawford Bay. Quibell was the lone occupant in the plane that took off from the Nelson Airport at 1:30 p.m. on June 12 intending to fly to La Ronge, Saskatchewan. His six-hour flight was cut tragically short when his plane crashed in “high-treed terrain.” Quibell died at the scene. isting
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“It was a real shock. He’s a very gifted and experienced pilot,” said Case Grypma, a longtime Nelson Pilots’ Association member and past president. “As a group, we really offer our condolences to the family and our support. Tony was a really big part of the airport and he will be really missed as a pilot, a friend and an aircraft engineer.” Quibell operated an aircraft repair business and contracted to the Ministry of Forests for forest fire spotting duty. “He was one of the pilots right on the frontline of protection here. Story continues to ‘Crash’ on Page 8
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