issue No. 28 | ____ tumbler ridge Weekl Volume Iil SS. pea sf TUMBLER RIDGE LIBRARY Rec ve ) July 27, 1988 _ Little Matthew and mom Nancy are just off after going in to say hi to dad at the Ridge House. With a face like this, no wonder dad is proud. Police seek information | on unsolved murder __ Members of Vancouver _ Serious Crime are present- _ ly in Northern B.C. con- ducting inquiries regard- ing the murder of Kim Siolberg and are asking ' for assistance from the general public. Kim Stolberg’s body _ was found at the Stolberg Engineering business of- fice at 7980 River Road, Richmond, on December 4, 1985, at approximately 9:00 p.m. Stolberg’s body was located by a family friend who was asked to check the office after her telephone conversation was interrupted by an unknown person or per- sons entering the office. The victim’s body was found to be stabbed num- erous times. Staff Sergeant Ron de- - Roon states that this in- vestigation will remain ac- tive until the circumstanc- es of the girl’s death are fully known. Numerous leads are being investigat- ed. Persons having infor- mation are asked to call - the Richmond _ Detach- ment General Investiga- _ tion Section, or call a confidential information number, 278-4347, set up for this investigation, and leave a recorded message. The public is reminded that a reward of $50,000 has been posted for the information received which may result in the apprehension and convic- tion of the person or persons involved in the death of Kim Stolberg. Nearly five years ago, on October 6, the bodies of two German tourists were discovered near Has- ler Flats about 30 km west of Chetwynd, B.C. Since that time in 1983, police have sifted through over 1,000 tips about the mur- ders. The slain couple, 27 year old male Bernd Goe- hricke and 23 year old female Andrea Sherps, were found shot near a small bush road leading to the Pine River off the Hart Highway. The victims had been travelling through western Canada and were last seen alive near Dawson Creek after hitchhiking from A- laska on their way to Vancouver. The date was October 3. Today, the murder in- vestigation is on-going. And according to investi- gating RCMP officers from Prince George, they have collected enough in- formation to fill over four filing cabinets. Most of the leads go nowhere, said one officer, ‘Continued on page 12 T.R. receives airport srant by Nancy Perkins On June 30, the Minis- ter of Transportation and Highways, Stephan Rog- ers, Minister of State, Tony Brummet, and MLA Jack Weisgerber announc- ed that Tumbler Ridge would be receiving a $350,000 Air Transporta- tion Assistance Grant. These funds will be provided by the province’s Air Transport Assistance Program and are to be used to finance the com- pletion of the runway base at the airport. Rogers explained that ‘Tumbler Ridge has receiv- ed $1 million in assistance to develop the facility which features, for the first time in Canada. a geotechnical mat used to create a ‘‘floating’’ run- way on muskeg. This added grant will bring the airport up to full gravel standard with the next step being paving. Alderman Cynthia Sou- thard said she was relieved to see the grant come through, adding that if the Municipality, and specif-. ically, the Mayor and staff, did not have such excellent communication with the provincial gov- ernment, the town would not have received the grant. She added the $50,000 remaining from last year’s grant was tenta- | tively scheduled for com- munication at the airport. 2 Coal | arbitration update by Nancy Perkins The three-man panel which will rule on Quin- tette’s Coal prices held an initial organizational meeting. The Japanese customers had requested that an interim price be set, be- cause the arbitration will likely be lengthy. This raised the question of whether courts or the three-man panel would decide on the interim price. . The decision . brought down by the B.C. Su- preme Court was that the panel would set the inter- im price. This is the only official decision that has come down regarding the negotiations. The panel will begin to decide on the issue of an interim price in early Aug- ust. The first meetings on the main issue of price are scheduled for late Septem- ber. These negotiations could take six months or more. In Quintette’s view, there are some very posi- tive factors to be consider- ed in these negotiations. The Japanese are well Inside Lows near 12. Council notes Page 2. New administrator Page 3 Sports Pages6 &7 . Help wanted Page 8 Auxiliary news Page9 Horoscope Page 10 The weather this week Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Lows to 9. Highs to 22. Probability of precipitation 30%. : Thursday: Mostly sunny. Lows to 9. Highs to 23. Probability of precipitation 30%. Friday: Sunny with some cloudy periods. Highs to 23. Coldest Day: July 23 at 4.3 Warmest Day: July 20 at 29.6 Precipitation: A trace of rain Sunshine Hours: 15.1 hours of sunshine on July 19 aware of the financial status of Quintette, as they are partners in the project. Therefore, there can be no call of possible deception on Quintette’s part in what Quintette can or cannot afford. The Northeast Coal project would never have come on line without the support of the Japanese. As partners, who were involved in the hands-on development of Northeast Coal, they hold a big responsibility for the suc- cess or failure of it. Their case could lose weight as the world price . of coal continues to rise. There has already been a sharp rise in the price of the spot market in Austra- lia, which is coal purchas- ed on a non-contract bas- is. This trend of rising coal prices has been recently reported in one of the Japanese trade magazines, which stated very clearly, and without question, that the coal shortage will con- tinue. to grow. Case and point were listed to back up the statements on the rise in world prices.