Al2 - Sunday, December 19, 1982 - North Shore News By CHRIS LLOYD THREE-year-old.. Mir- anda: Verhiel told “her mother she wanted a. Christmas ‘tree. “just. like the one at Park and Tilford Gardens”. And with 10 ft.-high ceilings in their home, the Verhiels could == ac- ™ @ Gi ay NORTH VANCOUVER Chamber of Commerce building at 131 East Second - Street was damaged in a fire © which broke out in the basement early Saturday morning last weekend. Flames almost burned right . through joists sup- porting the floor above the basement. Fire imspectors are still "FROM: PAGE Al where they: were: . Rescue team search master George Zilahi told the News Thursday after 18- year-old Andre Welbedagt and. his..friend Edward ‘Taylor, 24, had been rescued and taken to” ‘Lions Gate _ Hospital: “They' would . have‘ never have made -it out’ ‘today | before dark: and would have been stuck in there for another night.” The rescue team had been called in after a car belonging to one of the skidrs: had been spotted in : “tracks Were - noticed heading commodate a pretty large tree. But as her mother, Lynn Verhiel, -has been an ‘unemployed single-parent since she separated from her husband about 18 months ‘ago, the chances of fulfilling her daughter’s dream seemed just about nil. Until Mrs. ~Verhiel’s parents went up into, the mountains and came back with a beautiful 10 ft.-tall wt . investigating the cause of the blaze and a spokesman said: .[We are looking at possible ‘accidental causes at the moment, although as of yet we haven't enough to make us think it might be anything else.” ; The fire was quickly knocked down by North Vancouver City firefighters who received the alarm call at 6:55 a.m., and all the spot off.from the’north side of the ‘Strachan chair lift. _ Zilahi said of the weather conditions: “The wind was. blowing about 35 mph and - blowing in gusts up to 60. mph. Visibility was about . 100 ft. and conditions were extremely hazardous.” When the two skiers had started their run they thought they were on the correct ski course, said ‘Zilahi. *. “It’s a nice open bowl. at ‘the top and they just got into a gulicy system of very steep and hazardous country.’ Some of the slopes they went down were up to 70 the Cypress Bowl car park at. Aegrees i in angle, said Zilahi. about 9 p.m. Wednesday by a” provincial parks staff member. West Vancouver police established that the car had been driven there by a skier and the rescue team was called in and reached the top of the Cypress Bowl area after 11:30 p.m. Visibility was so poor that the teams made two sweeps of the Strachan mountain top before the two sects of ski “They skied down stuff ‘that our guys had to rappel down on ropes.” As rescue team -members made their way down the ‘ereck they decided the avalanche tisk was so acute they brought in = more equipment - shovels, ropes and avalanche probes. The search continued all night and the following day a helicopter was brought in to help. SENIOR CITIZENS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 3% RITCHIE Service Centre 1525 Welch St., N.Van. Discount on all Body, Painting and Mechanical Repairs 987-71 11 one , arena Christmas “tree for - their granddaughter. Mrs. Verhiel left it outside. her:: home at 1417 Jones Avenue ‘so it would not dry out™ ‘and ‘have the needles dropping off it, intending to ‘bring ‘it in and decorate it this weekend. The ...dream | ended Wednesday morning - -when ‘tthe Verhiels woke up. and. found: someone had stolen their tree. “I had been feeling so: fires were out within 40 os minutes of arrival. Sunday evening the fire department was called to another basement fire, this time to a house at 503 East ‘7th Street. Though the house was full of smoke, fire damage was_ primarily to the basement area. Cause of the fire is still . being investigated. member found 1 a pair of iam in Strachan Creek and then just after 11 a.m. another team member ’ aboard ‘the ve helicopter spotted the lost skiers in the Strachan Creek area. Zilahi said of the skiers: . “They were cold and wet - but in good spirits.” During the course of that morning the rescue com- mand post had been moved from Cypress . Park to. Cleveland. 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