lives on Andrew McCredie Editor andrew@nsnews.com FOR family and friends of Nigel Miller, the phrase you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone does not apply. For a man who was on this carth for just a quarter century, Milier touched a fot of peo- le. “Whether he knew them or not, Nige’s reta- tionships with people were always treated like a friendship; it was always on the positive side,” said Mark Sangster, a close friend of the 25- year-old West Vancouver man who was killed in an avalanche Christmas Eve dav while snow- boarding at Cypress Bowl. Another close friend, 25-year-old Ryan MacDougall, said it is that positive aspect of Nigel which he has clung to through the difficult times following Miller’s death. “Pm having a hard time dealing with it,” said Mc-Dougall. “Fm getting about three or four hours sleep a night.” Tough as it has been for Miller’s family and friends, many found some form of closure at a word-of-mouth benefit party held at the Starfish Room in early January. The event drew more than 300 people, the majority of whom had never met one another, What they all shared was the friendship of Nigel Miller. “All the band: played for tree — everyone just donated their time,” Jeremy Miller, Nigel’s 23-year-old brother, said of the benefit. People also donated their money; nearly $3,000 was raised during the party. “One lady came down and donated $250,” Jeremy added. “Every single person who came through that door was affected by Nigel in some way.” Fittingly, the Miller family has decided to honour Nigel’s memory with a project near and dear to the Sentinel graduate’s heart. Miller sat on the Dundarave Park Play Task Force which was looking into improving the playground at the popular West Vancouver waterfront park. In his memory, the family will donate all money raised at the Starfish Room benefit and from donations made in Nigel’s name to purchase a piece of play- | Nigel’s memory FRIENDS and family of Nige! Miller have a fitting tribute in mind. ground equipment. To date, more than $10,600 has been raised (donations can soil be made to the Nigel Miller Memorial Trust ar Canada Trust in’ Park Reval Shopping Centre's north mall. “Phere will be some level of commemora- tion on the equipment; a plaque or something noting that the equipment is devoted to Nigel.” said West Van director of Parks and Reereation Kevin Pike. “When he was working down there fas a lifeguard) he talked to all the kids, asked them what they wanted.” said Jeremy of Nigel’s keen interest in making sure the project fit in with the kids who would use it. Miller taught swimming at the recreation centre for 10 vears and during the summer was a well-liked lifeguard on the beach. Young, children whom Miller taught over the years signed a giant con- dolence card pasted at the recreation centre pool. At the time of his death Miller was attending Capilano College, and according to his brother was planning to become an elementary school teacher. One thing that has bothered Jeremy, Sangster and MacDougall in the aftermath of Nigel’s death is the “out-of-beunds snowboarding” image attributed to Nigel. True, noted Sangster, he was out of bounds when the avalanche hit, but “people ride that run everyday, it’s like 20 teet off the side of the run. “Of course he knew what the area was like; for him it was ‘Well, there’s that little shitty part at the botrom, but I'll be able te just manocuvre around that and then [ll be out.’ He didn’t think it would be « problem.” Sangster was on the mountain that fateful day, and listened on the radio to the patrol as they followed Nigel’s tracks. “They were saying things like ‘Man, this guy can turn.” ” All three men smiled at the memory of their brother and friend carving turns and catching air ar Cypress Bowl. Jeremy said if people are looking to take anything from Nigel's death it is to “learn a lesson from him. | don’t think he had one bad bone in his body. He was always happy and always nice to people.” “Be positive,” Sangster added. “You never know, so why waste a moment. He was always living for the moment. Trust your instincts.” Munro still optimistic about ferries From page its hydraulic loading doors. The vessel’s anti-corrosion coating is also not per- forming up to snuff. CFI chairman Jack Munro, who has so far survived the ax felling many of his cohorts, maintains the CFI board was informed.” unaware of many of the problems. “There’s a lor of politics involved,” said Munro in the wake of Ward’s firing. “Pm really disturbed about the overruns. I wasn’t informed. The board wasn’t But Munro remained optimistic about the fucur- of CFI and the province’s shipbuilding industry. “We will sell ships in the world mar- kets. We learned a lot on the first ferry,” said Munro. But that jearning curve might be too steep for his new boss. Wilson said he may consider halting the construction of the second and third Pacificats. Rights tribunal’s summary published under protest four columns at issue might From page not convey messages that meet others will manifest hatred and for their own gain, and chat, contempt against Jewish pco- through control of the media, tempt against the person or group concerned? “For the purpose of section 7(1)(b), hatred and contempt mean “unusually strong and deep-felt emotions of detesta- tion, calumny and_ vilifica- tion.” Both parts of the test require a consideration of the message’s sccial and historical context. “Individually, and taken out of context, each of the the high threshold necessary to prove a violation of section 7(1)(b). However, collectively they do. “The columns repeatedly reinforce some of the most vir- ulent forms of anti-Semitism, and perpetuate the most dam- aging stercotypes of Jews: thar they are selfish, greedy and manipulative; that they con- spire to manipulate society’s mest importance institutions they have perpetrated a mas- sive fraud to exaggerate their suftering during the Holocaust. “The columns express these hateful and contemptu- ous messages indirectly and subtly. The publication of these messages in a credible community newspaper that is delivered to almost every home in’ the community increases the likelihood that ple in a more directly harmful manner. “Therefore, the — four columns collectively contra- vene s. 7(1)(b) of the Code.” es . NEWS photo Mike Wakefield Name that ski WEST Van Police Detective Brian Schierer dispiays a Ski Identification Program sticker that indicates this ski has bee: engraved. 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