The 40-year anniversary of Savory elementary is celebrated, West Shore RCMP ask for help with a missing persons cold case, a Langford baby is delivered by his grandmother on a sidewalk and a domestic dispute leads to gunshots, all these and others are among the headline stories pulled from past issues of the Goldstream B次元官网网址 Gazette for the week of June 22.

2006

Scrambling down a ravine and crossing the E & N rail line to get to Savory elementary was a risky rite of passage for students in the late 1960s. But as Savory celebrates its 40th year, thankfully much has changed. Over those four decades the school has added a library, a computer lab, a larger gym, a second storey and a bridge for safer access to the school.

Also making news the week of June 22, 2006:

The families of two young women missing since 1973 appeal to the public for information that could lead to answers in this cold case. Carmen Robinson, 17 at the time, stepped off a transit bus at Burnside Road West, not far from her Colwood home, and has not been heard from since. She was last seen walking towards Helmcken Road in December 1973, with Marilynne Neill, who also disappeared.

West Shore RCMP join the appeal for any information on this unsolved case.

1996

A proposed regional smoking ban proves to be a hot issue for local representatives on the Capital Regional District board, some of whom say the issue isnB次元官网网址檛 just black and white. For director and Langford Coun. Denise Blackwell, however, the issue crosses personal lines, because both her parents died of smoking-related causes. Regardless whether municipalities support the ban, if the CRD board votes in favour of it, the ban would go into effect everywhere in the CRD.

Also making news the week of June 22, 1996:

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And, Erik Theodorus Weiczorkowski will have a bit of explaining to do when asked where he was born, after his grandmother Margaret Livingstone delivers the baby boy on a sidewalk outside his parentsB次元官网网址� Langford home at 3 a.m. Darryn Plouffe called his mother, Livingston, for a ride to hospital after his pregnant partner, Dianna went into contractions at 1:30. As the pregnant woman walked to the car wrapped in a huge comforter, a final contraction pushes the babyB次元官网网址檚 head out, leading Livingston to go to work. She swings PlouffeB次元官网网址檚 legs around and holds the babyB次元官网网址檚 head as the newborn emerges. By the time two ambulances arrive, baby Erik, weighing just over nine pounds, is nestled on his motherB次元官网网址檚 stomach.

1986

A court case in which a Sooke district elementary school teacher is being tried on four counts of sexually assaulting young boys comes to a sudden end, when the defendant takes his own life. Anthony Stratford, 35, dies only two days after his first court appearance for the crime, leaving behind a rambling tape recording in which he said goodbye.

Also making news the week of June 22, 1986:

Four gunshots ring out in a Langford neighbourhood, bringing a domestic argument to a frightening climax. Colwood RCMP race to a residence at 2811 Jacklin Rd. after an unidentified caller claims a domestic dispute has resulted in gunplay. Six officers block the streets, removing one neighbour from his home and clearing people from nearby shops and parking lots.

After a negotiation they convince the gunman to surrender, without further incident. There were no injuries in the incident and the man is later charged with careless and dangerous use of a firearm and assault with a weapon.

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