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City B2 CALGARY HERALD Wednesday, 2000 IT From Bl Gradon -5 Harts mum on death lawsuit details The latter cause, of course, is highly appropriate. Says Laycock "All the artists involved in Udderly Art did a tremendous job for us. There were professional artists, students and schoolkids. It was an amazing effort "Some people pooh-poohed the whole idea from the start Some very talented artists forgot all about their artistic wholeheartedly joined in the spirit of the project and created these pieces of art And there's more cash to come. Some 22 of the statuesque bovines are yet to be dealt with in an Internet auction.

Despite the runaway success of Udderly Art in 2000, Calgarians shouldn't be looking for a repeat next year. Laycock says: "This year there was a sense of uniqueness about the whole venture and each piece was unique. I don't think that sense could be re-created so soon maybe in five years or so we'll do it again." And anyway, the cows will still be with us. Many of them will be rounded up and put on permanent display in some prominent, but safe situation downtown. $1,060,975, counting.

It's all quite moo-v-ing, really. Contact John Gradon at 235 7569 or e-mail him at gradonjtheherald.southam.ca SCOTT CROWSON Calgary Herald The family of Owen Hart, the Cal gary wrestler who died last year in a freak accident at a Kansas City event, is saying little about the decision to settle its wrongful death lawsuit 1. against the World Wrestling Lawyers for both sides instructed their clients not to comment on the settlement, which the Kansas City Star 'I reported was worth $18 million US. A judge in Kansas City still has to 1 approve the settlement next Tuesday. -V- "It was such an unfortunate acci A (' dent," said Stu Hart, the patri arch of the Cal Si' 14 -f PCB 1 1 I It'! gary wrestling dynasty.

"The settlement is welcome under the circumstances, but we'd love to turn back time so that my son would still be alive." The 34-year-old 1 The Banff Centre hired a contractor, who hired a subcontractor to replace the old light fixtures which were Wrestler Owen Hart died during a failed stunt in Kansas City last year eventually hauled to the nearby Exshaw Landfill Centre for disposal 1 Environment Canada charges that at least 30 of the light fixtures contained PCBs. Dumping PCB-laden materials in landfills without proper disposal facilities is illegal under federal law. Norbert Meier, vice-president of the Banff Centre, said the centre was contacted by Environment Canada "about a day" after the light fixtures were dumped. Marianne Helm, Calgary Herald "Oh, I was screaming: 'Help, he's got my June Oriold said after a teen stole her purse Tuesday. Teen stalks woman, 72, snatches her purse Meier said neither the Banff Centre- nor the contractors hired to replace' the lights knew some of the oil ballasts contained PCBs.

"They were inadvertently disposed of," he said. 'We were made aware of the situa tion and we reacted right away. We removed the (PCB-laden ballasts) from the disposal site." Meier said Environment Canada of ficials told him the PCBs had caused Hart, known as the Blue Blazer to his fans, plunged 23 metres during a failed stunt at the Kemper Arena that was broadcast live May 23, 1999. A quick-release mechanism on his harness opened prematurely as Hart was being lowered into the ring. Three weeks later the lawsuit was filed by his widow, Martha Hart, their two young children and his parents, Stu and Helen Hart, all of Calgary.

The lawsuit against the WWF, Kansas City (which owns the Kemper Arena) and other defendants alleged that the stunt was dangerous. It sought unspecified damages. "He was a great kid," said the elder Hart, now 85. "He gave Martha a chance to see most of the world. He was much loved.

He made many friends and very few enemies." The Blue Blazer's seven brothers also became wrestlers and his four sisters all married wrestlers. The most famous, Bret (Hitman) Hart, officially ended his 22-year career last Friday. The 43-year-old declined to comment on the settlement when contacted Tuesday by the Herald. Martha was unavailable for comment Calgary lawyer Pamela Fischer negotiated the settlement on behalf of the family. "Stu and Helen are older now, and they wanted some closure," Fischer said of the decision to settle out of court.

"Martha is a young woman and she's got two young children. She was looking for closure. We had an offer on the table from the WWF. We looked at the facts, we looked at the law and recommended that they accept the offer." Fischer said the alternative was 10 years of litigation. She said the conditions of the settlement limited what the parties could say about it, including the amount JEREMY HAINSWORTH Calgary Herald A teenager stalked a 72-year-old woman from a downtown bank to her 40 11A St.

N.E. home for three hours before grabbing her purse Tuesday af-ternooa "Ateenaged stalker, that's what he was," said June Oriold. "I never dreamed he'd snatch my purse. "Oh, I was screaming: 'Help, he's got my she said. "There was no one around.

No one came running. I was shaking a bit, but I'm OK." The youth escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. Oriold said she doesn't much care about the cash, and quickly cancelled her credit cards before he could use them. She had gone downtown about noon to pay her phone bill and withdraw some cash at Royal Bank downtown. Ironically, she spotted the culprit as she entered the Scotia Centre.

"When I got off the escalator, he was sitting there on the bench," she said. "I paid my phone bill and left." Oriold caught a return bus and was walking toward the seniors residence where she lives with a friend in her 90s when the youth attacked from between two parked cars. "I hung on for dear might," she said, "and then he started to get pushy. All on account of that goddamned phone bilL" Const. Dave Sweet said Oriold's purse was found in a garbage can near the Glenbow Museum and will be returned to her once it's been checked for fingerprints.

"She wasn't physically hurt," said Sgt Gerry Milton. "Mentally, she was shaken up." Sweet said the youth fled south toward Memorial Drive. "The thing that makes the whole thing interesting is that she'd seen him three times throughout the day," he said. The culprit is described as stocky and wearing a grey tuque. "no environmental damage" and added that the Banff Centre has "a good track record of managing (its) toxic wastes." Labossiere declined to say whether any of the PCBs had leaked into the Exshaw landfill.

The federal government banned the use of PCBs in products such as the light fixtures in question in the 1970s. The light fixtures were eventually taken to the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Plant in northwestern Alberta for disposal. The governors of the Banff Centre will appear in provincial court in Banff Decu. Costume Two-storey fall paralyses worker SCOTT CROWSON Calgary Herald A construction worker was paralysed after falling two storeys at a southwest townhouse project Tuesday. The 21-year-old man, working at a building under construction near 38A Avenue and Stanley Road S.W, fell through an opening while attempting to put up a wall The opening was created for stairs that had not been installed.

Const Brad Hyde of the city police said the man was standing on a narrow board that spanned the hole when he "They asked if I had anything in the car and then they went into my trunk with their guns pointed everywhere," said Houghland. "I was just going to hop out of my car and be like, it's OK, I'm just dressed up for Halloween but I thought I was going to get shot This isn't the first time police have been involved in Quiet Halloween night brings out few ghouls Calgary Herald It was literally taking candy from children as several trick-or-treaters were robbed of their booty Halloween night In one robbery in the Temple area in northeast Calgary Tuesday, a group of teens struck a child and stole the youth's candy, said Sgt. Doug Greaves. He said calls during the evening had been steady but that the robbery was the major incident In Abbeydale, also in the northeast, two older children approached a younger, candy-toting youngster and demanded his candy. They grabbed it and fled, said Sgt.

Richard Hinse. Overall, though, said Insp. Richard Powell, it was a quiet night "It's been an incredibly quiet evening. We usually get a few complaints and some will come in in the morning when people have time to sort out their stuff. It's not expected to be a wild and loony thing.

We just have to be prepared for it if it does become that way." With few residences in the downtown area. District 1 police had a humdrum evening. Similarly, the southwest police reported no robberies although cruisers were looking for a car that may have been involved in some drive-by eggings. In other areas of the city, vandals lacking in the Halloween spirit took to destroying pumpkins. slipped at approximately r.40 pjn.

Quotable He fell seven metres, landing on a dirt floor. Co-workers immediately called 911 When Emergency Medical Services paramedics arrived. First EMS chaplain named Calgary paramedic John Hein, 37, will be ordained as the first-ever Emergency Medical Services staff chaplain this evening in a ceremony conducted by the Bishop of Oklahoma. The ceremony takes place at the Al-tadore Baptist Church at 4304 16th St SW. at 730 p.m.

and will include a blessing of the EMS flag and the EMS pipers flag. Hein will assist in the blessing. Members of Hein's family as well as EMS, fire, police and civic officials will attend. Hein has been a paramedic with Calgary EMS for 13 years. they discovered the man had suffered serious spinal injuries.

He was treated at the scene and carefully transported to the Foothills Hospital Trauma Centre. He was in serious but stable condition. 'Sadly, the male suffered fractures in his neck and as a re a weapons complaint which turned out to be a Halloween gig. On Monday, a Victoria, B.C. man was walking to work dressed as Han Solo from Star Wars, when police ordered him to drop to his knees and raise his hands over his head.

Victoria police had received a I thought I was going to get shot. sult is paralysed," said EMS spokesman Doug Odney. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety obtained a stop- work order on framing work on the project Tuesday afternoon so it could investigate the accident, said spokeswoman Annette BereznickL That work is expected to resume later today. FromBI 99 Matt Houghland, after he was forced from his car by police responding to a 911 CALL OF A ROBBER IN THE AREA Hospital: School division will study route safety call that a man was walking downtown with gun in a holster. Turns out the gun was a prop school a few hours before the accident Tuesday to respond to a fight between two students.

"Around 320 pm I heard cop cars and I thought another fight was going on, but they were heading towards the accident" Blenkhom sail Another school bus accident occurred Tuesday afternoon just west of the Deerfoot Trail on 17th Avenue SJL, near the Cushing Bridge over the Bow River. The three-vehicle pileup happened shortly before 4 pm A truck driver suffered minor injuries but no one on the bus was seriously hurt Weston's death has sparked a public debate on whether seat-belts should be made mandatory on school buses. As a result. Cardinal Coach Lines will install 150 seat-belts in its smaller buses before the end of the year, but school districts and other bus firms say theyH wait for the outcome of a provincial investigation before installing belts into their buses. school bus and a little white car that for some reason buried itself in and underneath the bus," CRieUy said.

"Immediately after the accident, the bus driver took all the appropriate measures and got (the students) away from the bus, there were no injuries. The kids were a bit panicked but he calmed them down right away." Parents were contacted immediately so they could pick up stranded students from the scene The bus route on which Tuesday's accident occurred includes an elementary, middle and high school within a one-kilometre radius. Tyler Blenkhom, 17, a Grade student who lives five minutes north of the high school, said the speed limit in the school zone where the accident occurred is rarefy observed by students. "When the buses come out most people slow down but during the day, no one notices the 40 kmh" Police had been called out to the high "I have no explanation for it It's devastating for the families, for the students, for everybody, to have two accidents so close together." she said. "The impact is very extreme Tvo serious bus accidents in a very short period of time is something that there are no words for.

I dont know what has happened. We certainly like to ensure the safety of our students on our buses I just cant believed that this has happened." Brownke said the school division will continue its study into highway and route safety. FvCMP said a bus delivering Spring-bank Community High School students home at 320 pm Tuesday was stopped in a 40 kmh school zone just off Spring-bank Road near Highway 1 west of the city; when a car driven by a student from the same school slammed into the back of the bus. None of the 19 passengers on the full- for his costume. Last Saturday, a Los Angeles actor was shot and killed by an officer at a costume party.

Anthony Lee Dwaine was shot nine times after pointing a fake gun at an officer. "You've got to be carefuL When people see things, they panic these days. "They dont really pay that much attention and if (it) looks real to them they treat it accordingly," said Jackson. "Especially the last few years, people have begun to overreact and start calling in gun complaints when, really, if they spent a little more time looking at it they'd realize there was nothing to it. "We have to check it out and we've sized Southland Transportation bus was injured but the driver and the passenger of the car both Grade students at the Springbank school were seriously injured.

The front end of the car, a Chevrolet Cavalier; was crushed, shattering the windshield and snapping off the steering wheeL Fire crews had to extract the car's driver and passenger who were trapped inside The 16-year-old driver suffered head and internal injuries and a fractured leg and was taken to the Foothills Hospital Trauma Centre by ambulance. The passenger, also a 16-year-old girl, sustained serious head injuries and was airlifted by STARS to the Foothills Trauma Centre Cochrane RCMP Sgt Mike CRieDy said the bus had to be lifted in order for emergency crews to get the girls out "In regards to the cause of the accident, all I can say is that we have a 4 got to treat it as is.".