Page 2 THE EXPRESS March16, 1994 Search continues for Robson man by Barbara Tandory RCMP are running out of clues in their search nussmg under similar cir- CASTLEGAR Castlegar cumstances. Both are presumed RCMP are seeking public help for a missing person. drowned as a result of boating into the recent disappearance of accidents, according to Nelson of the Columbia River between sibility, including suicide, al- A coroner's investigation RCMP Cpl. Mike Cote. a young Robson man after initial the Hugh Keenleyside dam and though they have no information ruled that Perepelkin died as a In Creston, RCMP are still police and community searches Northport, Wash., Feb. 21 has to indicate that suicide occurred. result of drowning, citing have failed to turn up any clues looking for Shawn Grindle who failed to yield any new clues to Missing person posters have hypothermia as the immediate disappeared while hiking in the to what happened to Kevin Gebert's whereabouts. A ground been distributed in the area and cause of death. The investigation Raymond Gebert, missing since Valhalla Park area near Slocan. search of the river banks, carried police have alerted other RCMP found no evidence of foul play. Grindle, 19, was last seen June the middle of February. out on the first weekend after detachments to Gebert's disap- According to Castlegar 17 when he left Creston for his Gebert, 23, last seen at around the disappearance by the pearance. "What more do we RCMP Cpl. Brown, missing per- 2:30 a.m. of Thursday, Feb. 17, was excursion in the Valhallas. Cpl. Ootishenia Fire Department do?" said Cpl. Brown, admitting son cases can remain unsolved Doug Barron of Creston RCMP along with Gebert's friends and that all clues have dried up. forever. In Nelson, for example, says police are still receiving ill- According to relatives was also unsuccessful. However, missing persons police still have no satisfactory formation on the case and con- Meanwhile, police concluded a files are never closed until the per- answers to two outstanding tinue to review the file. Castlegar RCMP Cpl. search of the woods and the im- son turns up or a body is found. cases. Scott McKinnon went Brown, missing mediate area near the dam with Local police are still keeping missing Dec. 1990 at the age of Anyone with information person cases can a specially trained police dog an open file on John R. Der- 17 while boating on the West about any of the above cases is housoff who went missing Arm. Around 1982, a male in his asked to contact their local remain unsolved brought in from Nelson. RCMPoffice. The police are hampered in Hallowe'en night 1989. Der- 30s named Del Puppo had gone forever. In Nelson, for their investigation by an ap- housoff, aged u, at the time, was example, police still parent lack of motives for the last seen at the Hi Arrow Hotel in have no satisfactory Castlegar where his car was found answers to two outstanding cases. young man's disappearance. "We've got nothing," said Cpl. Al Brown of the Castlegar abandoned in the parking lot. The Nelson resident was 5 ft. 11 in., Beer continued from page 1 RCMP detachment, "not any- 200 pounds, and was wearing sil- discovered nussang from his thing, absolutely nothing. We ver wire-framed glasses. An initial parking, we could use the access through the parkade and get three parent's residence in Robson the don't know where to search." reward for clues to his levels of parking above the store. This would also benefit the hotel, following afternoon by a friend No further leads came up whereabouts, posted at $2,000, although it would be a more expensive alternative." who had stayed over. Gebert's after police received a tip that a has since been raised to $5,000. Martin said if the beer and wine store was built in the existing empty vehicle was located at the man matching Gebert's ap- In March 1993, a long, parking lot, in order to meet Liquor Board regulations, he would need Keenleyside dam later that same pearance had been reported seen drawn-out ·search for Nelson- to create more public space, such as a banquet ball. The Liquor Con- evening around 11 p.m. His gold- with two Trail men who allegedly area resident Dennis Perepelkin trol Board regulations state that only 50 per cent of your establishment coloured pickup truck was parked accompanied him to local res- ended when his body was can be licenced, the rest must be public area, said Martin. in the north parking lot of B.C. taurants. Police have been able to recovered from the Columbia Martin said he submitted his proposal to council in May 1992 Hydro's dam seven km west of locate the two men from Trail, River near Northport, Wash., 14 but, because of a provincial freeze put on the building of beer and Castlegar, with the keys left on the but the lead didn't check out any months after he went missing wine stores soon after he applied, he has only now received the go- scat of the truck. further. According to Cpl. Brown, from the Kinnaird Bridge in ahead on his application. The Liquor Control Board allows one The missing man is 5 ft. 7 in. the two men didn't even know the Castlegar. Perepelkin, 42, was retail liquor store for every 7,500 people in a given community. tall, weighs 140 pounds and has missing man. on his way to the Esso Trevor Stocks, the managing partner of the nearby Lord Nelson green eyes and brown hair. When "The only other possibility is Petroleum bulk plant when he Hotel, which also houses a retail beer and wine store, said he doesn't seen last Gebert was wearing a the river," Cpl. Brown said, ad- disappeared on the morning of think the community of Nelson needs another beer and wine store. blue jean jacket with a blue ding that another search of the Jan. 16, 1992. His Esso delivery "I guess the simplest I can put it is that at no time do I have a checkered shirt underneath and a Columbia to the U.S. border truck was found parked on the lineup of a half block long with people who can't get the product, so pair of white running shoes. might be instituted at a later date. east side of the bridge with keys I don't understand why we need one, unless a lot of people are going A police helicopter search Police are not ruling out any pos- still in the ignition. to start drinking suddenly," said Stocks. 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Confidential paper is son, the NDCU sends source separated white and coloured shredded by Proshred of Kelowna and the volumes are $ 1 •9 9 __ w_h_e_at_n._,_·n_s_ ~:O~st_i_e_s_to_n_ed Green Cabbage 29 ( perlb reported as per the Nelson by- $ 3 •49 ~amburger or Dog Buns ( Hot office paper, newspaper/flyers, envelopes and cardboard law. Even coffee grounds are Bfuewater Fish Fries, Sticks & Batter g 100 79 Fresh French Bread boxes to the ROCK Recycles Depot on Front Street; cans collected for composting. 'We encourage employees ~~ ~ishw __ $ 3 •4 9 __ a_sh_er_D_e_te_rg_e_n_t OVen 99( and bottles are returned for re- to make recycling part of their $ 1 4 9 ~en Fresh Apple Turnovers $ ■ fund; binders, file folders and lifestyle through our Wellness Javex Bleach RPg ScPnt*3.6I Litrf'S ----- ■ 2 29 tab dividers are reused; Christ- Program," says Lois. "And we mas cards and old calendars strive to do more each clay." 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