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For more information, please contact [email protected]. www.kaimin.org MONTANA KAIMIN Kaimin is a Salish word for paper T uesday March 11, 2003 — Issue 74 Tragedy strikes at Snowbowl Rescuers find UM graduate dies Plains man who was in snowboarding accident lost for 52 hours on Saturday Madeleine Creevy Madeleine Creevy Montana Kaimin Montana Kaimin After 52 hours in the snow with no A University of Montana graduate died food, no water and no idea where he was, Saturday after a snowboarding accident a lost skier from Snowbowl ski area was at Snowbowl ski area. found Monday by a Ravalli County search Timothy Krahl graduated from UM in and rescue ski team in the Grant Creek 1998 with a B.A. in journalism. drainage area. His body was found near a tree on Mike Gilleece, 54, of Plains, was Centennial Trail. Krahl was taken off the declared missing at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and mountain by ski patrol at about 2 p.m. was found 48 hours later, the Missoula Heavy snowfall made for poor visibility County Sheriffs Department said. at Snowbowl on Saturday. Snowbowl offi- “If you were up there on that mountain cials declined to comment on the Krahl’s you would realize how lucky that guy is,” death. said Sgt. David Ball, coordinator of the Krahl worked for the Missoulian in the search efforts. “He was found 1.2 miles creative services department. from Paradise Trail. He was absolutely Lisa Hornstein/Montana Kaimin “Tim was such an asset,” said Denise out of bounds.” Gerry Connell, a volunteer rescuer, traces the path he predicts Mike Gilleece followed from Dahlberg, the head of the creative servic- Sgt. Ball said search efforts were hin- Snowbowl ski area to the Grant Creek drainage area, where he was found Saturday after being es department at the Missoulian. “He dered by weather conditions. stranded for 52 hours. Connell and other rescuers awaited the helicopter rescue team that airlifted really had such a spark.” “Bad weather conditions killed somebody Gilleece to safety late Monday afternoon. Krahl had a deep-seeded love for snow- Saturday,” Ball said. “Sunday it was impos- headed out of bounds. unteer rescuer. boarding, and he especially loved sible and today was nearly impossible.” “Then, all of a sudden, he was out of Gilleece was taken directly to St. Snowbowl, said Tony Matteis, a good Snowbowl employee Chad Jones said sight,” Willhite said. “I waited for him for Patrick Hospital, where he was treated friend and co-worker at the Missoulian. Snowbowl got 50 inches of new snow last a while and then went to the bottom of and released Monday night. Gilleece “If he had to pass, he definitely did it week. the hill hoping to see him. It was good could not be reached for comment. doing what he loved, at a place that he “It is just way too gnarly out of bounds skiing out, but absolutely not worth it.” “He was never admitted,” said Pat loved,” Matteis said. right now,” Jones said. Gilleece was found dehydrated and Monk, a supervisor at St. Patrick. Krahl was originally from the Chicago He said that skiers and snowboarders hypothermic, said Mike Gray, a search Kirk Willhite, a good friend of Gilleece area. His family couldn’t be reached for are often lured out of bounds by fresh and rescue volunteer. and father of Shane Willhite, said that he comment. powder, but it can end up costing them “He has no other injuries that we are and Gilleece were supposed to go on a The Missoula County Coroner’s office their lives. aware of at this point,” Gray said. golfing trip this weekend, but his friend said an autopsy is being preformed and “Nobody should be going out of About 12 search and rescuers were backed out when it started snowing. the cause of death is still unknown. bounds,” Jones said. “It’s just too danger- with Gilleece when he was airlifted out of “He told me that if I was going to ever According to Missoula County records, ous.” the Grant Creek drainage, along with his get up this season, Saturday was the day five people have died since 2000 in non- Shane Willhite was skiing with girlfriend, Nancy Beech. to go,” Willhite said. “I just thank God motorized skiing accidents in Missoula Gilleece before he disappeared and said Rescue officials decided to airlift that Mike is OK after the tragedy that County. Gilleece was right behind him when they Gilleece out by helicopter. happened on the same day he got lost,” “That’s the way he would have wanted went off the North Dakota downhill trail, “It is the safest quickest way to get Willhite said, referring to Saturday’ death to go,” Matties said. “On the mountain on the east side of the mountain, and him out,” said Gerry Connell, another vol- of Timothy Krahl at Snowbowl. doing what he loved.” Faulty wire shorts power to buildings Meeting Brief outages ing and saw professors teaching and constantly has power run- turning off and the occasional helps dispel zap classes, in the dark, some with just ning through it. The short was hold on an elevator, there small floodlights lighting an possibly due to defective insula- weren’t many problems in Jesse disable elevators entire recital hall. tion around the wire or may be Hall. stereotypes “If you’re in a class you might due to damage during installa- “There were no real problems Jeff Windmueller as well finish up the best you tion, Javins said. because the outages were in Lambda Alliance Montana Kaimin can,” Kalm said. The wire is part of a loop short durations,” said Mark hosts presentation The outages, which happened that connects a number of build- Hartman, assistant head resi- Students were left in the about five times for only small ings on the north and west sides dent in Jesse Hall. “But there for Sigma Nu dark as University of Montana intervals, were caused by a of campus including Jesse and are always concerns when deal- maintenance staff searched for short in a wire serving the new Turner halls, the Adams Center ing with a high-rise building.” Kristen Inbody the cure to a number of power scoreboard at Washington- and different educational build- Because it is a high-rise Montana Kaimin outages that briefly disabled Grizzly Stadium, said Tom ings. Some of those buildings building, Jesse Hall relies on electricity in classrooms and Javins, assistant director of were affected more by the out- electricity to pump water to its dorm halls Monday from about Lambda Alliance President maintenance. ages than others. upper floors and to run its three 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ernest Hergert told the men “It took us a little bit of time “I wasn’t sure if the lights elevators, Hartman said. Very few classes were can- of Sigma Nu he was afraid to to find the problem, but once we would go out,” said Robert The shorted wire was fixed celed because of the outages, talk to them Monday night. did, it was fixed in 20 minutes,” Ledbetter, an associate profes- by the original contractor who but some students did have to But he came away impressed Javins said. sor who canceled his History of installed the giant scoreboard at do a little work in the dark, said by their willingness to talk Although the scoreboard Rock ’n’ Roll class. “There’s no Washington-Grizzly Stadium Stephen Kalm, chairman of the with Lambda members. wasn’t in use, the shorted wire windows to the room that we and was covered by warranty, music department. “Now I get to go back to my passes between a transformer meet in and it would have been Javins said. After the shortages began, group and say these guys are and disconnect switch, which pitch black.” “The system is fixed and run- Kalm walked through some of acts like a breaker in a fuse box, Aside from alarm clocks ning back to normal,” he said. the classes in the music build- See SIGMA NU, Page 8 Inside News: Sports: News: Expected jam of ticket buyers A sting from the Hornets ends Women raise ruckus on Missoula’s streets for proves to be a pearl of a crowd. the Grizzlies’ basketball season. International Women’s Day March and Rally. Page 4 Page 7 Page 3 2 Montana Kaimin, Tuesday, March 11, 2003 [email protected] OPINION Editorial Guest Column Airports: Your new Bush’s blunders beleaguer backing for war would disarm Saddam regardless of U.N. opinion. seized-goods superstore Column by This blustering tone shed an incredibly bad Vijay Ramanavarapu image on America. The world seems to be against Everything but the kitchen sink does and, at the us, and some countries are taking cheap shots.

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