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ir- 2 B hlAIiCIi 5, 1996 THE SQUAMISH CHIEF 'I Quality Repairs NEWS - Suites destroyed in Friday fir By Al Price value of the damage for a few days," weeks. However, it could be up Hampson said. "Emergency Social two months before the most da Melting chocolate on a stove in a Services from the Squamish aged suites are repaired, said second floor suite at the Caribaldi Emergency Program as well as peo- Haveman, the Garibaldi Ga Garden Court apartments caught ple from the RCMP's Victim- Courts manager. I J fire early Friday morning, and by Witness Services the time fire fighters extinguished were helping to the blaze one suite was gutted, two lkook after accom- others were damaged and a fourth modation and cloth- ll hi I DIVORCE SERVICE I has water damage. One fire fighter ing. There were two sprained his neck fighting the blaze, young men in the but no other injuries were reported. fire unit who lost Squamish Fire Rescue chief Pat everything, and we Hampson said the call came in at know people in at d ivorce docu rn e n ts. Profession a 1 8:43 a.m. A total of 25 firefighters least two of the units service at reasonable rates. responded with two pumper units didn't have insur- from the main hall, about 100 metres ance. It's sad. You from the fire on Cheakamus Way, can't afford insur- and another pumper was called in ance and you can't from the downtown station. afford to be without Hampson said the tenants in the it." I CHIROPRACTIC suite where the fire started attempt- A spokesperson for ed to put out the blaze, but it spread Victim- Wi t ne ss too quickly. Services said people "When we got there, flames were from St. Joseph's coming out of the second floor unit, Thrift were on hand the whole breezeway between the quickly to help with two units on Cheakamus Way was clothing, and rnost in flame, and fire was lapping its of the victims have way up into the third floor unit," friends and family Hampson said. "One unit was in the immediate severely damaged, one was dam- area who were help- aged in the entranceway, and anoth- ing out. er had partial damage both on the Repairs to the inside and outside. But everyone damaged suites living in the building was evacuated have already begun safely. There was some water dam- One tenant has* The Final Touches - Members of Squamish Fib The age to the unit below the fire unit." returned and the ten- Rescue make sure all the sparks are out at a fib Cons€ I 892-3064 Dr. Frank Martin He said there were 14 people living ant of another suite which destroyed several suites at the Garibab the in the six units. Garden Court apartments Friday morning. Ho/! chose may be able to move Jacquard photo 1 Heath "We won't have an estimate of the back in within two Rober Secon Victor Parad Bell c I . Sun., Mar. 1 Frosle eagle i Len extenc and to squ - SQ Going HungryTo Help In Rwanda Sqimrnk A total of 45 Howe Sound Secondary School students used a variety of diversions from playing cards to watci isthep videos and live band during the Red Cross Club's 24-hour famine Friday. Students raised pledges and collel 12/larchf money for Rwandan Relief. David Donaldson photo - 5 (tota 28-27 378 19 SECOND AVENUE SQUAMISH Feb. 26 - 0-25 goo lmg nilz zTYw RACE & . .. COMPANY ROBERT M7. McINTQSH Trial Lawyer withCloudy SUI periods. ICBC Claims Chance flurries. High 5. General Civil Litigation OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS 898-5121 Squamish - 201-1365 Pemberton Ave. 892-5254 Located across from the R.C.M.P. and Fire Hall 40440 Tantalus Way, Garibaldi Highlands NEWS T/PS? CAI L US (604) 892-916 7 OR FAX (604) 892-8483 Fi Fi r §mall-scale fc restry on the m By Ron Enns aside in an effort Clarification to protect the Corporate giants of the endangered syot- Our story in last week‘s edition on a lawye forest industry sit behind ted owl species. ng a Canada-wide arrest warrant ma’ tables at the Sea to Sky Woodlots repre- have been misleading to some readers. Th; Hotel armed with the latest sent small-scale lawyer involved in the custody battle, Burki maps of plans for timber forestry on a sus- Lewis, is an American lawyer who lived ii harvesting and silviculture tainable basis on a the upper Squamish valley. He had no affilia during the next five years. small area of land. tion with any Squamish law firms and did no Bound by the bottom line, Generally, if it practice in this area. Our apologies for an! these corporations must sat- woodlot licensees isfy their shareholders. use the clear cut Some conservation groups logging technique, Three seriously injured in - such as the Western their clear cuts are collision at Porteau Cove Canada Wilderness extremely small. If Committee, which had rep- partial cutting is Three occupants of two vehicles involved ir resentatives studying these done, the activity head-on collision on Hwy. 99 early Saturdaj industry maps intently at is ongoing, but ere still in serious condition ir last week’s Squamish Forest one cannot really couver area hospitals Monday morning. District five-year develop- notice too much dsworth and Andrea Delauriei ment plan open house - disturbance to a Squamish and Frederick Fernyhough werc denounce large-scale single land mass, riously injured in the accident which took forestry. As well, the Kuster said. ace near Porteau Cove at 2:20 a.m. Ministry of Forests is seek- “When you get a northbound 1979 Ford LTD ing to achieve a better bal- to smaller oyera- rossed over the centreline and collided with ance between the large cor- tors you see more 1979 Chev van. Both the high- porations and small busi- labo; intensive way and B.C. Rail line were closed for ness. activity because approximately three hours. West Vancouver The large forest companies woodlot licences and Lions Bay fire departments were called in are here to stay, but they aren’t meant for to help extricate the occupants from both may have to share more the sole income of vehicles, which were demolished. Squamish with smaller local operators an individual,” Checking The Plans - Forest companies got a good turnout RCMP are still investigating the incident. in the future. who may hold Wednesday at the Sea to Sky Hotel as they showed off their latest In the Squamish Forest another job or be a five-year plans. Ron Enns photo MacLeod wins first prize District, three areas with the farmer. Woodlot /I potential for four woodlot licensees tend to The only way to savc jobs Fortbst I)istric-t is i’ii rrc)ntI\~ The winners of the Squarnish Estuary licences are currently being log more carefully than the and it’s wh‘it \w’ve advo- Lmng stuc1ic)ci by tho 1 at a fib Conservation Society’s annual raffle as part of advertised to obtain initial larger operators, Kuster cated from thc bc)ginning: h4inistt~~.of lh-e)bt\ to dtltt)r- Garibab the Brackendale Winter Eagles Festival were expressions of in teres t, for- said. rip out the tc)nures, put in Ininc) !]OW n3iic.h \l()lLiInl’ ot ng. HoF chosen in the Feb. 29 draw. First prize: est district manager Paul Western Canada Wilde- an open log niarket md get tiiiihr will btl ~n~~~ilc~bl~~for 1 Heather MacLeod wins a simed cow of the Kuster said Wednesday at rness Committee campaign- sina1I business practices thtl woodlot iiwrw pro- Robert Bateman book Arhs inANatwe. the well-attended open er James Jamieson is an going. Get pcople hack into grm~ Second prize: Don Ross wins the framed house in Squ a m i s h . advocate of <mall-scale ttw busincss of forestrv arid c’ilTIX’Jltl\r, OIllI‘ cllJClLlf .3 Victor Elderton photograph Eagles in Currently, there are six forestry. a wav fro 1-17 ti 111 bcr ni i ni ng . ” p11- it111t of t110 Soo tiinbe~r Paradise. Third prize: Helen Turbett wins a woodlot licences in the for- He beliwes sniall-scale I-le wid Icirgt.>corporLjtions tipp pi^,^ L~rco1.s \t)i ~qidt~!or Bell of Brackendale, handcrafted by Thor est district, however, har- forestry is way that jobs that rirc n(it in thc. busincls\ ot ~fc;odiotlic-clric ilot hc)r Froslev. Fourth prize: Heidi French wins an vesting in one near are currently threcltened bv yrotcc.ting lobs, but protoct- 2 1 pc’r c-r~nti. L~IIo~-t~ttJ to eagle tally counter. Birkenhead Lake is on hold reductions in the land bate ing profit. thc Miiii5ti-i oi I-orel\t>’ Len Goldsmith of the estuary society until a decision is made available for logging can be The move to crt)atc 11io1-t’ sni,>ll bu~iiic~sstorc~~t mkr- extends a big thank you to all that lent a hand about what lands will be set maintained. wood lots i n t 11 e Sq u a ini 5 11 p r i st) 17 rog I-‘]111 . and to those that bought tickets. Quote of the Week By Ron Enns never was developed becausc it was not possible. Create a vision for The possibility of chlorine gas over- I1 There is no escape,” he s‘iid, noting Squamish, not Cascadia CY coming Squamish residents may that chlorine stays low to thc pouiid.