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- -lliw midl rn lian pan emits k amployrrr mion, PI an - 1 *347-2500m &e, Fer :, Kimbc ski corn tions 14 mim. Id’s tar! 19. Call nl tllers ca .-:; nan.con d,. 4.p.P- ’. 9 m ‘4 : eed CII :rew CB iroken Is ,e over p ence Sic 1-800-9 m i Giving kids a Convicted in i good start Howey murder, School breakfast eli iblefor par0f e in 2005 BY IANJACQUES Reporter Squamish resident George yron Blue received the max- num sentence the law allows Ihursday for the first-degree urder of 12-year-old Judy owey in 1964. The 5 1-year-old former ndscape company owner as sentenced to life in ison with no parole eligibil- DARRENGALLAGHE~HE CHIEF Peter Auld and Ueli Liechti of Duro Construction and Paul Campbell of Cardinal Concrete work on a r for seven years, the maxi- (left) series of basalt columns at the entrance to downtown Squamish. The columns and a new granite sign welcoming Reaching for um sentence he could visitors are part of $75,000 in greening of the three asphalt islands on Cleveland Avenue, which will also include ;eke for an offender under low-growing roses and flowering trees when the project is completed this winter. the top :age of 16. HoweSound 3lue was 15 at the time he ! Volleyball jumps mmitted the murder. ! into action Slue was found guilty in 1 incouver Supreme Court lava Creek giants protected e Oct. 27. Eleven of the 12 ‘ors recommended Blue be more common to see scattered the ministry to figure out -.1 Index I Interfor which access for any but legit : %enthe maximum penalty. trees,” SFD manager Paul where that sensitive area irnate research projects will be i Story A3 ad Blue been found guilty applauds, Kuster said Wednesday. should be,” said Keith Rush, discouraged. i Opinion A10 he crime in 1964, he could A Ministry of Forests study Interfor’s general manager for Although camping is not Letters envnonmental i A1 1-12 e been sentenced to be earlier this year by Fred the south coast. permitted within the sensitive i 1ged . goup mocks Nuszdorfer found individual “This is how the Forest area, a recreation site may be i Valley Voice A15 lue was convicted of decision or small groups of trees of Practices Code is supposed to established“That’s great, nearby. but we want f: sports B1 ing Judy on May 29, 1964 such age existed elsewhere in work.” SQTV B7 r meeting her on a trail BY DARRENGALLAGHER the district and “Interfor has an eco-system, not a tiny tree i ..................................................... Classifieds B6 nd Mamquam Elemen- Reporter nearby known about museum,” Paul George of the i School on her way home. Clendinniniz “we Want Cm our quest to do Western Canada Wilderness ! -- lue was charged b; police What could be called the ~ovincialpar6 eco-system, not this -for some Committee said Friday. vlarch 1998, the day after most contentious eight but the concen- time, so they The WCWC is at the fore- had a secretly videotaped hectares in the Squamish trated stand was a tiny tree modified their front of a drive to make the Whet2 do you stop versation with an under- Forest District (SFD) is now unique. museum.” planssome time Elaho part of a 500,000- horio u riri g death er police officer. off limits to logging. The sensitive ago,” said hectare national park. through war? Never. le full details of the The 47-hectare Lava Creek area is bounded -Paul George Kuster. It recently produced a 12- i ercover police operation Sensitive Area will be official- by Cesna Creek ..................................................... ELMERPLACE M a y o r page newsletter on the Elaho, PAGE A13 never be known, as they ly established today (Nov. 7), on the north, Lava Creek on Corinne Lonsdale expressed concentrating on the ancient e banned from publica- making it off-limits for all log- the south, the Elaho River on pleasure at the designation, trees. by Justice Deborah ging and limiting the amount the west and International but noted it only underscores “They’re scrambling, trying f move. of human intrusion allowed. Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) the need for the province to to do a token amount of pro- i Blue has been in cus- The area contains eight cutblocks to the east. step in on the conflict over the tection, trying to convince r more than two years hectares each containing As an interim measure, Elaho. people that’s sufficient,” said sentence, he will be eli- about 10 ancient Douglas firs, Interfor added the eight “If we had a higher-level George. “It’s just proving o apply for parole in ranging in age from 1,OOO to hectares to an existing wildlife land-use plan, that area would we’re right, [but] they’re just 1,300 years old. tree patch after the NusLdorfer have been in there as one of not protecting enough.” nove also ordered Blue Such trees have become a report came out. those special areas.” “We recognize that WCWC, ide the Crown with a rallying point for environmen- It also implemented variable The 47 hectares will be for instance, was using the old mple and banned him talists trying to preserve the retention logging, partly due divided into an education trees like a flag,” said Rush. owning firearms, upper Elaho Valley. to interest in preserving the zone, including public trails “It’ll be spotted owls tomor- ’ nition or explosives for “Normally a grcup of trees Lava Creek stand. designed to protect the trees’ row or whatever, it’ll be what- s after his release. would not live that long; it’s “We worked pretty hard with roots, and a research zone, to ever they think they can use.” .......................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................... SYMPHONY This Week AT GARlBALDl HIGHLANDS I ‘B’ for bravery Things to remember k-thinking five-year-old gets Ambulance award War memorabilia links son to veteran father ction 2000 About Town 49 t your candidates and hear what they have,to say A4-5 Maureen Gihour has your community haPPeniWs I i Nindetmere Sea to Sky Real Estate 892-3571 A2 10 Tuesday, November 7,2000 The Chief a Squamish, B.C. Bits & Pieces Weather Watch ! Upcoming issues for the NO~.7 council meeting set for 3 p.m. in council chambers at Municipal F1.ll= Council will consider extending the Nov. 15,2000 expiration date for temporary highway billboornls to Jan. 15,2001 as an interim measure to the new sign bylaw. ’Ibesday Wednesday m Showers Chance of Sunny with Sunny with i Council will consider what comments it wishes to provide the pmvince on an application to expand the Wa-ts Point developing. showers. cloudy periods. cloudy periods. i gravel quarry. m Low 2. Low 2. Low 1. Low 1. High 9. High 10. High 8. High 8. Council will consider a $3,750 bill fmm Bunsmaster for revenue lost due to disruption of business by crews working on I L I. road and drainage improvements on Queens Way in the Business Park. 4 The Moon Tinsport Sea to Sky Highway has three modal” approach with a rail “Firstly, taking down moun. Hwy. 990 tions potential scenarios to deal and bus emphasis and an esti- tains is very expensive. and include our- with increased use of the cor- mated cost of $745 million. secondly it takes something P ridor’s highway. Passenger trains would run up away from the conidor,“ he f New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter f laning, rail/bUS Public open houses on the to five times a day to said. Nov. 25 Dec. 3 Nov. 11 l8 f emphasis; cost study were held Oct. 30 in Squamish and Whistler with Rokeby said much also Whistler, Wednesday in one train a day from Whistler depends on the extent to 1 fiom$365Mto Squamish, Thursday in to Pemberton. Buses would be which people’s travelling The______ Tides $1.34B Pemberton and Friday in introduced to and from new behaviour can be modified. At Lion’s Bay. stations, which may impact present the vast majority of I BY NICOLEMOORE Scenarii one is the “con- residential areas. travellers on the highwa Whistler Question strained mobility” approach. Scenario three is called the automobiles, and only 0 It emphasizes increased bus “highway mobility” approach, cent of travellers use t during a peak winter Date Low Tide (feet) High Tide (feet) A provincial study recently use and has the lowest esti- with a car and bus emphasis. revealed to the public puts for- mated cost of $365 million. It Its estimated $1.34 billion end. Nov. 7 1:49 a.m. (11.16) ward three possibilities to deal would involve new bus ser- capital cost and economic Ministry staff said 7:43 a.m. (7.03) 2:27 p.m. (14.24) - with a projected population of vices linked to the Lower impact -it requires widening Mult i-Modal Transport ;I I 9:08 p.m. (7.16) 60,OOO to 90,OOO in the Sea to Mainland’s services, shared the highway to four lanes in Study is just the first Nov. 8 - 253 a.m. (11.83) Sky Corridor in 2025 and the bushigh-occupancy vehicle many areas between 25-year strategy to “i 8:35 a.m. (7.41) 256 p.m. (14.28) accompanying demands for lanes, widening highway Horseshoe Bay and Whistler future rail, highway, Nov. 9 - 3:47 a.m. (12.61) transportation. shoulders and reviewing pass- are the highest of the three marine and air trans 9:24 a.m.