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NEWS 112I I iu c Quality Reflu irs to a22 jeweller]) G watcbes - Insurance Claims - Mutilated dog a mystery’ -Appraisals - By Pabicia Heintzman station and filled up with gas, The employees at the Chevron IF leaving behind a suspicious station called the municipal The Squamish RCMP are looking box, said Const. Fran pound to take the canine corpse At investigating a bizarre incident Bethell of the Squamish RCMP. off their hands. Bethell says it loca, in which a dog was found cut When an employee of the gas appears the municipal employ- land into a number of pieces and left station looked more closely, he ees then discarded the dog in was at a gas station. discovered the tail of a tan-col- the Squamish landfill site with- Past The RCMP was called after a ored dog attached to the out- out consulting or informing theI Hers dead dog was found in a card- side of the box. Inside, a dog, RCMP. l mine board box outside the Chevron believed to be a pit bull, was “It has certainly hampered our, Tak gas station in downtown found cut into a number of investigation, not having seen Arth Squamish last Tuesday after- pieces, Bethell said. “There are the dog,” Bethell said. ”The with noon. charges under the criminal code physical evidence is not there.” Furtf It was reported to the RCMP which apply to matters of this The RCMP is following up on that a vehicle pulled into the nature. “ several other leads, she added. I Affiliated with Royal LePage 38235 Cleveland Ave. A top performing member of the prestigious President‘s Club for the consecutive 9th year. (det ;ichcd), covered deck r~vcrlooking spcctacular inom tii i tis. N ine years young. Located in Brackendale at 41863 Faith Road. Priced at $223,500. Call Ronnie McCartney today! RACE& COMPANY Divorce Trial Lawyer Contested and Uncontested Divorces Child Custody and Access Separation Agreements Child and Spousal Maintenance -~-~~ Cohabitation and Marriage Agreements Aerial view of a proposed airport relocation. Photo illustration by Earthworks Communicationl Property Division Whistler Squamish 332-4370 Lorimer Road 201-1365 Pemberton Ave. Relocation proposal not politica 932-32 11 892-5254/932-6938 Continired from Page 1 nesses and trades will receive the benefit o to prevent further environment hazards. large infrastructure project; local economy v A recent survey of the community by two uni- gain from continued economic input and n versity professors from UBC and SFU revealed jobs; travelers would begin and end their trip the majority of the respondents support in princi- downtown Squamish, creating an influx of toui %pmnisIi ANGUS MacKENZIE HIGHLAND 1 ple improving airport service. But critics of the dollars; air access to the downtown core cot is the pli DANCE STUDIO Brackendale airport suggest an airport at the improve business diversity within Squamish. :eb. 18 - . north end of the community is not economically Environmental pros and cons of the existing i total redl QPENING SOON IN SQUAMISH! beneficial because visitor traffic bypasses com- port and the waterfront site are also addressed 2 (inhala mercial areas and funnels travelers directly to the proposal. Peter Gordon, who sits on HSI -21(in-ha sub-committee, says ”the task now is to ask pt ’-25gmd. INSTRUCYOR: Whistler. CFDCHS has been a strong proponent of the ple to have an open mind. The downtown site ~izgailme Angus MacKenzie former cml. poq ! is a World idea from the beginning, says Tatham. CFDCHS superior from an aeronautical point of view, tl Highland Dancing Champion and has has gone so far as to organize a Howe Sound is certain. But there are many other reasons been teaching in Vancouver for the regional airport sub-committee to Iook into the look into the proposal.” past 15 years. He is a full member of feasibility of the proposal. It has also hired It is the potential for the community as a whc the Scottish Dance Teacher’s Alliance Stonefield to organize information about the pro- which Gordon says is the greatest benefit of t of Scotland. posal and bring it forward to the public. site. He emphasizes the historical significance ”Our purpose is to present the airport concept reconnecting the community’s ties with t to the public and get input,” says Elizabeth Starr water, and the centralizing of transportation n LEVELS OF DANCE: TUES Pre-schoolers, beginners of Stonefield. “We want to make it clear this is a works by airplane, floatplane, helicopter, bus ai & advanced. grassroots movement and not political. The idea train. Periods of is worth looking at for several reasons, the long- Following the public open house Thursd; rain. Squamish council will vote on the OCP ai Contact: Shelley Smith term implications for Squamish, the economic benefits, it fits in with the tourism development bylaw amendments to accommodate regula1 Low 5. 898-9587 plan. All of these things we aim to bring to the scheduled flight to the airport in Brackendale. High 9. Angus MacKenzie public. (The proposal) deserves much further fourth and final reading will follow in the mont 1-604-687 K.I.L.T. review. ’I to come when details of who will pay for t] The economic benefits cited include: local busi- improvements at the airport are complete. t i NEWS TIPS? CA11 US (604)892-9161 - E-MAIL: SQCHIEFC~MOUNTAIN-INTERNET, OR FAX (604)892-8483 ry Seniors 2hevron unicipal Police find body, have suspect Have e corpse At 4:30 am., Feb. 15, West Vancouver Police Say I says it located the body of Nathalie Bourget, 26, a A employ- landscaper originally from Quebec. The body dog in was found in bush, adjacent to a lookout in the Squamish seniors have a te with- Pasco Road area of Hwy. 99 north of look at the plan for a pro- ning the Horseshoe Bay. Cause of death has been deter- posed seniors centre near mined to be a single bullet wound to the head. the Eagle Grove housing .red our Taken into custody shortly after the shooting, development at an open house Thursday at the ng seen Arthur Maurice Allen, 45, has been charged i. “The with possession of a dangerous weapon. Elks Hall, as Doug there.” Further charges are being considered. Robinson, right, of Access g UP On Building Association looks added on. There is overwhelming ‘I Huntina trial adiourned support for a new seniors centre, says community The case against Squamish hunters Allen planning directGr Margaret Woods and Peter Levesque continues as the Thornton, but debate con- trial was adjourned Friday after three days of tinues on where it Should the prosecution’s case. Woods and Levesque be located. Patrick face 13 charges of hunting-related violation Heintzman photo under the Wildlife Act. Crown prosecuto Peter Favell said he anticipates at least thre more days of testimony once the defence start 1 its rebuttal. The hunting charges stem from alleged inci dents that occured near Fort Nelson and La1 La Hache in September and October 1993. Thc Petition, card campai investigation began when search warrant! were issued in January 1994 said Favell Levesque is charged with unlawfully dis charging a firearm from the side of the Alask; appeal of Reed’s ac Highway, making a false statement on a corn pulsory inspection data sheet, unlawful pos. By Al Price ing a decision in which to to state that we find the session of a dead caribou (two counts), failint launch an appeal. message in this acquittal to to submit a mountain goat for compulsorarj Caren Wulff is not pre- “Three young men died in be deeply offensive to all inspection and hunting caribou during closed pared to sit and wait to see a terrible automobile acci- the victims, their families season. if the Crown will appeal the dent on the Whistler Hwy. and to the entire comniuni- Woods is charged with hunting bull elk with acquittal of the young Sept. 17, 1994, almost 18 ty. Therefore, your petition- less than six points on one antler during closed Coquitlam man who was months ago. Their names ers call upon parliament to season, failing to submit an elk for compulso- driving the truck which are Jason Wulff, Devon urge you to call for. an ry inspection, unlawful possession of an elk killed her son, Jason W-ulff, Hedin and Dale Ethier, all appt‘al on this ccisc’,I. rem.<J carcass, unlawful possession of a butchered and his friends Devon of Squamish, and none of the pckitiori. elk carcass, unlawful possession of a pair of Hedin and Dale Ethier in them were over 22 years of W u 1 f f ci 11d B IT 1111 11 ‘I I s C) six-point elk antlers (two counts) and making an accident on Hwy. 99 age. On Feb. 19, Mr. Justice pian to circulatc arch tor a false statement on an elk species licence. Sept. 17, 1994. Ryan Reed Peter Fraser of the Supreme people to sign and imil The trial has been adjourned to March 1, at was found not guilty by Court of British Columbia directly to Justice Ministcr which time a date will be fixed to continue the Justice Peter Fraser in B.C. found Ryan Robert Reed Allan Rock, and plan to trial. Lead investigator Dan LeGrandeur of the Supreme Court in not guilty of dangerous deliver the petitions to Squamish conservation office says the timing Vancouver Feb. 9 of three driving causing death on Ca p ila no- H o M’CJ sounci of the trial date depends on the availability of counts of dangerous driv- three counts.