I .,. , I,.*!ii’ ’ :I i” ! ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................. ‘I , IIZ ‘ i . .; i,,,i \..\,I ,j. l~, j . i I I ’.! i J 5 I y DARRENGALLAGHER Derek Sayle, area engineer t Reoorter Dave Haffey, Frank Roche 1 , and John Lonsdale. Bernie ernational Forest Pro- Adams and Donald Kulak of s (Interfor), two local B. R. Adam Ltd. are also ing companies and named, as are an unspecified n Squamish residents number of John Does. lamed in a civil suit filed “I think it’s a very strong protesters in B.C. case,” plaintiff’s lawyer eme Court Oct. 26. Tannis Braithwaite said : suit stems from an Friday. “They clearly were ent Sept. 15 when an assaulted and they clearly dogging were injured in the assault. ;st camp ......................................................... “The issue will be if the in thk “We know we’ve D Vallev 7 employees iestroyeb made some were acting some- mistakes in the within the ere W-VV ‘ course of their een 60 past ... We‘re employment,” 100 log- making an eflort she said. “If The it’s found they ident tQ CQl“ZCt them.’’ were ’acting in the course- of Ted after -Gord Prescott deeks of ......................................................... their employ- sts that ment the led work and forced employer can be found or to apply for a court liable. It’s called vicarious ;tion. liability.” - - ’ , r .,- ’ lowing the incident The suit alleges the compa- Locals host ‘or arranged for four nies were negligent in not high school .......... :,: ;,L. .’ .. .,I preventing the assaults and i:; . ;hops for its employees i zone finals ,,, I, I: voiding confrontations in allowing the use of com- de fusi ng potent i a1 1y pany vehicles and equipment sive situations. during the incident. plaintiffs in the suit are A call to Elaho Logging Gilroy-Scott and was met with a “No com- Top Story A3 i Mustatia, who were ment from this office.” : Opinion A8 f the protest camp, and Neither Bill McNaughtog ; Letters A9 ; Jamieson, a trail who represented Interfor : Valley Voice A15 :r with the conserva- when applying for the TIMSHOULTSITHE CH~EF t group Western injunction, nor Interfor CEO lngela Woods was on top of the world Qct. 26 as she was named the winner of .-i sports 61 la Wilderness Comm- and chairman Bill Sauder jquamish Fire Rescue’s 1999 Fire Chief for a Day contest. Angela, a Grade 3 student at SQTV 69 who was storing his returned calls by press time. jquamish Elementary, got a ride to and from school in the fire truck and also to lunch Classifieds 87 t the camp because of €3. R. Adams could not be it McDonald’s, sponsor of the event, as part of her special day. ir’s injunction. reached. suit alleges Jamieson, “It will probably be some /-Scott and Mustatia time before a court date is punched, kicked and even set,” Braithwaite said. University agreement signed I don’t think coiincil ened with death by “Civil suits usually . take a : has much control over lyees of Interfor, Elaho long time, two br three BY DARRENGALLAGHER misinterprets a clause or takes “I honestly believe the pub- i international ng and B. R. Adams years.” Report er one out of context, it would lic will be comfortable with corporations. not be in our best interests. what we have agreed to,” she On Oct. 25, Gord Prescott, DARRENMOORE eson allegedly suf- Interfor project forester, and The memorandum of under- She estimated it would take said. PAGE A4 orn cartilage and mus- Dal Shemko appeared before standing (MOU) for the pn- between 30 minutes and an Development of the univer- sue in his left hand, the board of the Squamish- vate university, signed at an hour to present. The MOU is sity, expected to serve around lustatia was allegedly Lillooet Regional District. in-camera council meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. 1,100 students at capacity, i 1 with a camera strap “We know we’ve made Oct. 26, will be revealed ti The MOU lays out the rela- will be funded through the reatened with rape. some mistakes in the past,” the public at the beginning cf tionship between the Howe donation of over 1,000 acres suit also claims Prescott said. “We’re making today’s council meeting. Sound Educational Foun- of land by the Tiampo family. 10 worth of communi- an effort to correct them.” “We believe it’s extremely dation and the District of The signing of the MOU s, photographic and On his application to important that when the Squamish over the develop- does not mean the land trans- c-@ equipment was appear, Prescott wrote: “The media and the public get it we ment of the non-profit univer- fer is complete, cautioned Woods yed along with evi- actions of Sept. 15 were go through it clause by clause sity planned for the area west Lonsdale. of the assaults. regrettable and a mistake on . so nobody will be unclear on of the Garibaldi Highlands. “What the university is ng the defendants are the part of the individuals any of it,” Mayor Corinne The agreement signed was doing with the Tiampos has r operations manager involved. We are very sorry Lonsdale said Wednesday. “If drawn from the fifth draft of nothing to do with this the MOU, said Lonsdale. MOU,” Lonsdale said. Miller, camp manager ..... it happened.” it was sent out and somebody .. ~....................~...............ii.~,b.....,.b..;..,...~.........,.......,...,.*...,..*.....*.*.. ... ..,. ........................................................................................................................ .. .- ..... This.Week ’tionI’ signs trashed Trustees speak out :il candidate singled out in sign vandalism Educate yourself .on Squamish’s school board candidates ng downtown A scary night il selectsconsultant for new downtown strategy Scene & Noted on the town for Hallowe’en 4 Bits & Pieces Weather Watch ! U Upcoming issues for the Nov. 2 meeting of council at 3 p.m. in council chambers at Municipal Hall: Council will present the memorandum of understanding between the District of Squamish and Howe So Educational Foundation. 1 Council will consider a request by Howe Sound Secondary School for a $320 grant-in-aid to cover the cost of reni the mezzanine at Brennan Park Leisure Centre for the 1999 B.C. Schools AA Soccer Championships. 1 Council will discuss proposed administration fees for landfills in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District. High 12. High 12. High 11. High 9. m Council will hear from Terrill Patterson on cuts left in roadways following gas line installations. The Moon 1 Candida’s signs vandalized BY DARRENGALLAGHER -0000l Reporter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter Election signs from Brackendale to Nov. 8 Nov. I6 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Valleycliffe were ripped down, cut up and defaced sometime between 10 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday - but The Tides____- only those belonging to Wendy Magee. Other candidates’ election signs were left undisturbed by the vandals, who apparently used a knife to slice up Magee’s signs and left the pieces at the scene. Date Low Tide (feet) High Tide (feet) On five of her seven signs, her face was Nov. 2 6:26 a.m. (5.57) 1:44 p.m. (15.03) actually sliced out of the poster. 8:20 p.m. (8.49) - Those signs in well-lit or high-traffic 4 Nov. 3 - 1:21 a.m. (1 1.54) areas were the least damaged. Others, like 7:31 a.m. (6.37) 2:27 p.m. (15.00) the one at the entrance to Valleycliffe, 9:07 p.m. (7.36) - were destroyed. Nov. 4 - 2:44 a.m. (1 1.99) “It’s just my signs. Nobody else’s were 8:31 a.m. (7.06) 3:02 p.m. (14.89) touched,” Magee said Saturday. 9:45 p.m. (6.31) - Magee and her campaign manager Bill Nov. 5 - 3:49 a.m. (1 2.60) Manson dismissed the idea it was a 9:24 a.m. (7.68) 334 p.m. (14.70) Halloween prank, citing the time it had to 10:19 p.m. (5.40) - occur, the heavy rain that night, the dis- Nov. 6 - 4:43 a.m. (13.21) tances between the signs‘ and the fact 10: 13 a.m. (8.28) 4:02 p.m. (14.43) Halloween was two days away. rime, 1050 p.m. (4.65) - “I don’t believe for a minute it was Nov. 7 - DARRENGALLAGHE~H 529 a.m. (13.75) young people,” said Magee. “If it had Council candidate Wendy Magee with one of her vandalized election s 1058 a.m. (8.84) 4:30 pin. (14.09) happened Halloween night, they would have been all tarred with the same brush.” her house that night, somebody spouting paign signs for the 1996 byelectio “It doesn’t have the marking of a gibberish and then hanging up. --Reaching The Chief vandalized and burned. Halloween prank by children,” said She and husband Keith are working on “You can’t take it personally. You Manson. “It would be interesting talking BY resurrecting some of the less damaged to concentrate on the election and Phone: to the people [police] on duty last night.” signs, mounting the pieces on plywood.. at hand.” Magee reported the vandalism to police, “They’re expensive. It’s a lot of money,” (604) He said when his signs were van 892-9 16 but at press time the matter was still under she said. it just made him determined to pr investigation. “It kind of takes away from the real was not vugoing: to be bothered b E-mail: sqchief 0 uniserve.com Magee also said there were two calls to work,” said Coun.