Bridge work Sparks road aGGess (OW . Marina, contractor lock horns Bob Mackin rws Reporter A ministry of highways contractor and the Operators of Lynnwood Marina appear to have reached an uneasy truce. Surespan) Construction, whic! upyrade of the Second Narrows Bridge. Lynnwood co-owner Jerry Blair aver access to a staging censtruction materials, Blair and his business partners tease 10/4 hectares (26 seress of land under the bridge from the Squamish Nation. The only road to the staging area runs across Lvnnweod’s Land. Talks berwcen Surespan and Lyanwood over payments tor access broke down. But Blair said Surespan went ahead and used the road anyway. “Gur only business is rental of space in buildings and on land and water,” Blair said. Police are investivating a : i in Surespan tr Dragon Maj thle exits with hrs awn veh is working ar a senmig quarrelled with ator which » said he was on Lynnwood property tor about balftn tore Blair showed up with a tre iran. sail Majkie. “He hour t “He was very angry,” immediately.” Majkic fett without his car, When he returned on March he found it parked ona nearby pier. Blair said he doesn’t know how it gor there As for the March 5 incident, Mair said: * They attempted to cross ms property and we blocked the property. They admit they tried to cross. [denied ther access. “Nobody was touched, sobody was threatened blocked. Vhat is our nuhr” Blair said section 42 of the Criminal Code allows anyone to use reasonable and necessary force to protect personal property frond trespassers. Blair said he's considering erimunal and civil complaints of his own against Surespan and the ministes, Since the incident. Surespan has bypassed Lynnweod’s property by using the bridge sifewalk above as a temporary slaging area, According to highways ministry spokesman Brenda Jones, that was the way the ministry wanted it done at the start of the project. “We're going to mak sure the contrac: tor proceeds with the preferred method of access.” she said. Guns, money, seized From page i ked us to feave Access Was Police said that several su pects masquerading as poli officers kicked in the front door of a home in the 2600- block of Tempe Knoll Drive. Pwo men and a woman in the house were handcuffed. Another man jumped out the window and called police. The suspects demande marijuana. Three suspects were arrested after a police chase that ended — near Lonsdale and 25th $ One suspect got away. During the chase, the sus peets threw a loaded shotgun and assault riffle out of their van. A sledge hammer, poli scanner and a cell phone w also tossed. ‘The van was searched and seized $8,000, 5 ‘ police body armor, police ball caps and ja ’ assault rifle, a sawed-off shot- gun, another shotgun and a handgun. North Vancouv RCMP Const. Heidi Hofiman said the incident not a random attack. fi Police declined to offer fur- ther de The accused men are scheduled for bail hear- ings this week. NEWS photo Mike Wakelield NORTH Vancouver RCMP Const. Heidi Hoffman examines some of the items seized from a van fol- lowing a recent home invasion. NEWS photo Tersy Pate: SURESPAN Construction engineer Dragon Majkic complained to North Vancouver RCMP after a dispute with a co-owner of the Lynnwood Marina. rescues pair at Cypress Bob Mackin News Reporter NORTH Shore Rescue saved two people from a chilly night at Montizambert Creek near Cypress Bowl early March 31. A 25-year-old skier and 13-vear-old snowboarder split trom their wwe compan: ions and went out of bounds during vo night at the West Vancouver mountain, “The other two felt guilty,” said) NSR team leader Tim Jones. So, Jones said, they notified — the Cypress ski patrol, which was unable to find the pair. NSR was called to conduct the rescue mission. The rescue subjects, tt turned out, became separat- ed. The 25-year-old was found Jase Wednesday at 2:30 am. and airlifted by helicopter to satety, He had lost his evegtasses and was mildly hyposhermic. The 15- year-old) was found two hours later. The mission was complet- ed around noon. Jones said the danger in coming weeks will be sink- holes, Hikers, back country skiers and snowboarders could break their legs or even suffocate if caught by a sinkhole cased by melting snow, “Don't ge out) by yourself in case you fall inte a sinkhole,” Jones advis 5 74-year old pedest Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com A North Vancouver resident has been charged in connection with a pedestrian's death last year on Lynn Valley Road. Larry George Szaroz, 41, was charged with driving without due care and attention, filing lo eld te a pedestrian and breaching his driver's he charges were laid under the Motor mimanouel Karayiannakis died after being hit in a crosswalk on Nov. 29, 1998 on Lynn Valley Road. Karayiannakis, 74+, was MeDonald’s restaurant and I mall when he was struck by a van, according to the North Vancouver RCMP ina previous News nthe ian died in Novembe story. Karaviannakis lived near the busy road. was thrown [4 metres (46 feet) hie by che var at 7:30 ain. He died in zis slated for a court appearance on April 28 in North Vancouver. He was charged last week. Meanwhile at the same crosswalk on March Y, an cight-year-old girl was knocked off her bike atter being, hit by a car. Set. Bob Beaudoin, head of the North Vancouver RCMP traftic section, said the young- ster was not injured. The girl’s bike had a seratch on the fender. There was no damage to the vehi- che. “Ir was what vou calla very Beaudoin. The driver was not charged. Beaudoin expressed concerns about pedestri- an safety on the busy section of Lynn Valley Road, just west of Mountain Highway. close call,” sai Dam upgrade meeting tonight GREATER Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) staff promise a flood of informa- tion at 7 p.m. tonight when plans for the $350-million Cleveland Dam project will be discussed. The GVRD plans an ozonation plant and seepage control blanket on the dam’s east abutment. A water main project is also in the offing for Prospect and Sarita avenues GVRD statf will outline anticipated trans- portation and construction impacts, and pre- sent an update of the environmental a ment. Areas in North Vancouver District and Vancouver on the west side of the Iso be affected. he meeting at the North Shore ence Centre in the International Plaza at Capilano Road and Marine Drive.