FURTHER PARK closures and warnings about poten- tial water shortages on the North Shore are being issued following almost five weeks of hot, dry weather. By Elizabeth Collings News Reporter The extreme fire hazard at the Greater Vancouver Regional District’s Seymour Demonstration Forest has resulted in a decision to completely close the forest to the public as of tomorrow. Partially closed tust week because of a high fire hazard rat- ing, the North Vancouver demonstration forest will not be open again until the Lower Mainland receives a significant aes: rainfall, a GVRD spokesman said. “We'd have to have a fair amount of rain before we opened again,”’ said Bud Elsic. He added that all tours and educational programs at Seymour Demonstration Forest are cancel - led until further notice. Meanwhile in West Vancouver, Lighthouse Park remains closed because of the extreme fire hazard. The park was first closed on July 31. The continued high temperatures combined with the lack of rain is also causing con- cerns about West Vancouver's water supply. West Vancouver District engineer Paul Lee said the water supply at Eagle Lake, the reser- voir that serves the western por- tion of West Vancouver, is being closely monitored. Although the reservoir still has the capacity to meet the present high water demand, Lee stressed that if high consumption con- linues West Vancouver could face a chronic water shortage later this year. “If the weather stays dry and Bae. wi wd THE PANAMANIAN-REGISTERED freighter Oceanic Explorer sits empty at North Vancouver’s Saskat- chewan Wheat Pool. The Explorer is in port to pick up a shipment of 60,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat bound for lraq but, because the United Nations im- posed a ban om trade with Iraq after the Middle East Beach open after 31 days DEEP COVE’S Panorama Beach has been re-opened to public swimming for the first time in more than a month after the fecal coliform count in the chronically-polluted Deep Cove harbor area dropped to 2n acceptable level. First posted for closure on July 4 because of the potential health hazard created by high coliform counts, Panorama Beach had re- mained closed for 31 consecutive days. The warning signs were taken down last Saturday when North Shore Health advised North Van- couver District that the fecal col- iform count had fallen to 171 parts per 100 millilitres of water, below the maximum acceptable limit of 200. Rick Kwan, the senior public health inspector at North Shore Health, said the beach samples had indicated some extremely high readings in late June and early Ju- ly, thereby pushing the overall sample average well over the limit. Fecal coliform levels at Panorama Beach reached as high as 550. Friday. August 10, 1990 ~ North Shore News - 3 Demo forest completely closed Dry weather forces parks ban; reservoirs to be closely monitored we keep using the water the way we are, we could be facing a shortage tike J987."" he said. In 1987, West Vancouver Council banned all outdoor water- ing in the municipality after Eagle Lake was reduced to a two weeks’ supply of water. Lee said he is consulting with the municipal lawyer about the implications of fining repeat vio- lators of the district’s sprinkling regulations. According to the waterworks regulation bylaw, a maximum fine cf $2,000 can be levied for NEWS photo Mike Wakefield country invaded Kuwait earlier this week, the ship has yet to be loaded. ‘Vestern Canadian grain farm- ers are now demanding $300 million in compensa- tion because they claim the trade embargo will hurt them. traq is the Canadian Wheat Board’s fourth largest customer. The health department bases its readings on a logarithmic average of samples taken over a five-week period. Kwan said that once the high readings no longer figured into the average, the overail fecal coliform count dropped down to an ac- ceptable limit. According to the most recent readings, Ambleside has a count of 28, while Eagle Harbor, another beach that has experi- enced chronic pollution problems and subsequent closures in the past, has a count of 47. West Van new home to squatters From page 1 people dump their water. In terms of liquid waste, it could be a problem,'’ said Kwan. He added that Health and Welfare Canada have notified the Squamish Band about the people and are waiting for a response. A spokesman for the West Vancouver Police Department said they were ‘‘aware of the situa- tion.”” Last September, several homeless people were discovered living in a rat-infested concrete bunker along North Vancouver’s waterfront. index Wi Automotives I Classified Ads....25 i Ecolnfo € Editorial Page.... 6 & Home & Garden .43 i Mailbox WH Paul St. Pierre ....9 What's Going On. 18 Weather Friday, sunny with cloudy periods and chance of showers. Saturday, sunny. Highs near 25°C. Second Class Aegistration Number 3885 sprinkling violations. In) North Vancouver, mean- while, water supplies in both the Capilano and Seymeur reservoirs are also depleted. The Capilano reservoir has dropped 24° feet, while the Seymour reservoir is down 20 feet. Both levels are 10 feet below those reservoir levels recorded during August in both 1989 and 1988. But Elsie said the decreasing levels are still within the normal range of fluctuation. If the dry weather continues in- to the fall, however, the North Shore may face a shortage similar to that of 1987 when the reservoir levels had dropped 40 feet, he said. Two water consumption records have been set this year for the two North Shore GVRD reservoirs. RCMP officer charged in shooting A NORTH Vancouver RCMP officer is scheduled to appear in North Van- couver Provincial Court Aug. 31 to face charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and aggravated assault. By Michael Becker News Reporter The charges laid Aug. 2 against Cpl. Glen W. Magark stem from the March 19 shooting injury of David Lorne Glover. Glover was shot during a nar- cotics search and investigation at a home in the 300-block West 23rd Street in North Vancouver, The single shot was fired at approxi- mately 10:45 p.m. Glover was struck in the chest and the bullet exited beneath his right arm. Police seized a large quantity of marijuana during the drug raid. Glover was subesequently charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. North Vancouver RCMP origi- nally reported that the shociing was preceded by a struggle ai tie door of the house occupied by Glover. But subsequent investiga- tion by Sarrey RCMP Insp. Robert Fenske determined shat no struggle occurred before the shot was fired. The narcotics search was con- ducted by five officers from the local detachment’s burglary squad, a drug unit mem‘.2: and two other police officers. Magark is in charge of the local burglary squad. According to North Vancouver RCMP Insp. Dave Roseberry, Magark has been with the RCMP for approximately 13 years, serv- ing in Richmond, Vancouver and Ottawa. He has been with the North Vancouver detachment for about three years and continues to serve in an administrative capacity. ‘*He has not been suspended,”’ said Roseberry. Roseberry said the charges against Magark stem from rec- ommendations made by Van- couver regional Crown counsel Bob Wright. “We had been discussing his (Wright's) recommendations since about the middle of June. His task was to assess all the activity and see whether there was any criminality that he felt: was there and make recommendations,"’ Roseberry said. Roseberry declined to comment about specific shooting investiga- tion findings. ‘‘That will all be evidence, and I'm not prepared to get involved in any type of evi- dence to be used,"’ he said.