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Mike Boss, a senior engi- neer in the Water Supply divi- sion, said they would be reluc- tant to epen the road on weekends. “It would make things quite complicated.” Another strategy for mini- mizing truck traffic is to extract gravel needed for con- struction from the LSCR instead of trucking it in. Ferguson said if they trucked gravel into the sites, it would take about 90,000 extra vehi- cle trips. However, some peo- ple attending expressed con- cern over the environmental impact of extracting gravel. “We need to be sure that we protect the LSCR — we have to protect our gem,” said Ralf Kelman. ugh leg-hold traps were a thing of the past, .. ANON-PROFIT SOCIETY OPPOSED TO CRUEL TRAPPING NS Fur-Bearers " ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF FURSEARING ANIMALS ff N 3727 Renfew Street; Vancouver, BC: V5M 3L7 "Phones (604) 435-1850 Fas: (604) 435-1840 + - NEWS photo Terry Peters A police dog was brought in near Lynnmour schoo! Wednesday to check a sus- picious occurrence reported to the SMP following Heather Thomas’s murder. V child abduction concerms surface Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.com NORTH Vancouver parents have the jitters about having their chil- dren snatched. In the wake of the abduc- tion of Surrey’s Heather ‘Thomas Oct. 1 and the discov- ery of her body last week, par- ents and children throughout the Lower Mainland are on alert for strangers. North Vancouver RCMP Const. Tom Seaman is a school liaison officer. He said height- ened parental concerns for their children were evident last week at a North Vancouver elementary school. Seaman said that instead of waiting across the school yard, Parents stood at.the school door to pick up their children. “They were all around the “front door. I thought some- ‘thing was going on,” said Seaman. “I spoke to one par- - ent and realized that they just wanted to be that little bit clos- Dependable Lega! Servi pad eee er when their children came out the frant door.” Seaman said police are encouraging Kids to be aware of their surroundings at all times. He said no child or group of children in elemen- tary school should go out on Halloween without an adult. Last week, North Vancouver Mounties were called to rwo “suspicious occurrences” involving cle- mentary school age children. On Oct. 24, four kids from Westview elementary reported that a man was following them home from — school _ near Mosquito Creek. Police say the man didn’t speak or motion to them, but the youngsters were afraid. The man was described as being Caucasian, 40, tall, slim with prescription glasses and dark hair to his shoulders. Last Wednesday,: a. seven- year-old Lynnmour student teported that after schoo! a man had tried to make the child go home with him. Said . Caonsz. Heidi Hoffman, the’ media. liaison officer, “Certainly every call of Since 1986. this nature we treat seziously. We don't want people to not report to us that suspicious behaviours are going on.” Hoffman said that the . Mounties in the serious crime section are documenting and - tracking all reported suspicicus occurrences. involving chil- dren. Police continue to inves- tigate two incidents in which a gael in the Seymour area was approached by the same man in February and April. The man may be linked to a New Westminster attempted abduc- tion in August. Surrey RCMP continue to look for Thomas's killer. Many reported observa- tions of the suspect's car, a faded light blue 1970s American model, have occurred including a couple from North Vancouver. All, so far; have been ruled out. Thomas was abducted off. the street near her father’s’ Surrey townhouse. . Her body was discovered Jase Sunday’ floating in. 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