New Year’s Eve # quiet for cops teen hurt in fall to river Anna Marie 0’Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.com NORTH Vancouver RCMP did not make one roadside suspension on New Year's Eve and morning after checking more than 4,000 cars for drinking drivers. “There were a lor ef multiple people in the cars and a desig- nated driver at the wheel,” said Sgt. Bob Beaudoin, head of the traffic seciion. Beaudoin, who worked the New Year's grav not One roadside suspension for suspected alcohol impaired driving investigation was made. The night was less busy for police than a regular weekend evening. “Between midnight and } a.m. you could of fired a cannon down Marine Drive and not hit a darn ching,” said Beaudoin Roadblocks were set up in different locations including Capilano and Marine Drive, and Mountain Highway and Main Street fer driver’s coming back to the North Shore from Vancouver. “And to ‘capture’ both ends of the city, so to speak,” said Beaudoin. He added there were no Y2K problems with police equipment. Local Mounties were staffed triple their usual numbers on New Year’s Eve. The most serious emergency call involved a 14-year-old North Vancouver girl who jumped from Capilano Road and into the Capilano River at 11 p.m. on Dee. 31. The incident occurred below the Trans-Canada Highway overpass. The Handsworth student's mother saw her daughter jump from a railing to the rocks below. Police say the girl fell 30 m (100 feet). Police say the girl had had a disagreement with her parents before she teapt. Alcohol was a factor. To press-time Tuesday, the teenager was still in the Intensive Care Unit of Children’s Hospital in Vancouver in serious con- dition. Police say the teen suffered numerous broken bones. Her classmates were told at schoo! on Tuesday that she may be paralyzed. Meanwhile North Vancouver Mounties have not been allowed to take vacation days or leaves since Dec. 28 so there would be as many officers as possible working as a precaution for Y2K problems, said Const. Heidi Hoffman. North Vancouver Mounties are not allowed to take vacations or leaves until after Jan. 14. Hoftman said the the majority of calls to police on New Year’s involved domestic disputes. “For a New Year’s, it was quieter than most,” said Hoffman. Beaudoin quipped that the lowest point of his New Year’s shift was finding the Marine Drive Tim Horton Donuts shop closed. Tim Horton’s owner vperator Linda Naughton said a lot of the customers were “very rude” and complained about the clo- sure when the doughnut shop opened at 7 a.m. on Jan. 1. Naughten said shops in the doughnut chain are open 24 ‘hours a day, 364 days a year (except Chrisumas). This year, . because of the Year 2000, chain management gave each store the option to cluse on New Year’s. Naughton decided to close her shop. Naughton said she “felt terrible” that the Mounties had no Tim Horton doughnuts to eat on New Year’s. “Poor thing,” she said, “But we were selfish for one day. Arson ruled out as cause of earlier fire blaze. The house’s human occupants were not injured. ” From page 4 Wednesday, January 5, Rie RAT a NEWS phota Cindy Goodman KIRSTEN and Peter Kay welcomed their second child and the first New Year's baby of the North Shore on Jan. 1. The baby boy was born at 3:50 a.m. at Lions Gate Hospital. The Kays had not decided on the baby's name to press time. Baby Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.com PETER and Kirsten Kay weren’t planning to have the first North Shore baby of the Year 2000. The Blueridge couple had- n’t planned to have a baby at all. Kirsten’s pregnancy was a surprise. But at 3:50 a.m. on Jan. |, 5 lb 6 oz (2.4 kg) Baby Kay made his world debur. “It never even entered our minds that this would hap- pen,” said Kirsten, 34. Kirsten said the jokes have already started with her sister orn Y2K compatibl pointing out a possible news- paper headline of “Mr. and Mrs. Kay have a Y2K baby.” When the baby becomes a toddler, there will also be the terrible twos and “¥2 Chaos.” Baby Kay was three weeks early, He was supposed to be born on Jan. 20. Kirsten and Peter had planned to have a quiet New Year's enjoying a small dinner party with friends that includ- ed kids. Kirsten started having contractions at 1} p.m. Kirsten was in labor when she drove to Lions Gate Hospital with Peter at 1:30 a.m. Kirsten insisted on dri- ving as Peter had been drink- ing, celebrating New Year's. Kirsten said the haspital you have than Jan. 1, 20002” Baby Kay is “healthy and tiny” and is a little brother to 13'2-month-old James, Kirsten and the baby were slated to be discharged from hospital taday. Kirsten was sure she was having a girl, and had the name Molly chosen. Picking a boy’s name that both Kirsten and Peter tiked basn’t been easy. Kirsten was born and raised on the North Shore and works at a North. Shore law firm. Peter, 3°, is a buiider and originally. from Toronto. The Kays thank nurse Nashir Rayani and doctors Catherine Bazilli, Peter Hayton and David Thomas. tients and she was empty o one about to was the only have a baby. “I said to the attending nurse, ‘So who has got the New Year's baby?? And she said, ‘Hopefully you’, said Kirsten. Two of her doctors were called from parties for the baby's delivery which occucred by cesarean section, “This child may live long enough to see the next cencu- ry because of modern medi- cine and I think there will be lot of changes aad opportuni: tics for this generation,” said Kirsten. Said Peter, “1 think it’s a wonderful birthday for my son. What better birthday can Emergency preparation improved From puge 1 Peterson was regularly communicat- pected. The building ‘has been turned over to the owner’s insurance adjuster, he said. .A dog and cat were vic- tims of a Jan. 2:house fire ar 756 East. 29th St. in’ North : Vancouver. North Vancouver ~ District: firefighters. respond- Meanwhile, Burgess said arson does not appear to be the cause of a Dec. 22 fire that forced the evacuation of an apartment building at 2357 Lonsdale Ave. Investigation continues. The fire began in the northeast corner suite on the ground ing with the regional emergency coordi- nation group at Vancouver's E-Comm facility, and monitoring CNN, the Internet and other news services. The local centre was finally shut down for the night at 3:30 a.m. Peterson is encouraged that emer- gency preparedness was, for the past year, a priority of governments, corpcrations ed at 10:48 p.m. to battle the fl ; To ae ; F ‘ . photo submitted A house fire on East 2sth lit up the neighbourhood Sunday evening in North Vancouver. ; and citizens. The municipalities, because of their work for Y2K preparedness are much bet- ter off for any emergency. Y2K has forced all municipalities and a lot of corpora- tions as well to look seriously at the big ‘what if questions and force them to develop contingency plans based around the loss of essential services. “We're better served by having gone through this exercise. A lot of the public are similarly better off now because their cencern has been translated into putting aside water and alternate lighting and heating provisions. Those are the sort of things we'd beert advising the public to do for any type of emergency.” Queensdale Supermarket manager Norm Harris said sales were up 15%, but doesn’t know how much: is attributable wo peaple stocking up for Y2K. He did see more jugs of water pass through the checkouts. NEWS photo Mike Wakefiald EMERGENCY program organizer Ross Peterson (left) and Bob Piggott were ready for possible Y2K mayhem last Friday in the command room. “We saw an awful lot of water — water was a big one. There were a few people panicking.” If anyone has beyond the three-day supply of non-perishable food recom- mended for a disaster, the Harvest Project’s David Foster wouldn't mind receiving some. The West Esplanade food bank’s supplies for December were down one-third from the previous year. “We, didn’t see the big amounts of food to replenish our shelves and help us to the summer months. It would be good that when people crawl out. of their bunkers (they) feel that everything’s OK and donate some. of their food stores to the Harvest. That would be great.” The Harvest Project is at 166 West Esplanade. Call 982-9488 for informa- tion.