Highway pitch:
WEST VANCOUVER-GARIBALDI MLA David Mitchell
appeared as'u delegation before North Vancouver District
Council Monday to urge participation in the planning for
an express road-link to Whistler.

Mitchell favors a third crossing of Burrard Inlet and a
route along the east side of Indian Arm that would link with
Highway 99 north of Squamish.

Mitchell asked council to consider using the provincial
Growth Strategies Act to plan a strategy and obtain a
_ provincial response. He acknowledged that any plan would
take years to implement and cost $1 billion but said it was
_ unacceptable to do nothing because of growth and traffic

safety on the North Shore.

_ From page 3
game (deer, moose and elk) at. dis-

“tances ‘greater than ‘100 metres (328 °°

feet) away.
io “The number-one precaution is to
“know the implications . of. missing’ a
target, .* said Favell, ‘referring to. wit-
Tess’ {estimony. concerning safe hunt-
ing.

hunter on Bowen Island, adrnitted i in

‘his: Police § statement that he jes 150, ‘

Favell ‘said Lovett, an experienced ,

ecision expected Dec. 18

metres (492: feet) from the highway
and area houses when he took a shot at
a deer.

“Was he exercising the proper stan-

dard of care in hunting?" Favell asked. °

Favell said Lovett did not have a
safe backdrop iaid was not at a‘ safe
distancz’ from where he could expect
people to be when he took his shot.

Judge Bill Rodgers is scheduled to
release his decision in the case on

theo Andros McCredie

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Scouts, hiker,
dog run afoul

of wilderness
THREE CALLS, 13 hikers, one :

would-be dog rescuer and one

canine stretched the North’

Shore Rescue Team to the limit
over the weekend. :

By lan Noble
News Reporter !

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Fortunately, none of the people or
animals responsible for the calls was
seriously. injured, said North. Shore
Rescue Team member George Zilahi.
Zilahi said the rescues. began

" Saturday, when a dog fell in the rush-

ing, rain-swollen. Lynn Creek’ in
Lynn Canyon Park.
While the river swept the dog

along, the dog's owner, 19-year-old

Daniel Pellerin, scurried down the
bank, jumped in the water and ‘ried
to intercept his dog.

Pellerin was also swept downtiv-
er, but was able to hold his dog. and

‘cling to the rocks before.being pulled

out of the water by two kayakers and
placed on a river bank.» ~~
Searchers finally pulled the: dog

and owner} out of the 45-metre (130-"

foot) deep. canyon at 10 p.m.
While ;searchers performed that

rescue, they received word. that nine \

Scouts and their three leaders were
lost. Fred! ‘Dawkins, the leader of the
29th Capilano troop,, said: scouts ‘

‘planned to start at Grouse Mountain
and follow the Haynes Loop. Trail

and Lynn Loop Trail to the parking
lot at Lynn Headwaters Park:
Dawkins estimated the scouts

» wowld complete’ the hike in seven
» hours. However, a trail made difficult
~ by rain, blowdowns, and high crecks

slowed progress, said Dawkins.

While rescuers sedrched through-
out the night, the scouts fashioned a
shelter out of the tarps, ropes, poles
and ponchos they carried, and hud-
dled together. for warmth, ‘said
Dawkins. ; /

The scouts, who live in the
Montroyal area of North Vancouver.
ate soup and for half the night they
had a fire. Still, the troop members
were cold. Rain fell on and off
throughout the 14-hour night.

When they were spotted by’a heli-

Copter Sunday morning, Zilahi said
the scouts were on the wrong trail’;

and about three hours from their des-
tination.
Dawkins said signs warning that

“the Lynn Creek crossing was out

should have been posted. When the
troop came ‘to the creek, members
had to trace along the bank to find a
safe: place to cross. That’ process
probably caused the group to take the <
wrong and slower trail, Dawkins
said.

But Zilahi said there never: has
been: a bridge. over the... creek.
Although warming signs ‘at Grouse”
about the nature of the rugged trail .

«are not as specific:as those at Lynn +

Headwaters, hike leaders should be.
aware of the hazards.

“Fm not trying ‘to criticize the

scouts, but hopefully there is’a lesson.

_ learned here,” said Zilahi. |

Meanwhile, North Vancouver's *
Terence James, another hiker, stated

You ul find cvenhing you need

off on the 17- to 20-kilometre trail“

from Cleveland Dam to Horseshoe

Bay at } p.m. Sunday, said Zilahi.
James gut lost.on (he trail’ and

spent the night at the north end of

Capilano Lake while tired rescue -/ ’

team members looked for him.

He followed a logging road back ; i
to Cleveland Dam the next morning.//
James was OK.

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