AUGUST 24, 1897 BacktoScheol ee 50 Classifieds oe 46 ooo 52 ooo 21 Reaith Trends ooo 53 North Shore Alert Talking Personals Travel Canadian Publications Mal Sales Product Agreement No 0067238 60 Pages Firearm crime leads to charges By Robert Galster News Reporter robert@nsnews.com NORTH Vancouver RCMP officers think they’ve gotten their man — again. Earlier this week RCMP for- warded evidence to Crown coun- sel and recommended charges of mischief and using a firearm dur- ing the commission of a crime be laid against Mani Rezaci. Rezaci is already in custody awaiting trial for the shooting of Siamek Zahedi in North Vancouver in June 1996, He is charged with attempted murder. Zahedi was paralyzed. The new charges recommend- ed against Rezaci relate to an Oct. 9, 1996 incident which saw Ali Alamdani’s residence in the 100- block of East 17th Street in North Vancouver sprayed with five bul- lets. Alamdari himself had been charged with aggravated assault in September 1995 after a skirmish outside a Lynn Valley party turned violent. Rezaci was present during that incident. The RCMP said chat Michael Dunphy was charged along with Rezaci with the latest offences. Dunphy had also been charged with the drive-by shooting of Paul Cheema’s residence in Vancouver on Oct. 9. Dunphy is currently serving a three-year sentence alter he pleaded guilty to that offence in February. On Nov. 30, 1996, Rezaci was shot in Vancouver. A man casually approached his car in the 900- block of Station Street and shot him in the base of the skull. The shooting left him in grave critical condition immediately fol- lowing the shooting. Both Zahedi and Rezaei have previously been linked to North Van’s Persian Pride gang, which police now call “non-existent.” DOING IT RIGHT: * BEFORE YOUR EVES. f AR. LUBE, Long Weekend trips? PREPARED with Mz. Lube off 3790 Marine Dx North Vern 967-8096 Lions 62 WV Commerce prez pitches toll solution p ‘Summer Games 114 Local athletes bring home the medals from Brandon Tidal action Tastes, tips and tools for savoring summer Flavors of Vancouver p25 SALTWATER ieaves its mark on the boat launch at Cates Park in North Vancouver District. According to a parks employee, the municipality repairs the asphalt strip at Jeast once a year. Handsworth grad protests Kootenay logging By Robert Galster News Reporter robert@nsnews.com BRUCE Carron feels strongly enough about water to stop eating. The 23-year-old North Vancouver resident is one of four Slocan Valley logging protesters currently on a hunger strike awaiting their Sept. 15 court date. His mother, Pat Carron, has kept a steady cye on the developments of her son’s case and keeps her fin- gers crossed as she monitors his condition from her Upper Lonsdale home. To punctuate his stand, he has restricted his diet to fluids. Although it’s no way to live, he is trying to make a point: his mother, for one, is paying attention. “My main thing right now is my son’s well-being,” said Par. “I appreciate his stand and I’m right behind him on that, but I don’r feel comfortable with the idea of him being in prison with ordinary criminals.” Bruce Carron was arrested during a protest against the construction of a road into the Perry Ridge water- shed in the Slocan Valley. Forest ministry officials had See Convictions page 3 PAM Carron holds a photo of her son Bruce, who is on a hunger strike In a Kamloops prison protesting logging in the Slocan Valley.