Wednesday, June 19, 1991 - North Shore News ~ 3 NEWS photo Mike Waketieid AT 3:40 p.m. Monday afternoon several people gathered at the south end of the Second Narrows Bridge fer a memorial service honoring the 18 people who died June 17, 1958 when the bridge, then under construc- tion, collapsed. Mall clean-up claims attacked Environmentalists counter ‘PR’ campaign with one of their own A LOCAL environmentalist has initiated a campaign to counter what he says are the ‘‘extravagant P.R. cam- paigns’’ being launched by B.C.’s pulp mills over the issue of pollution. Terry Jacks, founder of En- vironmental Watch, said 15,000 leaflets will be distributed to the public in the Horseshoe Bay and Howe Sound areas informing people about, what Jacks claimed, is the continuing damage being done to Howe Sound from pulp mill pollution. Entitled Howe Sound Pulp Mills, Proud Partners in Pollu- tion, the leaflet tells readers that “*we can’t be fooled by their (pulp mill industries’} extravagant P.R. campaigns and the big lie: *We made mistakes in the past but we've changed.” *” The leaflet also claims that the Woodfibre pulp mill in Howe Sound, owned by Western Forest By Surj Rattan News Reporter Products Lid., ‘‘is still dumping tons of extremely toxic waste into Howe Sound every day’ and that Howe Sound’s Port Mellon pulp mill ‘is not using the best techno- logy available today to reduce its air pollution.’ But Western Forest Products chairman Chester Johnson said his Woodfibre mill is currently com- plying with all provincial and fed- era! regulations. **We are now spending $75 mil- lion on environmental programs as agreed to by both the provin- cial and federal governments on The Frugal Gourmet now in the News FEAST YOUR eyes on a new food column in the News. Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet, will begin adding his culinary expertise to the news- paper’s Wednesday food sec- tion starting today (see page 49), Smith is the author of three best-selling cookbooks and the host of public television's highest rated cooking show. He became interested in the rote of food in history and an- cient culture when he was working as a chaplain from 1966 to 1972 at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Washington. He opened a catering service and restaurant with his students in 1972. His Frugal Gourmet ceievi- sion show was initially produc- ed in 1983. It is now carried by more than 220 stations and watched by more than 15 mil- lion peaple. JEFF SMITH secondary treatment, but we can’t do it overnight,"’ said Johnson. “At this point in time we are con- structing our secondary treatment plan that will be complete in 1992, the time limit the governments gave us, and we will comply with that. “What do they (envircnmen- talists) expect us to do? We have a record better than any other mill in this province."’ leader them New Democratic Party Mike Harcourt and ask where they stand on: *having 24-hour controlled monitoring of miils; ¢ having full access to information about pulp mill effluents and emissions; eand having stricter environmen- tal laws and full enforcement of existing laws. government- pulp 44 We are now spending $75 million on environmental programs... but we can't do it overnight. 99 Johnson admitted toxicity emis- sions are a problem for Wood- fibre, but he said the problem will not be corrected until its second- acy treatment program is com- pleted. Jacks said B.C.’s pulp and paper industry has hired a New York advertising agency to help sell the message that the industry has now cleaned up its pellution act. The advertising agency, Jacks said, is the same firm that was hired by the Exxon Corp. after the massive Prince William Sound oil spill in Alaska. Jacks is urging people to write to Premier Rita Johnston and @ Budget Beaters......... 50 @ Business PR Lifestyles... 0... 45 @ North Shore Now “We're being subjected to half-hour ads on BCTV by the forest industry. We work our buns off for free to let people know what's going on. These public relations campaigns are a_ sin,” said Jacks, He also criticized a recent tele- vision commercial in which Mac- Millan Bloedel chairman Ray Smit spoke about what the luinber giant is doing to help pro- tect the environment. “Here's the head of MacMillan Bloedel in his environmental jacket saying they're protecting the environment. Why don’t they show him in his $2,000 suit stand- ing in front of his pulp mill?’’ Index Dr. Ruth @ Sports MTV Listings Second Class Registration Number 3885 Mian shot in head on NV street No arrests made In Sunday night rifle attack A MAN was shot in the head Sunday night follow- ing a drive-by shooting out- side a North Vancouver res- taurant. By Michael Becker News Reporter Bill Callihoo, 22, and two other men had just parked their car and were walking to Kypriaki Taverna, 1356 Marine Or., when a car driv- ing on Marine Drive slowed as it passed where they were walking. A shot from a pellet rifle struck Cailihoo in the temple, a fraction of an inch away from one of his eyes. “tt hit me in the side of the head while | was walking towards the restaurant. It was a round silver pellet. | was kind of in shock. It stuck right in,’ said Callihoo. The shooting victim was rushed to Lions Gate Hospital and the pellet was removed from his skull. The incidep: occurred at ap- proximately 10:30 p.m. “We didn’t get a plate number because we didn’t know what happened until we pulled mer buddy’s hand from his head,’ said Callihoo'’s friend, Doug Bensley. ‘‘He went down on his knees and [ guess he was in shock. He just didn’t say anything and we couldn't get it out of him. We pulled his hand away and | saw the end of the BB embedded in his head. “lt was a clean kind of thing. It Just lodged in and caused a big welt right away. 1} ran into the street and looked for a plate number but it was raining and dark,’”’ he added. Bensley said he ran to the res- taurant to call 9-J-1 when he real- ized what had happened to _ his friend. North Vancouver RCMP are investigating the shooting incident. Said Const. Marty Blais on Mon- day, *‘No arrests have been made and there's no licence number."* Meanwhile, Bensley said the Shooting was ‘just a wild thing. It’s tike as if | was carrying my baby and if it had caught me in the eye, or caught any of us in the eye, or if it had hit my baby, she’d be dead. It’s the kind of thing that makes you think — it’s senseless. They intentionally pull- ed a gun out and shot it right at our heads."* Weather Thursday and Friday. sunny with cloudy periods, highs 22°C, laws 12°C.