Metal THE FORMER plant man- ager of a North Vancouver custom metal parts company was ordered Feb. 8 to pay $90,479 in conipensation after pleading guilty to fraud and. receiving kickbacks over a 24-year period. . By Anna Marie D News Reporter ‘Augelo Robert Peter Clark, 44, of * Langley, was also jailed six months after entering his guilty plea before Judge Bill Rodgers in North Vancouver provincial court. Crown lawyer Vincent Svacek said Clark worked in a position of high trust at A.W. Screw “Machine Products Ltd., 129 1305 Welch St., when he set up “his own company called Weston. The fraud revealed that Clark sold A.W. Screw Machine Products’. mer-, chandise to. Weston customers without; paying. A.W. Screw ~ Machine Products. “Basically Weston had no pro- duction costs or expenses, but received all the revenue from the ‘products “and A.W. © Screw Machine Products bore all the . cost of producing, but got no rev- enue ‘from the ‘sales, said : Svacek. The fraud charge related to ; Clark's activities between July 1, - 1990, and Feb. 28, 1991. The kickback charge, called t ONTINENTAL COMMERCIAL Systems has boosted its oy in investigation. parts plant defrauded “secret commission” in the crim- inal code, covered a period between June 15, 1989, and Jan. 7, 1992. The kickback charge involved Clark accepting £38,081 from a company called HLB. Sales Centre Ltd, and/or a person called Graham Folley. According to details of the charge, the kick- back was to ensure that H.B. Sales Centre was favored in rela- tion to the affairs of A.W, Screw Machine Products. H.By Sales Cenure Lid, is an Ontario company that supplied materials to A.W... Screw Machines Products, Svacek had asked the court to impose a {2-month jail sentence on Clark. A remorseful and coop- erative Clark had no criminal record before pleading guilty at the “earliest opportunity” to the charges. “Once he was charged, he ‘Gidn’t dispute i, He did every- thing he could to expedite a dis- position. He didn’t cost the tax- payers any extra money (in pro- longed legal proceedings),” said Svacek. He added that Clark had made some bad decisions about dealing with the company’s owner and was motivated to commit the offences because he believed he was promised partnership or some kind of ownership position in the company that never materi- alized. The Crown lawyer said Clark used the $90,000 to develop his own company. ° ' nsdale Quay Market Corp. from 51% to 100%. ‘By Jan Noble .- News Reporter: stinental ’ vice-president Gary Mathiesen said the buyout of other investors should not affect day-to-day operations of the North Vancouver City ‘waterfront market because the same staff and management will remain on-site. ‘ However, the management contract has been taken over from Intrawest by Continental. Mathiesen refused to divulge terms of the buyout, which was completed eb. 10. ‘Continental principal Ron Dixon also owns radio station AM-1040 and , recently acquired control of Vancouver-based National Real Estate Service. ‘Mathiesen said Continental felt.the Lonsdale Quay market was a good estment but needed the direction provided by a sole owner rather than a “number of owners. . He added that Continental has put new financing j in place, but he declined to provide details of the financing. - Braithwaite, think. that constitutes a +, Sunrise Park "JAV INVESNOOS COTTON DR. NEWS graphic Linds Dougies THE TEMPORARY expansion of Nerth Shore Studios encroaches onto Sunrise Park, but the move muy bonefit park users in the fong run by providing revenue which may pay for its clean-up. NORTH SHORE Studios, or Hollywood North as it is often - called, is about to expand —_ westward. NORTH VANCOUVER | ~ CITY COUNCIL” By Robert Galster > But not everyone was applauding : the proposed expansion despite the”, facility’s well-known and substantial contribution to the area’s financial health. _ That’s because the expansion ~ encroaches on Sunris¢ Park and sonie residents, along with Coun. John less than favorable precedent for the _ city’s policies regarding parks. :’ changing before we approve this enterprise,” said Braithwaite. -; However, the rest of the council- lors present did not heed Braithwaite’s calls for reconsid- eration of the proposal’s implications and jumped at the chance to use the park to earn revenue for the city, which may, in turn, pay for improvements to the nin-down park. Ralph Alderman, vice-president and general manager of North Shore Studios, appeared before council on. Monday to explain the proposal and why it is necessary. Alderman told councillors that the studios are in des- perate need of extra space to accommodate recent growth of the motion picture industry. “Since we opened the studio in 1989 the extent of the motion picture industry’s growth has exceeded all expec- tations,” said Alderman. ‘We have been successful beyond our original projections and beyond what many thought possible when this council showed the foresight and wis-: dom to approve the construction of the studio.” ° Along with his short presentation, Alderman brought “several letters of support for the expansion from several ‘NORTH SHORE Studios vice “We've got to look at what.we’re ~~ president and general manag- er Ralph Alderman ... studios . need more Space. groups and organizations involved with the motion’ picture industry, including the B.C. Film Commission, Directors’ Guild of Canada. and ° Motion Picture Studio Production Technicians (MPSPT). In a letter supporting the, expan- sion, MPSPT business representative «: »: Tom Adair stated that both the stu- dio’s proximity to the downtown core and the freeway make it “extremely attractive to production companies.’ “This proposal complements the ‘GVRD blueprint for. growth by encouraging people to live aiid work within their own community,” added : . ‘Adair, whose union represents 1,400 film technicians. Several hundred of... 7 . those reside in North Vancouver. “