NEWS BRIEFS | Cars burgled CHARGES ARE pending against a Vancouver man fol- lowing the recovery of property stolen from several vehicles parked in North Vancouver on July 28. West Vancouver police dog Titan and his handler Const. Doug Buchanan were called in to assist the North Vancouver RCMP, who were investigating a theft- from-auto case at 3:35 a.m. Within 50 minutes of tracking from the original vehi- cle, Titan had identified an additional five vehicles that had been broken into. The dog team also recovered a stolen set of golf clubs and 2 vacuum cleaner. Titan and Buchanan later apprehended a suspect hiding in the backyard of a home located in the 400- block of Patterdale Drive. Meanwhile, Titan and Buchanan finked a 15-year-old Vancouver male to a theft-from-auto incident in the 3700-block of Edgemont. The North Vancouver RCMP already had the suspect in custody at 2:57 a.m. Titan also confirmed that a number of vehicles parked at an apartment complex had been ‘‘cased.’’ Training funded CANADIAN JOBS Strategy funding of $200,832 will be used to train 40 unemployed people for jebs in the word processing aad business sccounting industry in North Vancouver, Capilano-Howe Sound MP Mary Collins announced recently. All of the participants in the program are currently receiving unemployment insurance benefits or social assistance. The sponser is North Shore Continuing Education, which will provide classrooms and on-the-job training. WV employee lauded for education efforts © WEST VANCOUVER District Council recently congratulated the municipality’s public works manager John Pollitt for his part in developing educa- tional courses for water- works operations. By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer “*We thank you for your hard work and your excellent idea,”’ acting West Vancouver Mayor Rod Day told Pollitt at council’s July 20 meeting. The first West Vancouver staff members to have completed the new Waterworks Level Two course also received their certifi- cates from Day at the meeting. It was hard work with very little initial encouragement at the beginning, Pollitt said as he ex- plained how the courses came about. In 1974, West Vancouver began extending its existing sanitary sewer system west from 3lst Street to Horseshoe Bay and then fur- SC WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL ther west to the Sunset Point Estates. There are now over 200 pump- ing stations and a small sewage treatment plant in the system. Staff soon found that calling a private company to make repairs on the system was unsatisfactory. Pollitt, who had been construc- tion superintendent for the in- stallation of the sewers, was put in charge of maintaining the system, and he soon became frustrated with the lack of training available to his own staff. He asked BCIT to develop some courses on pump. maintenance, but ended up doing much of the research and preparatory work, which included meeting with his counterparts from, other Lower Mainland municipalities. In 1990, Pollitt and assistant personnel director Tom Anderson began meetings with BCIT staff and developed a public works course that was offered later that year. Concerns about safety on waterfront worksite From pag: 1 concerued that somebody is going to get severely injured on that site,’’ he added. @ On May 9, the metal floor of a service platform in a_ stacking tower collapsed under the weight of a Vancouver Wharves’ employee working in the area. The metal floor was corroded. The man fell about 20 feet to the bottom of the tower, a large concrete tube underneath a con- veyor in an area where sulphur is spread. The man suffered injuries, but managed eventually to crawl out. Dufresne said that Labour Canada is investigating the case. Repairs have been made as problems occur at the waterfront worksite. But said Dufresne, ‘‘A lot of it has been renewed, but there are still a lot of repairs that need to be done, and it always seems to be on a crisis basis."’ But said Mackay, ‘‘All of these matters are being dealt with in the proper forum for them. “These matters are incidents that unfortunately occur from time to time in any working en- vironment. We deal with them as a matter of course, and safety is a paramount issue with us — ob- viously,’” he added. N. Shore soldiers head for Sarajevo Four reservists to clear mines, roads FOUR RESERVIST members of the North Shore-based Six Field Squadron Canadian military engineers will be going to join replacement troops for the United Nations peacekeeping force active in Bosnia-Herzegovina. By Michael Becker News Reporter Six members of the unit began training in early July. The four who passed the testing carried out by 3 Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry are Master Cpl. Cam Stevens, Cpl. Barry Newsham, ,Cpl. Angeline Geiger, all of North Vancouver, and Cpl. Lauren Skibinsky, of Chilliwack. The group studied the use of standard weapons, including the C7 rifle (a Canadian copy of the M-16), the Carl Gustav anti-tank weapon and assorted infantry support weapons. The reservists will join an engineering squadron assigned to clear mines, dig in troops, prepare defence positions and clear roads. The group has already begun a further six-week training stint at CFB Chilliwack to upgrade such engineering skills as mine recogni- tion, mine clearing and basic detonation. The local reservists will serve in Sarajevo for six months. Said 6 Field Engineer Squadron Warrant Officer Garry Hampton, “This is the biggest group we’ve sent anywhere for a tong time." To date, 18 Canadians serving with the UN forces in Sarajevo have been wounded as a result of the civil war. Mercedes-Benz BMW Porsche Toyota Acura Honda The desirable trades are found at: Mercedes-Benz A) itt hove See this issueof Automotive Classified 1375 Marine Dr. North Van 984-9351 Friday, July 31, 1992 - North Shore News -— Be a Aaa a Cash Back On a KitchenAia Dishwasher ——______—- or Get *€k@O.2° cash Back On a KitchenAid Dishwasher when purchased with other selected KiechenAies appliances Get this sizzling Hot Summer deal, pius other valuabie KitchenAld Cash Back savings during the Kitchenaid Cash Back event. 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