Gas a KEWS phot Paul McGrath A RECORD 154 teams took part i in last Sunday’ ‘s Lions Gate hie pital 9- 1 4 Relay at Ambleside Park in 1 West Vancouver. The 1,264 participants have raised — to date — over.$115,000 to benefit the emergency ward at the North Vancouver hospital. Over 3, 000 people turned out to watch the event under sunny, blue skies. “ponders future of Cypress “CONSERVATION AND out-/ doors groups are sponsoring a | public. meeting .on. Oct. 1204 about’ the future:.of ‘Cypress rovincial Park. ‘By Anna Matie D'Angelo News Reporter po ae * Commercialization versus con- . eservation: What's: Happenisg ivith “the Cypress Pravincial Park, master -, planning process? will be held at the - Vancouver Planetarium at 7:30 p.m. For information, call 922-7949, - “We. feel good about;much and “concerned - about much" | said Katharine Steig, F tiends of Cypress rovincial Park (Fe CPP) ‘chairman, ‘Last week, the provinciul pov ernment ‘made a long-awaited deci- sion about the park. The government announced it. would accept 77 rec- ommendations’ made. by. special. ‘commissioner Bryan Willtams.: | ‘Williams headed the: three-month ‘Cypress Park special Planning proces , sed concerns about . “whether ‘Williams’ recommenda- tions, might ‘affect the: relationship” “between conservation and recreation “in provincial parks. . Meanwhile’ Society Promoting Environmental Conservation presi- . “dent. Paul-Hundal. expressed quali- fied ‘support; of the ‘recommenda- ‘tions, saying a compromise between conservation interests and ski recre- “ation interests was achieved. ! “B.C. Parks and Cypress Bow] © ~ Recreations: Ltd. (CBRL) are slated to’ submit master plans for the park _by the end of October based on the ; “accepted t recommendations.” _ Steig’ said she, had _ concerns ; “about the = -Banff- “ization”, of Cypress: Park. os *The overcrowding of the park i is Sone of my concerns,” said Steig: She/said too many people in the park are-doing things that detract from the park's natural values.” £.Cypress, Park is the most visited ° provincial park'in B.C, with an esti- mated |.2 million visitors each year, ‘according to the provincial govern- Lament. Skier days" number 300, 000 visits. @ couise people have been mesmerized looking av this [RUFUS “THE: seal, 2 Waterfront showdown. DOG MET one-eyed seal over fish at: Horseshoe. Bay last week: seal left with the’ short end of the fin and hard of herring. _ By Michael Becker News Editor Tom: Sewell, founder of Sewell’s. Marina, has helped people to catch fish for the past 65 years, Last“ week Sewell’s feisty terrier Tjeerdo rocketed “into the ~ Chuck at Horseshoe Bay in dogged pursuit of a briny bit for himself. By his master's account, the terrier is not naturally asahy dog. The dog'is Programmed, pure single-puind- ed canine focus. ; “The biclogical time clock tells: him i's about o'clock in the afternoon, and there's no peace’ until i like him for a walk,” Sewell explains, “Ill throw a stick in the water and he’ I bound ont afier.the stick He's nota water dog, but he's out there like acbullet.” If-the tide is up, Sewell takes Tjeerda down to the float ali the mirina, One of the float’s. attractions, in” additiot to the largest Reet of rental boats in Ca ada, is Rufus, the one-eyed seat ° * One eye has-been ripped auit. It's S$ a mess and of * guy, * Sewell said. ; When people clean fish, they toss the remnants over “imo the.ocean and of course Rufus is there. He's been 4. around (quite a bit and he's a regular there a lot of the time. “Anyway, you chuck him ‘something. People just take pictures of this guy and 1 thought well, hell, | took ° a herring and | chucked a herring in the water, but the lite guy bounced right off the float for the herring and up comes Rufus and this little guy went for Rufus.” » Horseshoe. Bay, tussled \with a terrier. s time,’ ate’ fh - a ‘friendly. fixture for. the fisher folk at: " NEWS photo Terry Peters | TOM SEWELL'S terrier Tjeerdo lives for the “ thrill'of the chase, tossed herring inclusive. Raid Sewell. " Had Rufus the inclination to do sa, he could have niade short work of the dog in an effortless gulp, “Well, God.” thought Sewell, “Got to get a hold of the dog bedause the sei a} could pull the dog down and drown him.” But the terrier went for the herring. He's condi- tioned, remember, ‘Toss something stick-like into the water and it is by habit a high- ly ‘retrievable item. But there's a seal too, so he went right for 4 the seal. _ “He's got his mouth open “and he’s going to bite this crea- ture,-you see. He’s only 14 pounds. ‘This seal must be 300 pounds, He's a big brute.” The seal. backed: off and . submerged us the title dog § with the big auitude defined his patch of herring-scented aqua-tut, Tom's grandson Eric ; Managed to reach the dog ‘and pluck “him out, The seal still came back for’. § fish: The dog came with a leash and a rope: Said Sewell, “fet that rope” drag out because that litle bug- ger, you can’t catch him,” «Photo submitted . “has. _ duct. Ship sinking loss not settled A. WEST Vancouver man’s ‘rocky: voyage to, get redress for his sunken $300,000 boat run. into more rough | weather. By Anna Marie D'Angelo _ News Reporter The final report. of * the Transportation Safety. Board: of :Canada-(TSBC) concludes that Jory Lord sailed his 15-m (50-ft.) ketch into an outward shipping traffic lane where it was hit by a Chilean submarine and sunk, © “You have .to. remember. that most of these (TSBC) -investiga- ters come from a military. back- _ ground.” said Lord on Monday? Last year on Sept. 11 Lord'was): sailing Moonglow ito Victoria through the Juan de Fuca Strait. He was hitcby the diesel- -pow- ered submarine, Thomson,. in fopgy conditions near Sheringham 4 Point, : ~The 23 findings ofa “TSBC* “report include: @ the collision occurred in dense fog near the centre tine of the out- ward traffic lane; * B@ neither’ vessel was aware of the other's - presence until moments before the collision; aod W the Moonglow was being oper- : ated single-handedly; WB othe Moonglow Was nol partici-» Pating in the Sti ithe Traffic (VTS): Reporting System nor was she required to by regulation: ; B the Moouglow was not detected by. VTS radars, ; by reportedly./ the ; operator of the Moonglow did not plot pasitions on the chart ait regular intervals to monitor the ves sel's 8 progress: | ihe Moonglow inadvertently strayed into the outbound traffic lane and was! transiting the traffic line in the wrong direction-at_a Small angle ito the direction of flows” ®& the Moonglow did ‘not hear thé sound signals reportedly made by the Thomson: ¢ , @ the Thomson presented a good radar target to VTS radar during her outward bound passage; B the Thomson did not hear the sound signal repdrted to have been ' made by the Moonglow within five minutes of the collision: @ it is unknown why the Thomson did not observe the Moonglaw on any of her three operational. and. manned radars; i the Thomson did not acknowl edge that a collision bad occurred until. almost two hours after the - collision. 4 Lord takes issue with the TSBC findings and the ‘Thomson's Con-, “They misrepresented thet m selves; That's what. is. scary” is these guys. think they are above the iw and can’ do what they. want, ” said Lord. Meanwhile the federal criminal investigation imo; an, alleged release of a. confidential TSBC ‘draft report continues. ;