Wednesday. August 16, 2000 - North Shore News - 3 om bund safe and sound | Forty-minute walk turnec into all-nighter Katharine Hamer Keen. of West Vancouver, and Brubaker or North Vascouver. both 41, had gone to walk . . . the Evan Loop trail in’ Lynn Headwaters TWO missing North Shore hikers Regional Park at areund 7 p.m. Saturday. were rescued Sunday morning after a They were expecting to return 40 minutes cold night in the hills of Lynn Valley, — later. bat became disonented ata point on the . . walk where wo paths diverged. They took the Lori Keen and Amanda Brubaker were wrong turning and began heading ina norther- reunited with their families at 20-85 am. folds direction rather than south back towards the fowing a 12-hour search by rescue teams. parking fot Neither of them had suffered any injury. “Bw the ame they reahzed they bad taken “Eoowas ubsolutety wonderful when they the weong turn.” said Groden. “they bad gone were found,” said a retieved Jill Groden, moth: a fair distane +. and it got dark. It just: gucs to er of Lori and sister of Amanda. “TP can’t sae s.ow how easily these things can happen.” enough about the rescue people. they were The women decided to stay where they were absolutely marvellous. ~ and wait for heip to arrive. ; Groden said waiting for rescue teams to “[t was an obvious, honest mistake (on the locate rhe women was “dreadful. P don’t want part of the nwo hikers).” said Jones. “There's to experience that again.” no blame atrached to it. People get lost day in, North Vancouver ROMP were contacted at day out on the North Shore. Tree markers are 16:30 p.m. Saturday atter the caretaker of the hard to see in subdued light, and what seen Lynn Headwaters parking lot noticed the — like a trail. isn’t.” women’s vehicle was still there when he went to Jones said the Lynn Loop trail was well- lock the gates for the night. maintained but said hikers should alow for the Two helicopters and 30 search and rescue fact uhat it's now getting darker earlier in the tam members trom North Shore, Lions Bay, evening, especially once hikers hit the tree cover Coquitlam, Ridge Meadows and Surrey were on a trail. dispatched to look for the pair, alongside Rescue teams searched all over the park for RCMP officers and a police dog. the Jost hikers, whe Jones said could have been “It was a massive mutual aid effort,” said “40 minutes trom anvvhere.” Tim Jones of North Shore Rescue. Hikers should travel with emergency sup- Keen and Brubaker were eventually located plies of food, clothing, and water, said Jones — six kilometres north of the main parking lot. A and should always feave a detailed route map helicopter crew identified them as the missing and estimated time of return with family mem- RESCUED hiker Amanda Brubaker was warmly embraced by her family at the women after rescuers heard voices in the | bers or in the boxes provided at the bottom of | base of Lynn Headwaters Regional Park Sunday morning. Brubaker and fellow woods. trails. hiker Lori Keen had been missing since Saturday night. Numerous events represented NVD squares rei eon | SAN Se | Off With GVRI chologist. = On the water, West Vancouver's Beth ao ’ dy ; . Calkin will compete in the sailing event, ff ee : . : North Vancouver’s Jamie Cartwright will : Wh. ao ; ; 5 tackle the field in the slalom canoe compe- tition and Lions Bay’s Margaret Langford Ne : . : : : . . will ery and kayak her way tothe podium. 4 ‘ : t “Em really trving to stay focused,” said : a “ District bylaw to curb truck Langford. “A lot of people are asking me : H ‘are, vou excited?” but it hasn't really § . ' : : ’ , : ‘ : noise could be tested in court kicked in.” : wh : _ } : . Bowen Island's Cynthia Meyer will & no a : : ; yee Marcie Good - compete in the shooting event and West : # . Contributing Writer Vancouver’s Brent Olvnyk will face off J : = § ee e8 = =NORTH Vancouver District council has a.med against the world’s best badminton play- : Mm KONG , : . adda : oe. “ene wonesoe on Piss “Ss ‘ : As 7 poe itself with a noise control bylaw to protect residents in a pending war against the GVRD over the Taking to the mat in the gymnastics : : Tie SEY eke category will be Lise Leveille. Although ’ mas : : fa = Cleveland Gam construction project. Leveille hails from Burnaby, she has called : ; the North Shore — and the Flicka Gymnastics Club in North Vancouver — home for 15 years. Her final day of practice at the club came, recently. Following the Olympics, . Leveille will head to California on a tull scholarship to Stanford. “. “It was pretty amazing to think that after 15 years it was my last day there,” she said. Another import with North Shore ties is Yuka Chokyu, who will compete in the News Reporter khamer@usnews.cont Despite receiving a letter from the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) asking for consideration of technical details before passage, council voued 3-2 (with Couns. Bill. Denault and Janice Harris absent) Sfoade> ts noise regulations. The two-vear project, slated to begin yonth, will involve about 200 trucks a day passing by 56 houses ui Narev Greene Way. Council has spent wo years tying to co 1 ice the GVRD to build a new service road for the construction vehicles, one chat would not impact on residents. Building such a road, hovvever, would cost more than $2 million and delay the construction ofan ozonation plant and the necessary seepage control blanket to pro- tect the east abutment of the dam against erosion. wheelchair tennis segment of the “This is obviously a stalling tactic,” said Coun. Doug MacKay- Paralympic Games slated for October 18- ; Dunn, referring to the GVRD's fetter dated Aug. &. “I don’t think 29 in Sydney. " ; , 1 : we should fall for this. 1 think we should pass the bylaw and send Over 4,000 athfetes with a disability * ° : . “ "aN a message that we mean business.” will take part in the sister event to. the “ : He also objected to the second paragraph of the letter, written Olympic Games. Chokyu_ hails from by Tim Jervis, the GVRD’s manager of engineering and construc- Vancouver but trains at the Grant Connell tion. It read, “We do not believe that the GVRD is subject to the Tennis Centre in North Vancouver. District of North Vancouver bylaws.” - Leveille and Mahood were two of the That position, said Coun, Lisa Muri, shows that the situation athletes decked out in official Roots will likely be fought out in court. She, along with Coun. Heather Olympic gear at the press conference. The Dunsford, voted against the bylaw. They wanted to defer the pas- pair sported red hockey jersey-style tops : z . : sage until the district’s consultants had time to consider the emblazoned with che Canadian Olympic ay ace ; ” : SS requests expressed in the letter. team logo and matching ball caps. ; . : ; “What we're saving is why don’t we have all the information “Irs a good mental image to prepare before we go ahead,” she said after the meeting. “To be quite for,” said Mahood. “It’s what the team honest, | don’t think the GVRD board cares about a neighbour- wants and we know we can de it. Without hood in North Vancouver. That’s one of the biggest problems.” question we're medal contenders.” Sees : : The letter requested revisions to the technical details of the Mahood also offered his take on why NEWS photo Julie Wwerson —_ bylaw concerning noise Jevels. the North Shore is fronting so many ath- NORTH Vancouver's Mike Mahood, right, joins hands with Lise Mayor Don Bell, who sits on the GVRD board, supported the letes for the games. “Maybe it’s the water, Leveilife at the 6.C. Sports Hall of Fame as the list of local athletes _ passage of the bylaw along with MacKay-Dunn and Coun, Ernie being under the mountains and having competing in the Glympic Summer Games was announced Tuesday. Crist. Although he would have preferred to have the technical that as a training area to push you more. details ironed out before giving the nod, he said the situation It's easier to get up every day and train.” of the International Olympic Committee. Crooks was also the required immediate action. Also on hand during the event was track and field’s — flag bearer ot the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. “1 believe that in this case we need to send a message and com- Charmaine Crooks, a North Vancouver resident and member — with files from Bob Mackin plete what we've started,” he said.