; NV ship on hull ‘of Ss yard to start work Class ferry WORK WILL begin this week at North Vancouver-based Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. on the forward hull section of a second ‘‘S’’ Class ferry for B.C. Ferry Corp. (BCFC). Appearing on behalf of finance minister Glen Clark, North Van- couver-Lonsdale New Democrat _ MLA. David Schreck told workers gathered at Allied Tuesday that a second BCFC superferry had been approved. Allied workers are nearing completion of a superferry bow section for an initial $119-million BCFC superferry. The bow is scheduled to be launched April 17. ' The $6.5-million project has provided employment for approx- imately 80 Allied workers. The provincial government’s decision..to build a second superferry will keep at least 80 workers employed for another year at Allied. Many of the workers building the original superferry bow section once worked at the now-defunct Ver- satile Pacific Shipyards Inc. in ‘North Vancouver. . “Once complete, the two superferries, each able to carry . 2,000 passengers and 470 cars, will be the largest vessels of their kind in the world. Said Schreck in making the an- nouncement, ‘‘It’s not only going to create job opportunities for 80 “or more people in this yard.. Just ‘two blocks from my own consti- tueacy office, the steel is going to . be cut at Burrard Custom Steel, ‘the former site of what was ._ known as Versatile. =“ was happy to see that there was going to. be some activity at that site as well. What we need is a‘start to keep the expertise in the shipbuilding industry in this pro- ‘vince. The commitment to this se- cond: ‘superferry indicates the commitment of my government to . your industry.”” “Ss Allied president Arthur . McLarén followed Schreck’s an- _‘nouncement ‘by ‘leading - gathered ~ politicians and -Allied gmployees ir in . athtee-cheer salute. °/ <7 ; * Said -McLaren, . ‘That ‘is wonderful news. I’m sure that the : decision to proceed with this ferry "is a Very difficult one for the gov- ernment with the problems they * have to face today trying to keep everyone happy. But I’m sure glad By Michael Becker News Reporter they chose the shipbuilders first.”’ McLaren said the value of the second contract is about the same as the price of the first bow sec- tion. Allied is located within the riding of North Van- couver-Seymour Liberal MLA Daniel Jarvis. . Said Jarvis of the contract an- nouncement, ‘‘This wili employ at least 80 men and bring $18 to $20 million into North. Vancouver, and 86% is B.C. contracted or supplied. A lot of the workers are ex-Versatile guys... if this didn’t go through, a lot of the Versatile guys would be chopped.” But he called for the govern- ment to work to promote morc ship repair business for local ship! uilders. **There’s all these ships coming in here, and somehow the gov- ernment has to encourage them to come in for repair work. We're a maritime nation,” he said. Simultaneous announcements regarding the second superferry contract were made Tuesday by Clark at Yarrows Shipyard in Es- quimalt and by Delta North MLA Norm Lortie at Pacific Rim Ship- builders in Delta. After the ceremony in Es- quimalt Clark told reporters that the flip-flop in the New Demo- crats’ view of superferries was based on passenger and vehicle projections. He said that although the NDP as the official Opposition had op- posed the plan for superferries, “it now was logical with one under ‘construction to get a se- cond, given that the superstruc- tures will be in place at both ends.”’ Clark also” ‘said that BCFC wouid be completely re-evaluating passenger-only ferries to certain areas and regions, but he did not indicate whether those services would be provided by government ferries or the private sector. Town hall meeting would get The meeting, she said, -would allow. viewer. input and “provide - a statistical survey~ of - “suites. in- th = district : ‘‘area’ by a Buchols “advocated a ‘return to ‘the old system, which, he said, *“does:not close down every suite inthe district.” - “Harris agreed. She said ‘the - district receives approximately 50 “or 60 letters of complaint a year “ from .residents concerning :neighboring illegal suites, but that the suites were registered coun- il would be unable to close them area input - Gadsby down. - Harris also reminded council of a legal opinion received from the municipal lawyers that raised con- cern with the proposed 10-year phase-out. According to that ‘legal Opinion: *‘Such a long period of time may be construed as an avoidance of enforcement of the zoning bylaw rather than a legitimate policy decision to phase out illegal suites in a manner that is least disruptive to the community.’’ Cuthbert said he believed in adhering to the original 1995 phaseout deadline. Index "E Frugal Gourmet B Lifestyles Weather . Thursday and Friday, rain. Highs 11°C, Lows 5°C: Sécond Class Registration Number 3885 Wednesday, February 19, 1992 - North Shore News - B Second superierry announced NORTH VANCOUVER-Lonsdale New Democrat MLA David Schreck announced Tuesday that a con- tract has been approved by the provincial government for the construction of a second supe:ierry for B.C. Ferry Corp. {BCFC). North Vancouver-based Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. will build the forward hull section of the second ‘'S" Class ferry for BCFC. Schreck (left) joined Allied president Arthur McLaren (right) at the shipyard to share the good news. Sentencing delayed in Pattison kidnap case Convicted man to undergo two weeks of psychological testing THE SENTENCING of two men convicted in the kidnapping of Cynthia Kilburn, daughter of West Vancouver millionaire Jim Pattison, was postponed in B.C. Supreme Court Monday to allow a psychologist to determine whether one of the men is suffering from ‘‘organic brain dysfunction.”’ Chadwick Shayne Mulvahill, 22, of no fixed address, and Christian Snelgrove, 20, of North Vancouver, pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to charges of kidnapping, extortion and unlawful confinement in con- nection with Kilburn’s Dec. 21, 1990 abduction. Mulvahill also pleaded guilty to possessing ransom money. A_ three-day -pre-sentence hearing was scheduled to begin Monday. But. in the opening minutes of the hearing, defence counsel Tim Ellan stated that Mulvahill was ‘‘seeing a psycholugist.”’ After spending four hours with the youth, the psychologist, Ellan said, decided that a series of tests were required in order to rule out any possibilities of organic brain dysfunction: that - might have spurred the kidnapping plot. The tests take two weeks to complete. Defence counsel John Gor- don suggested that Snelgrove, who underwent a_ separate psychiatric study, be sentenced according to plan some time this week. Snelgrove remained free on bail prior to entering his guilty plea, but was incarcerated Jan. 20, and, according to Gordon, -“wants very much for this matter to be dealt with as soon as possible.’’ Mr. Justice K.E. Meredith agreed that Mulvahill’s psychologist should complete his tests, but said the two youths would be sentenced together. Snelgrove remains in custody. . North Vancouver RCMP members who arrested Mulvahill and Snelgrove several By Robin Brunet Contributing Writer days after they bungled their plan to extort $8.5 million from Pattison and released Kilburn unharmed, say the case is the ‘‘weirdest’”? they’ve ever encountered. **Mulvahill was a_ weill- groomed preppy-looking _per- son, and when we arrested him at the Park Royal mall he was unfailingly polite,’’ Const. Frank Campbell said. Snelgrove, arrested a short time later, ‘‘was living with his parents in a comfortable North Vancouver household,”’ says Campbell. ‘“‘I think he was planning to enrol at Capilano College, and his parents were shocked he could be involved in any criminal activity, let alone kidnapping. “‘All of us at the detachment still wonder why kids brought up in relative comfort would do something like this.”’ According to testimony heard during the five-day trial in January, Mulvahill and Snelgrove spent weeks working out the details of the plot and recruiting juveniles who ultimately performed the kid- napping using a .357 Magnum handgun loaded with exploding bullets, a stolen van, and sev- eral North Vancouver homes in which to detain Kilburn. The plan fell apart when Mulvahill, after collecting an initial ransom of $200,000 that had been dropped off at the downtown Bay department store, failed to make contact with his cohorts, panicked, and fled with the money. . 46 Mulvahill was a well- groomed preppy- looking person (and) he was unfailingly polite. 99 - RCMP Const. | Frank Campbell RCMP officers arrested him the following afternoon as he was concluding a $9,000 spend- ing spree. Although Mulvahill: tried to convince RCMP officers he’d been coerced into organizing the kidnapping by ‘‘well-con- nected individuals’ who had “billions of dollars in their ac- . counts,’’ witnesses who had made pre-trial statements por- . trayed Mulvahill as. a calculating individual. A North Vancouver auto dealer reported that Mulvahill agreed to purchase a new $47,000 Nissan 300 ZX sports ear prior to the kidnapping, saying he would receive a substantial inheritance in mid-December. A real estate agent testified that, at around the same time, Mulvahill agreed to purchase an $850,000 North Vancouver home, promising he would make a $50,000 cash deposit on Dec, 21 (the day Kilburn was kidnapped). Both Mulvahill and Snelgrove cut what was sup- posed to be a six-week trial short by pleading guilty minutes before Kilburn, 30, was scheduled to testify to an 11-member jury. . Court is..scheduled to reconvene on March 12.