NEWS photo Terry Peters Napoleon's treasures WEST VANCOUVER Police Const. Jamie Gibson shows Napcieon’s treasures seized earlier this week from a suspicious man who escaped arrest in a West Vancouver neighborhood. The items were stolen last month from a West Vancouver collector. An 1812 musket remains miss- Ing from the valuable collection. North Van District hit with ana creek pol NORTH. VANCOUVER District has been slapped with yet another creek-pollution charge a little over two months after a similar charge was laid in connection with another creek. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter The earlier charge was laid on Aug. 30 in connec- tion with the death of 1,000 coho salmon fry. The fish were downstream from a municipal chlorinated water pump house near Prospect Avenue and Mackay Creek in the Upper Capilano area. The alleged toxic water release occurred on Sept. Lf, 1993. The most recent charge against the municipality was laid on Nov. 9 in connection with an untreated sewage spill in Deep Cove's Parkside Creek. The alleged sewage spill occurred between May 5 and May 8, according to the charge. Brad Houston and the municipality are named as co-accused in the Fisheries Act alleged infraction of depositing a harmful substance (raw sewage) in waters frequented by fish. lution charge According to a May 22 News story, 250,000 gallons - of raw sewage likely entered the creek. Creek neighbors reported that the water smelled and appeared cloudy at the time the district was called to investigate. North Vancouver District (NVD) environmental protection officer Mel Kotyk said in May that dead fish were found from Covecliff school all the way down to the mouth of Parkside Creek. An Environment Canada spokesman said the sewage discharge is alleged to have occurred overnight. Meanwhile the Mackay Creek incident includes charges of: ® introducing or allowing a waste, chlorinated water, from the water supply works, to be introduced into the environment: #1 depositing a harmful substance, chiorinated water. into water frequented by fish; and ® carrying on work that resulted in the harmful alter- ation, disruption or disturbance of Mackay Creek fish habitat. The next court appearances on the Parkside Creek charge is Dec. 7 in North Vancouver provincial court. The Mackay Creek charge is next in court on Jan. 11. EIGHTY-KNOT winds, 25-foot seas, pelting rain and darkening skies combined with six poor and stubborn sea cucum- ber fishermen helped win two local coast guard members service medals. By lan Noble News Reporter Canadian Coast Guard seamen Malcolm Rodger and Dave Hill were with a coast guard team that earned a Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner's Commendation for Meritorious Service for a naii-biting rescue in Queen Charlotte Sound on Nov. 3, Rodger’s [5th wedding anniversary. Six men in the troftler Norvis Puffin had chugged out of Port Hardy that morn- ing to make their way to a sea cucumber opening in the Queen Charlottes. They had been warned by the coast guard of storm conditions. A few hours into the journey they ran into trouble and called the coast guard. That’s when Hill, Rodger and other crew members of the CCGS Gordon Reid, stationed near Bella Bella, became involved. Coast guard members arrived at about 11:30 a.m. to find the Norvis Puffin — strug-- gling but still upright. However, it was starting to take on water, said Rodger. After four hours of escort- ing the Norvis Puffin, the deci- sion was made to abandon that ship, which by this time had broken windows and was swal- lowing water, he said. Moving the sea cucumber fishermen from boat to boat was problematic given the adverse conditions. Rough seas made it impossible to launch the rescue boat, said Rodger. “It would have smashed like a toy.” So, the decision was made to have each of the men jump from boat to boat by timing their leap with the ups and downs of the swells. That's how Rodger found him- self on the aft deck of the 50-meter CCGS Gordon Reid in 80-knot winds and blackening skies with four other crew members at the end of safety harnesses. waiting to grasp six scared people before they could be washed overboard after their leaps. Hill was in the wet room, mak- ing sure all six men got safely inside the ship. ; “It was starting to get a lite 66 [t was starting to get a little crazy. Fear combined with adrenaline does amazing things. 99 a ~ Canadian Coast Guard seaman Malcolm Rodger NEWS photo Cindy Goodman CANADIAN COAST Guard seamen Maicoim Rodger and David Hill won coast guard commendation. crazy.” Rodger said. Five men jumped and were res- cued, The sixth and last, the cap- tain, had eyes like saucers when he made a successful leap, Rodger said. “Fear combined with adrenaline does amazing things.” The six were taken back to Bella Bella, and it turned out, flat broke. They had to get shoes at a local welfare office and needed money from one of the men’s mothers "for tickets to get home. Their lack of money and the promise of combined $100,000 pay- check for three days’ work, said Rodger, probably led the men to take such chances, “It was one of those things where normal peo- ple with a decent amount of money would not have taken the risk,” he said. Rodger added he was not afraid at all during the rescne, thanks to the abundant equipment on the coast guard ship and the extensive training he had received. Hill called the rescue tense, but said crew members were too busy to be excited. Rodger said the team effort by the ship’s crew was the reason the CCGS Gordon Reid was the first ship to be awarded — the Commissioner's Commendation. “It's the first one | ever got so I'm pretty pleased.” Hill. who said he felt embar- rassed but glad to be appreciated, added, “It’s an award for doing our job well. “That's what we're there for.”