High speed chase A 23-YEAR-OLD Liors Bay man is scheduled to appear in West Vancouver provincial court on Nov. 10 after leading police on a high-speed chase. A Wesi Vancouver Police Department spokesman said the chase began af 11:55 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, ‘on the Upper Levels Highway. The police chased the suspect west along the highway from Cypress Sowl to Westport Road at speeds over 190 km/h (126 mph). They caught up with the suspect, who was riding a ' Suzaki motorcycle, and charged him with excessive speeding and two other Motor Vehicle Act-related of- fences. | No name had been released to press time Thursday. Pot grower fined A 25-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was recently figed $500 in connection with a charge of growing mari- juana. Zolty James Constant pleaded guilty to the charge stemming from an Aprit 28 incident in North Vancouver City. Constant also received 12 months’ probation. Judge Jerome Paradis sentenced Constant in North Vancouver provincial court on Aug. 11. ‘Correction note THE ADDRESS for a proposed ice rink in the Lynn- ‘wood industriel area of North Vancouver was incorrect - im an Aug. 25 North Shore News story. The correct address is 1375 Crown St. Cap College to build new Squamish campus | “ CAPILANO COLLEGE is ' getting a permanent campus "The | Ministry of. Advanced Education, Training and Techno- :Jogy has announced it will give the ‘North. Vancouver-based _ college “about $1.45 million to build a new ' 750. square-metre (8,074 square-. foot) facility 10 house a permanent ‘satellite campus of Capilano Col- ' lege in Squamish. . “The college is presently renting pace in Squamish. », Capilano College president Dr. “Doug Jardine said the college has been after. a permanent home in Squamish for the past 10 years. . “Sit will provide a visible focus for the college in the community. Right now, in the leased facilities, “if you’re a handicapped person “you can’t get into the classrooms ‘or upstairs, and there are no ele- valors. . “Phe new facility will obviously be designed to our standards and values and that means accessibility for handicapped people and pro- “' perly designed classrooms,"’ said Jardine. : He added that the college has a citizens’ advisory committee in Squamish that advises the college on what kinds of programs ‘the - * Squamish community would like. Jardine said Squamish, too, had : been after a permanent campus :, for Capilano College for years and was. set to write letters to -Ad- vanced Education, Training and Technology Minister .Tom Perry on the issue, But Jardine advised against the letter-writing campaign. because he believed -Perry’s . ministry - was Teady to grant, funding for a per- manent campus. : Capilano College has’ had a permanent..campus in. Sechelt..on the Sunshine Coast since 1985, ;! “What we. found on-the Sun- shine’ Coast ‘when. we. bailt our permanent facility there was that all of .a sudden the community there looked*at us in a different - way. “They said: ‘A permanent fa- cility? You’re here to stay? We can get something from you now?’ “So all of a sudden the psychology of the community towards us changes. That’s im- portant for us,"’ said Jardine. West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA David Mitchell, a member of the citizens’ advisory committee that had been lobbying for a per- manent Capilano College campus for Squamish, welcomed the gov- ernment’s announcement. “It?s something I’m very excited about. The whole Sea-to-Sky corridor from West Vancouver to ‘ Whistler and Pemberton has never . had a permanent campus before. “Capilano College i is one of the most. progressive colleges in B.C. ” said Mitchell. - The new campus will accommo- date 100 full-time equivalent stu- dents, “The Squamish campus is part of the government’s strategy to meet the needs of students in alf parts of the province by providing greater. access to a variety of educational choices within their own communities,”’ said Perry. Project studying water supply AN UNPRECEDENTED study being conducted by the Bowen Island Forest and Water Management Society (BIF WMS) is together important informa- tion avout Bowen Island’s water supply. By Chris Wong Contributing Writer The study, launched in 1991, involves the collection of statistics on rainfall, wells and known water supplies. “We're trying to get everything under one roof, one umbrella,” said Anne Franc Defer- riere-Chollat, a BIFWMS member and geologist who is coordinating the study with Jean Jamieson, Among the sources of water information being tapped are government agencies and En- vironment Canada weather sta- UPPER LEVELS DRIVING SCHOOL bringing. { ' Friday, August 27, 1993 ~ North Shore News ~5 ISLAND tions. Currently, Bowen {sland resi- dents dack comprehensive and readily accessible information about the island’s water supply, she ‘aid. Deferriere-Chollat, adding that she doesn’t expect the information to be on-stream before this winter, The project may also be applied to other islands under the ad- ministration of the Islands Trust, ( NORTH VAN CURLING CLUB recCentre Lonsdale “People have to live with water restrictions, and yet we don’t know what the water supply is."’ Through an Unemployment Insurance job program, (wo data processors and one analyst were hired to tabulate and siructure the information. Volunteers have also played a major role in the study. Eventually all of the statistics on the island’s water, along with’ information on other aspects of the island such as its habitat, will be incorporated into three-dimen- sional, computerized maps. “Our aim is to have a computer in the Bowen public library that anyone can access,'’ said Franc Register Now ! 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Prior to acting on the recommended Actions, a Policy ' Committee Meeting has been scheduled to discuss the — recommendations on: Ménday, September 13, 1993 at 7:30 p.m., Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 Ww est 14th St, North Vancouver. ! Agenda 1. Action Plan Presentation 2. Representation from the Public 3. Discussion by members of the Policy Committee 4. Recommendations from Policy Committee j Councillor B.A. Sharp, Chair, encourages members of the public to attend this meeting and offer comments. Copies of the Lonsdale Towncentre Revitalization Action Plan are available free of charge at City Hall. Call the Development : Services Department at 985-7761, local 216, for more information. Bruce A. Hawkshaw, City Clerk “Ti City of North Vancouver | The Heart F Sow Gonuutity