Thief jailed —

A 20-YEAR-OLD North woe man. was recently
jailed 14 months for charges relating to stolen cars, driving
while prohibited and breaching a court order.

Robert James Pickerill pleaded guilty to:
B possessing a stolen vehicle worth more than $5,000 on
Aug. 18 in North Vancerver District and breaching a rec-
ognizance by being “found behind the wheel of a motor
‘vehicle’ on the same day:
stealing ‘a vehicle worth more than $5,000 oa March 28
in North Vancouver City and driving while prohibited on
the same day.

Youth forusn

THE SEYCOVE Community Programs Society is hosting a
youth forum for the Deep Cove and Parkgate community
on Dec. 6.
_ The forum, set for 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., will attempt to
explore new ideas to address the needs of young people.
Anne Mooi, executive director of the society, Deep Cove
youth worker Craig Johnston and Parkgate youth worker
Beva Smith will be on hand.
The session will also include the official opening of the
Seycove climbing cave and weight room. For more infor-
mation call 929-7981.

THE SUCCESSFUL Seymour
River Hatchery will be dead in
the water by April after the fed-
eral government pulls the fund-
ing plug on the community-run
operation.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

Members of the community-
based volunteer Seymour Salmonid
Society got the unofficial word late
lust week that the hatchery’s annual
$139,000 in Departinent of Fisheries
and Oceans funding would be cut.

“At the moment we are in shock.
We don't know whiat the hell to do,”
said Bill Ryan, past-president of the
Seymour Salmonid Society,

Ryan said on Friday that dona-
tions to the fish enhancement pro-
gram can't possibly make up the

* shortfall of federal funds.

The non-profit. — Seymour
Salmonid Society has been running
the hatchery since 1987,

The hatchery on. Lillooet Road
has raised and released hundreds of
thousands of coho, chinook, chum

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we are in shock. We
don’t know what the

hell to de. ag

— Bill Ryan, past-president of
the Seymour Salmonid Society

and steelhead salmon and cutthroat
trout.

According to hatchery statistics,
the facility had 10,000 visitors last
year, half of whom were public

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school children. °

The $139,000 helps’ cover the
wages of three hatchery staff mem-
bers, $10,000 worth of fish food.
insurance and maintenance.

About 350 dedicated volunteers
keep the hatchery operating through-
out the year,

Ryan said the salmonid society
was aware that the debt-ridden fed-
eral government was planning to
“slash” everything it could,

“We had: feared it. would have
reached us. It has reached us in
spades,” said Ryan.

The federal government has
given the hatchery $139,000 a year:
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years. ‘

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the costs of running the hatchery had
doubled during that time, but. the
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