Group fears crowding ay DAVID BRUCE- THOMAS’S new business will begin brewing in earnest Tuesday. The. West Vancouver brewmaster has spearheaded the ‘plan to save the © Horseshoe Brewery from permanently sinking ‘into oblivion after it was closed Sept. 15-by Troller Pub ownership. . Bruce-Thomas, the Horseshoe’s former brewmaster, announced in a Jan. 6 News story that he would run what has-been rechristened the ‘: Horseshoe Bay. Brewing Co. Lid. - as a cottage brewery, separate from ‘the pub. oe . > On Tuesday, he : test-run -ale.-for the April ! distribution .of. .his new brewery’s “first official all-natural brew. HOLLY ELDER celebrated the first rays of sunshine at West Van- couver’s Ambleside Park by iaun- ching her premiere kite of the year. Unfortunately, the weather office will begin a_ reports cloudy days ahead. from page 1 ultimate residential capacity for the area above the Upper Levels, but the report also points out that the number is an overall capacity density ‘tand does not imply that any one site can be developed to this figure."” . : The municipality's statement also refuted WVCCG claims that new community plan policies would promote an increase in con- dominiums, high rises and com- mercial structures, and that developers would be afforded re “The support from everybody has been super,’? Bruce-Thomas said Thursday. ‘‘There’s been a lot of interest in the brewery. I’ve been getting a lot of calls from “people asking when and where they can get the beer. All I can say to everyone is hang on until April 1.” West Vancouver District Council gave a conditional one-year -municipal approval to Bruce- Thomas’s brewer’s licence applica- tion at its Dec. 14 council. Bruce-Thomas now has provin- cial and federal approval and has completed tests on the $50,000 worth of brewing equipment he has overhauled and installed in his brewery. _ Initial brewery production, he - said, will be about 200 gallons of custom-made all-natural ale for Ya Ya’s Oyster Bar and Troll’s'in Horseshoe Bay. Bruce-Thomas added that he NEWS photo Tom Burley special zoning. Overhaul of West Vancouver's community plan began last year consistent with Municipal Act re- quirements that all B.C. municipalities review their com- munity plans every five years, Three public meetings for ;nput to the plan’s upgrade were held in December and a public hearing for the Official Community | Plan bylaw has been scheduled for March J, to begin at 7:30 p.ra., at West Vancouver Senior Secondary School. orn will attempt to confine production to Horseshoe Bay and its restau- rants, depending on the popularity of his brews with area restaurant patrons. Troller Pub co-owner David Patrick said in a Sept. 25 News story that the brewery was closed primarily because it was fosing money. But’ Bruce-Thomas maintains that a brewery in Horseshoe Bay is viable. In order to ensure his ales are poured in precisely the right condi- tions, Bruce-Thomas has designed and built special ale dispensing tanks that will be installed in the restaurants serving his products. The Troller became North America’s first brew pub when it opened its Horseshoe Brewery and was licensed. to brew its own ale in 1982. , 3 - Sunday, February 28, 1988 - North Shore News Emergency crew stress addressed NM. SHORE POLICE, FIRE, AMBULANCE WORKERS SEE MUCH ON THE JOB SIMPLY HAVING the right stuff is not enough when disaster strikes and emergency personnel dive into situations where the potential for emotional overload is a very real danger. Locally, police, fire and am- bulance crews cope with the cmo- tional aftermath of responding to critical incidents such as gruesome traffic accidents, shootings and fatal fires on both informal and formal fevels. North Vancouver City Fire Department emergency crews were among the first on the scene to the September 1986 Ron Pryce family murder and suicide. Pryce shot his four young children and then kill- ed himself. “A number of members had hands-on physical contact with the children,'' said Insp. Dave Burgess. *‘They were handed out like on an assembly line. Some of the men felt pulses in the kids and attempted CPR. We usually deal with situations by talking things out with black humor. But we couldn't with that one."’ A clinical psychologist wits call- ed in to talk about stress reactions and how to cope. Burgess said with most incidents the crews talk them out informally. Shift debriefings follow more major incidents. Fire hall crews are also encouraged to participate in a fitness program as an additional way to release pressure. “Basically we're a tight group of guys who support each other,”’ Burgess said. Counselling psychologist Toby Snelgrove is currently exploring the possibility of establishing a more formal critical incident stress debriefing process with local emergency response departinents. “In the past the attendants were assumed to have had the right stuff. The result was a high rate of attrition and depression. If atten- dants have debriefing sessions after witnessing ‘something like this, the occurrences of post-traumatic stress syndrome decrease,”’ said, INSP. DAVE BURGESS ... “we're a tight group of guys who support each other.”’ North Vancouver RCMP are tackling the stress problem with a counselling program initiated last year’ called the Employee Assistance Program, Const. Keith Davidson, North Vancouver RCMP detachment level Employee Assistance Pro- gram coordinator, said the pro- gram .acts as a member support and referral resource for everything from relationship breakdowns to critical incident stress. ; Police policy makes it man- datory for an officer, involved in a Snelgrove -a_ daily basis. are.” By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter Provincial Am- North Van unit TIM JONES ... bulance Service chief. shooting to receive psychological attention within 72 hours of the incident. But said Davidson; ‘‘A lot of what we do is act as a refer- tal service and provide an em- pathtic ear if somebody just wants to come in and blow off some steam.’’ Snelgrove said the stress trig- gered from overwhelming situa- tions will surface in a variety of ways and vary according to the in- dividual. Mental manifestations include nightmares, mood changes, reclusiveness and punchiness on the job. Physical symptoms in- clude alcohol abuse, diarrhea and psychosomatic ailments. “If these responses are not dealt with, the symptoms persist and you're left with an emotional scar,”’ Snelgrove said. Local ambulance crews: find the combined formal and informal approach to stress release working. Said Tim Jones, North Van- couver unit chief of the Provincial Ambulance Service: ‘'For the most part it’s handled at the station level. We share our feelings about it and tell each other it’s all right to feel the way we feel. “Our supervisory staff is very sensitive to this. For example, with the Pryce incident everybody was ‘checked to see if they were okay and would have been given the ‘time off if needed. With something like that, you just try to cope with it, talk it out and see if there is anything else that could have been done in the situation,” he said. Jones said most of his crew will correct skills, and tend to turn a critical incident into a learning sit- uation. Interestingly, it’s ‘not the gruesome accidents which generate the most stress for. attending paramedics. Said Jones: ‘‘Calls with babies seem to bother a lot of guys who are used to primarily dealing with adults in distress.’ Said paramedic Richard ‘Foster: “The training encompasses dealing with babies, but you don’t see it on Most children’s diseases. are critical and require advanced life support and quick judgment. It’s a lot of stress. Babies have different blood vol- umes, the anatomy is different, they require special drugs, com- munication skills and special