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THE YOUNGEST OF seven brothers and sisters, Bambi was born and raised on the

North Shore. She has been studying figure skating for nine years and will be attending
community college in September. (Ellsworth Dickson photo)

AT PIONEER TERMINAL
Three injured in

grain silo accident

A Vancouver man was

seriously injured Tuesday
when a transport mechanism
at Pioneer Grain Terminals
in North Vancouver
malfunctioned ,-sending him
plunging 100 feet to the
second floor of one of the
grain elavators.

Two other men were
injured in the mishap which
occured just before 10 a.m.

A National Harbours
Board Police spokesman
said that Glen Watkins, aged
56, of Vancouver; Kasmir
Miller, of Surrey, and Ken
Newman, aged 37 of
Richmond, were riding
down on a transport device
on one of the grain clavators
when the mechanism began
“increase speed radically.”

Newman managed to
jump off at the seventh floor,
which was 212 feet above the
ground, and the other two
remained on the mechanism
until they hit the second
floor at the 113 feet level

The spokesman — said
Watkins hit the ground first

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and Miller apparently landed
on top of him.

Watkins was reported in
fairly serious condition after
the accident, with un-

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specified injuries, while
Miller was reported to be in
slightly better condition.
Harbours Board police are
investigating the incident.

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‘North Vancouver School
Board is the latest body to be
showing concerns about the
threat of a disaster on the
North Shore and to be
questioning whether
emergency measures are
adequate.

The board is worried as to
whether precise measures
are in force to protect
Students and school staff in

North Vancouver City
council has finally decided
that majority neigbourhood
approval must be a factor in
accepting a group home.

Mayor Jack Loucks cast
the deciding vote in a debate
that has been underway
since before an_ original
public hearing on the subject
was nullified thre® months
ago.

On Monday council once
again debated the bylaw
regulating the terms for
allowing group homes in the
City.

They considered three
options outlined’ in a report
by the director of permits
and licences, Frank Mormis.

Option one, which was
presented at the original
public hearing, retained the
necessity of getting
neighbourhood approval
before allowing a_ group
home to go into an area.

Option two, submitted on
January 9, hmited the bylaw
to group homes under the
Community Care Facilities
Licensing Act and would not
require the approval of
neighbours.

The third and most recent
option, would have required

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the event of a disaster.
Recent news reports
concerning the Beak Report
have raised doubts about
protecting, in particular,
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neighbourhood approval for
some group homes but not
others.

Council was spilt on which
option to choose, with
Aldermen Gordon Cross,
Stella Jo Dean and Elko
Kroon supporting option one
and Aldermen Bill Sorenson,
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tion to contact the
emergency measures
organization for specific
recommendations regarding
schools in the event of
disasters of any proportion.
It also wants to meet with
the fire chiefs on the same
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Mayor Jack Loucks cast
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