Rains drench North Shore HEAVY RAINFALL (hat recently drenched the North Shore is not causing problems on local roads, assistant district highways man- uger Dan Williams said Monday. The 80-85 millimetres (three inches) of rain soaking the arca over the weekend has meant a lot of water on roads, but no problems for crews, Willams said. dae has been no Mooding or washing-out or anything,’’ he added, So far this year, Williams said, total’ rainfall hus be:n down compared to the same October to December period last year. “Significantly less (rainfall),’’ Creeks crossing the Whistler highway swelled over the weekend with the added rain, but Willams reported the water level receded as the rainfall stopped. | Last year's carly snowfalls meant added problems on local highways. “This year we haven't hid the snowfalls that we had last ; year,"’ said Williams. Firefighters give to the needy NORTH YANCOUVER District and City firefighters have been ‘busy this Christmas season. gathering money and toys to make Christmas more pleasant far the less fortanate. \.. The 160 staff members have collected more than $950 for Salva. ° , tion Army Christe: rood hampers, aad have donated hundreds of toys to.the North Vancouver Christmas Bureau. 1. Jolin Hamfton, who helped organize the money for the’ food -Bomypers, enid the staff dovated.$700 for food hampers in the last two weeks and that Safeway had contributed another $250. - It ts only the second year that the. firefighters have gathered money for Christmas hampers, but Hamilton said he wants this tradition to continue. . | The North Vancouver District firefighters also delivered hun- _. dreds of toys to the North Vancouver Christmas Bureau Tuesday “after a short procession along Marine Dr. and up Lonsdale. Or- ganizer Ted Cameron said this toy giving was a North Vancouver : firefighter tradition dating back to the department’s formation in the 1950s. ith extortion AN 18-YEAR-OLD Richmond man made a first appearance before West Vancouver provincial court Judge Reginald Grandison Mon- day, charged with attempting to extort money from former Expo chairman Jimmy Pattison. Pavel Sroub was remanded until Dec. 24 to seek Jegal counsel, Sroub was arrested Dec. 22 foitowing a West Vancouver Police in« vestigation into an extortion bid Nov. 20. In an unrelated case, extortion charges against two other people were dropped in late May when crown counsel decided they did not have enough evidence to convict Jennifer Neilsen and Jeffrey Wat- son of attempting to extert $2 million from Jimmy Pattison on Dec. 26, 1985. The two were originally arrested on Pattison’s West Vancouver property and charged with trespassing after a car was stopped on the Expo chairman’s driveway last Boxing Day. They were again arrested and charged with extortion last New Year's Eve in con- nection with a scries of telephone threats made at approximately 2 a.m., Boxing Day. ‘Police warn of jisneyland caller A MALE phoned at least one North Shere resident saying he would enter the resident's name in a contesi to win an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland if the resident gave the telephoner his credit card numbers, North Vancouver RCMP reported. The telephoner claims to be phoning from Hollywood. Police are urging caution on the part of North Shore residents if they are telephoned by this man. 5’ Wednesday, December 24, 1986 — North Shore News W. VAN COUNCIL TO SPEND $135,000 Rescue THE PURCHASE of a new $135,000 rescue unit was approved by West Van- couver District Council Thursday, to replace the 20-year-old vehicle currently in use, By MAUREEN CURTIS Contatuting Writer The new unit will attend all local fires for backup and respond to the 100 07 so) disasters that occur cach year, such as chemical spills, hazardous waste accidents, explo- sions, floods, gas leaks, motor vehicle accidents and rescues. The vehicle will also carry a lot of heavy equipment, including “The Jaws of Life’’ (for removing veople from wreeked cars), chain saws, stlvage covers for protecting furniture in’ fires, smoke ejector fans, breathing apparatus, water vacuums, generators for outdoor lighting, jacks and winches. The fire department's pumper unit cannot carry all of tie cquip- ment needed in an emergency, and requires the backup of the rescue unit. British Properties resident David Hall, protested the heavy expen- diture required for the rescue unit. “It is my concern that we are spending this kind cf money to carry this kind of equip- ment...$130,000 is 13 per cent of our annual road budget,’’ he debated. Fire Chief Collin Evans exptain- ed that the rescue unit currently in use was overloaded by the amount of equipment it is required to carry, especially on some of West Vancouver's steeper grades. “T invite you to take a ride in it up Cypress Bowl Road,” he said. “This is our heavy artillery backup. If we don’t have a replacement, our efficiency will definitely go down,"’ said Chief Evans. 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