THE deadly waters of Lynn Creck claimed another vic- tim June 25. The incident attracted huge local media coverage given the fact that the creek has claimed 17 accidental deaths since 1976, but it hasn‘t stopped the jumping and diving into the ‘cold water. Tuesday, a 14- year-old had to be rescued from her precarious hold on a rock in the dangerous current. North Vancouver District, is to be co ngratulated for its proactive park ranger program which sees a permanent ranger and three others (hired between mid-May and Labour Day) patrol the park and creek banks in rotating shifts. They

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assist in rescues but their prime objective is education of visitors to the danger posed by the cold, fast currents. In this, says district natural parkland manager Kevin Bell, they have been largely successful — eliminating drinking parties that often resulted in dangerous behaviour. But Bell says making creck-diving an offence would create liabil- ity issues for the district which would then have to enforce its bylaw by hiring more rangers and literally chasing teens around the cliff tops — a recipe for disaster.

NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS

YES 60% 55% 54% 16% 48% GDR

Horseshoe Bay Dundarave/Ampbleside

British Properties Norgate/Pemberton Heights Capilano/Delbrook Hightands Lower Lonsdale

Central and Upper Lonsdale 49% Lynn Valicy 62% Biueridge/Deep Cave 72%

COMBINED AVERAGE. .............. 57%

THE following people

NO

25% 19% 27% 39% 42% 28% 38% 31% 21%

30%"

DON'T

NO OPINION KNOW

6% 3% 0% 0% 2% 6% 0%

2%

2%

Ryan Stanley

9% 23% 19% 15% 8% 6% 13%

Valcarcel-

Glen Martin

North Vancouver

Yes. | went there when [ was a teenager bur I went to the place that was safe. The higher you go the more dan- gerous it is. A lot of these places where they jump they just gamble — they go head first and never come up.

Core also pleaded guilty and received the same 24

Maria Albusel

North Vancouver

Yes. It’s very dangerous and some of them don't have the power of discrimination so it sheuld be banned.

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Osterman,who also goes by the name of David Tatsuo Cline,

Don Manchester

North Vancouver

No. Should we ban jaywalk- ing? If people are going to do it anyway, it won’t do any good to ban it. I don’t think there’s going to be much of a solution.

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RCMP Const. Ray Kalia’on- : North

have appeared in North Vancouver provincial court:

Before Judge Burdett on April 13:

Andrezej PMazurkiewicz, 47, of Vancouver, received 12 months’ probation after he was found guilty of stealing mer- chandise belonging to London ‘ Drugs on Nov. 5, 1999 in West Vancouver.

Before Judge Reginald

Ellen

Pilgrim, 19, was fined $120 after he pleaded not guilty to trafficking cocaine, but instead pleaded guilty to the lesser or included offence of possession.

The oniginal ~—s charge stemmed from a Feb. 21 inci- dent in Vancouver.

On March 17, Valcarcel- Pilgrim’s co-accused, Marc Christopher Cote, 19, of North Vancouver, receiv ed 24 months’ probation for traffick- ing cocaine on Feb. 21 in Vancouver.

months’ probation after plead- ing guilty to: SB committing mischief by pry- ing out the window and stereo a man’s vehicle on Jan. 31 in North Vancouver City; Bsstealing = merchandise belonging to a liquor store on Jan. 29.

Cote was sentenced by

Judge | William Dicbolt i fore Judge Bi gers on March 14

20, of North Vancouver, was jailed 14 days after he pleaded guilty to:

@ failing to report to a proba- tion officer on Feb. 21;

@ to. stealing merchandise belonging to Scars Canada on Nov. 5,.1999 in North Vancouver City.

On Jan. 26, before Judge Reginald Grandison, Osterman received 12 months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to threatening North Vancouver

Vancouver City. Before Judge Paradis on Feb. 16: an David James Norris, 37, of White Rock, was fined $300° after he pleaded not guilty to impaired driving, but instead leaded guilty to the lesser or included offence of driving without due care and attention. The —_ original ~—_ charge stemmed from a Nov. 29, 1998.» incident in North Vancouver .- - District. ;

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