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Vol. 90 Issue 13 • Wednesday, March 27, 2013 • www.arrowlakesnews.com • 250-265-3823 • $1.25 •
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Break in at gas station sets off alarm, ruins door CLAIRE PARADIS Arrow Lakes News
The noise from the alarm at Anderson’s Automotive Services on Nelson Avenue in Nakusp woke the neighbours, and likely scared robbers away, said owner Sheila Anderson. Around 4 a.m. on March 19, 2013 police responded to a report of a break and enter to the gas station. Once there
they saw the culprit(s) had forced the front door open and stole a small quantity of tobacco products. Several neighbours were awakened by the business’ alarm being triggered, and Anderson and police soon arrived on scene. No one was seen or located in the area at that time, but a number of items were seized from the scene for forensic examination. Both the door and the lock
needed to be repaired. Police are continuing to investigate the break and enter and are seeking assistance from the community. If you have any information that will assist in identifying the individual(s) responsible, please contact the Nakusp RCMP (250265-3677) or Crimestoppers (1-800-222-TIPS).
Stephanie Stenseth and Sheila Anderson point to where the door was pried open during a burglary at Anderson’s Automotive. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News
Summit Lake Ski Area ski calibrator stolen CLAIRE PARADIS Arrow Lakes News
Staff arriving at the Summit Lake lodge were greeted by doors that had been pried and kicked open. At some point early on Tuesday morning, someone had pried open the lower door and kicked the rental shop door open where they
stole a ski calibrator, a pricey tool used by the ski hill. “That, we’d really like back,” said Summit’s Eric Waterfield, who said it’s not much use to anyone other than a ski hill. The marauding continued upstairs where the interloper(s) kicked the door to the kitchen in and helped themselves to chips,
pop, meat patties and bacon as well as $30 in change. The lost inventory will likely mean contractor Heidi McKee won’t be able to afford a saddle she was saving her earnings from the kitchen to buy. “It’s a dream she’ll have to put off for a year,” said Waterfield, who said it was a shame that the
hard working employees and contractors are paying the price for the mindless vandalism and theft. There isn’t too much to steal at the ski hill, with one of the few things that would be missed being the ski calibrator. Waterfield would like to see it back, suggesting the tool could be left in a public place with a note for it to
be returned to the ski hill and an anonymous tip to the police about where it’s located. “The whole hill is non-profit and is run by hard working people,” he said. “It’s really devastating. We’re working to make a good place for people to go.”
New Interfor tenures mean long term investment
Trucks arriving at the Halfway log dump, one of 11 Interfor dumps along Upper Arrow Lake. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News CLAIRE PARADIS Arrow Lakes News
Last week Interfor reached a deal to buy
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NRO). The two tenures have an allowable annual cut of 174,000 cubic metres, and would support increased production at Interfor’s Castlegar sawmill. “Springer Creek is a big deal for us,” said Geoff Bekker, Castlegar Division’s Woodlands Manager for Interfor. “It’ll give us more logs for Castlegar – not that we’re going to run that many more logs through. It just gives us a secure tenure base, that’s really what it’s about.” Bekker says the acquisition shows that Interfor is investing in the long term. Because the new tenures are located in more highly populated areas, they also come with different land use issues. Some residents take their water from watersheds in the area, said Bekker as an example of one of the issues Interfor will be addressing in the new tenures. “When you have more people you have people who don’t necessarily want to have logging in their backyard for a bunch of reasons,” acknowledged Bekker, who said Inter-
for will be working with local groups and individuals to find solutions. Treasured mushroom picking grounds, for example, aren’t something usually modeled into the cut calculations unlike caribou habitat or old growth areas or stream reserves. “You take a strip of timber around a creek and you treat it as a park, then you know and you put a line around it and you don’t harvest it,” said Bekker, who referenced NACFOR’s recent cut plan that was formulated with the interests of local mushroom pickers in mind. It’s a balance, he said, and although it can be frustrating for both sides from time to time, compromises can be reached. Ultimately the Ministry’s District Manager is the one who makes the decision, based on the information and studies provided. Bekker started in Parks 33 years ago, then moved on to silviculture, and then cutting permit development, the surveying and planning stage in the logging process.
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