A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 20, 1997 FROM FRONT RCMP hunt for clues in| Copper River murder up.on 140 leads, some of which came from public tips. - As of yesterday there were nine investigators, including two -from Prince George and two from Prince Rupert Serious Crime Units working on the case. The police used the RCMP police dog, auzilliary constables and provincial emergency program volunteers to conduct exten-_ sive searches for clues near the murder site. “The idea was to saturate it for the weekend,” says sergeant Doug Wheler of the Terrace detachment. Wheler says the RCMP would appreciate any help from the public who may have information about the crime, He paints out that the suspect car would likely have been speeding and perhaps driving erratically as it left the forestry ; road and turned onto Highway 16. The driver is described as a white male with a crew cut or short hair, about 5'8” or 5'9” tall and 175 Ibs. Wheler also says the witness is being further questioned about the incident. ; Rene Joseph Fagan, Daniel Fagan’s father, says he wasn’t sur- prised by his son’s death, “I figured someone was going to kill him within the next few years over drugs anyways,” he says. “He’s been buying and sell- ing drugs for the past 10-12 years.” Fagan says his son also had a serious drug habit that he spent all his savings an. “Every day, every dollar he had went to drugs,” he says. “He just couldn't get enough of it.” But despite his involvement in drugs Rene Fagan says his son’s death wasn’t related to his habit and he didn’t owe anyone money “fhe had owed people money, they would have threatened me first,” he says, Wheler could not discuss whether they believe the crime was drug related Council looks for more money CITY COUNCIL is out to cut costs and find more ways of raising money. Administration is being directed to cut city costs by a further five per cent when they draw up the 1998 budget, and to increase revenues by five percent. Councillors suggested wide-ranging options staff could explore in efforts to raise more money. The discussion came during the June 25 closed door “think tank” session, where councillors pondered the city’s future direction, FROM FRONT ment permits. amenities. Staff is being directed to check out options to raise money by: Bi Increasing planning department fees for subdivisions, rezonings, and develop- i Imposing development cost charges that would put a surcharge on each new lot in a subdivision to pay for fulure @ Exploring merchandising options to generale new revenue. That could include marketing City of Terrace pins, T-shirts, mugs and the like, It may also mean an expansion of advertising on cily property. “Cities have to start looking at non-tra- ditional sources of revenue,” says cily councillor David Hull. He said council wants to see develop- ers pay closer to the real cost of the ser- vices the city provides. “It's a fee for service,” he said. “And only certain people are using the resoure- inspection department.” Union’s counter-offer short of bank demands tive agreement, rather than the four-year extension requested by the company. Di Bartolo characterized that as being more than sufficient to take the company through the period of restructuring. “The major concessions are the extension of the term, and 200- plus people are going to be making a very major concession in terms of losing their livelihoods,” he said. But he noted that even in the company’s proposal, the savings through workforce changes are small compared to the savings that result from improving the old mill and eliminating money spent on repairs and shutdowns. PPWC members voted last week in favour of the union pack- age, butit remained shrouded in secrecy until this week, . ; The court-appointed monitors from Coopéts,and Lybrand pret empted the union vote last week with their own visits to Prince Rupert and Terrace. The move was designed to put the banks’ position on the table for the membership to see in the event the union leadership was taking a hard line. At the meeting in Terrace, Hyatt laid out in stark terms the price that will be paid if the union refuses to quickly reach an agreement. Customers are on the verge of evaporating, and if a deal isn’t in place around the end of August, the current offer to the union will no longer be on the table, he said. “Our business base is disappearing,” Hyatt said. “Once that happens, we don’t have a business plan. There’s just too many Leave bear traps alone A BLACK BEAR caught in a (rap on Ferry Island was released last week — before conservation officers had a chance to get to it. It’s an action conservation officer Ken Fujino says was extremely dangerous and stupid. “You have one agitated bear sitting in a trap, yeah, I'll say that could be really dangerous,” said Fujino, When conservation officers release a bear they either use a safety system, in which they’re in a truck while they slip the catch, or they have a back-up officer nearby. The trap had been set because the environment ministry received complaints of a bear bothering campers. Ferry Island is heavily used in the summer by campers, bicyclists and families out for a walk. “We put traps up because it’s a problem. We want to pro- tect people,” he said. The caretaker on the island phoned conservation officers to report a bear had been caught, but before they could get there, the bear was gone. When asked if the person who released the bear might have done so because of reports that black bears were being killed instead of relocated due to fiscal restraint, Fujino said it was hard to speculate the reason why, He said it might have been a member of Bear Watch, an advocacy group working for the protection of bears in B.C. Or he said it might have simply been someone with a grudge against the conservalion officers. A bear which has been trapped ance will be very hard to (rap again, added Fujino. However, he said there’s been no further reports of a bear hatassing campers on Ferry Island, so thinks the bear has gone elsewhere. Motorcycle chase * THE POLICE are looking for two motorcyclists who escaped custody after tearing up lawns and narrowly miss- ing several pedestrians last weck, The incidents occurred at about 10:22 p.m. Aug. 13 on Haugland Ave. Terrace RCMP later located the motorcy- clists at Caledonia Secondary, but they sped away when police approached. 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