Police seize grass GUNSHOTS led RCMP to a sizable marijuana grow operation last week. Police arrived at a Zie- gler Rd. residence in Thornhill after midnight Aug. 26, after reports of three shots being fired in the area, ‘They arrested two men at. the scene, and later came back armed with a search warrant, Cost. Tom Kalis said, Officers found a number of marijuana plants being ‘grown. inside the large log home. residence, two out- “buildings and the garden. Kalis -said RCMP seized 338 mid-grade mar- ijuana plants, 100 grams of loose marijuana, a .22 cal- ibre rifle and ammunition, a machete and a pellet gun. Charges of cultivating marijuana and possession are pending for one adult male, CITY COUNCIL is going to set a schedule of when local bars can stay open longer. Up until now, bars have come to the city secking 4 a.m. closings based on their own plans. A set schedule is the latest twist in the is- sue after councillors rejected a Coast Inn of the West request for an Aug. 30 fall fair wee- kend late closing. ~ Council nixed that and decided to set spc- ‘cific dates — such as New Year’s Eve and Riv- erboat Days weekend — that will qualify for special occasion permits granting later hours. No. more will be approved until the allowed dates are set. ° The hope is that plan will end the proces- sion of bar owners coming to the city with re- quests for special events that council doesn’t consider particularly special. The specified dates policy would refine the cily’s middle-road strategy of allowing some late bar nights but not throw it wide open. Some councillors, however, are still vowing to press for an overall rethink of the idea, Stew Christensen said council remains split on the issue and he will continue to press to end all late hours and return to the traditional 2am, cutoff, a proud sponsor of solve a residential break & enter. GRIEVE ug STOPPERS Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking for help to. “With the increased casts to the RCMP I just can't see that there’s any advantage at all to hav- ing the 4 a.m. openings,” he said. But councillor David Hull says the late hours haven't been given enough of a chance. He wants a three or four- month test period in which bars would be free to allow patrons to drink until 4 a.m. A dramatically busier than normal River- boat Days weekend reinforced the RCMP’s belief that later bar hours are a bad idea. “We don’t support it,” said RCMP Inspec- tor Marlin Degrand. Police will deal with laler bar hours when they’re approved, but Degrand cautions it may mean increased overlime costs. On Riverboat Days RCMP used around eight extra officers ~ including one from Kiti- Mat —.at an extra cost of $1,500 in overtime. No overtime costs were incurred on Riverboat Days the year before. Stew Christensen Comic ~ ENCOUNTERS CONSTABLES BRYDEN HENNESSEBEY, left, and David Sessa display some of the marijuana seized from a Thornhill property Aug. 26. Police were drawn to the area in the first place to respond to a report of shots being fired. They arrested one person. JENNIFER LANG PHOTO ‘ity to set late drinking dates Degrand said he saw no evidence that later hours spread out drinking and reduced prob- lems, “All this did was extend the period of time that we were busy,” he said. Once the bars closed at 4, he added, there was a large exodus of people — no evidence of a more gradual spill-out of patrons. “We noticed. the people intoxicated were | more intoxicated,” he said. “And there were more of them than usual.” While Degrand doesn't argue later hours will always lead to a busy night - a July 19 special event was relatively quite - he says it increases the likelihood. While total calls that weekend were anly up around 20 per cent compared to the previ- ous year’s Riverboat Days, Degrand said _al- most all of the increased activity was con- centrated in the hours between about 3 and 8 a.m. That's what RCMP consider a normally quiet periad when patrol fevels are cul and pa- perwork is done. Last year police held four drunk people in cells during that period. This year it ballooned to 20. “The work we were engaged in was a direct result of the people spilling out of the bars onto the streets both nights,” said Degrand, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 3, 2003 - A3 News In Brief DVDs, player taken CRIMESTOPPERS [§ looking for help in solving an Aug. 4 residential break in on the 3400 Block of Sparks. Taken was a DVD player and approximately 50 DVDs from the living-room, 20 music CDs and a Nintendo 64 and 10 games, Entry was gained via an unlocked rear window after an unsuccessful attempt to get in through the kitchen window. ; Crimestoppers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to arrest and/or conviction, Identities are not revealed. The Crimestoppers phone number is 635-TIPS (8477). Mail’s against same sex SKEENA CANADIAN ALLIANCE MP Andy i Burton says his mail and phone calls are running overwhelming- ly against same sex marriages. “lm not keeping track, but there have been very, very few calls, mail or email in support,” Burton said last week. There’s also opposi- tion to NDP MP Svend Robinson's proposed amendment to hate & propaganda sections of the Criminal Code. The amendment, if passed, would expand hate propaganda coverage to include sexual orien- tation. “What it means that in the future if a minister, just as it is in the Bible, speaks against certain habits, it could be determined as a hate crime,” said Burton. . The Alliance has proposed. several amendments to Robinson's planned amendment to strengthen protection for freedom of expression and religion. Andy Burton MP is off to Europe SKEENA CANADIAN Alliance MP Andy Burton is spending two weeks examining coast guard op- erations in Norway, England and Iceland. Cuts to the Canadian Coast Guard over the years have drawn a lot of criticism and the trip by the House of Commons standing committee on fisher- ies and oceans, Burton is a member, is intended to determine how other countries look after their coast lines, “T know it sounds like a busman’s holiday, but it is work, flying from Point A to Point B and sitting in meetings, but you gain a new perspective. You're exhausted when you get back,” said Burton. He and other committee members return to Otta- wa just in time for the re-opening of Parliament Sept. 15. During the afternoon hours of Monday, August 4th, ' 2003, a home on the 3400 block of Sparks Street - was entered and: various: items. stolen. “The: " person(s) responsible entered the home via an. ‘unlocked rear window after trying to enter through. a kitchen window, 2°. - - Missing from a child's bedroom area Ninterido 64 and ten games.’A DVD player and approximately 50 DVDs were ‘stolen from the living room. Additionally, : about 20 music CDs are missing from the home. . ‘Terrace Crimestoppers wants your: informestion; not your name. Any information is valuable and may lead to the arrest and conviction of the offenders. - Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $1,000.00 for Information leading to an arrest and/or con- | viction. If you have any Information call "Crime Stoppers" at 635-TIPS that's 635-8477. 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