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To: john b who wrote (5771)	8/28/1999 4:38:00 AM
From: CAYMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6467

We have a real "Schemer" on these Message Boards Folks … Please Use Caution. Crappedout ~ tonydiez ~ Tonster ~ rjackman Also uses aliases: Ifartonyourface Yahoo Post #758 wrote: You see, I am like Rene. I look out for #1. If you have a problem with that, I suggest you call TT and complain. IfartinyourFACE -- Yahoo Post #780 wrote: Tony Diez is the name. ******************************************************************** · Note the difference -- Ifartonyourface versus IfartinyourFACE ****************************************************************** One and the same. by: tonydiez Yahoo Post #1158 Originally posted as IfartinyourFACE. Old college quip. I use it when I am feeling offensive. I feel particularly offensive towards pvan and Clement. Egotists IMO with self-serving interests that the casual board reader falls pray to too easily. There is always two sides to the story. I prefer to see some balance to the one-sided slam presented by pvan, Clement and the majority of posters on this board. No sense hiding behind a moniker. Just callin it like I sees it. Tonster (a.k.a. IfartinyourFACE) ****************************************************************** Hate to disappoint y'all but by: tonydiez Yahoo Post #1160 my name is Tony Diez. I choose not to post my contact info, as I prefer to keep my contact with you guys and gals to this board (I do have a life outside of this thread). Not being Wayne Hansen, I don't have answers to your specific questions. I am sure though that there will be a management change in the company in the not too distant future. I do not believe that there will be a need to oust Rene. Meanwhile, your advice is well said. Just callin it like I sees it, Tonster ****************************************************************** Boy, with this many names, no wonder he screws up. I've noticed the same style of writing on both Yahoo and Raging Bull among his different aliases. Example: The phrase – (tit for tat) is used both by crappedout and tonydiez as is the word (lier) instead of liar. Does he live in or by Richmond? Sounds like it by the following post. Takeover... by: tonydiez Yahoo Post #1646 What's all this talk of a hostile takeover? You're about the third one to mention a hostile takeover of TT this week. I s'pose that's one way of getting Rene out, but it wouldn't be pretty. I went by the Richmond plant today and noticed that cleanup was already well underway. Insurance company has already apparently started making payments to TT as part of their coverage. Must be well covered! Looks like TT is serious about getting the plant back up and fully operating ASAP. Tonster ******************************************************************** I think we have a real Snake in the grass here that is out to do us (shareholders) NO GOOD. One thing for sure … The Man Of Many Autographs … is definitely 100% for René J. Branconnier. Regards, cayman_98

To: john b who wrote (5771)	8/28/1999 5:16:00 AM
From: CAYMAN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6467

Plant Employees Tried To Control Fire Martin van den Hemel staff reporter A massive Mitchell Island inferno on July 17 is believed to have started several hours before fire crews were called. Richmond Fire-Rescue's John Mitchell told The Review Monday that a previously unreported fire at Richmond Bio Conversion Inc. started around 11 p.m., more than three hours before fire crews were notified. "I think they are linked." Images from a video camera showed smoke coming from one of the facility's 15 to 18 fermentation tanks, Mitchell said. The "overheated condition," as Mitchell called it, was totally contained inside the tank, which was completely sealed except for a three-inch vent. Employees used an inch-and-a-half water hose to cool both the inside of the tank and the polyurethane foam covering the tank. They left the water running, and returned to work, he said. But around 2:18 a.m., they again noticed smoke and could see a fire in the area of the top-centre tank, he said. That's when they called 911. But Mitchell said fire crews should have been called out during the first fire, although there are no legal requirements for plant officials to do so. The steps taken by the employees appeared to be prudent, he said, although fire crews would also likely have felt for hotspots on the tank. Mitchell said that once the polyurethane foam caught fire, gobs of molten foam dripped down to other tanks, setting them ablaze. Temperatures inside the tin building reached 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, not Celsius as earlier reported. The insurance firm investigating the fire has brought in a metallurgist, a mechanical engineer and a chemist to track down the cause of the blaze. The Thermo Tech Technologies plant cost a reported $28 million to build and, according to company officials, was designed to convert common household food waste into animal feed. The insurance adjuster overseeing the fire investigation could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. ********************************************************************** Plant Owners Felt Heat Before Fire Martin van den Hemel staff reporter The City of Richmond was preparing to take legal action against Thermo Tech Technology's Richmond Bio Conversion plant on Mitchell Island when it burned down 11 days ago, The Review has learned. Meanwhile nearly two dozen firms, who are claiming they're owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for construction and design related work, have filed liens against the plant's property at 11611 Twigg Place, according to New Westminster Land Title records. Rick Bortolussi, manager of the city's building approvals department, said the city still hadn't issued the final building approval¬required for legal occupancy¬when the plant burned down on July 17 after opening in May. "We have not done a final inspection on the building," he said. The city had yet to receive confirmation that an engineer had approved the electrical wiring inside the $28 million building. The city was in the process of preparing to take legal action against the firm for occupying the facility unlawfully, he said. Bortolussi said the concerns were not of a serious nature and as a result the city had chosen to proceed on bylaw-related charges, which could have led to fines upon a summary conviction. Had the concerns been more serious, as they were with the Sandman Inn (the city was granted a B.C. Supreme Court injunction against the hotel last week over safety concerns related to a fire sprinkler system), the city could have tried to obtain an injunction against the firm. So far, 24 liens have been filed against Thermo Tech by subcontractors who built the facility. Lisa and Glenn Hunt, who own G&G Site Service at 6400 Yates Crescent, said they have been owed $14,000 since last August. After threatening to protest during the company's grand opening in May, Glenn Hunt said he was reassured that he would be paid. But he still hasn't seen a penny. He was especially irked when company officials stated to the media that they were generating millions of dollars in revenues for the local economy. Hunt said that since he and others still haven't been paid, it is their dollars that produced the plant. In April, they were also sent a letter from Magest Inc., the main contractor on the project. It led them to believe that Thermo Tech's bills were going to be paid soon. "We are encouraged by recent press releases issued by Thermo Tech...which advise of a $200 million line of credit to be used for current and future bio-conversion plants," the letter states. The Review also contacted Burnaby's Houle Electric Limited and Surrey's CP Distributors, who also received the same letter. They claimed to be owed $200,000 and $25,000 respectively. Attempts to reach Langley-based Thermo Tech president Rene Branconnier were unsuccessful. End of Editorial