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NEIGHBORS IN) North Vancouver's
west Monotroyal area held a block party
Saturday to send a0 unneighborly mes-
sage toa convicted pedophile living ona
nearby kid-filled street.

By Anna Marte LV Augelo

News Reporter '

“Owens Must Goo “Protect Our Children”
and “Change Legislation” were displayed on
banners near the pedaphile’s home at 988
Prospect Ave.

Said Prospect Avenue parent Greig Cameron,
“Most people would understand that to allow Mr.
Owens to work ina day-care or in a school or as
noswWiinming insiructor would be absolutely
insaie, We hase tiken the position that he daesn't
have to work ina alay-care or a school or be a
svitnming instructor because he has everything
he needs rrphe here.”

NEWS photo Terry Peters.

LOWER LONSDALE merchants (left to right) Tom Young, Chris Anderson, Julie Anderson arid
Carol Ahern may be forced out of their heritage buildings, which have been labeled a safety
risk. North Vancouver City is trying to help the businesses remain in their current locations.

Neighborhood block
party staged to air
child safety concerns

Cameron estimated that more than 20 young:
sters live within 60 steps of Robert Roy Owens’
house,

Owens. AS, was released from jai) on July 28
after serving a six-year sentence for seauatly
assaulting three pre-pubescent girls. One was six-
years-old. The parale poard refused to release
Owens early, concluding the pedophile would
likely re-offend.

Afier completing tis jaih term, the former
Vancouver Isiund resident moved in with con
victed sea ulfender Dante Bristiss at Bristow 's
house at d4S00 Canterbury Cres North
Vancouver

Adler a few stormy community receiiiys

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vWyeatner
Thursday: Showers, windy

High 7°C, low 4°C.

COMMERCIAL TENANTS
in two Lower Lonsdale her-
itave buildings are anxiously
awaiting the results of a city
engineering report.

By fan Note
News Reporter

LOTTE

That report will help determine
whether the five businesses must
vacate their shops Nov. 30 in the 51-
59 Lonsdale Ave. (Syndicate Block)
and [10-114 West Esplanade
(Ellwood Block) buildings.

An engineer's report commis-
sioned by landlords LDP Holdings
raised serious safety concerns over
the buildings, but does not cite
“imminent danger,” said North
Vancouver City development, ser-
vices director Fred Smith in a brief
to council members.

Based on that repert, LDP's
insurers refused to renew general
Hiability insurance, compelling the
owners to vacate the buildings, said
Sanith.

Qa Monday night. North
Vancouver City councillors asked
for their own structural assessment
of the buildings.

Smith said) that assessment
shouid happen this week. He added
that if the city’s report shows the
buiktings can be stabilized for rea-
sonable cost, the city hopes the own-
ets Will make the repairs necessary $0

See Fate page 5

where angry residents vented concenis for their
children’s safet, Ovens told the News he was
feaving for Vancouver bskund.

He didn't cike up resideney on the istund, but
instead moved to his current address about 10
blocks away on Prospect Avenue al the home of
Doreen Ware,

Owens and Ware have not returned News
calls. Cameron has spoken to Owens.

“We oseemed quile manipulative.” said
Cameron,

Carneron said Owens explained the following
reasons for not leaving the neighborhood:

&@ he had to live somewhere:

B he is a free min:

the reason he offended in the past related to
bad personal ile situations that caused him to
offend:

Bi he was on welfare and could not afford to live
ubowhere

See Owens pase 3