SUNDAY November 17, 1996 WALGLAND WALW AYN Calt Today for your Kit on “The Best INCOME Investments” pree “quanta Lrtetes to fra 25 castles” West Vancouver office: 925-9210 bet He LU CHIP TESINnitats ns A traders Aaland story Coated ine. Merits - Careicken Investors Poleupons buted Jazz blast NICHCLAS La Riviere plays trombone with the Sutherland secondary school junior jazz band. The North Vancouver schoo!’s music department ho Kiwanis fire victims under age 65 have to apply for waiting list By Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter IRENE Scott feels like a victim twice over. On Nov. 5, she had to flee her home of one year as d fire swept though a Kiwanis senior hous- ing building in the 300-block of Fast Ist Street. On Friday, she got the news thar she may aot be allowed fo return to her home fike other ten- ants of her building. “L don’t think thats fair, ] don't know where Kiwanis is coming from,” said Scott. sted a fall concert last Wednesday. Scott said she is one of at least eight people who were told that they could not live in their former homes beeause Kiwanis has decided to enforce the 65 and older age requirement. Mac Chappell, executive director of Kiwanis Senior Citizens Homes Ltd., said that Kiwanis’ mandate was to provide housing for seniors age 65 and greater. Chappelt said if the burned building can be repaired, all the tenants can come back. But if the 40-year-old building is torn down and a new one built, then the seniors on the Kiwanis wait- ing fist will have priority over the under 65s who already lived in the Kiwanis housing. Scatt, 60, has a pacemaker, diabetes and arthritis and is on long-term disability, Her rent was $225 a month for one of the 29 bachelor suites in the building. She pointed out that tenants under age 65 are allowed to. stay in their homes in’ the other Kiwanis buildings on the same block, Ui women.' °° ‘welders graduate. “We were already tenants. We didn’t do any- thing wrong to get kicked our,” said Scott At the time of the fire 26 people were living in the building. es eh ee. ae WEATHER Monday: Cloudy, sunny periods High 35°C, low -PC. Rca ei Woman bashed by bag stand loses suit By Michael Becker News Editor - A woman seeking damages from Save-On- Foods after a stand fell on her while shopping in North Vancouver has lost her case in the B.C. Court of Appeal. A B.C. Supreme Court judge originally dismissed the action for damages in November 1994. Mavis Chalk was shopping at the Marine Drive Save-On- Foods store on Dec. 6, 1989. She went to a plastic bag stand in the produce section. Chalk told the court that the stand held a large, sticky roll of bags. It appeared to be a new roll, She had nothing, in either hand. Using one hand, she pulled on the end plas- tic bay and it unrolled. Chalk testified that as she was pulling at it, the bay stopped unrolling. As she pulled, the stand fell toward her. Chalk tried to jump away, but the falling stand struck her just above the left knee and fell to the floor. She said she had felt the stand was stable and had no rea- son to expect it to fall. The bag stands are not bolted down to the floor. Save-On-Foods produce manager David Higo originally testified that since his time in the North Vancouver store (trom 1985 on) Chalk’s case was the Grst incident he was aware of in which a stand fell when a customer pulled on a roll of plastic bags. About 35,000 people shopped at the North Vancouver outlet in 1989. The trial judge found the stands to be reasonably safe and concluded the accident must have occurred as a result of the way in which Chalk tried to pull the bag from the roll. Chalk subsequendy challenged the judge’s findings. Her jawver argued in part that Save-On had a duty to take reasonable steps to ensure the store is reasonably safe for customers. The bag stands should be fastened to the floor. Appeal Justice Alan Macfarlane found on Oct. 29 that there was no evidence ro support the allegation that the bag stands were not reasonably safe. The appeal was dismissed. Crossword.. @ Health Trends Horoscopes...................... 6 Talking Personals. Other tenants 65 and older have found places to stay in Kiwanis residences. Chappell said ic will take two to three weeks to find out if the building is worth repairing. The damage estimate was $300,000.The earliest it could be habitable would be the end of February. Kiwanis residents Bob) Crawford, 84, and Corky Salter, 67, were featured ina Nov. § News story about the fire’s aftermath. Crawford is moving next door to a bachelor suite in another Kiwanis senior housing building. Salter will be diving in the Kiwanis tower in the 100-bleck of West 2nd Street. 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