Firefighters battle blazes NORTH VANCOUVER City Fire Depar:ment firefighters were kept busy over the weekend responding to two fires. Fire broke out Saturday night in a top floor storage room at the Olympic Hotel, 140 East 2nd Street, City firefighters were called in at approximately 6:30 p.m. Fire damage was contained in the storage room and to the hallway ad- jacent to the room. The top floor was fiiled with smoke, but there were no injuries. A fire department spokesman credited a newly installed heat detector in the room with preventing more damage to the hotel. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. On Sunday, firefighters were called out just after 3:30 a.m, to 3 home in the 300-block of East 25th Street where fire destroyed a woodframe garage. A 1973 Capri, which was parked in the garage, and a 1972 Pontiac Le Mans parked at the rear of the garage, were also destroyed. Cause of the fire is still under investigation. Lightning cuts power to homes LIGHTNING KNOCKED out two local electrical circuits and power to a number of North Shore homes Friday night during a short but showy storm of lightning, thunder, hail and heavy rain. Approximately 500 B.C. Hydro customers lost power in the lower British Properties area. Power was out at 4:57 p.m. and was restored at 10:17 p.m. In North Vancocver approximately 500 customers living in an area bounded by Keith Road, Esplanade, Mahon Avenue and Lonsdale Avenue lost power at 7:30 p.m. The circuit was restored at 9:13 p.m. ‘S, Elsewhere in North Vancouver, a waterlogged drainage system resulted in storm drain covers being Jifted from their fixtures. Heavy hai! shut down the middle lane of the Lions Gate Sridge at the height of ile storm. in what B.C. Hydro spokesman Peter McMullan said was a delayed reaction to the storm, power went out at the Park Royal mall at I! p.m. Monday. Service was completely restored just be- fore 1 a.m. Tuesday. NV man jailed for theft, assault A NORTH Vancouver man was sentenced to three months in jail and placed on supervised probation for two years after pleading guilty to charges of theft under $1,000 and assault and being found guilty of assault using a weapon. Malekebaui Bijan Jahander, 24, was charged following incidents June 17, July 1 and Aug. 18 in which two males were assaulted. Jahander pleaded guilty to the theft and assault charges, but not guilty to the assault using a weapon (a knife) charge; he was found guilty of assault with a weapon. Appearing Friday before Nerth Vancouver provincial court Judge C.t. Waiker, Jahander wis ordered as part of his probation not to use or possess any narcoiics or restricted drugs and not to carry a knife outside his residence. Neighbors want garage moved DRIVEN TO distraction by diesel fumes and noise, neighbors of the North Vancouver bus garage have asked again that it be mov- ed. They nvresented a petition to North Vancouver City council Monday aight, and spoke in favor of the proposed Lloyd Avenue site. “We're not against the bus garage being in North Vancouver, but it should be in an industrial zone,’’ said area resident John Phillipson. _ George Guelph, another neighbor of the garage, said the diesel furnes make him sick, and he had had to pay for a doctor to in- vestigate lis house. He added that when he complained to B.C. Transit about the bes heedlights shining into his living room late at night, they told him to board up bis windows. Ald. Stella Jo Dean poiated out council is in favor of moving the garage, but not until there is another location on the North Shore. On Friday, the Greater Vancouver Transit Commission an- nounced that the decision to close the depot would be deferred un- til a further review of the situation kas been completed. Beer store THE B.C. Government Employee’s Union strike has resulted in a sales boom for North Shore beer and wine stores. “We've been extremely busy ail weekend,’ said Ton: Zapuchlak, manager of Sailor Hagar’s Beer and Wine store at 86 Semisch in North Vancouver. “By eleven Saturday morning things started to get rocking and we've been busy ever since,’’ said Zapuchlak, who had to call in ad- ditional staff to cope with the sud- den surge in business. Other locations also reported dramatic increases in liquor sales since talks broke down and workers walked off the job at midnight last Friday closing liquor stores throughout the province. Michael Branion, manager of Jack Lonsdale’s Pub, said Tuesday beer off-sales escalated ‘‘quite a bit’* since Saturday. Irene Passmore of Canyon House Galleria also reported in- creases in wine sales Saturday. “A lot of people don't realize we’re open Sundays, but if they did it would have been just as busy as Saturday,’’ Passmore said. 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