Blaze damages N. Van home FIRE DAMAGED a North Vancouver Some on Sunday. North Vancouver District Fire Department firefighters were called to a house located at 2446 Lampman PI. at 12:50 p.m. A fire department spokesman said the fire originated in the basement of the home. The basement sustained major fire dam- age. Smoke and heat damaged the rest of the house. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Chase ends in charges TWO MEN face numerous charges following a recent car chase in West Vancouver. While on patrol in the 1300-block of Marine Drive, the West Vancouver Police attempted to pull over a car for a routine check at 1:04 a.m. on Jan. 13. The car sped away, and the police pur- sued the vehicle through a residential area. According to a West \2ncouver Police spokesman, the driver and a passenger of the suspect vehicle ‘‘bailed out’? at 12th Street and Gordor Avenue. After 40 minutes of tracking, a police dog located the driver of the car hiding in a stairwell in the 1100-block cf Marine Drive. The passenger was subsequently located in the 1200-biock of Fullerton Avenue. Grant Wilson Hagan, 21, of White Rock, faces charges of dangerous driving, police pursuit, impaired driving and prohibited driving in connection with the incident. James Francis Murphy, 20, of Langiey, faces a charge of breach of probation. Boat damaged at NV marina FIRE DAMAGED a boat moored at Mosquito Creek Marina Sunday. North Vancouver City Fire Department firefighters arrived at the scene at approximately 1:30 p.m. The fire had originated from a diesel stove aboard the 30-foot , Coast sailboat. The fire caused heavy soot and smoke damage to the interior of the vessel. Twe people living on the boat were not home at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire :-: still under investigation. Test drive ends in arrest A TEST drive of a car for sale in Parksville on Vancouver [sland ended Jan. 28 in an arrest in West Vancouver. According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, an °87 Corvette was listed for sale in a Parksville newspaper. A man, presenting himself as a potential purchaser, took the car for a test drive. He drove the car onto a ferry heading for the mainland at 6:30 p.m. West Vancouver Police arrested the man as he was driving off the ferry in Horseshoe Bay. Pitt Meadows resident Anthony Ginc Varriano, 23, faces a charge of possession of stolen property over $1,000, theft over $1,000 and driving without a driver’s licence in connection with the incident. War support group session set A SECOND suoport sessicn has been set on the North Shore for people who are personally affected by the war in the Middle East. Organized by St. Catherine’s Church and North Shore Counselling Centre, this coming Sunday’s non-denominational meeting will enable participants to join an ongoing support net- work. Last week’s first meeting was attended by local residents who have family members serving with the American military in the Persian Gulf. Several people attending had recently lived in the Middle East and still have family over there. Said North Shore Counselling’s Judith Rees Thomas, ‘‘People seemed to have a real sense of release and could talk to people who could understand their feelings —- feelings of anxiety, guilt, apprehension, frustration — a whole range."’ The Feb. 3 meeting is set for 3:30 p.m. at St. Catherine’s Church, 1058 Ridgewood Dr., in North Vancouver. For more information call Rev. Wilfred Sullivan at 985-0666. Teachers without contract since June From page 3 have broken off.’’ Watson, who said she is still not happy with the pace of the con- tract negotiations, added that talks at the bargaining table have improved since the union held a rally at a board meeting last week. “We had a successful rally at the school board meeting. We had about 350 people out,’’ said Wat- son. ‘‘The rally was held to fet the board know about the bad faith bargaining that had been taking place.”’ While Watson said the union will continue with its work-to-rule campaign, she said no other job action is planned at this time. The teachers have been without a contract since June 30, 1990. In 1989, the union negotiated a con- tract that gave its members a 13.7 per cent wage increase over two years. The contract was retroac- tive to July 1988. Prior to that contract, annual District 44 teacher salaries ranged from $19,437 up to $46,604. When the union's last contract expired, annual teecher salaries ranged from $21,170 at the bot- tom end of the teachers’ pay scale to $53,295 at the top. Union boss responds From page 3 on Jan. 14 that ‘‘the average teacher’s salary in West Van- couver is now $53,094, including benefits, and at the rate things are going this could be over $60,000 next year.’’ Player had also scolded Luc- cock by saying that taxpayers would not tolerate any more sala- ry demands in these troubled times. But on Monday, Luccock stated that, according to figures given Luccock by the board’s own sec- retary-treasurer, ‘‘the average base teacher salary is $43,011, plus benefits. “‘The figures Mr. Player used include administrators’ salaries and the employer costs of statuto- ry benefits, group benefits and pensions.”’ Luccock further complained that ‘‘both parties agreed to a protocol, at the outset of bargain- ing, that neither party would go to the public on any issue, unless the other gave notice. “We believe that Mr. Player’s remarks on salaries and benefits have, in fact, broken that pro- tocol.’” Luccock concluded on Monday by demanding that board chair- man Jean Ferguson and her fellow trustees ‘‘instruct the superintend- ent to clarify his remarks publicly and give a true accounting of teachers’ salaries and the number of professional days.”’ GREATER VANCOUVER GPERATIC SOC presents W THURS-SAT. § VANCOUVER CENTENNIAL THEATRE eo Also at Richmond Gateway Ba Theatre, March 13-16 & 20-23 8 p.m. | Tickets avaiable at NVCT Box Office B 987-7529 or all TICKETMASTER tocations or CHARGE BY PHORE 280-4444 : Friday, February 1, 1991 - North Shore News - 5 A. 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