It would be nice to take Ron Atkey by the scruff of the
neck and pour putrid clam juice down his neck until it
spurted out of his ears. But: that would be unfair, really,
since he is only a little more responsible for the devastation
of many B.C. clam beds than the rest of those rotters in

Ottawa.
In case you've forgotten, Atkey
was minister of immigration when
} the clownish Joe Clark govern-
ment was on the loose and an-
nounced we would be accepting
50,000 Vietnamese refugees.
Most Canadians opposed that
dippy idea — 80 per cent of
British Columbians did, accor-
ding to the polls — but the politi-
cians took no notice. Weren't all
parties in Parliament in agree-
ment? Who gave a damn about
the ignorant voters? Once again,
it. was Parliament versus the
people. :
The reason it would be nice to
pour clam juice down the Atkey
throat is that his protegees are
now taking every West Coast clam
they can find, irrespective of size.
The operation-is large scale and
| -has led to violence. The Viets have
also moved in on the crabbing at
Steveston, and the size of the
crabs is not important either.
The incidents are numerous.
_E-The police report I quoted last
i week dealt with the Steveston
i situation in some detail. But it’s
|| worse'up-coast. A white clamdig-
ger on Savary Island was reported
this. way in’ Western Report
magazine: .
"When we go out to dig, we dig
{.a little here and a little there.
{These guys bring in 300 people on
_@ beach thet can handle 60. They
| wipe it clean and put us out of.”
“W- work.” The Viets have also put up
} unsanitary shacks. whose toilets
f could contaminate the clam beds.
_ There have been numerous con-
> frontations. But the cops are not

‘4‘too keen to act, for fear. of being.

dubbed ‘“‘racist.””. When one white |
man saw a bunch of Viets stuffing

i sacks of undersized clams into a. .
¥ van,:he tried to’ block the road:-
with his car. The Viets ‘‘brandish- —

j ed sharp-edged clam rakes and
pelted a crowd of 30 spectators.
with ‘rocks.’”’ : 2

|; Complaints were made .an
witnesses were available. But no

trial slated |

A. 20-YEAR-OLD North Van-
couver woman appeared Nov. 20

_in® North: . Vancouver .. provincial | § .

court to face six counts of. utterin;
‘a forged document: .. -. 7
., Shawna ‘Louise Ross was origi
‘nally.;charged in ‘connection with

‘signature totalling $336.75. ~ :
Appearing before Judge J.D.:":

“Layton, Ross was remanded to
:Nov. 27 to fix a date for trial on::
the charges. ;

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.a cheque for. The response was

_ the pharmacy had spent at least |

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charges were laid. The RCMP
decided the incident was a racial
thing and didn’t want to make the
situation worse.

Typical. Whitey must give way.

Over in Courtenay, meanwhile,
a provincial court judge did give
two Viets five days in the clink or
$100 fines for taking undersized
clams. Which is better than
nothing, I suppose.

The last I heard of Atkey, by
the way, he was in Hong Kong
drumming up immigration
business.

x ke *

Who says that government
bureaucrats are the only ones to
engage in silly bureaucracy? A
North Vancouverite by the name
of Peter Kayll proves otherwise.

His 87-year-old aunt got a
Pharmacare bill for 64 cents from
Lancaster Prescriptions over in |
Vancouver, that being the unpaid
bit of a handling charge.

Mr. Kayil manages this sort of
thing for the old lady, and sug-
gested to the pharmacy chap that
the amount be written off, it not
being worth the trouble of writing

that that couldn’t be done because
of the computer program.

Bills continued to arrive, with
one cent interest being added each |
time. we

When he told me about this, the
“*debt’® had increased to 67 cents, |

$1.44 on'postage, and there was a
frantic hand-written. note on the |
aunt’s. last bill stating: ‘‘Please
pay immediately. Your family is -
not, paying. your bills. Please |
remit.’’. - a
Said Mr. Kayll: ‘‘! will pay the
damned thing eventually, but this |
is an example of how some people
stop using common sense once
they tie in to. a computer.
program.” 3 .
And that’s the way it is, folks,
this 27th of November, 1987.

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THE FOLLOWING is a list of re-
cent North Shore crimes:

WEST VANCOUVER

Theft from auto 300-bik.
Marine Drive. Entry by smashing
window. Stolen: radar detector.
Value: $375.

Theft from auto — Park Royal
South. Entry by smashing window.
Stolen: radar detector. Value: U/
K

Theft from auto — 1400-blk.
Marine Drive. Stolen: front licence
plate.

Theft from auto — 600-blk. St.
Andrews. Attempt: to force win-
dows with U/K object.

Break and enter io residence —
1300-bik. Ottawa Avenue, Entry
by unlocked garage. Stolen: por-
table radio. Value: $400.

Break and enter to residence —
1300-bik. Haywood Avenue. Entry
by forcing door. Stolen: VCR.
Value: $600.

Break and enter to residence —
1500-blk. Gordon Avenue. Entry
by forcing door. Stolen: nil.

Break and enter to residence —
1100-blk. Esquimalt. Entry by rear
door. Stolen: jewelry, cameras,
binoculars. Value: $2,000.

_ Break and enter to Shopper’s Drug

Mart -- Park Royal South. Entry
by pried door. Stolen: nil.

Break and enter to residence —
1700-blk. Inglewood. Entry gained
— unknown. Stolen: two public

9 - Friday, November 27, 1987 - North Shore News

address speakers. Value: $1,600.
Break and enter to residence —
1900-bIk. 27th Street. Entry gained
by prying basement window.
Stolen: jewelry, money. Value:
U/K.

Break and enter to residence —
1900-blk. 22nd Street. Entry gain-
ed unknown. Stolen: ring,
money. Value: $1,400.

Break and enter to residence —
100-blk. Bonnymuir. Entry gained
by breaking window. Stolen: nil.

Theft from auto — 200-bIk. Keith -

Road. Stolen: grill from V.W.
Golf. Value: $250.

Theft from auto 2200-blk.
Folkstone. No sign of forced en-
try. Stolen: flashlight, loose
money. Value: $12.

Theft from auto 2200-blk.
Folkstone. Entry by breaking side
rear window. Stolen: radar detec-
tor, Value: $200.

NORTH VANCOUVER

Break and enter — 200-bIk. East
2nd St. Entry gained by small
window which was found partly
insecure. Nothing reported stolen.
Break and = enter 2900-blk.
Mountain Highway. Entry gained
by kicking in. panel of door. Tele-
phone lines were cut. Unknown
items stolen at this time.

Break and = enter 2000-bIk.
Greylynn. Entry gained by prying
open door at the rear of the house.
Stolen — VCR and three knives.
Break and enter — 1!200-blk.

Mountain Highway. Entry gained
by unlocked door. Stolen — ap-
proximately $6,600 in cash, jewel-
ry, telephone answering machine.
Break and enter — 140-bik. East
26th Street. Entry gained by break-
ing glass in rear door window.
Stolen — jewelry, Minolta 35mm
camera and liquor.

Break and enter — 700-blk. East
29th Street. Entry gained by base-
ment door left unlocked. Stolen —
Sony Hi Fi system valucd at ap-
proximately $800.

Break and entef — 1300-blk.
Marine Drive. Entry gained
through skylight. Stolen — four
Alpine -am/fm_ cassette players
valued at $400 each.

Break and enter 900-bIk.
Strathaven Dr. Entry gained by in-
secure bathroom window. Stolen
— four cases of beer, two German
driver’s licences, Canadian pass-
port, Canadian citizenship papers,
two $1,000 Canada Savings Bonds,
$80 U.S. cash, German Olympic
coins, and house insurance papers.
Break and enter — 200-blk. West
4th. Entry gained by rear patio
window that had been left partially
open. Stolen — wallet and con-
tents and two tickets to B.C. Lions
Game.

Break and enter — 200-blk. West
14th Street. Entry gained via front
sliding window. Stolen — purse
and contents estimated at 3600.

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4

The District of North Vancouver Fire
Department and Mr. Do Bee want you ito...

LEOTOR YOUR
COMIDANS FIRESARE

We keep

our tree in water

Adults, not kids,
handle candles and matches
in my house.

We keep a metal screen
In front of the fireplace.

logs, not trash,
In our
fireptace.

Centre or drop off your picture
at any District of North Van
fire hall before Dec. 17/1987.

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and away
from heat. -