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HUMAN skeletai
remains, estimated to
be several hundred
years old, were found
buried at Cates Park
on Sunday morning.

North Vancouser RCMP
atficerss and a coroner were
called in ter investigate the find.
The bones were found just above
the tide fine near the base of a
tree.

“To tell vou the crath they
don't know what they have,”
said North Vancouver ROMP
Const. MacPherson at the scene
on Sunday afterncon

The bones were taken to
Victoria by the coroner’s service
for further examination.

Said coroner Denver Snider
on Tuesday, “It's been tumed
over to the archeological branch
of the government and the local
(Burrard ) band have been
apprised of it.”

Snider said carly estimates put
the age of the bones at 200 to
300 years. “A gentleman was out
looking for artifacts. He was
puking = around =a midden,
espanded his site and came up
with some bones.”

— Kevin Shoesmith

tudent party pill

Robert Gatster
News Reporter robert@nsnews,com

NO one was going to get in the way of a
large group of Sentinel secondary school
students helibent on giving their summer
a send-off to remember.

It's a tradition for many North Shore high school students
entering, then last year of high whool te spend the final might
of their summer vacation canped out on their schools plavmyg
fields. But Sentmel ssudents have a sighdy different cradicen

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which sees 4 group gather in the confines of Capilano River
Regional Park, a Greater Vancouver Regional District-adminis-
tered area east of Glenmore Drive, and hunker down for the
night. A healthy supply of alcohol, mostly beer, is also kept on
hand.

As a result, nearby residents were kept up all night and
police department phones were ringing off the hook. But the
party continued unabated. In the words of some area residents,
iawent on and on. And on. By 7 am. Tuesday, the last strag
#lers were on their way out. They had to go ie school atter all.

Residents of the area were not impressed with the notse anu
even less so with their polige department which they sav faded
to break up the gathers,

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SCATTERED refuse is all that remains of a Sentinel secondary school pre-grad party that kept West Vancouver police officers and
Glenmore-area residents hopping until early yesterday morning. Abcut 1,500 cans and botties were left behind at this site south
of the Capilano watershed for Greater Vancouver Regional District staff to clean up.

“L called the police at about 6:30 p.m. last (Monday) night
and told them this party goes un every vear and she (a West
Vancouver police department stafter) asked me if they're mak-
ing any noise and I said no, not yet,” said Deona Blignaut.

She added that the woman asked her to call back if she hears
any aorse. “E said there’s a dot of alcohol here. f could: hear
them (the kidsi: ‘comte on, help us with all chis freaking beer".
They were bellowing.”

One of Blignaut’s neighbors further criticized both the par
neipating sand the police

“We don't mined them (kids: having tun, bur this is dewn

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