16 — Friday, November 7, 7997 — North Shore News Halloween a hot o HALLOWEEN had police on the North Shore going door to door for assaults, van- dalism, mischief, the illegal use of fireworks and noise complaints. West Vancouver Police Sgt. Jim Almas said officers responded to 104 calls benveen 7 p.m. and 4 a.m. The average number of calls are 15 to 20 on night shift at this time of year. Almas said that on Halloween night, a West Vancouver Police officer was hit in the back with some fire- works that had grazed off a high school work experience student while the officer was near the McDonald’s parking Jot on Marine Drive. A. group of kids standing on Clyde Avenue shot the fireworks which hit the police Officer. The youths ran off and were not caught. No one was injured. West Vancouver Police officers seized two garbage cans full of fire works during Halloween night. - Almas sai actions, - In North’ . Vancouver, : Police responded to 175 calls that several of ~. the seized fireworks had dan- — gerous shooting mechanisms - on them similar to gun’ tween 6 p.m. ‘and 6 a.m., ~ | said RCMP Const. Seaman. A busy Friday night usually involves berween 60 © and 75 éalls, North +32... Vancouver. Mounties: seized: about 23 kilograms (50 pounds) worth - of fireworks. e ue © Seaman ‘said “ most,of the fireworks’ were ‘confiscated from teenagers. Liquor and ". “eggs were also taken away - from youths by police.’ - - “North Vancouver Mounties arrested a 14-year- ald near Fromme Road and 29th Street in Lynn Valley in connection with an unexploded pipe bomb. The pipe bomb was made of plas- tic tubing and contained gun powder, glass and metal. © North Vancouver Mounties and North Vancouver District firefighters were called to a van fire near TOY é Gt WAREHOUSE |. OUTLET \ SAVE.UP TO ', B04 off: SATURDAYS, 10 to.4 1130 West 19th St -- North Vancouver. “(Penibertod'& Marine) . Tom > Seymour Heights elementary school on- Halloween. Police believe vandals broke open a window on the van and threw in fireworks. The resulting fire ited the inside of the 1995 ‘ord van. Police say a group of “intoxicated teenagers” were found nearby. Liquor and fire- works were seized from the group. The North Vancouver CMP are requesting infor- mation about the van . Call the North Van Mounties at 985-1311 or Crime Stoppers at 669-3477. — Anna Marie D'Angelo ALCOHOL AND SOATING DON'T MIX DO YOU? aft The Canadian Red Cress Society ikca LOOK FOR US ON 73% hitp://www.nsnews.com or E-mail: trenshow @ direct.to Mon - Thur 9-6pm Sat 10-Spm a 12 4 Open 7 days a week Fri 9-8pm San t1-Spm No standing in line. We have private offices for your comfort and privacy. With us, you're more than just a number! We offer complete & professional insurance services. rancevAgencies fuk Theuran Group . comer of Bellevue & 15th Street Vv: ’ NORTH Vancouver RCMP Const. To “Pieve some of the fireworks police hauled in on ne No | | = City casino 2 NEWS photo Terry Fetnrs m Seaman dis- Council says no to growth | in gambling Jolanda Waskito Contributing Writer NORTH Vancouver City Council shot down a proposal for a waterfront casino in Lower Lonsdale on Monday. In turn, councillors made a point of saying no to any similar future proposals. Ronald Slinger and David Rhat, co-owners of 508353 BC Lid., were to propose that a charity casino be built at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue. They weren't given a chance to speak to council after it passed a motion reaf- firming its policy not to expand any type of gaming in ¢ city. Council had talked about the proposal in-camera, but the discussion was brought beyond closed doors when Coun. Stella Jo Dean made the motion not to expand gaming in the city. - “(The proposal) shouldn’t have even been brought before us,” Dean said. She said she was skeptical of the NDP government's intentions for wanting to expand gaming in the province. “Ar the present J don’t want to trust the govern- ment,” Dean said. “They (government) want rwo- thirds (of the profit) and one- third for charities. They just want all the moncy. They are not in the red, now they want to grab as much money as they can.” She also said that casinos exploit the r, who gambie in hopes of hitting the jack- pot, and that meager incomes would be spent on gambling. Coun. Bob Fearnley also questioned the provincial gov-. ernment’s intentions. “I think it’s reprehensible the government makes money by exploiting weaknesses,” he said. : “I can’t understand what socially responsible govern- ment would inake money on the weak.” Other councillors — ex- pressed similar feelings. “There may be more pres- sure put on this and other councils from charities,” Coun. John Braithwaite said. “But I certainly would not support any expansion of Coun. Barbara Perrault said she is “aware” that many Pad CHILD SUPPORT charities get a substantia amount of funding throug casino nights, but she said negative effect of a gamblin addiction isn’t worth the eco- nomic spin-offs. Z “Why allow gaming on] one hand and be against vio- Bm lence on the other?” Perraul Re said. a Coun. Darrell Mussatto, the lone opponent of the motion, warned his fellow Amy councillors that the city may iM “pay the-price” if they are not i prepared for a probable pro- posal by the Burrard First Nations.to build a casino. © * He also said that thei provincial government is Bim compensating charities for any lost revenue on bingo nights. The B.C. government is the only one in Canada that ‘is § including charities as “part.of the picture,” no other govern- ment gives a portion of gam- ing profits to charitable orga nizations, he said. woe Mussatta. said if- ‘council really felt that gambling was [iM wrong, then “why. don’t we. say to all the groups that raisé money through casinos . ... we should be instructing them not to raisé money that way. He said that it seemed acceptable to council . that: North Shore charities raise. money through casinos, long as it wasn’t here in thei own backyards. ‘ Guidelines ensure that children come first On May Ist, 1997, Child Support Guidelines were introduced to: ¢ Set the basic amount the parent paying child support should pay based on that parent’s income, the number of children involved and the laws of the province or territory where that parent lives; * Make setting the amount of support fair, predictable and consistent for children. 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