Clancy Grass Productions
and EPI Ltd. found: them-
selves locked -out ‘of the
studios at 2280 Folkstone
Way i in West Van. when they
went down last week to

prepare for taping of. the.

show, which begins “Sep-

By TERRY LAVENDER

The company that was
Vancouver the Hollywood of the North can’t pay
Tom Jones ‘Show out of

to make West

at show.
‘tember 1. It took a court

order to finally gain access
to Panorama (best known for
production of Let's Make a
Deal)~ on Thursday, said
Michael Schultz, a lawyer
for Clancy Grass.

Schultz said: Clancy Grass’

' couver

and EPI have had difficulty.

with Catalena im the past
because of the West Van-
firm’s dismal
financial picture. Catalena’s
lighting people walked off
the job and only came back
when the Tom Jones staff
paid for the lighting
themselves, said Schultz.
The lawyer “also said
Catalena cheques have

__ bounced, top company brass

vbave quit and other staff |

stecmbin have been fired.

locked out of the studio
because the show's
producers hadn't paid their
bills, said McLennan.
However, Schultz said
Clancy Grass and EPI had
paid the weekly rent for the
studio regularly.

Catalena and EPI were
involved in a court action a
few weeks ago when EPI
sued Catalena for breach of

agreement, citing Catalena’s
The Tom Jones Show was CONTINUED ON PAGE All

But Catalena President,
Ian McLennan denied the
charges and said the

INTENSITY of spectacular $100,000 blaze Thursday might in the 2400 unoccupied home aud amothe: wader comstraction next door, as well as

block Palmerston Avenue, West Vancouver bs reflected in fircfighter’s

alightly damaging two other howses. The flames were visible from East

face above. The fire—of so far andetermiecd origin—destroyed am Vancouver. See story om page A3 (Tesry Peters photo).

Reaching Every Door on the North Shore

ARSON CASE
Secona
blaze in
a month
hits
business

juve Wednesday
evening, "making it the
second .time in less than
a month the block has
been ravaged by fire.

And the _ chief fire
prevention officer in North
Vancouver District fears for
the safety of fire fighters if
such incidents continue, and
is looking for information on
the fire.

Assistant Chief Leo Ius
said the fire department
received a call at 10:42 p.m.
to report a fire at the Old
Country Restaurant § and
Delicatessen, at 1045 Marine
Drive.

Fire fighters arrived to
find a “working fire” in
process but managed to stop
the blaze from spreading to
adjacent stores, and brought
it under controt in 17
minutes.

CONTINUED ON PAGE A8

weather

SUNDAY:
Cloudy with some sunny
breaks.
MONDAY:
Little change.

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