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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

north shore

summer

madness
hits

est Van

THE HOT weather
seems to be affecting
heads in West Van-
couver, which ex-
perienced a non-stop
weekend of wild and
rowdy parties, car.
thefts and dozens of
incidents of vandalism.

Police were stretched to
straining point as_ calls
poured in one after another,
while crews on roadblock
duty were also busy con-
fiscating liquor from
youngsters pouring onto
beaches.

For one resident of
Southridge Avenue, in the
Westmount area, the
weekend of mayhem started
day carly, becoming a
recurring nightmare.

Overnight Thursday-Fri-
day his 1977 Pontiac
Parisienne was stolen. He
found the car dumped
nearby at Southridge and
Westmount Road.

Saturday night it hap-
pened again, to his 1979
Cadillac, which was later
found by police on Craig
End.

Police are assuming it was
taken by the same people
who went on a rampage of

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weather

WEDNESDAY
Mainly sunny

THURSDAY

Some cloud

same

BELL... quitting

BAKER... running

ee

BALL... fence-sitting

POWELL... mayor for two
months

N. Van District's first woman mayor?

NORTH Vancoaver District council may well
be chaired by its first-ever woman mayor as
of November.

Mayor Don Bell Monday confirmed all the rumors
that had been circulating in the past week and
announced his resignation to take up a job as public
affairs manager for Safeway. And his announcement
was immediately followed up by one from Alderman
Marilyn Baker that she would be resigning a ycar
early to run for the mayor's chair.

Bell's carly resignation,
of which the first
suggestion was madc in last
week's North Shore News,
becomes” cffective Sep
tember 21 — two months

before has present term of
office is duc to end.
Alderman Peter Powcil
will serve as interim mayor
until the November
clections. This is sccn as a

By CHRIS LLOYD

compromise choice since
Powell is not running for
re-clection, and probably
the only possible ac
ceptable solution on a
council so deeply divided
on political stands

Bell declared with a
smile “This is called an
evening of serious an
nouncements!"

And there were others
from both the remaining
aldermen whose terms are
up in November.

Jim Ball indicated he
may well provide Baker
with competition in her bid
lo become mayor.

“T have not as yet made
up my mind,” he told Beil.
“LT had intended to run for
office but do not know
whether tt will be for your
chair or my present chair. I
have some decisions to
make in my personal and

business hfe which might
influence that’

It he now decides to run
for mayor, ato likely to

cause Bell embarrassment

over which candidate he

would publically support
Ball has in the past said
he would never run as
Mayor against Bell,
because of their friendship.
However, Bell has let it be
known in no uncertain
terms that the person most
in tune with his own
politcal views which he
considers to be middle of
the road - 1s Marilyn Baker

Baker's) public support
was clear last November
when she returned = to

pohtics, topping the polls
in the District aldermanic
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