Gun warning

‘WEST VANCOUVER Police have again issued a warne
‘ing to the public not to brandish replica handguns in
public. :

The warning follows a Sunday, July 25, incident in
which police believed they were responding to a man-

with-a-gun call.
At about 11 p.m., police arrived at Ambleside Park to

disperse a group of about 36 to 40 youths.

Police were iold at the scene that 9 male was pointing
a black handgun at otters in the park.

‘After obtaining a description of the suspect, Const.
Jeff Young and police service dog Rocky (racked the
suspect north of Ambleside Park, through the 1100-block

of Esplanade Avenue and behind the Park Royal
‘Towers. -

The police arrested the suspect in the Park Royal
- North area,

Police seized a home-made imitation handgun from a
14-year-old West Vancouver male.

“We have had several incidents of this’ nature
throughout the North Shore this summer. We cannot
emphasize the serious consequences that can eccur as a
result of this type of incident,’’ said Const. Jamie Gib-

Prison charge

‘A’ 36:YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was. recently
jailed 39 days in connection with a charge of being
at large from prison. -

\: Barry.D. Baker pleaded guilty toa charge that stemm-
ed from an incident that occurred between Feb. 25 and
Feb. 28 near Maple Ridge. wa

Judge Doug Moss said the 30-day jail sentence should
be: served consecutively with aay sentence being serv-

ad In ‘addition, Baker pleaded guilty. to breaching proba-
tion on Aug.:27, 1992, by falling: to report to.a proba-
tion officer... .
Baker received a three-day jail sentence on that charge.
Moss sentenced Baker in North Vancouver provincial
court ou July z and id Suly Fe

FIRE CAUSED extensive ‘damage’ to. the’ interior of a |

- 1980 Mercedes-Benz on Monday, July 19, on the

Trans-Canada Highway i in the’ Caulfeild-Westmount area

of West Vancouver... ‘
. The fire‘began below the dash area of the car at about

a p.m., according to; a West Vancouver District Fire ‘

Department spokesman.

No one, was injured in the fire, :
The car was owned by a Maple Ridge resident.

peration’’ of the golf course may

ead ’to.:‘‘semi- private Status’. for ;

he course. "

“Make no, ‘mistake about ‘it, this

‘a giveaway to the private. Sector
funded’ by the’ district’s heritage
fund,'? added Hocevar:

“But, Dykeman said the new golf
‘ourse. will ‘be’. owned. by the

district.’ He said that. he does not -
think ‘council’s decision to call for:

‘tenders: for: the. design, construc-
‘tion’ and operation ; of the golf
course will result: in a private fa-
cility. 3, :
: “There hasn't ‘been’ any’ : devia-
tion from a municipal golf course.
I-don’t see the action we took was
_ discrediting the’ Northlands Golf
“Course, *
I don’t understand ‘why there
“pis @ concern that we’are not going

‘to buitd-a municipal golf course,’”: =

aid Dykeman: :
"He added that -he also does not
cunderstand why Crist took ‘out an

advertisement in the Sunday, July -

‘25 edition. of the: North Shore
‘News ‘to.lambaste council’s . deci-

‘sion to put the golf. course project .

out to" “public tender.. Dykeman
‘aid. that. council; including Crist,

“had earlier. voted. for. the tender ~

process, .
”.: In. his advertisement; Crist ‘said
the Teason council has called for

the public tender process is to
“discredit. the Northlands. golf
course concept”? and to delay the
project until’ after. the next
municipal election “in the hope of
defeating it.””

But-on' Tuesday, : “Crist said: he.

welcomed council’s. decision to

reject the” five tenders already
-received.

He added that he was now hap-

py. council. has called for “limited - &
bids’’ on the operation of the golf *

course.

“At the in-camera meeting the |

mayor made a statement saying it

will be a publicly-run goif course.
“There will now be calls.for a

limited number of tenders’ to

design and build ‘a public golf .
course ‘to be run. by the

municipality.

“We'll have a good manager to
run it as'a_ business.’ The only ex-
ception is the clubhouse. Let. the
private sector run the. clubhouse.
We (district). have no business be-

‘ing in the , restaurant business,”

said Crist. os

He added that the reason the
five previous tenders were rejected
was because district: staff. did not

‘feel they were detailed enough to

be considered further.
Dykeman said he was confused
by Crist’s actions. ‘

A “find it ( the newspaper ad)

an ‘incredible statement,” .said

Dykeman.

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