‘BO - Friday, August 13, 1993 - North Shore News

Civilization as we know it

A Cincinnati woman charged
recently that a 42-year-old man
sexually assualted her after taking
advantage of a medical condition
which usually causes her to faint
when she hears the word ‘sex’.
Allegediy, the man accosted her.in
her apartment building, uttered
the magic word, and then
assaulted her after she fell to the
floor. In a court appearance last
month, the woman fainted twice
when prosecutors used the word
‘sex’? in descriptions of her con-
dition.

The largest segment of North
Vancouver’s population is the 30
to 34-year-olds — 10,905 of them
‘== representing !0% of the popu-
lation. In West Vancouver, it is
the 65 to 74-year-olds that domi-
nate the population — 4,365, or
an 11% share of the total West
Vancouver population.

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A grey-and-white suitor has
wandered off the mean streets of
Washington, D.C. in favor of the
pampered stomping grounds of
.the First Cat, Socks. Aides to the
Clinton clan report that an ap
parently homeless cat just showed

up on the White House grounds.
White House. sources confirm the

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cat has been seen in the company
of Socks on several occasions.

A North Carolina paper. reported
in April that some parents from
Gaston County have demanded
that Africa and Germany be
-removed from maps and globes in
local ‘classrooms because they
‘believe those places are an-

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u-Christian. The parents also
called for the suppression of
Greek letters from the curriculum
because they believe their use
constitutes an endorsement of
homosexuality.

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Kenneth Morseon, 36, was ar-
rested in Portage, Indiana last
month after he forced a service
station employee to sell him, after
closing hours, three quarts of oil.
Morseon then poured the oi! on
himself in order to ward off evil
spirits.

Portion of all war fatalities in the
last 500 years that took place in
this century: three-quarters. So
much for the ‘civilized’ century.

In June, a judge told a U.S. Army
Sergeant that he would have to
wait 30 days to undo the name
change that he had just been
granted and about which he was
having second thoughts. Tyrone

_Victor Wright had changed his

name to Jesus Christ Hallelujah.
After. living with the name a few
days, Sergeant Hallelujah began to
have his doubts about the new
moniker.

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A SKULL with antlers rests against a fence in the corner of a.

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Michael, Jessica remain
top newborn | names: list

ONCE AGAIN, Michael
and Jessica head the list of
most. popular newborn
names for British Columbia,
according to the provincial

- Division of Vital Statistics.

Each .year, the division gener-
ates a listing of names: from its
birth registry database. By law, -
the division is amndated to regis-
ter all births in the province.

The top. 10 names showed only

1992

“1, Michael
2. Matthew
3. Brandon
‘4. Ryan

5. Christopher .
6. Kyle

7. Jordan
8. Tyler’

9. Daniel
10. Joshua

1999

1, Michael

2. Matthew | ;
3. Christopher
4, Ryan i
5. Jordan

6. Kyle

7. Joshua .

8. Andrew

9. James.
10. Brandon’

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Megan in the list.-

New popular names . for males
included Tyler and Daniel,.
knocking Andrew’ and. ‘James ou
of the top 10, - :

For. females, . Emily _teplaced)

Although .- these names. w
most commonly. used, each ‘repre-
sent only a small fraction | of .the
total number of names selected fo
children born in B.C, ° >
. For-exampte, . of the tozal 23, 657;
males born in, 1992, only 494 “(two

"per cent). were named Michael and

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9. Jennifer
10. Brittany.

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A NEW course at Capilano Col-
lege .this. fall will give aspiring
authors the tools necessary to have
their work published.
Communications 290 ~ Mar-

- keting a nonfiction book — aims

to get writers into the literary
marketplace by Christmas. The
course will teach wanna-be
wordsmiths how. to find the most
suitable publisher for their work,’
and how to prepare a query letter
and a sample manuscript.

“For years we offered a suc--
cessful course in commercial ‘fic-
tion,”? said instructor Crawford
“Now it’s the turn for
nonfiction writers.”’

What kind of nonfiction should
students write?

Kilian encourages authors to
pursue what interests them.

“But they need to frid an
unusual angle, . especially if the
field is already . crowded with
comparable books,’? he added.

“For example, a cookbook or war’
memoir should - have Something °
special going in it.”

Because it is hard te break into
the publishing world, and equally
hard to make much money from a’’
book, Kilian emphasizes efficient
work habits and a businesslike ap-:'
proach to every writing project. ;

“Some people will come in with
a complete manuscript, others.
with just a gleam‘in their. eye,’’. .
Kilian said. “But we'll all try to
produce something by..Christmas |
—a query letter, outline and some =
sample chapters.”’

Kilian has published 15. books,
three of which are nonfiction.

Anyone interested in’ taking .
Communications 290 should call’
Kilian at Capilano College, 986-
1913, local 2585. The course will
meet on Tuesday. evenings, Sept. 7
to Dec. 14, at the college’s: North |
Vancouver campus.