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NEWS photo Neil Lucente

, NOW LONG winter nights do not have to cramp the style of cross-country ski enthusiasts. Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd. has recently spent
$209,000 to upgrade trails and to install five km of lighted trails on Hollyburn Ridge. Management reports a good response to evening skiing. Pic-

Arsonists

in D. Cove

A RECENT rash of vandalism and arson fires in the Deep
Cove area has sparked both community concern and an in-
vestigation by North Vancouver RCMP and North Van-
couver District Fire Department.

A stack of wooden pallets stored
near the Deep Cove Yacht Club
was torched just alter midnight on
Dee. 11. Fire department in-
vestigators found evidence that a

By MICHAEL BEC

News Reporter

fire accelerant, most Jikely
gasoline, had been used to ignite

the pallets. Several hours later the
pallets were re-ignited. Witnesses
saw youths running from the scene
at approximately 4:14 a.m.

On Dec. 15, Sirefighters
responded to a_ second-storey
apartment fire in the 4300-block of
Gallant Avenue just after 11 p.m.
The balcony, its contents, and the
exterior of the suite were damaged
after fireworks landed on the

qured are ski patrol volunteer Bill Millsom (left) and cross-country ski instructor Charles Lachance.

LOCAL YOUTHS SUSPECT

balcony.

A resident of the suite evacuated
unharmed, but the suite’s interior
sustained some smoke damage.
The tenant lost approximately $900
worth of uninsured goods. Suite
damage is estimated at several
thousand dollars. Fireworks had
been heard in the area prior to the
suite fire.

North Vancouver

District Fire

Department records show nine ad-
ditional fire-mischief incidents, in-
cluding garbage container fires and
iilegal beach fires, that occurred in
the Deep Cove area eartier this
year.

The recent spate of vandalism in
the Deen Cove area has prompted

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