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visiting
Israelis

NYC, no problem;
NVD, thieves hit

BY ANNA MARIE D’ANGELO
News Reporter

TWO Israeli men made it safe-
ly through New York City,
Chicago, Toronto and many
strange places on their way
west before they were violated
in North Vancouver suburbia

on Monday.

“Bad people you can find in any place
in the world,” said a down but not out Lior
Gechman.

Gechman and friend Ziv Feldman,
both 22. left Israel about four wecks ago
for a North American trip five years in the
planning.

The two men and Vancouver resident
Lee Feldman, 30, visited Lynn Canyon
Park on Monday afternoon.

One hour later they came back to their
car to find that a thief had pried open a
door and broken into the car's trunk.

Ziv Feldman’s 11 rolls of precious film
were gone, The film chronicled the men’s
eventful travels in Canada and the United
States.

“All the pictures in the snow, cooah.”
said Ziv Feldman. trying to find the right
words in English.

Said Gechman, “We get snow in
Jerusalem, but it is not like here, | covered
myself in snow and froze (for a picture).”

Lee Feldman (no relation to Ziv) feels
doubly bad about the stolen items.

Feldman befriended the Israelis in
downtown Vancouver last Sunday after he
heard them speaking Hebrew.

“The looked Jike two lost puppies.”
said Lee Feldman.

“I decided to show them around the
city. Lynn Canyon (Park) is one of my
favorite places — or was.” said Lee
Feldman.

Feldman fost a backpack containing
three high-density computer storage disks
in the car break-in. The disks contained
ihe last four months of kis work.

The computer disks (including the
backup) contained three-dimensional ani-
mation projects that Lee Feidman was
creating at the Vancouver Film School,

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BY IAN NOBLE

Nows Reporter

LIBERAL leader Gordon Campbell
criticized the NDP government’s
scandal] record on Thursday, but tap-
danced around questions regarding a
Liberal infraction in North Vancou-
ver-Lonsdale.

Speaking at North Vancouver-Lonsdale candi-
date Katherine Whittred’s campaign office on
Main Street in North Vancouver. Campbell nowd
the NDP is the subject of RCMP investigations
into the Nanaimo Commonweahth Holding

Society scandal and a B.C. Hydro deal that gave party insiders the inside
track on what is expected to be a sweet investment deal.

Bul when the time came to talk about Whittred’s clear violation of
Liberal policy during her run for the party nomination, Campbell skirted

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date and she’s going to win.

sn asked what he thought of Whittred’s campaign manager Brad
MeTavish also sitting on the constituency executive — which Liberal
party policy forbids — Campbell replicd that Whittred is a great candi-

Weather
Monday: Cloudy, sunny periods,
High 17°C, tow 8°C.

NEWS photo Mike Wakelield

ER resident Lee Feldman (left) and Israeli tourists Ziv Feldman (no relation) and Lior Gechman were three unhappy
.ouver visitors last week after a thief broke into their car and stole irreplaceable rolls of film at Lynn Canyon Park.

Asked to answer the ques-
tion again, Campbell said: “I
think we've got a great candi-
date here and she’s going to
win. Ethink people in this con-
stitteney Know and there was
wn active nominating fight and
it was open. ft was honest and
we had a great candidate drat was nontinated here aad that’s going to beat
(NDP incumbent) David Schreck.”

Campbell was scheduled to watch his 7 p.m. telecast at Whiltred’s
office with three North Shore candidates and the local party faithtul.

But he left the placard-waving group waiting for ian hour belore be put
jn his appearance ina Pontiac Sunbird.

Flanked by West Vancouver-Garibaldi candidate Ted Nebbeling, West

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

LIBERAL leader Gordon Campbell and North Shore
candidates Katherine Whittred and Jeremy Dalton
pledged allegiance to a taxpayers’ pledge Thursday.

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