3 - Sunday, July 7, 1985 - North Shore Ne News Brief eed ide ree 1 we. Business ........... Fashion............ 43 Lifestyles...........27 Sports............. 38 WEATHER: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday mostly sunny. What's Going On.....24 _ COLLINS: 8 Dogs are treated better Highs in the low to mid 20°C. REWARD OFFERED New car van DES WEBSTER shouid be beaming because he just bought himself a shiny new $13,000 car. But he’s not. The 22-year-old North Vancouver man went out for an evening of dancing and socializing at a loca! discotheque last week and he parked his black 1984 Pon- tiac Fiefo tn the 100 block alley between East Second and Third Streets. That was at about 6:30 p.m, When he returned to his “WHO would do such a thing?’ Des Webster is asking after someene used a key fo scratch By BARRETT FISHER car at about 1:30 a.m. he found the shiny paint job was marred by key scratches. “I hadn’t had the car a whole month yet,’’ Webster said. ‘I hadn’t even made my first payment on it. It was either someone I know who wasn’t pleased with me, or it was some little punk wanting a thrill. Mine was the paint of his brand new Fiero. than Ombudsman. the ouly car that was scraped. I don’t know who would do such a thing. But Pm not too pleased. I’ve spent a lot of money.”’ To finance the car, Webster traded in his °78 Capri, put down $600 cash, and got a bank loan for the remainder. Webster, who plays soccer for the NorVans, is a land- scape foreman for a development corporation. When his boss Brian Esplen, a West Van homeowner, NEWS photo Mike Wokeliela dalized found out what had happen- ed to the car, he said he would put up a $500 reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest of the vandal who scraped the car with a key. “E think it’s a tragedy when young people work for their money, and there’s an element in society going around destroying proper- ty,’ Esplen said. ‘It’s an absolute disgrace.’” Webster has made his claim to ICBC, but he’s not too pleased with the response he got from there either, “They say they won't paint the whole car. Instead they’ll paint half a fender and half a door, so I'll have half a painted car.”’ Webster called Monte Carlo Auto Body to get the shop's opinion on whether there would be a distinct line: between the new paint job and the old paint job. Webster said he was told by the body shop that it could be a problem matching the black, because the new paint will have more lustre than the first coat, but there’s no guarantee one way or the other. “T checked back with ICBC,”’ Webster said, ‘tand they won't budge. So I'm going to get it painted, but if it’s not right [’m taking it back to ICBC.”" Find your name WHAT'S in a name? $25 if your name is hidden among our classified ads. If you find your name in the North Shore News Hidden Name Contest come in to our classified department, with your name circled, and after identifying yourself go home $25 ieher. Names will be chosen randomly from North Shore residents listed in the current telephone book.