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MONDAYS:
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tion for girls between the

= ages of 11 and 20 who are

related to a master mason.
Info: Janice Evans, 986-
2980.

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North Shore Keep Well is
a free drop-in program for
older ‘adults every weekday
morning. Activities include
mild exercise, walking,
blood pressure, nutrition,
massage, and speakers.
Locations: Mondays:
North Shore
Neighbourhood House;
Tuesdays: Mt. Seymour
United Church;
Wednesdays: Silver
Harbour Centre;
Thursdays: West Vancouver
Seniors Activity Centre,
Libby Lodge, W.V. Fridays:
Kiwanis Lynn Manor. Info:
987-8138.

North Shore
Toastmasters: Enhance
personal growth in a sup-
portive and positive envi-
tfgpment. Develop commu-
nication, leadership and
good public speaking skills.
Mondays, 7:15 p.m. , West
Vancouver United Church,
2062 Esquimalt Ave., W.V.
922-9732 or 986-
1025.

IntermediateBridge:
Delbronk Community
Centre, Mondays and
Thursdays 12:30-3 p.m
Everyone welcome. nfo:
The Osteoporosis Society:
North ore Support
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Monday of each month, 7
p.m., West Vancouver
Seniors’ Activity Centre.
Info: 731-4997.

Canadian Federation of
University Women, West
Vancouver, meets the third
Monday of each month, West
Vancouver Presbyterian
~Church, 7 p.m. Info: 922-
7358.

TUESDAYS

Sahaja Yoga Meditation:
Free classes, 7 p.m., North
Shore Neighbourhood
House, N.V. Info: 985-
9391, 985-0564.

Mom’s Time Out: Stress
management for young
mothers. Every Tues. start-
ing Spt. 9, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Register: 929-5524.

Carousel Chorus: Mects
every Tuesday, 7:30-9:30
p.m. New members need-
ed. No audition needed,
just love of singing.
Information: 988-5050, or
926-8227.

St. John Ambulance
Brigade. Be a first-aid vol-
unter. 7:30-9:30 p.m. 150
E. 2nd Street, N.V.
Information: 552-5454.

Lions Gate Chorus: Sweet
Adelines International. 4-
part barbershop harmony
for women of all ages.
Rehearsals, 7:30 p.m.,
Victoria Drive Commrnity
Hall, 2026 East 43rd Ave.,
Van. Info: Leanne, 294-
9686.

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DURING) the = summer,
recent philosophy Ph.D
graduate Stephen Hare hung
out a shingle to practice his
trade in Ottawa.

Hare charges clients
around $50 an hour to help
them work through personal
and professional problems,
largely ignoring the psy-
chotherapy wisdom of Freud
and Jung in favor of the rig-
orous thought of Aristotle

_and Socrates.

Said Hare, “I just help
people distinguish good rea-
soning from bad reasoning.”

Columbus, Ohio — Peter
“Commander Pedro” Langan
has been convicted of federal
assault and gun charges for a
1996 shootout with police.

Langan also Las been con-
vieted of two bank robberies
and faces trial in four orhers
as leader of a neo-Nazi,
white-supremacist gang that
used the robberies to fund its
activities.

At his trial, to show
Langan’s kinder, gentler side,
his lawyer brought in a man
and a woman to describe their
romances with him. Both wit-
Messes were pre-operation
transsexuals; around the time
of the robberies, Langan was
dating both while dressing
exclusively as a woman. The
lovers were known as
Langan’s “business partners”
because neo-Nazis are not
known to be fond of such sex-
ual lifestyles.

Wired magazine reported
in its October issue that Jason
Gorski, 39, periodically stages
concerts in San Francisco-area
parks with surplus, diesel-
powered Coast Guard
foghorns that yield a “stom-
ach-clenching” 140 decibels
of sound, thus enraging the
neighbors.

ecause of the overpower-
ing, noise, Gorski is forced to
wear head-to-toe, sound-
insulating protective clothing.
Local police have been dis-
mayed to learn that Gorski
does not need a permit for his
concerts because technically,
he plays “acoustic.”

Hillsborough, North
Caroling — Wendell
Williamson has filed a lawsuit
against his former psychia-
trist, Dr. Myron Liptzin,
blaming him for the 1995
shooting rampage in Chapel
Hili in which Williamson
killed two people and for
which he is now housed in a
state mental hospital.

Williamson claims he was
impelled to the rampage
because Liptzin had just

| retired, leaving Williamson

without counseling.
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Janesville, Wisconsin —
Joe Murphy complained to
reporters recently that he
ambled away his lump-sunt
40,000 Social Security dis-
ability grant — and it was the
government’s fault.

Murphy is reported to
have a mild mental impair-
ment but fought authorities,
and won, to have his grant
paid directly to him instead of
to a third- party adviser
(which is typical in cases like
his).

Murphy's old position,
quoted to a reporter: “I said,
‘Just gimme

the money,

“NEWS OF THE
WEIRD

gimme t the money, gimme the
money.’”

Mfurphy’s current posi-
tion: “If you’re mentally or
physically “Gisabled, the gov-
ernment needs to protect
(you). What they did was give
me a loaded gun and say,
‘Shoot yourself.’”

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In Philadelphia, a federal
judge has sentenced john G.
Bennett Jr., 60, to 12 years in
prison for a fraudulent chari-
table fund-raising pyramid
scheme, eight years less than
the minimum he should have
received under sentencing
guidelines.

The judge was persuaded
that Bennett committed fraud
only because of a delusional
disorder characterized by
“unchecked religious fervor,”
in which he believed that any
conduct was justified as long
as it served God through phil-
anthropy.

CORRECTION NOTICE
In our 810-2 Bay Day fiyer,
33 Degrees ski sweators on
page 39 will be substituted
at the store. Noble fir wreath
on page §4 should have
read “One Day Only! Wed..
Nov. 5”. All Christmas Trim
Offers on page 54 should
have read “4 Days Only!
Wed., Nov. 5 to Sat., Nev. 8”
unless otherwise stated.
Oneida flatware set on page
62 the photo is incorrect.
Sorry for any inconvenience
this may have caused.

THE RIGH “TUNE:

failed his bar exam in 1994
(63.868 points, vs. 65.006
for passing), has sued the
Oregon State Bar in federal
court in Portland.

The wanna-be _ legalist
claims that he would have
passed except for the inces-
sant sound of a jackhammer
doing repair work outside the
test site. Maass also took the
exam in 1997 (without a jack-
hammer) and also failed, bur
he said he still would have
passed in 1994.

According to Portland
police, Duane J. Babcock, 33,
hailed’ a taxi to a Bank of

crates slips past Freud

America branch, which he
then robbed.

The driver, oblivious of
the robbery, also drove
Babcock away afterward. The
driver was questioned by the
FBI after witnesses identified
the taxi, but he could give no
other information on
Babcock.

That evening, Babcock
again needed 2 taxi and for
some reason telephoned the
same company. The same dri-
ver showed up. After taking
Babcock to his destination, he
called the FBI, which soon
arrived to question Babcock,
who was still carrying his
holdup note in his pocket.

| 7D North Shore Multicultural Society |

INS/7Z5 [HOST PROGRAM VOIUNTEERS NEEDED

The Host Program is looking for voluntecrs to spend time once

a week assisting newcomers learn more about C2znadian life

and helping them practice their English skills. Volunteers can

learn ubout another cultare and language and make new

friends. There is no financial obligation to join thia program.
For more information, call Golnaz

Sars

of the North Shore Multiculzural Society
at 988-293).
‘This program is Sunded by Citizenship

and Immigration Canada.

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