Robber gets
three months

A 21-YEAR-OLD min of no fixed address was sentenced to three
months in jail Monday after pleading guilty to robbery charges.

Terry Gordon Ladue was churged with one count of robbery fol-
lowing a June 26 purse snatching at North Vancouver's Lonsdale
Quay.

in addition to the jail term, Ladue was placed on six months’
probation by North Vancouver provincial court Judge J.D.
Layton,

Marine school
acquires funds

NORTH VANCOUVER'’S Pacific Marine Training Institute will
receive $36,000 from the $14 million recently allocated to colleges
and institutions From the provincial Fund for Excellence in Educa-
tion.

The institute will use the money to upgrade facility equipment.

In all, B.C. colleges and post-secondary institutions will have
access to a $2 million equipment incentive fund designed to en-
courage institutions to work with one another and with industry to
ensure students have the most efficient access to specialized
equipment.

Security guard
guilty of assault

A FORMER security guard at West Vancouver’s Woodward's
store was given a/§2,000 fine and two years probation Wednesday
after being found guilty on two counts of sexual assault.

Ralph Townsend, 54, was convicted in Vancouver county court
April 24.

Charges against the security guard were originally laid following
incidents in which he was accused by two 22-year-old women of
placing his hands inside their underclothing while questioning them
in Woodward's Park Royal security office.

In testimony, one of the women said that Townsend fad offered
to waive any shoplifting charges against ter if she agreed to 2 sex
act with him.

Townsend, who was acquitted on 4 third charge of attempting to
extort sexual intercourse by threats, denied touching either woman,

He was sentenced in Vancouver county court.

Booze stolen
from diner

TWENTY bottles of liquor, worth an estimated $500, were stolen
from a Lower Lonsdale restaurant Thursday between 1:30 and 8:50
a.m.

The thieves gained entrance to the restaurant by forcing entry
and causing $100 worth of damage.

North Vancouver RCMP are investigating.

Purse snatcher
grabs $230

AFTER leaving the Bank of Nova Scotia Friday afternoon, at Ith
Street and Lonsdale, a woman lost $230 when a man snatched her
purse.

The thief was last seen southbound on Chesterfield, and was
described as white, muscular-ouilt, darkly-tanned and between the
ages of 20 and 25. He had dark brown hair, below the eta, and
was wearing shiny, black knee-length cycling shorts and no shirt.

Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the
North Vancouver RCMP at 985-1311 or Crimestoppers at 669-
TIPS.

§ - Friday, July 4, 19%6.- North Shore News

IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SYSTEM
City to borrow $1 million

NORTH VANCOUVER City
Council gave initial readings Mon-
day to a plan to borrow $f million
to finance improvements to the ci-
tye water system.

The money will be repaid: ever
five years.

City ‘re surer Kenneth
Yollstar “ cipalitv. can
borrows oT essown but must
work the weh the Greater an-
couver Regional District.

“They are the middlemen,” he
said.

But before any money can
change hands, Victoria’s Iaspector
of Municipalities must give his ap-
proval,

City clerk Bruce Hawkshaw said

Hens

City workers
get wage hike

NORTH VANCOUVER City
Council approved a two-per-cent
wage hike Monday for its union-
ized municipal employees.

Personnel director Richard
Shore said the new two-year
agreement calls for a two per cent
increase during the first year and a
2.15 per cent increase during the
second year.

“There are also some minor
changes in benefits,’’ Shore said.

Classifieds
Sell
986-6222

he expects the inspector to respond

“within the week."

Council is expected to give the
plan final adoption July 14,

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