NEWS photo Brad Lodwidge _ . “THE EAST abutment to Cleveland Dam will be the subject ofa 1 $2. 5-million study aimed at stop- “<2 ping a seepage problem. The abutment includes the grassy area visitors stroll east of the dam. ‘THE ‘GREATER : Vancouver - Regional District (GVRD) has “committed © $2.5 million to study. how to.stop, continuous ‘fow-level seepage through the - east abutment of the Cleveland ‘Dam | in, North Vancouver.” iy" lan Noble: News’ Reporter, ‘And based on a-recent Greater. “ Mancouver Water. District:, report, that study should be welcomed by some North Shore residents. ° -/°The public risk related to delay- ing ‘the « proposed’ work is borne ‘directly by citizens of the districts of . North and West Vancouver who live CAPILANO: HOWE ‘SOUND immediately adjacent or down- stream of Cleveland Dam.” said the report. ! A breakdown of the $2.5-million tab shows $850,000 to geotechnical advisers’ °°: Klohn-Crippen Consultants /Ltd; $550,000 to a drilling contractor, $100, 000 ‘for ; instrumentation, $500,000. for (un- nel rehabilitation, internal costs of $100,000 anda. $42 20,000 contin- gency fund. | Much of the study’ money will come from/the (995 budget for a “dam seismic upgrade program. The funding. transfer ‘will push the seismic, program back by six ‘months. Final funding for the seis- mic program will be sought/in the 1996 , budget, said) 2° GVRD ‘spokesman t news brieis rize and Referm Party inance critic Herb Grubel has. been awarded the Bernard : Harms-Medal in international ‘economics ‘by the Institute for, World Economics at the University of Kiel, Germany. “" Grubel’s ottice said previous medal/winners include for- “mer German finance minister Karl Schiller and former »: German Central Bank chief Helmut Schlesinger. : ; : At the award ceremony, Grubel, a fornier Simon Fraser “« University economics professor, will lecture on ‘acceptable _ compromises between the welfare state and elficiency. Jail terms i. aan |: i AY 19. YEAR-OLD New Westminster] man was jailed one ‘year on May, 24 in connection with a recent business bur- “glary in the. 900- block of . West Ist ‘Street in North “Vancouver. ; | “Dwayne Nathan Dennis pleaded guilty to a break, enter “and theft charge stemming from an April 9 incident. His - co-accused, - Christopher .;Lee. Boyer, 20, . of “¥ Vancouver, also pleaded guilty to the charge. Boyer was “ sentenced to six months in jail. a : Dennis also received 12 months’ probation. Both men were sentenced in May i in North Vancouver provincial c court. : ‘Political support LIBERAL ‘NORTH ‘Vancouver-Seymour MLA Daniel ". Jarvis supports increased aid to crime victims. | ’ The introduction of the provincial Victims of Crime Act cand the Criminal Injury Compensation Act ensures victims “will: be informed of police. investigations and the status of offenders. Victims can alse apply for compensation. Slam “particularly pleased that the families of Lynn Duggan and Verne Flather will now have the rights, ‘compensation and assistance that they, have ‘been denied. ”* said Jarvis. : Water district, manager’ John Morse said the study will determine how much the GVRD must spend to solve the ground seepage problem. Current estimates to a solution - vary widely, Morse said fixing the problem won't. come cheap, The cost could be in the $20 million or. nore range. “T's know,” he said. The GYRD said the. seepage problem has been ongoing but con- * trolled since the dam was built to create the Capilano Reservoir in 1955. -. However, over the years scepage has increased, ~ Morse said sooner or later, the Seniors targeted by fraud artists | “A POLL by-Toronto’s Ryerson Polytechnical Institute reveals up to 4% of seniors are'victims of abuse, often in the form of financial exploitation. In :response to the trend, nar titled Seniors and. Financial Abuse. - ; The bank said participants ‘will have an opportunity to learn how to safeguard themselves and recognize signs of fraud and financial abuse. The ongoing problem is now being aired. more. frequently . as seniors overcome shame and fear to” tak about the problem. ‘It is time we broke ‘the silence, A None of us can look the other way. : said Vida Dharas. ‘the bank's. per- sonal banking. manager: at. the™ : Dundarave branch. “By providing our seniors with: information. and building relation-: ships and trust with them. we cun “work together to reduce, the risk sof: financial abuse A» one- and- ea-half- hour , fraud seminar will be, held June; 26 at : North Shore Neighbourhood! House at 225 East 2nd St. in North a vaneouven: . “~" For more information ‘about the 1 p.nrseminar call Lex Stews art at mee 7800, the more we' don’t really . the: ‘Royal! Bank will host a local semi- DRIVE-THRU Olt CHANGE PROFESSIONALS IG) /MPRPAPIDIUBE $ WARRANTY ¢ Oil Changes « Radiator Flu ° Fuel System Gif » Engine flush « Differential Service . 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