BRIER, Washington — City council! member Ed Walker was charged recently with spitting on a neighbor who had put up a yard sign touting Walker’s opponent in the upcoming election, Said the neighbor to a reporter, “We've got him dead to rights. All we need is a sample of his spit (for DNA testing). eoe Robesonia, Pennsylvania — Through what a company spokesman later called “human error,” the front door of the CorcStates Bank remained unlocked through the Veterans Day weekend. No one knew until a cus- tomer, who had forgotten it was a holiday, innocently walked in at 9 am. Monday, A ES NEWS OF THE WEIRD setting off a silent alarm thac alerted the police. The customer said his first thought on sceing the bank empty was that robbers had locked the tellers and = cus- tomers in the vault. West Palm Beach, Florida — A federal judge recently dismissed the disability lawsuit tiled by police Lr. Ed Wagner "against the department, ruling that Wagner was not really penalized for having the dis- ability in. thar he was merely denied a special assignment. Wagner was removed from the SWAT ceam for having a sensitive neck, a condition which came to light when he complained that an old neck injury flared up after a col- league got him in a headlock and gave him “noogies.” A Southeastern Oklahoma State University basketball player was killed near Paris, Texas, when a flying cow hit the car in which he was riding, causing the driver to lose con- trol and crash. The cow had been sent air- borne when it was hit by another car. eee An armed robber recently stole the purse of the execu- tive director of Crimestoppers of New Orleans outside her office. ees Oneida, New York — Three teenage girls were arrested after they called police to ask for help because aman who had just had sex with them and paid them with acheck for $17,500 wrote it on an out-of-state bank that the girls couldn’t get cashed. And in Salt Lake City, a judge dismissed Kachleen Ferguson’s lawsuit against Zions First National Bank for repossessing her truck. She had sued, believing she could keep the truck because she worked out a deal by hav- ing sex with the repo man. Bloomfield, Iowa — A judge has sentenced nvo men, who had clubbed 23 cats with baseball bats (killing 16), to one day in jail per cat, bur then he suspended even tcc sentence. And a judge in Leeuwarden, | Netherlands, sentenced the men who beat 3 man to death on the eve of his wedding to 16 months cach in § Man takes dead aim in prison. (In reaction, a Dutch inmate serving eight vears ina stomping death asked Queen Beatrix tor a pardon, claiming his own sentence was thus way too severe.) And last month a judge in Mexico Cit treed contessed killer-bandit Alonso Gonzalez, calling him “a Friday, February 6, 1998 — North Shore News - 17 modern Robin Hood, who not only shares what he earns from robberies, but gives his companions more monev (than he keeps).* Hours before the ingugur- al address of Mexico City’s Eaton’s Super Scratch SAVE 10% to 50% Scratch to reveal savings storewide — includes sale-priced items too! () 1 0 % off applies to Fumiture, Mattresses, Home Electronics, Major Appliances, Portable Audio/Video, Communication Equipment, Home Comfort, Floor Coverings, Home Entertainment, Cameras, Infants’ Wheel Goods, Fumiture & Fine Jewellery. Saturday & Sunday, February 7th & 81h NO DAYS ONLY Sorry, there are some things we just coutdn’t include in the Super Scratch offer Cosmetics, Fragrances, Bath & Body, Sunglass Hut, Jockey & Calvin Klein merchandise. Easy Spirit, OKNY & Catvin Klein shoes, Roots merchandise, Women's Designei fashions (classes 359/118), Men's Designer clothing including sportswear, denim. dress shirts, ties and dress clothing, watches trom Gucci, Swatch, Guess, Nautica, Timberiaad, Liz Claiborne, sale and ciearance priced Prestige watches. sale and clearance priced merchandise in the Fine and Estate jewellery departments, Christian Dior jewellery, Swarovski merchandise, Royal Velvet towels, Mont Slanc accessories, Prospector tootwear, GACO TVs, film, pre-recorded audio & video tapes, CDs, Gitt Ceslilicates, restaurants, concessions & secvices. *(Betore taxes.) Some exceptions apply. See in-store for complete details. new mayor, who was expected to announce stern measures to deal with rampant crime and police corruption, the mayor's top assistant was mugged in a taxicab. Taken during the roberry were the assistant’s wallet and briefcase, which contained the mayor’s speech.