8 — Sunday. February 17, 1991 - North Shore News

War puts a dent in
NV school trip plans

PERSIAN GULF War jit-
ters have caused five North

Vancouver secondary
schaols to cancel or
postpone field trips to

Europe and Japan that had
been planned for the com-
ing summer and fall.

By Patrick Raynard
Contributing Writer

But all parties remain optimistic
that hostilities in the Middle East
will be over in time to allow the
students to make those trips be-
fore they graduate from high
school.

Assistant schools superintendent
Chris Kelly told the North Van-
couver District 44 School Board
on Tuesday night that all the
travel agents and airlines concern-
ed have made a ‘‘good effort’’ to
refund as much money as possible
and give travel vouchers as well.

Balmoral, Carson Graham,
Argyle and Handsworth schools
had planned to send a total of 63
students to Germany and Austria.

Handsworth had also planned
to send 14 students to Paris,
France and 30 students to Jupan.

Sutherland had planned to send
30 students to London, England,
the scene of an Irish Republican
Army attack last week that dam-
aged the facade of No. 10 Down-
ing Street during a meeting of the
British cabinet. The IRA bombing
was unrelated to the Gulf War.

Board chairman Marg Jessup
thanked Kelly for helping to or-
ganize the trips and then = ad-
ministering the consulting process
that allowed final decisions to be
made entirely by the students,
parents and teachers, rather than
by administrators.

Drivers guilty
of drinking

RECENT CONVICTIONS in
North Shore courts have resulted
in fines and penalties, including a
one-year driving suspension, for
drinking and driving related of-
fences:

NORTH VANCOUVER:
Christopher Alan Hay, 28, 1103-
612 West Sth Ave., New
Westminster (over .08, $500 fine).
WEST VANCOUVER: Danicl
Jean Armstrong, 20, 5577
Gallagher Place, West Vancouver
(over .08, $475 fine); Diana Lynn
Matrick, 25, 1253 Chartwell
Place, West Vancouver (over .08,
$475 fine).

NORTH VANCOUVER GIRLS
SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION

Registration Dates & Times:
Sat., Feb. 16 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Sun., Feb. 17 12:00 pm-4:00 pm
Sat., Feb. 23 10:00 om-4:00 pm
Sun., Feb. 24 12:00 pm-4:00 pm

Locations:
Lynn Valley Mali, Capilano Mall
& Save-On Foods (Park & Tilford)

Cost:
$25 for those born 1983 & 1984
$40 for those born 1973-1982
$60 for those born before 1972

Family rates are available.
Lote registration from March 1, 1991
will be on additional $5.00.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
980-2142 or 988-3561.

On the

In his presentation to trustees.
Kelly stressed that he and all con-
cerned still hoped that the same
trips can be made ata later date.

The board is considering
establishing a policy on further
offshore field trips that schools
may be planning during the dura-
tion of the Persian Gulf War.

photo Mike Wakefield

NORTH VANCOUVER youth Mike Ackhurst poses with the dog he saved recently. The 14-year-
old heard cries from the five-month-old pup who had fallen into the owners’ pool. Ackhurst

hopped the fence and pulled the drowning dog to safety.

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