NEWS BRIEFS Moth attack THE THIRD aerial spraying of bacterial insecticide to eradicate the Asian gypsy moth on the North Shore and elsewhere around the Lower Mainland began Wednesday morning. Three DC- aircraft dropped insecticide over portions of the North Shore, Vancouver and Burnaby. On the North Shore, helicopter spraying occurred in the Capilano area. To press time, aerial spraying was scheduled to con- tinue from dawn to 7 a.m. weather permitting. The second ground spraying application was completed by Wednesday. Indecent act A 29-YEAR-OLD Vancouver man has been given a pro- bation order prohibiting him from being within a two- yiock radius of North Vancouver’s Carson Graham sec- ondary schoo) after he pleaded guilty to masturbating in a public pluce on two occasions in September. : Raymond Weyman Lee received six months’ probation for committing the indecent acts on Sept. 15 and Sept. 25 on the 2100-block of Jones Avenue in the presence of one or more persons. . Judge Harry A. White sentenced Lee in North Yan- couver provincial court on May 6. Lee received a discharge and probation for the offence and will have no criminal record after he successfully completes his probation, Couple charged TWO VANCOUVER residents have been charged with break and enter-relaied offences afier the Eaton’s Gepartment store in the Park Royal Shopping Centre was broken into on the night of May 8. A West Vancouver Police Department spokesman said the police received an alarm call from the store at 11:54 p.m. on May 8. After checking the exterior of the store, the police noticed a roof hatch on the building had been removed. Two suspects were later acrested inside the store. Charged with break and enter are 19-year-old Andrea Karpati and 26-year-old Peter Franz. Suite burned FIRE CAUSED approximately $20,000 in damage to an apertment in North Vancouver City on May 3. According to 2 North Vancouver City Fire Department spokesman, a frying pan teft on a hot oven ignited shortly after 9 a.m, in a suite located at 145 St. Georges Ave. A fire department spokesman said several tenants of the building escaped down a smoke-filled stairway. He advised that people faced with a similar situation shoald sot risk exposure to smoke and should instead exit via an alternate siairway. The fire caused no injuries. N. Shore to pay highest . parks, recreation, school tax rates in BC. PROPERTY OWNERS in West and North Vancouver will be paying the highest residential school tax rates in the province in 1992, according to an announcement by Fi- nance and Corporate Relations Minister Gien Clark detail- ing the government’s redistribution of the school tax burden. While residential school taxes will decrease in 44 of B.C.’s 75 school districts, the . residential school tax in West Vancouver District 45 will more than double. For example, a West Vancouver home valued at $337,597 (the district median) will have a 1992 residential school net tax of $591. The 199i rate was $243. This $348 (143%) increase rep- resents the largest change in the province. Property owners in North Van- couver District 44, meanwhile, will also see a substantial increase in their school tax rate. The 1992 net school tax on a $196,534 home (the district me- dian) will be $427, up $187, or 78%, from the 1991 rate of $240. District 44 residential school taxes are the second highest in the, By A.P. McCredie Contributing Writer province. “There is no increase to average residential school tax rates, which remain at $5.04 per $1,000 of a property’s assessed value,’’ Clark’s release stated. Business and industrial school tax rates, however, wil! increase by 6%. The release also stated that of “the 31 B.C. school districts with rate increases, ‘‘most increases will be less than 4%.”’ For 1992, residential, business and industrial school taxes throughout the province will add $1.013 billion to the provincial treasury. WV buys more of Norris WEST VANCOUVER District has acquired another 218 Len Norris car- toons to add to its collec- tion of works by the retired newspaper cartoonist. By Maureen Curtis . Contributing Writer Instead of purchasing the car- toons, West Vancouver District Council decided to receive them as a donation, and in exchaage, issue a $21,800 tax receipt. Ald. Pat Boname and council’s culture and community services committee viewed the cartoons before agree- ing to acquire them. “While it is apparent that most of these cartoons do not apply di- rectly to this community, it was felt that they were of significant ‘import from an historical point of view, considering Mr. Norris’ long-time residence in West ‘Van- couver,”” Boname said. Ald. Andy Danyliu said many of Norris’ cartoons were emblazoned on his memory. “There’s more than laughter there. He had a way of capturing events. There are Jessons in histo- ry to be learned,’’ he said. Danyliu said he hoped that the Norris collection would be used by the municipality rather than be left to gather dust. Mercedes-Benz BMW Porsche Toyota Acura Honda The desirable trades are found at: Mercedes-Benz as Novthhone See this issueof Automotive Classified ~ 1375 Marine Dr. North Van 984-9351 A New Operetta Especially for Children Based upon the Award-Winning Story Book by Ivan Gantschev Written and directed by Robert M, Gordy Musical direction by Alan Anderson: Set and costume design by Candace Holmes Show Times May 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30 pm Special Matinee May 29 at 1 pm. Location North Vancouver's Centennial Theatre . 2300 Lonsdale Avenuc Ticket Prices $7.00 - Children (12 & under) & Seniors $12.00 - Adults Tickets are available through the Centeanlal Theatre Box Office: 984-4434 Presented by the North Shore Children's Entertainment Society. All profits to benefit the B.C. Lions Society for Crippled Children. 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