West Vancouver police recover stoien vehicle A WEST Vancouver man faces several charges after the West Vancouver Police recovered a stolen car on Feb. 11. Police dog Trooper and his handler were dispatched to Lawa and Whonoak Road at 7:10 a.m. They found a Mazda RX-7, which had been reported missing from North Vancouver, But the driver of the car had feft the scene. The suspect was tracked into a heavy bush area, where he was arrested. West Vancouver resident James Christopher Lewis, 29, faces charges of theft over $1,000, pessession of stolen property over $1,000, impaired driving and driving with a blood alcoho! level over .68. Quick action prevents -Jarge fire at marina A SHARP smoke-spotting eye aboard a passing CNR train helped avert a major fire Sunday at the Mosquito Creek Marina. North Vancouver City Fire Department firefighters were called to the marina at 9:38 p.m. and found a motor home recreational vehicle on fire. The fire, which was extinguished quickly, had been observed from a CNR train nearby. Said Lt.-Insp. Dave Burgess, ‘‘The potential was enormous for a huge loss.”’ The burning motor home was parked beside a row of dry- docked boats. Two men had been living in the vehicle white they repaired their own boat. A shed containing flammable materials was located just 50 feet away. Cheers Restaurant. According to Burgess, the fire appears to have originated from a heater in the vehicle. The fire caused no injuries. Fire damage to the motor home was kept to a miminum. But smoke and heat damage to tke vehicle was extensive. - Socred breakfast set for weekend THE NORTH Vancouver-Lonsdale Social Credit constituency association has scheduled a breakfast meeting this Saturday at Guest speakers include Elwood Veitch, minister of international business and immigration; Jack Davis, minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources; Capilano MLA Angus Ree and North Vancouver-Lonsdale Social Credit candidate Marilyn Baker. The breakfast meeting is set for 9 a.m. at Cheers Restaurant, 125 East 2nd St. in North Vancouver. The meeting is open to all. For more information call 986-6010. Teachers on strike From page 4 enable students and teachers to successfully implement the massive educational changes mandated by the ministry of education,’’ said Watscn. She added that the other out- standing issues in the labor dispute are class size and resources for students with special needs. Watson said class sizes must be reduced in order to achieve ‘*max- imum individualization.” “We are particularly concerned about students with special needs, including mainstreamed students, the learning disabled and the gifted. We know that these stu- dents get short-changed in large classes,’’ said Watson. But a group of teachers ‘‘who are opposed to the use of the strike weapon in the education system and are opposed to man- datory BCTF (B.C Teachers’ Fed- eration) memtership as a condi- tion of employment,’’ have criti- cized the NVTA’s rotating strike action. The Abbotsford-based group stated that ‘ta BCTF policy on picket-line discipline to be employed by our local teachers’ union should raise alarm bells in the minds of all citizens who cherish freedom. “This new policy spells out penalties for those teachers who would cross picket lines estab- lished by the North Vancouver Teachers’ Association.” The sanctions include fines, loss of benefits and membership privi- leges for up to two years. Meanwhile, the Lynn Valley and Seylynn Recreation Centres will offer daycare camps for parents who have children attend- ing strike-bound schools but can- not care for them during the day. The board has estimated that the original NVTA contract de- mands would cost approximately $17 million. North Vancouver teachers are scheduled to work a 195-day work year in 1991. The average teacher salary in the district is $45,000 annually, including benefits. Teachers in West Vancouver’s District 45 School Board ratified a two-year collective agreement at the end of January. Versatile applies for funding VERSATILE PACIFIC Shipyards Inc. (VPSI) has applied for federal govern- ment funding to help the North Vancouver-based shipyard construct its por- tion of a $120-million B.C. Ferry Corp. superferry. By Surj Rattan News Reporter VPSI chief executive officer Peter Quinn said late Jast week that the shipyard is waiting to hear if the funding has been ap- proved. VPSI is currently negotiating with Integrated Ferry Construc- tion Ltd. (IFC) to build the stern section of the superferry. Quinn would not say how much federal funding VPSI has applied or. “We're waiting for the federal government to make an an- nouncerment on the application. Hopefully that will happen very soon,’’ Quinn said. But one industry insider, who asked not to be identified, said it was his understanding that VPSI would be given the extra funding. He added that when Toronto- based Shieldings Inc. bought VPSI in 1989 the federal government made a commitment to make grants available to Versatile. IFC project executive David Longdale said that IFC is in negotiations with several Lower Mainland shipyards, including VPSI and Vancouver Shipyards, for the construction of the 470- vehicle superferry, which is due for delivery in 1993. “Hopefully we will be able to make an announcement (for the stern section) some time this week,”” said Longdale. The superferry will be built in blocks, which will then be barged to the federal graving dock in Es- quimalt for final assembly. Earlier this month, IFC award- ed the first ferry subcontract to North Vancouver-based Allied Shipbuilders Ltd., a contract worth approximately $6 million. Allied president Arthur McLaren said the subcontract rep- Tesents about five per cent of the total work to be done on the superferry. He added that Allied will spend about one year building the bow section of the vessel. The contract is expected to increase Allied’s workforce from the present 100 to about 150 employees. The ferry corporation originally awarded the vessel contract to VPS! but Longdale, who had worked at Versatile as manager of business development, said the ferry corporation decided to create IFC to oversee ail of the subcon- tract work because the vessel was too large for one shipyard to build. PROTECT YOUR LUNGS e)@ DON’T SMOKE t British Columbia Lung Association 2 “AND: = COMEDY NIGHT | _EVERY SUNDAY _§ FOR MORE nor onan MB INFO CALL 985-6013 A SORE SR Mm COUPLES NIGHT Pf @ EVERY SATURDAY Friday, February 15, 1991 - North Shore News - 5 p<" PERCUSSIONIST West Van Pops Band t Thursday Night at 8:00 pm. Irwin Park Schoo! fun band needs experienced percussionist, tuba's and other insteuments. 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