co

School
traffic

hoy re
yy Susan Pohorski
Contributing Writer f

“TRAFFIC snarls at West
Vancouver Secondary",
‘School have brought some
‘tempers to the boiling ©

_ Point,

“George Grills;.a Mathers Avenue
” resident came to West Vancouver:
, council on Monday'to ask for regte!'ir
“ dents-only parking near, the school,
“Tan willing to put’up with the
: trai, but “I'can’t . park. within a "
_ block of my house,” Grills sald, *s”
'In.the past he’s called to report
“pang .Violations,’ Fifty. students
‘«-tecelved tickets, “I got my windows
-smashed for it,” he said, :
Several years,of complaints have’

coteacheed| ia peak. ‘The school has-a..| © Lm

population of 1,600. students, ©
, Ar meeting - ‘between | riuicipal
staff, ‘school. parents, and residents:
of, Kings. Avenue,. Mathers Avenue
‘and Inglewood" "Avenue failed - to
okt consensus on an appropri-
“ate solution, =:

{02 Gordon MacKay, assistant direc:
hy tor .of operations, ‘recommended ~
hat council restrict parking on the
“north side of Mathers Avenue oppo-
“site the school, MacKay also recom:
mended the opening of 17th Street
of, Kings? Avenue’: to permit

was one-way southbound traffic:

. nv the” past; the school district
‘has said j it will not permit car traffic’,
n ‘the pa portion of 17th Street that i is

n school proper :

Ss roe te Met ad adopt the. ree’
- ommendations, Instead it requested

member’ of the: West Vanecuver
School Board. attend. the July

ouncil niceting ‘to discuss plans é
“alleviate the problems,
2S “The school. board has ‘not taken

major role in this,” said Coun, Bill
Soprovich, ' “They: have’ skirted, the,
issue, pores :

« Warren “Hicks;: West’ Vancouver,
secondary principal, said with many

tudents involved: in. work experi-
nee’ programs, cars are coming and
“going from the school at all hours, -
Renovations at the school, also add
“to the problems... #1."

“ “Opening 17th: Street ” poses a

safety concern. because of’ students »

, -moving' from the south campus to
* ‘the north’ campus,” he said:“When —
< the-west wing is torn down we will.
“add..10° more Portables: on, the

outhern site,”
>, The - parking lot: on the school *
ite “is - never: full, Hicks: said.
. Students : prefer! to park on. the
streets surrounding the school, . . .
wa Garry. Hiscox,.-a ‘resident’ of
"anglowcoi Avenue, presented “a
‘petition signed by °33 ‘residents
~ opposed ‘to the: “Opening: of 17th
Street. on
_ «Marcelle Albi ‘spoke on behalf of
her, velderly, father, Walter“ Kellogg
: who lives on'/Mathers Avenue. She 4
~ said, student. drivers‘block her par-
« ents driveway and she’ fears that if
an. ambulance was‘ called, medical *
é personnel may not reach’ her, pare
_enes’ home in'tin
-> Albi and. th ‘Kelloggs | ‘favor |
“w festricted parking on the north side
“of: Mathers ‘Avenue “and opening
“<17th Street for southbound traffic.
=. David Thistle, Kings Avenue res,
dent and: Block Watch ca ptain, said °
- athe: school boardand. the schoo!
“have made. the situation: intolera-
ible”; He : favors closing . Kings
Favenuc, ‘Spening 17th Street to -
* two-way “traffic and “making: the
school board sesponsible & for safety. -

CAPILANO Suspension Bridg e tour quices den Evers (right), Krist! Stickland (left) and Kerry McDowall viear Iate. 19th-centu
dress during last weekend's 1869 Days, held annually in recognition of the bon beginnings. Visitors were admitted free, w
the bridge lonating $15,254 -—- one ollar for every admission —to Ronald Mc fad

vo

Vancouver Yellow Cab
‘driver left to die in’:
‘North Vancouver alley

-ByAI Anna Marie D'Angelo |

News Reporter
_ dangelo@nsnews.com ,

. SOMEBODY. stabbed cab driver ws
David Jon Malloy more than, 20°

times.. on

The Vancouver Yellow
days later on March 19, 1996,

Fifteen months. have § gone by and no. one has
been charged,» of

Malloy, 44, of Vancouver, was left bleeding i in
“an alley in the 700-block ‘of West 20th Street
near Fell Avenue in North Vancouver,

Someone drove off in Malloy’s blood-stained
cab, Malloy’s wallet was taken.

The ok was- later found abandoned “near
Cordova and Dunlevy in Vancouver's east side,

Police never recovered the knife used in, the
stabbing. °

Now North Vancouver RCMP murder inves-
tigators are hoping a CrimeStoppers re-enact-
ment of the crime will lead to more tips.

“We believe somebody out there knows what
happéned to this fellow and who killed him and
“Wwe are eee they will come forward with infor-
mation,” said Const, ‘Tom Seaman,

!
}

_. By Martin Millerchip

- Contributing: Writer
miiller@ns snews. com

» POINTLESS paper-pushing or proactive inclusiveness?
“AY proposed | District. Community , Diversity Advisory Committee
(DCDAC).got the grcen light by the narrowest of 4-3 margins in a hotly
contested debate among North Vancouver District councillors Monday with
one councillor describing the meeting as “a sham of a sham.” :
Coun, Trevor Carolan’s comment came as he responded to a large mul-.
Aicultural lobby that had dominated most of the public input session express-
he be eliminated on the eve: :

“oft its implementation after a five-year public consultation Process: :

ing concern and outrage that the DCDAC migi

‘ab driver’ died ‘wo!

Ce toy aka

si a BEATE

¥
corliet Ph soar & vee tvreede

ey
ei ette ce ay cs

ae

a
Ne

it
]

Bridging generations —

Cyne

POLICE released composite drawings: ‘of.,
the Malloy murder. suspect (left).and the’ ~

robber of an elderly, apartment manager.

“The CrimeStoppers segment is slated to run
all week on television:

Seaman described ‘Malloy as:a' well-educated
a person who was.a loner, Malloy drove cabs for
eight years'in Vancouver. ~

Malloy was able to speak to police brietly after
being | stabbed,

He said the attacker was a dark-skinned or
black man. A composite of the attacker is being
shown for the-tirst time with the CrimeStoppers
re-enactment,

Police declined to release more details regard-
* ing the murder investigation.

Meanwhile the North Vancouver RCMP have
released a composite photo of.a’man suspected,

of robbing an elderly apartment “manager on

Thursday 1 in the Lower: Lonsdale area,

Mb

Diversity divides NV District cainell

om

onald House.

Police say ‘the 77-year ‘old, woman showed an
apartment; suite toa: would: be, tenant sat 6: 30°
p.m, «

-When they got back to: the’ manager °S office;
the man pulled, a,knife and‘robbed the senior...

‘The woman was bound Ynd! gagged with tape Lh.

by the“robber: Police say’ the robber,wore stirgi-
cal-type gloves: while committing the crime.
Police ‘say the: apartinent manager struggled,
free after the robber left, «=:
North Vancouver: RCMP Const, Greg Bishop’
said the’ ‘woman was traumatized» but not phys.
cally injured as a result of thé robber

4 The robber made off with a small a amount of

cash,”

“This was an unusual fobbery because’ apart-

* ment-managers typically do not-have money on

hand. And it was a.rare occasion thatthe victim

ins this “matter had «money, “her: possession

because’ normally she would not,” said Bishop...
The robbér is described as being a Caucasian

man, age 35, 1,82 m (6°),73 kg, {150-170 tbs.)

with short black hair, He was as balding o on top and-

unshaven, 0. -# “ee

» The suispect was wearing a blue, d

yellow stripe down’ both ‘sleeves and tight black.

jeans. He may.walk with a limp.

‘Police say the robber calle himself “Mike B.
Seymore” and" gave. a birth . date of Sept. 1 6,
1947; ae %

Meaitwhile anyone ; with information about’:
the robbery or the Malléy murder i investigation . .
is asked to call Const. Bishop i in the serious crime

‘section at 985-1311 or ‘CrimeStoppers ar: 669- .

8477...

a Loo

wr

Carolan alleged theré had been Ma well- orchestrated attempt to bring < out, .
one side of the argument” and proposed deterral of f the debate or risk “howls

of outrage

zation ofa lobby group.

: across the North Shore.” ; ‘
“Tsu ascribe to the science of unity. not the science of divisions _ that? Ss
(divisions) what multiculturalism has’ ‘Biven us,” said Carolan,“ tf
But Carolan’s call for deferral was defeated in'a 4-3 vote with Coun! ‘Lisa -
Muri expressing disbelief that Carolan was s reacting negatively to the organi"

a

= “It’s in the paper, right?” said Muri, - - Oo Oi

“If this issue was Cove and Mountain Forest I would be very: surprised if
this council called for the developer's point of view.” |

vit was Coun. Erni nie Crist’s recent in- camera Proposal th that the DcDAC be