NEWS photo Mike Waketietd AS music teacher at Irwin Park elementary school in West Van, Roxie Giles gives up early "mornings, lunch. and: after . school hours to rehearse the “school’s three choirs. The North Van resident also runs _Sospiro,: a: community girls’ . choir; is chair of the Summer Pops Youth Orchestra; works ;. With local and international music festivals and even finds “time to sing in a women's : group. Do you know.a Silent Hero? “Send your nominations to Terry Peters, North Shore News, 1139: Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B. C., V7M 2H4; or by . e- “mail to, . Include your name and phone number; the name and phone ‘number. of your nominee; and your reason for nominating the _ Silent Hero. ‘ALL: YOU CAN EAT BUEFET! onto" a. CUIDLS SOUL SEAFOOD. SUSHI, DH SUNY, SALAD, DESSERT & KE CALAN: OVER 20 ITEMS OF HOT FOOD OPEN NEW YEAR’S EVE & NEW. VEAR’S DAY (RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED) STANTS AT 4:30PM 984-8888. —_-986-7378 Open 7 days a week « Fully Licenced Free within 3 miles - i+ 130% OFF Pick up Orders & Seniors : *, Banquet Room Available for Party & Special Ocassions eople wiih reat WAYNE A. Louden was pro- filed in the Wiebita (Kan.) Eagle in Septeniber tor his his- tory of at least 37 traffic culli- sions in the last 10 years (23 of them sesious, though none of any kind this vear); he adnsits to some problems (bad vision, diabetes, depression). And in July in Ponta, Texas, Charles and Jennifer Smith and their three preschoolers pur- chased a new Dodge Intrepid, which was totalled in a colli- sion the next day; on Aug. 11, > fire destroyed their trailer humes then Jennifer drove over the family dog, whose leg is now in a cast; “and in September, after the commu- nity banded together to get the Smiths a new trailer home, 2 storm totaled that one, too, 203 London's. The Independent reported from) Tokyo — in December on the prolonged, even “epic” sulk (a sete of funk called “hikikomori”) that abtlicts a million young, profes- sionals, who simply withdraw from their carvers and hole up ° nearly 24 hours a day in their apartments (or rooms. in the family home) for months at a time, emerging only to gather food before retreating back inside for TV or other solitary pastimes. Many. psychiatrists call it merely an extreme reac- tion to parents who have pres- sured their sons to succeed. Qa In arguments to a federal appeals court, convicted drug dealer Jorge M. Lopeztegui claimed he was not guilty by reason of entrapment, which he said drug agents committed by not arresting him despite having enough evidence to do so, with the vresult: thar he therefore felt free to commit more crimes. (Lopeztegui’s appeal. was rejected in October.) ° 999 According to an October report ‘in the San Francisco Chronicle, the city’s leading traffic-ticket- scofflaw |. is Thomas Wehrer (250 tickets outstanding, totalling $16,375), who is angry at the ’ city for changing its rules for collection. Previously, tickets were filed by vehicle so Wehrer would drive junk cars and abandon them with impunity. Recently, the city began filing tickets’ by owner, making it worthwhile to pursue Wehrer, who claims that’s unfair, in that t having continued to register Vehrer’s junkers, the. city “enabled” his ticket-accumula- tion habit. (Wehrer also argues that he’s a good citizen: Whenever he parks illegally beside a tire hydrant, he leaves the windows down so firefight- ers could run their hoses through the car.) Td bike to wish all of my friends and customers, a Very Merry Christnas and all the best in the new year, 1 would also like to invite all of you who are looking for a new uchicle, to take advantage of our holidwy special-$99._ BELOW INVGICE on all 2039 models in stock, We are ako offering NO down payment and NO payments or interest for 90 days. Or NO claun payment and NO payments or interest for 12 months, Don't miss out, offer ends Jan. 10, 2001. Limit one car per family member please. Cheers, 845 MARINE DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER rs 987-5231 ce AS Cel: 612-2169 Friday, December 29, 2000 - North Shore News - 11 wos Also, in the Last Month: The San Francisco Ballet School denied illegally discrim- inating against. an eight-vear- | ly bad luck old applicant when it rejected her because it guessed she wouldn’t become a tall enough adult to be a first-class baileri- Mattresses.© Futons © Comforters:© Pillows ® ficcessories EXTRA SAVINGS COUPONS. stesneteeeneneniar mesa eierhaer aerated ecicrrianrat _ everything STOREWIDE - including:sale items «Applies to purchase of complete sofabed Hurry for the best selection! ee favorites and Pyousive Lines _