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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER [= .

Newsstand Price 25¢ December 21, 1980 Tel. 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

Peak season
for ripoffs

By CHRIS LLOYD

Even thieves give
Christmas presents to

one another. And
their shopping lists
are just as long as
those of everyone
else in the community
— even if their
method of payment is
different.

Their expenses are as high
as those of the rest of us and
in the case of drug users
looking ahead to continue
indulging their habit
throughout the holiday
season, considerably higher.

With the amount of goods
being purchased in this peak
buying penod, combined
with the chaos of crowded
stores, it's also the easiest
ume for theves to acquire
valuables — and just about
everyone is a target

Pohce on the North Shore
are experiencing their
busiest pesod of the year

with cases of break-ins to
AIRBORN TRUCK 6 given a hand in being hoisted back upright onto —— Shipyards to make a delivery. A giant crane had to be brought in to turn homes, cars, shoplifting and
Dollarton Highway Tharsday. Both halves of the semi-trafer had flipped

the track back over. (Elisworth Dickson photo) phoney refunds on items
when the track went over an incline while turning into Matsumoto stolen from stores.

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Petition has no effect

Tempers flared last cll as the burning of rubber “It’s to be enforced by the

or wet material Residents at bylaw inspector - and he

week over We Mew the mecting said this wasn't doesn't even have a hose”
couver c -

good enough James said
sion to allow year “We want burning lhmuited Council stood by it's

round outdoor burn- two weekends tn the spr earher deciston Alderman
ing in the municipali- ing oo and fall” Margaret Robert) Hicks told the

t James told councal She mecting the bylaw can be
y- presented a 941 signature changed over the coming
bo owon't get off your petition calling for an ant years, but added, “we're not SUNDAY:
back (© one West Vancouver amoke bylaw to cnforce such gotng to make everyone hap Cloudy and cold.
resident told councal Tu restmc trons py” Possible showers
present a bl every time f Residents alsa protested Meanwhile at North Van mixed with snow.
have to paint my house the cnforcement of the burn Couver Discreet councsl
. MONDAY:
wash my car ing bylaw by the bylaw tn Alderman temic Crist fatled
. . " More of the same.
Councils decision would spector instead of the fire
prohibit Sunday burning as department CONTINUED ON PAGE AB

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