28 - Sunday, February 12, 1995 — North Shore News ‘l an COLUMBIA, SOUTH Carolina — Rev. Noel Vande Grift recently revealed plans to expand his 20- member [Richard M.] Nixon Memorial Church, a congregation blending baptist and Quaker preachings. Vande Grift said the inspiration to name the church after the former president came during a prayer. He told reporters the church — would be the largest in the South by the year 2010. Margaret Jean Burke was _recently .cited by: police in New York for driving while intoxicated after a crash involving a car driven - by Bruce T. Davis. Davis, a lawyer, operates the New York City-area personal injury service advertised widely on television, 1-800-LAWYERS. Said Davis, “(Burke) certainly hit the wrong person.” - .: In June the crematorium at the :’ Meadow Lawn Memorial Park in - San Antonio, Texas, was destroyed “by a fire that broke out when work- “ers: began cremating.a body that weighed more than 300, Ibs. (135: kg). : "The facility’ Ss owner said that the’ fat in the body -caused. an “unusually high temperature, which caused, the ordinary crematorium fire to rage out of control. : - Just. after a Church of England . diocese fired. :, Rev. "Freeman of West’ Sussex because he had admitted ‘in’ a ‘recent’ book” that he does not believe in God, 65 Of; Freeman’s colleagues: signed a ‘letter ; ‘protesting their -Superiors’ ; ‘“intolerance.” But © in.’ October, Catholic’, Bishop John: Cummins, facing a, “Shortage of clergy. reap- Anthony - Oakland ; not NEWS OF THE WEIRD Compiled by A.P. McCredie pointed the Rev. John Gilmore as a parish priest. This despite knowing - that Gilmore secretly fathered two chil- dren in the 1980s. (Gilmore has since taken a vow of celibacy.) In Rio de Janeiro, student Jose Costa brawled with the owner of a pit bull, Alexandre de Andrade, before police broke up the fight. * The incident began when Costa, in the midst of a night of drinking with friends, started to urinate against a tree and accidentally sprayed the dog, which was also Urinating against the tree. * o e ‘The latest reported case of a rodent emerging from a toilet occurred “in. Oklahoma - in September, when a climbed out just after Charlene Netherton was finishing up.. In July, a tourist spent eight - days at a hospital in Thailand recovering from an outhouse i inci- ‘dent i in Cambodia. squirrel - In that incident, a pig, which was rummaging around in the pit, bit the man as he was seated. Acting on parents’ complaints, . the Israeli army announced in July that a paratroop commander, Capt. Shai Engler, would be court-mar- tialed for repeatedly biting newly- assigned men on the buttocks. Subordinates of Engler would prepare the transferees by bringing them into Engler’s tent and pulling their parits down. Said Engler, in defence: “The ‘goal was,.among other things, to test the sergeants’ cheek muscles, and to make sure they would get (moving).” According to the club pro at the ° Pyongyang, North Korea,. golf course frequented by Kim Jong U, the country’s “Dear Leader” shot a . 34 on a recent round of 18 holes,.. including five holes-in-one. A recent Associated Press story on body branding revealed that the idea of having one’s skin artistical- | ly seared as a “personal statement” is growing in popularity, especially . “San. in (surprise, - surprise) Francisco. The branding customer endures from one. to hundreds of one-sec- ond “strikes” .with a blowtorch- heated, white-hot galvanized sheet metal design selected or created by the customer. Each branding scar takes six weeks or longer to heal. One. customer interviewed by the San Francisco Examiner said . she’ got a large, elaborate African sunburst .put on her lower back -because she thought it would help “keep me more centred” because “I couldn't get in balance myself.” Seniors - — Free Initial Consultation Douglas W. Lahay CLARK, WILSON BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS 800-885 West Georgia Street, Van. 687-5700 : 24 HOUR MESSAGE 643-3161 # (CBC's policies are not law. { will get you a fair settlement or eral award. A Lifestyle Choice ‘International Care ‘Corporation of “Vancouver recently: announced that it has- acquired the’ Tetirement home business of _ Dynacare Inc., of Toronto. | me Incorporated in. Vancouver in: 1985, ~International * Care Corporation is a wholly-_ owned subsidiary of London Life Insurance _ Company and over the past ten years has devel- .. oped, and currently owns and operates nine “retirement and nursing ‘homes; five in British Columbia, one in Manitoba, and three in“ ‘Whitecliff in Surrey... “Ontario. With the purchase of the seven » Lifestyle retirement residences owned by * Dynacare, | International Care Corporation will “become the largest owner and operator of fuxury -Tetirement homes in Canada. ~ + The $115,000,000 purchase. will increase .. International Care Corporation’s investment in the retirement home business to $212, 000,000, --and will double the size of the company to over - 2,000 suites and apartments. “. . Joe Redmond, President of International ~ Care Corporation, said “The opportunity to acquire the Dynacare assets was unique, and clearly establishes International Care : Corporation as the leader of the retirement home industry in Canada. We are known for our quali- ‘ly of service.and staffing, and our leadership in the industry. With this acquisition, International _Care will now have a broad base of operations in “the two largest and most: active retirement. mar- ~~ kets in Canada.” - mea wk he retirement residences owned PY. International Care Corporation offer a . wide range of retirement services including food ser- vice, housekeeping, social programs and recre-_ “ational activities, and transportation. These ser- vices focus on the ever-increasing number of elderly who require little, if any, day-to-day medical and’ nursing services, but who need or want assistance in day-to- day activities. Here in the Lower-Mainland, International Care . Corporation owns {wo. independent living resi- J dences,. Parkwood Manor, in Coquitlam and Recognizing that the residents will age in place, the: company does offer higher levels of _care when necessary, on a provincial basis, depending on licensing requirements. “While the building location and its design are critical in the success of International. Care,” says Dave Edwards, Executive Vice President of the company, “it us the quality of our staff and the quality of our services and programs that set "us apart from other retireiment home. operators and owners across Canada. Everyone .in our company takes great pride-and enjoyment in what they do, and how they do it. Our business, | our only business, is‘providing services to the | elderly which they either need or want, and if we don’t do that well, we are not doing our job.’ “For anyone requiring further informa- | tion on International Care Corporation, or . | any of its retirement residences across ‘Canada, please call Kerri Wyse collect at 604) 732- 4760... “you're seaman ak a grea ~~ the next 5 years -.a rate'that'g reach 12%°: by the fifth year! Clearly an effective way to profit over the Jong ter _and still have.the flexibility to reinvest your ' money at higher’ ‘market rates on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th anniversary date, wih, no fae The RSP: MULTI-RATER ; We are ready t to answer any questions you y. have. Simply call, or better yet, drop by and see us Laurentian Bank Xpress Line 1-800-LBC-1846. 1452 Lonsdale Avenue, North: Vancouver 980- 7440 2118 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver 263- 2787 | ‘B00 West Pender Street, Vancouver 691- 8800. ve ~ Impact Plaza, 10040-15 2nd Street, Surrey 583. 8900- 764 Fort Street, Victoria 388-5 153 Se If IfDirected RSP Department, + 800 West Pender Street, Vancouver 691- 8831 LAURENTIAN BANK OF CANADA