“UP IN THE AIR over his job, Rusty Pierce,

wee

Centre and a two times. national cham

the gymnastics cé-ordinator for”
pion:works out-on

the trampoline. Pierce w
[Terry Peters photo) . oa

riminal cha

‘Three months of weekly noisy parties at a North
Vancouver home culminated Saturday with a
confrontation between. partygoers and RCMP and

criminal charges | being laid against . two young
The trouble spot was at road when they heard a
709 East 6th Street, where commotion and found it was
police have recently received at 709. East 6th.
so many complaints about
‘rowdy parties that neigh- |
bours have banded together .
to bring a prosecution under |
a city noise. bylaw. Two | being thrown in the ‘street

arrests .were made for and a'‘vehicle was damag-
alleged contravention of the — ed.”

about. three weeks. -
ae spout _, RCMP say that two offic-
crs were approached. by a
About midnight Friday, couple. of youths yelling
officers were answering a  obscenitics. at them and
complaint concerning anoth- arrested one of them for
er. party further. along the c¢ausing a disturbance,

An officer told the News:
‘‘We could hear screaming
and yelling,

ges to f

bottles were arrested for reportedly trying

“Bernie ‘Holt, principal of
West Van Secondary School,
has talked candidly with the
‘News about the use of drugs

: among students and describ-
es it as a serious problem.

. CONTINUED ON PAGE A

rita

~ However, they allege he
resisted and struggled. The =
youth is said to have grabbed
on to-an officer and started
swinging and-.while the.
officer was trying to get him’
into. a police car another
youth. is claimed to have =
grabbed hold -of the con-—
stable.

A lone aatlor lost his life.
Saturday when’ his’ five-
metre sallbont.ca psized in:
Howe Sound about a mile
north of Horseshoe Bay. |
Rescue. attempts were
hampered by a gale, high:
waves, rain and snow,
-according | to. tlie coast.

‘guard, who were alerted
Just before 10°a.m. The
firat hovercraft reached |
the scene about half an
hour later, Name of the
victim was. withheld .by.
Squamish RCMP and was
not available to press

time.

A third: youth was then |

to let the youth out of the car.

‘Meanwhile, the RCMP
say, about 15 or 20. youths

_were hurling bottles at the
police. _