32 — Wednesday, May 27, 1298 — North Shore News “Si Sefior, Spanish is spoken here’ | HOLYOKE, Massachusetts — Hipolito Vega, 30, was recent- ly arrested and charged on a Previous warrant for driving without a licence. He asked to make his one phone call from the police sta- tion and spoke in Spanish, believing no one at the station could understood him and that he could tell his friend where to pick up a stash of cocaine he had just hidden. However, Vega failed to notice Officer Manuel Rivera, who heard Vega talking and alerted officers, who were wait- ing by the stash when Vega’s ; friend arrived. ; ‘Hawaiian hop NEWS OF THE WEIRD Donegal, Ireland, nwo men wearing blond wigs and dress- es were arrested for burglary, NEWS photo Terry Petors. TIF ‘ANY. Chee performs a Hawaiian dance at the sec- ond ‘annual Dorothy, Lynas talent show, May 14 at the North Van elementary school. About 50 students in tad 1 | through 7. Performed. Seniors Turn to Reverse ~ Mortgage for Cash , _ Canadians 62 and over-are discovering how to ake ‘their greatest. asset - their home - provide ther: with cash or an extra monthly income guaran- teed for life. Seniors are finding that they can look forward to more good times. while putting their = financial worries behind them. The Canadian Home Income Plan Reverse Mortgage Program allows homeowners to unlock a * percentage of the capital they have accumulated in . their home. The home is totally secure. Title remains in the homeowner's name. Homeowners can contin- ‘[-ue ‘to live in their home for the rest of their life or choose to sell at any time. _ The money received is tax-sheltered and no repayments are required during the participant's “lifetime. Use the money as a source of extra income ‘or. the cash for travel, home renovations or a new ‘car. Or homeowners may choose a combination of “income and cash. Fees payable to the mortgage bro- ker/lender may apply. The Canadian Home income Plan Reverse Mortgage program is supported by TD Bank and - Royal Bank. To find out more, call 685-2447 in Varicouver or 1-800-563-2447 from other areas and talk with a Canadian Home income Plan consultant or request a “NO obligation package. NS527 and one of the men told police the heist was to pay for the other guy's sex-change opera- tion. eso se Atan American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting in San Francisco, FBI man Richard Vorder Bruegge said he and his colleagues could identify jeans-wearing suspects by their pants because every pair has 4 unique wear pattern in which light and dark lines run across the seam. In one criminal trial, an FBI expert witness picked the defendant’s jeans from among 35 pairs his lawyer tried to con- fuse him with. Six weeks after the U.S. Marine jet clipped the cable holding the ski gondola near Cavalese, Italy, killing 29, the London — Daily ‘telearaph revealed that Iraly’s top naval officer and two others are being investigated for manslaughter in the accidental ramming of an Albanian naval vessel in which 97 people drowned. eee Richard W. Miller Jr., 35, wanted for arson, was captured by U.S. marshals in Arizona. According to one of the arresting marshals, he asked the suspect if he was Richard Miller. The suspect said no. The marshal said they would have to fagerprint him anyway and they did, and at the bot- tom of the blank fingerprint card, on the signature line, the suspect very helpfully signed his real name, “Richard Miller.” Aiken, South Carolina — Kelvin Floyd received a modest two-month sentence and a fine for stealing a car. Floyd had wisely known to _ obliterate the car’s vehicle ID number ard to replace it with a substitute number. However, apparently the best he could come up with was his awn Social Security number, which police immediately recognized was bogus. ese Five Philippines treasure hunters were killed in March in Rizal province after they found a live World War [} bomb and tried to pound it open with a crowbar. ; Capilano Mall & The North Shore News present a Ea JUNE 14th to JUNE 21st the week preceding Father's Day, June 14th - 21st, 1998. The North Shore's Very Own Community Car Show Capilano Mall and the North Shore News are pleased to announce the first annual “Wheels We Drive” event. This will be the North Shore's very own Community Car Show. This event will take place at Capilano Mall North Shore automotive enthusiasts will have the opportunity to enter their vehicle into one of five different categories. The vehicles will be judged at Capilano Mall on Sunday June 14th, The judging panel will include local automotive. - professionals and the public. The winner in each category will receive exciting prizes. Conditions: All cars must be in running condition and street legal. Cars will be judged by their overall appearance and attention to detail. Judging will be done’ by a select panel of local auto dealers with the exception of the Readers Choice, Best of Show. Winning vehicles must be available for display in Capilano Mail June 18 -21. Name Address Phone Make/Model of car Engine Owned since READERS CHOICE, BEST OF SHOW Open from all categories. This category is determined by entries from a North Shore News ballot and deposited in the mall. MOST EXCITING MUSCLE CAR Stock or modified domestic . North American auto citc. 1960-75. BEST CLASSIC DOMESTIC AUTO Stock North American auto circ. 1945-69. Displacement Comments L MOST AWESOME 4X4 Open to North American or import trucks, built between 1945-98 CL] BEST CLASSIC IMPORT AUTO Stock imported auto circ. 1945-69. : Al cars must pre-register. Drop off registration forms, before June 10th to the North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 214 i L. i CAPILANO MALL ergata | north.shore