Se ERT eC A Na OO ag NA EE SON NI NENT ENT TATA SUES RI nT mT Hom met RE SSI gS Home movies . More and jess bcs West Van writer wants to Acura offers extra produce B.C. stories at cheaper price Bright Lights Classifieds Crossword Party planner Inquiring Reporter Kavaker sets sights North Shore Atert ie es a 4 ? é ect Ff on 2000 Olympics _ Spams = Se 3 ; f Sera: = Up for Down | Under #15 rae Www. fnsnews.com FREE The Vaice of North and West Vancouver since 1969 _w warde WV man commended for girl’s rescue Katharine Hamer Contributing Writer WEST Vancouver's Paul Zalesky received a spe- cial commendation Wednesday for what ICBC is calling “a true act of heroism.” Zalesky, owner of North Vancouver's Allwest fascarance Ageneies, was travelling home along Manne Dre in West Vancouser on the night ot Sept. 18. He noticed what appeared ta be a uinverkoss BAPW careening dawn the opposite side of the road Alartped. he pulled a © turn and chased the cohidke Wher he dress up Mongside the BMW he saw a small gir perched inside with one band on the steering wheel. She was desperately tring to soatrol the car Candace Barrans, DY had been lettin the car bs her ather Kank white be went to withdraw money froma Loronte Dominion bank machine at 8th Street. Karl Barrans had lett the Garin gear, bur when he turned te check on bis daughter he saw that the BAIW had shppedt out of gear and was rolhing away front him down the hil. Candace turned the stecring wheel ian attempt to avoid a parked car ahead of her, and unwittingly sent the BMW head dong into trattic. By the time Zalesky caught up with the car, it was zooming towards the light at Marine Drive and 15th Street -~ one of West Vancouver's busiest inter sections. Zalesky, whose wite and children were passengers in hiv Mercedes. knew he had to do something to head off potential catastrophe. See Here page 3 Murderer faces assault charge Anna Marie D'Angeto News Reporter dangelo@usucws.com A charge was laid last weck in connection with a 1987 investigation into the attempted murder of a prostitute in North Vancouver. The prostitute, Michelle Adair St. Germaine. was 18 when she was attacked, strangled and threwn down a ravine near the Grouse Mountain parking foton May 3Q, 1987, The voung woman believed she had been lett tor dead. . On Oct. I4, a charge of aggravated assault was did: agaist Joseph Grass wa rriors Danie! Steven Hammond, saw 37. Vhe Criminal Code deiines aggravated asdault as a crime in which a NEWS photo Terry Peters. COLLINGWOOD'S Jessica Horning (left) and Argyle’s Sarah Nannery work for the ball during a bat- See Prostinte pace & | tle of the North Shore secondary school field hockey titans. Collingwood edged their rivals 3-1. [Meet BC Hydross SI Viet | Yaros Sunday October 25, 12:00pm - 5:00pm only at Home Hardware Building Centre 915 West 1st Street, Come down and have Shell Busey, host of BC Hydro’s Home Ideas Show, BC hydro North Vancouver i = i rn tbehind Captiano Mall) answer your questions about Power Smart products and home improvements. (.gmii(iz iit! 385-3000 Remember, October is Power Smart Month! _ THE POWER