Re Friday the 13th: Wicked beats evil every time ARE we all having a very scary day? Friday the 13th ... awhooo! Some things that could go terribly wrong today. ‘ou begin to really worry that Michael Jackson may no longer be King of Pop; Bi You become telepathically ked to a Sumatran porcupine with a bad attitude; & You have inexplicably wicked thoughts. A rain of fire and brimstone comes down on you, but that damned TV mantra remains lodged in your head — you wish you were an Oscar Meyer wiener, swimming in an ocean of Dijon mustard; ay Wi The density of the froth top- Ba ping your daily cappuccino is inadequate. You complain. The server responsible is reprimand- ed by her boss. She quits in a huff and you've unwittingly ended a career trajectory that would have led to the develop- ment of the melaccino, a sleep- inducing blend of melatonin and fine Italian coffee; You lose your shirt. Malevolent crows peck holes through your crisp, new slacks. — Michael Becker 7 Costs, complications push back 4 opening date of WV synagogue By fan Rable News Reporter ‘STRIKING Teamsters workers won’t stand in the way of the completion of a West Vancouver synagogue that has seen its bills : continue to rise. Vhe Har El Synagogue, now under co Highway 1, was supposed to be a $1 million building, Greenberg, the director of building and construction. Now, assorted problems and a desire to do the job in fewer stages have inflated the price tag to $3 millio Greenberg a ed the synagogue’s completion target was the upconing weekend, in time for the Jewish celebrations of Rosh Hashanah on Sacurday and Yom Kippur Sept. 23. Unfortunately, more problems, including rain in the spring and the cement strike, have pushed the completion date back to mid- December — maybe. The 24-month Teamsters strike at Ocean Construction Supplies in Vancouver has prevented the delivery of cia) brick aud block that is only made in Canada by Ocean, said Greenberg. rything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong,” Greenberg said. “We don’t want to get involved in strike breaking, but mist have those blocks, otherwise we can’t complete the building.” He added he’s graceful that the Teamsters allowed the construction struction at Taylor Way and d Norman ng for the als to arrive, builders have been doing other jobs. But without the building material from Ocean, the windows couldn't be putin, the roof finished or the skylights installed. Greenberg said the outside of the building must be finished before winter. Already, rain has leached tannins from wooden beams and stained the inside of the building. Ironically, the material held up by the strike only cost $12,000 to $13,000. Phase one of the complex, which will eventually include + gogue, a social area and iemporary classrooms, is already $500,000 over the $4 million budget. Other cost overruns in phase one include a bridge being built over Brothers Creek. The current bridge will be a footbridge, said Greenberg, though it will eventually support class rooms, Normal concrete piers were planued but the creck bed proved too soft, So the develope piles 45 to 50 feet down. The vibra- tion of pile drivers cracked the sewer ling and now the Har El (God's Mountain) Synagogue is on the hook for that cepair bill, said the sur- prisingly jovial Greenbe Meanwhile, the 250-family North Shore Jewish Congregation has to continue renting space for lewish ¢ and the synagogue, which adds costs to the bill, Bar mitzvahs and weddings have been put off. And instead of enjoying their new synagogue, four hundred people are cted to visit the 200-seat Cedardale Centre to celebrate the two most important holidays in the enberg. However, not all plans have gone awry. A special limestone chat is only found in the jude n Hills in [srael will adorn the south face of the synagogue. The ship carrying the limestone will arrive in three weeks, said Greenberg, Contractors have been working at cost or below cost. And fish fry are now swimming in Brothers Creek, which was a refrig- erator and garbage-strewn mess before the congregation cleaned it up. ar: ee SRE AE MEET TL neighbors pt NEWS photo Terry Peters A 1974 Ford pickup ended up on the zails Wednesday afternoon after breaking away from a tow iruck and barreling through a yard and retaining wall near the 3700-bicck of Marine Drive. The accident took more than three hours io clear. No trains were delayed. NEWS photo Srad Ledwidge HAR E! Synagogue's Norman Greenberg says the building has been damaged while a strike holds up materials.