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WEATHER:

Intermittent snow mixed
with rain, with snow

showers through Saturday.

STUDENTS:A19

Crossfire on the role of
students in the education
funding debate.

HOMES:Bi-

luxury and comfort are
blended in this week’s
feature home.

A3 - Friday, Febru:

DESIGH:BI6

A pair of West Von
designers tie their ideas to
the recession.

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ary 1, 1985 - North Shore News

Bob Hunter........A4
Classified........A20
Doug Collins.......A8
Crossfire.........AT0
Entertainment .... A15
Homes........... Bi
Mailbex . .

Movies..........Al7
Scene Changes....A17
Table Hopping... .Al8
TV Times........A19

Kings,

queens
of
hearts"

a |
“MASA HUBINETTE
(left) and Michelle
Wallarz (right), both 1, :
are among dozens of
Lower Mainland kings
and queens of hearts who
have had their Valentine

i card designs featured in a
' special book on sale now.

A The two grade six stu-

'- dents from Irwin Park
‘ school in West Vancouver
- submitted entries to a
competition last
November and were
delighted to find their
creations among the 33
included in the Valentine
. Book. The book, which
includes 12 cut and paste
enveleopes, is on sale at a
number of outlets”
throughout the Lower
Mainland, with proceeds
going to the non-profit
Information Children. A
- complete. list of | stores.
-handling the book can be
' obtained at 291-3548.

P figures
cent b&e decrease

show is per

\

Police cr edit cit zens ‘ actions for crime drop

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP want

residents

to give. themselves a pat on the ‘back for their

crime fighting efforts.

Police say residents
deserve it because they fig-
ure citizens’ actions have
helped drop‘the number of
residential and business
break-ins by 15 per cent in
1984,

Figures released this week..
show an overall decrease in
the crime rate for North

“ Vancouver but the biggest

By MARK HAMILTON

drop comes in. break-ins
where 1,586 were reported
fast year compared to 1,858
in 1983,

“T would suggest that a
very farge portion (of the
decrease) is due to the resi-
dents of the community and

\
the \assistance they’ve pro-
vided. us,’*/ says Cpl. Don
Jette, \head of the North
Vancouver community polic-
ing division. ‘People are
starting to.respond more and
more fo | suspicious oc-
curences in their
neighborhoods by telephon-
ing police.’

Jette says residents appear
to be taking more. interest in
their community. anda
greater willingness to call in
the police because of
publicity given incidents

where a telephone call has
led to an arrest and because
of increased emphasis on
such programs as
Neighborhood Watch.

“People have a fot
more knowledge about
securing their own residences
and a lot tess fearful of
‘phoning and vothering the
police’,’’ Jette said.

A breakdown on the van-
dalism figures show thar
there were [4 per cent fewer
residential break-ins, 1/7
fewer business break-ins and

10 per cent fewer break-ins
at schools and other facili-
ties.

Other staustics from 1984
showed the nuniber of rob-
beries were down by eight
per cent while there was a
slight increase in the number
of reports of vandalism
against private and public
properties.

During the year there was
one homicide and five peo-
ple lost their fives in waffic
accidents.

CPL. DON JETTE,
«credits residents