NEWS BRIEFS Sander to face charges A FOUR-week trial has been set to comnience Jan. 13, 1992, in Vancouver Provincial Court reparding the cuse of a West Vancouver millionaire facing Revenue Canada charges. Stephen Sander faces six counts of attempting to evade taxes by understating his income by just over $1 million during a peried between 1985 and 1990. According to a Revenue Canada spokesperson, Judgc Jack McGivern also ordered that a pre-trial conference be held between the Crown and Sander’s defence counsel on Dec. 4. The rental real estate magnate made headlines in 1989 when he announced that he intended to transfer a large rental properties portfolio worth more than $100 million to a new charity he set up to support Third World charitable projects. Trial date set A TRIAL date has been set for a North Vancouver man charged with possession of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking. Laverne Daryl Vanlerberghe, 48, will appear Jan. 21 in Supreme Court to face a charge laid in connection with an alleged March 30 incident. Meanwhile, Vanterberghe also faces a Sept. 24 prelim- inary hearing in West Vancouver provincizl court on a charge of criminal negligence causing death. The charge follows the March 30 accident which kiiled pedestrian Ingeborg Won Schlack, 54, in West Van- couver. Assault charged A 45-YEAR-OLD Vancouver man was ordered to stand trial on a charge of assault causing bodily harm follow- ing a July 31 preliminary hearing in North Vancouver provincial court. Charles Murdock Devis faces one count of causing bodily harm during an assault in connection with an alleged Sept. 15, 1990 incident at Bowen Island. Davis will appear Aug. 21 in Supreme Court to set a trial date. Ferry traffic down TRAFFIC ON the Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo route was down this year from iast during the B.C. Day long weekend, according to figures released by the B.C. Ferry Corp (BCFC). A total of 59,921 passengers and 18,243 vehicles trav- elled the Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo route during the B.C. Day long weekend this year; down from the 83,710 passengers and 27,859 vehicles which travelled the ferry route during the long weekend in 1990. But last year the BCFC had four ferries travelling the roufe during the summer season. This year that number has been cut back to two. The two ferries were taken off the Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo route and placed on the new Mid-Island Ex- press route between Tsawwassen and Nanaimo. The Mid-Island Express route carried 39,891 passen- gers and 13,897 vehicles, an increase over the 1990 fig- ures of 15,842 passengers and 5,855 vehicles. Shot fired A NORTH Vancouver man was taken to Lions Gate Hospital for psychiatric evaluation after police responded to a complaint of shots being fired from an apartment building at 237 East 12th Street. A North Vancouver RCMP spokesman said police were called io the apartment building at 6:15 a.m. on Aug. 6. When a police officer entered the suspect's apartment, he smelled a strong gunpowder odor. A 30-30 Winchester shell was found in the residence and police seized a Winchester rifle along with five 30-30 Winchester cartridges. Sunday, August 11, 1991 ~ North Shore News - & WV undergrounding committee named A RESIDENTIAL comminee to oversee the undergrounding of West Vancouver utilities has been named by West) Vancouver District Council. By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer Interest in the undergrounding of utility wires in residential districts has increased both for esthetic reasons and to avoid the problem of falling trees knocking out power wires. Council establisned an under- ground wiring policy in 1989 to guide residents in petitioning for conversion of overhead wiring to underground conduit. A number of recent petition re- quests have been brought to municipal hall. Council authorized the prepara- tion of background engineering studies of two pilot project areas (800- to 1000-block Esquimalt Avenue and 900- to 1000-block of Eyremount Drive) to assess the fi- nancial feasibility of the projects and to determine the potential for provincial funding. Council members decided to support the two pilot projects in their application for B.C. Hydro funding assistance. But neither were approved in 1990. Mayor Mark Sager obtained B.C. Hydro's commitment for further involvement in an exami- nation of the community's under- grounding needs. The local undergrounding committee of concerned citizens is mandated to represent the inter- ests of various neighborhoods. The committee will study the history, cause, extent and duration of power outages in West Van- couver and also determine the number of residents affected by those outages. Grateful She Wasn’t Aborted Sandra Wade, adopted 18 years ago — “I challenge anyone to say it would have been a just act to destroy my life by abortion.” “It’s hard to believe my life was a mistake for my natural mother; yet I guess it was. But, for my adoptive parents, that same mistake was the fulfilment of a dream. I wish my natural mother were here today. I think she'd be proud.” “I’m glad I was born . in 1969 when my pre-natal life was protected by law.” Advertisement sponsored by North Shore Pro Life I: ot kL WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL Committee members will con- sider the advantages and disad- vaniages of utility undergrounding and will look at a road paving program for possible coordination with an undergrounding program. Those named to the committee include: Rod Bartlett, Gordon Cowley, Derek Gellman, John Howell, Walter Kelsey, Constance McCormick and Rob Pellatt. The committee will also include representatives from municipal staff and the Eagle Harbour and Horseshoe Bay areas. Council will also make appointments to the committee. Enjoy Your Next Move