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Libel suit settled out of court

SUN PAYS COLLINS
$4,000 SETTLEMENT

NORTH SHORE NEWS columnist Doug Collins has obtain-
ed:an out-of-court settlement. of -$4,000 in a libel action be
brought: against Pacific Press and the Vancouver Sun

newspaper.

- Collins sued the: suin following
public: tion May 6, 1985 of a letter
to the editor written by West Van-
ssident Thurston Taylor,
ased ‘his remarks on state-
made‘in:abook written by
kK: wyer Louis Nizer..

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
.. News Reporter

Collins confirmed Thursday that
there had been a settlement, but
said he could not discuss its terms,

which the parties had agreed would .,

be confidential. Z

The News obtained its informa:
tion from another reliable source:

It is the second time the colum-
nist has been given an out-of-court
settlement for comments on the
same subject.

In’ 1963, Reader’s . Digest of
Canada paid Collins ‘$3,250 after it
ran: a. condensation of Nizer’s

. book, My Life In Court. . .
the New York |

In his book,
lawyer claimed Collins had not
given credit to sources for his

award-winning expose of Quentin: —
- Reynolds’ >
° Wouldn’t Talk,

“book The. Man Who
- Collins’ article exposed the
book’s.‘‘war hero”’ as a fake.

Of the settlement, Collins said,

“ap m happy with it, yes.??.~:.- aA
Sun editorial: page editor :-Frank -

Rutter said Thursday he could not
comment on.
because part’ of thé agreement is

Not to say anything. about it.”

‘

look Tuesday’ evening. at a. gala opening for about 1, 200 in-

wpted guests: .

! The expanded and -renovated
mall officially opened. to. the public.

‘Wednesday.

: AS part of opening celebrations,
a._.30-foot, red“cedar totem pole,
‘carved by. local Nishga artist. Nor-
man Tait, was ‘raised, named and
‘brought to life’.

~The mall, which now covers a

total srentable area of 420,000-

square feet, 20,000. of which will
be sleased as office space, hosts
over 100 ancillary retail outlets in

addition, to the. two anchor
department stores Sears. and
Woolco.

“Capilano Mall originally had 38
ancillary retail outlets, but. general
manager - Phil-McArthur said the.
mall had.a lot of room for retail
expansion. :

With” the increased number of
retail outlets; and the beautified
surroundings; which include a 60-

By BARRETT FISHER
News Editor ,

foot waterfall, .reflecting | pools,
pyrimidal skylights, interior plants

‘and two totem poles, McArthur

said the mall will meet the needs
and wants of local shoppers.

‘North Vancouver City Mayor
Jack Loucks, who attended the
gala opening, congratulated mall
owners Cambridge Leaseholds
Lid. and Canada Life Assurance

.on. the transformation performed
.on the mall-by the architect: firm of

Aitken, Smith, Carter and Part-
ners.

““(it) will make Capilano Mall
an irresistible attraction. to North
Shore residents,’? Loucks said.

“This mall has been serving the
immediate neighborhood and ad-
joining areas for several years,’’ he

‘said, “‘but not to the extent that it

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CAPILANO") MALL unveiled its $33 million bright new

‘RATE SCHEDULE A SCHMOZZLE’

3 - Friday, April 18, 1986 -

CRIST

Zalko lays out plan
for Sprint members

SPRINT FAMILY Fitness members will get a good deal what they are being asked to pay
from the new operator of the International Plaza’s fitness 4d what they will be getting, the

facility.

So says the hotel’s general
manager Gordon Chow.

Responding to rumblings of
discontent from members of the
recently evicted health facility,
Chow said he was getting fed up
with complaints that the new
owner did not appear to be
honoring their memberships as
promised.

Chow said the facility’s new
owner Ron Zalko had set up a
rate scale designed to please as
many people as possible, ‘‘but
it’s not fair to expect Mr. Zalko
to pick up all the Sprint member-
ships without charging anything.
If he did, he would go under too.
Sprint memberships were sold all
over the place and at all different
rates, so the whole thing is very

f ; complicated. ”

SPRINT EVICTED

Sprint was evicted from = the
North Vancouver hotel March {7
by the property’s landlords ‘after
falling four months behind on its
$9,000 per month rent.

The health club’s owner Scott
Shaw has said he was misled by
Lehndorff Property Management
Ltd.

had promised that. his facility
would be allowed. to expand..

Shaw said he continued. to sell .

memberships because of those
assurances.

But ‘Lehndorff manager for
Vancouver Rob Kemp said
Thursday Shaw had been given
two notices of eviction, the final
one being 10 days before Sprint
was locked out of its Plaza
premises March 17. He added.
that Sprint owed Lehndorff close
to $200,000. . -

.Ernie Crist, spokesman for the
\ disenfranchised Sprint members,
said following a Wednesday night
meeting with Kemp and Chow he
was satisfied that the hotel and

_ landlord had the best interests of
the Sprint members in mind.

He said both had agreed in

: principle that all existing
‘[. memberships held by | Sprint
members ‘should. be: ‘honored . by

look

should. While it had two fine large “

stores, Woolco and Sears, it lacked
an ‘adequate number. of ‘small
specialized stores and boutiques to
meet many of the varied needs: of .
its customers.’ Ss
Loucks said the new Capilano
Mall ‘‘provides the services shop-..
pers need in an attractive building

with a nicely landscaped exterior. .-

Besides serving ‘the immediate.
neighborhood, it will: attract’ cus-
tomers from all of the North Shore
because it has a plentiful supply of
parking and is well served by
public transit.’
_ Parking has been increased by
500 stalls, now totalling 2,200
spaces, :
Preparing for the grand open-
ing, Capilano Mall
worked hard setting up merchan-.
dise, hanging clothes, dressing
mannequins and rearranging
displays under the pressure of.
meeting Wednesday’s deadline.
Renovations at the mall began in
June, 1985.

The’ hotel landlords, he said,.

; cility, according to Kemp. *

merchants | -

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
News Reporter

the new leasec.
“Now it is up to Mr. Zalko to
do his part.”

- HEALTH CLUB owner Ron

Zalko...“If you look at what they
are being asked to pay and what
they will be. Betting, the deal is
marvellous...

Crist said the rate structures
presented thus far by the Ron
Zalko Fitness Affair were ‘‘not
acceptable to. us. It’s a real
schmozzle. There's about 10 dif-

~ ferent rates,’

Sprint members, he said,
would not be satisfied until the
new operators honored ‘their
memberships without any addi-
tional charges. ; :

Crist pointed out that
Lehndorff had reduced the rent
in the iccation to accommodate
Ron Zalko.

Kemp confirmed that rent had
been dropped by ‘‘just over 30
per cent,’

But, Zalko said Monday ~ the
new “Plaza facility, after
estimated $400,000 renovation,
will be the biggest and most ad-
vanced in Canada, and will in-
corporate the best in workout
equipment.

The new facility will be ap-
proximately 12,000 square feet,
double the size of the: Sprint: fae.

” Said: Zalko: “Ef “you look vat

gives a victory whoop in front ofa giant totem pole at the
gala opening ceremonies Tuesday night.
the totem pole behind Braithwaite, looks on. Mall managers and invited
guests celebrated the completion of Capilano Malt’ 's s year-long renovation,
’ program Tuesday. 4 .

_ said. All

deal is marvellous, really."’
Sprint: members, he said, cur-

North Shore News

rently have free use of his Marine ©

Drive facility until June 30.

In explaining his rate structure
for former Sprint members,
Zalko said he did not want to sell
too many memberships, because
he wanted stability rather than
windfall profits.

He said Sprint members will be
offered special membership ‘deals
in three phases.

The first 250 who sign up be-
fore June 30 will pay a $75 initia-
tion fee and monthly dues cf $15;
the next 300 will pay a $110 i in-

itiation fee and $20 per month; |

all subsequent Sprint members °

who sign up before June 30 will
pay $150 initiation fee and $25
"per month. —

Zalko said a new non-Sprint
member would pay a $244 initia-
tion fee and dues of $15. per:
month in the first phase, $20 per
month in the second phase and
$25 per month in the third phase.

FLAT RATE

Former Sprint. members who:

did not want to pay monthly dues
could pay a‘flat rate of $290 fora‘
year's membership or $375 fora
two-year membership, Zalko
remaining -time. on
Sprint memberships up to a year,
he said, woutd then be added to
their Zalko memberships. :

An estimated 7,000 members

beionged to Sprint’s Interna-
iional Plaza location.
Those members, .most of

whom bought memberships at

two previously unsuccessful

health spa facilities in the hotel,

paid additional fees of $120.per

year to Sprint; Some bought

those memberships a week before .
Sprint was evicted, —

“I feel very bad about what -
happened to. those’ people,'’_
Zalko said. ‘I wish something’
could be done about those opera-. .
tors who take the money and”
run. But I assure all Sprint

‘members that this will be the last

time they will have to pay."

Zalko said he wanted to keep’ WJ
“. mew, memberships to 1 500 per;

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