THERE has been so much written about the millenni-
um, or Y2K. bug that this reporter’s eves glaze over
when confronted with more words on the issue. But we
were curious as to whether anyone is paying attention
to ali the attention. Heads up, couch potatoes, have
you tried reprogramming vour VCR to December 31.

11:59 p.m. and then setting it to record on Saturday,
January |. If vou experience a conflict with that date
choice you have just run into a small taste of whar

might be awaiting our increasingly technical society.

The big fears seem to be a run on the banks for cash —
“just in case”— and, more worryingly, a failure of Major communication networks
such as air traffic contro! in countries that are lagging in precautionary planning.

NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS

Horseshoe Bay
Dundarave/Ambleside

British Properties
Norgate/Pemberton Heights
Capilano/Delbrook Highlands
Lower Lonsdale

Central and Upper Lonsdale
Lynn Valley

Blueridge/Decp Cove

YES
635
36%:
58%
TAR
58&

O1SE
51%
49%

53%

NO

30%
35%
29%
WG
WS
21%
35%
36%
31%

31%

0%
22%

1%
5%

DON'T

NO
OPINION KNOW

Angelique Selinger

North Vancouver

No, but Pee never really
thought about it before. My
video is so old it only has
days of the week, there’s no
space for a date. | don’t
know how it would atfeet my
computer.

Roger Kertyls

North Vancouver

No. Pee checked my VCR
and [ve got a Mac (comput-
er) which shouldn't be a
problem. If there are prob-
lems the computer compa-
nies should pay for them —
just like a car company recall.

Kathleen Denkewalter
North Vancouver

No. TE think it’s been blown
out of all proportion. In the
vear 1000 they were all wor-
ried about the world coming
to an end. Now. they've
replaced religion with com-
puters.

TOTAL .....n-.ncscsssesenececscaseroreenenee SSF

THE following, people
appeared in North

Vancouver provincial
court to face various

2

Before Judge Bill Rodgers
on Nov. 25, 1998:

Carolyn Ann Chuback, 47,
of North Vancouver, received
24 months’ probation aiter she
pleaded guilty to stealing mer-
chandise belonging to Extra
Foods in Park Royal Shopping
Centre’s south mall on Oct.
16, 1998.

eee

David Allan Friesen, 41, of
Maple Ridge, was jailed one
day after he pleaded guilty to
breaching probation by being
found on the North Shore on

Sept. 17, 1998.
eee
Scott Douglas Tavlor, 42,
of Richmond, was jailed 30
days and received 24 months’
probation after he was found
guiln of wo charges of steal-

ing money from a liquor store
in North’ Vancouver District
on Marets 9, 1996, and on
March 12, 1996.

Taylor was required to per-
torm 100 hours of community
work and pay $180 in restitu-
tion,

aoee

James Anthony Lee, also
known as James Anthony
Sinclair, 34, of Surrey, was
jailed seven days after he plead-
ed guilty to stealing cheese
belonging to Super Valu on
Sept. 26, 1996, in) West
Vancouver.

Claudette Fernande
Kovacs 37, of West
Vancouver, received 12
months’ probation after she

pleaded guilty to committing
mischief by damaging a mat-
tress and carpet belonging to
Marine View Housing Society
in the 2200-block of Marine
Drive in West Vancouver.
eee

Vera Hepnarck, 52, of
Vancouver, received nine
months’ probation after she
pleaded guilty to stealing mer-
chandise belonging te. the Real
Canadian Superstore on Sept.
29, 1998, in the 300-block of
Seymour Boulevard in North
Vancouver District.

Before Judge William
Diebolt on Nov. 55, 1998:

Brian Wayne Berner, 46, of
Jangley, was jailed pvo weeks
after he pleaded guilty to steal-
ing postage stamps from a 7-

Eleven store on June 22, 1998,
in North Vancouver City.
eee
Afshin Yekrakhah,
North Vancouver, received six
months’ probation after he

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