Evans to hosi Viking event NORTH Shore volun- teers are combining their efforts in a Viking-themed fundraiser auction Saturday, March 14. The goalis to raise $10,000 fur Norwegian House Saciery, a Burnaby-based charitable organization. Norwegian House Society offers language classes and is working to offer more cultural classes, establish a library and create a muscum. The event will be staged at the Scandinavian. Community Centre, 6540 Thomas Sc, Burnaby, located just cast of Sprott “and Kensington off Highway No, 1 near the 8- Rinks and Burnaby Sports Complex. Proceeds are earmarked for the centre's new kitchen. The doors to the auction open at 6 pm. with a $5 admission fee. Bidding will Baz: Five eh af conjvaiar: rhs any offer ca Wav er start immeditely for the silent auction and at 8 p.ny for the live auction. — After-dinner refreshments will be served. North Yan resident and CBC personality Kevin Evans will be emcee for the evening, working ‘sith Lynn Valley cesi- dent Vhaid Moulton, known for his yearly fundraising auc- Hioncering at York University’s Glendon College in Toronto. According to_ event chair- man Marian Toft, live enter- tainment and special guests of Norwegian hentage will add a Nordic flavor to the evening. Items for auction include a sail aboard a cargo ship froin Squamish to Vancouver, skat- ing lessons with — Karen Magnussen, new and used Norwegian sweaters, dinner cruise tickets and Norwegian baking specialties. To volunteer, donate an auction item or obtain tickets for the event, call Toft at 985- tO ft Hires Tyson's influence | WEST Monroe, Louisiana — A 35-year-old smother allegedly bit a teacher, a teacher's aide and che princi- pal during a parent-teacher conterence. And in January, a couple filed assault charges on behalf of their son against his high school basketbail coach for allegedly biting the kid during a game. That same month, the Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that teeth are not a “dangerous weapon” under state law and thus that bites should be punished as minor assaults. eee Bowler Sheila. Torimino haz filed a $50,000 fawsuit against Montclaire Bow! in Illinois after a piece of pop- corn that was stuck to her shoe caused her to lose her balance during her approach, sending her sprawling on the lane just behind her ball. She claimed Montclaire Bowl should have posted warnings about popcorn on the floor. Oakland Coramunity College student Anita §. Lee filed 2 sexual harassment com- plaint with the US. NEWS OF THE WEIRD Department of Education against psychology professor Joc] M. Cohen. She was offended not at the actual content of his Introduction to Psychology class, whose opening session she left after about 10 min- utes, deciding it was nor for her, but at the warning that Cohen had put on the syl- labus, alerting students that “adult themes and topics” would be explored in an “open, frank” and “contro- versial” way. 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