Hit and run hunt A VANCOUVER man has been charged with several theft-related offences following a hit-and-run incident in West Vancouver. A West Vancouver Police Department spokesman said the police received a report of 2 hit-and-rua in the rear parking lot of the Sandy Cove nightclub in the 1500- block of Marine Drive at 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8. From evidence gathered at the scene and witness reports, the police were able to locate the suspect vehicie parked on i7th Street between Bellevue Avenue and Marine Drive. Plain-clothes police officers set up surveillance of the suspect vehicle. At about 11:15 p.m., two males returned to the vehicle and drove to an underground parking area in the 1700- block of Bellevue Avenue, where the pair abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene on foot. Police chased the driver of the vehicle on foot and, after a brief struggle, arrested the suspect. Further investigation found the licence plates displayed on the vehicle were stolen from Vancouver, The vehicle, a 1980 Pontiac Firebird, was also reported stolen from Vancouver. Charged with possession of stolen property over $1,000, possession of stolen property under $1,000 and refusing to provide a breath sample is Steven Bartowski, 22, of Vancouver. Cash theft A 47-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver woman was jailed one day in connection with three charges of stealing money from Lendon Drugs in North Vancouver, Jeanette J, Bertelsen pleaded guilty to the charges that stemmed from incidents that occurred on Jan, 24, Feb. Ii and Feb. 16. Bertelsen was also fined a total of $750. Judge Reginald Grandison sentenced Bertelsen in North Vancouver provincial court on Friday, June U1. Store burned THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP are investigating a Sunday, June 13, fire that caused an estimated $50,000 damage to 2 retail food store at 148 West 3rd St. The fire started when empty cardboard boxes, located next to the store, were ignited at approximately 3 a.m. A neighbor living in a three-storey building across the lane from the store spotted the fire and immediately called the fire department, said a North Vancouver City Fire Department (NVCFD) spokesman. When firefighters arrived, a window on the second floor of the two-storey building had blown out and the fire was beginning to spread inside the structure. No injuries were reported. A NVCFD spokesman said retailers should ensure they remove garbage or any combustible material near their buildings. os Police run LOCAL POLICE, including 15 members of the West Vancouver Police Department, will be running Sunday, June 27, to raise money for the B.C. Special Olympics. The annual B.C. Law Enforcement Torch Run begins Ji a.m. at the Horseshoe Bay waterfront park. The runners will finish at the 14th Street pier ai Ambleside Park at approximately noon. Members of the public who attend at the pier and who contribute a $10 donation to the cause will receive a T-shirt and a B.C. Lions ticket. False pretences - A-19-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver woman was recently sentenced to jail for one day in connection with six charges of obtaining goods by false pretences. Heather Ann Giorno also received 12 months’ proba- tion stemming from incidents that occurred between Oct. ' 19,. 1992, and Nov. 29, 1992, at Super Vale’ and Shop- pers Drug Mart in Park Royal Shopping Cenire. Judge Reginald Grandison sentenced Giorno in West Vancouver provincial court. t Judge to give final directions temper and never heard him raise - From page 3 O'Grady replied. Defence. tawyer Deidre Pothecary ended testimony Wed- nesday' with character witness Katie Hill on the stand. “EF never saw him raise his his voice,” the longtime friend of Q’ Grady said. Mr. Justice Bruce Macdonald i is . expected to give final directions to the jury today. . bids to host BC. Games NORTH VANCOUVER is making bids to host two major sporting events. NORTH VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL by Stephen Wisenthal The city and district are plan- ning joint bids for the 1995-96 B.C. Winter Games and 1996 B.C, Summer Games. The bids, supported by the North Vancouver Recreation Commission, were approved by city council on Monday. Ai the district, all three members of the standing commit- tee of council corporate services voted in favor of the bids. The motion will be addressed next week by district council, If the bids are accepted, both municipalities will commit S0¢ per capita to fund the events. The key sticking point — which sunk bids for the 1992 B.C. Summer Games and the 1995 Western Canada Games — re- mains the lack of a track. But a district plan to build a $1.5 million cight-lane track facil- ity will solve the problem, accord- ing to a recreation commission report on the bid proposal. The facilities necessary to stage winter games are already available in North Vancouver. The commission report notes that a games event would provide a multi-million-dollar economic boost to the host community. Support for the games bid has also been solicited from the North Yancouver School Board, Capilano College and the West Vancouver Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. | HAPPY BIRT! 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