Two hagged k Animals were | left to dia in NV park Deana Lancaster News Reporter Alancaster@usnews.com IRIS Geist was playing tennis at Grand Boulevard Park last Thursday morning when she keard the crying. “The sound of it was Screaming and whining ... at first I] thought it was a sea- gull.” She and her husband Max stopped the game to investi- gate where. the sound was coming from. Ir didn’t take long. ; Underneath a bush, they found a Safeway bag. Inside it, someone had placed two more plastic bags, tied loosely, each containing a tiny, erving newborn kitten. “How could someone. do that?” asked Geist. “The awful part was that they were separated in those plastic bags, and they weren’t even tied tightly. Ic would have taken a while for them to dic.” ; A city employee who the Geists found working in the park called the SPCA, but he was rold that the organi- zation didn’t currently have a nursing mother cat, so they couldn’r do any- thing to help the kittens survive. ‘The North Vancouver couple refused to give up hope though. They took the tiny felines to their own veterinarian, Dr. Jennifer Cooper at the Lonsdale Pet Hospital. Although there wasn‘t a nursing mother cat at the pet hospital either, Cooper and her staff volunteered to feed the kittens with a syringe every few hours, and to take turns keeping them overnight, “We said we would pay for it,” said Geist. “But they wouldn't fet us, we think it’s such a good thing they're doing.” According to Cooper the kittens — one piebald, and the other a marmalade colour — were between 24 to 48 hours old when the Geists found them, too young even to tell what sex they are. “Their eyes are still closed, and they ittens saved NEWS photo Terry Peters IRIS Geist (left) found these newborn kittens in plastic bags under a bush at Grand Boulevard Park. Veterinarian Jennifer Cooper (right) is caring for them. have remnants of the umbilical cord still attached,” she said as she lifted thea from the incubator in her office where they're currently staying during the day. She said the milk replacement they're getting “is never as good as mom’s milk, but it’s the best we can do.” She added that the black and white cat fed from the syringe immediately, while the marmalade took a little longer to catch on. As of Tuesday morning, the pair were alive and thriving. “I just think people should know not to get rid of unwanted kittens that way,” said Geist. “I mean, take them some- where and lie and say you found them — but don’s let them die like that.” ‘North Vancouver woman perished’ in 1998 ~ Keith Lowe Contributing Writer’ _ FLYING on drugs is . not a license to kill,-a . grieving father con- “tends, : | Cat’ Samril-Ishikawa was bitterly disappointed when a B.C. judge granted an absolute discharge to the woman who killed his daugh- ~ter and her friend on May 30, 1998. The North Vancouver. “man has joined forces with six other victims in: a civil Psuite. 0. 0° Monique Ishikawa, 19, .. ' ‘izing in cross-border law, at ‘the pre-trial hearing. and. 20-year-old Kimberley Brooks died - when a vehicle driven by Julia Campagna, a pharmaceutical representative -from . Kirkland, °. Wash., slammed into’ their car at more. than 85. km/h* (100 m.p.h.) while they were lined up. at the Peace Arch border crossing. * “Campagna was tried:in BC Suprenie Court, last year, on charges of dangerous driving. = causing death. She was grant- ed an absolute discharge by a. -Supreme Court judge, as she was deemed ‘to have been temporarily insane, having ingested quantities ofa stim- lant that caused a psychotic. reaction, ety Ine’ her testimony, “Campagna, who may have a hereditary _ disposition © to “mental illness, stated “she thought she. was flying a ‘plane and-was the wife of a . famous NHL player. : Six other drivers and pas- sengers were also injured in “the crash, all of whom are part of the civil action. Although Samril-Ishikawa believes Campagna — was responsible for her actions, he also said there was enough negligence to go around. “She was working for a drug company, driving a company car on. company business,” said Samril- Ishikawa. “She even told other colleagues she was act- ing strangely and hatlucinat- ing an affair with (Dallas Stars centre) Joe Nieuwendyk and no one told her, she shouldn't be driving.” Samril-Ishikawa said he was first. approached to join the action, by Gregory Samuels, an attorney special- _> The case was filed in King County Superior Court on Aug. 29. . : “Pye never been more optimistic ‘about a, case,” Samuels said. “It’s a tragic accident that should never have happened. .... clearly, someone is to blame.” Listed among the plain- tiffs are: Samril-Ishikawa; Frances Brooks (mother of Kimberley Brooks); .Shawn and ~§ Jacob = Stone, of Alexandria, Minn.; Eric Stamp and William Blair of Delta; and Donald and Janet Armstrong from Delta. According to the charging document, the parties are seeking an unspecified amount, that includes: & general damages; B special damages (including rnedical expenses; @ loss of earnings and bene- fits; : @ cconomic loss to. the deceased estates; @ punitive. and exemplary benefits, against the. defen- Beene dants. The suit names Camoagna, as well as her doctor, her employer, the store she purchased the diet supplement containing the ty. Eleven pedestrians have died and 610 have been i Boarder crash deaths subje stimulant and the drug com- panies that manufactured the diet supplement Xenedrine. Xenedrine contains ephedrine, which is a key component in “speed.” It’s herbal base, ephedra, is a cen- tral nervous system stimulant Wednesday, September 6, 2000 - North Shore News - 3 Top 25 earned above $75,0t From paae 1 Remuneration for retire- ments and terminations in the district. amounted to $578,803, while other expenses were logged at S435,679, Following are the top 25 earners in’ North Vancouver District for 1999; IL. Gordon MeMillan Howie, municipal manager, $138,605; 2. David Charles Stuart, (former) director of corpo- rate services, $130,322; 3. Malcolm Craig, Dickie, assistant tire chief, $109,327; 4. Richard A. Zerr, diree- tor of planning, building and environment services, $108,157; 5. Robert John West-Sells, director of parks and engi- neering services, $104,857; 6. Michael | Stewart Hoskin, director of finance, $104,241; 7. Gary Dwayne Calder, fire chiet, $103,741; 8. Bruce T. Ramsey, (for- mer) deputy fire chief, $101,833; 9. Brian Paul Stegavig, deputy fire chief — opera- tions and fire prevention, $91,887; 10..) Gerald = Dunean Carlson, manager, engineer- ing services, $91,837; 11. Gavin Michael Joyce, manager — transportation and public works, $91,371; 12. ‘Terrance Muirhead Swan, deputy fire chief — training, public education and maintenance, $90,966; 13. Joho ALL. McPherson, manager of finance $8,057, 14.) Donald = Gordon Sigston, building and proper- tw department: manager, $86,543; 15. Richard Daniel Burrows, (former) captain of preplanning, $85,917; 16. Rick Clark Pratt, information technulowy ser- vices manager, $85,910; 17, Alexander Cameron Cairneross, (former) parks manager, $85,182; : 18. Robert Oliver Huffman, utilities: manager, $83,387; 19. Dennis Back, (former) municipal clerk, $82,432; 20. Sherwood | James Johnson, manager of human resources, $81,597; 22. Kenneth Dennis Kerr, Manager — division pro- grams, $81,381, , 22. Lawrence; John Craddock, manager — Northlands Golf ‘Course, $79,968; 23. William Keith Henry, (former) section manager — streets, $78,613; 24. Robert | Michael Howell, fire © captain, $76,528; : 25. ~=Brian_ - Anthony Bydwell, — chief : building inspector, $75,697, — Jan-Christian Sorensen. t of civil suit that is illegal for sale in Canada — except as a decon- gestant. “There’s no good that can compensate for the harm that’s been done,” Samril- Ishikawa said. “Keeping this in the public's attention does Tie a yellow ribbon 12-year-old Brynn Peebles (left) and nine-year-old Amy Adji = Highlands elementary school. The ribbons are part of a new ICBC campaign promoting pedestrian safe- some good — it;makes peo- ple aware of my daughter’s life and Kim’s life.” Campagna ;has © also launched a lawsuit of her own, secking multi-millions of dollars against ker co- defendants in the civil suie. injured on the North Shore in the jast five years.