were released they began dating
immediately.

THE CITY of Winston-Salem has SRE
- agreed to a settlement with its most NEWS OF THE
notorious parking-ticket scofflaw. WEIRD
_ Details were not revealed. but — eee
Thomas D. Scott potentially owed ~
$52,000 for 990 parking tickets (and
late fees) acquired over the last five
years, Scott’s initial reaction when
told of the outstanding balance was:
“That’s not even real, man. How
could anybody get that many parking
tickets?”

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A quick account of weapons a J
ir oaarne nuit a Today's Real Estate Section

reportedly used recently in rob-
beries:

¢ a spray bottle of toilet cleaner,
pointed at a shopkeeper in Norwich,
Ontario, in December;

* a manhole cover, brandished by
a street mugger who made off with
$75 from a man in Chicago in
February:

* a golf ball, thrown by one of
three unidentified youths at a bicy-
clist, who fell off and was robbed of
$75, in Slinois;

“ a pitchfork, wielded by one of
two men in the recent robbery of a
market in Greensboro. North
Carolina.

THE VILLAGES OF NORTHLANDS
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE

The planning process for the Northlands Golf Course ©
included a portion of land owned by Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporation in partnership with the Province: of:
British.. Columbia.

Oakland, California — A judge
ended Fred Whitaker's free access to
state courts in October after he filed
his 23rd petition to that court. of
about 40 overall since 1987, that the
judge called frivotous.

- Among his previous lawsuits:
. Whitaker sued a grocery store that
- accepted his 30-cents-off coupon on

CMHC ard B.C. Lands are’ now

Compiled by AP. McCredie undertaking a more detailed ‘land use planning and a

other hend, recent

Mug Root Beer but charged sales tax On the

on the posted price, towering his
yield to 28 cents. He sued a video
“club that had issued him a one-free-
yvideo-per-month coupon but had
declined to give him two videos one
month: after he pointed out that-he
2, had not used his coupon the previous

: ‘month... 4 . .

William Patrick Ford Il, 15,:was
‘charged with the murder of a liquor
“stofe owner in Maryland in February.
According. to: the police, Ford
«shot the man after being rebuffed in
his’ request for change of a dollar.
‘o-:'The victim’s last words were, “What ..
‘dol look like, a bank?” .,

~* Orlando, Florida — A man who
‘tecently robbed a-Barnett Bank >
branch was caught on tape by a sur-
veillance camera.

» According ‘to. the Orlando

T IUS FAR LIFE HAS PRESENTED SUCCE:

-raid’ on a

Sentinel, the robber appeared to be
wearing a fake-glasses-and-iarge-
nose disguise, but when witnesses
said the man's large nose was in fact
his own, the Sentinel published the
photo.

Numerous people called the
crime tips hot line to identify the tel-
low with the large nose as a man
named Chuck Newman. Police sub-
sequently went to Newman's home
and after a brief chase, arrested him.

Just weeks afler they had: met
while they were arrested during a
local bar, Dominic
McDonnell and Cathy Snelson mar-
ried in London.”

At their first meeting, the couple
had spent two hours chatting, sitting
on the floor with their hands tied

’ behind their backs, while police sort-

ed out which suspects they wanted
and which were innocent. After they

attempted thetis were foiled by vic-
tims wielding:

* a large spatula and oven scrub
brush in the aborted robbery of a
pizzeria in Dayton, Ohio:

¢acan of Raid, used by a home-
owner in Stark County, Ohio, to
momentarily blind a burgiar.

Thieves with unusual needs:

* two men in Colorado, were
accused of stealing five hedgehogs
from _a pet store in January;

* two men in’ Yuba | City,
Califomia, tried to steal a still-hot

- barbecue grill at a county probation

office picnic last April;

ea 43-year-old man in North
Carolina was charged in September
with digging up and taking 1,500
Venus fly trap plants;

* aserial doorbell-thief continues |

to stalk houses ‘in Long Hill
Township, New Jersey.

rezoning process for. approximately. 120 acres of land

generally west of the new golf course.

Public consuttation is critical to achieving a community based
development plan. A series of public meetings will beheld:
over the coming months. A public open house will be held on™

Thursday, May 11,1995, at the Ron Andrews- Recreation
Centre, Windridge Room, 931 Lytton Street. "

Piease drop by between 6 and 9 ‘pm to look at displays: and :

talk with members of the projact team.
exchange information, identify concerns and to incorporate

ideas froma range of community interests.

If you require additional information, please contact at Moodie

Consultants at 873-641 8.

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