Counterfeit alert A LOCAL store owner is warning businesses to beware of counterteit $20 bills being passed on the North Shore. The woman, who does not want to be named, says a chubby white man, 185 pounds (85 kg) and 5°10” (178 cm), parked a new, smail white truck with an open back in the parking lot of her store Thursday night and tried to buy something with a U.S. bill. She iamediately realized it was fake and told him so. He left ‘the store, joining a woman with shoulder-length hair in the truck, Ferry change "- EXTENSIVE DOCK reconstruction and upgrading at BC Ferries’ Horseshoe Bay terminal will entail berth clo- ~ sures to March £7. During this period, the Bowen Island ferry will depart 15 minutes earlier than usual for the first two sailings from both Snug Cove and Horseshoe Bay. - Dead dogs THE WEST Vancouver Police are investigating the mys- ‘terious Dec. 28 deaths of two dogs belonging to the same ” family, © .._A golden retriever was found decapitated near the BC ‘Rail tracks in the 3100-bleck of the Marine Drive area. The police believe the animal was Killed by a passing / >. train, but an autopsy failed te provide them with further information regarding its death. The 'family’s other dog was taken to a West Vancouver veterinarian by an anonymous person, who suid the spaniel had been hit by a train, The animal doc- tor:later determined that (he dog had actually been shot in the head with a gun, apparently a 22 callbre firearm, ; The dog did not survive. «The family is-unaware of uny reason that anyone ‘would wish to haens their pets. ‘The West Vancouver Police do not believe there fs “cause for concern by pet owners that domestic animals : are t being stain in he areas. They do not currently have any farther information : about the deaths of either dog. If anyone does have tifor- mation, cor itiiet Const. I fan Craib at 922-4141, : Vukovar totally destroyed at beginning of civil war Fi rom page 4 ‘So- ‘when we read that Canadians - were fined up at ge un ‘point, thar was no big devl. lt wa -not unique,” he said. But-he said the former- Yugoslavian people do know where the “imaginary fine” is as far as acceptable conduct towards for- -eigners.: “They try to. play games and intimidate you,” said Stobod. . -Slobod said the ‘area was rural with the largest nearby town being Vukovar which has: the dubious ‘honor of being the place where the ethnic civil war began in 1991]. : Stobod said the entire city is destroyed. _ “Vukovar had a population | of : 65,000 before the war started and’ had an:estimated 15,000. casualties “asia result of the conflict th said Slobod. , The city now “contains 20, 000: people who are'mostly. refugees. ‘He. said inflation: in thejarea_ was quot: ed as:17% an hour, Ht wasn’t unusu- il to have printed money” Containing | billion | 2er05;" He said there was nothing 10 buy in Stores because the economy Wits collapsed and. international sitnetions were in place, ~:, “So what has happetied is all the " right (good) people are poor and all the wrong people ure getting rich; the war profiteers and if you want to call it, the Serbian mafia, are thriving with the black market.” Slobod suid he and an RCMP member from Ashcroft rented a home from a Serbian family whe adopted Slobod into the family. He described the contempt between ethnic groups as tragic. ; “Slobod said a person’s ethnic origin is stamped on all their identi- “fication and other imporrant papers from birth. “They ail look the same. Buc all ‘the teighbors and everyone knows ‘who is what ethnic group,” Slobod. * said Meanwhile another North Vancouver RCMP. member, Const. Charmaine Bulger, also spent time _.in the former Yugoslavia. She spent “nine. months there as part of. the ~- civilian police force. Locals file civil court actions in Vancouver CIVIL SUITS (These writs were filed with the court registry in’ Vancouver between Jan, 10 and Jan. 13, 1994, Jnformation is taken from the state- sents of claim.) Plaintiff: Mary Anne Pare, 276 West 18th Ave., Vancouver. Defendant: [CBC, 15! Esplanade, North Vancouver. Claim: A declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to medical. rehabilitation and disability bene- fits following an automobile acci- dent on or about Jan. 15, 1992, Plaintiff: Alice Solypa, 203-3901 (Carrigan Crt., Burnaby... * /Defendant: ICBC, 151 ! Esplanade, North Vancouver. { Claim: Accident and disability benefits for an automobile accident that occurred on Aug. 18, 1993, Plaintiff: Guiseppe J. Brizzi, c/o Workers’ Compensation Board Legal Services Department, 6951 Westminster Hwy,, Richmond. Defendant: Franjo Pavlovic, 2989 B. 4th Ave., Vancouver; Donald Patrick Dapp, 3050 Alder Crt., North Vancouver; Nelson Hevia, 11408-92nd Ave., Deha;. and Lakhbir Singh Rai, 3178 Venables Su, Vancouver, Claim: Damages for injury, loss and expenses as a consequence af a, motor vehicle accident on or about June 8, 1992 ‘ in North Vancouver. Plaintiff: Stephen and Yvonne Raw, 506-1050 Bowron Crt; North Vancouver, Defendant: Carlos Felipe Perez, 40022 Phiteau Dr. Squamish. Claim: Specific performance of an ‘ugreement of sale plus purchase and damages, or the return of a $5,000 deposit. Plaintiffs. Maria Da-Conceicao Ribeiro, 1136 E, Vancouver, Defendant: Joseph Jude Dubois, 1275 Dempseys' Rd, North Vancouver, West West / Claim: General and special dam-’ ages for injuries sustained as a result of an automobile accident oa or about Aug.. 6, 1993, in Viuncouver. ; Plaintiff: Shahiruse Sumur, 316- 1989 Marine © Dr., North Vancouver. : Defendant: Robert Pike Jr, 114 Signal Dr.. Randole, Massachusetts: and Budget Rent-a- Car of B.C. Ltd.,. 1900-1040 West Georgia St.. Vancouver. Claim: General and special dam- ages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident on or about Dec. 4, 1992, in Vancouver. ; 27th Ave, . Sunday, January 16, 1994 ~ North Shore News - R FUTON TON BLOWOUT ‘Queen or a dol. only Includes solic pine sofa bed frame, inple foam core futon, Scouhquorded futon covet, pillows and pillow covers. While quantities fost. 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