Cup cancellation BRASH ITALIAN skier Alberto ‘“‘La Bomba” Tomba (above) in- spects the Molson World Giant Slalom course at Grouse Mountain Tuesday before heavy fog spelled the race’s cancellation. Other skiers also got a feel for the course (right). More World Cup information on mevere enema ~ 3 - Metnesday, March 2. 198% - North Share News ‘disap page 13. Auto... ... cece cee ee AD Business............. 16 - Classified Ads.........26 Doug Collins.......... 9 Comies..........6.2..23 Or. Ruth.............18 Editorial Page......... 6 Food.........+.2+-5224 Bob Hunter............4 lifestyles.............17 Mailbox...........006-7 Sports........+00e00 04 13. | TV Listings....:......28 - What's Going On.......21 ‘| WEATHER xe % . . o Wednesday, cloudy with rain. Highs near 11°C. Thursday, pariods of rain. -Raymond Clifford Chartrand, was ‘after the county court. judge ac- W. VAN $200,000 JEWEL HEIST Footprints lead to conviction A SET of footprints led to the conviction Friday in Van- couver county court of a 23-year-old man charged with robbery and wearing a disguise to commit a crime in con- nection with the theft of an estimated $200,000 in gold and jewels from a West Vancouver couple. Raymond Spark, also known as Spark was originally charged in connection with a March 29 inci- dent in which two masked thieves armed with a shotgun terrorized the family of West Vancouver fish buyer Ken O’Connor and escaped from his home with over $200,000 in gold and jewels. convicted by Judge Stuart Leggatt cepted the evidence of an Ontario podiatrist. and West Vancouver Police identification expert Cst. Andy Mendell. The main clue taken from the crime’s scene was an imprint of a Nike running shoe sole, pieced together from broken window pane fragments. Spark was later arrested wearing a pair of running shoes that mat- ched the shoe imprint at the rob- bery scene, and plaster imprints were taken of his feet. The Ontario podiatrist, who is Canada’s leading expert in a method of examining human foot characteristics for identification NEWS photo Mike Wakefield GLEN MASSON, the Glen in Friendly Glen’s Lonsdale Avenue lottery booth, holds up tickets to possible riches after he helped a 33-year-old North Vancouver executive win a total of $3.7 million from six prize- winning numbers drawn on the Feb, 27 Lotto 6/49 lottery. Masson and two associates will receive 10 per cent of the jackpot from lottery winner Lewis Burke for their part in the win. NEWS photos Terry Peters purposes, concluded that the same pair of feet made identical impres- sions ‘in the robbery scene shoes and a second pair of shoes seized from Spark when he appeared for preliminary hearing in West Van- couver provincial court. Judge Leggatt found to be a fabrication Spark's explanation that he picked up the shoes at a party immediately prior to his ar- rest. Spark will be sentenced March 4, . Honesty pays off From page 1 know how to play the lottery and dropped the $18 on the counter and said to call him if he won.” Friendly Glen is no stranger to big lottery winners. On Nov. 21, 1987 his lottery booth sold a $1.6 million winning ticket to North Vancouver’s Nina Fletcher and eight months earlier, .on March. 21, \Vancouver’s Gary Cameron) won.'$1.2 million on ‘a‘ticket™ bought from Friendly Glen’s. But Masson said the $370,000 share of Burke’s winnings was by far the biggest token of apprecia- tion he has ever received. The bonus, Masson said, will, be extremely welcome: ‘‘My bank account is getting pretty low.’’ Masson said.he will also invest some of the money in overhaul- . ing his booth. ; Lottery winner Burke, who is married and has a two-month-old daughter, said he will invest the fortune in long-term investments to provide a secure financial future for his family and will also place a portion of the money in a: missionary fund. vel