Time bandit
at Park Royal

A robber wearing a ski
mask madc off with
thousands of dollars
worth of watches on
April 24 at Swedish
Jeweler in Park Royal
shopping centre.

According to West
Vancouver Police Sgt.
Steve Watt, the robber
came into the store in
the shopping centre’s
south mall at 3:30 p.m. He used a hammer to break
open glass cases containing the watches.

Within minutes of the robbery, police say a 27-year-
old Toronto man was arrested in the mall’s parking lot.

Police recommended a robbery charge be laid. The
West Vancouver Crown office agreed.

Carley Anthony McLean was charged the next day
with robbing the jewelry store. He was kept in police
custody until Wednesday when the Crown dropped the
robbery charge in West Vancouver provincial court.

McLean was released.

West Vancouver Police continue to investigate. The
;, watches have not been recovered.

Anyone that might have noticed any suspicious activ-.
ity in the south mall around the time of the robbery is
asked to call West Vancouver Police at 925-7300.

: —Anna Marie D’Angelo

‘Heart attack neis charge for woman
_ North Vancouver woman has been charged with agera-
“vated assault after her boyfriend was stabbed in the Fert
-| on April 19.
Valerie Tomiecek, 40, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
_ She is scheduled to fix a date for trial during a May 14
appearance in North Vancouver provincial court.
Tomecek’s boyfriend, Simitrios Xylinas, was in critical
condition after being stabbed three times during a 3'a.m.
incident ata residence in the 100 block of East a Street.
ylinas, 54, survived the atta t originally left him
in critical condition in hospital. oe
According to the police, the couple had been dating for
a few months before the incident.

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Vancouver) district hall up the
hill and looking at it with lust
in their hearts and eyes and
want also to build a monu-
ment unto — themselves,”
Fearntey said during
Monday’s meeting.

People are having to make
do with less, Fearnley. said,
and asked council, “If we're
not spending peaple’s money,
whose money are we spend-
ing? And if it’s no secret, why

is it in-camera and why is
there — special correspon-
dence?”

Coun. John Braithwaite
accused Dean and Fearnley of
“trying to put a scare tactic at
the taxpayers. This has been
out in the public for many
years. (The cost) is covered
already with no tax increase.”

City clerk Bruce
Hawkshaw said the city has
been funding the project since
1990 from excess funds. He
confirmed that the renova-

Friday, May 2,

dons wouldn’t result in a tax
increase to homeowners.

Coun. Barbara Perrault
argued that city hall is “an old
building,” buile in 1975, and
has an unheaithy ventilation
system and faulty heating sys-
tem. She said the renovations
won't have any “added frills.”

“This is hardly what you
call a monument,” Perrault
said.

Coun. Darrell Mussatto
pointed out’ thar the city
already spends about $45,000

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verhaul debated

a year to rent space on the
200-block of 15th Street for
the municipality’s personnel
department. Space is also
being rented to train staff and
to store documents.

“We have to have staff in
one place — they're all over
the place,” Mussarto said.
“We've budgeted for this, let’s
get on with this.”

The motion was passed 4-
2 with Dean and Fearnley
opposed. Coun Barbara Sharp
was absent.

NV development plans at issue

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Mecek took the a proved
plans that had cost 3 00 to
district hall. He said he was
told the plans drawn up by
the district employee were
incomplete and full of dis-
crepancies.

“Well, here I was. My
mouth is glued and I am
embarrassed and what do I
do? I was stunned. At that

point I was not prepared to
disclose what really hap-
pened.”

Mecek said he met with
municipal. manager Gord
Howie and Richard Plunkett,
the director of development.

“We... told them exactly
where we stand. There’s a
mistake been made and we
are not alone at fault. There
is a whole string of people

Capilano recipient of the largest

that have been involved
here,” said Mecek.

Mecek has now launched
an application for a develop-
ment variance permit.

The development variance
permit was on the
council agenda. But it was
deferred and will be on this
Monday’s agenda, said Bell.

Mecek said the $800 for

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April 14.

the faulty drafting has not
been returned.

Bell said that to ensure
such a series of events doesn’t.
happen again, procedures
and policies have been
reviewed with staff.

The disciplinary action
taken against the staff mem-
ber is being grieved by the
union as being too severe.

cash gift in B.C.

THE Asia Pacific
Management Co-opera-
tive Program at
Capilano College on
Tuesday became the
recipient of the largest
cash gift ever presented
to a B. C. college.

The benefactor of the $1
million gift is former B.C, res-

ident, chairman and CEO of ©

Canadian Investment
Consultants (888) Inc. and
the non-profit foundation
Canadians Resident Abroad,
Roberr W. McRae.

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UBC, where he completed his
master’s in Economics in
1951.

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