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A 16-YEAR-OLD gas station employee has been charged

with public mischief and theft over $1,000 after Wes! ;
Vancouver Police investigators found that the teen had SAVE U Pp TO 4
staged a robbery with three other teens.

According to 2 pofice spokesman, the teen was work- .
ing at the Petro-Canada station at Taylor Way and As we renovate and expand our

Marine Drive on Saturday, Feb. 20, when he reported to eat fies
the police that he had been robbed at gunpeint by three facilities. We have also extended

masked men in their carly 20s. / our hours to serve you better.
Upon further investigation by Det. Bob Fontaine, it

was determined that the trio had staged the robbery with ENJOY OUR FRIENDLY QUALIFIED

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oe Three West Vancouver. teens, aged 14 to 16, are now STAFF AND CLUB ATMOSPHERE
charged with theft over $1,080.
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THE NORTH ‘Yancouver RCMP seized a replica hand- - squash courts - challenge ladder - tournaments
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_ disturbance involving a man with a gun. . j _
’ A police spokesman said that officers were dispatched note our expanded hours to serve you better
to the 100-biock of West Keith Road at 7:55 p.m. on :

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- Concealed weapon

A 32-YEAR-OLD West Vancouver man was recently
found guilty of carrying a concealed 22-calltre air pistol.
Benjamin Arthur Baker received nine months’ proba-
tion. He was originally churged in connection with an
April 9, 1992, incident in West Vancouver. :
Baker is prohibited from possessing firearms, 2m-
munition or explosives during the term of his probation.
; He appeared before Judge Reginald 1). Grandison in
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A NORTH Vancouver-based company that specialized ,

in removing silver from film processors has gone out of © 4
business after 10 years. 3-plants per pack

Al Withington, president of Siltec Marketing B.C. ' Nordic grown Po
Lid., located at 239A East. Ist St., North Vancouver, . te
said declining market conditions. and the tack..o7’ new

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. equipment led to the company’s closure. : > al a
': Sittee had employed three people and has always been he erenni § Winter Hardy
lecated on the North Shore.” ‘ I , ‘ i
“The margin for silver and film are very low now, and : Plant now for the biggest plants ‘

the equipment is very outdated,’’ said Withington. ,
He edded that Siitec did not have the resources to 192 . | 1
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purchase new state-of-the-art equipment.

“We install equipment on processors that develop
film, and we harvest the silver from the processors and
refine it for the customer,’’ said Withington.

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. There is less and less silver in the film business.” . ; le ;
He added that Sillec mainly removed the silver from ; y Ow a a e

L processors that developed x-ray films. , f . | .
; Withington said that he did not forsee Siltec’s reopen- ; Seeds, Summer Bulbs & Rose Plants
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From page ? But Gene Ritchie told the y ° le 3 for
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But burning proponents argued ficult and expensive to burn : For Quality, Selection and Service
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“ tion for a burn results in a faster, byproducts. . : |
hotter fire’ that releases less par- “To say they can burn cleanl 9 PRY pues
. ticulate matter, an irritant to those is utterly ridiculous,’’ he said. : ‘ 4
bothered by smoke. coe While one man _ estimated it
They said that hauling the kind would cost him’ $500 a year to
of woody . material West Van- have someone remove his prunings
couver lots can produce to the and yard droppings, environmen-
“eurb for pick-up can be difficult talist Paul Hundal said that the
and expensive on steep topogra- annual cost of having his yard
» phy. ) wastes hauled away is about $45
And they added that banning — less than the cost of the pro-
.. burning would encourage people posed burning permit. :
to dump unwanted: waste down Council will consider the out- 1821 Marine Dr., West Vancouver
creck banks and at street ends or door burning bylaw at next Mon- 922-4171 ’ 922.3968
: to remove their trees altogether. day’s meeting. . . . A