4- Friday, April 1, 1994 - North Shore News INTREPID NORTH Shore News council reporter Martin Miflerchip diatled upon an odd item this past week, Seeking relief from the bureaucratic babble he subjects himself to weekly, our resident thespian called the Esplanade 6 the- atre-listing recorded message. One of the movies playing was. “Who's Eating Gilbert Giape?” Car ‘salesman Joseph LaRaviere, 29, while attempting to help a cou- ple. who had run out of gas in their car near Ruskin, Florida, got his tight-index finger stuck in the gaso- line filler pipe. It remained there for ‘about. two. hours before firefighters ‘arrived and rescued him. . Roy: Kinne, 28, an unemployed -Chicago- -area man, happened to be home on a December afternoon “when an. eight- year-old boy fell ~ through the ice in a lake adjacent to‘ his home. After. he rescued the boy * /Kinne said: “If. 1 would have had a ‘life, [ might not have been (home).”. ‘ The victirn of a car theft. while visiti ing. Omaha, . Nebraska, in’ February, lowa ‘judge Joseph Straub walked into the lobby of'a local - police station around 10 p. mi) to file “a report rather than wait for officers .to’ come to the ‘scene. According to the judge, he pushed the buzzer on. -the locked front door several times, aod saw, officers moving. around inside, but no one‘ answered., Using the:pay phone-in the Jobby, he’ :¢alled the station to ask that an ‘offi-.. “4. ¢er-open' the ‘door and take his report:.Ten minutes passed before ° n officer opened the door. He went ack inside, and 10. more minutes ° passéd. before” another. officer __ complied by AP. McCredie later, a sergeant. came out, then went back in, and finally, a few minutes after that, an officer drove up to the front of the building, got out of her squad car, and took Straub’s report. Milwaukee juvenile court judge Mike Malmstadt, quoted inva Time. magazine story on how hostility by’ drivers increasingly : provokes vio- lent reactions by others:“I don’t give people.the finger from my car, and I haven’t for a while.” Professional séccer ‘team manag- “er Dan 0’ Riordan, defending his decision to levy fines:against play- ers for flatulence in the locker room: “It can get fairly oppressive when you’ve got 20 players in a. tiny dressing room all suffering the effects of a Sunday night curry.” peared. ‘Then he left, and nothing .* ., happened for ‘10 more minutes... Exasperated,. the Pee still in-the- tate Rep. Frank K, conimenting in January on a report on the death penalty Chat fixed the cost of lethal injection execution at $46,000 and of a firing squad at $7,000: “With figures like these, should we wonder why peo- ple don’t trust government? § believe [can figure out a way to shoot somebody for less than $7,000," Attorney Daryl Blue announced in December that he would appeal the conviction of his client Freddie Armstrong for stabbing an 81-year- old preacher to death and culling off his head before stunned onlook- ers who included police officers, at a Bastrop, Louisiana, funeral home.. ’ Blue claims that Armstrong was . obviously insane al the time: “A. rational man does not decapitate a man’s head in the presence of a police officer.” Swedish hockey team coach Curt Lundmark, on why he did not protest more vigorously a disal- lowed goal by his-team in its Olympic loss to Canada in February: “Sweden’s influence in “international hockey is like a duck fart in Africa.” A London. newspaper,’ Independent, reported in January on the Monday Club, a group of older men who meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Porchester Baths in London to be “schmeissed” — whipped while naked in. a steam room by men ‘wearing a ritual yellow wig, then immersed in ice-cold water. “Your bady is like a car,” said one, “and a ‘schmeiss is like being serviced.” _ The ritual has been practiced, for. more than 60 years, and advocates ‘claim it produces deep relaxation anda a longer life span. “YES WE DO " Give e estimates in your home for Drapery, Stip ; ‘ Covers and. 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CITY AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS 60% OF THE SITE 1S COMMON AREA WITH LANDSCAPING F AND GARDENS OPEN SAT. & SUN. From 110 4:30 PM The .. n seta ete pe IT ET TEATRO ERTL Site sought for school District 45 works yard WEST VANCOUVER District Council is contemplating an exchange of extra development density for a piece of land to be used as a school works yard site. WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL By Maureen Curtis The municipality is hoping to acquire some British Pacific Properties (BPP) land on Fagie Lake Road so ‘thai West Vancouver School District 45 can move its works yard to the site from: its location’ off Inglewood Avenue behind the YMCA building, According to Coun, Allan Williams, the current location of the works yard with access from Kings Avenue and Inglewood has led to traffic complaints from nearby residents. Moving the works yard would allow the municipality | to “north to Braemar. are included. program to ensure dependable water seivic close Kings Avenue to through traffic and allow for an expan- sion of West Vancouver sec- ondary school. In exchange for the land on ‘Eagle Lake Road, BPP. wants to upzone an }l-acre site it owns next lo Panorama Village and build 88 residential units instead of the 28 presently allowed. “his would require transfer of the densily — the extra 60 units —— from four other’ loca- tions: L. The 3 question. 2. The 1.04-acre adjacent road . area. 3. A vacant 5.0-acre site below © the Upper Levels Highway, . northwest of the BC Rail tunnel’ and above Seaview Walk...’ 4. The non-subdivided phases of :. the approved ‘Canterbury subdi-. vision, 3.22-acre warks yard in As a result of the transfer, council would ‘acquire the: first three sites, 9.26 acres in total. ‘ A “fei other side Cty "Residents i in the area and surrounding streets may.’ notice some discolouration of water due to sediment being stirred up. This is harmless and water clarity. . should return to normal quite quickly. © , During the cleaning process, specific blocks within | the area will be without.water from 9:00 to-4:30 p. m., ; with some areas experiencing more than one interruption. Advance notice will be given to” affected households by letter. Cleaning and painting of two steel water storage tanks at the upper end of Prospect Road begins April 5: The -work involves the use of diesel-driven generators, _ which are noisy pieces of equipment. We will. endeavour to keep disturbances toa minimum during « a the six-week project. Please call the Utilities Departinent 986-91 a with any questions or concerns.