INQUIRING REPORTER Would

you support a North Shore:based professional orchestra?

ARE you ready for the Sinfonia of the North Shore?
Ready or not, it looks likely that Clyde Mitchell is
about to make it happen. The popular Canadian con-
ductor is leaving his nine-year position with the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) in August and
is looking to create something himself. His plans call

inquiring
reporter

for hiring “the very best of freelance players” for a
series of two concerts a month. The first would be a
formal Saturday evening event at North Vancouver's

Centennial Theatre with a repeat afternoon perfor-
mance in the less formal surroundings of West
Vancouver United Church. The gala opening is already planned for September 23
and 24 and will feature violinist Gwen Hocbig and works by Michael Conway Baker

and Jean Coulthard as well as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Sounds like a
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rreat idea to us.
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are statistically under-represented in the demographics below.

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NO OPINION

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Dundarave/Ambleside
British Properties

35%

Norgate/Pemberton Heights
Capilano/Delbrook Hightands

Lower Lonsdale

Central and Upper Lonsdale

*Lynn-Valley

Maggie Kolodziej

North Vancouver

Yes. P think the North Shore
needs some more culture. As
a growing city the no
reason we shouldn’t have a
symphony.

Vivian Anderson

North Vancouver

I occasionally go to the
Vancouver Symphony but I
don’t go often. I think it
would go over very weil.
There’s the bridge and traf-
fic if you go downtown.

Iris Fenwick

North Vancouver

I would. I think it would be
good for the North Shore to
have its own symphony so. -
we don’t have to go down-.
town alf the time. I think
they’d get a lot of support.’

: Blueridge/Deep Cove 45% 0% 0%

COMBINED AVERAGE .

50% 37%

: have appeared in North

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~ Rodgers on May 23:

- Kevin James. Skanderup,

: 19, Avas jailed 12 months and

his" co-accused Jason Jacob
Poirier, .26,. was. jailed two
after they ¥ were convicted

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months and

0.5% 12.5%

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instruments, a pry bar, on May
21 in Vancouver.

Skanderup was convicted
of stealing a vehicle on May
20. Poirier was convicted of
obstructing a police sergeant
on May 21.

Both men are of no fixed
address and had their criminal!
records presented in court.

Before - Judge Bill

Rodgers on May 15:

Jeremy Pete, 18, of no
fixed address, was jailed 12
received 24

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Burdett on Jan. 10: .
Randall Allison Mounsain,

months’ probation after he
pleaded guilty to:
®@ possessing a stolen car on
April 26 in North Vancouver;
®@ dangerous driving on the
same day in North Vancouver
District. ;
Pete’s criminal record was
presented in court.
Before Judge Reginald
Grandison on Jan. 26:

Patric Robert Duke, 20, of

North Vancouver, received six
months’ probation after he
pleaded guilty to obstructing
North Vancouver RCMP
Const. Darren Munroe on
Oct, 20,1999.

‘Before Judge

47, of Squamish, was fined

$450 and received six months’

probation after he:

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-impaired driving, but instead

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included offence of driving
without due care and atten-’
tion;

Bf failing to go to court on
June 11, 1999.

The original. impaired
charge related to a May 27,
1998 incident in North
Vancouver City.

Before Judge Jerome
Paradis on Jan. 5:

Joseph Alex Peters, 25, of
Mount Currie, received three
months’ probation after he
pleaded guilty to possessing
marijuana on Sept. 30, 19981 in
West Vancouver.

Rudy. Avignoni, 23, of
North Vancoitver, had his con-

ditional sentence suspended -

30 days and had to spend that
time in real jail in connection
with a breach.

Avignoni was sentenced by

the same judge on March 23, :
“1999 to:a 12-month condi-

ing. es

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. -Wade Howard. Cahill,
of Campbell River, was
30 days’ and received».
months’ probation. after h
pleaded guilty to:
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Vancouver RCMP Const: B
Ferreira on April 4, 1998
i three charges of breaching
probation. by. failing to report
to a probation officer on. July
10, 1997 and: on’ Sept. .2
1997 arid failing to pay restit

tion by’ October? 1996. Th

breaches.
Courtenay;

B . stealing

belonging”
Courtenay on July 24,1997;
@ failing to: go ‘to court: on

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