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‘_ “West ‘Vancouver | Police.
= detectives investigating » the
-explosion.".say, the device .
‘which caused the. blast. was. _
he | ‘small and. as yet ‘uniden--
S tified. However, they’ say it
“was detoriated. by: a timing ”
mechanism. -

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Tuesday's m m eetings of North

. Shore councils: include ‘the ‘Centre ‘re: sign | ‘erection " ; Len

: ht: £ ‘southside . 200.
olomee items: permit. and “Black Sheep. ‘block East Hths Street. OO,
. NORTH restaurant re: violation ‘of.

(7:30PM).

Policy meeting - future of ‘a
Mahon Pook: =

7 , No imectinig’ ‘scheduled for”
ae Field in Boulevard this | ~week. Next meeting
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A one-year ‘contract with ‘The package. is similar. to. ” muanicipalitien | in the. Greate? re
municipal employees was. those reached with em- Vancouver | Regional .
approved last week by West ployees: by ‘other. District ee .
Vancouver council. oe Foe os ,

-The. settlement. ‘with the
- West. Van Municipal Em- ~
‘ployees Association provides
for a:seven per cent.pay hike
(7.5. per cent. for \ inside
. workers, ) together: -with-cost---
‘of-living | “adjustments, im-
provements.in overtime and
life insurance, and other
fringe benefits.

: %
recommendations last
spring, board chairman Don
Burbidge informed — the

' teachers’ representatives
hey claimed these - that the provisional budget

changes’ would increase did not reflect their conc is
. costs about $477,000 or _incany major ways, that

Ee BIRTHDA ’ SHELAGH! Today is that special day for this issue’ 3. Sunshine :

an average of 40
minufes per week
prepafation time.

North Vancouver ‘School. Committee chairman Gail
Board upped its expenditure Tyler.
figure by 7.8 per cent in —
passing a provincial 1980
budget of $47, 688, 081
Tuesday.

The NVTA made three
budget recommendations:

Administrative costs ‘of

about $1.25 million are up
2.8 per cent; teaching costs
of almost $32.75 million are
up6.8percent.

°

David Craig was the only
trustee who made a
thorough criticism of the
provisional budget, claiming
“about $1 million could be
redirected toward
educational programs or
returned to the taxpayers.”

He pointed out five

deficiencies in the budget's .

preparation, eight areas that
could be cuf, and six items
that should be strengthened.

Prior to approval, the
board heard «a North Van
Teachers Association report

on district staffing and.

budget needs by NVTA
president Loretta Ceraldi
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An assortment of quatity
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arrived too late, and that

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... presented. ..these. general ... January's final budget.

JANE LOOP says: priorities of where money is.spent

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