Jackets stolen

THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP recovered a large
number of jackets stolen from a Lonsdale Avenue store
earlier this week.

According to a police spokesman, Cpl. Al Campbell
and police dog Willy were dispatched to Great Outdoors
Equipment Ltd., 201 Lonsdale Avenue, at 10:41 p.m. on
Dec. 16.

When he arrived on the scene, Campbell noticed that
the lock had been puiled from the store’s front door. A
large quantity of jackets, worth approximately $9,000,
had been stolen.

The potice dog searched the store and then searched
the block.

The police recovered a large cardboard box containing
all of the jackets. Police dog Willy discovered a hammer
and vice-grips deposited at the corner of a building.

Two suspects were apprehended by the police several
hours later. The investigation into the theft continues.

Man guilty

A 39-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man has been con-
victed in North Vancouver provincial court for his part
in the kidnapping of West Vancouver millionaire Jim
PatGson’s daughter last December.

Sheldon Frederick Kwan learned Monday that tie was
found guilty of possession of stolen property after a
written judgment by Judge William Rodgers was issued
to defence und Crown council.

Kwan is to xsppear in North Vancouver provincial
court on Tuesday to set a date for sentencing.

Four young Sifenders have already heen sentenced in

- connection with the kidnapping.
: Meanwhile, the trial of three adult ‘co-necused is set
for Jan. 13 in B.C. Supreme Court.

Charged ase Christian Snelgrove, 19, of North Van-
‘couver, Chadwick Shayne Mauivahill, 22, ef no fixed
adress, and Chad Karl Dafoe, 20 of Richmond.

Frosty returns

AN ABDUCTED snowman was returned to his home
last Friday following a News account chronicling the
theit of four wooden gingerbread men ond a wooden
Frosty the Snowman from the lawn of a North Van-
couver home.

“I was just overwhelmed -- they seemed to be fine,”
said Melbourne Avenue resident David Megahy.

His family has been decorating their home with lights
and Christmas theme characters for five years. Last week
five of the display pieces were sioien.

On Friday night they were anonymously returned.

Parks dedicated

A PROCESS that began over u year 2go to dedicate four
North Vancouver City parks was finaily adopted Mon-
day.

The park dedication bylaws were introduced in Oc-
tober 1990; public approval for the dedications was
granted in a Nov. 17 referendum.

The city then applied to the province ‘‘for title to the
unopened roads that criss-cross the land in question,"
‘explained city clerk Bruce Hawkshaw ia a Dec, 11 report
to council.

The titie-transfer has recently been approved by the
province, allowing the city to proceed with the dedication
of four parks:

@ Loutet park;

@ Eastview park at Rufus Drive and Cedar Village
Crescent;

@ an area at 23rd Street and Ridgeway Avenue;

@ and a pocket park at 18th Steet and William Avenue.

Hospital share

NORTH VANCOUVER District Council has agreed to
contribute $7,200 as its share of a 200-bed emergency
hospital to be stored in the Navy League building at 15th
Street and Forbes Avenue.

The field hospital, which is crated and fully trans-
portable for disaster response, has been made available
by the provincial bealth ministry, which will aiso main-
tain the unit.

But building renovation costs to allow for partitioned
storage and easy access will not be paid by the ministry.

The three North Shore municipalities will share these
costs in the same cost-sharing formula as the North and
West Vancouver Emergency Program, provided that all
three agree.

The North Vancouver City committed its share of
$3,250 on Nov. 25,

West Vancouver Council approved its share several
weeks ago.

WV capital
projects
fund to be
established

‘WEST VANCOUVER

District Council has estab-
lished a capital facilities
fund for future capital pro-

jects.
ed

WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council will allocate money
from various sources to the fund,
including a portion of current
revenues, existing funds set aside
for the expansion of the
municipality’s seniors’ activity
centre, general revenue fund
surplus and income earned by the
capital facilities fund.

The money will be invested and
used to pay for:

@ buildings and land;

® machinery or equipment;

@ extensions of existing capital
works.

Former West Vancouver
municipal manager Terry Lester
suggested establishing the fund in
early 1990 to allow money to ac-
cumulate for worthy projects.

While the introduction of the
new fund will increase taxes, the
increase will be offset this year by
the increase in the provincial
homeowner grant, which will
reduce the taxes payable for most
West Vancouver taxpayers.

The 1991 budget contained a
transfer to a capital reserve fund
of $638,000.

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