Al0 - Wednesday, May 12, 1982 - North Shore News Ellsworth Dickson Vancouver has passed a law restricting patrons of video game arcades to those over 18 years old on the grounds that these arcades contribute to juvenile delinquency. North Vancouver does not have such a law. Today’s question is: City council recently ‘Should we have an age restriction in our video arcades?”’ Anne Whatcott North Vancouver I don't think we need an age restriction law. I don't believe video game arcades contribute to juvenile delinquency. Doug Cannon North Vancouver I think we should leave our laws regarding video arcades the way they are. At least the kids playing video games are off the streets. They are going to hang out somewhere anyhow. Paul Surette North Vancouver 1 don't think video ar cades contribute to juvenile delinquency Sometimes | go to ar cades It's fun and |] don't see crimes being planned or committed — | think we restriction don't need an age Lynn Sabourin North Vancouver I don't know if arcades do contribute lo juvenile delinquency Have any studics been done’ Teenage kids will hang out somewhere | wonder what facts Vancouver City council used to make its decision Lets leave our arcades alone unless they prove to be real trouble spots Don Plan Barnaby We have had juvenile dehnqueney for many years What caused it before we had video arcades” You need a bot morc than a law to curb yuvenile debsguene y . Shore is cougar country FROM PAGE A1 report,” says Adolf. “They only eat meat.” Though he only receives reports of sightings of them three or four umes a year, he warns: “There are always cougars around on the North Shore. It is not an unusual risk.” Adolf warns parents of young children never to leave them unattended in a yard which is near bush. “A baby or a small child having difficulty walking might look like food to a cougar,” he says. It is quite unusual for cougars to be as close to a busy road and as far down from the mountain as the pair Adolf shot on the weekend. He _ thinks the heavy snows drove them down looking for food. Riverside Drive resident Dorothy Hoy, aged 20, and a girlfriend staying with her were horseback rnding on a trail just a short distance from the ranger station when the husky-lab walking ahead of them started screaming as it left the trail and went into a thick bush area. The women’s horses refused to go on and froze to the spot. At that point, the riders assumed the dog had tangled with a bear and rode to the ranger station for help. They say the ranger staff were changing shift at the time and _ suggested the women should get some more people to help and return to look for the dog. A group of about six returned that evening and spent about two hours unsuccessfully looking for the dog. Bronco busted in Rabbit Lane A HEAD ON colhtsion of two cars in the 400 block Rabbit Lane in) West) Vancouver Sunday aftermoon caused vehicle damage estimated at $5 000) and people injured two Police say the accident appeared to have happened when an castbound 19°] Dodge Dart crossed the centre of the road between intersechons and collided head on with a westbound 1980 Bronco. culinary excellence: 726 -SH22 | 4qs~ tlt Street. West ‘Laneouver @ Saturday morning they returned and found the remains of the dog, just half a mile from the road. Most of the animal had been eaten and the Fish and Wildlife office was called. Adolf attended = with Dennis Pemble, the department’s dog handler from Abbotsford, who had five dogs with him. Pemble could tell from the signs of the kill that the pet had been attacked by a cougar rather than a bear. And from the fact that so lite of the dog was left he assumed the cougar had been returning to eat more and might well still be in the area. His dogs quickly picked up a scent. Within 10 minutes his dogs had a cougar treed and Adolf shot it. But one of the dogs continued running and made such a commotion that Pemble realized there was another cougar ahead. The dog ran the cougar in a circle and treed it and again Adolf TRU-VALU OPTICAL The VANCOUVER 63) West Broadway 673-304) NORTH VANCOUVER 1456 Lonedate Ave OB? 1611 RICHMOND 145-4800 No } Roed Parkside 4900 770-3634 Congratulates VAN. CANUCKS shot the cat. The wildlife officers took the dead cougars with them for disposal. Adolf says the chances of running into a cougar are slight but does not attempt to minimize the danger. “There are thousands of people who walk in the woods every day who never even see one. 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