pvt avant aly ' flew . eet ne arene S pt en aw Rte Wl one a arg ga es ce OO ore a ey Mie oe were re “See _¢«¢ a an # fee Me Te a ae eS Wie os ae + ee — = oa ng og ie ee . 2 aha s “Seer ee iaaauA Pensa LIV IA , SECOND WIFE. OF AUGUSTUS, : is: played by Sian Phillips in the 12-part dramatization of Robert Graves’ novel “I.Claudius”’ which starts Sunday, September | - 1, at 10'p.mi. on CKVU-TV Channel 13. The series looks at Imperial life in Rome from - 50 B.C. to o A.D. 50. Rumors that West Van- couver council i is considering making @ park by filing the hollow” ‘between . Westport . Road. and the Upper Levels Highway | despite’ ‘objections om. some. local residents were confirmed by Mayor. Peter Jones Monday eve- - . ning. , Inexp! .. | che municip- ality’s present position on the matter Mayor Jones fold council that the possibility of combining the park- proposal with some sort of disposal is being looked at quite. care- fully. ° ' The mayor also announced that the municipality would be. distributing a ‘pamphlet listing the ‘‘pros and cons’ of the plan so there can be public discussion council makes: a decision on it. * ae. ' ee Do ‘ Walk, jog, run, skate, ski, swim. paddle, pedal. “don tletlife . catch: you with | your head down. ‘Fitness is fun. before. “The im portant thin ng is that there. has been some expression of fear on the part of some. ‘residents that council is preparing ‘a final plan | without: public. ‘discus- sion. This is not the case,”’ he said. ae i - However;‘a private meet- - ‘ing has already been held with one’ group of citizens concerned about the tech- nical problems of using the hollow for a disposal dump to make a park. Council has also received a letter from the group objecting to the plan. Another meeting between the citizen group, the mayor and municipal staff has been set for tomorrow, Thursday August .25, at 4 p.m. at the raunicipal hall" ‘‘...before anything goes out at all,’’ said Jones. r “I was advised that they. would have the opportunity to provide input into - the technical questions prior. to any statement to the e--: munity .in- géneral, b: ore ‘it ~ ‘becomes part of a_ public” submission or a ‘etter ‘that would receive. public. distri- bution,” Alderman “ _ Bob, Wyatt noted. “I can recall no commit- ment for consultation prior to the issue of the brochure,” “Alderman Don Lanskail re- plied. “In this . pamphlet, we have endeavored to. para- phrase each of the points of opposition which that group sent to council at an earlier. time. -There was no question ®of staff negotiating technical. matters with this. group,” explained municipal man- anger Terry Lester. POR FINE HEALTH CARE vat dy Qualified, Bonded, Supervised & Insured. RN’ S, Grad's, LPN'S, NA’ 5s, Homemaker’ S, ‘Companions, Orderlies AS: your needs require: HOMES INSTITUTIONS . (PATIENT ESCORT | 20 Hi, Service Ph, 669-1244 “During 1976 Lions, Gate : Hospital dealt with 210. cases -of poisoning—69 of them in the age group ‘between birth — and “four ‘years of age. The group éf cases next largest (48) come.in the 30-49 age group, closely followed by 45 cases among 15 to 24-yearold | patients. These and other facts. and figures about poisonings in B.C. were released last week ‘by the Poison . Information Service of the provincial Ministry of Health. =, Ministry | of Health. The . figures are compiled by the: Division of Vital. Statistics - from reports made to region- al health units ‘by local -hospitals. and ‘are broken down by age group, sex and district. —- os The statistics reveal. that | by far the greater incidence of accidental poisonings still occur between birth and four years of age, and are fairly evenly divided between male and female children with, ‘if. anything, a slight prepon- derance of male chiidfen . “involved. These accidental - poisonings are mainly. due to children’ gaining access - to -icaily general-weighted by females’ improperly stored household supplied and medications. . . . . Datwaan tha anac. af & _petween Cane het = bated 15 the number of poisonings | dropped off considerably. . and we ww eeeaus ‘However between the ages of 15 to 49 the. incidence of . poisoning: increased dramat- with. the ‘Statistics. rrrl over males by 2 to 1 or more. ‘Drug overdose is considered by. ‘the division to be a. poisoning and while it is very often. difficult -to determine -whether the. overdose’ was, accidently or. deliberately administered it is considered _to be a reasonable assump- tion that many of the poisonings in this category are other than. accidental. Past age 50 the incidence of poisonings reported: again drops off ne | af poisoning oB.C,-during. 1976, ‘of fw - 2,766 were male. ‘and 3, 910 ‘slight. were tepot ited. ssoinin ‘carpet care : 9 . Faye female. This’ represents .:a when 130 suicidal poisonings . tT PETER'S CARPET & ‘UPHOLSTERY .- THIS MONTH. ONLY AM: Cl HIG ‘SPECIAL Apt. Living rm, dining rm. ‘Bedroom — Haliway,« 1 #2021190 Lonsdale Avo., cot, 613 paperbacks, 49¢ In change and a dead mouse What Ir the world did t.do with all of this stuff? Well, first. ofall, ‘| -polished. the brass “cleaned the chairs and olted the typewriter. Then | put a classified ad in The North Shore News under Garage Sales. sold: : - everything but.14 paperbacks, -1.wool mitten and the mouse. s-° ‘extracash, trya North. ‘Shore News Classified Ad. _ They’ re big on: results. ‘Who knows, You might just be lucky enough to - tind somebody In the market. for a mouse. - _ North Vancouver €