. ‘ at NEWS photo Hike Wakefield THE DEAD Fish Gallery dishes out revenge by mail. North Vancouver mischief-makers, Emily, Robert and Judd Hampton, “assassinate the senses" with a selection of goodies available to aend to those you love to hate. Mailing malodorous malevolence North Van company taps into mean mail market MOVE OVER jovial - Singing-birthday-greetings lady — revenge is in the mail. A new Worth Vancouver company is :naking its business tugning ill-will to fun and prof- i. ' The Dead Fish Gallery hit the streets ist week with a catalogue of ri:taliatory nasties. The inspirec\ meanies behind it all, 21-year-o'd Judd Harap- ton and: brother Robert, came upon the convept this way: “My brother aad I were play- ing with the idea for quite a while. The idea came from a friend of my _ brother’s in Alberta, . . - . “She invited her father over , for dinner or something like that. He lives in Vancouver. He never did finish his dinner. She'said you can’t leave before you’ finish your dinner. He didn’t, so she sent it by mai}. “‘By the time it got there it was all rotting and stinking. I think it was a pork chop. So we thought, ‘what a great idea ‘to send things like that through the mail. We just sort of worked on it from there ‘and we iust killed ourselves jaughing with what we could By Michael Becker News Reporter do. it evolved into this,” Hampton said. The ‘‘this'’ Hampton speaks of is a cruel compendium of tricks ranging from the malefi- Parmesan cheeses); @ Nasty Letters For Any Oc- casions (styles range from the arrogant to the offensive). Said Hampton, who is dishing out revenge with the help of his mother, Emily, brother, Robert, and girlfriend, Elaine, ‘‘Right now we’re just distributing (catalogues) and waiting for reaction. This one person on Esplanade...loved it so much he wants to fax it out to 35,000 companies in the Lower Mainland. 44 By the time it got there it was all rotting and stinking. I think it was a pork chop.¥9 cent malodorous to downright malevolent odiousness. For those seeking revenge by mail courtesy of ‘‘zip code hit men,”’ the catalogue includes the following vile options: @ Rotting Fish; @ Eggs Sunny Side Up Chuck (rotten eggs); @ Seasonal Lump of Coal (coal for Christmas and a nasty letter from Santa); @ Fanatical Foot Fumes (a pair of socks rubbed in a com- bination of old Feta and — Judd Hampton “P never anticipated this wonderful reaction. I wasn’t sure what kind of sense of humor people had about some- thing like this. A lot of people might really hate it.’’ Packages are sent gift-wrap- ped. The smelly items are sent in sealed containers. Added Hampton, ‘‘I don’t know hew it’s going to work out. It was supposed te be a fun thing to do and see the reaction.”’ nea ae: Friday, November 22,1997 — North Shore News - 3 Bubble bursts on renovation of tennis facility WV council rejects proposal for Sentinel Tennis Centre THE BUBBLE burst Monday night for supporters of a controversial plan to renovate the three tennis courts at West Vancouver’s Sentinel Secondary School and build a plastic bubble over them for the year-round, joint use of students and the general public. Sentine) principal Peter Lefaivre had proposed a partnership be- tween West Vancouver School District 45 and a business veriure involving two high-level tennis coaches, Daryl Chapman and Allan Lawry, and financier Vic Fletcher. ‘ But West Vancouver District Council, which had the final word on the requested variances to height bylaws for the project, agreed with locai residents who were concerned about their views being impaired and having a “commercial venture’? in a resi- dential neighborhood. Sentinel parents, students and tennis enthusiasts speaking in favor Monday nigh of the pro- posed tennis bubble said West Vancouver has limited tennis facil- ities, particularly for year-round use. Jim Price, vice-president of a 270-member North Shore seniors tennis association, said a ‘“‘great number of older people...wish to participate in the great sport of tennis,” especially in winter when it is difficult te remain active. “But the majority of seniczs don’t have membership in the big clubs — they can’t afford it,’’ said Price. Chapman estimated that the total costs for the project and court equipment would be just under $500,000. Fletcher said the plan was fi- nancially viable, but added Mon- day night that it would not turn those involved into ‘‘mil- lionaires.”" The new Sentinel Tennis Centre would be operated through a new club and used on a pay-and-play basis by club members and the general public, with Sentinel stu- dents retaining access to the courts for 3 1/3 hours a day. “This partnership with the school district miight be unique in Canada, though it is something we might expect to see duplicated elsewhere in a short time,’’ said Chapman. But Aid. Ron Wood predicted that public access to the facility would be ‘‘minimal’’; he was also concerned that students would on- ly get 23% of available court By Maureen Curtis Contributing Writer time. His thoughts were echoed by Bob Swannell cf Chartwell Drive who described the proposed bub- ble as an “‘industrial-type building”’ and an ‘“‘eyesore.’” “The building would be three times higher than that allowed for an accessory building and we feel that allowing it would be unlawful under the existing bylaws,’’ said Swannell. Other residents were outraged that a private interest would be able to operaie a commercial ven- ture on school district property, without having to bear the high costs of acquiring that property. “It offends us that we will have to pay to use the tennis courts that we have already paid for through our taxes...,’’ wrote Charles and Diana Lavis. But in his correspondence with council, Lefaivre maintained that the tennis centre would only generate a maximum of 12 extra cars in the area per hour; he noted that the proposal had won the support of the Ministry of Educa- tion, Sentinel staff, administra- tion, students and the Sentinel School Parents’ Advisory Com- mittee. Ald. Donald Griffiths said the project proponents should have “done their homework’’ and con- sulted with the municipality before putting in the many months of preparatory work. “If EF lived on Chartwell, 1 wouldn’t want to look at this bubble either,’ he added. Several courxcil members ac- knowledged the need for such a facility in West Vancouver, but decided that Sentinel was not the spot for it. Although he appreciated the creativity of the scheme in an “underfunded’’ situation, Ald. Andy Danyliu argued for those residents who choose their neighborhoods on the basis of zoning, expecting that commercial activities will not be permitted there. Stripper murders remain unsolved Second bubble surfaces Bodies found five years ago near base of Mount Seymour A MURDER case involving the killing of two Vancouver strippers remains unresolved almost five years after their bodies were discovered buried in shallow graves off Indian River Road near the base of Mount Seymour. A joint police forces unsolved female homicide task force, in operation from mid-{987 until it was disbanded earlier this year, focused on the case. The task force investigated suspected homicides involving 17 female vic- tims; it ruled out the deaths as the handiwork of a serial kiiler. The task force was instrumental * in resolving a murder investigation involving the death of Mary Anne Medwayosh, a native Indian woman beaten and dumped in By Michae! Becker News Reporter. Lynn Creek waters in 1981. Meanwhile, the bodies of Karen Ann Baker, 20, and Darlinda Lee Ritchie, 27, were discovered in December 1986 by a man looking for a Christmas tree. Although the special homicide task force has been disbanded, the police say they have not wrapped up their investigation of the Baker-Ritchie killings. Said North Vancouver RCMP serious crimes section Sgt. Randy Bennett, ‘“We are very focused on that investigation. We just lack sufficient evidence at this point in time to lay criminal charges.’’ Insp. Harold Avery, the officer in charge of the serious crimes unit at RCMP headquarters in Vancouver said cases such as the Baker-Ritchie investigation are “constantly under review.”’ Added Avery, ‘‘In fact, they were subject of recent psychological profiling done, and out of that there is investigation being done. We don’t exhaust anything until the cell door slams on cases like this. It’s a problem for us and we would certainly like to solve all of these. But some- times that’s not realistic.”’ THE PROPONENTS of the project to put a bubble over the tennis courts at West Van- couver’s Sentinel school are working on a new proposal for combining school district and private tennis interests into a jeint renovation and ad- ministration project. The day after West Van- couver District Council turned down Daryl Chapman, Allan ‘Lawry and Vic Fletcher’s pro- posal, Fletcher said he and his partners were looking at a plan to cover only two of the tennis courts. The new proposal, he said, would-make the ccurt bubble less visible to neighbors, leav- ing one court uncovered and available for use by residents free of charge. Available use of the facility by the school would also be in- creased, said Fletcher. He said he was surprised at council’s vote on Monday, because council members had seemed supportive of the pro- ject up until then. _ “We've had building inspec- tors up reviewing our plans several times and there were no problems,’’ he said. Fletcher noted that two of the residents who opposed the scheme already belong to ex- pensive private clubs that pro- vide indoor tennis facilities. He said proponents of the tennis centre far outnumbered the opponents, some of whom, he maintained, are residents that harbor a long-standing an- imosity toward Sentinel school.