October 28, 1990

NEWS photo Terry Peters

Freddies in traming

KNIVES READY, sisters Sue Tobias (ieft) and Liena Allan prepare to make
this pumpkin a shell of its former self. The giant Atlantic pumpkin was grown
in Allan’s North Vancouver garden. The sisters plan to make an extra-large,
extra-scary jack-o’-lantern out of the mutant squash for Halloween night.

SUNDAY

Parking lot king
has a sense of humor

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56 pages

3 youths
onvicted
Im vicious

West

Van

attack

TWO RICHMOND men
face sentencing next month
and three Vancouver youths
have been convicted on
charges stemming from a
September 1989 incident in
which a 20-year-old Sardis
man was robbed and had
his throat slashed at West
Vancouver's Ambleside
Park.

By Michael Becker
News Reporter

Brian Wilthelms required 12
stitches to close two lacerations on
the left side of his neck after he
was attacked by 10 people at the
beach.

According to West Vancouver
Police, the trouble began when 2
large group of youths from Van-
couver and Richmond drove into
Ambleside Park a! approximately
lf p.m., Sept. 15, and began
fighting with a greup of local
youths.

Wilhelms said he was slashed
while he was trying to fend off at-
tack. He also lost $400 cash.

Wilhelms said he had intended
to use the money as a rental de-
posit for a West Vancouver
apartment.

“After I get cut, a white guy
was standing in my face and
grabbed my wallet and took my
money, threw it (the wallet) back
and told his buddies they had
booze money for the night,’ he

Highway 99 remains closed due

THE SQUAMISH Highway remained closed indefinitely to
press time Friday in the wake of Thursday's second rock

and mud slide.

The slide hit the area that was
blocked by a massive rock slide a
week ago and further delayed the
reopening of the highway.

As reported in the Friday News,
tragedy was narrowly averted

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rock and mud
rock-sealing

Thursday when
rained down on
crews.

Six rock sealers were injured,
one seriously.

Meanwhile people travelling be-

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tween the Lower Mainland and
Squamish, Whistler and Pember-
ton, have been forced to make the
trip in various roundabout ways:

* BC Rail resumed daily pas-
senger rail service between North
Vancouver and Lillooet Thursday
morning;

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tween Horseshoe Bay and Darrell

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highway

Shannon
uatil the

Bay, near
continue
reopens;

e Water laxis are now running
between Squamish and Horseshoe
Bay;

* Harbor Ferries is operating a
passenger vessel between Coal
Harbor and Squamish;

* The Hurley logging road be-

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Man robbed,
throat slashed
in Ambleside
Park incident

said.

At first Withelms didn’t notice
that he had been injured.

But he said, ‘‘The guy that took
my money said, ‘Only wimps
bleed. You're a wimp because you
are bleeding.’ **

Sentenced
the incident:
eA 16-year-old Vancouver youth,
convicted last month of assault,
sentenced to one year probation
and 100 hours of community
work.

*A second 16-year-old Vancouver
youth, convicted of robbery,
possession of a weapon and
assault, sentenced to 200 hours of
community work and two years
probation.

eA 17-year-old Vancouver youth,
convicted of robbery and posses-
sion of a weapon, sentenced to
two years probation and 200
hours of community work.

Meanwhile 19-year-old Edgaro
Parinas of Richmond pleaded
guilty Oct. 9 in B.C. Supreme
Court to assault in connection
with the Sept. 15 incident.

Chad Dafoe, 19, of Richmond,
pleaded guilty to theft.

Both will be sentenced on Nov.
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to slide

tween Pemberton and Lillooet is
plowed and open to provide a
back-door land route to Whistler
and Squamish;

* And the Duffey Lake Road,
blockaded by Mount Currie In-
dians since July, has been opened
sporadically to travellers.

To press time, the provincial

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