wyeece ~ sapere cen chee Ay rae mee co ge tne rte SIR oe Hep NEWS photo ian Smith NORTH Vancouver City’ 8 Mayor Jack Loucks lead.a hurrah for a great year in '86 as council held their inaugural meeting Monday. Joining Loucks were (back row left io. right), Aldermen Join Braithwaite, Elko Kroon and Dana Taylor, and (front row left to right) RCMP color party member Cst. Mike Elliott, Ald. Ralph Hall, Loucks, Ald. Stella Jo Dean, Ald. Allan Blair and RCMP Cst. Denis Gagnon. Details of meeting can be found on page 5. A report on West Vancouver council is on page 9 and District of North Vancouver's meeting is reported on page 10. The high cost of a winter wonderland SNOW is stuff. expensive The recent cold snap, which sent temperatures plunging to lows of minus 14, set 34 records across B.C., and covered the Lower Mainland’ with an unac- ‘customed blanket of dry snow, has taken a large chil- ly bite out of North Shore snow clearing budgets. - The municipality of West: Vancouver has already spent approximately $75,000 of the $150,000 annually allot- ted to clearing snow from West Vancouver's 254 km of road. North Vancouver District has gone through more than ‘double West Vancouver’s total, ploughing through almost $200,000 thus far in 1985, The district has ap- proximately 300 km of roads. North - Vancouver City, with 173 km of roads, has spent close to $40,000 of a budgeted © $112,000 in its battle to keep city stects clear and city drivers mobile. Lawrence Scott, manager of public works for West Vancouver, estimated that the cost to rhe municipality, in material and wages, for a 24-hour period of intensive ‘snow clearing runs to ap- proximately $30,000. Salt, at close to $40 per ton, represents one of the main material expenses, he said. West Vancouver has NEWS photo Stuart Davis POUNDING THE pavement paid off for the ie Sterling Committee, above, Saturday as they collected between $2,000 to $3,000 worth of food goods, The committee, left to right, Bob Reiley, Tom Dalton, Dave Kitching, Larry Baillie, Don Jones and Paul Finlay, canvassed the lower east Lonsdale area and took the goods to the PNE Sunday at part of a Christmas Food Drive. TWO North Vancouver brothers were each sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting their younger sister. Aged 23 and 21, the brothers originally "faced eight. charges in connection with a series of assaults that were alleged to have taken place between September 26, 1978 and June 30, 1983. A court ban has been placed ‘on publication of in- formation that might lead to the identity of the victim which, because the case deals with charges of incest, in- cludes both the names of the victim and the two brothers. A. pre-sentence hearing was held in the case to hear evidence to determine whether violence had been used in any of the assaults. in his final statement fol- lowing the three days of that hearing, provincial court Judge J.K. Shaw said that he was convinced acts of violence . had indeed occurred. In her testimony against her two. brothers, the victim told the court that she had engaged in sexual activities with the younger of the brothers as early as 1976, used 350 tons of salt thus far, which, according to Lawrence, is three times the usual usage for this time of ear, “With all the hills in West Vancouver, it is one of the most difficult municipalities in the Lower Mainland for snow clearing,’? Lawrence said. “It's been an expensive fall se far.”” . Director of Engineering for North Vancouver District John Bremner said the Vancouver area has been fortunate in that the past few winters have been rela- tively mild. Snow removal costs have subsequently hovered around the $50,000 to $60,000 level for North Vancouver district. At the other end of the scale, annual snow clearing costs have run as high as $500,000, Bremner said. The district budget for snow clearing is approximately $150,000 annually. He points out that annual maintenance of equipment, because of the large amounts of salt.used, is high, ranging * from $25,000 to $30,000 per season. Depending on the level of snow clearing needed, Bremner said, the daily cost of snow clearing to the district runs from between $1,400 to $13,500. North Vancouver city, which has used approximate- ly 100 tons of salt thus far in 1985, spends ciose to $4,000 per day to clear city streets. years when the two were 10 and 12 years old respectively. Reason for compliance in the acts, she testified, was because she feared physical violence from the older of the two brothers. Judge Shaw made a rec- ommendation that the brothers serve their sentences in the regional psychiatric centre at Matsqui Correc- tional Institute. Propane torch lights house AN ATTEMPT TO thaw frozen pipes brought City of North Vancouver firefighters running. A North Van. home- owner caused smoke and fire damage to his resi- dence at 312 East 12th Street Saturday when he used a propane torch in an effort to thaw frozen pipes, A spokesman for the fire department says a fire started by the iorcn went into the walls. But hie credits the homeowner with preventing more damage by emptying a fire extinguisher into the origin of the fire. City firefighters stop- ped the spread of the fire which occurred at. 16:25 a.m. Big Al hearing on hold THE PRELIMINARY inquiry of CKNW sports director ‘Big Al’? David- son has been put on hold in North Vancouver pro- vincial court. After a fourth day, the preliminary inquiry has been rescheduled to December 16. The 60-year-old David- son faces a charge of ar- son in connection with a March 21 incident in which three power boats were damaged by fire at North Vancouver’s Mos- quito Creek Marina. Two 37-foot vessels the Sea Watch and the Top Dog ! were extensively damaged in the fire. _ - The two boats owned by Davidson had been placed under arrest by a court order, before the fire. The order was based on charges by Calgary businessman. Willian An- drew Linxmayer that Davidson failed to transfer one half of the boats’ ownership to Linzmayer in.return for $150,000. . Fire ignites: ~ Volvo— A 1968 VOLVO was damaged in a fire on the Cal ; ” they oe Sunday. The vehicle ‘sustained .- damage to the wiring and. weekend, the hood tvhen a fire began iu the engine. ‘The driver of the car, John Hackett, was travelling on the ‘Trans Canada highway at the Caulfeild overpass when incident occurred : Firefighters from West Vancouver attended and “have not yet determined the cause of the fire. No one was injured in the incident which occur- red at 2:41 p.m. edroom left im disarray left glass and a messy THIEVES broken bedroom behind them, after breaking into a house in Upper Lynn Valley. North Vancouver RCMP reported thieves broke 2 window in the rear of the house to gain entry into! Valley home. They then proceeded to ransack the master bedroom before making off with a vacuum cleaner and stereo equipment. Police have no suspects at this time but are conti- nuing their investigation. the Lynn Fire lights up pickup THE CAUSE of a truck fire in West Vancouver over the weekend remains under investigation. A West Vancouver fire official says the fire damaged the back box of a 198] Datsun pickup. _ The fire occurred Fri- day at 1:25 a.m. where the vehicle was parked at 1278 Inglewood Avenue.