Part o one covers the main news events tliat ‘occured during the months from January “to June. Part two of the review, which, will appear in the Jan. 3 News, will cover the TANUARY ‘Marder leads ‘sought: ‘Three’ prime suspects in the - “beating death of.a Filipino sailor in’. North; Vancouver’ remain beyond ‘thé reach of the law three: months after the ‘killing. : North’ Vancouver “RCMP in-, ‘vestigators believe the male! ‘suspects, Squamish’ ‘members living’ on the Capilano | Reserve, are: being protected bya” code ‘of silence ‘on the part of ome band membe : : : ‘Pair plead’ guilty: oA, ‘surprise: close ‘to’ the Cynthia Kilburn kidnapping ‘case occurs‘in .C. Supreme Court when Chad-: . wick Shayne Mulvahill; 22,.of no ixed « address,:.‘snd Christian " Snelgrove, 20, of. :. North "couver,:. plead ; guilty to. charges related to Kilburn’s Dec. 24, 1990, - “ abduction, i ” “Phe trial was initially scheduled to run for six weeks. ° © Kilburn is. the daughter of West " Vancouver millionaire dim. *Pat- Gypsy. moth’ aeria 7 ‘assault - planned: | The’: federal _government an- nounces that..a $5, million’ aerial. spraying: program to: eradicate the Asian gypsy. moth from the North: * Shore ‘and elsewhere in: the Lower ‘Mainland | will. be: launched : “mid-April: -),, ot » Asian "gypsy - “moths pose a ‘serious threat: to local forests and local himber operations. ..-Capilano,: velopment: in .The Burrard (isteil’ waututh) In-” dian Band’ teams up with’ Asian : “partners :,to develop ‘close to" third: of tits 262-acre Reserve Not" " Bovelopments. Ltd. président.: Lim... Loong Keng and;: sp aghoun hief.... Leonard «The partners: iso a announce that’: a. driving | range, -and ‘a’ gas station’ ‘and ‘conyenience''store. were plan-, ‘area .charge the Nation: Van--° Moth ships banned: Bowen resort nixed: ~The proponents of a $120 mil- lion .resort development proposed for Bowen Istand’s Cowan Point Bowen ‘Island Trust Committee with: being an- ti- development afier the commit- tee rejects a bylaw: that’ would have ‘allowed the large develop. ‘ “ment to proceed. trustee “the Istand denies But. . Bowen, Graeme Dinsdale charges. Joe Rogers, president of Terra Nova Enterprises ‘Ltd. and Hank. devel-" Jasper, — vice-president. of opment for North based Praxis Group Ltd., said ; they had. spent about $2 ‘million over, the last three? years atiempt- ing .to build. a resort on an; undeveloped . 830-acre parcel. of, Bowen: island land.” + Action” against a ‘threatened local infestation ‘of Asian gypsy : moths: ‘escalates. with | the | an- nouncement of a North American: : ban on commercial: vessels origi- nating from’ the eastern seaboard .. of the former Soviet Union. :- a ; The moth was: brought to the | West’ Coast and the*North Shore aboard freighters originating from . Siberian ports. Seventeen . vessels ‘were banned from Vancouver Port access last year. ; ‘GVRD approves watershed logging: . The GVRD votes to allow log- ging to continue indefinitely in the “Seymour. and: Co- quitlam watersheds: IWA-Canada officials welcome the decision;*. but, “some en- vironmental! . groups: and GVRD board members are angry that the union ‘representing loggers had the.” : final word before the vote. ‘APRIL NV school: The “North Vancouver © District ial plan to. 44: School/ Board announces .a $10 “million ,cut. in its. budget for the, 1992- 93 school year.” The “cuts” in the $93, 135, ‘989, budget teaching: ‘positions, | ministrative positions: we: seven ad- vand~ 26; Vancouver- © -include 96 full- -time ; full-time equivalent support staff positions. Program cuts include the district’s highly. regarded elemen- tary band and strings program, = and the popular outdoor school program. | NY doctor shot dead: A_North..Vancouver doctor is . shot dead in front of bis house.’ . North Vancouver RCMP ‘Staff. Sgt. Ron Babcock said Dr. Verne Flather, 55, a general practitioner ~who worked at Lions Gate Hospi- tal, was gunned down as‘he was ° about. to get into his car’ in the 400-block of East Keith Road. “The police later.’ charge David ‘Roger Henderson, 49,: of North - Vancouver; | with-. second-degree “murder: shooting, 7: ° “Henderson: was tion. MAY - ' Drug raid kills one: A 22-year-old: man holding a _ pellet rifle-is shot-to death by a in ‘connection. with’ the * subsequently. . found unfit to stand trial'and was : 3 committed toa psychiatric institu. HORSESHOE Bay residents (above) protest the E B. C. Feery Corp.’ 5° 24-hour. salling schedule. at the north end of the Lions Gate Bridge. Below, North Vancouver City Firefighters. ‘and ambulance | -attendants work on Dr. Verne Flather after he was fatally’ shot on a North Vancouver street. “Caulfeild school 1OK'd West Vancouver’s Hillside, iid. , dle school will be demolished ‘and the proceeds from. the sale of the School's site ‘will, be used ‘to. fi- ‘15-year veteran West Vancouver , nance ‘the construction of a. new Police officer during: a police drug” raid at_a. North Vancouver base-' ment suite. The police, ‘executing: a search’ warrant, were looking for a large cache of drugs at the time of the, shooting. ‘The drug search netted a small quantity of marijuana and a . set of scales. Daniel Possee was pronounced dead on arrival. at _ Lions Gate Hospital. News. to use. newsprint: .. an Beginning’ with its May, 8 edi-- tion,’ the North Shore. News becomes the first newspaper in the - area to incorporate a 10% recycl- ed newspaper ca tent. = board’ slashes" $10 taillion. from budget: . Water emergency hits: “Continued drought conditions in : the Lower Mainland area result in an’ ” emergency, call’, by’ the Greater = Vancouver “Regional - District - for, member, municipalities to implement. a+ full, oan ‘on’ outdoor sprinkling | ‘effective immediately. os : school in the Caulfeild Plateau area... The West- Vancouver District .45 Schoo! Board decides at: its last:;° general mecting” of the 1991-92 school year ‘to proceed: with the controversial plan‘’to replace. the 34-year-old _ Hillside school...with ‘the new: Caulfeild’ Plateau’ school on the condition ‘‘that a. suitable financial arrangement is negoti- ated with the Ministry of Educa- tion: which does ; not increase the _ local school taxes." : The board also passes | a motion directing -.staff. to ‘review. .grade configurations at West Vancouver / _ secondary schools to allow for, the __ bossible addition’ f Grade .7 to: 9 - Programs. ae » Shipyard deal denounced A! laid-off © ‘North Vancouve 7 shipyard worker urges. call “other former shipyard employees’ to ref- “use” to sign an. agreement® from. “Versatiie * Pacific” Shipyards ~ Ines: (VPS) ., that ‘will give displaced workers. only one day’s severance « pay for each year they have work- ed. : sel ' ‘Joe Brown, spokesman ‘for the Wersatile Displaced .Workers’ Committee, “said the. launch~‘of, also calls on. North 7 Vancouver-Lonsdale - NDP. MLA “a , David ,Schreck..to resign over: the.’ issue, saying’: Schreck’: has. done nothing: to help the-VPSI- workers : who. have lost their jobs. :- -Versatile’s |’ North Vancouve - yard maintains ‘only a skeleto i, erew and: is. scheduled to ‘close: at the: end ‘of 1992. It; was forced to lay: off ‘virtually its entire: North Vancouver workforce. in’ 1991 when it ‘ran -into major’ financial . diffi culties, 38.) rey 2A-hour ferry sailings ‘Yaun- ched: ¢. Despite ‘the ‘presence | of. pro:, testers, it was: smooth sailing for. the: B.C. Ferry ‘Corp.’s' (BCFC) new 24-hourferry schedule: be-.: tween ‘Horseshoe: Bay.: ‘and’ : Nanaimo ‘BCFC spokesman. ‘Bill Bouchard : the all-night. sailings: went So. ‘wellé that “some.: vehicles : waiting... to « ‘catch’ the] a.m. sailing were forced to wait at" the ‘Horsestioe Bay terminal until: the 3) a.m. sailing ‘because of heavy traffic . The" Horseshoe. “Bay-based ‘Stop ‘Overnight: ‘Sailings (SOS) ” group ; mounts 2 protest campaign against; the BCFC’s ‘decision ’.to' run” 24-¢ -hour ’ sailings : between © Horseshoe’. Bay.‘ and_- Nanaimo, : arguing - that the, move’ will’ increase noise. and truck traffic’. in - Horseshoe” Bay: during | the’. late-night . and . easly- morning hours.