2- Sunday, March 24, 1985 - North Shore News Robbers may have served customers THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP is appealing for public assistance in their search for three men who tied up a Mac’s Milk clerk and then may have coolly waited on customers while they raked in the dough. Police say three teenage Oriental males entered the store in the 4700 block Capilano Road at approx- imately 11:30 p.m. Saturday, with one of the youths arm- ed with a handgun. According to police, the fone clerk was bound by the trio with tape, then left in the rear of the store. The clerk was not injured in the mishap and no shots are reported to have been fired. Police say it is believed that the three youths then remained in the store for up to 20 minutes and ire suspected to have waited on some customers during the 20 minute interval, An undisclosed amount of cash was found to be missing from the store's till and safe. Police are ashing any members of the public who were in the store at 4716 Capilano Road or in its im- mediate vicinity between 11:30) pom. and inidnight Saturday to contact Cst. Gary) Proulx at RCMP headquarters at 985-1311. Budget confontation irresponsible - trustee WHILE NORTH VAN- COUVER § School District chairman Margaret Jessup isn’t commenting yet on the latest battie on the education front, trustee Ross Regan, says the confrontation loom- ing between the local board and Victoria is irresponsible. | By MARK HAMILTON “Regan was commenting Thursday, a day after it was revealed education minister Jack Heinrich has written school districts and ordered them to submit budgets that comply with provincial guidelines by April 16. North Vancouver District is one of 35 districts throughout the province that submitted budgets that ex- ceed the provincial guidelines. Jessup, also contacted by the News, said she would not be able to comment on the situation until after seeing a copy of the letter from the Minister. Regan, one of two trustees to vote against the budget submitted by North Van- couver, said there was a bet- ter way to deal with the situ- ation than confrontation. “If we wanted to exceed the provincial guidelines, we should have gone to refer- endum,’' Regan said. “Somebody has to take an active role in convincing taxpayers that they should pay more for education. “What the North Van- couver School District is try- WE DO CLOSETS RIGHT! 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