34 - Wednesday, December 17, 1997 - North Shore News

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NEWS OF THE
WEIRD

TULSA, Oklahoma
Firefighters were called to a
church during a birthday

The alarm had been tig-
gered by smoke from the can-
dies on the cake of the 95-
year-old woman.

Missouri’s new vehicle
safety law took effect, pro-
hibiting people from riding in
the open bed of a pickup
truck.

However, an exception
was provided for a tamiiy
transporting their kids where
there are too many to ride in
the cab and where the truck is
the family’s only vehicle.

The sponsor called the
exception “the Jed Clampett
amendment.”

According to recent
Chicago Sun-Times reports,
since 1995 the __ Illinois
Department of Children and
Family Services has doled out
$22.5 million in cash and
gifts to the most dysfunction-
al 1,370 families on their
rolls, including — almost
$75,000 to one mother of
six.

DCEFS’s “wraparound
plans” are designed to simu-
late middle-class environ-
ments so that children can be

by a natural parent, bur
rogram a jack-
ely the worst

Wetuestiay
Friday
Sunday
Wednesday
Friday
Sunday

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many have been charged with
abusing and negleeting their

Among the goods includ-
ed in a typical wraparound
plan are: electronic gear and
“entertainment centre,”
YMCA membership, and aiki-
do, basketball and) drama

US. Rep. Sam Farr of
fornia recently intro-
duced a bill to end a leophote
in the federal Unemployment
Tax Act that mede it possible
for a Santa Cruz voting mon-
itor, who was a retired county
worker, to grind out one gru-
cling day ar othe polis in
November, claim the 1 day
that he was “laid off" and
eby : to thour
O06 in benetics over a

According to an
sociated Press dispatch, sci-
ists at the Department of
Agriculture’s meat science

sending supersonic shock
waves through it.

The shock waves literally
rip the muscle tissue apart on
a microscopic scale, without
any loss of taste. One
researcher said the process
could be used commercially

within a year.
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Halton, Ontario — Gary

“and Marlene Johnston recent-

ly pleaded guilty to cheating
the government out of
$11,000 in welfare benefits.

They had posed in 1995 as
a destitute couple with two
kids and assets of only a 15-
year-old car.

However, in September
1996, they purchased a house
in a well-to-do neighborhood
and proceeded to park their
two late-model cars and a
boat in the drivewa

The new house was just
down the street from the
house of their wellare case
worker, who spotted them in
the vard.

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News photo Paul McGrath

Munch fun

KAILA Lynn Galeso, 3, and Lynn Vailey Lions mem-
ber Peter Birrell were at North Shore Neighbourhood
House Dec. 13 to have some fun with Santa and

friends.

Cl

assic Xmas

play returns

FIRST Impressions
brings Scrooge and
Tiny Tim a Burnaby
stage this week.

The North Vancouver-
based = theatre = company
mounts the family classic A
Christmas Carol at the
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.

The company brought the
production to the same venue
last year.

Greg Anderson directs the
family classic based on

ens’ 1843 tale of
ted miser who
the spirit, of

. ances are ins the
Studio Theatre, 6450 Deer
Lake Ave, and run through

ok

4:06 am
4:00 pm
4:00 pr
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:00 pm

Merry Christmas

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___ DISPLAY ADVERTISIN

Saturday, Dec. 20. Curtain is
at 8 p.m.
Linde
r Scrooge.
is a ]5-year veteran
of theatre, film and television.
He also appears as Scrooge’s
father and the Ghost of
Christmas Future in
made-for-television mo
Ebeneser, — starring Jack

are $13 for adults
and $12 for seniors and stu-
dents. Call 205-3000 to
reser he Shadbolt Centre
is located across from
Burnaby Village Museum,
which hosts heritage
Christmas activities daily
from 1} a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
—— Layne Christensen

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