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FIRES: 16

when she took her dog for his daily 7:30 a.m.

walk Wednesday.

: By BARRETT FISHE

“But the eyear-old Deep:

Cove. woman found it.

Gibbins, the owner of
Cove Clippers dog groom-
ing, was taking her three-
year-old collie, Sawyer, for a
walk .in- Panorama “Park
when she saw.a man carrying
an unusual package.

The unidentified male was

holding a.grey garbage bag .

under one arm with a rifle
butt sticking out one end.
“When i-saw the rifle, J
wasn’t sure if it, was a lethal
weapon or. if it was a pellet
gun. So I followed the guy

nonchalantly and kept my.
distance.””

Gibbins. was the” dog
groomer who shaved the

- there,””

“RCMP Cst.

wound of the Husky-Ger-
man Sheperd who was shot
in the hip in the Deep Cove
area two weeks ago. Lindsay
Thompson, the owner of the
cross-breed dog, had a poo-
dle killed by a bullet.in the
same shooting incident.
Gibbins was concerned

‘that the man with the rifle

Wednesday might have been
involved in the dog shooting.

‘I assumed there was a
possibility, it was. the same
person who shot the two
dogs just up the street from
Gibbins said. ‘‘]
was just looking out for
their welfare.’

But North Vancouver
Alison [rons
said police do not believe the
incident is related to the
shooting of two dogs in the

Fire department warns of
bonfires in gardens.

SPRING: 5

Don’t forget to put clocks
ahead one hour Saturday

night.

ordinary walk

SUZANNE Gibbins wasn't looking for. adventure

Deep Cove area.

Gibbins said the man,
wearing a toque and a
hunter-style vest, was smok-
ing marajuana. ‘‘He looked
pretty spaced out,’* Gibbins
said. ‘‘Usually at that time
of morning if you see other
people in the park, you ‘ac-
knowledge them, say hello.
But he was zombied.”’

Gibbins said the man pro-
ceeded down the hill, past
the picnic tables until he
came to the duck pond,
where he rested under a tree.

“| notified the park
warden whose house is on
the property,”” Gibbins said.
‘And vhe phoned the
police.’’

Gibbins said she
beach area and-was walking
towards her shop, when she
noticed the man had got up
and was behind her.

then,
made her way down tc. the:

MUSIC: 57

Visible music will be part of
a concert to help Waldorf

school.

“He was following me,’’
she said, “and then he
crossed over the street onto
the south side of the park.”

Police arrived at the scene
shortly after the call was
made at 7:45 a.m.

“There were police all
over the place,’? Gibbins
‘said. ‘‘They had their guns
out of their holsters. The
police came and took my
story.”

Cst. lrons said the North
Vancouver male in his late
20s was arrested a short
distance from Panorama
Park for possession of 2
weapon dangerous to the
public peace.

Irons confirmed that the
weapon was a high-powered
pellet rifle which was seized.

The man is’ currently

undergoing psychiatric ex-’

amination.

3 - Friday, April 26, 1985 - North Shore News

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DOG GROOMER Suzanne Gibbins, owner of Cove Clip-

" NEWS photo neny ‘Polers.

pers, kneels with her collie dog Sawyer in Panorama Park in
Deep Cove where she saw.a man carrying a rifle in a gry

garbage bag.

NORTH SHORE News
photographer Ian

- Smith took first place

honors in the sports
category of a newspa-
per photography con-
test.

By BARRETT F

Smith’s kayaking ‘picture.

topped other sports entries
from all over North America
in the Suburban Newspaper
Association’s photography
contest.

This is the second year in
a row North Shore News has
won the sports category for
the SNA contest.

Smith; who also won first
prize in the features category
in a British Columbia and
Yukon Community News-
paper Association photo
contest earlier this year, has
been with the News for six
years. :

The 34-year-old
photographer was delighted
with the award. Said Smith:
“I'm honored. I’m always
happy to be recognized for
my photography work.**

To get the picture of the
kayakers in the rapids below
the Capilano Dam in North
Vancouver, Smith took off
his shoes and socks, rolled
up his pant legs and waded

News photographer snaps a winner

out to a group of rocks out-
side the reach of the rapids.

“T got myself in a position
where I could have the
kayakers come _ straight
towards -me,’’ Smith said,
‘and also where the canyon
walls provided’ a dark
background for the waves,
which were -sidelighted by
the sun, so they, would be
very visible.’’ —

Smith is showing a collec-
tion of his photographs at
West Vancouver Memorial
Library as part of an exhib-
ition of personal works by
North Shore News
photographers. The display
will be at the library until the
end of April, where it will
then go to Park Royal for a
week and then to Lynn
Valley Centre. ‘