ene at cree ey ret enter ee ener ment ener ee crea me nRT Yahi a mR ath Wie atten setae DYER he atz-ee TO ay caer es SME ne nae i 7 , I : a £ E i 7 i j } Zi { \ i i i a it WEATHER: Cloudy with showers, continuing mild. ARISTOVLE: 44 He first starred in Doris Orr’s pet adoption column, new he’s a rea! scene- stealer. 3 - Wednesday, February Ea a SUS re SL SPS PHOTO ART: 32 NEWS photographers will be showing their bes? shots at Pres. House. 13, 1985 - North Shore News ? Autos... ...0:.00021 Business..........48 Local celebrities talk about their love lives in our special Valentine’s feature. Classified .........50 Entertoinment...... 32 Food.............42 Sports............27 TV Times.........35 What’s Going On. ..30 French wins school battle SCHOOLS ARE for education in West Vancouver and as for Cultural Gentres, the final word from West Vancouver School Trustees is ‘non’. ’ The West Van School Board ignored a last ditch ap- peal by Mayor Derrick Hum- phreysto postpone itsdecision on the fate of the disputed Pauline Johnson School. The board went ahead and unanimously passed a recom- mendation from School superintendent Ed Carlin to reopen Pauline Johnson to house the French Immersion Program. Board Chairman Margot By BILL BELL Furk was furious with media criticism of the board's plan, publicly attacking both the news coverage and the editorials. “It concerns me greatly and I find the suggestion highly offensive that the debate would be put in the context of French vs. culture in West Vancouver... that was not the case,”” Furk said. Trustee Michael Smith was critical of the Mayor and council calling some pro- ponents on council ‘‘mis- guided mischief"’ makers. “To suggest that school sidize and Arts Centre is the NEWS photo Terry Peters LION’S GATE Hospital’s Activiation Unit is celebrating its 26th anninversary with a Valentine's Day Tea Thursday at 2 p.m. Staff members such as senior phsyiotherapist Joan Reashaw, present patients such as Frank Banks (both above) and former staff and patients are invited to attend. The 24-bed unit heSps those incapicitated by everything frem stroke to hip replacements to return to active lives. BLEAS From Page 4 would be to sentence Bleasdale to a long prison term and enroll him in one of the treatment programs available at the federal in- stitutions. Defence lawyer Don ‘Jabour, citing several prece- “dents, said Bleasdale’s. of- fences “‘should be put into the proper context,’’ and called for a shorter sentence JALE SENTENCE NEX than the term called for by Gerber. Jabour chronologically listed each of the 16 offences and described 13 of the ‘Bleasdale offences as ‘‘rela- tively minor,’ compared to the precedents he had cited. He acknowledged the three other offences committed by Bleasdale were ‘‘more serious,’’, and’ should be dealt with accordingly. Jabour called for Bleasdale’s sentence to be , Bleasdale’s behavior ‘“‘measured in months,’’ which would allow for follow-up community treat- ment. He also cited letters of comzaendation on from tye warden at Oakalla, as well as from workers at the institution, and related Bleasdale’s willingness to serve time, his desire to get a job to support his family and his expressions of _remorse for his crimes as reasons for a fighter sentence for his client. Jabour also repeatedly urged Judge Grandison to consider that Bleasdale had already been incarcerated for 11 months. In response to Jabour's summation, Gerber argued that. the defence lawyer's comments differed slightly from his earlier comments regarding the seriousness of the offences: “Of course, it’s his job to make light of them.”? Gerber cautioned Judge Grandison to .also consider conflicting comments made by Bleasdale i statements to board should sub-. misguided mischief making on the part of somebody and I'd have some hard questions of the mayor and council if I was on the arts council,” Smith said. Trustee Pat Bonane, also a member of the Arts Council, told the meeting that “schools must be the priority for the schoo} board."* Spent The grade configuration at Pauline Johnson will not be decided until April 20 of this year, but the school’ will reopen in September, 1985. Present, occupants’ of- : Pauline Johnson, which = in- clude pre-school " activities will not be relocated. ° Direct costs of the reopen: ing will be $9,000. night in snow cave on Seymour From Page 1. The search teams quickly established that the - three were not in the area of the bluffs, located about two miles from where the three had actually done their climbing and from where they were settled in for the night. With the avalanche threat climbing and falling snow reducing visibility to near zero, search teams then spread out to cover other climbing locations. Those efforts were hampered by the need to find alternate, safe routes into those climbing area as the normai routes were con- sidered extremely unsafe. T THU the police and while in tes- timony before the court, and reiterated submitted psychiatric reports which described Bleasdale as im- mature, impulsive, self-satis- fying and ‘‘too glib.” She stressed there was no suggestion from any expert reports given to the court that Bleasdale would suffer and not be able to be reha- , bilitated if given a long pris- oa term and said Jabour'’s recommendations that the accused receive a Short pris: an term was Vridiculous.”* . “At 115 am. Sunday, as the search teams were cautiously making their ap- proaches to other locations, the three missing climbers appeared at ‘the Mr. Seymour ski area safe and sound... They were met by members of the ski. patrol and escorted to search head- Quarters at the ski hill’s ‘first aid building where they were found to be in good condi- tion despite their night spent in the snow. According to search master Ron Royston, the confusion over the location of the three climbers, all described as experienced, arose from their mistaken impression that the Seymour peak they were climbing was the De Pancier Bluffs. RSDAY During her response, Gerber described a statement made by Bleasdale before the court last Friday as a “pathetic, insincere attempt to ingratiate himself into the court’s good graces.’ When warned by Judge Grandison to refrain from delivering a Strong criticism of the statement, Gerber demurred and called the letter “‘in- sincere.”’ However, she add- ed the letter to the court was “just another cxample of Mr. Bleasdale's deniat and self-serving statements."