Camper stolen

A NORTH Vancouver senior is not a happy camper fol-
lowing the recent theft of a newly-purckased pickup
track camper.

Abe Martens, 66, bought a $3,000 camper about 12
months ago. He had left the vehicle sitting on blocks in
an alley located behind his apartment home at 351 East
First St.

“I was waiting to save some money to insure it. I was
going to leave to pick up something one morning last
week. I looked where ihe camper was and it was gone.
Somebody had come and picked it up and took off,”
Martens said. .

Martens describes the stolen pickup truck camper as
being yeliow-beige, with brown window trimming and
black edges.

_.. ‘The roof is tin. The camper had been renovated inside
and was.equipped with a refrigerstor, a heating stove
and a three-berner cooking stove.

Marters said he bad intended to use the camper for
weekend camping trips and for business.

Information regarding the theft may be forwarded to
- the North Vancouver RCMP at 985-1311.

Jewelry snatched

THE POLICE are seeking a suspect believed to be
responsible for robbing st least five exclusive jewelry
stores in the Greater Vancouver area since August.

In. one case, the thief robbed Swedish Jewellers at
“Park Royal.
: The suspect walked into the West Vancouver store at
. 4:45 p.m. on Aug. 24 and asked a sales clerk for 2 closer
icok at a Rolex watch. When the clerk removed the
watch from the showcase, thé thief snatched the time
. Blece and bolted from thé store. o

_ The theft was recorded on the in-store video system.

-Imvestigators in North Vanconver and Vancouver
beileve the same man is responsible for four similar
thefts. :

- The suspect, who always makes his escape on a mour-
tain bike, is described as being 2 28-year-old white maic,
. 6. to 6°3"" tall. He dresses in casual clothes and wears
“white athletic shoes.

The watch stolen in West Vancouver is 2 men’s gold
_and sliver Rolex wristwatch, mode! 20024, serial number
-W0016233. It is worth $6,700.

“> Phe suspect has steien an estimated ‘$23,000 worth of
-. goods from all five stores.

Peopte are asked te call Crime Stoppers at 662-TIPS

ea if they have any | information about the robberies.

Meeting: set

THIS. SEASON’S first meeting of the West Vancouver
chapter of the Canadiaa Federation of Usiversity
Wome (CFUW) will be held. at .7:30 p.m. on Monday,
Sept.'21, at the Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Dr., -

_ West Vancouver.

New members are welcome.

EIR TEES
WEST VANCOUVER
SCHOOL BOARD

WV students
leading BC.
academic pack

WEST VANCOUVER
District 45 students enrol in
more senior academic sub-
jects, succeed in more aca-
demic subjects, and earn
more A’s than students in
any other B.C. school
district, West Vancouver
schoo! trustees were toid
Monday night.

By Kevin Giifies
Contributing Writer

According to a report on pro-
vincial and scholarship examina-
tion resulis presented by District
45 assistant superintendent Bob
Overgaard, $3% of West Van-
couver’s students achieved
‘*honor’’ status according to
education ministry guidelines — a
‘B’ average or better.

West Vancouver students chose
to write scholarship exams at a
rate higher than the provincial
average.

Fifty-seven students, i2% of
West Vancouver’s Grade 12 popu-

lation, were awarded scholarships, |

improving on the 1991 total of
9.8%. The provincial average was
less than 6%.

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ae Monday ‘Tight that
all council’ members visit the
site.of ‘a 30-lot subdivision

tis alot ‘flatter: than’. one
: might expect, and there are some
ivery«.interesting contour - lines,””
‘said Sager of the proposed Sannis
subdivision, which is located off
prucefeild - Road, just west of
Headland Drive. 7
The development would include
a small

park.
“Council referred the application |

“for a development permit made by

“Hunter Laird Engineering Ltd.,
on behalf of Palazar Development
Corp.,' to. the municipality’, 's advi-
‘sory planning commission and the
advisory design panel.

. . According to a report from
district. staff planner Laura Lee
Richard, the siting of the single-
family homes on the property,
represents a “‘different approach
than that normally proposed.’’

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WEST VANCOUVER
“DISTRICT COUNCIL

The homes have been sited to
minimize their. impact’ on the

' property, including rock outcrops

and vegetation.

The overall design of the sub-
division should minimize the need
for blasting and will retain natural
cover. .

“The result appears to be a bet-

_ ter response to the rugged topog-

raphy with. plans which call for
combined driveways, garages sep-
arate from the houses and varied
lot dimensions,” said Richard.

She said the plan embodies the
intent of the district’s Official
Community Plan guidelines for
steep-siope development.

The developer plans to protect
the greenbeit (as required by the
Cau!feild Land Use Contract) dur-
ing construction and hire a
landscape architect to assist in tree
retention.

The exact boundaries of the
greenbelt, which will be preserved
by covenant, will be established
when the subdivision is approved.

The two previous Sannis sub-
divisions resulted in the develop-
ment of 14 fots.

1 69 ach or

10 ior 14°

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