pear oi into head From pane 1 “Gfelt like she was cracking an egg. | thought for sure she had penetrated my skull. F felt, cis is it. This is how Pm going to die,” said Crepori. He was bleeding. The bear tried to take a chunk out of bis scalp over his lett ear. Gregori heard the “clicking” sound of the animal's teeth as they slipped off his scalp) in’ bite attempts. “AIT could think about was that my fiancee was having a baby at the end of this year and [have a seven-year-old daughter and [ didn't make any preparations for them. No will. Nothing,” said Gregori. At this point, Gregori figures that he passed out for about 15 minutes, He awoke to find clumps of his clotted blood all over his jacket. The wounded hear was in front of him and she was still alive. “At first: 1 thought it was just a dream or something and then 1 heard the bear making gurgling noises ... She was getting ready to atrack again,” satd Gregori. He shot a second bullet. This time the shot hit the three-year-old bear in the head, She was dead. — She -had originally charged him todefend her moose kill. Gregori emprticd the rifle clip of four bullets in the air to alert a fel- V amal " By lan Noble taxes. NEWS photos Paul McGrath NORTH Vancouver City’s Bonnie Granger doesn’t want to lose that small-town feeling, so she says no to joining the district. gamation opinion divided Tracy Jehnichen, an auto body shop owner, | low hunter in.a nearby camp, Gregori tried to crawl out in the rough terrain, but the pain in his ‘leg was too great. He stayed where > he was, calling out for help. It got cold. Then it started to snow. _«. More than two hours later, the fellow hunter who was from Alberta found him. Gregori was flown by helicopter to the hospital in Fore Nelson. He stayed there five days. He needed 35 stitches on his head to close the seven wounds from the bear. “Gregori. came back to work about a week ago. » On Friday, he went on another hunting trip, this time for deer near Lillooet with fricnds. News Reporter THE word on the street from denizens - of the City and District of North Vancouver shows a split on whether or not they should embrace their munici- pal neighbors. Supporters point to the efficiencies to be bad with amalgamation; opponents worry about a loss of small-town feeling. For some, like Joanne Lovette, amalgamating the evo municipalities would simplify tlhe answer to the question “where do you tive?” Lovette lives in “Lower Mountain Highway”, straddling the boundary between City and District. Lovette, a renter, isn’t sure if she lives in the City or District. However, she knows she wants the two munic- ipabties to become one and hopefully reduce “Less government is always more efficient, or should be,” said Lovette, who works at Lonsdale Quay. _ But City resident Rollie Hall would disagree. Hall lived through an amalgamation in Ontario, and would rather not see it happen here. Hall said: Cooksville, Port Credit and other towns amalgamated to form the now-sprawling city of Mississauga. He was promised reduced taxes, but they went up. “It’s the same thing as CFL football or NHL hockey: it’s the weaker teams you have to pay for,” he said, adding the Districe is the weaker team east of the Capilano. Many did, however, agree with Lovette’s expectation of efficiency. Said Greg, Matheson, who works and lives in Edgemont: “Everybody would be in one (munic- ipal) office and stuff would get done quicker, | hope.” “seeks simplicity in the union. “I think siinplicity could save money.” i To round our the chorus of Yes, district resi- dent John Neilson said North Vancouver iias two city halls within ove miles of one'another that can easily be amalgamated. “T think the duplication of services is tinneces- sarily costly,” he said. “1 think it’s simply a_pro- tection of turf.” : . The only Edgemont shopper to speak against amalgamation was Cindy Maion. Her reasoning, was similar to. that of those for unity, but she reached 2 different conclusion. So, “In order to use all of our municipal services effectively ... it’s probably best 10 keep them sep- arate,” she said. “It works for us here. If some- thing works, why change i?” she said. For Bonnie Granger, the issue is not efficiency. She simply wants to maintain the City’s small- town, friendly feeling. ~ Lawsuit’s statement of defence to be filed in 20 days, says Reformer Sy Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter A North Vancouver woman who worked as a secretary in MP Ted White’s office in North Vancouver has filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit in _ Ottawa. Judith Stajanowski is seeking $37,500 in dam- ages, Stojanovski worked for White from April 22, 1995, until she was fired on June 20, She worked in the Reform MP's constituency office on Lyan Valley Road, Stojanovski’s Ouawa Lavyer, Les Vandor, said she came to hind regarding the Lawsuit. In Ottawa’s Ontario Court (General Division), a consolidation of Stajanoyski’s wrongful dismissal claims and two others is under way, The three law- suits aré against Reform MPs, “They are the same allegations. 'Ve are alleging a conspiracy,” said Vandor from his Outawa otlice. Vandor represents three former employces of Reform MPs who have launched lawsuits. In addition to’ White, wrongful dismissal law- suits have been filed against B.C. Reform MPs Keith Martin and James Gouk. Alberta Reform MP David Chatters is also being sued for wrongful dismissal. . Stojanovski claims that White was part of a “concerted — effort Parliament ... to dismiss employ- ees who have taken leave from their employ- ment for person- al reasons.” Stojanovski earned $30,000 ao year while working for the Noo rt bh Vancouver Reform MP. (no statement of claimed filed on Oct. 10, Stojanovski alleges that White inap- propriately asked about ber family circumstances and her political beliefs during a job interview, White's wife, Sue, was present during the inter- view in keeping with a Reform Party directive issucd by the Preston Manning's office, according to the statement of claim, Stojanovski, whose pay was coming from the federal povernment, allegedly answered all person- al telephone messages at White’s home while he was in New Zealand on a trip. ere by certain’ Members of The secretary claims she sent out iaveices for White’s personal company called Leaseplan and OAELL. Services while she was an employee of the House of Conimons. Stojanovski: alleged that White told: her to change her doctor and dentist so that she would spend less time from the office for appointments. She claims that White“ asistently” listened in on her telephone conversau oe and interrupted when he deemed appropriate. Stojanovski claims that she was consistendy told to make sure that she placed stamps straight on envelopes. “This also caused severe public embarrassment Jas she was admonished in public for chis situa- tion,” states ber claim, On June 20, Stojanovski alleged thar White gave her “two minutes to leave the office and that she was terminated. She was told that the RCMP would arrive to. physically remove her from the building.” Stojanovski said she did not get a separation slip in keeping with a policy dircetive of White and the Reform Party, according to the howsuit allegations. A separation slip is necessary to apply for ULC. benefits. She asked for three months salary plus punitive damages in the amount of one year’s salary in the fawsuit. 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