32 — Wednesday, August 27, 1997 — North Shore News

-Life imitates a Si

According to a call taken by a
Madison, Wisconsin police
Officer, a° 26-year-old man
phoned 912 to report that
when he returned from a
bathroom visir in the middle
. of the: night, a stranger wear-
ing-only boxer shorts had
~. taken” his-place in bed, The

", Man-turned our to be a very

© intoxicated | 22-year-old  stu-
: ‘dent from: nearby L DePere.

A Minnesota jury, acquit-
ted the well-to-do Gerald and:

ssiheer ‘ofall ‘but one of the
lifting ourits brought |

Seoul, ‘South.
‘protest corrupt
and bags of excre-

uriéd “by
Orthodox Jews at other

story. reported on ' the limited
So. far..in climinating,
in:some. parts of Ghana, the
ctice Of giving’ a virgin
daughter toa a priest in order

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to atone for some sin of the
girl’s family. -

Onc example cited was a
12-year-old girl, the product
of.a rape, given to the local
priest by the rapist as a slave
(sexual ‘and otherwise) in
order to. appease spirits who
otherwise would vrreat the

‘rapist and his family harshly.

If the sin is severe, the fam-
ily must provide girls for sev-
eral generations.

Reginald Hunter, 43, was
recently arrested and charged
with robbing a Pennsylvania
convenience store at 3 a.m.
When the clerk told police
the man’s footwear consisted
of flip-flops, police surmised
he might five nearby. Sure
enough, Hunter lives a few
doors down from the store.

or

The Washington Post reports
that some tribes in Yemen rou-

tinely kidnap tourists and hold ~

them for days, though treating
them-well, regaling them with

propaganda, and ultimately.

offering them to the govern-
ment in exchange for. political

concessions, such as new: road

ice pean jes such ‘as improved

: vic seat ond meee local bus.

will continue to.

construction.

Said the speaker of the
Yemen parliament,
“Kidnapping is
tourism. (The) tourist will end
up learning about the customs
of the tribes, as well as their
good hospitality.”

Murderer Joe Labriola,
serving a life sentence at
Massachusetts’ Norfolk prison,
told the Boston Globe that he
would very soon legally regis-
ter an inmates’ political action

- Committee to dispense money
to candidates and give the -

incarcerated a stronger voice in’

state“ élections. (Prisoners can

vote in’ Massachusetts.) *
Said Labriola, “In the 70s,
we thought we’ could make

change.'(on prisoner issues)’
but now “we *
can make changes by using the .
“vote.” ;

with ‘violence,”

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‘hour to every half hisur. ‘Hourly service: ‘
provided on Sundays .

part of.

A recent Associated Press
retrospective on legendary
Liberian Joshua Milton
Blahyi, 25, caught him roam-
ing Monrovia in a suit and tie,
preaching for his Soul-

inning Evangelistic
Ministry.

However, for the pr evious
several Yeats, he was. the
country’s most famous. ‘ear-
less and vicious warrior, wide-’
ly Known because he and the
battalion he headed waged

arin the nude, and hence
‘Burt.

his moniker,’ Gen.
Naked.

He says his transforma-

Perennial ‘Kentucky andi
date Thurman . Jerome
Hamlin, 73, has lost races for

~ governor. and the U.S, Senati

and House and ‘several
offices _withou
of injustice. ©.

In May, however, he filed a
federal * “class

the position of men’
ball coach became available 3

tion occurred one: day in.

'.1996 when he was standing:
* nude ¢ on the front lines wait
ing to kill come

ple. and
suddenly, God told ‘him to
top.
(However, | ; putting

clothes was Blahyi's sown idea, =

“he said.)

bs 9s Exchange () _

ey!
he.#211 will be rerouted along the
length of Mount Seymour Parkway
rather: than through the Windsor Park
grea - see #215) providing direct service
to local destinations along the corridor,

including the Ron Andrews Recreation.

Centre. And on some trips, the #211 will
combine with the #239 to provide contin.

“: yous service between Park Royal
Shopping Centre, Lonsdale Quay and

Deep Cove. During the am peak, the

: #290 will replace the #211 to downtown
"-Maincouver and operate via HOV/bus

only facilities to Phibbs Exchange, provid-
ing customer pick-up and drop-off.

212 Deep Cove/Phibbs Exch. (1)
Daytime service on Monday through
Saturday will be increased from every

(L) denotes accessible service

and holidays. On'somme trips, the #212
will combine with the. #239 to provide.
‘continuous service beiween Park Royal
Shopping Centre, Lonsdale Quay and

, Deep. Cove.

214 Blueridge/Phibbs. Exchange (ly

Due to low ridership; midday and’

evening frequencies on all days will
be reduced from a bus every 30 to 60
minutes.

215 indian River/Phibbs Exch. (1)
This service will now run all day, seven ;

: days a week! Also, the #215 will be

rerouted to serve the Windsor Park area
(replacing the #217}... -
218 Capilano College/. whe
Phibbs Exchange. .
A new route from Phibbs Exchange to

' Capilano College! This will replace the ©

#239 extension.

ramp to access the 2nd
Norrows Bridge.

For more information :
on these and other
North Vancouver bus
routes, » ploase call”

filed “a: lawsuit - against . th

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