7 j “NEWS photo Mike Wakefivid MEMBERS OF the Royal City Youth Ballet Company will perform The Nutcracker ballet on j Friday at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver. Tickets are sold out. Police seek robbery suspect NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are » ssearching for a.man suspected of /robbing a Pizza Hut’ employee ofa substantial amount of cash Nov. 18. _. According to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman, police received a call from the manager of the Pizza Hut located at Ross Road and Mountain Highway. at about 8:40 p.m. The manager advised that. an ‘ deposit at the Lynn Valley Royal Bank when he was robbed The victim reported that she had been walking across the gas station, Jot.at Mountain Highway ‘and Ross Road to make a deposit when some- one came up behind her. ; The _ Suspect said “Give me the money. As she turned she was sprayed in the face. i The suspect took the deposit bag . : employee had been making a night containing a large amouint of cash neve briefs - Suspect held A 21-YEAR-OLD man who was the centre ofa: ete ’ standoff for hours on Friday at 348 West 25th St. in North : Vancouver i is being held in jail. ./o- The suspect's hame was not released because in an : ongoing investigation in connection with an unregistered “handgun and. stolen property, according to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. ‘The man was a visitor at e. house. - His’ outstanding . Lower Mainland charges include drug, property and burglary offences. He also has “charges against him in Saskatchewan and Ontario. : oy : { a WEST VANCOUVER: Police investigators were called to . Sentinel secondary schoal Tuesday following an explosion ‘ -in a hallway at about 9:40 a.m, . “The school vice ‘principal found a small explosive device in a garbage container. i The explosion caused no fire damage to the school and caused no injuries. jo: RCMP explosive experts are assisting West Vancouver Police in investigating the incident. | i a i H «School deal - NORTH: VANCOUVER. school support staff narrowly . voted ‘in’ favor of. a: memorandum of agreement with | * School District 44 Sunday. a : That agreement'was worked out atan eleventh-hour . “session Nov..26 and averted district-wide school closings -_ that were to begin on Nov. 28. “At the Sunday meeting, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 389 members voted 123-115 to ratify the memorandum of agreement between the local - and the school district. ‘ School board chairman Pat Heal said School District | .44’s board is expected to vote on ratification of the agree- “ment at a beard meeting Dec. 13. After that’ meeting, details of the agreement can be made public, she said. ’. CUPE Local 389 spokesman Mike Hocevar would not comment on the agreement until the board has ratified it, but said the union’s ratification vote ‘was close because “ union’members will not be getting a wage increase until : July 1 1995, two years after their last one. and ran. » The victim managed to make it back to the Pizza Hut and ihe man- . ager called in the police. The man is described as a Caucasian. man, approximately 6° (183 cm) tall with a medium build. He was wearing a black hooded jacket and black j Jeans. A police service dog called to the scene wus unable to find a track. ‘ Call the police at 985-1311, | JMFRAPHOLUBE oo I Limit 1 coupon per pack..ge No cash value 1. Open Suiiday 10 to 4 d+ Cannot be combined with any other otfer Wednesday, December 7, 1994 - North Shore News - 5 . ee ee a oe oe | ORIVE-THRU ON CHANGE PROFESSIONALS Starting at $19.95. with this coupon, Expires Dec. 21, 1994 o! OP on & Lonsdale 988-4050 Os ca ome amt OG NE URE eee Me eM a NOS Oe SS es CR Ee ee time Fy Sey HS OD f WOUT! $ 3 ha 4 COMEAR +800 Does solid pine sefo beatame, imple foorr core futea, Senichquardid futon cover, pillows ond pillows covers. While quantities lost. gncToRY FUTON 7 959, Ist St., N.Von Entrance inrear Mon-Sat. 11-6 pm Sunday 125 pm 984.4504 Quioeian We Giadfy Accept (at no additional cost) Sussex | insurance 3 locations on the North Shore LONSDALE Ird & Lonsdale 146 West 3rd. St. 988-6344 WEST VAN Central Ambleside 1471B Clydo Avo. 925-2633 DEEP COVE Dollar Shopping Centre 407 N. Dollarion Hwy. 924-1251 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALE Street Banners Designéd by Haida Artist Bill Reid = Those in pristine condition hung at the opening of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Special'Price - $659. For the serious collector: ‘Signed street banners - $900 each. "Sets also available, ; Available at the UNICEF B.C, Store. 536 W. Broadway Tel: 874-3666 | unicef oe] UA natural ; iy :..to a Basket of Flowers, Boughs and Berries to warm your hearth, FREE DEMONSTRATIONS: Thursday, December 8th, 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. 8 1:00 p.m. £5.00 pum. | WEST-VAN-FLORIST i & GARDEN CENTRE \ 1821 Marine Drive, West Vancouver: Tel: 922- 4171+ 922-3968 Fax: 922- 9735.