THE BOSTON Globe reported in
February that Eulalia Rodriguez
and her extended family reccive
government assistance payments
totaling nearly $1 million a year.
Rodriguez, who has been on public
assistance for 26 years, has 14 chil-
dres on welfare, 74 grandchildren
and 15 great- grandchildren. Said
she, “I’m sick of people acting like
I’m some crook. We've gota lot of
kids to feed.” Rodriguez lives in a
six-bedroom, three-storey apart-
ment ina gated Boston community
called Harbor Point.

_ At a Jacksonville, Florida, city
council discussion of new park
sites recently, a councilman told a
. councilwoman that she could “kiss
_ my posterior.” She responded by
threatening to “beat the hell out of
him. oo ;

On April 30, a driver, unidenti-
fied by policc, was found in his car
at the end of Interstate 8 in San
Diego with a map in his hand and a
_ perplexed look on his face, accard-
ing .to.a California Highway Patrol
spokesman. He explained that he
had come.from New Mexico and
. was looking f for Arizona.

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In February, Vincent Corda, 64,
was taken into custody at the
Stratford, Connecticut, palice sta-
tion after refusing to heed numer-

ous demands that he stop taking’

photographs af police officers. He
had been at the station previously,
taking officers’ photographs, and
the department had secured a
restraining order to keep hirn away.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

me BUILD A IRDHOUSE:. Bring °
-along:ahammer. to the Lynn ;
_from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. -— is in

“ Canyon: ‘Ecology: Centre “on
Sunday, June 5, fora birdhouse
uilding workshop at 1p.m. at the

community-based centre. Pre- |

cgsitration is required. Also at the
Ecology Centre diring: Environ-
ment Week. (Sune §-11), daily

ature walks and films take place ..
“sored by North Shore Family
‘Services and the.Canadian Cancer

at:2'p.m., For more-information

-about, these. and other activities ~:
‘sponsored by the North Vancouver a

‘centre, calt 987-5922. o

BREAST. SELF-EXAMINA:

TION... Dr..May Kaan is holding .

two free breast self-examination
“’seminars'on -Wednesday, June 4,
‘inthe Esplanade Room of the

3s
Debbie Lew’
Customer Service
\. Mauger

June 6 to June 10 .

and Lonsdale Ave. North
Vancouver). The fizst.seminar —

Cantonese, while the 8 to 10 p.m.

. session is in both Cantonese and

English.

_ There, isan attendence limit, so
~ pre-registration is required. Call

988-5281 (fax 988-3961) for
details: The seminars are co-spon-

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‘ST. DAVID’S COMMUNITY

WALK-A-THON... North Shore

families in‘ need will be the major
. benefactors of a Community Walk-

a-thon on Saturday, June il, in

“West Vancouver. :
/ St. David! s United’ Church is hold-

Tom Dutta
‘Branch Manager

We cordially i invite you to come visit our new expanded branch.
Win a prize on the TD Wheel of Forrune.

Enjoy refreshments or attend one of the scheduled Will & Estate.
Planning and Retirement Seminars. We look forward to seeing

Guna safely instructor Ronald
Paolitlo, 43, and his 13-year-old
son were recently injured by frag-
ments of a 9mm bullet just before a
class at the Branford, Conn., Gun
Club, Paoliflo was headed for the
firing range when the bottom fell
out of a box of ammunition. One
exploded as the bullets hit the
floor.

In. September at
tehearsal in a-Swansea, Wales, the-
ater, actress June Slavin of the

English Shakespeare Company:

rushed along the balcony where she
was to deliver the “wherefore art
thou, Romeo” line, tripped, and
toppled over the railing, falling 10
feet and spraining her wrist.

A manager at a Kroger store in
Columbus, Ohio, recently appre-
hended a suspected shoplifter, who
was charged with grand theft.
Concealed in his clothing were
over $300 worth of vaginal prod-
ucts, including 18 tubes of cream
made by three different companies

and five packs of Monistat supposi-

torics,

ing the walk-a-thon to raise funds
for its congregational budget and
for its outreach programs, which
provide clothing and school sup-
plies for local families in need.

Members of the community are
welcome to pick up pledge forms
at the church’s:' West Vancouver
office at 1525. Tayor Way.
Volunteers are also needed during
the day of the walk-a-thon. For

more information contact the

church at 922-3961.

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