Mabe on rhe wills 329 ToGo Bright Lichts Ceiebrations Classifieds Crossword Fashion ¥ Talking Personais ese 12 The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969 Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter adangec- lo@nsnews.com MICHELE Shellard passed on ‘calling her new daughter Bridget although the baby was born on a ‘ bridge five days ago. Shellard was in labor iast Wednesday and heading tor © B.C. Women’s Hospital with her husband Kevin. Kevin was at the wheel of their Toyota ‘Four-Runner. ‘Traffic backed up on the Lions Gate ‘Bridge shortly after 8 a.m., so Kevin decided to use the bus loop onto the bridge and maybe get to the hospital more quickly, Baby = Andrea Marie Sheard couldn’t. wait. She See Speedy pane 4 = Marcie Good . Contributing Writer ' SUZANNE Eland never thought of putting a lock and key on her Japanese maple trees, aybe she should have. Earlier this week, they were stolen in ..broad daylight. Driving home from work on Tuesday, she noticed that some- “thing was different about the front of her house on the 1100- - block of West 2!st Street. ‘Two holes in the ground were all that remained where her two six-foot-tall maples once stood. “Living in North Vancouver I used to go out as a kid not even locking the doors,” 1 got robhed ovo years ago, so I put in an alarm system and figured 'm fine. Then they my Japanese maples. 1 mean it's almost comical.” iated telephone infermanon ine has been pied to provide op te the niumute itor io Buttle sess Phe warn Valuable trees and rare grasses vanish from two NV locations Eland estimated the trees, which she had recently transplanc- ed into the front vard, would be worth at least $300 each. She bought then three years ago as saplings. According to North Vancouver RCMP, a 30-year-old Caucasian male was seen loading the trees inte the trunk of ar older model Volkswagen car. The trees were dug up probabiy early Tuesday morning, and collected after 10 a.m. “Pm just shaking my head going, “This is amazing to me,” she said. “ft actually makes me think, is this a practical joke If it is, Todd Major isn’t Jaughing. He's the garden at Park and ‘Tilford Gardens. The facility has also been hit by green-thumbed thieves. Coaches name the best senior girls soccer players a The ups and downs 7 of mountain biking on The Shore Focus p3 Www. nsnews.com NEWS photo Jutie iverson BABY Andrea Marie Shellard was born in this vehicle while mother Michele was heading to B.C. Women's Hospital. Dad Kevin was dri- ving. He arranged by cellphone to meet paramedics at Park Royal Shopping Centre. The baby’s brother Eric turns two this month. The burglaries at the non-profit society began last week, and ar has come to work to discover some of hi ed plants ripped right out of the soil, He’s lost seven white grasses, a blue-leaved hosta, three shrubs and two peren- nials, worth a total of S800. Major says people steal plants as insignificant as marigolds regularly from the gardens. But the latest strikes were no gar- den-variery thefts. “[ can’t stress to you thar these are not little trinkets that you buy at garden stores,” he said, describing the tive-foot-tall gra es so dense they would hide the average person. Silvery-white with a thin green stripe on the leaves and a pink plume, they are so rare that Major is quite certain no one else in the provinee OWNS OFC. On Thursday me ng, the plant pilferees left a signiticant See Pitchfork page 5