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NV man ordered to stand trial
in Squamish Hwy accident case

A NORTH Vancozver man, charged with criminal
negligence causing bodily harm following a near-fatal
accident on the Squamish Highway last June, has been
ordered to stand trial on the charge.

Todd Ceperiey appeared in Squamish provincial court
on Monday for a pretiminary hearing.

Ceperley has been ordered (o stand trial in B.C.
Supreme Court. A trial date will be fixed on April 3.

Lions Bay resident Gillian Broughton suffered serious
injury after her car was struck head-on by 2 car aftempt-
ing to pass a line of vehicles.

RCMP investigate assault of
Lynn Valley man by gang

A 30-YEAR-old Lynn Valley man was assaulted and
robbed by a group of youths Friday night near the in-
tezsection of St. Christophers Road and 29th Street.

The victim was returning home from work when he
was accosted at 11:45 p.m. by a single male youth.
About six others jumped in and kicked and punched the
man, stealing a grey Reebok bag.

The victim told the News that one of his attackers
said, ‘‘Don’t mess with the Valley boys.”’

Tne man suffered a black eye and was sent to Lions
Gate Hospital, where he received stitches to his chin.

The attacker who initiatly confronted the man is
described as a Caucasian male, 6°2°’ with short dark
hair.

An investigation into the incident by North Vancouver
RCMP continues.

Ferguson Moving and Storage
site sold for development

A DEVELOPMENT applicstion to build a new office
and storage facility (o replace the Ferguson Moving and
Storage building destrayed by arson fire in October, has
been withdrawn. .

Paul Reano, tie owner of the property at 2232 Marine
Dr. has sold the site.

Laura Lee Richard, West Vancouver District zoning
and development planner, could not confirm Thursday
who the new owner of the property was. But she said,
“"We expect a new application — possibly for offices —
from the new owner.”’

Scores of clients lost possessions when Ferguson Mov-
ing and Storage was destroyed. In January, Reano
estimated his company lost about $500,000 as a result of
the fire. The total loss from the fire has heen pegged at
about $2.5 million.

‘Arts group seeks more funding

: SAYING THAT culture provides

‘a necessary outlet for society’s
- well-being, the North Shore Arts

Commission is seeking an increase

. in the amount of money

municipalities contribute to its
tri-arts granting program for 1991.

By Evelyn Jacob
News Reporter

Last year all three municipalities
approved the cultural grants pro-
gram — money distributed to
local arts groups — to make the
procedure easier and more
equitable. Prior to the program’s
implementation, cultural groups
had to apply to three separate
programs administered by each
municipality.

The amount contributed was
based on a $0.27 per-capita con-
tribution for each municipality for
a total of $38,000. But those
funds fell far short of the $96,759
requested by 21 local arts groups.

This year the commission wants
councils to base their contribu-
tions on a $0.50 per-capita for-
mula, which translates into
$34,151 for North Vancouver
District, $18,996 for West Van-
couver and $18,000 for North
Vancouver City for a total of
$71,147,

That was the recommendation
of former West Vancouver mayor
Don Lanskail, who, along with

North Vancouver City Mayor
Jack Loucks and North Van-
couver District Ald. Ernie Crist,
made up a special arts grants ap-
peals committee set up last year to
review an application by the
Judith Marcuse Dance Company.

Carolyn Lair, the arts commis-
sion’s cultural development of-
ficer, said the committee realized
the money contributed by councils
was ‘‘ridiculously small’? and
subsequently urged ali three
municipalities to substantially in-
crease their 1991 share of funding.

She added that if councils do
not accept the recommendation
they are being urged to submit
their own proposal that ‘‘reflects a
significant increase.”’

“Going from $0.27 to $0.50
isn’t really a lor of money,"’ said
Lair, ‘‘For the City of North
Vancouver for example, it means
an increase of $4,000.””

But, said Loucks, ‘‘There’s only
so much money for all community
groups — not just arts groups —
and some of them get nothing.
And when you consider the fact
that the provincial government has
just told the municipalities not to
increase their budgets beyond a
certain degree, it makes it even
more difficult."

But Lair said that municipalities
must understand that culture is
“not like having a party — it
must be consistently supported."’

Sager called
to the bar

WEST VANCOUVER’S 33-year-
old mayor, Mark Sager, was of-
ficially called to the bar on Fri-
day.

Prior to being elected mayor
last November, Sager was in the
unique position of campaigning
for the office while he was study-
ing for his bar exams.

Sager was a winner in both
events: he was elected mayor and
he earned a 12 out of 12 score on
his exams.

Friday’s bar ceremony was the
culmination of a whirlwind uni-
versity education for Sager. Laun-
ching into an accelerated Bat-
chelor of Arts program, Sager col-
lected his B.A. in Philosophy in
May of 1987 when he was already
one year into his law degree.

“One of my law professors was
very surprised to see me at the
B.A. ceremony,’’ Sager recalls,

He completed his law degree
two years later and then spent a
year clerking for a Supreme Court

judge.

All the while, he was serving as
an alderman on West Vancouver
District Council.

Currently, Sager is working as a
luwyer for Bull, Housser and
Tupper, where he will svon
become an associate.

His work as mayor, which is
generally considered a full-time
job, is dene early in the morning
and during the evenings und
weekends.

It helps that Sager only needs
four to five hours of sleep a night.

He has also managed to
Streaniline the Monday night
council meetings by keeping the
question period to the end of the
session and by asking delegations
to get themselves on the agenda,
rather than making unscheduled
visits to council.

“1 read the material ahead,
make sure the reports are com-
plete and try to anticipate prob-
lems,”’ Sager added.

The mayor is looking forward
to adding a new responsibility to
his already busy life: he and his
wife Kathy are expecting their first
child in September.

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