Anna Marie D’ Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.cam THREE North Vancouver teenagers appeared in court last Wednesday in connection with a Halloween robbery in which masks and a baton were allegedly used. Pouyan) Khalili, 18.00 Mohammad Amirinikou, YS. and al 17-year-old youth were charged with robbing a) f4-vear-old pedestrian on Oct. 31. - According to search warrant information, the ]4-vear-old boy was walking on Queens Road near Edgemont village when a smail light-coloured car pulled up. Two males wearing masks got out. One male was wearing a skull mask and the other was wearing a mask similar to the one used in the Halloween Scream movie. Teen pedestrian allegedly threatened and Sunday, Novemper 26, 2000 — North Shore News - 3 Three in court to face robbery charges robbed on Halloween night in North Van pedestrian and reportedly said "Give me the backpack! Pm gonna f**ing kill you.” The masked male raised a flashlight ina hitting motion, according to search warrant information. The pedestrian turned over his backpack and his wallet with abour SEQ in Canadian, American bills and American coins. There were alse fireworks and candy in the backpack. The robbery ended when one of the pas- sengers in the car got out and said they had to go, according to search warrant informa- tion. The alleged robbery took place at 7:30 p.m. North Vancouver RCMP Const. Deri Kinsey spotted the car belonging to the alleged suspects five minutes later. The 1988 Honda Pretude was parked at) the MacDonald’s in the Westview Shopping Centre, According to the search warrant. Kinsey saw skull mask, a knife, tireworks and a sil- ver barbell in the unoccupied car, He then noticed four mates come out ef the fast food restaurant. “The males then went and sat on the curb watching the police officers checking eut the vehicle,” according to search warrant infor- mation filed by Cpl Sheryl Armstong, who headed the robbery investigation. When asked by a police officer, the youth sitting on the curb said the car was his. The otticer, Const. Richard Basha, asked the youth why he didn’t say something when the police officers were checking our the car The vouth, according te the search warrant infor: mation, rephed, “LE don’t know * The youth said he didn’t Know anything about the rob- bery. After Const. Basha explained the details, the youth “asked what kind of deal” could Const. Basha *make for him.” Const. Basha said there would be no deals and then arrested the youth for robbery. While being escorted to the police car. the vouth said, “f was just driving,” according to the search warrant information. Two others in the group were also arrest: ed. The group had used American coins and other money to buy food at MacDonald's. The charged teenagers are not in custody, They appeared in North Van provincial court fast week after being given court instructions to consult lawyers. The adult teenagers are stated for another court appearance on Dec. 6 to comply with court instructions. The 17- year-old has a trial set for February. One of the masked males went up to the OBITUARY Gordon Rowntree served West Van Karen Robbins Contributing Writer GORDON Beveridge Rowntree passed away at Inglewood Hospital Nov. 17 at age 84 following a lengthy struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Gordon was the first president of the British Properties Area Honwowners Association (BPAHA), editor of the Taily Ho newsletter, a West Vancouver alderman for seven years from 1981 to 1988 and a founding member of St. David's United Church. Gordon and Elsie, his wite of 53 years, had ovo children, Kathy and David, and five grandchildren. The couple lived in West Vancouver tor more than 45 years, Gordon is remembered by his family and friends for his wonderful sense of humour. Jim McCarthy, a fellow member of the BPAHA and neighbour of Gordon's for 35 years, said this ambitious man had a quiet sense of humour that would often catch you off guard: “As an alder- man, Gordon would often break up council members during meetings with his stories that came out of the blue.” Resides his sense of humour, Gordon was also admired for his incredible persever- ance. Gordon was determined to be an alderman and he ran 11 times before he succeeded. Gordon's son, David Rowntree, said after his father's fifth or sixth attempt to get elected, the family tried to per- suade him to give up. “But he would Ihugh and say, ‘If you want to do something, you never give up.”” Gordon certainly didn’t give up on things that he wanted, especially when ~ it came to. his family. David remembers . when he was a kid | playing hockey, his father wanted to coach | him, but Gordon! couldn’t skate. He didn’t let that stop him — he bought a pair of skates and taught himself. Gordon was also a pioneer in his community. McCarthy said Gordon was instru- mental in getting the BPAHA ser up. “Gordon was quite involved in our close and cohesive community and he had huge role in fostering that close neighbourhood feeling.” Along with his career in politics and his activities in the community, Gordon, a Toronto native, had a successful career in communications working for nine years with James Lovick Advertising betore founding his own ad agency in the early 1960s, which he ran for over 25 years. Gordon was active in many business organizations as well. He Was a past president of both the Ad and Sales Bureau of the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Vancouver Executives Association. One of Gordon’s favourite hobbies was collecting stamps. His wife said he had a particular passion for Canadian stamps. “He thought it would be easier to get Canadian stamps overseas,” she said. Elsie can recall ¢ day in Paris spent looking at different stamp collections. “He was definitely passionate about them,” she said. “So I didn’t mind.” A memorial service is being held for Gordon on Dee. 2 at-2 p.m. at St. David's United Church in West Vancouver. : photo submitted GORDON Rowntree's sense of humour will be missed. NEWS photo Mike Wakefletd Mythical faction ORPHEUS, king of the Ciconians, is counted among the Argonauts. He descended to the underworld in order to find his dead wife, but had to return without her. He has fans in West Vancouver. City $100,000 to Cape Breton ship, $100,000 to theatre Catherine Barr Contributing Writer NORTH Vancouver City has approved over $300,000 in funds for some key community pro- jects including the much-heralded Cape Breton project. The Cape Breton project, which is part of a planned $20 mil- lion marine museum faciliry and waterfront attraction, will receive $100,000 in funds from the city. This money will go towards preparing the Canadian-built Victory Ship (called the Cape Breton) for partial salvage. The city first heard plans to salvage the ship approximately one year ago when the DEEP Foundation, a non-profit society, and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives (NVMA) Commission made a proposal to include the ship as part of the new maritime museum, Marine City. The museum would be located at the foot of Lonsdale on what is now known as the old Versatile Shipyards. Advocates of the project would like to house the attraction in the 35,000 sy. ft. (3,250 sq. m) 1925 Machine Shop on the old shipyard site. If Marine City project planners can convince the city to see things their way, the attraction will feature the stern and engine of the Cape Breton, which was built in 1944 at the North Vancouver site. Total cost of this project is estimated to be close Ks cash fe to $550,000. ~ The ship is presently moored on the Lower Lonsdale water- front. The Artificial Reef Society of B.C. would then like to sink the remaining piece of the 10,060 tonne cargo ship near Gabriola Island. The hulk would be used as a diving attraction. However, none of the allocated money. will be released unless certain conditions are met. Among those conditions is a commit- ment from the Washington Marine Group and the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union to contribute a minimum of $34,000. Also, the city must comply with all terms of the provin- ciai and federal government grant agreements. : The city has also allocated $100,000 to the Centennial Theatre for exterior artwork on the fly tower. Considered to be part of the city’s ongoing commitment to public art, the enhancement of the fly tower could include the use of creative lighting, possibly neon, and other features, It has been suggested that this would be a good way for the city to create a kind of “gateway” entrance to North Vancouver. Completion of the outside painting will now be coordinated with the planned artwork and will be handled by the public art coordinator. Lastly, the city has allocated approximately $20,000 to the Lonsdale Rec Centre’s Outer Limits Youth Lounge, $10,000 to the 2004 or 2006 BC Summer Games bid, $30,000 to work sta-” tion reconfiguration in the development services department and $50,000 to electronic backup of old minutes, agenda and street files dating back to 1907. The $307,065 in total funds comes from extra monies not used during the past.vear. By law, these funds can only now be used on “one-time” items such as capital projects or one-time operating cost items. These re-allocated funds will not affect next year’s budget as they are part of the current year 2000 budget.