Importing heroin charge laid A 23-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man charged with importing heroin was ordered March 15 in North Vancouver provincial court to stand trial. Wing Hong To will face charges of importing heroin into Van- couver International Airport on Sept. 30, 1989, and possession of heroin on Oct. 5, 1989 for the purpose of trafficking. To is also charged with conspiring to import heroin between Aug. 1 and Oct. 5, 1989 in Hong Kong, North Vancouver City and other places, and conspiring with others to traffic heroin in B.C. during the same time period. The charges follow the arrest of To on Oct. 5, 1989 in connec- tion with a drug seizure in the 100-block of East 17th Street in North Vancouver of 412 pounds of high-grade heroin with a street value estimated at $8 million. To is in custody and is scheduled to appear April 4 in Vancouver county court to set a date for trial on the charges. First stage of overpass complete A LATE-night ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday will mark the completion of the first stage of the $22 million Lonsdale-Upper Levels Highway Interchange project. North Vancouver-Capilano MILA Angus Ree, North Vancouver District Mayor Marilyn Baker and North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks will attend the event, which is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. After Tuesday, east-bound Upper Levels traffic will detour on to newly built lanes, which will eventually come to be known as Frontage Road. Traffic on the newly-built lanes, which will be located south of the existing Janes, will exit on south-bound ramps. The first stage of the $22-million project cleared and laid the ground work for the interchange’s on and off-ramps. Women’s centre members meet THE NORTH Shore Women’s Centre will be holding an extraor- dinary meeting of its membership to discuss and respond to the federal government’s 100 per cenit funding cutbacks and the im- pending closure of the centre. The meeting is set for 7 p.m., Thursday, March 22, in suite 201-145 West 15th St. : For more information call 984-6009. Shoplifting lands man in jail A 25-YEAR-OLD Vancouver man was sentenced March 14 in North Vancouver provincial court to six weeks in jail for theft and obstructing a police officer. Neil Andrew Skinner pleaded guilty to theft of merchandise under $1,000 from Canada Safeway on Sept. 20, 1989. Skinner was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the offence. He was given an additional 15 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to obstructing a police officer carrying out his duty in connection with a Nov. 29, 1989 incident. Appearing before Judge J.L..McCarthy, Skinner was also placed on probation for nine months. Wanted man may be here A MAN wanted on a Canada-wide warrant on a charge of sexual assault is believed (o be in the Lower Mainland area. A number of recent reported sightings of a man fitting the description of 50-year-old Leroy Arnold Humphrey have originated in North Vancouver. in October 1984, Provost, Alberta RCMP received a complaint of sexual assault from a 20-year-old girl. As a result of a subsequent police investigation, charges of sexual assault were laid against Humphrey. He is described as being 5'6"’ and weighing 165 pounds. He has blue eyes and greying hair. He also uses the alias of Bill Humphrey. Information may be forwarded to N, Yan. RCMP at 985-1311. Waterfront houses to be demolished WEST VANCOUVER : T COUNCIL THE DECISION a year ago to tear down some municipally- owned waterfront houses on Argyle Avenue in West Vancouver was ratified March 12 by West Vancouver District Council. Residents renting the houses were given a year’s reprieve last April when public outcry over the proposed demolition fed council to delay their plans to rip down five houses for park space, but leave two standing so they could be used by local arts groups. “The space will now be available to everyone, including the arts people who really have been ex- cluded in the past,”’ said Ald. Pat Boname. She was responding to com- plaints from local resident Jack Howard, who charged that the arts groups were being accommodated at taxpayer’s expense. “‘Governments are recognizing the need for some sort of subsidy of the arts in a community,”” said Mayor Don Lanskail. There was also criticism from Capt. George Murrell of the Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers Association, who decried the decision coming in light of the current housing crisis. “Quietly Getting Results” Na ANN VAN OEVEREN For residential, commercial and investment properties. 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