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B.C.Hydro has agreed to
«work with residents who fear
. the loss of a ring of trees sur-
“rounding a substation in Lynn

7S Valley.

People living on Rufus
Drive, Cedar Village Crescent
and Kirkstone Road were
alarmed to Jearn: carlier this
month of B.C. Hydro plans to

‘take down numerous diseased

“and hazardous trees.
_. Most of the trees are: locat-
ed on Hydro property. Some
are situated by a playground
_ on -neighboring Mountain
Estates townhouse property.
Mature. hemlock, fir’ and
cedar trees provide a forested
backdrop for residents who
would otherwise have a close
view of the substation,
Hydro’s initial plan called
for the removal of two-thirds
of the mature trees. B.C.

Hydro spokesman’ = Gene
Bryant said the company is
willing to consult with neigh-
bors and work with’ an inde-
pendent arborist.

Hydro met with approxi-
mately 60 substation neigh-
bors on Saturday at the Karen
Magnussen recreation centre,

Bryant said the discased
hemlocks — weakened by
dwarf mistletoe and sur-
rounding the substation —

are examples of a common |:

problem throughout — the
developed areas of the North
Shore.

Bryant said Hydro’s prima-
ry concern is safety. ‘Trees
removed will be replaced with
“multiple species” he added.

B.C. Hydro plans to wait
unti] children return to school
before any cutting begins.

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Police detective Michael 2D,
Kerns has denied charges that
he stole items from: the police
property room, admitting only
to “absent-mindediess,”

Police had found the fol-
lowing ttems, all seized from
police lnvestigations, in Kerns
name: five pairs of expensive
sunglasses, a Sony radio, a The
Fighter computer game, a
laser pen/pointer system, a
radar detector, 21 booklets of
postage stamps, a Samsonite
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of Marilyn Monroe, and more
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Ina recent Times of London
report. on his forthcoming
book Why Is Sex Frn?, UCLA

physiology professor Jared

Diamond claims that technol-
ogy will soon permit men to
breastfeed = their — children,
though psychological barriers
will remain (that is, the men
will be ridiculed).

Diamond says men have an
undeveloped ability to pro-
duce milk and that there are
thousands of instances on
record in which hormonal
imbalances have produced
actual male lactation.

James Shenkel was charged ©

with aggravated assault in
Pittsburgh recently after rush-
ing to his sister’s defense in a
domestic dispute.

Michael Stefanowiez had
allegedly promised to cook
manicotti for his wife, “Mary
(Shenkel’s sister), but instead
fixed the — less-complicated
spaghetti, provoking her to
call him lazy, That caused
Michael to call her a fat pig,
and when it started to get
physical, Shenkel allegedly
fired a shot at Michael that
missed.

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Hopkins University School of

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Medicine announced they had
created a strain of mice twice
the usual size, with broad
shoulders and massive hips,

The researchers knocked
out a gene that inhibits muscle
growth and believe the same
thing can be done for chickens
and cattle,

ft took 26 years, but fast
month former inmate Frank
Smith, 64, became the first
person to win damages based
on the deadly riot at Attica
prison in New York in 1971.

A jury awarded him US$4
mnillion based on injuries from
his torture by guards after they
recaptured the prison from the
inmates. There are 1,280
other Attica-related claims
against the prison pending,
totaling $2.8 billion.

The Minnesota. Court ‘of
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