Lonsdale break-ins binge brings arrests: A5

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January 12, 1983

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RED HOT MANAGER ‘CLEANED UP OWN ACT’ BEFORE RAIDS —

RED HOT Video Manager Ted Emery says the
reason -his store was not raided in tast week's
swoop by police on outlets or pornographic video

tapes is because he voluntarily ‘ “cleaned up” his

stock months earlier.

Emery says that none of
the tapes taken in raids on
Red Hot stores throughout
the province — which in-
cluded such titles as Tor-

tured Women, Explorng
Young Gurls, Femme de
Sade, Jail Bait and Family

Affair was available at his

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store.

“| told you a long time ago
I cleaned up my act,” Emery
tellsthe News. “I know the
way the law is and didn't
want to be in trouble. I went
through every title in the
store and put back ones
which did not satisfy the

VANCOUVER, presented to council at tts
Monday's moeting, bs o fountain sculpture for Ambleside Park designed
by well known West Van architect Zoltan Kiss, shown above displaying
lo be baile on a piece of land jatting out
“between the Scawalk and the sca against o backdrop of Stankcy Park

guideliftes.”’

Emery is referring to the
B.C. Government guidelines
which define pornography as
depicting sexual acts which
combine violence, children
or bestiality.

However, Emery says he is
certain his store was
checked out in the province-
wide undercover operation
which preceded last week's

here.”

. the

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coordinated police crack-
down.

“They of course checked
me out, he says.’“They had
undercover people checking
out everyone else so why
would they leave me alone?”

In recent weeks he has
had “potential! customers”
asking for specific ttles
which he told them he did
not stock, advising them to

try at video stores across
town.
Emery says he took

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. CHRIS LLOYD

several uthes off his shelves
some months ago and sent
them back to his supplier for
a credit. He sayshis suppher
is in Richmond and actually
makes the video tapes,
although he declines to
name the supplier.

He adds that when the
RCMP checked him out “I
am sure I was found to be
truthful and honest.”

The raids on video stores
in vanous locations of the

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NEWS photo Stuart Devie

fountain bs being donated to the municipality by ( aulicild businessman

“It goes to show what good cithhens we have living
sald Mayor Derrick Humphreys on behalf of council, which voted
unanimously to accept the pitt

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SCHOOL CLOSURES
in- West - Vancouver
appear to be imminent,
but according to one
school beard official
the actual savings are
unknown and could be
much less than an-
ticipated, particularily
during the first year.

West Vancouver school
board will meet January 24
at Chartwell School to
discuss proposed = school
closures in the district. The
board had hoped that by
closing two or three schools
this year could make
substantial savings to help
defray cutbacks imposed by

the provincial restraint
program
“Exactly what savings can

be made through | school
consohdaton/closure are at

present unknown.” says
Director of beducation
Administration William

May

“Estimates will depeod on
the number of schools their
size and potential use in the
marketplace .” May sand

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board
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