ICBC claims
jump 11.4%

ICBC RECORDED ‘an 11.4 per cent increase in the number of
claims received during the first six months of this year as compared
to the same period in 1987.

A total of 312,000 claims were received, or 32,000 more than for
the period last year.

Bodily injury claims increased 11.2 per cent and property dam-
age claims were up 4.8 per cent.

The upward trend in claims began in 1986. In 1987, despite fre-

quent warnings to motorists, [CBC recorded the most! ‘Autoplan

claims for any year during its 15-year history. |

Assailant hacks
at phone booth

B.C. TEL officials are currently investigating a vicious axe attack
on a telephone booth recently installed in the Glenmore arca of
West Vancouver’s British Propertics.

The unknown assailant inflicted an estimated : 30 axe wounds on
the standing pedestal booth, which was instailed June 22 at the bus
shelter near the entrance of Glenmore Park.

B.C. Tel investigator Gord Mackie said the damage ‘‘is some of
the worst I’ve ever seen. It’s a total write-off. It must have been
somebody extremely vindictive and strong to do that kind of dam-
age.”’

He estimated equipment replacement costs alone would be
$3,000.

The booth was removed Friday.

A $100 reward is being offered by B.C. Tet for information that
leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons respon-
sible for the attack.

Anyone with any information is asked to call North Vancouver
RCMP at 985-1311 or B.C. Tel security by calling the operator.

Muppet returns
to LGH

other items at the May 10 Park
Royal fiea market.

A plea for Animal’s return
was subsequently published in
the June 5 News, and last week
a Coquitlam family transported
the muppet back to its original
home and a tearful reunion.

Auxiliary member Colleen
Manness said the organization
was extremely happy to get
Animal back.

The Coquitlam family’s
children were given hand-pup-
pets in exchange for Animal,
Manness said.

Animal, who has removable
tonsils, is used as an educa-
tional tool in’ demonstrations
for children entering LGH for
various operations. ,

He has entertained an
estimated 2,000 children in’ his
three-year career at Lions Gate.

ANIMAL HAS returned to

Lions Gate Hospital.

The popular and instructive
muppet was accidently sold by
the hospital’s auxiliary with

FAMILY returned
to hospital auxiliary.

‘*Animal’’

olice seek
cart owner

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are searching for the owner ofa

three-wheeled electric cart found parked in a North Vancouver
apartment lobby Monday.

The battery-driven cart was found at 1445 Chesterfield Avenue
in North Vancouver. The‘ cart has, not been reported stolen or
missing.

For more information call the detachment at 985- 131 he

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News columnist
garners honor

NORTH SHORE News columnist
Barbara McCreadie received an
honorable mention from judges in
the 1988 Nabisco Brands Canadian
Food Writers Awards.

McCreadie and Western Living
Magazine’s Jurgen Gothe were
both singled out for honorable
mention in the awards’ Food Col-
umnist category.

First place in the category went
to Marion Kane of the Toronto

Sun and Joanne Kates of the
Globe and Mail.
McCreadie, a former home

economics teacher, has been writ-
ing her Budget Beaters column for
the News for the past five years.

She said the column evolved
from a supermarket specials listing
into its present food column for-
mat.

“T used to pick out supermarket
specials and throw in a recipe,”
McCreadie said.

The recipes and accompanying
food information portion of the
column proved extremely popular.

GOLD WANTED

We buy karat gold; old
rings, chains, charms, etc.
plus dental gold.

THE GOLDPOST

1207 W. 16th St., NV.
(at Pemberton behind McDonalds)
Open Mon. - Sat. 1am - 3 pm
Closed Wed. & Sun.

987-8731

BPS. We will let you
B cep the map so

BH you can get

5 home.

RE

West Van Florist
Secret Lane Entrance

“lt grew like topsy,’"* McCreadie
said.

McCreadie also writes Travel-
wise, a travel column, in the Sun-
day News.

Established in 1985 by Nabisco
Brands Ltd., the Nabisco Brands
Food Writers Awards acknowledge
outstanding individual food writers
and editors, as well as the food
writing community, for their ef-

forts in educating consumers on
food and nutrition.

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- Wednesday, July 13, 1988 - North Shore News -

Barbara Me-
received honorable
mention in a national food writers
competition.

NEWS columnist
Creadie...

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