- “minister LAST FEBRUARY, according to The. Los Angeles Times, in the midst of an abnormally wet winter and a USS] billion state budget shortfall, Los Angeles County agreed to a six-month, US$400- a-day contract with a Utah -cloud-seeding: company to be on standby in case of a drought. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday, Oct. 5 that a 70-year- old woman was killed when: she was attacked by at least four _ alligators at the Florida retirement community where she lived. The -dismembered body of Grace Aberhart was found in Lake Se- renity' early -Sunday, Oct.’. 3. ‘Neighbors reported ‘‘three alligators playing with what ap-~ peared to be a human body,” said Chief Deputy Bill Farmer of the ‘Sumter County :Sheriff’s office. “The medical examiner’s office said Eberhart died. when a large alligator broke her neck’ while biting her. Seven people have been’ . killed by. alligators i in Florida since 1973. in April in Quebec, Andre. Saint-. - Jean was finally given work when _be- was : named assistant’ deputy in the Cultural Com- NEWS OF THE . WEIRD Compiled by A.P. McCredie munities and [mmigration Department..-For the previous three years,-Saint-Jean had been drawing $98,400 annually, in- cluding one raise, doing absolutely nothing as vice-president of the government’s legal aid agency because his supervisor refused to assign him an office. Civil service rules require that an idle worker ‘continue to draw his salary until a i LOVE HOCKEY! WHAT'S your Paro WINTER SPORT _ GRIZZWELLS® “byt Bin Schorr - HEY, WSS. WE BEEN IM - SdicoL A WHOLE 10 DAYS AN I AIN'T COLLECTED “Wo LUNCH MONEY FROM AoE "DARN. WEED / Mone FuRNI TURE IN HERE. foe? CAR, WRIT ® 1993 by NEA, Inc... LESSEE... YA OWE We. UH..25 4 ADAY..FoR LY 10 DAYS...UM...uH LESSEE THATS... UM...UH.. 25% PLUS.UK. ASS Ty S.. UH..UM.. TLL GET BACK 10 YA...UR.. suitable assignment comes along. In July, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rescinded an earlier deci- sion it had made to fine a Boise, Idaho plumbing company US$8,000 for rules violations during a rescue of a construction worker in a_ collapsed trench. Originally, OSHA had cited the company because, among other things, rescue workers had failed to go get their hard hats and. put them on before attempting the rescue, Several members of the American Congress complained to President Clinton - last. month “because the State Department had quietly moved almost 1,000 Iraqi former prisoners of war to new homes in the U.S., and may ultimately pro- vide homes for 3,000 more.. Even though many of them actually bore arms against the U.S. in the Persian Gulf war, Department now says: they are refugees from Saddam Hussein. The complaining members of Congress say the U.S. government should attend to its own veterans’ needs before addressing those of Iraqis. ¥ Q 5 4 = g f & 7 e WHAT DyOU KNOW... THERE | SAFETY. WW NUMBERS... © 191 oy NEA oe ROL UTS OPER ne, “Last time we e played these guys, the team doctor was on the field more than we were.” ‘including performances by local’ the State. LGH relay event raises | funds for emergency care | LIONS GATE Hospital held it’s first annual LGH 9-1-1 Relay at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver on Sept. 25. The event raised more than $40,000 to help purchase emergency care equipment at the hospital. Over 1,200 people par- ticipated in the day’s activities from 9:11 a.m. to 3:11: p.m., $2,180.59. Second place went. | to Angels of Mercy from the | emergency department at LGH, . who raised $1,831, and third“ place was awarded to the West: Vancouver fire department ° whose pledges totalled $1,160. The top individual pledges ‘award went to Reinhard Bartel of LGH who raised $1,651. Most laps in the Competitive . Division was won dy. the District .of North © Vancouver fire . department: | Fifty-nine teams participated in the day, including teams.from corpora- tions, community groups: and other emergency. services: per- sonnel. Over 200° volunteers. helped to ensure: that’ the day. ~ “was a success for. participants, : families and spectators. . : musicians, children’s activities, food and a beer garden. Close to 500 participated in the main focus of the event, a two-kilometre six-hour relay along the seawalk in Ambleside Park. The. first- place ‘*Most Pledges’? award “went to the infomaniacs, from. information °° services at LGH, who raised “Int? Hearty Venison Stew