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$20,000 ROOF. FIRE at. 946. Riverside Drive, in | North Vancouver, was spotted: ‘Sunday afternoon by a: neigh o
aves, were home at the time but were not injured in the blaze which. | -
“was mostly confined to the cedar shake roof. Cause of the fire was undetermined still this week, although fire in- ..
-Spectors were treating it as accidental and suspected it may have been started by an‘electrical fault. Picture shows

: os - North Vancouver District Fire Chief Bob McDonald (teft) and d firefighter Gordon Parks, * checking the damage for
‘sinest to » the cs cause. 2. (Terry, Peters s photo)

Therefore, Layton said he

found it is “far. easier to lay “appeared - and.‘said ‘he -had ~ would put the case over until

charges. than. to. have,:them

not. gotten: legal: counsel:

“early October in order that

withdrawn; ‘as they appeared ‘because his wife, who" was—the—divorce proceédings
—_——in-—-North—-Vancouver ~ ‘present in court, wished to

provincial court for the third
time in. as many weeks, last -
week. 4

. The man fitst ‘appeared in
court July 4, after his wife,
from which he is separated,
laid charges. of assault’ in
connection with three in-
cidents occuring at the end
of June.

In one of the incidents the
court was told the wife was
thrown around a lot, and
that she had bruises which
she showed the police.

The case was adjourned
for one week in order for the
man to get legal advice.

The lifeguards are back at
work on Panorama beach in

’ North Vancouver, Tuesdays

and Wednesdays, and have
been since last week.

.

The North Vancouver
Recreation Commission had
planned to leave the beach’
unsupervised on those days
because of budgetary
restraints,

But this move sparked
protests from a number of
area residents, concerned
about the safety of their
children.

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The lifeguards wall
work from noon to 7:30
p.m. on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, says Grant

.

Daily beach
guards

drop the charges.

She was told that she
Would’ have to make an
application to get the
“ charges dropped, and that
_ the ‘court .would then con-
Sider the application.

Last week the couple
"appeared in court_again, and
were told the charges would

probably not be dropped _

until October.

Judge J.D. Layton was
told the wife had put. in a
petition for divorce, which
had not been set for ‘hearing
yet.

recreation
operations

Dickey, the
commission's
manager, which is the same
hours they work on other
week days.

“Rhe lifeguards were
working last week and will
continue do that until the

weather turns bad,’ Dickey
said.

‘We are basically picking
it up in other areas of the
budget," Dickey answered,
when asked how the com-

mission was going to handle ,

the additional expense.

The commission is also
hoping that somewhere
along the line the weather
will be wet, Dickey added.

oat, .o. [Rares = - nals
“Who am I? Let m¢_ tell

could be taken care of first.

‘If by that time things have
really .settled down, come_
back on that day and the
court would probably accept
the recommendation that
the charges be dropped,’ ,
Layton said,

Layton told the couple
that the court did not ap-
prove .of people laying
charges and then dropping
them soon afterwards.

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‘The courts take a dim
view of people running in
and out every week,’ he said.

Focus

Me. a PRE EAG, :

ale

you. i am a free man and |
know what my freedoms are.
1 will accept nothing less in
my life. My- life is not the

property of any other person .

or entity or state. IT IS
MINE AND I HOLD
CLEAR TITLE. And s0 does
my neighbour to his. .

“I have ‘had enough. Get
the hell out of my way.”

Signed,

Klaus E. Kiel Nielsen

Lend a hand...
to clean our land

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Dow. Chemical:

facility at Lynntern for two
_ weeks, in spite of ‘recom-

approving a. decision for the
storage

mendation by: fire chet Bob
McDonald.

Both Aldermen Mike-

Lakes and Gordon’- Rose’

asked. council to delay

formal. approval for... this ©

period while further checks.
are made upon the safety of
storing ethylene: dichloride,

ethylene slycol and, caustic. . a

"Approval. in principle of

the fire protection facilities

proposed by ..Dow . has.
already’ been- given by.

‘District. Chief Fire
Prevention. Officer Gerry
Waddell and Inspector G.A.

North: Vancouver District a
. ’-Council’—Monday-’ deferred.

; issued.

_Nevertheless, ; ‘the. ‘Fire

Services Act requires ‘that a

municipal council give their.

-approval to bulk storage:

facilities before. a permit ‘is:

|

Fire chief McDonald.
‘recommended that council
approval should be given-as
-he was quite satisfied: that.

the. proposed — Dow fire .
protection- arrangements.

“were satisfactory...

“He also pointed: out that if;
council . chose. to withhold:
approval, Dow. cari._ still”

. appeal to the’ fire’ com->
missioner for consideration.

‘The District fire - chiet

agreed.,. however, that a.

delay. of two” weeks ‘should.

Lane. of the provincial fire -=not be out. ormne if. council

marshall's office.

so wished.

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