Vancouver’ Mayor

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: HOLD YOUR HORSES is the niessage of West
Derrick Humphreys

‘members of the WV Community Arts Council to
‘the ‘West Van School Board on the Pauline

Johnson school issue.

But school board chair-
man Margot Furk says it
can’t be done.

, SEXUAL
- ASSAULT
AT KNIFE
POINT

‘WEST. VANCOUVER
. police are asking for

public assistance in
finding the man who
“sexually; assaulted a
young girl early Mon-
‘day, February 4.
According to police, the

into a bush area, where the
assault then took

een described as a Cauca-
jan male standing about

voofive feet, 10 inches tall, with

vo, dirty blond hair.

" wmackinaw-style jacket, along

_- According to police, the
suspect was reportedly wear-
‘ing a red and black

‘with jeans and runners. He
also reportedly was wearing
-a denim jacket pulled over
“the mackinaw.
' The suspect is estimated to.
‘be about 17 years old. .
West Vancouver police are
asking any members of the
public who may have infor-
mation relating to the inci-
dent to contact Detective
Stuart Leishman at 922-

Trustees will decide Mon-
day on the application of the
Community Arts Council to
lease the closed-down school
building as a home for the
visual and performing arts in
West Van.

School District staff and

A NORTH VANCOUVER woman suffered minor injuries to-her head and
hip when she was struck by a truck while crossing Lonsdale just before

and-

the local branch of Canadian
Parents for French want to
use the premises for an ex-
panding French immersion
program. os
Following a public

meeting of school board and.

council Tuesday to receive
community input on the
issue, Humphreys called on
trustees to defer a final deci-
sion pending further con-
sideration.

“*} have requested = the
chairman of the Board of
School Trustees that the
Board do not make an ir-
revocable decision on Feb-

tuary 11, as previously an-
nounced,”’ said Humphreys,
“‘in view of the intricacies of
the situation and the impor-
tant necessity, in the inter-
ests of the entire community,
that the future occupancy of
the Pauline Johnson schoo!
premises be very fully
discussed, studied and
understood by the communi-
ty prior to a final decision.”’

But during a two-hour
meeting of the school board
and council Tuesday, Furk
said the decision has to be
made Monday, to tie in with
other proposals aimed at at-

tracting more students to the
disirict and because of other
committments in. coming
months, .

Furk said Monday’s
meeting will be the only one
in February because of the
provincial ministry’s series
of public meetings on the
future of education and that
the early part of March will
be required for school
district budget considera-
tion. .

Both sides made their pit-
ches at Tuesday night's
meeting, repeating earlier

‘arguments over the'two pro-

trustee

posed uses, with members: of
municipal council clearing
backing the arts forces.

’ After hearing from Arts
Council president’ Mike
Evans that development of
Pauline Johnson as: an arts
centre would. cost $1.4 mil-
lion and-not the $5.3 miflion
for building at any other
site, Mayor Derrick Hum-
phreys suggested the school
district’ “‘‘could, if they
would’’,

Furk later’ turned -Hum-
phreys’ words back on him,
suggesting that council could
_also provide an arts centre.

NEWS photo Stuart Cavs

noon Thursday, The driver of the truck, not yet unidentified, has been
charged with failing to yield the right of way

to a pedestrian.