14 — Wednesday. February 24, 1899 — North Shore News

THE Denny's restaurant
chain, which paid $45. mil-
fion in 1994 to settle a law:
suit by black customers who
claimed they were denied
service, recently launched a
$2) million corporate anti-
racism campaign.

On the same day, in San
Jose, Calif, a Denny's was
sued by !7 Hispanics who
claimed they were refused
service in April 1998.

A few days later,
Abdussalam Sipes’ and _tel-
low Muslim Clarence
Watson’s complaint to a
Montana human __ rights
agency was made pubiic,
revealing their charge that
employees of a Helena
Denny's deliberately added
bacon (impermissible in the
Muslim dict) to their food as
revenge for their having
requested a specially cooked
order.

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Last year, the state histo-
rian of Florida kicked off a
millennial project to name

the 2,000 all-time greatest
Floridians, with the deadline
for nominations at Dec. 31,
1998.

She recently announced a
four-month extension, how-
ever, because nominators
had been able to come up
with only several hundred
great Floridians.

Telford, England — In
the first court case of what
prosecutors called “crush
videos,” Keith Twogood,

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A Grand Slam of litigation

44. was fined about $3,000
for importing two tapes
trom the United Stare, tea
tunng nearly cude women
in sulerto heels, stepping on
mice and frogs.

A British: animal-protec:
tion advocate said he “just
cart imagine the market for
this.” but a New York ani-
mal-ngits spokeman said he
thought the motive was 2
“foot-fetish type of thing”
rather than dehberate crucl-
tv to animals.

Milledgeville, Georgia --
Brad Davis, 25, was hospital-
ized in December after a
hunting accident.

He had chased a raccoon
into a tree for his companion
to shoot, but when hit, the
15-pound animal tell about

60 feet directly on top of

Davis, knocking him our
cold and breaking three ver-
tebrac.

According to. statistics
published in the Paris news-

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paper Ie Finare, aot of peo-
ple in France don't bathe or
Shower daily, 50%. of men
don’t use deodorant daihy
and 40% of men don’:
change underwear daily (and
15% admit wearing the same
pair three days straight).

According to an expert
on Frerch culture, hygiene
is considered merely “the
hidden face of beauty” in
France, and because it is
invistble to others, it isn’t a
priority.

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Jonesboro, Georgia —- A
72-year-old man was recent-
ly killed in a robbery
attempt, and after giving a
false cover story, his 76-year-
ald wife finally admitted
how it happened.

The couple apparently
had a habit of picking up
men on the highway and
bringing them home for sex
with the wife so the hus-
band could watch, bur this
particular guest wanted
money more than he want-
ed sex. (A suspect is in cus-
tody.)

THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT
OF WEST VANCOUVER

750-17th Street, West Vancouver, 8.C. V7V 3T3
Telephone: 925-7101

FLUSHING OF WATERMAINS
NOTICE

The Municipal Waterworks Section will com-
mence its annual program of flushing of
water mains March 1/99 through May
31/99.

This may result in some turbidity in the
water supply. The sediment is bacterially
harmless.

The water may show some discoloration
that could affect certain commercial under-
takings.

J. Pollitt

Acting Director of Operations

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