Canby conundrum 3 Follicle phaser 017 Third attempt to rezone Style Notes looks at laser JUNE 21, 1998 =a Classifieds Crossword J Dining Guide . Great Escapes North Shore Alert } Sports q Talking Personals +e 48 Travel 52 Pages Pink Palace! threatened Property values squeeze renters Catherine Barr Contributing Writer WEST Vancouver’s famous “Pink Palace” apart- ment could be demolished unless its owner can convince the province to change its property assessment rules. William (Bill) Lachman, owner of the 10] -unit, 14-storey pink and white apartment block on West Vancouver's watertront, says he wants to preserve rental housing stock, but added that the 2222 Bellevue Ave. Villa Maris complex, better known as the Pink Palace, “could be in jeopure Lachman’s recent 1998 property assessment has revealed that, based on current B.C. Assessment Authority rules, his building is obsoleve and should be torn down. According to Lachman’s lawyer, former West Vancouver mayor Mark Sager, the conclusion results from assessment practices that evaluate properties based on the “highest and best use.” ‘The Pink Palace building has been assessed at $146,000, but rhe land it sits on has been assessed at over $19 million. Sager and Lachman claim that t assessment practices promote the demolition of good quality rental ngs to make way for high-priced condominiums. They have set out to Ser WV page 2 Gillian Guess guilty Robert Galster and Liam Lahey THE jury in the Gillian Guess trial has found the North Vancouver woman guilty of obstruction of justice. The jury returned its verdict late Friday afternoon. Her sentencing hearing has been set for Aug. 20. Guess was unusually unemotional as the jury fore: man delivered the guilty verdict. The jury took more than 15 hours to reach its decision. An obstruction of j called tor Mr. Justice Raymond Paris to impose a jail sentence. Defence counsel Peter Ritchie asked for an extended break before the sentencing hearing to prepare Guess was 3 juror in the 1995 trial of Preet Sait (Peter) Gill and five oth men who were accused of murdering Ron and Jim Dosanjh. All six were acquit- ted, buc Guess was charged with obstruction of justice because she became inti- mately involved with Gill during his rial. Durning Guess” trial Ritchie argued that Guess was the victim with Gill playing the part of a demonic seducer who seized the opportunity to manipulate the outcome of his own trial, But Bellows maintained throughout ce trial that Guess was in a position tu hear evi no one else was privy to and was guilty of obstruction of justice because didn’t end the relationship and did not disclose it ty anyone at the trial. therapy for hair removal Brazilian healer astounds NV woman Reaily aliernative medicine p13 - NEWS photo rad Ledwidge PHILIP Blades, one of the original residents of Villa Maris, affectionately known as the Pink Palace, stands in front of the West Vancouver apartment block. The building’s owner faces increasing pres- sure from high property value assessments to demolish the Palace and replace it with condominiums. SUMMER SHAPE-UP INTRODUCTORY OFFER TAY US WITH A FRIEND - “ $0 VISITS EACH 129-949 W-3td Blteet Marth Vancéuyer.” CHITIES FOR t Block South of Capilano. Mall P = ee Nae OTT7 coup aan a ~ a ‘ns - nal” a