NEWS BRIEFS

Hit and run

A CYCLIST was the victim of a hit and run Monday in
the Caulfeild area.

Darin Wong was riding westbound in the 4600-block
of Marine Drive at 11:44 a.m. when he was struck on the
arm by a silver, four-door sedan.

Wong was taken to Lions Gate Hospital where he
received eight stitches above his eye.

According to a West Vancouver police spokesman, the
car could have been a Chevrolet.

Witnesses to the accident are asked to contact the
West Vancouver Police Department at 922-4141,

Thieves jailed

TWO VANCOUVER women have been jailed following
an Aug. 13 shoplifting spree in the Park Royal Shopping
Centre.

Vina Holland, 38, was sentenced Aug. 15 in West
Vancouver provincial court to 30 days in jail after she
pleaded guilty to stealing shoes from The Bay and a
dress from Suzy Creamcheese; she also pleaded guilty to
possession of a pair of men’s pants stolen from Tip Top
Tailors and to obstructing a police officer.

Co-accused Cynthia Cardinal, 30, was sentenced to
seven days in jail on two theft charges and for being in
possession of stolen clothing from Boutique Alexander
snd Mariposa.

Judge Sonny Stromberg-Stein atso placed both women
on probation for one year.

Cyclist struck

THE WEST Vancouver Police are seeking information
from several witnesses who saw a cyclist hit by a car
Aug. 17 in the 2400-block Marine Drive at 10:55 a.m.

A police spokesman said several people saw the acci-
dent and even assisted the injured cyclist.

The unnamed cyclist had been crossing Marine Drive
when he was struck from behind by a car. He is listed in
stable condition in hospital.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked
to contact the West Vancouver Police at 922-4141,

Man sentenced

A SURREY man was sentenced Aug. 9 in West Van-
- eouver provincial court to 45 days in jail for driving
while disqualified.
Gary T. Berkley, 42, was found guilty of driving April
23 on Jefferson Avenue while disqualified from
operating a car.
Sudge H. Weitzel also suspended Berkley’s licence for
one year. Berkley wil! be considered for the electronic

monitoring system.

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WEST VANCOUVER Police drug squad members hit pay dirt
when they searched a West Vancouver house and found 409
marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $400,000.

WV police make seizure

A WEST Vancouver resident has
been charged with two drug-
related offences after West Van-
couver Police drug section
members, armed with a search
warrant, entered the man’s
Millstream Road house.

The police subsequently found a
large-scale marijuana operation,
and seized 409 marijuana plants in
various stages of growth.

The estimated street value of
the narcotics is over $400,000.

Also seized from the house was

about $15,000 worth of electrical
growing apparatus.

James Donald Cripps, 58, has
been charged with one count of
possession of a narcotic for the
purpose of trafficking and one
count of cultivating a narcotic.

He was arrested when he arriv-
ed home on Aug. 19. Cripps ap-
peared in West Vancouver provin-
cial court on Aug. 20 and was
remanded in custody pending a
trial.

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Dollarton
Highway
upgrading
project
completed

THE $6.4-million Dollarton
Highway Upgrading Project was
officially completed Monday dur-
ing a ceremony attended by
Transportation and Highways
Minister Lyall Hanson and North
Vancouver District Mayor Murray
Dykeman at 4420 Gallant Ave.

The capital cost of the two-year
upgrading project was paid for by
the provincial transportation and
highways ministry.

Responsibility for the road’s
maintenance will now be taken
over by North Vancouver District.

Hanson said he often travelled
along Dollarton Highway when he
lived in North Vancouver,

“i's an important project for
this community and it is now safer
and more enjoyable to drive,”
said Hanson. ‘This project was
completed two months ahead of
schedule. | know during the cun-
struction project there have een
delays."'

He added that his ministry is
how working on the design of the
Westview Interchange project: on
the Upper Levels Highway.

Hanson said other projects the
ministry is working on that should
help case traffic congestion for
North Shore drivers include the
Cassiar Connector, which is slated
to be compieted in January.

He added that the provincial
government is also considering
widening the Second Narrows
Bridge.

Dykeman said the Dollarton
Highway Upgrading Project ‘thas
meant a lot of work for our
department. We now have a full
standard roadway, and we have a
fully-designed roadway in and out
of this community."’

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