Germany, Poland, Mexico computer programs a Gay im court. THE following people have appeared in North Vancouver provincial court to face charges: Before Judge William Diebolt on Jan. 29: Cameron Philip Livie, 28, of North Vancouver, received 12 months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to breaching probation by failing to report to a probation officer on Jan. 8, 1998. . ees Cameron Mahdaviani, 33, of North Vancouver, received = =12 months’ probation after he pleaded not guilty to assault causing bodily barm, but instead pleaded guilty to the lesser or included offence of assault. The Alireza original charge stemmed from a Nov. 1, 1998 © incident in North Vancouver City invelving a woinan. Before Judge Reginald Grandison on Jan. 28: Wing Soon Chan, 30, of @ possessing cocaine on April 16, 1998 in North Vancouver City; 8 failing to report to a bail supervisor on Aug. 5, 1998. presents Podium. lacking in mod c AFTER marathon partisan ses- sions in March, the Alabama senate reached agreement to permit Et. Gov, Steve Windom to retain Ms waditional presid- ing powers. However, during the fierce debates, Windom was forced to remain continually: ats the presiding officer’s podium, and things got sa tense on March 28 chat he had to urinate into a pitcher because opponents would have won vores if he had taken a restroom break. Afterward, the director of the state archives asked for the pitcher, but Windom said. it had been discarded. pa hs A 22-year-old woman in an automobile — collision in Pendleton, Ore. in January was placed in an ambulance, bur seconds later a tractor: trail- er skidded into it, crushing it and Killing the woman. And a 36-year-old man sur- vived a head-on crash into a utility pole in Miami Beach, Fla., in January, and was wait- ing to be picked up when the pole fell on top of him, killing him. And a 72-year-old man was slighty injured when his car went off the read nea Penticton, Brush Columbia, in December, ending up rest- ing on a ledge. When a rescuer attempted to reach him, the car slipped off and fell 30 feet, killing the man. 0090 According to a February Science News profile of University of South Florida pollution microbiologist. Joan B. Rose, her career is devoted to tushing fecal germ-tike “phages” down toilets and then sending monitoring crews into Jocal waterways to track down where they end up. She has found, for example, that some bacteria flushed into sep- tie tanks can seep into pearby canals within I} hours, Another germ ranger. is Universiey of Arizona environ: mental microbiologist Charles Gerba, whose specialty, agcord- ing to a February New York Times article, is discovering germ) patterns in’ kitchens, bathrooms and laundries. In random home visits, Gerba found that 25% of wash- ing machines are contaminated with fecal matter and that hepatitis A and salmonella sur- vive even a very hor dryer and remain on clothes. He is noted for developing the Scom- modograph,” a visual display of where droplets of warer land after they are spraved into the air when a toilet is flushed. (Hint: Gerba keeps his tooth- brush in the medicine cabinet.) 900 Berkeley, Calif. Coun. Kriss Worthington announced in April that he would propose that the city council pass a reparations package to heal sociopolitical wounds | dating back to the 1960s. Included were proposals for official apologies to anti- Vietnam war protesters and to Patricia Hearst Shaw, who was kidnapped by (and later joined) the radical Symbionese Liberation Arnvy. Worthington also proposed that the city erect a statue of Hearst Shaw in ber notorious gun-toting pose and = deciare rbd I HENAN ae BICYCLE Ce The Greatest Mountain Siker in nthe’ World - Performing LIVE May 8th! GGOME TALK TO THE INDUSTRY Suspension Clinics by Manitou, Rock Shox, Marzecchi, R.S.T. Talk to r2presentatives from GARY FISHER, G.T., SPECIALIZED, KLEIN, BROMIE, MAVIC, SUN, HAYES, BELL/GIRO HELMETS EVERYONE WILL BE HERE - Paul BRODIE, OUR OWN LOCAL LEGEND, will be on site to sign autographs the Worthington’s district toric site. Sunday, May 2, 1999 — North Shore News ~ 11 ns dolls was introduced in fapan from the firm Mataro, consist- ing of a female with her hands out asking for a loan and a maic banker in a business suit rejecting her. house in a his abduction J In January, 2 pair of popular JAMES POYNER Lawyer MAIOR PERSONAL INSURY Free initial Consultation 988-6321 408-145 Chadwick Court N. Van. (Lonsdale Quay Plaza) A REALTOR? 3% Choose a realtor who gets RESULTS, ..-Please give me a call! “You'll be {SOLD \on my Service!" 926-6233